Letter and Accompanying Envelope from Katherine Dunham to Thelma T. Gorham, May 9, 1945
Item
Title
Letter and Accompanying Envelope from Katherine Dunham to Thelma T. Gorham, May 9, 1945
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Type
Text
Creator
Dunham, Katherine (Correspondent)
Gorham, Thelma Thurston, 1913-1991 (Correspondent)
Date
1945-05-09
Description
A piece of mail sent to Thelma T. Gorham in response to her request for a personal anecdote from Katherine Dunham, whom Thelma included in an article about "'ten Negro women.'" In the letter, Ms. Dunham discusses her experience traveling through the West Indies conducting field research on dance and what it taught her about "'being oneself.'" Katherine Dunham was a dancer, choreographer, social activist, and anthropologist whose innovations in African American modern dance and insights into dance anthropolgy had great influence on the practice and study of the art of dance.
Genre
Personal correspondence
Language
English
Place
Berkeley (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Physical Description
2 pages
Identifier
JGRCMA-MSS2004-1108-B008C-F055-I019
Topics
African American women educators
African American women journalists
African American women dancers
African American women travelers
African American women entertainers
African American women choreographers
African American women social reformers
African American women novelists
Gorham, Thelma Thurston
Dunham, Katherine
Time Period
Jim Crow (1877-1964)
Physical Location
Thelma T. Gorham Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.