Mary Bywaters Dance Collection A History of Ballet, Dance, and the Preforming Arts


Overview of the Collection
Accession No.:	MA83-6
Repository:	Texas/Dallas History & Archives, Dallas Public Library 1515 Young St Dallas, TX 75201
Title:	Mary Bywaters Dance Collection
Quantity:	203 Boxes

Biographical Note

Mary McLarry Bywaters:

Mary McLarry Bywaters, the daughter of Ethel and Denny McLarry, was born in Leonard, Texas in 1904. The McLarry Family moved to Dallas in 1908. Mary attended schools in Oak Cliff and Highland Park, graduating from Oak Cliff High School. She studied music at Ward Belmont College, Tennessee and graduated with a B.A. and B.S. degrees from Southern Methodist University. Mary studied piano under Paul Van Katwijk and was active in Ph Beta Phi and Mu Phi Epsilon organizations while attending SMU. After graduation she continued piano studies at the Paris Conservatory, Paris France under Isador Philip. After returing home Mary taught piano in her home.

In 1930 Mary married Jerry Bywaters. Jerry was born in Paris, Texas in 1906. He was a faculty member at SMU in Art, Director of the Dallas Museum of Art and considered one of the finest Texas and Southwest artist. Jerry died in April 1989.

Mary Bywaters was active with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra when Van Katwijk was conductor. She became active in civic organizations centering on the arts and performing arts. In 1957, recognizing dance was being neglected in Dallas, Mary co-founded the Dallas Civic Ballet. This began a long dedication to dance in Dallas, and worldwide. As president of the Dallas Civic Ballet for its first seven years, Mary helped the new organization develop a firm base and a recognized position in Dallas arts. The Dallas Civic Ballet preformed annually at the State Fair of Texas; its Nutcracker became a Christmas season tradition along with other full scale performances of classic ballets such as Giselle. When the Dallas Civic Ballet became the Dallas Ballet, Mary continued her support through other organizations such as the Dalla sDance Council, Dallas Symphony, and other regional ballet organizations.

The Dance Archives created by Mary became in later years one of her largest contributions to the history of dance. This collection is a result of a lifetime of dedication and love. Mary Bywaters died in October 1988.

Jerry Bywaters Cochran

Jerry Bywaters Cochran, daughter of Jerry and Mary Bywaters is the oldest of two children, born in 1936. Her brother Richard (Dick)Bywaters was born in 1939. Both are currently living in Dallas and continue to support the tradition to the arts begun by their parents. Since a large portion of this collection contains materials concerning Jerry Cochran, a brief sketch of her activities is presented here.

Jerry took dance to the one step her mother never took - the stage. At first studying classical Ballet she soon felt a strong pull towards modern dance and movement as an art, including Mime. Jerry attended Julliard and studied in Paris, France as a Fulbright Scholar. While in Paris she studied Mime under Marcel Marceau, Etienne Decroux, and Preobrajeaksa. Jerry turned her talents towards choreography and teaching with the Dallas Civic Ballet, Dallas Dance Ensemble, and Texas Christian University.

The tradition of dance continues in the Cochran family with Jerry's daughter Mary Cochran. Mary Cochrain is a talented dancer performing with the Paul Taylor Company.

Background: History of Ballet in Dallas

The early ballet in Dallas was directed by Theodore Kosloff with Paul Van Katwijk conducting the Symphony in the 1930's. However, it was not until 1957 with the organization of the Dallas Civic Ballet that Dallas had a continuously performing organization. The various dance studios held separate performances and programs, and continued this practice after 1957. However, the studios supported the Civic Ballet with teachers, choreographers, and performers.

The first major production, Pulinella, was held in 1959, choreographed by Vida Brown. The Dallas Civic Ballet began a regular season of concerts, performances, and major productions which continued until 1976. A controversy over what is and is not a "professional" company developed, splitting the organization. The Dallas Ballet began its "professional" existence at this time and the Dallas Civic Ballet became a supporting society. The Dallas Ballet continued until financial problems caused the end of the performances in Dallas in 1988.

The Dallas Dance Council, a supporting organization, began in 1973. Although a performing Ballet company no longer exist, other dance organizations in Dallas need the support of the performers, teachers, and artist that make up the council. This organization continues to support many dance companies, schools, and studios with ideas, fund raisers, and other needs.

Thought the years other companies such as Dallas Metropolitan Ballet, Dallas Dancers Unlimited, The International Theatre Arts Society (TITAS), Dallas Black Dance Theatre, also preformed and attracted national performers to the Dallas area. Although the Dallas Ballet has ceased to exist, other companies and the Dallas Dance Council continue their role in bringing dance to Dallas.

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Scope and Contents

The Mary Bywaters Dance Collection consist of a variety of materials tracing the history of Ballet and other dance forms in Dallas and worldwide. These items range from administrative papers of organizations such as the Dallas Civic Ballet, the Dallas Dance Council, Texas Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts to photographs, posters, brochures, booklets, flyers, correspondence, programs, and performance booklets from international, American, and Dallas companies. An assortment of costume catalogs from national suppliers, such as playbills, programs and piano sheet music, are also part of this collection.

The collection is arranged in Series I-XXIII, with a small section, Series I-A, of personal family materials. The folder labels and general arrangement were maintained basically in the original order created by Mary Bywaters. A small degree of inconsistency may appear in a few places due to changes in style through the years of collecting. An effort was made to alter some of these categories without disrupting the original arrangement. Each series is described giving a brief indication of the contents. Several people and companies appear in more than one category; an index has been provided in the bound finding aid in order to aid in overlapping areas.

Series I-A - Personal and Biographical Materials - Boxes 1 and 2

This small section consist of photographs and other personal memorabilia relating to Mary Bywaters and her family

Series I - Dance in Dallas - Boxes 3-30

This series consist of materials relating to the Dallas Civic Ballet, Dallas Ballet, Dallas Metropolitan Ballet, TITAS, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Dancers unlimited, and other dance companies in Dallas. The materials include brochures, financial records, administrative papers, photographs, programs, newspaper clippings and other materials related to Dallas dance companies. The Dallas Dance Council is not included in this series; see Series VII. Arranged by company name.

