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Joan Woodbury papers, 1936-2010
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Woodbury, Joan J., 1927-
- Title
- Joan Woodbury papers
- Dates
- 1936-2010 (inclusive)19362010
- Quantity
- 24.75 linear feet, (46 boxes)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2384
- Summary
- The Joan Woodbury papers (1936-2010) consist mainly of dance materials generated from Woodbury's years teaching at the University of Utah and her career as co-founder of the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Included are programs, announcements, news articles, correspondence, biographical papers, notes, reports, minutes, travel information, and other dance-related materials.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Joan Woodbury was born on 21 September 1927 in Cedar City, Utah. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin with B.S. degree in dance in 1950 and with a M.S. degree in dance in 1951. She taught dance at that same institution for several years until becoming an instructor at the University of Utah in 1951. Woodbury was an associate professor there during the 1960s and 1970s. She also toured the United States, South Africa, Portugal, and France during the 1970s giving dance workshops. She and Shirley Ririe co-founded the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company in 1964, formerly known as Choreodancers. Joan Woodbury has won various awards for her efforts in the arts.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Joan Woodbury papers (1936-2010) consist mainly of dance materials generated from Woodbury's years teaching at the University of Utah and her career as co-founder of the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Included are programs, announcements, news articles, correspondence, biographical papers, notes, reports, minutes, travel information, and other dance-related materials. Due to the inter-relationship of Woodbury's activities at the University of Utah and in her private business, as well as her membership in various organizations, the collection has been arranged mainly into a cohesive unit of "Dance Files." Original folder titles by Woodbury have been retained.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Due to the inter-relationship of Woodbury's activities at the University of Utah and in her private business, as well as her membership in various organizations, the collection has been arranged mainly into a cohesive unit of "Dance Files." Original folder titles by Woodbury have been retained.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Joan Woodbury (boxes 1-36) in 2008.
Donated by Joan Woodbury (boxes 37-46) in 2010.
Processing Note
Processed in 2008 by Lisa DeMille.
Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2011.
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Separated Materials
See also the Joan Woodbury photograph collection (P1531) and the Joan Woodbury dance audio-visual collection (A0763) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Related Materials
See also the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company records (ACCN 0709) and the Shirley Ririe papers (ACCN 2320) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1-4 | Correspondence |
1952-2006 |
| 1 | 5-6 | Biographical Information |
|
| 1 | 7 | Certificates |
1976-1985 |
Dance FilesReturn to Top
The Dance Files, comprising boxes 2-22, 32-36, 39-46, include materials from Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, the University of Utah's Dance Department, various organizations, and classes taught and taken by Woodbury. Many of the folder titles reflect productions performed by Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company or grant requests for classes and productions for the University of Utah Dance Department. Original folder titles have been retained.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Absurd |
