Country Dance and Song Society Archives, 1915-1994

Collection number: MC 140
Size: 59 boxes (23.5 cu.ft.)

About Country Dance and Song Society

On March 23, 1915, a group of Americans, inspired by the work of England’s eminent folk scholar Cecil Sharp, met and formed the United States Branch of the English Folk Dance Society. Soon centers affiliated with the original U.S. Branch opened in Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and New York City. In 1940, the Country Dance Society, a successor of the U.S. Branch of the EFDS, was incorporated as an educational, non-profit organization. CDS later reincorporated as what is now known as the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS).

Through its resources and programs, CDSS celebrates and preserves traditional forms of English and Anglo-American dance, music, and song. It both promots their new expression and connects people who share an interest in these traditions.

Since 1915 CDSS and its affiliates have sponsored a variety of folk music and dance participatory events and educational programs. Summer residential programs for adults and families are held at Pinewoods Camp (MA), Buffalo Gap (WV) and Ogontz (NH). CDSS also offers developmental courses for musicians, dance callers, and dance organizers and offers training sessions for teachers interested in incorporating traditional music, dance, and song into the classroom. A small loans and grants program offers support to individuals and groups in projects related to our mission.

CDSS publishes books related to folk dance and song, produces recordings, prints a bi-monthly newsletter, and operates a mail order business and a small store at its headquarters in Haydenville, Massachusetts. For a number of years, CDSS also functioned as a research library and center for materials on folk dance and song. These resources are now maintained as part of the New Hampshire Library of Traditional Music and Dance housed at the University of New Hampshire.

About the Country Dance and Song Society Collection

The Country Dance and Song Society Collection includes office records, correspondence, programs and bulletins of events, various publications produced by CDSS and other related groups, subject files pertaining to various other folk dance and song groups and topics, and hundreds of photographs. The collection also contains the personal papers and collections of several individuals prominent in the study and teaching of Anglo- American folk dance and song, including: Mary A. Buckie, May Gadd, Russell and Frances Houghton, Frances H. Jackson, Mary P. Judson, Kate Van Winkle Keller, Genieve Taylor Shimer, Melville Smith, Stanley Watkins, and Evelyn K. Wells.

The CDSS Library

The Country Dance and Song Society Collections also include the CDSS Library of published materials, comprised of nearly 3000 books, 400 periodicals, 2000 recordings, and additional pamplets and sheet music. Many of these items can be searched through the UNH library catalog.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

This collection is open.

Copyright Notice

Contents of this collection are governed by U.S. copyright law. For questions about publication or reproduction rights, contact Special Collections staff.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], [Folder number], [Box number], Country Dance and Song Society Archives, 1915-1994, MC 140, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Donations: Country Song and Dance Society representatives (including Brad Foster, Neil Kelly, and Dudley Laufman), September 20, 1992 - July 5, 1994 (Accession numbers: 9126, 93.004, 94.020, 94.029, 94.036)

Collection Arrangement

The archives are arranged into five series, with oversized material making up its own series. Material is primarily arranged chronologically.

Collection Contents

Series 1: Country Dance and Song Society – Office Files

(17 Boxes)

Subseries A: U.S. Branch of the E.F.D.S.

Box 1
Box 1, Folder 11915, English Folk Dance Society, New York
Box 1, Folder 21915, EFDS correspondence
Box 1, Folder 3 1916, EFDS, New York
Box 1, Folder 41916, EFDS correspondence
Box 1, Folder 51917, EFDS, New York
Box 1, Folder 61917 - 1918, EFDS correspondence
Box 1, Folder 71918, EFDS, New York
Box 1, Folder 81919, EFDS, New York
Box 1, Folder 91920, EFDS, New York
Box 1, Folder 101920, EFDS correspondence
Box 1, Folder 111921, EFDS, New York
Box 1, Folder 121921, EFDS, not New York
Box 1, Folder 131922, EFDS, New York
Box 1, Folder 141923, EFDS
Box 1, Folder 151924, EFDS
Box 1, Folder 161925, EFDS
Box 1, Folder 171926, EFDS, New York.
Box 1, Folder 181927, EFDS, New York
Box 1, Folder 191927, EFDS, New York meeting minutes
Box 1, Folder 201928, EFDS, New York
Box 1, Folder 211928, EFDS, New York meeting minutes
Box 1, Folder 221929, EFDS, New York
Box 1, Folder 231929, EFDS, New York meeting minutes
Box 1, Folder 241930, EFDS
Box 1, Folder 251930, EFDS, New York meeting minutes
Box 2
Box 2, Folder 11931, EFDS
Box 2, Folder 21932, EFDS, New York
Box 2, Folder 31933, EFDS
Box 2, Folder 41934, EFDS, New York
Box 2, Folder 51935, EFDS, New York.
Box 2, Folder 61935, EFDS, Incorporation & Articles of Association
Box 2, Folder 71935, EFDS, not New York
Box 2, Folder 81935, EFDS, Pinewoods
Box 2, Folder 91936, EFDS, New York
Box 2, Folder 101936, EFDS, not New York
Box 2, Folder 111936, Pinewoods
Box 2, Folder 121937, EFDS, New York
Box 2, Folder 131937, Pinewoods
Box 2, Folder 141938, EFDS, New York
Box 2, Folder 151939, EFDS, New York
Box 2, Folder 16Not dated, New York