Series II - Southwest Ballet Companies - Boxes 31-39

This series includes clippings, programs, and photographs relating to dance companies in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, arranged basically by city with Texas cities first.

Series III - American Ballet Companies - Boxes 40-48

Booklets, programs, clippings of dance companies in the United States with a large collection of materials on the American Ballet Theatre and the New York City Ballet make up this series. Arranged by company name.

Series IV - International Ballet Companies - Boxes 49-56

Beautiful booklets on the Royal Ballet of London, Canadian Royal Ballet, Russian Ballet, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and other international companies highlight this Series. Clippings, brochures, and programs are also included. Arranged by country.

Series V - Modern Dance and Other Forms - Boxes 57-70

This series covers two topics. The first consists of clippings, programs, and publicity materials for Modern Dance Companies. The second area is material relating to different forms of dance other than Classical Ballet, such as Tap, Jazz, and Mime.

Series VI - Festivals, Competitions, Workshops - Boxes 71-73

These boxes contain clippings and other publicity material for various dance festivals and competitions such as Jacob's Pillow and the American Dance Festival. This series does not include the Southwestern Regional Ballet Association (SWRBA) festivals; see Series VIII.

Series VII - Supporting Organizations - Boxes 74-89

This series consist of several sub series. Basically, materials in this series are related to organizations that aid dance and dance companies as societies, volunteers, or with finding. The first sub series consist of organizational and administrative materials of the Dallas Dance Council, including meeting minutes, bylaws, correspondence, and calendars. The remaining portion of this series contains information regarding other organizations promoting the arts in Dallas. The following two sub series contain flyers, clippings, and other materials relating to Texas and National organizations supporting and promoting dance or other performing arts with the exception of SWRBA, National Association for Regional Ballet (NARB), the Texas Commission on the Arts, and The National Endowment for the Arts. These organizations are a separate series. (VIII-XI)

Series VIII - Southwest Regional Ballet Association - Boxes 90-100

These materials consist of organizational files and general information regarding the Southwestern Regional Ballet Association (SWRBA), including bylaws, correspondence, and photographs. Each year since 1963 the companies in SWRBA have met for a festival. Materials relating to this annual meeting include photographs, clippings, publicity, preparation, meeting minutes, and a conference booklet. This collection contains a complete set from 1963-1987.

Series IX - National Association for Regional Ballet (NARB) and Other Regional Organizations - Boxes 101-105

This series contains general information regarding NARB 1960-198 and the Northwest, Southwest, Mid-States, and Pacific Regional Ballet organizations.

Series X and XI - Texas Commission on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts - 106-118

These two series contain general guidelines for both the Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Jerry Bywaters Cochran served on the Dance Advisory Panels; materials related to these panels are contained in these two series. The Texas Cmmission on the Arts ranges from 1967-1987 and the NEA from legislation in 1966 to 1981. Both groups contain grant applications and guidelines.

Series XII - Biographical Files - Boxes 119-140

This series is arranged in alphabetical order by last name. Many of these people are also represented in other areas of the collection. Materials range from a single clipping on an individual to entire boxes. Not all people are dancers and choreographers; some are people Mary Bywaters felt contributed through supporting organizations, funding, or were of general interest to her personally. The major files include Baryshnikov, Martha Graham, Nathalie Krassovska, Denise Brown, Don Cranford, Nathalie Skelton, and Edith James to name a few. The materials include clippings, programs, flyers, resumes, and photographs.

Series XIII - Education - Boxes 141-154

The education materials are divided by studios, colleges, general education information, and booklist. The studios include clippings, photographs, and programs for Dallas, Texas and national studios. These clippings are arranged in alphabetical order with Dallas studios first, then Texas and other states. Following the studios are the Dallas Arts Magnet High School and colleges. The colleges are arranged alphabetically by name of the school, listing Texas colleges first. General curriculums and booklist are last.

Series XIV - Dance Critics - Boxes 155-157

This small series contains articles written by and or about dance critics from the Dallas Morning News, Dallas Times Herald, New York Papers, and a few other Texas and U.S. newspapers.

Series XV - Jerry Bywaters Cochran - Boxes 158-164

This series is based on the dance, choreography, and instructor careers of Jerry Bywaters Cochran, daughter of Mary and Jerry Bywaters, with a small section concerning Mary Cochran. The first box of this section contains general biographical sketches, photographs, newspaper clippings, and general programs from 1964-1976. Box 159 begins with programs for 1977-1980, contains "Objectives for Dance," written by Jerry in 1974 and programs for "A Day for Dancin" 1971-1979. Boxes 160-161 include various programs 1961-1981. Mary Bywaters' original order was maintained in this series and is basically chronological for boxes 158-161. Additional items relating to Texas Christian University from 1968-1982 are in boxes 162-163 with two folders in 164. The remaining items in box 164 are photographs, clippings and programs concerning Jerry's daughter Mary Cochran.

Series XVI - Dance Costume Catalogs - Boxes 165-176

This material is arranged in alphabetical order by costume company, Basically these catalogs cover the years 1970-1988 with a few earlier ones such as Danskin 1967-1968. These catalogs are valuable in tracing style changes in dancewear. Also included are a few record and book catalogs, mostly from Taffy.

Series XVII - Awards - Box 177

This one box contains clippings and other information regarding awards given for distinguished service either in dance or community service.

Series XVIII - Miscellaneous Dance Issues and Invitations - Boxes 178-180

These boxes contain general newspaper articles concerning dance in Dallas and the U.S., dance in other art forms such as painting, film, and television, general dance issues such as injuries, therapy, laws against dancing in Anson, Texas and Ames, Oklahoma, and a variety of other single items that did not relate elsewhere in the collection. Also included are various invitations to openings, programs, or other activities.

