Material relating to the life and career of Chicago dance teacher and writer Edna Lucile Baum. Includes incoming correspondence (with a short note from Lucia Chase and a letter from artist Troy Kinney), photographs, programs that date back to 1908, a collection of printed dance notations of various other dance teachers, plus miscellaneous printed items, Also, a copy of her 1950 book Ballet Notebook, and negative proofs of her 1934 publication Book of Bar Work. There is material collected for what was to be a dancer’s recipe book and many poems, notes, sketches and stories. The photographs include several of Edna Lucile Baum, studio portraits of Ruth Ann Koesun, a group of pictures of the Little Ballet Group, pictures of Yeichi Nimura and his “dancing” cats, a portrait of Cyril W. Beaumont, and a few miscellaneous others. The collection also contains a large album of photographs of the Baum family, friends and students, which has been photocopied for use, and an oversize box holding eight certificates and diplomas. Miscellaneous family documents include annotated pages and church ribbons from the Baum family Bible.