Subseries B: Country Dance and Song Society

Box 3
Box 3, Folder 11940, Country Dance Society
Box 3, Folder 21940, Certificate of Incorporation
Box 3, Folder 31940, Programs and bulletins
Box 3, Folder 41941
Box 3, Folder 51941, Correspondence
Box 3, Folder 61941, Meetings
Box 3, Folder 71942
Box 3, Folder 81943
Box 3, Folder 91944.
Box 3, Folder 101945
Box 3, Folder 111946
Box 3, Folder 121947
Box 3, Folder 131947, Meetings
Box 3, Folder 141948
Box 3, Folder 151948, Mettings
Box 3, Folder 161949
Box 3, Folder 171949, Meetings
Box 3, Folder 181949, Pinewoods
Box 3, Folder 191949, Programs and bulletins
Box 3, Folder 201950
Box 3, Folder 211950, Milton N. Katz v. CDSS
Box 3, Folder 221950, Meetings
Box 3, Folder 231950, Pinewoods
Box 3, Folder 241950, Programs and bulletins
Box 3, Folder 251951
Box 3, Folder 261951, Meetings
Box 3, Folder 271951, Pinewoods
Box 3, Folder 281951, Programs and bulletins
Box 3, Folder 291952
Box 3, Folder 301952, Meetings
Box 3, Folder 311952, Pinewoods
Box 3, Folder 321952, Programs and bulletins
Box 3, Folder 331953
Box 3, Folder 341953, Mettings
Box 3, Folder 351953, Pinewoods
Box 3, Folder 361953, Programs and bulletins
Box 3, Folder 371954
Box 3, Folder 381954, Pinewoods
Box 3, Folder 391954, Programs and bulletins
Box 3, Folder 401955
Box 3, Folder 411955, Meetings
Box 3, Folder 421955, Pinewoods
Box 3, Folder 431955, Programs and bulletins
Box 3, Folder 441956
Box 3, Folder 451956, Meetings
Box 3, Folder 461956, Pinewoods
Box 3, Folder 471956, Programs and bulletins
Box 4
Box 4, Folder 11957
Box 4, Folder 21957-1959, Guest register
Box 4, Folder 31957, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 41957, Programs and bulletins
Box 4, Folder 51958
Box 4, Folder 61958, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 71958, Programs and bulletins
Box 4, Folder 81959
Box 4, Folder 91959, Newspaper clippings
Box 4, Folder 101959, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 111959, Programs and bulletins
Box 4, Folder 121960
Box 4, Folder 131960, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 141960, Programs and bulletins
Box 4, Folder 151961
Box 4, Folder 161961, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 171961, Programs and bulletins
Box 4, Folder 181962, Correspondence
Box 4, Folder 191962, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 201962, Programs and bulletins
Box 4, Folder 211963
Box 4, Folder 221963, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 231963, Programs and bulletins
Box 4, Folder 241964
Box 4, Folder 251964, Meetings
Box 4, Folder 261964, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 271964, Programs and bulletins
Box 4, Folder 281965
Box 4, Folder 29"Fifty Years of Dance and Song, 1915-1965"
Box 4, Folder 301965, Meetings
Box 4, Folder 311965, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 321965, Programs and bulletins
Box 4, Folder 331966
Box 4, Folder 341966, Meetings
Box 4, Folder 351966, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 361966, Programs and bulletins
Box 4, Folder 371967
Box 4, Folder 381967, Meetings
Box 4, Folder 391967, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 401967, Programs and bulletin
Box 4, Folder 411968
Box 4, Folder 421968, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 431968, Programs and bulletins
Box 4, Folder 441969
Box 4, Folder 451969, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 461969, Programs and bulletins
Box 4, Folder 471970
Box 4, Folder 481970, Meetings
Box 4, Folder 491970, Pinewoods
Box 4, Folder 501970, Programs and bulletins
Box 5
Box 5, Folder 11971
Box 5, Folder 21971, Meetings
Box 5, Folder 31971, Pinewoods
Box 5, Folder 41971, Programs and bulletins
Box 5, Folder 51972
Box 5, Folder 61972, Knott, Sarah Gertrude, correspondence
Box 5, Folder 71972, Meetings
Box 5, Folder 81972, Philip Merrill Blood Drive
Box 5, Folder 91972, Newspaper clippings
Box 5, Folder 101972, Pinewoods
Box 5, Folder 111972, Programs and bulletins
Box 5, Folder 121973
Box 5, Folder 131973, Meetings
Box 5, Folder 141973, Newspaper clippings
Box 5, Folder 151973, Pinewoods
Box 5, Folder 161973, Programs and bulletins
Box 5, Folder 171974
Box 5, Folder 181974, Library
Box 5, Folder 191974, Meetings
Box 5, Folder 201974, Newspaper clippings
Box 5, Folder 211974, Pinewoods
Box 5, Folder 221974, Programs and bulletins
Box 5, Folder 231975
Box 5, Folder 241975, Correspondence
Box 5, Folder 251975, Newspaper clippings
Box 5, Folder 261975, Pinewoods
Box 5, Folder 271975, Pinewoods drawings
Box 5, Folder 281975, Programs and bulletins
Box 5, Folder 291976
Box 5, Folder 301976, Library, Conant Dance Collection, bibliography
Box 5, Folder 311976, Newspaper clippings
Box 5, Folder 321976, Pinewoods
Box 5, Folder 331976, Programs and bulletins
Box 5, Folder 341977
Box 5, Folder 351977, Library
Box 5, Folder 361977, Nespaper clippings
Box 5, Folder 371977, Pinewoods
Box 5, Folder 381977, Programs and bulletins
Box 6
Box 6, Folder 11978
Box 6, Folder 21978, Meetings
Box 6, Folder 31978, Newspaper clippings
Box 6, Folder 41978, Pinewoods
Box 6, Folder 51978, Programs and bulletins
Box 6, Folder 61979
Box 6, Folder 71979, Newspaper clippings
Box 6, Folder 81979, Pinewoods
Box 6, Folder 91979, Programs and bulletins
Box 6, Folder 101980
Box 6, Folder 111980, Library
Box 6, Folder 121980, Newspaper clippings
Box 6, Folder 131980, Pinewoods
Box 6, Folder 141980, Programs and bulletins
Box 6, Folder 151981
Box 6, Folder 161981, Library
Box 6, Folder 171981, Meetings
Box 6, Folder 181981, Newspaper clippings
Box 6, Folder 191981, Pinewoods
Box 6, Folder 201981, Programs and bulletins
Box 6, Folder 211982
Box 6, Folder 221982, Library
Box 6, Folder 231982, Newspaper clippings
Box 6, Folder 241982, Programs and bulletins
Box 6, Folder 251983
Box 6, Folder 261983, Correspondence
Box 6, Folder 271983, Newspaper clippings
Box 6, Folder 281983, Pinewoods
Box 6, Folder 291984, Library
Box 6, Folder 301984, Newspaper clippings
Box 6, Folder 311984, Pinewoods
Box 6, Folder 321984, Programs and bulletins
Box 6, Folder 331985
Box 6, Folder 341985, Library
Box 6, Folder 351985-1991, Accessions, reader records, and a record of volunteer work; bound volume
Box 6, Folder 361985, Phil Merrill memorial program
Box 6, Folder 371985, Newspaper clippings
Box 6, Folder 381985, Pinewoods
Box 6, Folder 391985, Publication proposal committee
Box 7
Box 7, Folder 11986
Box 7, Folder 21986, Library
Box 7, Folder 31986, Library catalog
Box 7, Folder 41986, Meetings
Box 7, Folder 51986, Newspaper clippings
Box 7, Folder 61986, Pinewoods
Box 7, Folder 71986, Programs and bulletins
Box 7, Folder 81986, Publications proposal committee
Box 7, Folder 91986, Genevieve Shimer, video production & publication
Box 7, Folder 101987
Box 7, Folder 111987, Correspondence
Box 7, Folder 121987, Library
Box 7, Folder 131987, Meetings
Box 7, Folder 141987, Newspaper clippings
Box 7, Folder 151987, Pinewoods
Box 7, Folder 161987, Programs and bulletins
Box 7, Folder 171987, Publications proposal committee
Box 7, Folder 181988
Box 7, Folder 191988, Correspondence
Box 7, Folder 201988, Library
Box 7, Folder 211988, Meetings
Box 7, Folder 221988, Newspaper clippings
Box 7, Folder 231988, Publications proposal committee
Box 8
Box 8, Folder 11989
Box 8, Folder 21989, Library
Box 8, Folder 31989, Pinewoods, "Folk Dance Camp for Adults", Diversion, May 1989
Box 8, Folder 41989, Library - EFDSS Journal completion
Box 8, Folder 51989, Mary McNair Collection, inventory
Box 8, Folder 61989, Newspaper clippings
Box 8, Folder 71989, Pinewoods
Box 8, Folder 81989, Programs and bulletins
Box 8, Folder 91990
Box 8, Folder 101990, Library
Box 8, Folder 111990, Library, books at Pinewoods
Box 8, Folder 121990, Newspaper clippings
Box 8, Folder 131990, Pinewoods
Box 8, Folder 141990, Programs and bulletins
Box 8, Folder 151990, Seventy-fifth Anniversary of CDSS
Box 8, Folder 161990, Genevieve Shimer (1913-1990), A Celebration of Her Life
Box 8, Folder 171991
Box 8, Folder 181991, Library
Box 8, Folder 191991, Newspaper clippings
Box 8, Folder 201992, Library
Box 8, Folder 211992, Newspaper clippings
Box 8, Folder 221993, "Farland's McDancing Tour of England, A Very Personal Account by Neil Kelley"
Box 8, Folder 231993, Newspaper clippings
Box 8, Folder 241994, Newspaper clippings

Subseries C: Miscellaneous Materials, Not Dated

Box 9
Box 9, Folder 1Catalogs
Box 9, Folder 2CDSS, History
Box 9, Folder 3Library, lists of country & traditional somgs & dances
Box 9, Folder 4Library, Robert Paul's library
Box 9, Folder 5Library, 78 recordings
Box 9, Folder 6Library, subject classifications
Box 9, Folder 7Library, tapes
Box 9, Folder 8Library, miscellaneous notes
Box 9, Folder 9Meetings
Box 9, Folder 10Membership information
Box 9, Folder 11Newspaper clippings
Box 9, Folder 12Pinewoods, songsheets
Box 9, Folder 13Pinewoods, miscellaneous
Box 9, Folder 14Programs and bulletins

Subseries D: US-EFDS/CDSS Scrapbooks

Box 10
Box 10, Item 1US Branch of the EFDS, scrapbook, 1911-1924
Box 11
Box 11, Item 1US Branch of the EFDS, scrapbook, 1924-1939
Box 12
Box 12, Item 1Federation of the American Branches of the EFDS, scrapbook, 1927-1929
Box 13
Box 13, Item 1Federation of the American Branches of the EFDS, scrapbook, 1930-1934
Box 14
Box 14, Item 1New York City Branch of EFDS, scrapbook, 1930-1936
Box 15
Box 15, Item 1New York City Branch of EFDS, scrapbook, 1936-1937
Box 15, Item 2US National Headquarters of EFDS, scrapbook, 1937-1940
Box 16
Box 16, Item 1Country Dance Society, scrapbook, 1940-1947
Box 17
Box 17, Item 1"Come Let's Be Merry", Celebrating 75 Years of Country Dance, Music & Song in America, scrapbook, 1990