Series XIX - Music and Theatre - Boxes 181-191

This collection, although concerning dance, is not limited to this one area of performing art. Play's operas, musicals, and sheet music are included in this series. Information regarding theatres and symphonies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are arranged first and include programs, clippings, and general information, followed by other theatres in Texas, music sororities and other miscellaneous information concerning music and theatre. A section of playbills from New York theatres and St. Louis, Missouri theatres is included in this series. The sheet music, some of it very old, is basically piano music, and some are very fragile. Photocopies are restricted by copyright laws and also the condition of the materials. Titles of the sheet music are not included in the index. For a list of songs, see container list for boxes 188-191.

Series XX - IRS - Boxes 192-193

These folders are general appraisals of the various gifts of archival and other materials. This section is not included on the index. See container list for details.

Series XXI - Slides - Boxes 194-196

These are 35mm color slides of dance festivals and other performances, mostly of the Dallas Civic Ballet.

Series XXII - Oversized Items - Boxes 197-203

These include posters, photographs, and calendars that were too large for the regular boxes, plus a scrapbook from Theodore Kosloff, a harp statue given to Mary by Paul Van Katwijk, and Mary Bywaters' diploma from Oak Cliff High School and SMU.

Series XXIII - Krassovska Costume

A dying swan costume and shoes worn by Nathalie Krassovska in Swan Lake.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Photocopying of fragile materials is not permitted. Items of personal nature may not be reproduced without written permission of the Bywaters Family. Reproduction of photographs is permitted under the guidelines of the Dallas Public Library photographic reproduction policies.

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Related Material

MA96.1 Jerry Bywaters Cochran Dance Collection

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Persons:

Mary Bywaters
Jerry Bywaters Cochran

Family Names:

Bywaters

Corporations:

Dallas Civic Ballet
Dallas Ballet
Dallas Dance Council

Places:

Dallas (Tex.)

Subjects:

Dance

Titles:

Mary Bywaters Dance Collection

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

MA 86-3 Mary Bywaters Dance Collection Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library

Provenance

The materials in this collection were donated to the Dallas Public Library between the years 1983-1988, by Mary McLarry Bywaters and her family. The collection was maintained in its entirety with the following exceptions: duplicates beyond three copies of programs, brochures and flyers were returned to Jerry Bywaters Cochran; issues of Dancemagazine and duplicate posters were transferred to the Fine Arts Division of the Dallas Public Library

Processing Information

Processed by Cindy C. Smolovik, Archivist

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Detailed Description of the Collection


Series IA - Personal and Biographical
1	1	Biographical Sketch - Mary McLarry Bywaters
	2	Photograph - Mary Bywaters c. 1927
	3	Photograph - Mary Bywaters, Ph Beta Phi 1955
	4	Photograph - Mary Bywaters c. 1970
	5	News clippings - Mary Bywaters 1930-1970
	6	Letters - SMU Paul van Katwijk and R.L. Brewer June 4, 1928 & June 6, 1928
	7	Piano Recital Program - Switzer School of Music and Expression and SMU
	8	Letters from piano teachers - Isadore Philip and Halene Chaumont 1930
	9	Snapshots c. 1920s
	10	Pi Beta Phi - SMU Club Photograph 1928
	11	Dallas Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi (Mary President Senior Group)
	12	Commencement Exercises - Oak Cliff High School June 1, 1923
	13	Diplomas and Certificates - Ward-Belmont School and Pi Beta Phi 1925
	14	Reception honoring Mary Bywaters 4/26/87
	15	Liturgy in Thanksgiving September 4, 1904-September 29, 1988
	16	Photograph - Mary and Jerry Bywaters
	17	Mary and Jerry Bywaters - Downtowner February 1985
	18	Jerry Bywaters - Biographical Sketches
	19	Jerry Bywaters - Photograph
	20	Jerry Bywaters - "Seventy Five Years of Art in Dallas"
	21	Jerry Bywaters - Exhibition Catalog & Texas Painting and Sculpture: 20th century Feb.- March, 1976
	22	Jerry Bywaters Cochran - written by Mary Cochran
	23	Richard P. Bywaters - Resume
	24	Photograph - Denny Dowell McLarry
	25	Photograph - Leonard, Texas. Shaw Schoolhouse. Denny McLarry in picture. ca. 1920
	26	Photograph - Ethel Hopkins McLarry
	27	Lucy Hopkins (aunt) Robert Russell, Irene Ligan, Ethel Hopkins (mother)
	28	Photograph - Group on horse drawn wagon - Mary as a baby with father and mother. c. 1904
	29	Photograph - J.W. Fannin Literary Society c. 1901
	30	Photograph - Schoolhouse c. 1901
	31	Photograph - Eureka Springs, Arkansas c. 1904
	32	Photograph - Leonard, Texas c. 1902
	33	Photograph - Leonard Public School c. 1899
	34	Letters - Dallas Morning News & Dallas Times Herald 4/2/79 & 6/20/84
	35	Texas Guide Book Article by Mary Bywaters 1968
	36	Miscellaneous Correspondence
	37	Bill Manchester Correspondence
	38	Personal Notes Dallas Dance Council 1974-1980
1A		Articles by Jerry Bywaters 1933-1939
2		McLarry Family Bible


