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Making a Donation

Before sending donations to the Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance, please contact the Dance Division by e-mail (dance@nypl.org) or telephone (212-870-1657) so that the Dance Division staff can assist you with your donation.

In making a donation to the Dance Division it is important to provide background information on the donated item. For instance, in the case of a videotape donation, this information would include the title of the performance and the choreography, the date and place of the performance, the choreographer, the dancers, the videographer, and the set, costume and lighting designers.

Below is a checklist of helpful background information to consider.

Video and film

Name, address, phone, and e-mail address of contributor
Title of performance
Date and place of performance
Title of choreography
Choreographer
Names of dancers
Length of performance
Set, costume and lighting designers, if known
Where taped and by whom

Photographs

Photographer
Description of subject (persons pictured, title of choreography)
Date of photograph

Programs

Name of performance
Place of performance
Date of performance

Articles, reviews, books and other texts

Author of text
Title of text
Source
Date

Oral histories

Interviewer
Interviewee
Date of interview