Series 2: Country Dance and Song Society - Subject Files

(4 Boxes)
Box 18
Box 18, Folder 1American Country Dance Ensemble, background info., 1973-1976
Box 18, Folder 2ACDE, flyers for general publicity
Box 18, Folder 3ACDE, newspaper clippings, magazines, reviews
Box 18, Folder 4ACDE, performance schedules and notices
Box 18, Folder 5ACDE, performance schedules and notices
Box 18, Folder 6ACDE, standard program & commentary - notes from J. and G. Shimer
Box 18, Folder 7Berea College [Kentucky]
Box 18, Folder 8Berea College, programs and flyers, 1971-1978
Box 18, Folder 9Bessom, Malcolm E., "Notes on American Folk Music"
Box 18, Folder 10Bibliographies, 1974-1977
Box 18, Folder 11Catalogs, various groups, 1955-1989
Box 18, Folder 12"Christmas Revels", 1972-1981
Box 18, Folder 13Country Dance in Connecticut, 1977
Box 18, Folder 14Dances and songs, miscellaneous
Box 18, Folder 15"Dancing in Amherst County, VA at the Beginning of the 20th Century"
Box 18, Folder 16English Folk Dance and Song Society, "Dancers of England", 1957
Box 18, Folder 17EFDSS, "Dances of England", 1954
Box 18, Folder 18EFDSS, "The Dancing English", 1947
Box 18, Folder 19EFDSS, "The English Folk", 1946
Box 18, Folder 20EFDSS, "Festival", 1956
Box 18, Folder 21EFDSS, "Folk Dance Festival", 1948
Box 18, Folder 22EFDSS, "A Jubilee History", 1961
Box 19
Box 19, Folder 1EFDSS, programs, various folk festivals, 1958-1986
Box 19, Folder 2EFDSS, various reports, 1960-1989
Box 19, Folder 3EFDSS, "Sixty Years of Folk", 1971
Box 19, Folder 4EFDSS, miscellaneous materials, 1930-1988
Box 19, Folder 5EFDSS, Staff Conference Report, 1937
Box 19, Folder 6"Ethnic Culture Survey Report of the Middle States Conference on Folk Culture", n.d.
Box 19, Folder 7Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1949-1951
Box 19, Folder 8Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1952
Box 19, Folder 9Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1953-1972
Box 19, Folder 10Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1973-1974
Box 19, Folder 11Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1975
Box 19, Folder 12Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1976
Box 19, Folder 13Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1977
Box 19, Folder 14Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1978
Box 19, Folder 15Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1979
Box 19, Folder 16Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1980
Box 19, Folder 17Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1981
Box 19, Folder 18Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1982
Box 19, Folder 19Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1983
Box 19, Folder 20Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1984-1988
Box 19, Folder 21Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, 1989-1992
Box 19, Folder 22Flyers of events sponsored by other folk groups, n.d.
Box 19, Folder 23Folk Festival Council, 1932
Box 19, Folder 24Folk materials, general articles, 1938-1949
Box 20
Box 20, Folder 1Folk materials, typescripts, n.d.
Box 20, Folder 2Folklore
Box 20, Folder 3Germantown Friends, Annual Festival, 1935-1951
Box 20, Folder 4Halsway Manor [England], 1969-1979
Box 20, Folder 5Hast, Dorothea E. "Performance Transformation and Community: Contra Dance in New England", 1993
Box 20, Folder 6"High Lonesome, The Story of Bluegrass Music", 1993
Box 20, Folder 7International [European] Folk Dance Festival, 1935
Box 20, Folder 8International Folk Festivals, various programs, 1931-1958
Box 20, Folder 9International Folk Music Council, 1979
Box 20, Folder 10John C. Campbell Folk School, 1954-1973
Box 20, Folder 11John C. Campbell Folk School, programs and flyers, 1962-1981
Box 20, Folder 12Kennedy, Paul tapes, 1976-1981
Box 20, Folder 13Kenton Ramblers play Pat Shaw
Box 20, Folder 14Mendocino [CA] Woodlands Camp, programs and flyers, 1980-1984
Box 20, Folder 15Millstone River Morris, 1991
Box 20, Folder 16National Folk Festival, 1937 & 1976
Box 20, Folder 17Newport, RI Folk Festival, 1959-1969
Box 20, Folder 18Old Dominion Dancers (movie: George Washington), 1983
Box 20, Folder 19Pittsburgh [PA] Folk Festival, 1963-1965
Box 20, Folder 20Platt Village Mummers, 1976
Box 20, Folder 21"Research on Morris Dance Origin", [Nerdrua Report no. 1], 1981
Box 20, Folder 22Roberts, Lily, pencilled notes on her Folk Dance teaching
Box 20, Folder 23Scottish Country Dance Society, 1952
Box 20, Folder 24Sharp, Cecil House, programs, 1951
Box 20, Folder 25Sharp, Cecil House, "A Souvenir", 1980
Box 20, Folder 26Sharp, Cecil Memorial Fund, 1925
Box 20, Folder 27Shaw, Pat Dances (compiled by Neil Kelley)
Box 21
Box 21, Folder 1Shaw, Pat, originals for music of B.T. Ponds
Box 21, Folder 2Songsheets and sheet music
Box 21, Folder 3Songsheets and sheet music
Box 21, Folder 4Songsheets and sheet music
Box 21, Folder 5Steensland, Vernon, "How to Cut Down on Teaching", 1958
Box 21, Folder 6United States Social Hygiene Board, letter, 1922
Box 21, Folder 7Wittmann, Christine, "Rites of Spring" [May Day] 1992
Box 21, Folder 8World of Fun Directions

Series 3: Personal Papers

(24 Boxes)

Subseries A: Buckie, Mary A.

Box 22
Box 22, Folder 1Dance notations
Box 22, Folder 2Dance notations, notebook
Box 22, Folder 3"A Description of an Evening of English Folk Dancing"
Box 22, Folder 4Manuscripts on the beginnings of the folk dance movement
Box 22, Folder 5Newspaper clippings
Box 22, Folder 6 Notes, various topics, not dated
Box 22, Folder 7 "Silver Jubilee Festival", 1950
Box 22, Folder 8Notes, miscellaneous
Box 23
Box 23, Folder 1Scrapbook #1, 1932
Box 23, Folder 2Scrapbook #2, 1933-1935
Box 23, Folder 3Scrapbook #3, 1935-1937
Box 24
Box 24, Folder 1Scrapbook #4, 1939-1942
Box 24, Folder 2Scrapbook #5, 1942-1949

Subseries B: Gadd, May

Box 25
Box 25, Folder 1Articles published by May Gadd, 1937-1943:
  • "The Folk Dance as a Social Dance", The Dance Observer, November 1937
  • "An International Festival", The Dance Observer, February 1939
  • "History of the Country Dance Society 1915-1940", The Country Dancer, Part One: November 1940; Part Two: January 1941; Part Three: March 1941
  • "Adventure Into Television", The Country Dancer, November 1941
  • "Television and the Folk Dance", Dance Observer, December 1941
  • "Television News", The Country Dancer (?), January 1942
  • "Defense Recreation", The Country Dancer, January 1942 and March 1942
  • "Television Adapts to Wartime", The Country Dancer, April 1942
  • "Recreational Dancing and the U.S.O.", The Country Dancer (?), November 1942
  • "A Regional Mountain Folk Festival", Dance Observer (?), February 1943
  • "Fallacies?", The Country Dancer, July 1943
  • "Country Dancing With the Services", Dance Observer, October 1943
  • "A Square Dance Mural", n.d., n.p.
  • "Pine Mountain Folk Art", The Dance Observer, n.d.
  • "Square Dances of America", The Dance Observer, n.d.
  • "A Treasury of Folk Dance", n.d., n.p.
Box 25, Folder 2Biographical materials, 1948-1979
Box 25, Folder 3Cates, Steve, correspondence, 1978-1979
Box 25, Folder 4Certificates and awards, 1904-1975
Box 25, Folder 5Christmas cards, various people
Box 25, Folder 6Correspondence by others regarding M.G., 1971-1979
Box 25, Folder 7Correspondence for an "Evening of Dance & Song from the Collection of Cecil Sharp", 1959
Box 25, Folder 8Correspondence from M.G. to various people, 1941-1973
Box 25, Folder 9Correspondence to M.G., 1950-1978
Box 25, Folder 10Country Dancer files (A), material for issue
Box 25, Folder 11Country Dancer files (H, I, J), possible material for articles, etc.
Box 25, Folder 12Country Dancer files (M), sketches for possible use
Box 25, Folder 13Country Dancer files (S), advertising rates & advertising agents
Box 25, Folder 14Country Dancer files (T,U,V) vari-type and offset information
Box 25, Folder 15Country Dancer files received, small items of interest
Box 25, Folder 16Country Dancer files, index and miscellaneous material
Box 25, Folder 17"Defense Recreation", manuscript, n.d.
Box 25, Folder 18Gadd, May, eightieth birthday
Box 25, Folder 19"The Folk Arts in Recreation - Next Steps"
Box 25, Folder 20"Folk Dance in World Culture"
Box 25, Folder 21Get well cards, 1978
Box 25, Folder 22"The Helston Furry Dance", manuscript, n.d.
Box 25, Folder 23Letters of recommendation, 1919-1925
Box 25, Folder 24McNair, Mary, correspondence & manuscripts, 1942-1954
Box 25, Folder 25Miscellaneous materials, 1951 & n.d.
Box 25, Folder 26Mr. North's Maggot, proof, n.d.
Box 25, Folder 27Newspaper clippings, EFDSS & CDSS, 1929-1951
Box 25, Folder 28Newspaper clippings, miscellaneous
Box 25, Folder 29Partington, Bill, New Jersey Festival
Box 25, Folder 30Porter, Rayborn, correspondence (Oklahoma City Conference), 1947-1948
Box 25, Folder 31Presentations, 1943-1977
Box 25, Folder 32Presentations, 1952
Box 25, Folder 33"Recreational Dancing and the U.S.O."
Box 25, Folder 34War Relief correspondence, 1941

Subseries C: Houghton, Russell and Frances

Box 26
Box 26, Folder 1Folk Festival Council of New York, New York School for Social Research, 1929-1939
Box 26, Folder 2Folk music notes and Canby arrangements, country dance duets, n.d.
Box 26, Folder 3Musical scores and songs, manuscripts
Box 26, Folder 4Notebook, alphabetical list of country dances and Morris dances
Box 26, Folder 5Notebook on playing the recorder, 1961-1963
Box 26, Folder 6Notes, miscellaneous materials

Subseries D: Jackson, Frances H.

