Research Catalog

  • Doris Humphrey: an artist first. An autobiography, edited and completed by Selma Jeanne Cohen. Introd. by John Martin; foreword by Charles Humphrey Woodford; chronology by Christena L. Schlundt.

    • Text
    • Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press [1972]
    • 1972
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGYB (Humphrey) 73-418Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Shakers. Choreography by Doris Humphrey. Notated by Ann Hutchinson.

    • Text
    • [ca. 1950]
    • 1950
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZBD-100Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Variations and conclusion from New dance. Choreography by Doris Humphrey. Notated by Els Grelinger; approved and copied by the Dance Notation Bureau.

    • Text
    • 1949.
    • 1949
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZBD-100Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • With my red fires. Choreography by Doris Humphrey (1936). Music by Wallingford Reigger [i. e. Riegger] Notated by Els Grelinger [and others] under the supervision of Miss Venable in 1954. This edition of the score is by Muriel Topaz, 1965.

    • Text
    • New York, Dance Notation Bureau [c1967]
    • 1967
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZBD-103Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • The art of making dances. Edited by Barbara Pollack.

    • Text
    • London : Dance Books, [1979?],c1959.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGV 80-3436Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Scrapbook [microform] : clippings / D. Humphrey.

    • Text
    • 1932.
    • 1932
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZBD-336Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • The art of making dances / by Doris Humphrey ; edited by Barbara Pollack.

    • Text
    • Princeton, N.J. : Princeton Book Co., 1987.
    • 1987-1959
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGV 91-2217Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Construire la danse / Doris Humphrey ; traduit et préface par Jcquelines Robinson.

    • Text
    • Paris : Editions Bernard Coutaz, 1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGV 93-1019Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Day on earth. Piano sonata by Aaron Copland.

    • Notated music
    • [n.d.]
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music *ZBD-35Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Dance rhythms.

    • Notated music
    • 1936
  • Passacaglia and fugue in C minor. Choreography by Doris Humphrey. Music by J. S. Bach. As reconstructed at Juilliard by Doris Humphrey 1954-55. [Labanotation] by Lucy Venable, assisted by Joan Gainer. Checked at Connecticut College 1957 by Lucy Venable, assisted by Ann Vachon, Juliette Waung, Maureen Gillick.

    • Notated music
    • [New York, Dance Notation Bureau, c1967]
    • 1967
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music *MGRN 73-72 through 73-77Offsite
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  • Composition class [sound recording]

    • Audio
    • 1956.
    • 1956
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *MGZTC 3-15 [sound cassette] reel 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *MGZTC 3-15 [sound cassette] reel 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Lecture-demonstration: The art of choreography , 1951.

    • Audio
    • 1951.
    • 1951-107
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/09b80460-b294-0133-42d4-60f81dd2b63c
  • Lecture by Doris Humphrey : Question and answer period, 1956.

    • Audio
    • 1956.
    • 1956-1107
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1361ec50-3b7a-0134-b18d-60f81dd2b63c
  • The dance as a universal language [sound recording]

    • Audio
    • 1956.
    • 1956
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *MGZTL 4-283Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Lecture on The Shakers [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • 1955.
    • 1955
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *MGZTL 4-949 no. 16Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • The dance score: a project for dance notation.

    • Moving image
    • New York [ca. 1936]
    • 1936
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/59fdc720-8f2b-0139-3e27-0242ac110003
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image (S) *MGZMB-Res.+Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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  • The art of making dances, edited by Barbara Pollack.

    • Text
    • [n.d.]
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text (S) *MGZMB-ResPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Doris Humphrey collection, 1811-1958.

    • Moving image
    • 1811-1958
    • 45 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image (S) *MGZMC-Res. 3 Box 28 (Folders R36-R55)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *ZBD-111 Reel 14 (Folders Z6 - Z27)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *ZBD-111 Reel 13 (Folders M146 - Z5)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Dance societies. [ca. 1936-1958] 13 folders.

    • Text
    • 1936-1958
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Memorabilia. 4 folders (ca. 30 items).

