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Books, recordings, and epherera.
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Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
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.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Cholly Arkins Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Transfer from Jazz Center, 2007, 2019.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.
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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.
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