1965 |
| 2 | 2 | Advisory Committee |
1980 |
| 2 | 3 | Advisory Council |
1967-1968 |
| 2 | 4 | Angiers |
1978-1979 |
| 2 | 5 |
Antigone
|
|
| 2 | 6 | Art in Early Childhood |
|
| 2 | 7-8 | Artists in Schools Program |
1970s |
| 3 | Dance Files, Artists in Schools Program |
1970s-1980s | |
| Folder | |||
| 4 | 1 | Arts in Education |
1980s |
| 4 | 2 | Australia |
1980-1981 |
| 4 | 3 | Avant Garde |
1960-1965 |
| 4 | 4 | Beginning Composition |
|
| 4 | 5 | Bobby McFerrin Show |
1987-1988 |
| 4 | 6 | Budget |
1970s-1980s |
| 4 | 7 | Bus Stop |
1972-1973 |
| 4 | 8-9 | Calendars and Schedules |
1970s-1990s |
| 4 | 10 | Chaos Summer Workshop |
1990-1991 |
| 5 | 1 | Children's Dance Ideas |
|
| 5 | 2 | China Tour |
1983 |
| 5 | 3-8 | Choreography |
1970s-1980s |
| 6 | 1 | Composition Ideas |
1950s-1960s |
| 6 | 2 | Coverings |
|
| 6 | 3 | Creative Dance for Children |
1945 |
| 6 | 4 | Creativism |
1964; 1974 |
| 6 | 5 | Creativity |
1960s |
| 6 | 6 | Curriculum |
1980s-1997 |
| 6 | 7 | Dance Department, Chair Changes |
1970s-1980s |
| 7 | 1 | Dance Department, Meeting Materials |
1980-1984 |
| 7 | 2 | Dance Department, Suggestions/Recommendations |
1983 |
| 7 | 3 | Dance Education |
1980s-1990s |
| 7 | 4 | Dance for the Handicapped |
|
| 7 | 5-6 | Dance Lecture Demonstrations |
1960s-1970s |
| 8 | Dance Lecture Demonstrations |
1980s-1990s | |
| Folder | |||
| 9 | 1-2 | Dance Workshops |
1970s-1994 |
| 9 | 3 | Dancer Biographies |
|
| 9 | 4-5 | Dancers Inc. |
1981-1984 |
| 9 | 6 | Demonstration Scripts |
|
| 9 | 7 | Departures |
1980s |
| 10 | 1 | Diverse Creatures |
1981 |
| 10 | 2 | Dominoes |
|
| 10 | 3 | Education Workbooks |
1989; 1993 |
| 10 | 4 | Educational Video II |
1980s-1990s |
| 10 | 5 | England |
1983 |
| 11 | 1 | Essays and Reports |
1970s |
| 11 | 2-3 | Exados |
|
| 11 | 4 | Faculty Research Grants |
1978 |
| 11 | 5 | Abe Freder |
1968 |
| 11 | 6 | Film and Dance Choreography |
1977 |
| 11 | 7 | Film Grant |
1971-1973 |
| 11 | 8 | Financial Statements |
1976-1977 |
| 12 | 1 | Financial Statements |
1977-1978 |
| 12 | 2 | The "Gentle Madness" |
1997 |
| 12 | 3 | Brewster Ghiselin |
1979 |
| 12 | 4 | Golden Oldies |
|
| 12 | 5 | Grade Level Activity Sheets |
|
| 12 | 6 | Graduate Student Meetings |
1983 |
| 12 | 7-8 | Graduate Teaching Methods in Choreography |
1990s |
| 12 | 9 | Martha Graham |
1991 |
| 12 | 10 | Grant Workshop |
1971-1972 |
| 12 | 11 | Grants |
1979-1981 |
| 13 | 1 | Greek Dance |
1950s |
| 13 | 2 | Margaret H'Doubler |
1949-1991 |
| 13 | 3 | Helen's Dance |
|
| 13 | 4 | House and Garden Tour |
1981 |
| 13 | 5 | Hoving Technique |
1960 |
| 13 | 6 | Ideas/Scripts |
|
| 13 | 7-8 | Improvisation |
1960s-1991 |
| 13 | 9 | In Stages |
1987 |
| 13 | 10 | Juan Film Plan |
1977-1978 |
| 13 | 11 | Julliard Addition |
1991 |
| 13 | 12 | Las Vegas |
1967 |
| 13 | 13 | Lesson Planning |
1950s |
| 13 | 14 | L'Invasion Research Grant |
1990s |
| 14 | 1 |
Lysistrata
|
|
| 14 | 2 | Minnesota Demo |
1968 |
| 14 | 3 | Mixed Doubles |
1982-1983 |
| 14 | 4 | Modern Dance Production |
1967 |
| 14 | 5 | Movement |
1950s |
| 14 | 6 | Movement and Letter Learning |
1982 |
| 14 | 7-8 | Music |
|
| 15 | 1 | My Dance |
1985 |
| 15 | 2 | National Dance Association Award |
1980 |
| 15 | 3 | National Endowment for the Arts |
1979 |
| 15 | 4-5 | New Directions |
1991 |
| 15 | 6 | Newsletters |
1972-2007 |
| 15 | 7 | Nikolais Workshop |
1972 |
| 15 | 8-9 | Notebooks |
|
| 16 | 1 | Notes |
|
| 16 | 2 |
Nowhere Bird
|
|
| 16 | 3 | Orchesis |
1974 |
| 16 | 4 | The Pearl |
|
| 16 | 5 | Philosophy and Theory |
1940s-1960s |
| 16 | 6 | Poetics |
|
| 16 | 7 | Joe Prince |
1980 |
| 16 | 8 | Progressions |
1966 |
| 17 | 1 | Prop Demonstration |
|
| 17 | 2 | Publication Excerpts |
|
| 17 | 3 | Psychology Class, Dance for the Cinema |
1960s |
| 17 | 4 | Nigel Redden |
1982 |
| 17 | 5-8 | Refusal to Dance |
1980s-1991 |
| 18 | 1 | Suzanne Renner |