    • Text
    • 1954
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Ballet time. 1948 September 4. 1 folder (3 p.)

    • Text
    • 1948
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • The art of making dances. Edited by Barbara Pollack. [New York] October, 1958. 4 folders (182 p.)

    • Text
    • 1958
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • [Autobiography] 1958. 6 folders ([161] p.)

    • Text
    • 1958
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Composition for modern dance: notes, drafts, notation. 11 folders.

    • Text
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Essays on dance. 25 folders.

    • Text
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Lecture-demonstrations. 6 folders.

    • Text
    • 1930-1952
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Modern dance technique. 2 folders.

    • Text
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Teaching: fundamentals and methods. 4 folders.

    • Text
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • What a dancer thinks: notes and drafts by Doris Humphrey and Charles F. Woodford. [ca. 1938] 2 folders.

    • Text
    • 1938
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Dance drama. 1949. 3 folders.

    • Text
    • 1949
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Letters to Charles Francis Woodford, 1931-1943. 28 folders (170 items).

    • Text
    • 1931-1943
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Letters to Helen Mary Robinson, 1942-1958. 13 folders (52 items).

    • Text
    • 1942-1958
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Letters to Horace B. Humphrey, 1925-1934. 41 folders (268 items).

    • Moving image
    • 1925-1934
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Letters to Julia E. Humphrey, 1922-1945. 72 folders (413 items).

    • Moving image
    • 1922-1945
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • "The Young lady enters society": Doris Humphrey approaching womanhood and creative awareness. Letters to May Walker, 1910-1914. 5 folders (17 items).

    • Moving image
    • 1910-1914
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Dance works: notes, notation, scenarios, diagrams. 19 folders.

    • Moving image
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Notebooks. [ca. 1928-1945] 3 folders (3 items).

    • Moving image
    • 1928-1945
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Shaker materials. 8 folders (ca. 40 items).

    • Moving image
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • The Shakers. [ca. 1940] 1 folder.

    • Moving image
    • 1940
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Letters to Charles Humphrey Woodford, 1951-1958. 6 folders (21 items).

    • Moving image
    • 1951-1958
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19673
  • Day on earth. Choreography [by] Doris Humphrey. Music [by] Aaron Copland (Piano sonata). Notated by Muriel Topaz, 1959. Notation commissioned by the Doris Humphrey memorial fund. [The Dance Collection, New York Public Library.

    • Moving image
    • New York, Dance Notation Bureau, c1963]
    • 1963
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGRN-Res.Offsite

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  • Letters, writings, and personal documents.

    • Text
  • Ritmo jondo (Deep rhythm). Choreography by Doris Humphrey, 1953. Music by Carlos Surinach. This version arranged by José Limón, assisted by Betty Jones [1964] Labanotation by Muriel Topaz, 1964-66. Property of the Dance Collection, New York Public Library.

    • Text
    • New York, Dance Notation Bureau [c1966]
    • 1966
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGRN-ResPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Letter, 1958 May 15, New York, New York, to Eugenie Schein, Miami Beach, Florida. [2] p. on 1 l.

    • Moving image
    • 1958
  • Letters and cards to Marion Scott, 1944-53. (10 items)

    • Moving image
    • 1944-1953
  • Night spell. Choreography: Doris Humphrey (1951). As taught by: Ruth Currier. Music: Quartet for strings [by] Priaulx Rainier. Notation: Jane Marriett (1974).

    • Moving image
    • [New York, Dance Notation Bureau, 1974]
    • 1974
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGRN-Res.Offsite

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  • Speech given at the Dance Department, Juilliard School of Music, November 7, 1956.

    • Text
    • 1956
  • Doris Humphrey collection, 1811-1958.

    • Moving image
    • New York, New York Public Library, 1979.
    • 1979
  • Doris Humphrey letters, 1898-1941.

    • Moving image
    • 1898-1941
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image (S) *MGZMD 25 box 1 (folders 1-38)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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    Moving image (S) *MGZMD 25 box 2 (folders 39-75)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image (S) *MGZMD 25 box 3 (folders 76-102)Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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