Box 27
Box 27, Folder 1Correspondence, American Antiquarian Society, 1954
Box 27, Folder 2Correspondence, Henry E. Huntington Library, 1941
Box 27, Folder 3Correspondence, Library of Congress, 1940-1941; 1954
Box 27, Folder 4Correspondence, Newberry Library, 1940-1941
Box 27, Folder 5Correspondence, Rhode Island Historical Society, 1954
Box 27, Folder 6Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1940; 1954
Box 27, Folder 7Notes, miscellaneous
Box 27, Folder 8Notes, miscellaneous
Box 27, Folder 9Miscellaneous materials, 1941-1950
Box 27, Folder 10Miscellaneous collected calls
Box 28
Box 28, Folder 1Music and song collection, notebook "A"
Box 28, Folder 2Music and song collection, notebook "B"
Box 28, Folder 3Music and song collection, notebook "C"
Box 28, Folder 4Music and song collection, notebook "D"
Box 28, Folder 5Music and song collection, notebook "E-F"
Box 29
Box 29, Folder 1Music and song collection, notebook "G"
Box 29, Folder 2Music and song collection, notebook "H"
Box 29, Folder 3Music and song collection, notebook "I-J"
Box 29, Folder 4Music and song collection, notebook "K-L"
Box 29, Folder 5Music and song collection, notebook "M"
Box 30
Box 30, Folder 1Music and song collection, notebook "N-O"
Box 30, Folder 2Music and song collection, notebook "P"
Box 30, Folder 3Music and song collection, notebook "Q-R"
Box 30, Folder 4Music and song collection, notebook "Sa-Sl"
Box 30, Folder 5Music and song collection, notebook "Sm-Sy"
Box 31
Box 31, Folder 1Music and song collection, notebook "T"
Box 31, Folder 2Music and song collection, notebook "U-Z"
Box 31, Folder 3Music and song collection, notebook "Index A-J"
Box 31, Folder 4Music and song collection, notebook "Index K-R"
Box 31, Folder 5Music and song collection, notebook "Index S-Z"
Box 32
Box 32, Folder 1Music and song collection, notebook, "Quadrilles, Contillions, Songs"
Box 32, Folder 2Music and song collection, notebook, "Cue Book"
Box 32, Folder 3Music and song collection, notebook, "Miscellaneous Collected Songs"
Box 33
Box 33, Folder 1Arrangement, "Headington Morris Reel"
Box 33, Folder 2Arrangement, "Helston Furry Dance"
Box 33, Folder 3Arrangement, "Jockie to the Fair"
Box 33, Folder 4Arrangement, "Ladies Pleasure"
Box 33, Folder 5Arrangement, "Laudman Bunches"
Box 33, Folder 6Arrangement, "Lilli Burelo"
Box 33, Folder 7Arrangement, "Long Eight", or "Cumberland"
Box 33, Folder 8Arrangement, "Lumps of Pudding"
Box 33, Folder 9Arrangement, "Lump of Plum Pudding", Bampton, England (Melville Smith)
Box 33, Folder 10Arrangement, "Mage on a Cree"
Box 33, Folder 11Arrangement, "The Maid of the Mill" (Morris dance)
Box 24
Box 24, Folder 1Arrangement, "The Maid Peeped Out of the Window"
Box 24, Folder 2Arrangement, "The Merry Milkmaids"
Box 24, Folder 3Arrangement, "Mr. Isaac's Maggot"
Box 24, Folder 4Arrangement, "Morpeth Rant"
Box 24, Folder 5Arrangement, "The Morris Call"
Box 24, Folder 6Arrangement, "Newcastle"
Box 24, Folder 7Arrangement, "The Nutting Girl"
Box 24, Folder 8Arrangement, "Old Black Joe" (Morris dance)
Box 24, Folder 9Arrangement, "Old Molly Oxford" (Morris jig)
Box 24, Folder 10Arrangement, "Old Molly Oxford" (Morris jig)
Box 24, Folder 11Arrangement, "Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket" (Headington jig)
Box 24, Folder 12Arrangement, "Princess Royal"
Box 24, Folder 13Arrangement, "Princess Royal"
Box 24, Folder 14Arrangement, "Royton Morris"
Box 24, Folder 15Arrangement, "Rigs O'Marlow"
Box 24, Folder 16Arrangement, "Rodney"
Box 24, Folder 17Arrangement, "Shepards' Hey" (Bampton, England)

Subseries E: Judson, Mary P.

Box 35
Box 35, Folder 1Chambers, Donald Moore, "Squares and Rounds", 1940
Box 35, Folder 2Chase, Richard, 1965-1966
Box 35, Folder 3Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1951-1986
Box 35, Folder 4Country Dance and Song Society, correspondence, 1937-1985
Box 35, Folder 5English Folk Dance and Song Society, 1932-1971
Box 35, Folder 6Gadd, May Trust Fund, correspondence, 1958-1969
Box 35, Folder 7List of records and tapes owned by M.P.J.
Box 35, Folder 8McLain, Raymond and Bicky, correspondence
Box 35, Folder 9Mendocino Camp [CA]
Box 35, Folder 10Miscellaneous materials
Box 35, Folder 11Musical scores
Box 35, Folder 12Newspaper clippings, misc., 1972-1979
Box 35, Folder 13Programs from various folk organizations, 1940-1966
Box 35, Folder 14Song notes
Box 35, Folder 15Wisse, Tom, "Wisse Book", master copy

Subseries F: Keller, Kate Van Winkle

Box 36
Box 36, Folder 1Correspondence, "A", 1986-1989
Box 36, Folder 2Correspondence, "B", 1986-1990
Box 36, Folder 3Correspondence, CDSS, 1985-1989
Box 36, Folder 4Correspondence, "C", 1985-1989
Box 36, Folder 5Correspondence, "D-F", 1984-1988
Box 36, Folder 6Correspondence, Gifts to CDSS, 1985-1990
Box 36, Folder 7Correspondence, "G", 1986-1988
Box 36, Folder 8Correspondence, "H-J", 1978-1988
Box 36, Folder 9Correspondence, "K-L", 1985-1989
Box 36, Folder 10Correspondence, "M", 1986-1987
Box 36, Folder 11Correspondence, "N-O", 1984
Box 36, Folder 12Correspondence, "P-Q", 1987-1988
Box 36, Folder 13Correspondence, "R", 1985-1989
Box 36, Folder 14Correspondence, "S", 1985-1989
Box 36, Folder 15Correspondence, Sloane, David [ed. Country Dance and Song]
Box 36, Folder 16Correspondence, "T-V", 1987-1988
Box 36, Folder 17Correspondence, "Wilfert", 1986-1990
Box 36, Folder 18Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1986
Box 36, Folder 19"Holders of Certificates from EFDSS, 1927-1942"
Box 36, Folder 20"James Alexander's Collection of Country Dances, New York, 1730"
Box 36, Folder 21Storrow - Sharp EFDSS correspondence, 1923-1929 [xerox]

Subseries G: Osgood, Bessie V.

