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Phyllis Anne Haskell photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1219

Scope and Contents

The Phyllis Anne Haskell photograph collection consists of 2 boxes containing 12 photographs. Box 1 contains 11 black-and-white photographs of the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company dating from the 1970s. Box 1 contains an oversized color photograph of the Social and Behavior Science Building at the University of Utah with the 2002 Olympic wrap.

Dates

  • 1970-2002

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Phyllis Anne Haskell photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.

Biographical Note

Phyllis Anne Haskell was born in 1940 in Pasadena, California to Eldon Hoff and Le-ora Phyllis Archer Haskell. She studied ballet from the age of three. She attended the University of Arizona for her BA, where she shifted from ballet to modern dance. After graduating in 1962, Haskell danced professionally in New York City before pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts at the University of Utah, which she obtained in 1970. While at the University of Utah, Haskell joined the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Though she took a job teaching dance at Arizona State University, Haskell commuted regularly to Salt Lake City to continue dancing with the Ririe-Woodbury. After the company received a National Endowment for the Arts grant, it began to tour nationally and internationally, and Haskell returned to working as a full-time performer. In 1979, she returned to teaching dance at the University of Hawaii, and in 1987 she returned to the University of Utah as the chair of modern dance. In 1997, Haskell began serving as the dean of the University of Utah’s College of Fine Arts, and between 2000 and 2005 she served as Associate Vice President for the Arts at the university. Haskell retired in 2005, but established the Phyllis A. Haskell Endowed Scholarship Fund in the Department of Modern Dance.

Extent

2 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Phyllis Anne Haskell was a dancer at the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company and professor and dean at the University of Utah's College of Fine Arts. The Phyllis Anne Haskell photograph collection contains black-and-white photographs from Haskell's time at the Ririe-Woodbury Company in the 1970s.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Phyllis Anne Haskell in 2005.

Separated Materials

See also the Phyllis Anne Haskell papers (ACCN 2197) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections staff.
Title
Guide to the Phyllis Anne Haskell photograph collection
Author
Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa
Date
2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863