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An American Ballroom Companion, ca. 1490-1920, presents
a collection of over two hundred social-dance manuals at the Library
of Congress. Along with dance instruction manuals, the collection
includes a significant number of antidance manuals, histories, treatises
on etiquette, and items from other conceptual categories. Many of
the manuals also provide historical information on theatrical dance.
Together, these artifacts illuminate the manner in which people
have joyfully expressed themselves as they danced for and with one
another.
These online exhibits provide context and additional
information about this collection.
Western
Social Dance: An Overview
How to
Read a Dance Manual
These historical era(s) are best represented
in the collection, although they may not be all-encompassing.
Colonial Settlement, 1492-1763
The American Revolution, 1763-1783
The New Nation, 1780-1815
Expansion and Reform, 1801-1861
The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877
Development of the Industrial United States, 1876-1915
Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1930
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collections and exhibits |
These collections and exhibits contain thematically-related
primary and secondary sources. Also browse the Collection
Finder for more related material on the American Memory Web
site.
American
Life Histories, 1936-1940
American
Variety Stage
FSA/OWI Photographs,
1935-1945
The New
Deal Stage: Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939
Recommended additional sources of information.
Read
More About It! - A bibliography
Specific guidance for searching this collection.
For help with search words, use the Subject,
Author,
or Title
Indexes in the collection.
For search tips specific to the collection, see Searching
the Collection. For help with search strategies, see Finding
Items in American Memory.
You can read the text of all documents and see page images without
a special viewer. To view high-resolution images, video clips of
dance performances, or a specially formatted version of the text
you will need special viewers. For help, see American
Memory Viewer Information.
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