Series I - Dance in Dallas
	Dallas Civic Ballet
			Administrative Files 1957-1962
3	1			Dallas Dance History 1922-1985
	2			1957 - includes organizational materials
	3			1957 - Charter and related papers
	4			1958 - includes meeting minutes
	5			1959 - includes meeting minutes
	6			1960 - Minutes, financial records, correspondence
	7			1961 - Minutes, Financial statements
	8			1961 - Minutes - Production and Planning Committee
	9			1962 - Minutes, Financial Records
			Administrative Files 1963-1969
4	1			1963
	2			1964
	3			1965 - Photograph - Contact Sheet
	4			1965
	5			1966
	6			1967
	7			1968
	8			1969
	9			1969 - Cotton Bowl
			Dallas Civic Ballet
5	1			Administrative File 1970
	2			Administrative File 1971
	3			Misc. Administrative 1972-1975
	4			Board of Directors List 1958-1972
	5			Resignations
	6			Bylaws 1958-1968
	7			Company Rules & Ethics
	8			Roster - Junior and Senior Companies
	9			Junior Company
	10			Stationary (blank)
	11			Dallas Civic Ballet Guild 1962-1966
	12			Women's Committee 1970-1971
	13			History Notes
			Auditions and Membership Drives
6	1			Hoblitzelle Grants 1959-1964; 1967
	2			Auditions - Application Forms (blank)
	3			Auditions - Rules & Ethics
	4			Auditions - Correspondence 1962-1966
	5			Auditions - Mia Slavenska 1957
	6			Auditions - Tommy Amour 1958
	7			Auditions - Roman Jasinki 1958
	8			Auditions - Kachacoff 1959
	9			Auditions - Sylvia Hamer and Gertrude E. Jory August 15, 1960
	10			Auditions - Nathalie Krassovska Sept. 24, 1960
	11			Auditions - Margo Dean Feb. 5, 1961
	12			Auditions - Jerry Bywaters (Cochran), Cranford House, voted on by board members - Morechal St. John Chairman Sept. 16, 1961
	13			Auditions - Ann Etgen, Nakita Talin Studio, voted on by board members - M. St. John, Chairman. Aug. 12, 1961
	14			Auditions - Jean Matthews, Frances Bleeker, Jerry Cochran Oct. 28, 1962
	15			Auditions - Barbara Carson June 9, 1963
	16			Auditions - Marina Svetlova - Photograph Sept. 22, 1964
	17			Auditions - Marina Svetlova Sept. 22, 1964
	18			Auditions - Emma Mae Horn July 3, 1965
	19			Auditions - Clippings 1966-1968
	20			Auditions - George Skibine and Franando Schaffenburg 1969-1970
	21			Membership Drive - Pink Brochure 1958-1959
	22			Membership Drive - Blue Brochure 1959-1960
	23			Membership Drive - Brown Cream Brochure 1960-1961
	24			Membership Drive - Pink Brochure 1961-1962
			Membership Drives - Miscellaneous Papers and Productions
7	1			Membership Drive - Purple Brochure 1962-1963
	2			Membership Drive - Pink Brochure 1963-1964
	3			Membership Drive - Blue Brochure 1964-1965
	4			Voting cards
	5			Meeting Notices 1965-1967
	6			Fund Raising Brochures 1958-1974
	7			Anne Etgen and Bill Atkinson
	8			Fernando Schaffenburg
	9			Disagreement Letters
	10			Contracts
	11			Audit of Bank
	12			List of Performances 1958-1970
	13			Productions - Pulcinella Suite 1959
	14			Productions - Pulcinella Suite - Costume Drawings 1959
	15			Productions - Pulcinella Suite - Clippings 1959
	16			Productions - L'Histoire du Ballet March 1960
			Productions, Concerts, and Performances 1960-1966
8	1			L'Histoire du Ballet - Clippings March 1960
	2			Dallas Theatre Center Benefit - Clippings May 1961
	3			Clippings 1961
	4			Dallas Symphony Dance Program- Children's Concert - Nathalie Krassocska, Fernando Schaffenburg January 20-27, 1962
	5			Junior Company Programs January 27, 1962/March 31, 1962
	6			Dallas Symphony Orchestra League Program February 15, 1962
	7			Performance - Featuring Krassovska and Schaffenburg March 24, 1962
	8			Performance - Featuring Krassovska and Schaffenburg - Clippings March 24, 1962
	9			Cotton Bowl "Exposition of Nations" - Clippings October 12, 1962
	10			Cotton Bowl "Exposition of Nations" October 12, 1962
	11			Tiny Tots Concert December 19, 1962
	12			Tiny Tots Concert - Contact Sheets December 19, 1962
	13			Symphony Concert - Ann Etgen - Choreography featuring Nancy and Fernando Schaffenburg March 30, 1963
	14			Rehearsal Workshop Program April 5, 1963
	15			Cotton Bowl - "Exposition of Our American Heritage" - State Fair October 10, 1963
	16			Junior Company Concert January 27, 1964
	17			Junior Company Concert February 9, 1964
	18			Dallas Symphony Orchestra Programs - Choreography by Jerry Bywaters (Cochran) March 7 and 14th, 1960
	19			Tiny Tots Concert January 1964
	20			Cotton Bowl " Exposition of Lights and Flowers" - State Fair - Choreography by Nathalie Krassovska - Artistic Director - Maria Svetlova October 15, 1964
	21			Cotton Bowl - "Exposition of the Americas" - State Fair - choreography by Andre Danwill, Natalie Skelton and Lorraine Cranford October 15, 1965
	22			Dallas Symphony Orchestra League - Concert - Jerry Bywaters Conchran February 10, 1965
	23			Cotton Bowl - "Exposition of Young America" - State Fair - choreography by Denise Brown October 13, 1966
			Productions & Concerts 1966-1971
9	1			Dallas Symphony Orchestra League March 5, 1966
	2			Bishop College "Dance Today" - Jerry Bywaters Cochran November 27, 1966
	3			Giselle - Photographs October-November, 1966
	4			Giselle - Clippings 1966
	5			Giselle - Program 1966
	6			Dallas Symphony Orchestra League - Art of Choreography - Jerry B. Cochran Feb. 10, 1967 and April 12, 1967 ; Feb. 10, 1967
	7			Lawton, Oklahoma March 18, 1967
	8			Hawkins, Texas - Javis Christian College July, 1967
	9			Variety of Performances, Ferris, Texas - March 11, 1967; SMU - April 1967; Pan American Roundtable - North Park Festival - June 16, 1967 and Women's Club - November 2, 1967
