Archives West Finding Aid

Series 1 contains materials relating to Dark's teaching career, honoraries received, participation in conference presentations, and a research project proposed by her. In addition to a promotion dossier packet of information prepared by Dark for her tenure review, this series is made up of conference programs, correspondence, a curriculum vita, a research proposal, photographs, a newspaper clipping, and certificates.

Series 2 documents the instruction of dance coursework and curriculum development assessment. Along with course outlines, exam blanks, and an instructors' training manual that reflect the teaching of dance classes, this series includes correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, and statistical information collected by Dark through involvement on a Physical Activity Course curriculum planning committee.

Series 3 documents the Cool Shoes ballroom dance performance group that was formed and coordinated by Dark. In addition to event programs, flyers, posters, and tickets reflecting the regular public performances staged by Cool Shoes, this series also contains correspondence, Cool Shoes member lists, newspaper clippings, photographs, thank you notes, and course outlines. Along with 44 photographic prints, this series also includes a publication resembling a small photo album that contains images of the Cool Shoes' members for the 2014-2015 year. There are a few references to "BARC" among these materials, which was the name of the ballroom dance group before its change to Cool Shoes. Documentation of Cool Shoes' performances and members are also reflected in the scrapbooks in series 7 and the display panels in series 9.

Series 4 relates to the Ballroom Dance Club and reflects Dark's coordination of this student group as its faculty advisor. Primarily documenting the organization of dance workshops and classes for the club, the materials in the series include correspondence, contracts, course offering lists, event programs, flyers, meeting agendas, membership registration forms, newsletters, newspaper clippings, a photograph, and posters.

Series 5 consists of documentation about the International Dance Club and is made up of correspondence, financial records, flyers, a newsletter, and newspaper announcements about events organized by the club. The correspondence includes a message string about the waning interest in international folk dancing among college students at the time and the future of the group. Among the events publicized in these materials is a workshop conducted by former OSU dance instructor Kathleen Kerr.

Series 6 is comprised of publications that include three textbooks co-authored by Dark, programs for OSU dance events, and a senior thesis on the history of social dance at OSU.

Series 7 is made up of scrapbooks documenting performances and rehearsals by the Cool Shoes Dance Company. Primarily consisting of photographs, the four scrapbooks also contain programs, tickets, member lists, and newspaper clippings. This series contains a total of 447 photographic prints.

Series 8 consists of plaques documenting honors and recognition received by Dark and the Cool Shoes dance company.

Series 9 is comprised of display panels assembled by Dark to document members of the Cool Shoes dance troupe. These panels are primarily made up of posed portrait shots of the members with information on their names and field of studys. Loose images that became detached from the displays have been placed into a file folder that resides in box 1. There are 222 photographic prints in this series in total.