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Franziska Boas Collection, 1920-1988 [collection]
- Title
- Franziska Boas Collection, 1920-1988 [collection]
- Date Created
- Span: 1920-1988
- Language
- English
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 36 ft.
- 95 boxes
- Abstract
- Franziska Marie Boas (1902-1988), pioneering choreographer, dancer, percussionist, teacher, ethnologist, and therapist, was born in New York City, the youngest of six children of noted anthropologist Franz Boas (1858-1942) and Marie Krackowizer. Like her father who was known for his commitment to social activism and his battle to rid the scientific community of racially based theories of intelligence, Franziska Boas was also a committed activist for racial equality and social justice. She worked to teach young people about the value of dance as a means of communication; she pioneered dance as therapy; she encouraged students to expand their own creativity through improvisation; she combined the study of dance with ethnology; and, most importantly, she broke down the racial barriers that stood in the way of almost all African-Americans wishing to pursue careers in dance. The Franziska Boas collection, consisting of multi-format materials documenting her professional and personal life, spans Boas's career, from her academic training at Barnard College through her professional work as a dance teacher, accompanist, therapist and ethnologist, and includes documentation of her work as a social activist as well as a community educator after her retirement.
- Contents Note
- Correspondence, labanotation scores and other choreographic notes, business records, playbills, production material, writings by Franz Boas, artwork, and other papers chiefly documenting the life and career of pioneering dancer and teacher Franziska Boas.
- Preferred Citation
- Franziska Boas Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
- Access Permissions
- Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
- Copyright
- Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
- Subjects
- Modern Dance
- Women in the Performing Arts
- Dance
- Boas, Franziska
- Boas, Franz
- Call Number
- ML31.B63
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Finding Aid
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu006001
Last Updated: 01-25-2011