	10			Rehearsal Schedule 1967
	11			Cotton Bowl - State Fair October 12, 1967
	12			Council of Teachers of English January 26, 1968
	13			Dallas Symphony Orchestra League April 10, 1968
	14			Dallas Museum of Art Concert - April 21, 1968 - Kaleidoscope of Dance - Jerry B. Cochran, Russian Culture - May 11, 1968
	15			Plano University Concert - October 19, 1968 - Opera Ball-Can Can - November 8, 1968
	16			Cotton Bowl - State Fair October 11, 1968
	17			Lawton, Ok and Witicha Falls November 11, 1968
	18			Bishop College November 13, 1968
	19			Dallas Women's Club February 19, 1969; November 6, 1969
	20			Various - includes Hockaday 1/16/69; Title I Program 2/19/69; UTD 2/26/69; TWU 4/26/69
	21			Cotton Bowl - Sate Fair October 9, 1969
	22			Firebird and Les Sylphides 1969-1970
	23			Firebird and Les Sylphides - Photographs 1969-1970
	24			Firebird and Les Sylphides - Clippings 1969-1970
	25			Various - Mr Bond 3/27/70 - Garden Center 4/3/70 - Murchison Party 4/22/70 - Opera Ball 5/23/70 - SMU Workshop 12/14/70
	26			Giselle October-November 1966
	27			Cotton Bowl - State Fair of Texas - Nutcracker October 14, 1970 & October 15, 1971
	28			1971
			Major Productions and Early Nutcracker 1966
10	1			Cotton Bowl 1966-1969
	2			Cotton Bowl - Photographs 1967
	3			Cotton Bowl - Photographs 1966
	4			Cotton Bowl- Photographs 1964-1965
	5			Cotton Bowl 1964-1965
	6			Cotton Bowl - Photographs 1962
	7			Cotton Bowl 1962-1963
	8			Cotton Bowl - Photographs 1961
	9			Cotton Bowl 1961
	10			Giselle 1966
	11			Giselle - clippings 1966
	12			Giselle - Photographs 1966
	13			Nutcracker 1963
	14			Nutcracker 1963
	15			Nutcracker - Contract with Dallas Symphony Orchestra 1963
	16			Nutcracker - Photographs 1963
	17			Nutcracker - Photographs 1963
			Productions: Nutcracker 1963-1964
11	1			Photographs and Contact Proofs 1963
	2			Clippings 1963
	3			Clippings 1963
	4			1964
	5			Planning, Contracts, Etc. 1964
	6			Photographs 1964
	7			Photographs 1964
	8			Clippings 1964
	9			Clippings 1964
			Nutcracker 1965, 1967, 1973
12	1			Planning, Contracts, Correspondence 1965
	2			1965
	3			Photographs 1965
	4			Photographs 1965
	5			Photographs 1965
	6			Clippings 1965
	7			Clippings 1965
	8			Planning, Papers, Correspondence 1967
	9			Nutcracker 1967
	10			Photographs 1967
	11			Clippings 1967
	12			Clippings 1967
	13			Publicity 1973
	14			Program 1973
	15			Music Score
	16			Other companies
	17			Story Interpretations
	18			"The Nutcracker, Texas' favorite Ballet," Ultra, p. 100 December 1984
			Programs 1959-1976
13	1			Nutcracker - Miscellaneous clippings and other performances
	2			Programs 1959
	3			1960
	4			1961 - January & February
	5			Cotton Bowl 1961-1970
	6			1962
	7			1964
	8			1965
	9			1966
	10			1967
	11			1968
	12			1969
	13			May 4, 1969
	14			Matinee Gala 1971
	15			1972
	16			1974-1975
	17			1975-1976
			Photographs
14	1			Symphony League Program Cover
	2			Junior Company n.d.
	3			Vida Brown - Pulcinella 1959
	4			"Waltz of Flowers" - Nutcracker Spring, 1970
	5			Wichita Falls - SWRBA Festival 1967
	6			Tiny Tot Concert - SMU January 31, 1964
	7			Janine Brown and John Patterson March, 1964
	8			To Vivalde - JBC March 7-14, 1964
	9			Matinee Musicals - Ann Etgen, Choreographer 1963
	10			Ann Etgen, "Nutcracker" 1963
	11			Art Museum Program 1963
	12			Audition Fall, 1962
	13			Ann Etgen and Bill Atkinson 1962
	14			1962
	15			"Commedians" 1962
	16			"Commedians" - includes Jerry B. Cochran 1962
	17			Nathalie Krassovska and Fernando Schaffenburg 1962
	18			Contact sheets March, 1962
	19			Annual Meeting April 1962
	20			Cotton Bowl Concert 1961
	21			Jerry Bywaters Cochran 1961
	22			Ann Etgen 1961
	23			Children's Concert - Contact Sheets 1961
	24			Polyvitzian Dance - Prince Igor 1961
	25			Rodeo 1961
	26			Kingsbury Studio January 1961
	27			1961
	28			1961
	29			Contact sheets 1961
	30			Interlude, Schaffenburg, Choreographer March 1961
	31			The Unicorn, Ann Etgen and Phil Johnson 1961
	32			The Unicorn, Roy Brounder 1961 and 1965
	33			The Unicorn, Natalie Skelton 1961
	34			The Unicorn, Jerry B Cochran and Don Cranford 1961
	35			The Unicorn, Lorraine Cranford 1961
	36			The Unicorn 1961 and 1965
	37			Virginia Sampler 1960
	38			Valarie Beetis - Virginia Sampler March 27, 1960
	39			L'historie du Ballet and Rapsody - Don Cranford
	40			Pas du Quatre 1960
	41			Fete de Bacchus March 1960
	42			Virginia Sampler 1959
	43			Pulcinella 1959
	44			Vida Brown, Pulcinella 1959
	45			1st Audition 1958
	46			Junior Co. Program November 15, 1958
	47			1st Workshop Program, SMU - includes Mary B. Cochran September 22, 1958
	48			Lanham Deal and Anton Dalin 1957-1958
	49			Royal Ballet November 3, 1957
	50			Emily Frankel and Donald Johanas 1957
	51			Mary Bywaters
	52			Mary Bywaters n.d.
	53			Dallas Ballet n.d.
			Photographs
15	1			Kosloff and Van Katwijk
	2			Martha Graham at SMU, also Jerry Bywaters Cochran, Jerry Bywaters, Calloway Cochran and Mary Bywaters
	3			Nathalie Krassovska, Tom Hughes, Victor Moreno 1965
	4			Nathalie Krassovska 1961
	5			Nathalie Krassovska
	6			Austin Festival - SWRBA
	7			Kevin Brown, Deanne Tomlinson, Sherry Cook, Becky Burnett, Sharon Bondich, Cindy Jones, Lisa Owen
	8			Miscellaneous
	9			Miscellaneous
			Newspaper Clippings 1957-1974
16	1			1957
	2			1958
	3			1959
	4			1960-1961
	5			1962-1964
	6			1965-1968
	7			1969-1970
