RICHARDSON, Philip (1875-1963)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 3370 RAD/PJSR
Held at	: Royal Academy of Dance   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rad.org.uk/more/library/library-catalogue-1/archives-and-special-collections ›
Full title	: RICHARDSON, Philip (1875-1963)
Date(s)	: [1760-1963]
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 2 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Richardson | Philip | 1875-1963 | historian of dance

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Co-founder of the Dancing Times, 1911, the Association of Operatic Dancing of Great Britain, 1920, and The Camargo Society, 1930. Richardson also founded and organised the "Sunshine" Charity Matinees and the All England Sunshine Stage Dance Competitions.

As an editor, Richardson contributed to a number of books and periodicals, but in 1946 he published A History of Ballroom Dancing (1910-1945) and in 1960, Social Dances of the Nineteenth Century.

Richardson's interest in the history of dancing led him to become an avid collector of rare books on the subject. His personal library collection was bequeathed to the RAD after his death in 1963.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The collection includes :

Scrapbooks: 1 very large and delicate scrapbook containing material relating to Assemblies given by Theresa Cornelys at Carlisle House, Soho Square, 1763-1780; Indexed scrapbook containing 19th century and early 20th Century press cuttings on dancers from The Illustrated London News and other sources, compiled by Mark E Perugini; Richardson's OBE Scrapbooks containing press cuttings and messages of congratulations following his appointment in 1951.

Notebooks: 6 notebooks containing a variety of press cuttings and articles related to Richardson's work 1921-1926; 1 notebook containing handwritten notes for four chapters of The Autobiography of a Dancer

Articles and Illustrations from various publications, 1919-1950

Papers and Correspondence: including notices of 19th Century Assemblies in Richmond and London, 1804-1822

Programmes including "The Star" Ball and Ballroom Championship programmes (1925-1966); Blackpool Annual Dance Festivals (1946-1975); Butlin's Annual Re-Union Programmes, including the Amateur Veleta Challenge Trophy Competition.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

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Conditions governing access:

Access by appointment only:Contact Details

Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

Detailed spreadsheet available at: http://pilot-rad.org.uk/more/library/philip-richardson-collection

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bequeathed to the Academy following Richardson's death in 1963.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
01 May 2014