1982 |
| 18 | 2 | Repertory Dance Theatre |
1960s |
| 18 | 3 | Research Grants |
1977-1983 |
| 18 | 4 | Retention, Promotion, and Tenure |
1976-1980 |
| 18 | 5 | Salina Sisters |
1989 |
| 18 | 6 | Sanpete Course Outlines |
|
| 18 | 7 | School Materials and Reports |
1947-1961 |
| 18 | 8 | School of Dance |
1980s |
| 19 | 1 | Singapore |
2000 |
| 19 | 2 | Slovenia |
1993 |
| 19 | 3 | Snowbird |
1979-1983 |
| 19 | 4 | Sociopolitical Dance Performance |
1991 |
| 19 | 5 | Speeches and Essays |
|
| 19 | 6 | Square Dance Notes |
|
| 19 | 7 | Stage Craft |
|
| 19 | 8 | Summer School Workshop |
1967 |
| 19 | 9 | Summerarts Workshop |
1979 |
| 20 | 1 | Teaching Physical Skills |
1970s |
| 20 | 2 | Technical and Stage Requirements |
1970s |
| 20 | 3 | Technique |
1950s |
| 20 | 4-5 | Threads of Dreams |
1990s |
| 20 | 6 | Three Day Guest |
|
| 20 | 7 | A Touch of Madness |
1997-1998 |
| 21 | 1 | Twelve Relationships |
|
| 21 | 2-3 | Unaccompanied Achilles |
|
| 21 | 4 | University of Wisconsin, Conference |
1985 |
| 21 | 5 | Untitled |
1972 |
| 21 | 6 | Utah Arts Council |
1979-1982 |
| 21 | 7 | Utah Arts Endowment |
1977 |
| 21 | 8 | Video Visions |
1980s |
| 21 | 9 | Walking Seated |
1996 |
| 22 | 1 | Wash |
1970s |
| 22 | 2 | West Virginia |
1980-1981 |
| 22 | 3 | Wisconsin Dance Program and Award |
1997 |
| 22 | 4 | Workshops |
1983-1986 |
| 22 | 5 | Writing Workshop |
1989 |
| 22 | 6 | Yoga |
1983 |
| 22 | 7 | Yugoslavia |
1980 |
| 22 | 8 | Miscellaneous |
General MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 23 | Programs and Announcements |
1980s-2000s |
| 24 | Programs and Announcements |
1970s-1990s |
| 25 | Programs and Announcements |
1970s-2000s |
| 26 | News Articles |
1950s-1970s |
| 27 | News Articles |
1970s-1980s |
| 28 | News Articles |
1980s-2000s |
| 29 | News Articles |
2000s |
| 30 | Oversize
Includes sheet music, a program, and a pen and ink production announcement.
|
1966-1990 |
Personal MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 31 | 1 | Biographical Information |
1961-1966 |
| 31 | 2-3 | Correspondence |
1959-1997 |
| 31 | 4 | Berlin Study Abroad |
1956-1960 |
| 31 | 5 | Calendars |
1967-1968 |
| 31 | 6 | Notes |
|
| 31 | 7 | Salt Lake City Zoning Ordinance |
|
| 31 | 8-9 | News Articles |
1937-1970 |
Dance FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 32 | 1 | Announcements |
1940-1969 |
| 32 | 2 | Articles |
1937-1979 |
| 32 | 3 | Artists-in-Education Workshop |
1984-1986 |
| 32 | 4-6 | Asia Tour |
1984-1985 |
| 33 | 1 | China Tour |
2002 |
| 33 | 2 | Class Evaluations |
|
| 33 | 3 | Cultural Presentations Program |
1963-1965 |
| 33 | 4 | Dance Education |
1940-1969 |
| 33 | 5 | England, Germany Tour |
1989 |
| 33 | 6 | France |
1978 |
| 33 | 7 | General Material |
1966-1986 |
| 33 | 8 | Germany Tour |
1990-1991 |
| 34 | 1 | Honorary Alumnus Award |
1995-1997 |
| 34 | 2 | International Dance Course |
1981-1983 |
| 34 | 3 | International Exchange in the Arts |
1994-1995 |
| 34 | 4 | Italy |
2002 |
| 34 | 5 | New York Dance Festival |
1977 |
| 34 | 6-8 | Portugal Workshop |
1968-1975 |
| 35 | 1-2 | Programs |
1936-1970 |
| 35 | 3-5 | Publications |
1939-1984 |
| 36 | 1-2 | Singapore Tour |
1999-2000 |
| 36 | 3 | Summer School Workshop |
1956-1968 |
| 36 | 4 | South Africa Tour |
1977 |
| 36 | 5 | Southern Utah Tour |
1965 |
| 36 | 6-7 | University of California, Conference |
1966-1968 |
Personal MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 37 | Correspondence and Greeting Cards |
1969-2009 | |
| Folder | |||
| 38 | 1 | Articles |
1974-2006 |
| 38 | 2 | Cedar City High School Reunion |
1994-1995 |
| 38 | 3 | Certificates |
undated |
| 38 | 4 | Directory of American Fulbright Scholars |
1985-1986 |
| 38 | 5 | Financial Materials |
1987 |
| 38 | 6 | Funeral Service Programs
The programs in this folder are from the funerals of Beth Hintze Beck, J. Stanley Russon, and Robert "Bob" Spencer Olpin.
