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  • A biographical study of the lives and contributions of two selected contemporary Black male dance artists - Arthur Mitchell and Alvin Ailey - in the idioms of ballet and modern dance, respectively.

    • Text
    • Denton, Tex., 1973.
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc Micro R-2027Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Remembering Josephine Baker / by Stephen Papich.

    • Text
    • Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, [c1976.]
    • 1976
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 78-86Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Destination freedom : dance anthropologist. (Radio program.)

    • Audio
    • Chicago : WMAQ, 1950.
    • 1950
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio Sc Audio C-407 Side 1Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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  • Les mémoires de Joséphine Baker/ recueillis et adaptés par Marcel Sauvage; avec 30 dessins inédits de Paul Colin.

    • Text
    • Paris: Kra, 1927.
    • 1927
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc B-Baker, J. (Baker, J. Memoires de Josephine Baker)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • [Duke Ellington] [sound recording] / Bunny Briggs.

    • Audio
    • [New York : Duke Ellington Society, New York Chapter, 1967]
    • 1967
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio Sc Audio C-490 Side 1 Black dancerSchomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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  • Dancing in the dark [microform] : the life and times of Margot Webb in Aframerican vaudeville of the swing era / Brenda Dixon-Stowell.

    • Text
    • 1981.
    • 1981
  • A biographical study of the lives and contributions of two selected contemporary Black male dance artists - Arthur Mitchell and Alvin Ailey - in the idioms of ballet and modern dance, respectively / by Jacqueline Quinn Moore Latham.

    • Text
    • 1973.
    • 1973-1974
    • 4 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGY 87-2500 v. 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGY 87-2500 v. 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 85-187 pt. 2Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Dancing in the dark [microform] : the life and times of Margot Webb in Aframerican vaudeville of the swing era / by

    • Text
    • 1981.
    • 1981
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc Micro R-4904Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Les mémoires de Joséphine Baker [microform] / recueillis et adaptés par Marcel Sauvage ; avec 30 dessins inédits de Paul Colin.

    • Text
    • Paris : Kra ; 1927.
    • 1927-1949
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZBD-457Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Sara Lou Harris portrait collection [graphic].

    • Still image
    • <1947?-1960?>
    • 1947-1960
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Harris, Sara LouSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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  • An Interview with Carmencita Romero.

    • Moving image
    • New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1983.
    • 1983
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image Sc Visual DVD-225 pt. 3Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image Sc Visual DVD-225 pt. 2Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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  • Black choreographers moving : a national dialogue / compiled by Halifu Osumare ; edited by Julinda Lewis-Ferguson.

    • Text
    • Berkeley, CA : Expansion Arts Services, c1991.
    • 1991
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGS (U.S.) 92-489Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • The dance [microform] : research studies / compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in New York City, for "Negroes of New York".

    • Text
    • [New York, 1936-1940]
    • 1936-1940
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc Micro R-6544 r. 2Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • George A. and Maudelle Weston papers, 1919-1979.

    • Mixed material
    • 1919-1979
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20791
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 188 Box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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  • Fredi Washington papers, 1922-1981, 1922-1941 (bulk) [microform]

    • Mixed material
    • 1922-1981
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc Micro R-5002 r. 3Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc Micro R-5002 r. 2Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc Micro R-5002 r. 1Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The Guinness who's who of rap, dance & techno / general editor, Colin Larkin.

    • Text
    • Enfield, Middlesex, England : Guinness, c1994.
    • 1994
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JME 95-396Performing Arts Research Collections - Music - Reference

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *LE 95-1736Offsite
  • Black women in America / edited by Kim Marie Vaz.

    • Text
    • Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1995.
    • 1994
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 95-57Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGTB (U.S.) 12-5864Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Interview with Margot Webb , 1978

    • Audio
    • 1978
    • 1978-417
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/02cfa7f0-c317-0133-d789-60f81dd2b63c
  • Interview with Lavinia Williams-Yarborough [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • 1976.
    • 1976
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *MGZTL 4-415 discs 1-6Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Interview with Raven Wilkinson, 1977

    • Audio
    • 1977.
    • 1977-705
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/544b8f20-3b73-0134-b90f-60f81dd2b63c
  • Interview with Lavinia Williams-Yarborough.

