Archives, 1958-2008
MC 180
8 boxes (2.66 cu.ft.)
About the Sacred Dance Guild:
The Sacred Dance Guild was founded in 1958 and incorporated in 1965 as an international, interfaith, interdenominational non-profit organization. Its motto is “Enriching faith through movement,” and its mission is to promote sacred dance as prayer, spiritual growth, connection to the Creator, and integration of mind, body, and spirit. It publishes the Sacred Dance Guild Journal three times a year and sponsors a National Festival held in different locations to accommodate the membership.
The Sacred Dance Guild has reciprocal affiliations with the American Dance Guild, the National Dance Association, the International Association for Creative Dance and the International Liturgical Dance Association, part of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. It also holds membership in the World Dance Alliance.
About the Sacred Dance Guild Archives:
The Sacred Dance Guild Archives consists of the records for the national organization, such as incorporation papers, minutes of the executive board and annual meetings, materials cocnerning a task force study and festival survey conducted in 1989, copies of newsletters and journals.
Folder Listing:
- National Organization
- Organizational Papers
- Incorportaion Papers
- Chapter By-laws and Charters
- Executive Board Minutes
- Board At-Large Minutes
- Annual Meeting Minutes
- Nominating Committee
- Miscellaneous Reports
- Financial Records
- Membership
- Task Force Study and Festival Survey, 1989-1990
- Newsletters and Journals
- Miscellaneous materials (includes brochures, publications, bibliographies and videotapes)
- Chapters and Regional Organizations
- Collegial Affiliates
I. National Organization
A. Organizational Papers
1. Incorporation Papers
BOX 1
| f.1 |
Incorporation papers as a 501(c)(3), certificate of exemption from Massachusetts sales tax, organizational chart, responsibilities of officers and directors, special notice to chapters re IRS and bulk mail. |
2. Chapter By-laws and Charters
| f.2 |
Chapter charter template and 1986 amendment. |
| f.3 |
Chapter By-laws and charters. |
3. Executive Board Minutes
| f.4 |
Executive Board minutes, Feb.21, 1963. |
| f.5 |
Executive Board minutes, 1964. |
| f.6 |
Executive Board minutes, 1965. |
| f.7 |
Executive Board minutes, 1966. |
| f.8 |
Executive Board minutes, 1967. |
| f.9 |
Executive Board minutes, 1968. |
| f.10 |
Executive Board minutes, 1971. |
| f.11 |
Executive Board minutes, 1973. |
| f.12 |
Executive Board minutes, 1974. |
| f.13 |
Executive Board minutes, 1975. |
| f.14 |
Executive Board minutes, 1976. |
| f.15 |
Executive Board minutes, 1977. |
| f.16 |
Executive Board minutes, 1979. |
| f.17 |
Executive Board minutes, 1980. |
| f.18 |
Executive Board minutes, 1981. |
| f.19 |
Executive Board minutes, 1982. |
| f.20 |
Executive Board minutes, 1983. |
| f.21 |
Executive Board minutes, 1984. |
| f.22 |
Executive Board minutes, 1966. |
| f.23 |
Executive Board minutes, 1967. |
| f.24 |
Executive Board minutes, 1988-96. |
4. Board At-Large Minutes
| f.25 |
Board-At-Large meeting minutes. |
5. Annual Meeting Minutes
| f.26 |
Annual meeting minutes, 1964-1996. |
6. Nominating Committee
f.27 |
Nominating committee. |
7. Miscellaneous Reports
| f.28 |
Miscellaneous reports etc.: publicity; corresponding secretary; ballots; president’s letters; list of officers and directors. |
8. Financial Records
| f.29 |
Financial records, 1966-1980. |
| f.30 |
Financial records, 1982-1987. |
9. Membership
| f.31 |
Annual reports of membership, 1962-1983. |
| f.32 |
Various membership materials. |
| f.33 |
Membership lists, 1958-1964. |
| f.34 |
Membership lists, 1965-1970. |
| f.35 |
Membership lists, 1971-1976. |
| f.36 |
Membership lists, 1977-1985. |
BOX 2
| f.1 |
Directories, 1983, 1984, 1985-86. |
| f.2 |
Directories, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89. |
| f.3 |
Directories, 1989-90, 1990-91, 2000. |
B. Task Force Study and Festival Survey
| f.4 |
Overview materials. |
| f.5 |
Survey and overview. |
| f.6 |
Correspondence between Fenna Stoub (president) & Jeannine Bunyan, (task force chair), 1989. |
| f.7 |
Correspondence between Fenna Stoub (president) & Jeannine Bunyan, (task force chair), 1990. |
| f.8 |
Questionnaire and ballot. |
| f.9 |
Correspondence with task force members: Doug Adams, Forrest Coggan, Susan Cole, Joan Flanigan. |
| f.10 |
Correspondence with task force members: Barry Gibby, Joan Huff, Sybil MacBeth, Kathryn Mihelick, Joan
Sparrow. |
| f.11 |
