In this audio recording (57 min, 21 sec) from 1980, Lorde reads from her poetry (e.g., A Song for Many Movements) and from her book The Cancer Journals.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Audre Lorde: Newly-discovered Recording
From the Vault: Audre Lorde (Pacific Archives)
In this audio recording (57 min, 21 sec) from 1980, Lorde reads from her poetry (e.g., A Song for Many Movements) and from her book The Cancer Journals.
Readers who are unfamiliar with Lorde's work may want to check out The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde (Norton, 1997), or I Am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde (Oxford University Press, 2009). Lorde's papers are at Spelman College.
In this audio recording (57 min, 21 sec) from 1980, Lorde reads from her poetry (e.g., A Song for Many Movements) and from her book The Cancer Journals.
New Exhibition: Circus Posters
The Amazing American Circus Poster: The Strobridge Lithographing Company
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
September 17, 2011 - January 29, 2012
The exhibition catalog includes numerous images of women circus performers: "Evetta the Only Lady Clown," "Madam Yucca: The Champion American Female Hercules," and "Polly Lee." The essays in the catalog cover a wide range of topics, including "Bearded Ladies, Dainty Amazons, Hindoo Fakirs, and Lady Savages: Circus Representations of Gender and Race in Victorian America," by Janet M. Davis.
Related Sources
Davis is also the author of The Circus Age: Culture & Society Under the American Big Top (University of North Carolina Press, 2002). Under the Big Top profiles her work on this book.
A search for circus posters in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog retrieves more than 200 images. The Wisconsin Historical Society's Let's Go to the Circus includes more than 200 photos (e.g., trapeze artist Jennie Rooney). The Harrison Sayre Circus Collection (Florida State University) offers posters and photographs. Archives Hub provides a gateway for Fairs and Circus History collections in the UK.
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
September 17, 2011 - January 29, 2012
The exhibition catalog includes numerous images of women circus performers: "Evetta the Only Lady Clown," "Madam Yucca: The Champion American Female Hercules," and "Polly Lee." The essays in the catalog cover a wide range of topics, including "Bearded Ladies, Dainty Amazons, Hindoo Fakirs, and Lady Savages: Circus Representations of Gender and Race in Victorian America," by Janet M. Davis.
Related Sources
A search for circus posters in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog retrieves more than 200 images. The Wisconsin Historical Society's Let's Go to the Circus includes more than 200 photos (e.g., trapeze artist Jennie Rooney). The Harrison Sayre Circus Collection (Florida State University) offers posters and photographs. Archives Hub provides a gateway for Fairs and Circus History collections in the UK.
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| Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Enormous Shows Combined. Strobridge Lith. Co. 1896. Prints and Photographs Division. LC-USZC4-930. |
Monday, October 17, 2011
New Digital Collection: Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive
Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive
Dance companies have performed at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival since 1932. Highlights from this collection of video clips include performances by Alexandra Danilova, Carola Goya, Tanaquil LeClercq, Ruth St. Denis, Pearl Primus, Maria Tallchief, and Twyla Tharp. Browse options for genre and era are also available. A recent Washington Post article by Sarah Kaufman provides further information about the collection: In Jacob's Pillow Archives, Moving History.
Related Sources
I See America Dancing (University of Illinois Press, 2002), edited by Maureen Needham, is a collection of primary source documents and articles. Discovering American Women's History Online provides links to more than 20 digital collections that include significant primary source materials about women dancers.
Dance companies have performed at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival since 1932. Highlights from this collection of video clips include performances by Alexandra Danilova, Carola Goya, Tanaquil LeClercq, Ruth St. Denis, Pearl Primus, Maria Tallchief, and Twyla Tharp. Browse options for genre and era are also available. A recent Washington Post article by Sarah Kaufman provides further information about the collection: In Jacob's Pillow Archives, Moving History.
I See America Dancing (University of Illinois Press, 2002), edited by Maureen Needham, is a collection of primary source documents and articles. Discovering American Women's History Online provides links to more than 20 digital collections that include significant primary source materials about women dancers.
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