Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
May Valentine Opera Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Valentine
Abstract
Photographs of opera singers and conductors, collected by May Valentine, chorus director and music librarian for the Chicago Lyric Opera for 44 years. Mostly undated professional stills of individuals, plus a few stage scenes and miscellaneous group shots.
Dates:
approximately 1910-1972
Thomas Conolly papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Conolly
Abstract
Material collected by Thomas Conolly, decorative plasterer and handyman for fifty-two years at the Auditorium Building in Chicago, which consists mainly of autographs and autographed historical letters. Also, bookplates, clippings, miscellaneous memorabilia, a few items relating to the Chicago Civic Opera Company and the Auditorium Theater, several photographs and pictures, and a group of personal letters to Conolly.
Dates:
1800-1944
Filtered By
- Subject: Photographs -- 1901-1950 X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Autographs (manuscripts) 1
- Bookplates 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Conductors (Music) -- Portraits 1
- Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
- Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
- Cosmetics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Opera -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- Opera -- Illinois -- History -- 20th century 1
- Photographs -- 1951-2000 1
- Singers -- Portraits 1 + ∧ less
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