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The Dance Collection is probably the most extensive repository for all materials relating to dance. It is dedicated to accepting materials from all over the world and making them accessible to the public on-site and via the Internet. If you do not live in the New York City metropolitan area but wish to find an archive closer to home or in addition to the Dance Collection, the staff at the Dance Collection can tell you if similar facilities exist in your area. In addition, you will find a list of other archives listed at the end of this publication. The Dance Notation Bureau has archival facilities for all scores they produce and ancillary materials (including videos). The original notation scores are kept in their Archive Collection in acid-free folders and boxes. Master copies are made on archive bond paper and housed in the DNB Research Collection. Both of these archives are closed to the public to preserve the material. If permission is given, a third copy is kept in the Rental Collection for access by the public. All finished scores are microfilmed by DNB. The negative is kept at the New York Public Library 42nd Street vault. One positive copy is kept at the Dance Collection and another at the off- premises DNB microfilm archive as part of their disaster preparedness plan. Also with permission, paper copies of the score are housed at the Dance Collection. Many larger universities have archives that collect materials on dance, and you usually do not have to be an alumnus to make use of their archives. However, contacting the university you attended, if you attended one, may be the easiest route.
If you intend to have documentation of your work placed in an archive, you may wish to create copies of videos and other documentation materials for your further use and deposit the originals for long-term preservation. Wherever you choose to place your documentation, discuss the storage conditions with the staff of the intended repository.
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