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North Dakota Ballet Company Records, 1960-1984

Collection Overview

Title: North Dakota Ballet Company Records, 1960-1984

ID: OGLMC/1577

Creator: North Dakota Ballet Company

Extent: 8.0 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 09/09/2011

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

Ballet company founded in Grand Forks, North Dakota, in 1961

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The North Dakota Ballet Company Records contains a wide variety of materials on the early history of the Company.  Spanning the years 1960-1966, the items in this collection include photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, correspondence, scrapbooks, and loose artifacts related to the Company and its operations.

Administrative Information

Accruals: Additions were received from: Nancy Marcotte, East Grand Forks, Minnesota on October 31, 2011 (Acc.#2011-3138); Kata Novak, Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 10, 2012 (Acc.#2012-3147)

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Kata Novak, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc.2011-3134

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item).  North Dakota Ballet Company Records.  OGLMC 1577, Box, Folder #.  Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.  Chester Fritz Library.  University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Processing Information: Processed by Katelyn Devine and Daniel Sauerwein, Special Collections Student Assistants in 2012.


Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: North Dakota Ballet CompanyAdd to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: History, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Constitution and By-Laws, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Angel Contract Agreement, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Meeting, September, 1964Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Membership, 1963-1964Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Kay School of Dance, 1961-1964Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Programs, 1956-1967Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Newspaper Clippings, 1963-2006Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Magazine Articles, 1963-1984Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Correspondences, 1956-1968Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Correspondences, 1961-1971Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Community Music Association, 1959-1960Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Dance Certificate, 1965Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Untitled Ballet Routine, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: "Open House" TV Script, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: Ballet Essay, April 1965Add to your cart.
Box 5Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Scrapbook pages with material related to Dakota Playmakers and other artistic groupsAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Ballet Costume SketchesAdd to your cart.
Scrapbook 1: Scrapbook related to North Dakota Ballet Company during the 1960sAdd to your cart.
Series 2: Other Ballet CompaniesAdd to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Jacob's Pillow, 1790-1965Add to your cart.
Folder 14: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 1960-1969Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Jacob's Pillow commemorative plateAdd to your cart.
Series 3: PhotographsAdd to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 19Add to your cart.
Photograph 1: Dvorak Dances-UND Fieldhouse, July, 1964Add to your cart.
Photograph of Nancy Lund, Kaye Mullaly, and Kata Novak performing.
Photograph 2: Eileen Severson and Nancy Lund Marcott performingAdd to your cart.
Eileen Severson and Nancy Lund Marcott perform John (?) Wills History Book Dance, choreographed by Lynette Fry Abra of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
Photograph 3: Roger Barnes as The Bad FairyAdd to your cart.
Roger Barnes as The Bad Fairy, as part of the Sleeping Beauty Recital, performed May 1961.  Barnes assists another performer with makeup.
Photograph 4: Pam Sidie as the Lilac FairyAdd to your cart.
Photograph 5: Janet Spencer, Nancy Lund Marcott, and Kata Novak in "Yellow Bird", choreographed by Mimi MarrAdd to your cart.
Photograph 6: Undated proof sheetAdd to your cart.
Photograph 7: Undated proof sheetAdd to your cart.
Photograph 8: Undated proof sheetAdd to your cart.
Photograph 9: Undated proof sheetAdd to your cart.
Photograph 10: Undated photographAdd to your cart.
Folder 20Add to your cart.
Photograph 11: Undated photographAdd to your cart.
Photograph 12: Undated photographAdd to your cart.
Photograph 13: Undated photographAdd to your cart.
Photograph 14: Francis VosicekAdd to your cart.
Photograph 15: Undated photographsAdd to your cart.
Photograph 16: Undated photographsAdd to your cart.
Photograph 17: Undated photographsAdd to your cart.
Photograph 18: Undated photographsAdd to your cart.
Photograph 19: Undated photographsAdd to your cart.
Photograph 20: Undated photographsAdd to your cart.