Box 37
Box 37, Folder 1Berckley, George H., correspondence, 1903-1934
Box 37, Folder 2Bolton, Charles Knowles, correspondence, 1902-1904
Box 37, Folder 3Correspondence with various people, 1902-1907
Box 37, Folder 4Brooks, Helen A.
Box 37, Folder 5Notes on Early American song and dance
Box 37, Folder 6The Dancing Master, 1716
Box 37, Folder 7Eighteenth-century dance, research notes
Box 37, Folder 8Extracts from letters (etc...) on dance, notebook
Box 37, Folder 9List of minuets in British Museum, 1904, manuscript copy
Box 37, Folder 10Notebook, miscellany
Box 37, Folder 11Notebook, miscellany
Box 37, Folder 12Governor's Reception, programme, 1908
Box 37, Folder 13Hale, Edward E., 1903-1905
Box 37, Folder 14List of songs & airs (wherefound)
Box 37, Folder 15Kidson, Frank, correspondence
Box 37, Folder 16Matthews, Albert, correspondence, 1903
Box 37, Folder 17Musical scores, manuscripts
Box 37, Folder 18Musical scores, newspaper clippings, 1903-1906
Box 37, Folder 19"The Origin of Folk-Melodies", manuscript and notes
Box 37, Folder 20Peacock, Francis, Sketches relative to the History & Theory, but more especially to the practice of Dancing, 1805, notes
Box 37, Folder 21Sachse, Julius F., correspondence, 1902-1903
Box 37, Folder 22Southern, V., The Art of Dancing, 1764
Box 37, Folder 23Wilson, Thomas, Complete System of English Country Dancing, 1820 manuscript copy
Box 37, Folder 24Wyman, Liela Viles, correspondence
Box 37, Folder 25Miscellaneous notes

Subseries H: Shimer, M. Genevieve Taylor

Box 38
Box 38, Folder 1Correspondence
Box 38, Folder 2Cornish School (Seattle, WA), songbook, 1921-1923
Box 38, Folder 3Folk dancing classes, Broadway High School, 1933-1934
Box 38, Folder 4Notebook, not dated
Box 38, Folder 5Songbook, not dated
Box 38, Folder 6Songbook, not dated
Box 38, Folder 7Photos from the Memorial Service for Genny Shimer, Nov. 10, 1990

Subseries I: Smith, Melville

Box 39
Box 39, Folder 1Scrapbook, 1925-1936

Subseries J: Watkins, Stanley

Box 40
Box 40, Folder 1Correspondence, 1924-1925
Box 40, Folder 2English Folk Dance Camp, 1925
Box 40, Folder 3English Folk Dance Society [NY Branch, published materials, 1919-1925]
Box 40, Folder 4Greenwich Village Historical Society, "Independence Ball", 1925
Box 40, Folder 5Miscellaneous, mostly not dated

Subseries K: Wells, Evelyn K.

Box 41
Box 41, Folder 1Appalachian trip, 1955, journal
Box 41, Folder 2The Ballad Tree, notes relating to text, 1946
Box 41, Folder 3The Ballad Tree, reading notes
Box 41, Folder 4Biographical materials (vita, letters from John R. Wells)
Box 41, Folder 5Challis, John, correspondence, 1939
Box 41, Folder 6Christmas pageant, 1962
Box 41, Folder 7Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1962-1973
Box 41, Folder 8Correspondence, 1968-1974
Box 41, Folder 9Dancing, miscellaneous etchings & clippings
Box 41, Folder 10"Dark of the Moon" [play], 1945-1949
Box 41, Folder 11Dean-Smith,?, correspondence, 1958-1959
Box 41, Folder 12Diary [Trip to England], 1959
Box 41, Folder 13Dulcimer, articles and clippings, 1937-1973
Box 41, Folder 14Dulcimer, correspondence, 1968-1975.
Box 41, Folder 15Elizabethan music and literature, 1935-1962
Box 41, Folder 16Elizabethan program notes
Box 41, Folder 17England (Tudor), notes and pictures on architecture and dress
Box 41, Folder 18Flander, Helen Hartness, 1961-1963
Box 41, Folder 19Folk dances, notecards, not dated
Box 41, Folder 20Folk Dance Weekend, Wellsley College, 1939
Box 41, Folder 21Folk music bibliographies, 1957-1974
Box 41, Folder 22Folk singers, miscellaneous programs and information about various people, 1946-1963
Box 41, Folder 23Folk songs collected by EKW, 1916-1955
Box 41, Folder 24Furber [Dearnley], Dorothy, correspondence and information regarding, 1961-1965
Box 41, Folder 25Gadd, May, correspondence, 1973
Box 41, Folder 26Gault, Robert L., "The Wife of Usher's Well", n.d.
Box 42
Box 42, Folder 1Grover, Carrie, collected biographical material on CG
Box 42, Folder 2Grover, Carrie, correspondence, 1943-1950
Box 42, Folder 3Grover, Carrie, correspondence with Gould Academy [Ann Griggs and Edmond J. Vachon] regarding CG, 1948-1961
Box 42, Folder 4Grover, Carrie, miscellaneous correspondence regarding CG, 1959-1966
Box 42, Folder 5Grover, Carrie, songs and songbook
Box 42, Folder 6Hare, Marie, "11 Miramichi Songs", n.d.
Box 42, Folder 7Hindman Settlement School [KY], 1960-1974
Box 42, Folder 8International Folk Music Council/Conference, 1950-1975
Box 42, Folder 9John C. Campbell Folk School, 1954-1974
Box 42, Folder 10Karpeles, Maud, articles and materials on MK, 1965-1967
Box 42, Folder 11Karpeles, Maud, correspondence, 1938-1942
Box 42, Folder 12Karpeles, Maud, correspondence, 1943-1955
Box 42, Folder 13Karpeles, Maud, correspondence, 1958-1965
Box 42, Folder 14Karpeles, Maud, correspondence, 1966-1967
Box 42, Folder 15Karpeles, Maud, correspondence, 1968-1969
Box 42, Folder 16Karpeles, Maud, correspondence, 1970-1971
Box 42, Folder 17Karpeles, Maud, correspondence, 1972-1973
Box 42, Folder 18Karpeles, Maud, correspondence, not dated
Box 42, Folder 19Karpeles, Maud, L/C tape of BBC, Hooper, Wells, etc...(songs and transcriptions)
Box 42, Folder 20Library of EKW (books, music, manuscripts), 1968-1981
Box 42, Folder 21Library of EKW, list of items, 1969
Box 42, Folder 22List of interviews and recordings
Box 42, Folder 23Music, miscellaneous manuscripts and notes
Box 42, Folder 24Musical instruments and musicians, miscellaneous visuals
Box 42, Folder 25Niles, John Jacob, programs and information regarding, 1942-1956
Box 43
Box 43, Folder 1Notecards, Shakespeare & Folklore, special play and special topics
Box 43, Folder 2Notecards, talk on collecting: talk child 4; Long Pond, 1959-1960; Boston University, 1962
Box 43, Folder 3Notecards
Box 43, Folder 4Notes, miscellaneous, not dated
Box 43, Folder 5Notes, miscellaneous, not dated
Box 43, Folder 6Notes, miscellaneous, not dated
Box 43, Folder 7Padstow Hobby Horse, 1936-1938
Box 43, Folder 8Paton, Sandy (Folk Legacy Records), 1962-1969
Box 43, Folder 9Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], At Home in the Hills
Box 43, Folder 10 Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], calendars, 1944-1969
Box 43, Folder 11Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], commencement programs, 1937-1948
Box 43, Folder 12Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Conifer, 1941-1945
Box 43, Folder 13Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], correspondence, 1939-1941
Box 43, Folder 14Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], correspondence and accounts about, 1915-1966
Box 43, Folder 15Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], correspondence to EKW, 1966-1968
Box 44
Box 44, Folder 1Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], correspondence to EKW, 1969-1970
Box 44, Folder 2Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], correspondence to EKW, 1971-1972
Box 44, Folder 3Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], correspondence to EKW, 1973-1974
Box 44, Folder 4Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], "Dialect & local color, 1921-1923"
Box 44, Folder 5Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], EKW extracts from letters regarding Pine Mountain, 1915-1927
Box 44, Folder 6Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], history, 1929
Box 44, Folder 7Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Informational pamphlets and brochures, most not dated
Box 44, Folder 8Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], language anecdotes
Box 44, Folder 9Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], May Day programs, 1937-1948
Box 44, Folder 10Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Nolan, "Singin'" Willie, correspondence, 1953-1967 [also see Stekert, Ellen, Folder 23]
Box 44, Folder 11Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Notes from the Pine Mountain Settlement School, Vol. I-II, 1919-1928
Box 44, Folder 12Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Notes from the Pine Mountain Settlement School, Vol. III-VIII, 1928-1936
Box 44, Folder 13Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Notes from the Pine Mountain Settlement School, Vol. XII-XXVII, 1938-1974
Box 44, Folder 14Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], "One Man's Cravin'", 1945
Box 44, Folder 15Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Pine Cone, Vol. 4, no. 1-3, 5, 1936-1937
Box 44, Folder 16Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Pine Cone, Vol. 5, no. 2; Vol. 6, no. 2 & 4, 1940-1942
Box 44, Folder 17Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Pine Cone, Vol. 10, no. 3-4; Vol. 11, no. 8, 1945-1947
Box 44, Folder 18Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Pine Cone, Vol. 12, no. 1, 3, & 5, 1947-1948
Box 44, Folder 19Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Pine Cone, Vol. 13, no. 1-5, 1948-1949
Box 44, Folder 20Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Pine Mountain Catalogue, 1945-1947
Box 44, Folder 21Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Pine Mountain History, 1913-1936
Box 44, Folder 22Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], programs for special events
Box 44, Folder 23Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Stekert, Ellen, correspondence, 1956-1965 [see also Nolan, "Singin' Willie", Folder 10]
Box 44, Folder 24Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], Zande, Ethel de Long, transcriptions of correspondence, 1914-1926
Box 44, Folder 25Pine Mountain Settlement School [KY], miscellaneous
Box 45
Box 45, Folder 1Programs, miscellaneous, 1937-1970
Box 45, Folder 2Publications, 1959-1962
Box 45, Folder 3Ritchie, Jean, correspondence and information regarding JR, 1951-1973
Box 45, Folder 4Schrader, Arthur F., correspondence, 1968
Box 45, Folder 5Sharp, Cecil, Centennial Evenings - Boston, notes
Box 45, Folder 6Sharp, Cecil, Christmas cards, 1919-1926
Box 45, Folder 7Sharp, Cecil, original music manuscript, "Tenpenny Bit"
Box 45, Folder 8Simpson, Claude M., correspondence, 1966
Box 45, Folder 9Sleeper, Helen Jay, 1959-1962
Box 45, Folder 10Songbook (The Willow Song; Who Is That This Dark Night; Go, Crystal Tears; Come Away, Come, Some Love)
Box 45, Folder 11Transcriptions of records brought from England
Box 45, Folder 12Uddin, Jasim, "Marriage Songs of East Pakistan"
Box 45, Folder 13Wells, Billy, Bampton fiddler, interview
Box 45, Folder 14Whitney, Lois, correspondence, 1965-1970
Box 45, Folder 15Whitney, Lois, prints and hand-made cards
Box 45, Folder 16Writings, miscellaneous, not dated

