Articles & Reviews:, 1958-1959
Scope and Contents note
Clippings of articles and reviews Cassidy wrote throughout her career, including her theater columns "On the Aisle," and "Europe on the Aisle," and her music review column "On the Record." Other works include clippings of book reviews, a history of Chicago's Lyric Opera, and materials about Tennessee Williams, whom she helped bring to prominence with her review of The Glass Menagerie in 1944.Transcripts from Cassidy's 15 year radio program on Chicago's WFMT-FM are also included.
Chicago Journal of Commerce clippings are scrapbook pages, and include some early "On the Aisle" columns. Chicago Tribune scrapbook pages also include some of Cassidy's columns, and may overlap with other Tribune materials.
Dates
- Creation: 1958-1959
Creator
- From the Collection: Cassidy, Claudia (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The Claudia Cassidy papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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