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- Letter from Benjamin Lovett to J. B. Cranfill, November 8, 1927 - Beginning in the mid-1920s, Henry Ford was on a crusade to revive the old-fashioned dances of his youth. Ford's dancing master, Benjamin Lovett, helped teach these traditional American dances to adults and children alike. Beginning with Dearborn schoolchildren, this dance instruction spread throughout the United States. Lovett often traveled to community centers and educational institutions to teach.
- November 08, 1927
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Letter from Benjamin Lovett to J. B. Cranfill, November 8, 1927
Beginning in the mid-1920s, Henry Ford was on a crusade to revive the old-fashioned dances of his youth. Ford's dancing master, Benjamin Lovett, helped teach these traditional American dances to adults and children alike. Beginning with Dearborn schoolchildren, this dance instruction spread throughout the United States. Lovett often traveled to community centers and educational institutions to teach.
- Letter from Benjamin Lovett to J. B. Cranfill, October 17, 1927 -
- October 17, 1927
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Letter from Benjamin Lovett to J. B. Cranfill, October 17, 1927
- "Good Morning, After a Sleep of Twenty-Five Years Old-Fashioned Dancing is Being Revived by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford" 1926 - Henry Ford's "Good Morning" book provided illustrated instructions on the proper steps and deportment for old-fashioned dancing--it was part of Ford's crusade to revive the dances of his youth. Written by Ford's dancing master Benjamin Lovett, much research--based on old dance manuals and interviews with "old-timers"--went into it. First printed in 1926, the book sold widely for many years.
- 1926
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"Good Morning, After a Sleep of Twenty-Five Years Old-Fashioned Dancing is Being Revived by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford" 1926
Henry Ford's "Good Morning" book provided illustrated instructions on the proper steps and deportment for old-fashioned dancing--it was part of Ford's crusade to revive the dances of his youth. Written by Ford's dancing master Benjamin Lovett, much research--based on old dance manuals and interviews with "old-timers"--went into it. First printed in 1926, the book sold widely for many years.
- Letter from Benjamin Lovett to Mary Channing Coleman of the North Carolina College for Women, May 2, 1927 - Henry Ford's dancing master, Benjamin Lovett, accompanied by Ford's Old Time Orchestra, traveled to colleges to instruct students in traditional American dances. While planning his trip to teach at the North Carolina College for Women, Lovett expressed interest in experiencing fiddle music and country dances as well as the company of the rural people of the Greensboro, North Carolina, area.
- May 02, 1927
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Letter from Benjamin Lovett to Mary Channing Coleman of the North Carolina College for Women, May 2, 1927
Henry Ford's dancing master, Benjamin Lovett, accompanied by Ford's Old Time Orchestra, traveled to colleges to instruct students in traditional American dances. While planning his trip to teach at the North Carolina College for Women, Lovett expressed interest in experiencing fiddle music and country dances as well as the company of the rural people of the Greensboro, North Carolina, area.
- Letter from Benjamin Lovett to Everett Gibson, February 21, 1927 - In the mid-1920s, Henry Ford was on a crusade to revive the old-fashioned dances of his youth. To encourage participation, Ford published a dance manual, called "Good Morning," and produced recordings of the dance music (with and without the caller calling the steps). Many schools--including colleges--added traditional American dancing to their physical education curriculum.
- February 21, 1927
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Letter from Benjamin Lovett to Everett Gibson, February 21, 1927
In the mid-1920s, Henry Ford was on a crusade to revive the old-fashioned dances of his youth. To encourage participation, Ford published a dance manual, called "Good Morning," and produced recordings of the dance music (with and without the caller calling the steps). Many schools--including colleges--added traditional American dancing to their physical education curriculum.
- Record Album, "Records of Early American Dances as Revived by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford," circa 1945 - Henry Ford led a nationwide revival of country fiddling and old-fashioned dancing during the mid-1920s. Ford organized an "Old Time Orchestra" to provide music as dancing master Benjamin Lovett taught Ford's friends, business associates, and local schoolchildren the dances of Ford's 19th century rural youth. The orchestra's recordings of "Early American Dances," complete with dance instruction, were still being sold decades later.
- circa 1945
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Record Album, "Records of Early American Dances as Revived by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford," circa 1945
Henry Ford led a nationwide revival of country fiddling and old-fashioned dancing during the mid-1920s. Ford organized an "Old Time Orchestra" to provide music as dancing master Benjamin Lovett taught Ford's friends, business associates, and local schoolchildren the dances of Ford's 19th century rural youth. The orchestra's recordings of "Early American Dances," complete with dance instruction, were still being sold decades later.
- Letter from Benjamin Lovett to Miss R. Cassily of Mills College, April 12, 1927 - In the mid-1920s, Henry Ford was on a crusade to revive the old-fashioned dances of his youth. To encourage participation, Ford published a dance manual, called "Good Morning," and produced recordings of the dance music (with and without the caller calling the steps). Many schools--including colleges--added traditional American dancing to their physical education curriculum.
- April 12, 1927
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Letter from Benjamin Lovett to Miss R. Cassily of Mills College, April 12, 1927
In the mid-1920s, Henry Ford was on a crusade to revive the old-fashioned dances of his youth. To encourage participation, Ford published a dance manual, called "Good Morning," and produced recordings of the dance music (with and without the caller calling the steps). Many schools--including colleges--added traditional American dancing to their physical education curriculum.