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Allegra Fuller Snyder Papers, 1960-2010 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8v69h1d No online items Finding Aid for the Allegra Fuller Snyder papers, 1960-2010 Processed by Marcia Melkonian in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, March 2012; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. The processing of this collection was generously supported by Arcadia. UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Allegra Fuller 1881 1 Snyder papers, 1960-2010 Descriptive Summary Title: Allegra Fuller Snyder papers Date (inclusive): 1960-2010 Collection number: 1881 Creator: Snyder, Allegra Fuller Extent: 107 boxes (54 linear ft.) Abstract: Research, personal and professional files of Allegra Fuller Snyder, professor emeritus and past chair of UCLA Dance Department and World Arts and Cultures. Her research areas included performance dance, dance ethnology, dance therapy, and film as a method of preserving and documenting dance. Language: Finding aid is written in English. Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Restrictions on Access Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Allegra Fuller Snyder. Processing Note Processed by Marcia Melkonian in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, March 2012. The processing of this collection was generously supported by Arcadia. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Allegra Fuller Snyder papers (Collection 1881). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 6930320 Biography/History Allegra Fuller Snyder, an early Chair of UCLA's Dance Department (1974-1980, Spring 1984, and 1990-1991), founding Coordinator / Chair for the Ethnic Arts Program cum World Arts and Cultures Department (1972-1983), Chair of the Faculty of the School of Arts (1989-1991), and Professor of Dance/Dance Ethnology retired from UCLA in 1991. She was long-active with the Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) and the National Endowment of Arts, dance division. Snyder's areas of interest include: performance dance, dance ethnology, dance therapy, and film as a method of preserving/documenting dance. An early advocate of dance preservation on film for use in education, she produced historical films about Mary Wigman and about Baroque dance, a performance dance film about Margalit Oved Marshall. Her husband, film documentarian Robert Snyder, cooperated with her in the making of an ethnographic film about the Philippine dance troupe Bayanihan. She was a key consultant on "Dancing" for Thirteen WNET. Snyder attended the School of American Ballet (1941-1947), received her BA in dance from Bennington College (1951), and earned her MA in dance from UCLA (1967). The only living child of R. Buckminster Fuller, she was born Aug. 18, 1927 in Chicago, IL. She was the founder and first president of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, presently located in Brooklyn NY. Scope and Content This collection includes the research, personal and professional files of Allegra Fuller Snyder, professor emeritus and past chair of the UCLA Dance Department and the World Arts and Cultures Department. It is evident in her files that AFS's professional and personal endeavors are often indistinct. The collection is arranged in four series: personal organizational files, UCLA administrative papers, performance programs, and research materials and organizations files. Finding Aid for the Allegra Fuller 1881 2 Snyder papers, 1960-2010 The personal organizational files are Snyder's files as she maintained them for her own use. They include obituaries, and articles about and correspondence with friends and colleagues. The transcript for an oral history interview of Snyder is located here. UCLA administrative papers include Snyder's academic papers, university newsletters, and UCLA committee and faculty papers. The early years of the Dance Department and development of the Ethnic Arts Program cum World Arts and Cultures (WAC) department are addressed, here. Performance programs is a collection of several decades of published ephemera of performances that Snyder attended. Research materials and organizations files include information and correspondence about students, colleagues, research, and her father, R. Buckminster Fuller. As a member of a large number of organizations, Snyder's products from her research (presentations, lectures, articles, descriptions of films, photos, audio tapes) are included. There are substantial files that address the years that Snyder was active with the Congress on Research in Dance and serving as a panelist for the dance division of the National Endowment for the Arts and for the Humanities. Her research with the Yaqui Indians and dance preservation and education through film are represented. Snyder maintained her files alphabetically and by date, for the most part. There were many instances of overlapping and incongruous filing styles (ex. recent to old, old to recent) that may have been due to changing office assistants. Sometimes the items were just placed in a new folder while another existed for it, starting a new series. Discrete groupings of files were formed as they were moved into storage. Initialisms and Acronyms used in Snyder's Research AADC - Association of American Dance Companies AADE - Australian Association for Dance Education AAHPER - American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation AAUW - American Association of University Women ADF - American Dance Festival ADG - American Dance Guild (see NDG) ADTA - American Dance Therapy Association AFS - Allegra Fuller Snyder AISC - American Indian Studies Center APASI - Asian Performing Arts Summer Institute APPEX - Asian Pacific Performance Exchange Program ARS - Artists Rights Society ASA - African Studies Association AWARE - Association for Women's Active Return to Education CAFAM - Craft and Folk Art Museum CCA - California Confederation of the Arts CCDC - City Contemporary Dance Company CCDR - Cross Cultural Dance Resources CDEA - California Dance Educators Association CDF - Colorado Dance Festival CID - Conseil International de la Danse (see also IDC) CMER - Center for Movement Education and Research CODA - Council of Dance Administrators CORD - Congress on Research in Dance (earlier known as Committee on Research in Dance) CSSSA - California State Summer School for the Arts CTA - California Teachers Association CUCC - Committee on Undergraduate Courses and Curricula DCA - Dance Critics Association DDBP - Dance Database Project DEF - Dance Ethnology Forum DESIN - Dance Ethnology Service Information Network Finding Aid for the Allegra Fuller 1881 3 Snyder papers, 1960-2010 DFA - Dance Films Association, Inc. DHC - Dance Heritage Coalition DNB - Dance Notation Bureau DRC - Dance Resource Center DSLA - Dance South LA Project EFLA - Educational Film Library Association, Inc. IAC - Institute of American Cultures ICTM - International Council for Traditional Music IDA - International Documentary Association IDC - International Dance Council (see also CID) IDII - Isadora Duncan International Institute IFMC - International Folk Music Council ISOMATA - Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts ISOP - International Studies and Overseas Programs UCLA ITI - International Theatre Institute (Unesco) JOHPER - Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation LAADA - Los Angeles Area Dance Alliance LACAE - Legislative Action Coalition for Arts Education NARB - National Association for Regional Ballet NARF - Native American Rights Fund NASD - National Association of Schools of Dance NCA - National Council on the Arts NDG - National Dance Guild (see ADG) NEA - National Endowment for the Arts NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities NIPAD - National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance NRCD - National Resource Centre for Dance PAF - Performing Arts Friendship Mission of Japan PAW - Performing Arts Workshop SASHM - Society for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement SAVICOM - Society for the Anthropology of Visual Communication SDHS - San Diego High School SDSU - San Diego State University SEM - Society for Ethnomusicology SGSR - Society for General Systems Research TAASP - The Association for the Anthropological Study of Play WAC - World Arts and Cultures program at UCLA WDA - World Dance Alliance Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Personal Organizational Files 2. UCLA Administrative Papers 3. Performance Programs 4. Research
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