	8			1971-1974
			Scrapbooks 1958-1971
17				3 Scrapbooks 1958-1971
			Dallas Festival Ballet and Dallas Metropolitan Ballet
18	1			Personal Notebook - Mary Bywaters on Dallas Civic Ballet 1969-1971
	2			Dallas Festival Ballet - includes name change to Dallas Metropolitan Ballet 1964
	3			Dallas Metropolitan Ballet
	4			Dallas Metropolitan Ballet 1976-1977
	5			Dallas Metropolitan Ballet - Programs 1965-1966; 1977-1980; 1982-1983
	6			Dallas Metropolitan Ballet - Brochures, Flyers, Etc.
	7			Dallas Metropolitan Ballet - Host SWRBA 1973 and 1976
	8			Dallas Metropolitan Ballet - Clippings 1964-1969
	9			Dallas Metropolitan Ballet - Clippings 1971-1976
	10			Dallas Metropolitan Ballet - Clippings 1977-1979
	11			Dallas Metropolitan Ballet - Clippings 1980s
	Dallas Ballet
			Dallas Ballet
19	1			Controversy over what makes a dance company professional or non-professional
	2			Women's committee
	3			Five year plan 1981-1986
	4			To the Pointe, Vol. 1 # a and 2 1984-1985
	5			Press Releases 1985-1987
	6			Friends of the Dallas Ballet
	7			Dallas Ballet Academy
	8			Notes
	9			Subscriber Letter - Majestic Theater, Inaugural Performance December 15, 1982
	10			Programs - Introducing Dallas Ballet 1976
	11			Programs January 1978
	12			Programs - Coppelia March 22, 1980
	13			Programs - Nutcracker December 27, 1980
	14			Programs - Nutcracker 1980
	15			Programs - Cinderella March 11, 1981
	16			Programs - Nutcracker 1981
	17			Programs - Giselle March 1984
	18			Programs - Nutcracker 1984-1985
	19			Programs - Coppelia October 17, 1985
	20			Programs November 21, 1985
	21			Programs - Nutcracker December 20, 1985
	22			Programs January 23, 1986
	23			Programs February 20, 1986
	24			Programs March 20, 1986
			Programs and Season Brochures
20	1			Swan Lake October 1986
	2			November 1986
	3			Nutcracker December 1986
	4			February 1987
	5			Three Musketeers March 1987
	6			Nutcracker December 1987
	7			La Sylphide and In the Still of the Night/Phaedra 1987-1988
	8			Season Brochure 1976-1977
	9			March 10, 1978
	10			1977-1978
	11			Spring Brochure 1979
	12			1979-1980
	13			1980-1981
	14			Brochure October - March 1981-1982
	15			Brochure - Bob Taylor Cartoon on Cover 1981-1982
	16			1982-1983
	17			Winter Season 1983
	18			1983-1984
	19			Subscription Brochure 1984-1985
	20			Season Brochure 1984-1985
	21			Program - Nutcracker in Texarkana
	22			Program inserts
			Dallas Ballet
21	1			Publicity brochures and mailers
	2			Publicity brochures and mailers
	3			Publicity brochures and mailers
	4			Clippings 1969-1973
	5			Clippings 1974
	6			Clippings 1975
	7			Clippings 1976
	8			Clippings 1977
			Newspaper Clippings
22	1			1978
	2			1979
	3			1980
	4			1981
	5			1982
	6			1983
			Newspaper Clippings
23	1			1984
	2			1985
	3			1986
	4			1987
	5			1987
	6			1987
	7			1988
	Other Dallas Companies
24	1		Brookhaven Theatre
	2		Ballet Concerto - Ft. Worth, Margo Dean
	3		Chamberlain Ballet
	4		Contemporary Dance Theatre, John Hofsas, Director
	5		Creative Arts Theatre - Zoe Ward
	6		Ballet Folklorico - Anita Martinez
	7		Dallas Folkdance Co-op
	8		Dallas International Folk Dancers
	9		Dance Connections - Denise Moore
	10		Tammy Benavides Dance Company
	11		Dancers Unlimited, brochures, etc.
	12		Dancers Unlimited, brochures, etc.
	13		Dancers Unlimited, clippings
	14		Dancers Unlimited, brochures, etc.
	Dancers Unlimited
25	1		Dancers Unlimited, brochures, etc.
	2		Dancers Unlimited, brochures, etc.
	3		Dancers Unlimited, brochures, etc.
	4		Dancers Unlimited, brochures, etc.
	5		Dancers Unlimited, Repertory Company
	6		Dancers Unlimited, programs, Plaza Theatre 1985-1986
	Dallas Black Dance Theatre
26	1		Clippings
	2		Brochures, etc.
	3		Brochures, etc.
	4		Brochures, etc.
	5		Brochures, etc.
	6		Brochures, etc.
	7		Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
	TITAS (The International Theatre Arts Society)
27	1		Brochures, etc.
	2		Postal Permits 1983
	3		Mailers, flyers, etc.
	4		Programs 1984-1986
	Other Dallas Companies and Dance in Dallas - Miscellaneous
28	1		Dallas Repertory Dance Theater
	2		Dallas Dance Concert
	3		Dallas Ballet Theatre
	4		Highland Park Dancers, Highland Park Presbyterian Church
	5		Methodist Church Creative Dance Group, Richardson, Texas - JoAnn Robertson
	6		Kesbeth Dancers "Peacemakers"
	7		David Kirby Dance Co.
	8		Daniel Stephens Impressionistic Dancer
	9		Meadows Repertory Dance Ensemble
	10		Moonslice Dance Theatre
	11		Manhattan Clearing House
	12		Mariachi Project Dancers
	13		Mountain Creek Players
	14		Mahogany Dance Theatre
	15		Mesquite Folk Festival
	16		Dance Repertory Co. SMU - Meadows School of the Arts
	17		Sailway Company
	18		Southwest Dance Collective
	19		Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas
	20		West Dallas Community Ensemble
	21		Dallas Dance Festival - 2nd annual September 4-6
	22		Dallas Dance Festival September 1986
	23		Festivals and Contest - Clippings
	24		Dallas Dance Festival 1987
	25		City of Dallas ordinances regarding dances and dance halls.
	26		Miscellaneous dance companies, Dallas - Fort Worth
	27		Talison Festival Music and Dance
	28		Local Auditions - not Dallas Civic Ballet
29		Miscellaneous Dallas Dance Ephemera. (Includes ribbons, buttons, gavel, embosser)
30		Evelyn Oppenheimer and Bill Portefield. The Book of Dallas, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co. 1976. - And critique concerning errors in the section on dance in Dallas.