Series 4: Oversized Materials

(5 Boxes)

Subseries A: CDSS

Oversize Box 1
Oversize Box 1, Folder 1January 6, 1921, The Twelth Night Revels, poster
Oversize Box 1, Folder 2December 26-30, 1922, Christmas Vacation School, poster
Oversize Box 1, Folder 3April 14, 1928, Folk Dance Festival, poster
Oversize Box 1, Folder 4April 14, 1928, Festival of English Folk Dancing, poster
Oversize Box 1, Folder 5April 13, 1929, Folk Dance Festival, poster
Oversize Box 1, Folder 6April 12, 1930, Folk Dance Festival, poster
Oversize Box 1, Folder 7April 18, 1931, Folk Dance Festival, poster
Oversize Box 1, Folder 81936, "Map to Illustrate Geographical Distribution of English Ceremonial Dance," by Joseph Needham in EFDSS Journal
Oversize Box 1, Folder 9June 6, 1965, "New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation Proclaims June 6, 1965 to be English Dance Society Day", certificate
Oversize Box 1, Folder 10March 7, 1976, American Dance and Music of the 18th Century Performed by the "American Country Dance Ensemble", poster
Oversize Box 1, Folder 11June 1976, Bicentennial Ball...by the American Country Dance Ensemble, poster
Oversize Box 1, Folder 12June 22-June 24, 1990, Summer Solstice Folk Music & Dance Festival, Northridge, CA

Subseries B: Personal Papers

Oversize Box 1, Folder 13Gadd, May, broadsides [reprints]: "The Richmond Soldier, Together with Sweet Pig of Richmond Hill", "Tom Bolin", "Unfortunate Miss Bailey: Together with the Baliff", "Old Maid's Last Prayer; and the Primrose Girl", "The Frog and the Mouse"
Oversize Box 1, Folder 14Judson, Mary [Walter Pulverson], "Life Gave Me A Ball", 1937, poster
Oversize Box 1, Folder 15Wells, Evelyn K., "The Percy Folio Manuscript", photostats and notes
Oversize Box 1, Folder 16Wells, Evelyn K., "Some Important Literary and Historical Data", poster
Oversize Box 2
Oversize Box 2, Item 1Buckie, Mary, scrapbook #6, 1937-1939
Oversize Box 3
Oversize Box 3, Folder 1Gadd, May, Indian dance, serigraphs
Oversize Box 3, Folder 2Osgood, Bessie, Manuscript collected dances & songsfrom 17th and 18th centuries
Oversize Box 3, Folder 3Osgood, Bessie, Whittier Perkins manuscript of 1790 [copy], Geo. H. Benchley manuscript of 1902 [original], letters from Benchley, manuscript in Essex Institute [copy]
Oversize Box 3, Folder 4Osgood, Bessie, Dance tunes, long tunes
Oversize Box 3, Folder 5Osgood, Bessie, Miscellaneous manuscript music.
Oversize Box 3, Folder 6Osgood, Bessie, Military musics, songs, country dances, minuets
Oversize Box 3, Folder 7Osgood, Bessie, Miscellaneous minuets, country dances, cotillions
Oversize Box 3, Folder 8Shimer, Genevieve, Miscellaneous music manuscripts
Oversize Box 3, Folder 9Wells, Evelyn K., Miscellaneous music manuscripts
Oversize Box 4
Oversize Box 4, Folder 1EFDS/CDSS materials from unidentified scrapbook, 1928-1950
Oversize Box 4, Folder 2EFDS/CDSS materials, not dated
Oversize Box 4, Folder 3Copies of newspaper clippings and pages in unidentified scrapbook, 1930s-1951
Oversize Box 4, Folder 4Unidentified scrapbook, 1928-1951

Subseries C: Photographs

Oversize Box 5
Oversize Box 5, Folder 1Twelfth Night Revels, January 6, 1920
Oversize Box 5, Folder 2CDSS English Folk Festival, 7th Regiment Armory, New York City, 1936
Oversize Box 5, Folder 3CDSS Christmas Party, 1940
Oversize Box 5, Folder 4American Country Dance Ensemble, contacts, ca. 1976
Oversize Box 5, Folder 5ACDE, contacts, ca. 1976
Oversize Box 5, Folder 6ACDE, contacts, ca. 1976
Oversize Box 5, Folder 7May Gadd, n.d.

Series 5: Photographs

(14 Boxes)