    • Text
    • 1976.
    • 1976
    • 5 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGZMT 5-415 v. 5Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGZMT 5-415 v. 4Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGZMT 5-415 v. 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Dancing in the dark [microform] : the life and times of Margot Webb in Aframerican vaudeville of the swing era / Brenda Dixon-Stowell.

    • Text
    • 1981.
    • 1981
  • On the brink: DTH men in crisis.

    • Text
    • 1990
  • The Negro dance under European eyes.

    • Text
    • 1927
  • Cultural diversity in dance.

    • Text
    • 1995
  • Asadata Dafora papers, 1933-1963.

    • Mixed material
    • 1933-1963
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/f76a9680-10ca-0135-e410-43962e862982
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 48 Box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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  • Oral history interview with Donna Wood.

    • Moving image
    • 1992-625
    • 8 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image Sc Visual VRA-7a-bSchomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image Sc Visual DVD-1521 Disc 7Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image Sc Visual DVD-1521 Disc 6Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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  • "Ich tanze in die Erde und aus ihr heraus."

    • Text
    • 1995
  • The power of the drum.

    • Text
    • 1995
  • Black troupe's triumphs.

    • Text
    • 1975
  • Donald Eno Washington papers, 1968-2015

    • Mixed material
    • 1968-1993
    • 9 Items

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20816
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 495 oversized folder 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 495 Box 8Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 495 Box 7Offsite
  • Alvin Ailey : an American visionary / issue editor, Muriel Topaz.

    • Text
    • Amsterdam : Harwood Academic Publishers, 1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc E 04-239Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Rewriting the body : Aida Overton Walker and the social formation of cakewalking.

    • Text
    • 1996
  • Swingin' at the Savoy : the memoir of a jazz dancer / Norma Miller with Evette Jensen.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGYB (Miller) 96-14715Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Florence Mills : remembering 'The little blackbird', part 1.

    • Text
    • Aranda, Australia : B. Egan, c1997.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 98-1216Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Classic Black : an exhibition and two free public programs.

    • Text
    • 1996
  • Aida Overton Walker : pioneer African American dancer and choreographer.

    • Text
    • 1994
  • Dancing towards the light : a survival technique at Vassar College.

    • Text
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGZR (1990-1999)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Many blacks in ballet still face glass ceilings, expert says.

    • Text
    • 1997
  • Interview with Louis Johnson [sound recording]

    • Audio
    • [1968]
    • 1968
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *MGZTC 3-1906Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Interview with Arthur Hall [sound recording]

    • Audio
    • [196-?]
    • 196
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *MGZTC 3-1896Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Classic Black (Exhibition : 1996) [clippings]

    • Text
    • 1996-
    • 1996-present
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGZRPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Bell, Arthur [clippings]

    • Text
    • 1998-present
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGZRPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Third world folk on a first world stage : a phenomenological study of participation and learning in the arts / by Carolyn Lee Cotton Seubert.

    • Text
    • 1996.
    • 1996
  • Hudgins, Johnny [clippings]

    • Text
    • [1926?]-
    • unknown-present
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGZRPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Plenty of Good Women Dancers : African American Women Hoofers from Philadelphia (Exhibition) [clippings]

    • Text
    • 1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGZRPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Josephine Baker and La Revue nègre : Paul Colin's lithographs of Le tumulte noir in Paris, 1927 / [new text] with an introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Karen C.C. Dalton.

    • Text
    • New York : H.N. Abrams, 1998.
    • 1998
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc+ G 98-126Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGYB+ (Baker) 98-12430Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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  • Interview with Arthur Bell [sound recording]

    • Audio
    • 1998.
    • 1998
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *MGZTC 3-2140 [sound cassette] reel 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *MGZTC 3-2140 (sound cassette) reel 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *MGZMT 3-2140 (transcript)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Albert Evans : refined zest.

    • Text
    • 1998
  • Florence Mills : remembering the Little Blackbird / Bill Egan.

    • Text
    • Canberra, Australia : Bill Egan, c1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGYB (Mills) 99-1196Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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