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Lucy Phelps Lampkin papers

Title
Lucy Phelps Lampkin papers, 1920-1967.
Author
Lampkin, Lucy.
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Box 1Mixed materialSupervised use (S) *MGZMD 208 Box 1Offsite
Box 2Mixed materialSupervised use (S) *MGZMD 208 Box 2Offsite
Box 3Mixed materialSupervised use (S) *MGZMD 208 Box 3Offsite
Box 4Mixed materialSupervised use (S) *MGZMD 208 Box 4Offsite

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Additional Authors
  • Duncan, Elizabeth, 1871-1948.
  • Duncan, Irma.
  • Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942.
  • Marsh, Lucile, 1899-
  • St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968.
  • Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
  • Lucy Lampkin School of the Dance.
Description
2 linear feet (4 boxes)
Summary
The Lucy Phelps Lampkin papers contain clippings, correspondence, photographs, programs, and a scrapbook relating to her career as a teacher in Athens, Georgia (where she directed the Lucy Lampkin School of the Dance and Related Arts) and to her one year as director of the Dance Department, Sullins College, Bristol, Virginia (1938-1939).
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Clippings.
  • Correspondence.
  • Manuscripts.
  • Photographs.
  • Programs.
  • Scrapbooks.
Source (note)
  • Christ-Janer, Virginia
Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
  • Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Biography (note)
  • Dance teacher, Lucy Phelps Lampkin (born 1903), who trained with many notable figures in the fields of modern dance and dance education (including Lucile Marsh and Ruth St. Denis), operated her own dance studio in her native Athens, Georgia for many years.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
Call Number
(S) *MGZMD 208
OCLC
187932575
Author
Lampkin, Lucy.
Title
Lucy Phelps Lampkin papers, 1920-1967.
Biography
Dance teacher, Lucy Phelps Lampkin (born 1903), who trained with many notable figures in the fields of modern dance and dance education (including Lucile Marsh and Ruth St. Denis), operated her own dance studio in her native Athens, Georgia for many years. Lampkin opened the Lucy Lampkin School of the Dance and Related Arts in 1928 and continued to direct it through 1968. She had studied many dance forms intensively in New York and Europe, working with Michel Fokine (ballet), Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, and Mary Wigman, among others. Examples of choreographic notes, syllabi, and other teaching materials in the collection appear to indicate that Lampkin had been profoundly influenced as a teacher by Lucile Marsh, as well as the Isadora Duncan System (Lampkin studied with both Elizabeth and Irma Duncan). She also did extensive research on sculpture and painting in relation to dance at a number of museums in America and in Europe, eventually publishing a book on the subject, The Dance in Art (1935). Lampkin had some performing experience, briefly appearing as a soloist with a concert group, the Marsh Dancers (run by Agnes and Lucile Marsh), in New York City. After closing her studio, Lampkin retired from active teaching.
Location of Other Archival Materials
See also Scrapbooks (*MGZRS 84-4311; *ZBD-353 Microfilm) in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Indexes
Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
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Occupation
Dance teachers.
Added Author
Duncan, Elizabeth, 1871-1948.
Duncan, Irma.
Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942.
Marsh, Lucile, 1899-
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968.
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972.
Lucy Lampkin School of the Dance.
Research Call Number
(S) *MGZMD 208
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