Scope and Contents note From the Series: Scores related to Dorothy Hild’s productions at the Edgewater Beach Hotel and those put on during her time at Barnes – Carruthers. Popular arrangers she collaborated with include Robert H. Ballard and Irwin Kostal. Ballard composed songs for the Freddy Martin Orchestra, which not surprisingly performed alongside Hild and her dancers at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in the 1950s. Kostal, a Chicago native, went on to compose many award-winning arrangements such as those for the...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Scores related to Dorothy Hild’s productions at the Edgewater Beach Hotel and those put on during her time at Barnes – Carruthers. Popular arrangers she collaborated with include Robert H. Ballard and Irwin Kostal. Ballard composed songs for the Freddy Martin Orchestra, which not surprisingly performed alongside Hild and her dancers at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in the 1950s. Kostal, a Chicago native, went on to compose many award-winning arrangements such as those for the...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Scores related to Dorothy Hild’s productions at the Edgewater Beach Hotel and those put on during her time at Barnes – Carruthers. Popular arrangers she collaborated with include Robert H. Ballard and Irwin Kostal. Ballard composed songs for the Freddy Martin Orchestra, which not surprisingly performed alongside Hild and her dancers at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in the 1950s. Kostal, a Chicago native, went on to compose many award-winning arrangements such as those for the...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Contains audiovisual materials, chiefly records, related to Dorothy Hild’s productions for the Edgewater Beach Hotel, with Barnes-Carruthers, and for the Africana Dancers. Additionally, there are commercial recordings that she no doubt consulted and used as well as interviews with her. Finally, the series includes 8mm films from her travels in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and personal journeys in Chicago. Items are 12 inch records/phonograph discs unless indicated. Due to the...