The HistoryMakers video oral history with Doris Humphries.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 25 min., 58 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.114
Subjects

Other author/creatorHumphries, Doris, 1924- interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorStearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Doris Humphries
Portion of title Doris Humphries
Abstract Dancer, and dance instructor Doris Humphries was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 10, 1924. An early lover of dance, Humphries began taking classes at age eleven. At Englewood High School, after partnering with a fellow student and dance partner, the two went on to perform across the country with Sarah Vaughn, Billy Eckstein and Dizzy Gillespie as "Dinky and Junior" while working for the William Morris Agency. Humphries retired in 1946 after getting married to focus on her family. She returned to dancing several years later, this time in the duo of "Tony and Tanya Belle." In 1986, Humphries received a grant from the City of Chicago to create an outreach program in the community. Her students ranged from ages three to ninety-two. Humphries taught a variety of dance styles at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago, and classes at Oak View Park Center and Moraine Valley College.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Chicago, Illinois 2004 July 30.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2004.114 HistoryMakers

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