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A magazine feature on the Dunham School in Glamour

Dunham writes a letter to Edwin Embree, head of the Rosenwald Foundation, to request funding and support for the Dunham School of Dance and Theatre.

This program provides the course instructors, times, and tuitions of the winter quarter term in 1946, which spanned from January 14 to April 14.

This prospectus details Dunham's development of a "full-fledged inter-racial school of the dance an theatre arts." She has recruited 15 teachers and 225 students, with the hopes of fostering "a future that holds much promise" by serving as "the only…

This letter from Edwin Embree to Melville Herskovits thanks him for the formal recommendation and the proposal to supply her with a motion picture camera for her field work. Embree also mentions that they will be providing her with an extra $200 for…

This letter from Katherine Dunham describes how productive and fascinating her experience has been thus far. She mentions that she would like to establish a Negro Ballet in the West Indian Islands so that scientific and artistic studies could be…

This a letter from Edwin Embree to Katherine Dunham where he is asking that she be given assistance and courtesy during her fellowship in the West Indian Islands.

The bill for the items purchased at Sears for Katherine Dunham for her work during the Rosenwald Fellowship.

The bill for Katherine Dunham's phonograph recording blanks for her work during the Rosenwald Fellowship.

The bill for Katherine Dunham's phonograph and accessories for her work during the Rosenwald Fellowship.