Converted to EAD3 : Encoded Archival Description (EAD), Version 3 : Release: 1.1.1 : Release Date: 2019-12-16. Validating against latest version of schema.
Contact information: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2012563809
Collection material primarily in English, but also includes printed material in Cantonese, Czech, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
Gift; Marge Champion, 2006 and 2015. Additional items on Ernest Belcher were donated in 2012 by Naima Prevots.
No further accruals are expected.
The Marge Champion Collection was initially processed by Nicole Topich in June 2012. Nancy Seeger coded the finding aid for EAD format in 2012. Additional accruals were processed by Stephanie Ruozzo in 2018, and Morgen Stevens-Garmon reorganized the collection and updated the finding aid in October 2019.
Approximately 200 moving image recordings and sound recordings from the Marge Champion Collection have been transferred to the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division where they are identified as part of the Marge and Gower Champion Collection (MAVIS collection no. 14583). An inventory of this material is available in the Music Division's collection file. Books that came with the collection have been transferred to the Music Division's general collections.
Collections of interest in other repositories include the Ernest Belcher Papers and Gower Champion Papers at the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections, and the Popular Balanchine Dossiers at the New York Public Library.
The Vernon Duke Collection and Milton Berle Papers contain correspondence with Marge Champion, while the Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon Collection contains photographs of Gower Champion.
Materials from the Marge Champion Collection are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.
The Marge Champion Collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the desired materials will be available at that time.
Scrapbooks in the collection are fragile and may require staff assistance for proper handling.
Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Additional information about the Marge Champion Collection can be found in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Blog, "In the Muse":
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Marge Champion Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Marge Champion Collection contains materials pertaining to Champion's life and career and spans the period 1897-2014, with the bulk of the materials dating between 1945 and 1995. The collection is arranged into ten series.
The
Materials such as articles, clippings, magazines, academic writing, and book excerpts
documenting Marge's life and career are found in
Ten volumes or bundles of loose scrapbook pages cover Marge's career through clippings,
professional correspondence, ephemera, and photographs. The majority of the
Records related to Marge's professional career are discoverable under
The next series concerns the life and career of
Born June 22, 1919,
The collection concludes with various certificates, plaques, and other awards granted to Marge Champion.
The Marge Champion Collection is organized in ten series:
Appointment diaries, collected ephemera, travel materials, writings, and weddings to Gower Champion and Boris Sagal. Also includes a significant amount of material documenting her work with liturgical dance in the 1970s.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Formal prints and snapshots from Marge Champion's career and personal life.
Arranged by subject.
Clippings, magazines, academic writings, published books, and book chapters on Marge Champion and Marge and Gower Champion.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Collected clippings, ephemera, correspondence, and photographs documenting the career of Marge Champion especially her partnership with Gower Champion.
Arranged chronologically by year.
Letters and telegrams from family members, friends, and professional connections. Recipient is Marge Champion unless otherwise indicated.
Arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent.
Clippings, correspondence, ephemera, notes, photographs, posters, scores, scrapbooks, and scripts connected to Marge Champion's career on stage and in film and television.
Organized in two subseries. Arranged alphabetically by production title.
Biographical material, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs related to the life and career of Ernest Belcher, his dance studio, and his students. Series includes signed megaphone and a pair of Belcher's dance shoes.
Chiefly arranged alphabetically by subject.
Clippings, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs related to the life and career of Gower Champion independent of his partnership with Marge Champion. Includes significant material by Gower's biographer, John Anderson Gilvey.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Clippings, correspondence, ephemera, notes, photographs, promotional materials, and writings on specific individuals and organizations connected to Marge Champion.
Organized in two subseries. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Certificates, plaques, and other awards granted to Marge Champion. For supplementary material on awards, look under organization subject files.
Arranged alphabetically by name of award or subject.