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Horatio Winslow Seymour Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Seymour
Abstract
Editorial columns, clippings, manuscripts, correspondence, three photographs, and family materials from publisher and editorial writer Horatio Winslow Seymour.
Dates:
1867-1948; Majority of material found within 1903 - 1918
Howard Vincent O'Brien papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-O'Brien
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, publicity materials, and personal papers of newspaper columnist and novelist Howard Vincent O'Brien.
Dates:
1894-1948
Howe-Barnard family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Howe-Barnard
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, personal and professional materials, and photographs of the Howe and Barnard families, early Chicago settlers. Included are the materials of Annie L. Howe, a missionary, teacher, and founder of Glory Kindergarten and Training School in Japan, her brother, Edward G. Howe, a science teacher who originated the practice of field trips in science classes, and Alice Lucretia Barnard, one of the first woman principals in the Chicago schools. Also contains Civil War letters of...
Dates:
1826-1999; Majority of material found within 1880-1940
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago records
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Hubbard
Abstract
Hubbard Street Dance Company (renamed Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 1993) was founded by dancer and choreographer Lou Conte in 1977 and has become one of the most successful and most internationally known dance companies to hail from Chicago. Records include administrative files, publicity materials, and audiovisual records of performances of the company.
Dates:
1971-2014
Hurd-Arno Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hurd-Arno
Abstract
Letters of a Wisconsin family mainly written by Mary Olivia Hurd Arno to her mother, Ann Augusta Hurd, 1886-1897. Also, six letters Ann Augusta Hurd wrote to her father and brother, 1858-1866, and a few miscellaneous letters to or from family or friends.
Dates:
1858-1921
Illinois Ballet records
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Illinois Ballet
Abstract
The Illinois Ballet was founded in 1959 by two former Sadler's Wells ballet dancers, Richard Ellis and Christine Du Boulay. The company presented several seasons of performances per year until its demise in 1972. The company remained constant with four soloists and ten corps members, and included two dancer/choreographers, Hy Somers and Dom Orejudos (aka Etienne). Collection consists of numerous performance photographs, programs and publicity material, a few pieces of correspondence and office...
Dates:
1959-1972
Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives
Collection
Identifier: IC
Abstract
The Archives of the Illinois Central Railroad Company document the activities of the Company and its subsidiary lines and companies from before its charter on Feb. 10, 1851, through and a bit beyond 1972, when the line merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad to become Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. The collection includes correspondence of administrators and staff, minutes, reports and legal documents, financial records, stock information, historical material, maps, blueprints, and...
Dates:
1831-1984; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1970
Indian Council Fire records
Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Indian Council
Abstract
Papers, correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and publications of the Indian Council Fire, a Chicago-based organization supporting educational, legislative, and social services for urban and reservation Indians.
Dates:
1923-1988; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1988
Iowa Land and Railroad Company Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Iowa
Abstract
Correspondence, maps, reports and other documents and records kept by nineteenth century Iowa company investors, including directors and officers of the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad, the town of Clinton, Iowa, the Iowa Land Company, the Iowa Rail Road Land Company and associated organizations.
Dates:
1855-1913
Irene Alexander papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Alexander
Abstract
Irene Alexander’s subject files and records from her role as Special Supervisor for the Committee on Cultural and Economic Development of the City Council under Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Dates:
1937-1986; Majority of material found within 1965-1982
Irving Abrahamson collection of Elie Wiesel recordings
Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Abrahamson
Abstract
Cassette recordings and a few subject files of Elie Wiesel acquired by Irving Abrahamson, who edited a three-volume work of Wiesel's writings, “Against Silence: The Voice” and “Vision of Elie Wiesel” (1985). Additionally, the collection includes interviews and lectures by Abrahamson.
Dates:
1968-1999
Irwin Fischer Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fischer
Abstract
Irwin Fischer (1903-1977), composer, professor, conductor, and musician. Enjoyed a long career teaching at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Illinois. Also worked as an organist for the Chicago Symphonic Orchestra and various churches, a conductor for the National Youth Symphony, South Side Symphony, and West Suburban Symphony. Known primarily for scores such as the Hungarian Set (Pearly Bouquet) and Symphony I.
Dates:
1903-1992; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1977
Isham Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Isham
Abstract
Transcribed letters between Dr. Ralph N. Isham, his father Nelson Isham, brother Charles Isham, and son George S. Isham mostly pertaining to the home and estate of Nelson Isham. Also photographs of Ralph N. Isham and other Isham family members, and a few mementos.
