How and where did the high school prom originate? How have they
changed over the years?

---

Request for Question Clarification by xemion-ga on 16 Jun 2002 21:30 PDT

I'm awaiting on an e-mail from Felicity Paxton on how to obtain her
report "America at the Prom: Ritual and Regeneration".  It sounds like
it'll give you all the information you could want and more.  I was
unable to find a copy online, so I e-mailed her.
http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/MARIAL/faculty/paxton.html

In the meantime, here's the history of Ilion High School's prom
history:
http://www.geocities.com/~ilionny/alumni.history.proms.html

Thanks!

xemion-ga

I'm just waiting on an e-mail from Felicity Paxton.  If any other
researchers already have material that satifies the question, please
feel free to post it.  Thanks.

xemion-ga

Felicity has gotten back to me.  The report I referred to is actually
her PhD dissertation!  It is 487 pages long.  From the research I did,
I would view this as the biggest single review prom history.  You can
purchase the whole report in PDF format for $29.50.  You can also
review the first 24 pages for free.  According to her e-mail, she is
also working on a putting the dissertation into book format.  Here's
the link to the PDF file:
http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/9989634

And since Felicity will probably be viewing this, I just want to thank
her again for her reply.  Thanks!

xemion-ga

Dear Ideaman:

I'm so sorry you did not find my answer helpful. 
I was wrong on the Traditional Events History, now I see.

I hope you can use the other sources refering to how Prom dances have
changed and, off course, the dissertation founded by Xemion.

Good luck again!