MS 7861
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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National Square Dance Society of Australia
- Title
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Records of the National Square Dance Society of Australia
- Date Range
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1982-1984
- Collection Number
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MS 7861
- Extent
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1.1 metres (4 boxes)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Material collected on the history of square dancing in Australia for the 25th National Square Dance Convention, 1984.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn520493).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the National Square Dance Society of Australia, National Library of Australia, MS 7861, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Separated Materials
13 audio cassettes of callers transferred to Oral History collection.
Item Descriptions
Callers' Gallery questionnaires, 1982-3 (File 1-2) - Box 1
Profiles and photographs of callers (File 3) - Box 1
Reminiscences of square dancing (File 4) - Box 1
1984 Convention posters (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1
State by state chronologies of the history of square dancing, constructed from questionnaires and reminiscences (File 5-6) - Box 2
Queensland: cuttings and memorabilia re the history of square dancing in that state (File 7) - Box 2
New South Wales: cuttings and memorabilia (File 8) - Box 2
ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, W.A., South Australia, New Zealand: cuttings and memorabilia (File 9) - Box 3
History and memorabilia of the 1950s, donated by Joe Lewis of Dallas, Texas (File 10) - Box 3
Photocopies of leaflets and ephemera re square dancing in the 1950s (File 11-12) - Box 3
Three folio size braille books (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3
Letters received from Europe and the USA, 1982-83 re the histroy of square dance fashion (File 13) - Box 4
25th Australian National "Silver Jubilee" Square Dance Convention, Canberra, 1984: programme, clippings, photographs (File 14) - Box 4
Five strips of photographic negatives of South Australian newspaper articles on square dancing (File 15) - Box 4
Copies of The Roundup (Minnesota), May and July 1982 (File 15) - Box 4
American Square Dance National Convention programme, June 1982 (File 15) - Box 4
Three VHS videotapes - Wagga Wagga, 27 November 1982 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4
On tape cover: Donated by Nev. Fail - Bill Buttolf Calling New Zealand. Fashion parade - Becky & Bob Osgood. Edition of "Sets in Order" U.S.A. 1 of 3 [VHS video], 1981 (Item 1) - Piece NLA.MS-SAV000360
1 item
Square Dance Talk (20 sec picture fault in middle; cuts from dances t end) … Education Dept Interview Nov 1983 with JIM VICKERS-WILLIS. 2 of 3 [VHS video], 1983 (Item 2) - Piece NLA.MS-SAV000361
1 item
Square Dancing Wagga-Wagga N.S.W. [VHS video], 27.11.82 (Item 3) - Piece NLA.MS-SAV000362
1 item
Jim Vickers-Willis: interview, 1983 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4
Bill Buttolf calling in New Zealand, 1981 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4
Book: Joe Lewis calling: square dancing for new dancers and new callers (Sydney : A (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4