The archives of the RAD include past copies of exam syllabi, minutes of committee meetings, prospectuses, course brochures and annual reports alongside various documents, papers and photographs relating to events and activities throughout the organisation’s over 100-year history. These are housed alongside the significant, personal collections of Dame Adeline Genée, Phyllis Bedells and Philip Richardson. Other collections include the GBL Wilson and the Dancing Times photographic archives and memorabilia relating to artists such as Anna Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina, and Margot Fonteyn.
Special collections include materials such as rare books, programmes and souvenir brochures, notebooks and scrapbooks, music scores, manuscripts and transcripts, costume designs, artworks and artefacts.
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