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The immorality and ruinous tendency of the dancing school and ball-room; : a discourse delivered in the First Congregational church in Plainfield, Mass., Feb. 10, 1839
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Dick's quadrille call-book, and ball-room prompter ... : To which is added a sensible guide to etiquette and proper deportment in the ball and assembly room, besides seventy pages of dance music for the piano
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This is a compilation by Dick and Fitzgerald of previously published sources on ballroom dance. Although advertised as a ballroom prompter, only one page is devoted to calling figures in a quadrille. The book contains rudimentary etiquette advice and dance instructions for numerous dances including the grand march, quadrilles, contradances such as "Virginia Reel," "Pop Goes the Weasel," "Spanish Dance," and "Sicilian Circle." Also described are various round dances such as the polka, polka redowa, modern plain waltz, Boston Dip, varsovienne, and galop. The manual concludes with 104 figures for the popular parlor game, the German (also known as the cotillon)
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Sanborn, Kate, 1839-1917. 1 letter to [Mrs.] ----- Spalding, A.L.S. (3 p.), ([ca. 1875?], Feb. 23), Boston (Mass.)
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This collection is what is known as an autograph collection and Kane spent years, not only collecting autographs of famous people on his own, but also acquiring the collections of other autograph seekers. This material spans multiple centuries and formats: from a 15th century manuscript on vellum to a 1951 typewritten letter. The collection includes accounts, letters, photographs, poems, government papers and royal proclamations, signed by, among others, actors and actresses, authors, explorers, kngs, magicians, queens, politicians, scientists, singers, and soldiers. Many of the famous people in this collection are also to be found in other manuscript collections in the Huntington Library.
KAL 1236
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Hough, Henry Beetle, 1896-. [Quotation, signed], A.MS.S. (1 p.), (1942, Feb. 10), Edgartown (Mass.)
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