Folder 21Add to your cart.
Photograph 21: Signed photograph of Bill Martin-ViscountAdd to your cart.
Photograph 22: Signed photograph from ballet dancer "Norbert"Add to your cart.
Photograph 23: Portrait of Beverley BarkleyAdd to your cart.
Photograph 24Add to your cart.
Photograph 25Add to your cart.
Photograph 26: Photograph signed by David Shields (other name illegible)Add to your cart.
Photograph 27: Richard Rutherford and Lynette FryAdd to your cart.
Photograph 28: Signed photograph of Jim Clouser and Marilyn YoungAdd to your cart.
Photograph 29: Signed photograph of Fredric Strobel (?) and Marilyn YoungAdd to your cart.
Photograph 30: Signed photograph of Ted Shawn outside the Ted Shawn Theatre.Add to your cart.
Photograph 31: Unknown performerAdd to your cart.
Photograph 32: Undated dance class photographAdd to your cart.
Photograph 33: Undated dance class photographAdd to your cart.
Photograph 34: Undated dance class photographAdd to your cart.
Photograph 35: Undated dance class photographAdd to your cart.
Photograph 36: Undated dance class photographAdd to your cart.
Folder 22Add to your cart.
Photograph 37Add to your cart.
Photograph 38: Mrs. Rick Novak and Roger BurnsAdd to your cart.
Photograph 39Add to your cart.
Photograph 40Add to your cart.
Photograph 41Add to your cart.
Photograph 42Add to your cart.
Photograph 43Add to your cart.
Photograph 44Add to your cart.
Photograph 45Add to your cart.
Photograph 46Add to your cart.
Photograph 47Add to your cart.
Photograph 48Add to your cart.
Photograph 49Add to your cart.
Photograph 50Add to your cart.
Folder 23Add to your cart.
Photograph 51Add to your cart.
Photograph 52Add to your cart.
Photograph 53Add to your cart.
Photograph 54Add to your cart.
Photograph 55Add to your cart.
Photograph 56Add to your cart.
Photograph 57Add to your cart.
Photograph 58Add to your cart.
Photograph 59Add to your cart.
Photograph 60Add to your cart.
Photograph 61Add to your cart.
Photograph 62Add to your cart.
Photograph 63Add to your cart.
Photograph 64Add to your cart.
Photograph 65Add to your cart.
Folder 24Add to your cart.
Photograph 66Add to your cart.
Photograph 67Add to your cart.
Photograph 68Add to your cart.
Photograph 69Add to your cart.
Photograph 70Add to your cart.
Photograph 71Add to your cart.
Photograph 72Add to your cart.
Photograph 73Add to your cart.
Photograph 74Add to your cart.
Photograph 75: Kay NovakAdd to your cart.
Photograph 76Add to your cart.
Photograph 77Add to your cart.
Photograph 78Add to your cart.
Photograph 79Add to your cart.
Photograph 80: Undated cast photographAdd to your cart.
Folder 25Add to your cart.
Photograph 81Add to your cart.
Photograph 82Add to your cart.
Photograph 83Add to your cart.
Photograph 84Add to your cart.
Photograph 85Add to your cart.
Photograph 86Add to your cart.
Photograph 87Add to your cart.
Photograph 88Add to your cart.
Photograph 89Add to your cart.
Photograph 90Add to your cart.
Photograph 91Add to your cart.
Photograph 92: John MadiganAdd to your cart.
Photograph 93Add to your cart.
Photograph 94Add to your cart.
Photograph 95Add to your cart.
Folder 26Add to your cart.
Photograph 96Add to your cart.
Photograph 97Add to your cart.
Photograph 98Add to your cart.
Photograph 99Add to your cart.
Photograph 100Add to your cart.
Photograph 101Add to your cart.
Photograph 102Add to your cart.
Photograph 103Add to your cart.
Photograph 104Add to your cart.
Photograph 105Add to your cart.
Photograph 106Add to your cart.
Folder 27Add to your cart.
Photograph 107: Signed photograph of Violet VerdyAdd to your cart.
Photograph 108: Signed photograph of Violet VerdyAdd to your cart.
Photograph 109: Signed photograph of Violet VerdyAdd to your cart.
Photograph 110: Photograph of Bill Martin-Viscount and Sheila Mackinnon, signed by Martin-ViscountAdd to your cart.
Photograph 111: Signed photograph of Gene MauraccioAdd to your cart.
Photograph 112: Signed photograph of Violette VerdyAdd to your cart.
Photograph 113: Signed photograph of Edward VillellaAdd to your cart.
Folder 28Add to your cart.
Photograph 114Add to your cart.
Photograph 115Add to your cart.
Photograph 116Add to your cart.
Photograph 117Add to your cart.
Photograph 118Add to your cart.
Photograph 119Add to your cart.
Photograph 120Add to your cart.
Photograph 121Add to your cart.
Photograph 122Add to your cart.
Series 4: ArtifactsAdd to your cart.
Box 2Add to your cart.
Item 1: Ballet Costume headpiece with peacock plume decorationAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Black Ballet FlatsAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Black Character ShoesAdd to your cart.
Item 4: White Ballet Flats used at Jacob's Pillow in Summer 1963 signed by various ballet studentsAdd to your cart.
Item 5: Capezio Pointe Shoes (pink)Add to your cart.
Item 6: Kata Novak's first character shoes from Grand Forks in the early 1960s.Add to your cart.
Item 7: Hernes Sandles (used for jazz character dance)Add to your cart.
Item 8: Pink Pointe ShoesAdd to your cart.
Box 3Add to your cart.
Item 1: Ballet CostumeAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Ballet CostumeAdd to your cart.
Box 4Add to your cart.
Item 1: Costume from "Swan Lake"Add to your cart.