Subseries A: CDSS

Box 46
Box 46, Folder 1Pine Tree Camp photo, ca. 1922-1923
Box 46, Folder 21934, EFDS Eastern Summer School [Bryce Canyon, Utah]
Box 46, Folder 31935, International Folk Council
Box 46, Folder 41936, Pinewoods
Box 46, Folder 5Musician (unidentified), 1937
Box 46, Folder 61939 August, by Robert H. Buckie
Box 46, Folder 71939, from Elisabeth S. Burns
Box 46, Folder 81939, Pinewoods [negatives]
Box 46, Folder 91939-1941, by Robert H. Buckie
Box 46, Folder 10Photo album, 1939-1941, by Robert H. Buckie
Box 46, Folder 111940s, Pinewoods
Box 46, Folder 121940s, miscellaneous dance photos
Box 46, Folder 131940, Christmas party
Box 47
Box 47, Folder 11940, by Robert H. Buckie album of Pinewoods photos
Box 47, Folder 21940, Pinewoods
Box 47, Folder 31941, Pinewoods
Box 47, Folder 4 April 1941, Spring Festival, 7th Regiment Armory
Box 47, Folder 51941, White Top Festival, Virginia
Box 47, Folder 61942, CDSS dancing on television at CBS
Box 47, Folder 71942, New York City Christmas party
Box 47, Folder 8Possibly Pinewoods, 1942
Box 47, Folder 9January 1943, USO, Fort Knox, Kentucky
Box 47, Folder 101943, USO, Lamar
Box 47, Folder 11Pinewoods, 1947
Box 47, Folder 12Pinewoods, 1948
Box 47, Folder 13Pinewoods 1950 & 1953, from Perdue Cleaver
Box 47, Folder 14Pinewoods 1950s-1970s, by Gloria R. Berchielli
Box 47, Folder 151950s, miscellaneous
Box 47, Folder 16Pinewoods, 1951
Box 47, Folder 171952
Box 47, Folder 181953, Pinewoods
Box 47, Folder 191953, unidentified event
Box 47, Folder 20Pinewoods, 1954
Box 47, Folder 21Pinewoods, 1955
Box 47, Folder 221956, Pinewoods, by S. Szasz
Box 47, Folder 23Pinewoods, 1956
Box 47, Folder 24Pinewoods, 1957
Box 47, Folder 251958 Spring, Hudson Guild Farm [Gerhard Steinfeld]
Box 47, Folder 261958, Pinewoods slides
Box 47, Folder 27Photos, 1959
Box 48
Box 48, Folder 11959, Pinewoods
Box 48, Folder 21960s-1970s, Pinewoods, Chamber Music Week
Box 48, Folder 3Pinewoods, 1960
Box 48, Folder 41961, Pinewoods
Box 48, Folder 51961, Pinewoods
Box 48, Folder 61961, Pinewoods, Awards Ceremony
Box 48, Folder 71962, Pinewoods
Box 48, Folder 8Christmas Festival, 1962
Box 48, Folder 91962, unidentified
Box 48, Folder 101963, Pinewoods, by Stan Levi
Box 48, Folder 11February 13, 1963, Met-Dance, by Stan Levy #145-#153
Box 48, Folder 12April 22, 1963, Berea College dancers, White House, Washington, D.C.,by Stan Levy
Box 48, Folder 13April 22, 1963, White House, by Stan Levy [negatives]
Box 48, Folder 141963, miscellaneous
Box 48, Folder 151963-1970, Pinewoods
Box 48, Folder 161964, Pinewoods, by Suzanne Szasz #1455
Box 48, Folder 171964, Pinewoods, by G.R. Berchielli
Box 48, Folder 181964, Pinewoods, by Frank Woerner
Box 48, Folder 191964-1967, Pinewoods, by G.R. Berchielli
Box 48, Folder 201964, World's Fair Exhibition, by K. Dormous
Box 48, Folder 21June 7, 1964, World's Fair, 1st performance, by Stan Levy
Box 48, Folder 22September 1964, World's Fair, 2nd performance [U.S. Pavilion], by Stan Levy
Box 48, Folder 231964, World's Fair, by Gerhard Steinfeld
Box 48, Folder 241964, World's Fair
Box 48, Folder 25March 27, 1965, Golden Jubilee (50th Anniversary)
Box 48, Folder 26March 27, 1965, Golden Jubilee (50th Anniversary) by Stan Levy
Box 48, Folder 271965, Pinewoods, by G.R. Berchielli
Box 48, Folder 281965, Pinewoods
Box 49
Box 49, Folder 11965 & 1969, Pinewoods, Chamber Music Week, by Keith LaBarre (folder 1 of 2)
Box 49, Folder 21965 & 1969, Pinewoods, Chamber Music Week, by Keith LaBarre (folder 2 of 2)
Box 49, Folder 31966, Pinewoods
Box 49, Folder 41966-1967, by Suzanne Szasz
Box 49, Folder 51967, Pinewoods, by G.R. Berchielli
Box 49, Folder 61967, Pinewoods, by Suzanne Szasz #1695
Box 49, Folder 71968, Morris Tour from Pinewoods to Falmouth - Woods Hole
Box 49, Folder 81968, Pinewoods, by Stan Levy #1-369
Box 49, Folder 91968, Pinewoods, 1st Dance Week, by Stan Levy #1-369
Box 49, Folder 101968, Pinewoods
Box 49, Folder 111968, Pinewoods, by Julie Snow
Box 49, Folder 121968, unidentified, by Ellen Kostroff
Box 49, Folder 131968, unidentified event [Harvard Morris Tour?], by Julie Snow
Box 49, Folder 141968, unidentified event
Box 49, Folder 151968-1969, by S. Szasz
Box 49, Folder 161969, Morris Tour, Central Park, NYC
Box 49, Folder 171969, Pinewoods, by Ken LaBowe
Box 49, Folder 181969, Pinewoods
Box 49, Folder 191970, Pinewoods, Chamber Music Week, by Stan Levy, #2-201
Box 49, Folder 201970, Pinewoods, Dance Week, by Stan Levy #301-564
Box 49, Folder 211970, Pinewoods, by S. Szasz
Box 49, Folder 221970, Stephens College - Maypole
Box 49, Folder 231970, unidentified
Box 49, Folder 241971, by Mildred Dickinson
Box 49, Folder 251971, Morris Tour, Berea College
Box 50
Box 50, Folder 11971, Pinewoods
Box 50, Folder 21971, Pinewoods, by S. Szasz #1955
Box 50, Folder 3February 1971, Pinewoods, by Bob Paul
Box 50, Folder 41972, Christmas festival
Box 50, Folder 51972, Pinewoods, Chamber Music Week, by Stan Levy #1-102
Box 50, Folder 61972, Pinewoods, 1st Dance Week, by Stan Levy #103-303
Box 50, Folder 71972, Pinewoods, Family Week, by S. Szasz #1996
Box 50, Folder 81972, Pinewoods
Box 50, Folder 91972, Spring Festival, by G.R. Berchielli
Box 50, Folder 101973, Christmas Festival, by Stan Levy #632212
Box 50, Folder 111973, Dunham Center, Illinois, dance demonstration
Box 50, Folder 121973, Pinewoods, Family Week, by S. Szasz #2040
Box 50, Folder 131973, Pinewoods
Box 50, Folder 141973, Spring Festival, by G.R. Berchielli
Box 50, Folder 151974, Bicentennial Dancers, Christmas Festival, by S. Szasz, #2092
Box 50, Folder 161974, Pinewoods
Box 50, Folder 171974, miscellaneous
Box 50, Folder 181975, American Country Dance Ensemble (ACDE), Morris Jumel, by R. Greenawalt
Box 50, Folder 19May 24, 1975, ACDE, Morris Jumel, Garbus photos
Box 50, Folder 201975, ACDE, Morris Jumel, Newport News
Box 50, Folder 211975, ACDE, Newport News, by S. Szasz
Box 50, Folder 221975, ACDE, performance/costume pictures
Box 51
Box 51, Folder 11975, ACDE, publicity photos from performances
Box 51, Folder 21975, ACDE, publicity photos not from performances
Box 51, Folder 31975, ACDE
Box 51, Folder 41975-1977, Larchmont [NY] Country Dancers
Box 51, Folder 51975, Pinewoods, Family Week, by S. Szasz #2115
Box 51, Folder 61975,Pinewoods, by Annette Velella
Box 51, Folder 71975,Pinewoods
Box 51, Folder 81975-1976, by Annette Velella
Box 51, Folder 91976, Pinewoods, by Sy Mottel
Box 51, Folder 10July 4, 1976, Pinewoods, Boston Bicentennial Dancers, by Nikki Silva
Box 51, Folder 111976, Pinewoods, by S. Szasz #2165
Box 51, Folder 121976, miscellaneous
Box 51, Folder 131977, Pinewoods, by S. Szasz #2195
Box 51, Folder 141977, Pinewoods
Box 52
Box 52, Folder 11978, Pinewoods, Family Week, by Judith Backergrunberg (folder 1 of 2)
Box 52, Folder 21978, Pinewoods, Family Week, by Judith Backergrunberg (folder 2 of 2)
Box 52, Folder 31978, Pinewoods
Box 52, Folder 41979, English dance, by Sue DeArmond
Box 52, Folder 51979, Hobby Horse, Tuscon, AZ
Box 52, Folder 61979, Pinewoods, by Robert Hendry Brown
Box 52, Folder 71979, Pinewoods, by S. Szasz #2247
Box 52, Folder 81979, Pinewoods, Family Week, by J. Backergrunberg
Box 52, Folder 91979, Pinewoods
Box 52, Folder 10November 14, 1980-November 16,1980, Early Music & Dance Weekend [Netcong, NJ]
Box 52, Folder 111980, Mendocino Dance Camp
Box 52, Folder 121980, NEHJ Jubilee
Box 52, Folder 131980, Pinewoods, English Dance & Family Weeks, by S. Szasz #2288
Box 52, Folder 141980, miscellaneous
Box 52, Folder 15October 9, 1981-October 12, 1981, HGF Dance Weekend,by Bea Smolens
Box 52, Folder 161981, Pinewoods, by S. Szasz #2323
Box 53
Box 53, Folder 11981, Pinewoods
Box 53, Folder 21982, Pinewoods, by S. Szasz #2346
Box 53, Folder 31982, Pinewoods
Box 53, Folder 41982, unidentified event
Box 53, Folder 51982, Family dance
Box 53, Folder 61983, Boston Early Music Festival (CDSS booth)
Box 53, Folder 71983, Pinewoods
Box 53, Folder 81984, Pinewoods, by Tim Senior
Box 53, Folder 91984, Miscellaneous
Box 53, Folder 101985, Pinewoods, Family Week, by Tim Senior
Box 53, Folder 111985, Library's move to Radnor
Box 53, Folder 121985, Pinewoods, Family & English Dance Week, by Walter Schwarz
Box 53, Folder 131985, Pinewoods, by Walter Schwarz
Box 53, Folder 141985, Pinewoods, Welsh Country Dance
Box 53, Folder 151985, Pinewoods
Box 53, Folder 161986, Pinewoods, English & American Dance Week, by Walter Schwarz
Box 53, Folder 171986, Pinewoods, Family Week
Box 53, Folder 181986, Pinewoods, by Helene Zuckerbrad
Box 53, Folder 191986, Pinewoods
Box 53, Folder 201986, Unidentified
Box 53, Folder 211986-1987, by Grace Feldman
Box 53, Folder 22July 15, 1987, Northampton [MA] office move
Box 53, Folder 23November 1987, Northampton office
Box 53, Folder 241987, Pinewoods
Box 53, Folder 251987, Unidentified
Box 53, Folder 261988, Michigan Dance Heritage
Box 53, Folder 271988, Pinewoods
Box 53, Folder 281988, Pinewoods, by Justine Buck
Box 53, Folder 291988, Playford Ball [NY], by Marty Fager
Box 53, Folder 30April 1989, CDSS Council Meeting
Box 53, Folder 31January 21, 1989, CDSS/FSGW Leadership Workshop
Box 53, Folder 321989, Ontario Home County Festival
Box 53, Folder 331989, Pinewoods
Box 53, Folder 34April 19, 1990-April 20, 1990, CDSS Board Meeting at the Smithsonian
Box 53, Folder 351990, 75th Anniversary of CDSS
Box 53, Folder 361990, Ski Dance Weekend
Box 53, Folder 371990, miscellaneous
Box 53, Folder 381991, Millstone River Morris
Box 53, Folder 391993, "Farland's McDancing Tour of England, A Very Personal Account by Neil Kelly"
Box 53, Folder 401993, Pinewoods
Box 54
Box 54, Folder 1n.d., Christmas Ceremony, "The Boar's Head"
Box 54, Folder 2n.d., Cumberland Square Eight
Box 54, Folder 3n.d., Dance, unidentified
Box 54, Folder 4n.d., Pinewoods, Chamber Music Week
Box 54, Folder 5n.d., Pinewoods, slides by N. Sload
Box 54, Folder 6n.d., Pinewoods
Box 54, Folder 7n.d., Pinewoods
Box 54, Folder 8n.d., Pinewoods
Box 54, Folder 9n.d., Pinewoods
Box 54, Folder 10n.d., Pinewoods, by C. Kjerulfe
Box 54, Folder 11n.d., Pinewoods
Box 54, Folder 12n.d., Pinewoods
Box 54, Folder 13n.d., Pinewoods
Box 54, Folder 14n.d., Pinewoods
Box 54, Folder 15n.d., Pinewoods, dancing
Box 54, Folder 16n.d., Pinewoods, Morris and Sword dance
Box 54, Folder 17n.d., miscellaneous
Box 54, Folder 18n.d., miscellaneous
Box 54, Folder 19n.d., miscellaneous
Box 54, Folder 20n.d., miscellaneous