Dates:
1875-1923
Iva Kitchell papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Kitchell
Abstract
Six scrapbooks and large folder of loose material relating to the dance and performance career of Iva Kitchell. Scrapbooks contain articles, clippings, programs, reviews, advertising material, memorabilia and other miscellaneous items that cover Kitchell’s life, from her affiliation with the Chicago Civic Opera Ballet in 1926 to her retirement from an international stage career as a satiric dance mime in 1961. Also, a 1984 catalog of an exhibition of the paintings by her husband Stokely...
Dates:
1926-1984; Majority of material found within 1926-1958
J. McGregor Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-AdamsJM
Abstract
Incoming and outgoing correspondence of Chicago businessman J. McGregor Adams, president of the Adams & Westlake Company, previously named Crerar, Adams & Co. Incoming correspondence (bulk 1901-1904) mostly concerns real estate matters; Outgoing correspondence are mainly in a letterpress copybook, for which only No. 6 (1890-1893) exists.
Dates:
1889-1904
Jack Cole papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-ColeJ
Abstract
The Jack Cole papers include materials related to Jack Cole's career as a dancer, specifically his years dancing with the Denishawn Dancers, a company founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. The papers contain photographs, negatives, and programs. The materials were purchased by the Doris Humphrey Society and Stephanie Clemens (Oak Park, Illinois) in 2008.
Dates:
1900-2008; Majority of material found within 1911-1974
Jack Conroy papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Conroy
Abstract
Works, correspondence, and papers of American novelist, folklorist, and editor Jack Conroy. Conroy's novel The Disinherited, published in 1933, is considered a classic in proletarian literature and depicted in gritty detail the realities of the Great Depression. Conroy also edited radical journals The Rebel Poet, The Anvil, and The New Anvil.
Dates:
1864-1991
Jack Fuller papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-FullerJ
Abstract
The literary and journalistic works, correspondence, and personal materials of Chicago journalist and novelist Jack Fuller.
Dates:
1850-2016; Majority of material found within 1951 - 2009
Jack Mabley papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mabley
Abstract
Correspondence with colleagues, congratulatory letters, inter-office memos; works including newspaper clippings, subject files dealing with important stories including the 1968 Democratic Convention, the Richard Cain case, racketeering, police corruption, and vice in Chicago, miscellaneous articles and columns; biographical clippings, publicity, and interviews, and photographs of Mabley himself and with public figures such as Hugh Hefner and Richard Nixon. Mabley was a reporter and columnist...
Dates:
1937-2003
Jacque B. Jacobsen Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Jacobsen
Abstract
Photographs, slides, correspondence, family papers, and printed ephemera from Jacque B. Jacobsen, his wife Ann Dresmal, and other family members. Jacobsen was a Chicago painter and photographer active from the late 1930s to the early 1950s.
Dates:
approximately 1900s-1980s
James and Josie Tomes Travel Collection
Collection
Identifier: Maps-Tomes
Abstract
Abstract: Collection of maps and travel ephemera related to the travels of James and Josie Tomes. Material covers Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, with most material on Europe and North America. Also includes material related to James Tomes’ genealogy research, much of which required travel in the United States and Europe.
Dates:
1928-2008; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000
James Dunwoody collection of American circus posters
Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Dunwoody-Circus
Abstract
Collection of 850 circus posters representing more than 30 circuses.
Dates:
approximately 1930-approximately 1980
James Kelly Choreography Project memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Kelly
Abstract
Native San Diegan dancer James Kelly worked in Chicago from 1990 to 1997 as founder and artistic director of the James Kelly Choreography Project, establishing a company whose style was a blend of jazz, ballet and contemporary dance. Small collection of printed memorabilia includes newsletters, posters, programs, and a press kit. Also, four videocassettes of local performances.
Dates:
1993-1997
James M. Barker papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Barker
Abstract
Correspondence, business records, speeches, personal materials, photographs, and family newsletters of business executive James M. Barker. During his career, Barker was, among other things, banker, vice-president of Sears, Roebuck and Company and president of Allstate Insurance Company whose financial expertise made him a valued advisor in government financial matters and corporate environments. He participated in post World War II era economic missions to Iran and Turkey, and was a close...
Dates:
1825-1975; Majority of material found within 1920-1970
James O'Donnell Bennett papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bennett
Abstract
Letters written to James O'Donnell Bennett while he was a journalist for the Chicago Record-Herald and the Chicago Tribune, primarily in his capacity as literary critic. Also includes inscribed photographs and other materials.
Dates:
1814-1936
; Majority of material found within 1900-1936
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