Correspondence with task force members: Toni Intravia, Mary Jane Wolbers, and miscellaneous notes. |
| f.12 |
Festival study by Kay Troxell. |
C. Newsletters and Journals
BOX 3
| f.1 |
May, Fall 1958, Spring 1959. |
| f.2 |
June, Sept. 1961, Jan, Sept. 1962. |
| f.3 |
Jan, [April] (includes by-laws), [Sept] 1963. |
| f.4 |
Jan, April, Sept 1964. |
| f.5 |
Jan, May 1965, Jan, Sept 1966. |
| f.6 |
April, Oct 1967, May, Fall 1969. |
| f.7 |
Spring, Summer 1970, Winter 1970-1971. |
| f.8 |
Spring, Fall 1971, Spring, fall, Winter 1972. |
| f.9 |
Spring, Fall, Winter 1973. |
| f.10 |
Winter, Spring 1973-1974. |
| f.11 |
Fall, Winter, Spring 1974-1975. |
| f.12 |
Fall, Winter, Spring 1975-1976. |
| f.13 |
Fall, Winter, Spring 1976-1977. |
| f.14 |
Fall, Winter, Spring 1977-1978. |
| f.15 |
Fall, Winter, Spring 1978-1979. |
| f.16 |
Fall 1979-1980. |
| f.17 |
Winter 1979-1980. |
| f.18 |
Spring 1979-1980. |
BOX 4
| f.1 |
Fall, Winter, Spring 1980-1981. |
| f.2 |
Fall, Winter 1981-1982. |
| f.3 |
Fall, Winter, Feb, Spring 1982-1983. |
| f.4 |
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer supplement 1983-1984. |
| f.5 |
Fall, Winter, Spring 1984-1985. |
| f.6 |
Fall, Winter, Feb, Spring 1985-1986. |
| f.7 |
Fall, Winter, Spring 1986-1987. |
| f.8 |
Fall, Winter, Spring 1987-1988. |
| f.9 |
Fall, Winter, Spring 1988-1989. |
| f.10 |
Fall, Winter, Spring 1989-1990. |
| f.11 |
Fall, Winter, Spring 1990-1991. |
| f.12 |
Fall 1991; Winter, Fall 1995. |
| f.13 |
Winter, Summer, Fall 1996, Winter 1997. |
| f.14 |
Fall 1997, Winter, Spring, Summer 1998. |
| f.15 |
Fall 1998, Winter, Spring 1999. |
| f.16 |
Newsletter editor’s reports, 1973-1983. |
| f.17 |
Newsletter editor’s reports, 1984-1999. |
D. Miscellaneous materials
BOX 5
| f.1 |
Bibliographies: Sacred Dance Bibliography 1960; Resources in Sacred Dance: Annotated Bibliography, 1960
and 1986. |
| f.2 |
Sacred Dance Guild brochures. |
| f.3 |
Flyers re international dance festivals. |
| f.4 |
Honorary members. |
| f.5 |
Pamphlets: Using Movement Creatively in Religious Education, Pat Sonen, 1963; Involving the People in
Dancing Worship: Historic and Contemporary Patterns, Doug Adams, 1975; Considerations For Starting and Stretching A Sacred
Dance Choir, Margaret Taylor, 1978; Financing A Sacred Dance Choir, Martha C. Yates, 1981. |
| f.6 |
Publications: A Time To Remember: Celebrating the Sacred Dance Guild’s 40th Anniversary presented by
Toni’ Intravaia, 1998; Spotlight On Dance, Vol. 20, no.3, Spring/Summer 1994 (National Dance Association newsletter). |
| f.7 |
Board retreats, 1986 and “Vision 2000,” 1996. |
| f.8 |
Scholarships, 1973 and 1983. |
| f.9 |
Reciprocity agreement (with the American Dance Guild, the National Dance Association, and the
International Liturgical Dance Association) materials. |
| f.10 |
Re permanent storage of archives. |
| f.11 |
Flyers from other dance organizations (mainly Earthdance). Copy of Dance Archives: A Practical Manual
for Documenting and Preserving the Ephemeral Art, edited by Leslie Hansen Kopp, Preserve, Inc. 1995.
Two b&w reels of 1/2″ videotape of Sacred Dance Guild 21st Anniversary Festival, June 24, 1979 (unedited). |
II. Chapters and Regions
BOX 6
| Constitution Chapter (Eastern Penn, Delaware, Southern New Jersey) |
| Hawai’i Chapter |
| Lakeshore Chapter (Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin) |
| New York-Southwest Connecticut Chapter |
| Northern California Chapter |
| Oh-Penn Chapter Ohio and Western Pennsylvania |
| Potomac Chapter Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia |
| Rocky Mountain Chapter Colorado |
| Southern California Chapter |
| Columbia Willamette |
| Constitution Chapter (Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Southern New Jersey) |
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| Eastern Chapter (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont) |
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| Lakeshore Chapter (Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin) |
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| New York-Southwest Connecticut Chapter |
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| South Atlantic Chapter (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia) |
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| Northern California Chapter |
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| MidWest Chapter (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, W. Virginia, Wisconsin) |
| Rocky Mountain Chapter |
III. Collegial Affiliates