|
1988-2005 |
| 38 | 7 | Memorabilia |
undated |
| 38 | 8 | Plaque |
2003 |
| 38 | 9 | Richard D. Bass Achievement Award |
1989 |
| 38 | 10 | Southern Utah University, Honorary Degree and Performance |
1989-1991 |
| 38 | 11 | Who's Who in Entertainment |
undated |
Dance FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 39 | 1 | Alwin Nikolais Dance Theatre |
2003 |
| 39 | 2 | American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) |
1990-1994 |
| 39 | 3 | Choreographers |
1988-1994 |
| 39 | 4 | Choreographic Notes: Circle Cycle |
1991-2010 |
| 39 | 5 | Choreographic Notes: L'Invasion |
1991-2010 |
| 39 | 6 | Choreographic Notes: Shy Hag Show |
1998 |
| 39 | 7 | Circle Cycle, Evaluation |
2002 |
| 39 | 8 | Circle Cycle, Slides and Cues |
1993-2010 |
| 39 | 9 | Contact Information |
2001 |
| 39 | 10 | Company Directory |
2006-2009 |
| 39 | 11 | Computer Disc |
1999 |
| 39 | 12 |
Deseret News, Newspaper in Education |
1998-1999 |
| 40 | 1 | Electronic Dance Transformer |
1990 |
| 40 | 2 | Gyrotonics |
undated |
| 40 | 3 | High School Programs |
2002 |
| 40 | 4 | Loose Change |
2005 |
| 40 | 5 | Music Clearance |
1980-1992 |
| 40 | 6 | Music for Fall Show |
1992 |
| 40 | 7 | Notes |
undated |
| 40 | 8-9 | Olympics |
1996-2002 |
| 40 | 10 | Olympic Music Clearance |
2000-2001 |
| 41 | 1 | Press Kits |
1993-2001 |
| 41 | 2 | Policies and Job Responsibilities |
1994-1995 |
| 41 | 3 | Report on the International Dance Course for Professional Choreographers and Composers |
1983 |
| 41 | 4 | Ririe-Woodbury Remarks |
1986-1990 |
| 41 | 5 | Anne Riordan |
1987-2006 |
| 41 | 6-7 | Season Calendars |
1996-2008 |
| 41 | 8 | Schedule |
2000-2001 |
| 41 | 9 | Staff Meetings |
2001-2009 |
| 41 | 10 | Stilson and Stilson Advertising Materials |
2001 |
| 41 | 11 | Summer Workshop Notes |
1995-1999 |
| 42 | 1 | Touring Schedule |
1997-1999 |
| 42 | 2-4 | Tour, Slovenia |
1993-1996 |
| 42 | 5 | University of Utah, Alwin Nikolais Honorary Degree |
1985 |
| 42 | 6 | University of Utah, Department of Mordern Dance |
1971-1992 |
| 43 | 1-3 | Video Notes |
1987 |
| 43 | 4 | Video Visions |
1986-1991 |
| 43 | 5 | Visa Renewal, Ai Fuji |
2003-2004 |
Ririe-Woodbury Brochures and Programs, 1981-2006Return to Top
Container(s): Box 44
General Materials from Other Organizations, 1984-2004Return to Top
Container(s): Box 45
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Brochures |
1986-1992 |
| 2 | Newsletters |
1985-1992 |
| 3-4 | Programs |
1985-2004 |
| 5 | Snowbird Institute |
1990-1992 |
| 6 | Utah Arts Council |
1984-1992 |
News ClippingsReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 46
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Dance companies--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives
- Dance teachers--Archives
- Dance--Societies, etc.
- Dance--Study and teaching
- Modern dance--Utah--Salt Lake City
Personal Names
- Woodbury, Joan J., 1927---Archives
- Woodbury, Joan J., 1927---Travel
Corporate Names
- Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company--Records and correspondence
- University of Utah. School of Dance--Faculty--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Awards
- Biographies
- Calendars
- Choreography
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Financial records
- Instructional and educational works
- Personal correspondence
- Programs (Publications)
- Records (Documents)
- Travel writing
Finding aid prepared by Lisa DeMille
2008 (last modified: 2018)