Series II - Southwest Dance Companies
	Texas A-Austin
31	1	Southwest Dance Collective
	2	Abilene Civic Ballet
	3	Amarillo Ballet Theatre
	4	Austin Ballet Company
	5	Austin Ballet Footnotes
	6	Austin Ballet Theatre, Stanley Hall, Director
	7	Austin Ballet Theatre
	8	Austin Texas Ballet East
	9	Austin Civic Ballet
	10	Austin Dance Theatre, Ballet East
	11	Austin Dance Umbrellas
	12	Austin Deaf Dance Company
	13	Austin, Texas - Deborah Hay Co.
	14	Austin Elbow Room Company
	15	Austin Gold and James
	16	Austin Metrognomes
	17	Austin Repertory Dancers
	18	Austin, Texas Sarah Brumgert
	19	Austin Sharir Company
	20	Austin Sokoloff Dance Ensemble
	Texas B - Fort Worth
32	1	Ballet Concerto
	2	Beaumont, Texas
	3	Caracalla Dance Company
	4	Connally's Dance Company
	5	Corpus Christi Ballet Theatre
	6	Dance Arts Company
	7	Dance Repertory Theatre
	8	Dance Repertory Theatre and International Folk Dance Company
	9	Dance Theatre of the Southwest
	10	Denton Civic Ballet
	11	Edinburgh Dance Theatre
	12	El Paso Ballet
	13	F. Worth Ballet - Fernando Schaffenburg - Artistic Director
	14	Ft. Worth Ballet and Dance Council By-Laws and Administrative Files
	15	Ballet Guild of Ft. Worth
	16	Ft. Worth Ballet Arts and Ft. Worth City Ballet 1957-1960; 1986
	17	Fort Worth Ballet Association - Brochures and Flyers
	18	Fort Worth Ballet Association presenting Dance Theatre of Harlem January 29, 1972
	19	Fort Worth Ballet Association - Young choreographers
	20	Fort Worth Ballet - Brochures and Flyers
	Fort Worth Ballet Association and Fort Worth Ballet
33	1	Programs and Performances 1963-1973
	2	Programs and Performances 1974-1981
	3	Programs and Performances 1981-1983
	4	Clippings 1959-1964
	5	Clippings 1971-1979
	6	Clippings 1980-1987
	Texas G - Houston
34	1	Galveston Ballet Theatre on the Bay
	2	Garland, Tx - Baroque Ensemble
	3	Garland Ballet
	4	Garland Ballet Association
	5	H & H Dance Troupe
	6	Camille Hill Long Discovery Dance Group
	7	University of Houston - Chryalis Repertory Dance Company
	8	Greater Houston Civic Ballet
	9	Houston, Tx - James Clouser Company
	10	Houston Contemporary Dance Collective
	11	Houston Contemporary Dance Theatre
	12	Houston Dance Association
	13	Houston Dance Center
	14	Houston Farrell Dude Dance
	15	Houston Jazz Ballet
	16	Houston Metropolitan Ballet
	17	Houston Miscellaneous Companies
	18	Houston Polojenko
	19	Houstons' Rice Dance Troupe
	20	Houston Space Dance Theatre
	21	Houston Youth Symphony Ballet
	22	Houston Youth Symphony Ballet 3/30/84
	23	Houston Allergo Ballet Company
	Texas Houston Ballet
35	1	Ballet and Orchestra
	2	Performing Arts Magazine December 1977, November 1979, May-December 1980
	3	Performing Arts Magazine February-March, June 1981, May 1982
	4	Houston Ballet - Publicity - magazines, brochures, etc.
	5	Houston Ballet - Publicity - magazines, brochures, etc.
	6	Houston Ballet - Publicity - magazines, brochures, etc.
	Texas Houston - L
36	1	Houston Ballet - Publicity
	2	Houston Ballet - Publicity
	3	Photographs
	4	Clippings 1968-1987
	5	Houston Ballet Foundation 1974-1975
	6	Houston Society for the Performing Arts
	7	Theatre Dance Unlimited - Houston
	8	Theatre Under the Stars - Houston 1975-1976
	9	Ida Winter Clarke
	10	International Ballet Competition
	11	Irving Ballet Company
	12	Irving Ballet Company
	13	Jay's Dance Theatre
	14	Julliard Dance Concert
	15	Killer Swans
	16	Kuan Li
	17	Laredo, Tx
	18	Longview Ballet Theatre
	19	Lubbock, Texas Civic Ballet
	Texas MC - T
37	1	McAllen, Texas - Doria Avila Dance Co.
	2	Magnet High School (Dallas - see also Education)
	3	Anita Martinez Ballet Folklorico (Dallas)
	4	Midland Ballet
	5	Midland Permian Civic Ballet
	6	Pampa, Texas Talent Search
	7	Plano Ballet
	8	Richardson Ballet 1983-1984
	9	Richardson Ballet, Inc.
	10	Rio Grande Ballet
	11	Sacred Dance Guild
	12	San Angelo, Texas
	13	San Antonio
	14	San Antonio Ballet Company
	15	San Antonio Dance Arts
	16	San Antonio Dance Theatre
	17	San Antonio Dance Workshop
	18	San Antonio Festival Ballet
	19	Peggy Lorenz of San Antonio
	20	Scarborough Fair
	21	SWRBA - see separate SWRBA boxes.
	22	Texarkana Community Ballet
	23	Texas Civic Ballet
	Texas T - Z; Arkansas, Louisiana
38	1	Texas Ballet Company
	2	Texas Baroque Ensemble
	3	Texas Christian University Ballet and Modern Dance - see also Education
	4	Texas Woman's College Company - see also Education
	5	Theatre Dance Unlimited
	6	University of Texas - see also Education
	7	Victoria, Texas
	8	Wichita Falls Ballet Theatre
	9	Wichita Falls Ballet Theatre
	10	Ballet Arkansas
	11	Fort Smith, Arkansas
	12	Little Rock, Arkansas Civic Ballet
	13	Lafayette, Louisiana Acadian Ballet
	14	Lake Charles Ballet - Joyeaux
	15	Lake Charles Civic Ballet
	16	New Orleans Delta Ballet Theatre
	17	Shreveport Omni Dance Theatre
	New Mexico and Oklahoma
39	1	New Mexico Ballet Company
	2	New Mexico Payrito Ballet Theatre
	3	New Mexico Pinon Fires and Pueblo Dancers
	4	Santa Fe, New Mexico Ballet Co.
	5	Ballet Oklahoma
	6	Oklahoma Dance Masters Association
	7	Oklahoma Metropolitan Dance Ballet
	8	Lawton, Oklahoma Civic Ballet
	9	Tulsa Civic Ballet
	10	Tulsa Civic Ballet
	11	Tulsa Civic Ballet
	12	Tulsa Civic Ballet
	13	Tulsa Oklahoma Dance Showcase


