Cholly Atkins collection, 1945-2003

Creator:: Atkins, Cholly
Extent:: 47 linear feet (15 shelves of loose material and 8 record cartons)
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Books, recordings, and epherera.
Biographical / historical:: Charles Atkinson; tap dancer, choreographer; born 13 September 1913 in Pratt City, Alabama, United States; began recording soundtracks for tap sequences in Hollywood films (1936); began dancing with and doing choreography for the Cotton Club Boys at the New York World's Fair (1939); co-formed "Class Act" duo and toured internationally (1946); performed in the Broadway musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; ran tap program at the Katherine Dunham School of Arts and Research in New York City and taught at the International School of Dance at Carnegie Hall; choreographed for Cadillacs, Little Anthony, Imperials, Gladys Knight and the Pips (1950s); was staff choreographer for the record label Motown's Artist Development Wing, also known as "Motown U" (1965); won a Tony Award for best choreography for the Broadway musical Black and Blue along with Frank Manning, Fayard Nicholas, and Henry Letang (1989); earned a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship (1993); died 19 April 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Acquisition information:

Transfer from Jazz Center, 2007, 2019.

Processing information:

Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.

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Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Cholly Arkins Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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