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Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Claudia Cassidy papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cassidy
Abstract

Articles and reviews, correspondence, broadcast scripts, photographs, and clippings of the Chicago Tribune performing arts critic from 1942 to 1965. Cassidy wrote her influential "On the Aisle" column for the Tribune, then wrote freelance criticism and hosted a weekly program of arts criticism for WFMT, helping to shape the course of music, theater, and dance in Chicago.

Dates: 1880s-1996; Majority of material found within 1930-1985

Theodore Thomas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Thomas
Abstract

Correspondence, mainly incoming, of Theodore Thomas, the first conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and his wife Rose Fay Thomas; photographs of musicians; and a small collection of miscellaneous material relating to the Thomases.

Dates: 1852-1926

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  • Subject: Photographs -- 1851-1900 X

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Actors -- Portraits 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
Clippings -- 1951-2000 1