Series III - American Ballet Companies
	Alaska - American Ballet Theatre, 1971
40	1	Alaska
	2	Albertina Rasch Co.
	3	Allegro - Robert Lunnon
	4	Ballet Theatre - Performance in Dallas 1945, 1947
	5	Ballet Theatre - Performance in Dallas 1950s
	6	Ballet Theatre and American Ballet Theatre Performance in Dallas 1960s-1970s
	7	Ballet Theatre - Performance in Dallas date unknown
	8	American Ballet Theatre Booklets (Ballet Theatre) 1940
	9	American Ballet Theatre Booklets (Ballet Theatre) 1942-1946
	10	American Ballet Theatre Booklets 1949-1954
	11	American Ballet Theatre Booklets 1955-1957, 1960-1962
	12	American Ballet Theatre Booklets 1962-1963, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971
	American Ballet Theatre 1972-1986
41	1	1976, 1978
	2	Brochures, flyers, miscellaneous programs
	3	Ballet Theatre Foundation - Ballet Repertory Company
	4	Richard Englund - Director of Ballet Repertory Company
	5	Clippings 1947-1975
	6	Photographs
	7	Photographs
	8	Photographs
	9	Photographs
	10	Productions: Coppelia, Swan Lake, Bluebeard, Peter and the Wolf, Fall River Legend, Etudes
	11	Mikhail Baryshnikov
	12	Lucia Chase - Photographs
	13	Clippings 1976-1986
	14	Kevin and Cathy Brown
	American Ballet - Atlanta - G
42	1	Comedy
	2	Atlanta Ballet
	3	Atlanta Civic Ballet
	4	Basel Ballet
	5	Birmingham Ballet
	6	Boston Ballet
	7	Ballet Celeste
	8	Cincinnati Ballet
	9	Chicago
	10	Cleveland Ballet
	11	Cleveland Ballet
	12	Detroit City Ballet
	13	Dia Art Foundation
	14	Eglevsky Ballet Co.
	15	American Festival Ballet
	16	Festival Dance Theatre
	17	Eliot Feld Company
	18	Eliot Feld Company
	American Ballet - Harkness - Joffrey
43	1	Harkenss Ballet
	2	Harkenss Ballet
	3	Harlem Co. Dance Theatre in Dallas
	4	Harlem Company
	5	Hartford Ballet
	6	Hawaiian Dance
	7	Ballet Hispanico of New York
	8	Indo-American Dance Company
	9	Finis Jhung's Chamber Ballet USA
	10	Joffrey Ballet
	Joffrey - Missouri
44	1	Joffrey Ballet - Ron Reagan
	2	Joffrey Ballet
	3	Joffrey Ballet
	4	Joffrey Ballet
	5	Joffrey Ballet
	6	La Casse Victor
	7	Lake Charles Ballet Society
	8	Littlefield Ballet
	9	Los Angeles Ballet
	10	Manhattan Festival Ballet
	11	Matteo Ethno-American Dance Theater-Foundation for Ethnic Dance, Inc.
	12	Milwaukee Ballet Co.
	13	Missouri State Ballet
	National Ballet - N.Y. City Ballet
45	1	National Ballet - Washington D.C.
	2	New York Ballet
	3	New York City Ballet - Programs and Playbills 1950, 1957-1958, 1959
	4	New York City Ballet - Programs and Playbills 1960
	5	New York City Ballet - Programs 1970s and 1980s
	6	New York City Ballet - Brochures and Flyers
	7	New York City Ballet - Booklets 1950s and 1960s
	8	New York City Ballet - Booklets 1960s and 1970s
	9	New York City Ballet - Photographs
	New York City Ballet
46	1	Clippings
	2	Clippings
	3	George Balanchine
	4	George Balanchine
	5	George Balanchine
	6	School of American Ballet - N.Y. City Ballet 1954
	Omaha Ballet - Tracadero
47	1	Omaha Ballet
	2	Oumansky, Valentina - Dramatic Dance Ensemble
	3	Pacific Northwest Company
	4	Pennsylvania Ballet
	5	Pittsburg Ballet
	6	Philadelphia Dance Company
	7	Portland Dance Theatre
	8	Riri

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