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Tim Wengerd papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1122

Scope and Contents

The Tim Wengerd papers (1985-1989) contain clippings, a biographical sketch, and articles about Wengerd's career as a dancer and choreographer with the Repertory Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates

  • 1985-1989

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

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

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Timothy Mather Wengerd was born on 4 January 1945 in Chelsea, Mass., and grew up in Albuquerque. A leading dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company from 1973 to 1982, Tim Wengerd was also an independent choreographer. Wengerd helped found the Repertory Dance Theater of Utah as a young man and later made works for companies based in Mexico and New Mexico. Wengerd studied dance at the University of Utah, from which he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1969. After leaving the Graham company in 1982, Wengerd taught and created his own work, serving as assistant director of the Paris Opera Ballet's modern dance offshoot, presenting solo concerts in New York, and, in the last year of his life, creating works for Mexican dance companies on a Fulbright fellowship. Wengerd also won a Fulbright to Tanzania, Africa, and spent time in Hawaii, Costa Rica and Spain creating works and teaching.

Wengard died on 12 September 1989 at his home in Albuquerque, N.M. He was 44 years old.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder)

Abstract

The Tim Wengerd papers (1985-1989) contain clippings, a biographical sketch, and articles about Wengerd's career as a dancer and choreographer with the Repertory Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Margaret Landesman in 1989.

Separated Materials

See also the Tim Wengerd photograph collection (P0737) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Processing Information

Processed by Manuscripts Division staff in 1989.
Title
Inventory of the Tim Wengerd papers, 1985-1989
Author
Finding aid created by Manuscripts Division staff.
Date
© 1989 (last modified: 2019)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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