Subseries B: CDSS - Subject Materials

Box 55
Box 55, Folder 1Ampleforth in City and Country Day School Yard, n.d.
Box 55, Folder 2Berea College, n.d.
Box 55, Folder 3Betley Window
Box 55, Folder 4England - landscapes
Box 55, Folder 5English dance [slides by EFDSS]
Box 55, Folder 6English dancers, unidentified, n.d.
Box 55, Folder 7Gorman, Michael and Margaret Barry
Box 55, Folder 8Hula dancing, n.d.
Box 55, Folder 9Langstaff, John
Box 55, Folder 10Mendocino Woodlands Camp
Box 55, Folder 11Merrill, Philip, 1956-1986
Box 55, Folder 12Morris dance, n.d.
Box 55, Folder 13Morris and sword dances - England
Box 55, Folder 14People
Box 55, Folder 15Ramsay, Martin
Box 55, Folder 16Ritchie, Jean
Box 55, Folder 17Saletan, Tony and Irene
Box 55, Folder 18The Warners
Box 55, Folder 19Whiteman, Elsie, 1961

Subseries C: Photos from Personal Papers

  • May Gadd: Box 1 f. 1 - Box 2 f. 5
  • Mary P. Judson: Box 2 f. 6 - Box 2 f. 8
  • Genevieve Shimer: Box 2 f. 9 - Box 2 f. 11
  • Evelyn K. Wells: Box 3 f. 1 - Box 4 f. 26
Box 56
Box 56, Folder 1Dance parties, festivals, etc. (indoors)
Box 56, Folder 2Deer Dance at San Ildofonso Pueblo, January 23, 1962
Box 56, Folder 3Durkee's, Leland, Spring Party, Bethlehem, PA, 1962
Box 56, Folder 4England - landscapes, slides
Box 56, Folder 5England & English dancers, July 1973
Box 56, Folder 6English dances, 1930-1960s
Box 56, Folder 7English ritual dances
Box 56, Folder 8Folk dancers, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 1971
Box 56, Folder 9Gadd, May, 1936-1970
Box 56, Folder 10Gadd, May, Christmas Festival & Presentation
Box 56, Folder 11Gadd, May, 1974-1975
Box 56, Folder 12Gadd, May, 1977, by Harry Kronenberg
Box 56, Folder 13Gadd, May, n.d.
Box 56, Folder 14Hindman Settlement School, 1940s-1950s
Box 56, Folder 15Metropolitan Dance, February 1963-March 1963
Box 56, Folder 16Morris dance, 1967 & n.d.
Box 56, Folder 17New Mexico and Indian art
Box 56, Folder 18Other people, 1956-1975
Box 57
Box 57, Folder 1Bill Partington's annual Spring gathering in NJ at "Piper's Fancy", 1947-1951
Box 57, Folder 2Pinewoods, 1936-1939
Box 57, Folder 3Pinewoods, 1952
Box 57, Folder 4Plainfield, VT, dance contest, 1941
Box 57, Folder 5Spanish dancers (Basque), postcards
Box 57, Folder 6International Institute Ball, 1947
Box 57, Folder 7 Mendocino Woodlands, early 1980s
Box 57, Folder 8Miscellaneous
Box 57, Folder 9Padstow, Helston, & Bampton, 1972 (slides)
Box 57, Folder 10Miscellaneous dance, 1930s
Box 57, Folder 11Not identified, not dated
Box 58
Box 58, Folder 1Amherst, MA, EFDS Dance School, 1928-1932
Box 58, Folder 2Appalachians, 1955
Box 58, Folder 3Bampton, England, 1951
Box 58, Folder 4Children dancing (Hindman Settlement School)
Box 58, Folder 5England, postcards
Box 58, Folder 6England, Cotswolds, postcards
Box 58, Folder 7Essex County Country Dance Festival (Millington, NJ), May 27, 1950
Box 58, Folder 8Folk dance, England, 1923
Box 58, Folder 9Folk dance, England, Strafford-upon-Avon
Box 58, Folder 10Folk dancing, England, miscellaneous
Box 58, Folder 11Folk dancing in the U.S., various
Box 58, Folder 12International festival, London, 1935
Box 58, Folder 13Kennedy, Douglas, 1953 & n.d.
Box 58, Folder 14Lanier Camp, 1929-1933
Box 58, Folder 15Musicians, miscellaneous photos
Box 58, Folder 16Nolan, "Singin'" Willie
Box 58, Folder 17Bill Partington, annual Spring gathering, n.d.
Box 58, Folder 18Pine Mountain Settlement School, activities
Box 58, Folder 19Pine Mountain Settlement School, Callahan family
Box 58, Folder 20Pine Mountain Settlement School, The Causeys, basket and chairmakers
Box 58, Folder 21Pine Mountain Settlement School, Christmas Play
Box 58, Folder 22Pine Mountain Settlement School, country stores
Box 58, Folder 23Pine Mountain Settlement School, countryside around Pine Mt
Box 58, Folder 24Pine Mountain Settlement School, Creech, William & Sally
Box 58, Folder 25Pine Mountain Settlement School, District schools
Box 58, Folder 26Pine Mountain Settlement School, photos taken by Dodd, Arthur
Box 58, Folder 27Pine Mountain Settlement School, Farming
Box 58, Folder 28Pine Mountain Settlement School, Folk dancing
Box 58, Folder 29Pine Mountain Settlement School, Household arts
Box 58, Folder 30Pine Mountain Settlement School, Household arts
Box 58, Folder 31Pine Mountain Settlement School, Houses
Box 58, Folder 32Pine Mountain Settlement School, Line Fork Settlement
Box 58, Folder 33Pine Mountain Settlement School, May Day - dancing
Box 58, Folder 34Pine Mountain Settlement School, Medical
Box 58, Folder 35Pine Mountain Settlement School, People
Box 59
Box 59, Folder 1Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "Big Log House"
Box 59, Folder 2Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "Boys' Industrial"
Box 59, Folder 3Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "Chapel"
Box 59, Folder 4Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "Far House"
Box 59, Folder 5Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "Girls' Industrial Building"
Box 59, Folder 6Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "Laurel House I & II"
Box 59, Folder 7Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "Medical settlement"
Box 59, Folder 8Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "New Log House"
Box 59, Folder 9Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "Office Building"
Box 59, Folder 10Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "Old Log House"
Box 59, Folder 11Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "School grounds"
Box 59, Folder 12Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "School house I & II"
Box 59, Folder 13Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "Swimming pool & reservior"
Box 59, Folder 14Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, "West Wind"
Box 59, Folder 15Pine Mountain Settlement School, School buildings and grounds, miscellaneous
Box 59, Folder 16Pine Mountain Settlement School, Theatre
Box 59, Folder 17Pine Mountain Settlement School, Wayfaring
Box 59, Folder 18Pine Mountain Settlement School, Weaving & spinning
Box 59, Folder 19Pine Mountain Settlement School, Work
Box 59, Folder 20Pine Mountain Settlement School, Workers & teachers
Box 59, Folder 21Pine Mountain Settlement School, miscellaneous
Box 59, Folder 22Pine Mountain Settlement School, miscellaneous
Box 59, Folder 23Sharp, Cecil, 1917 and n.d.
Box 59, Folder 24Smith, Leah (dulcimer player)
Box 59, Folder 25Miscellaneous
Box 59, Folder 26Miscellaneous
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