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Interview with Alma Hawkins, 1971

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Title
Interview with Alma Hawkins, 1971
Names
Hawkins, Alma M (Interviewee)
Schlundt, Christena L (Interviewer)
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (Contributor)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1971-07-14
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-544
Topics
Hawkins, Alma M
University of California, Los Angeles
Dancers -- Education (Higher)
Dance teachers
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by Christina L. Schlundt 1971, July 14 Los Angeles (Calif.)
Funding: The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Acquisition: Gift American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 1 hr., 6 min.) : quarter-track; 1.875 ips
Sound quality is fair to poor. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise, and there is a significant drop in volume from approximately 27:50 to approximately 29:50 in streaming audio file 1.
Description
Interview with Alma Hawkins conducted by Christina L. Schlundt on July 14, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, for the archives of the Dance Division of the AAHPER [American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; later American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance]. Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 33 minutes). Alma Hawkins speaks with Christina Schlundt about dance in an academic environment. Topics include: dance students today as compared with those of the past including herself; her teaching career; and the program at UCLA [University of California at Los Angeles]. [From approximately 27:50 to approximately 29:50 there is a significant drop in volume.] Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 33 minutes; however, the interview ends at approximately 18:45 minutes, and the remainder of streaming audio file 2 consists of ambient noise or is blank). Alma Hawkins continues to speak with Christina Schlundt about dance in an academic environment, in particular the graduate program in dance at University of California, Los Angeles; the role of the university in dance; and her goals.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 81670651
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118340
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a2c3b090-795f-0136-f451-3d4abe9b196d
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Alma Hawkins" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1971. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/11559f00-c318-0133-6977-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Alma Hawkins" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/11559f00-c318-0133-6977-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1971). Interview with Alma Hawkins Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/11559f00-c318-0133-6977-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Alma Hawkins