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Michael Reid Anti-Fascism Collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Reid
Abstract
Appeals, calls to action, declarations, newspapers, notes, notices, poems, and resolutions by a variety of anti-fascist organizations in Chicago and United States that formed after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Groups such as the Chicago Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism, the Provisional United Front Anti-Fascist Committee (Chicago), the National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism (New York City, New York), the International Relief Committee for Victims of Hitler...
Dates:
1933-1934
Michael Reid Maxwell Bodenheim Collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bodenheim
Abstract
Letters, documents, photographs, drawings, and works by and regarding the poet and novelist Maxwell Bodenheim, a literary figure in Chicago (where he befriended and collaborated with Ben Hecht) and in New York City's Greenwich Village. Includes Bodenheim's letters to Alfred Kreymborg, his wife Minna, and his son Solbert. Also other letters and condolence notes, clippings and police documents regarding Bodenheim's 1928 arrest, photographs, an original pencil portrait, the first issue of New...
Dates:
1928-1954
Mike Ervin Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ervin
Abstract
Papers of and materials collected by Mike Ervin, a Chicago playwright, writer on topics relating to the physically disabled, occasional poet, and activist on disability issues. The collection includes many clippings and articles by Ervin, and some articles about him, his plays and short stories, plus some poems and photographs, publicity materials for his plays, and correspondence. The collection also includes theater materials such as play scripts, programs, and reviews.
Dates:
1970-2009; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000
Mike Nussbaum Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Nussbaum
Abstract
Playscripts, photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous personal and production materials of Chicago actor and director known for his work with playwright David Mamet and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
Dates:
1945-2017; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2015
Mike Royko papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Royko
Abstract
Correspondence, columns, other works, and personal material of journalist, columnist, and author Mike Royko. Royko received his journalistic training by working for the Chicago City News Bureau (1956-1959) and went on to be a favorite columnist at the Chicago Daily News (1959-1978); The Chicago Sun-Times (1978-1984); and the Chicago Tribune (1984-1997). Royko is known for writing his best-seller...
Dates:
1934-1997; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1997
Milo Kendall Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kendall
Abstract
Vermont native who settled in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846 and practiced law there for over sixty years. Papers include extensive records of Kendall's legal practice, family correspondence, and real estate records.
Dates:
1798-1925; Majority of material found within 1845 - 1906
Mina Hager Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hager
Abstract
Material relating to the career of mezzo-soprano Mina Hager (Mrs. Fred Heidenson), including incoming correspondence from John Alden Carpenter and others, programs, clippings and other memorabilia. Also, practice and demo tapes, sound recordings (78 rpm and 45 rpm, LP) and a collection of manuscript and published sheet music, mostly by John Alden Carpenter.
Dates:
1892-1977; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1970
Mitchell Dawson papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dawson
Abstract
Works, correspondence, and papers of lawyer and poet Mitchell Dawson, and also papers, photographs and genealogical information of the Dawson, Manierre and Hahn families.
Dates:
1810-1988
MoMing Dance and Arts Center records
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-MoMing
Abstract
MoMing was a center in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood for dance training and avant-garde performance as well as an art gallery. It was formed in 1974 by Jackie Radis, Jim Self, Susan Kimmelman, Eric Trules, Kasia Mintch, Tem Horowitz, and Sally Banes. Along with local artists, it hosted many guest dancers and artists of renown, including Trisha Brown, Bill T. Jones, Mark Morris, and Meredith Monk. It officially dissolved in 1991.
Dates:
1968-1991; Majority of material found within 1974-1990
Monroe family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Monroe-Family
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia from the Monroe family of Chicago. Correspondence is primarily from Henry Stanton Monroe (Chicago attorney), his daughters Harriet Monroe, Dora Monroe Root (and her architect husband John Wellborn Root), and Lucy Monroe Calhoun, and their children. Topics include the births of children, travel, Poetry Magazine, and life in Chicago including Oscar Wilde's 1882 Chicago visit. Also contains World War II and post-war correspondence between William Monroe...
Dates:
1868-1949
Morrie Brickman cartoons
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Brickman
Abstract
Newspaper cartoons of Chicagoan Morrie Brickman
Dates:
1966-1985
Morse-Keith Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Morse-Keith
Abstract
Papers centering around Charles Ansel Morse (1835-1894) who settled in Chicago in the early 1860s, establishing a wholesale clothing firm. The bulk of the collection consists of letters home to family in New Bedford, Mass. There are also calling cards of many early Chicago residents, genealogical documents, and a few photographs.
Dates:
1833-1938; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1872
Morton Dauwen Zabel papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Zabel
Abstract
Correspondence, works, personal materials, and photographs of literary critic, editor, scholar, and educator Morton Dauwen Zabel.
Dates:
1861-1964; Majority of material found within 1930-1960
Nancy Mattei Papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Mattei
Abstract
Brochures, clippings, and reviews covering Mattei's career as a dancer at MoMing Dance and Arts Center in Chicago. Also includes some clippings about Mattei's sometime dance partner Charlie Vernon; about dancer-choreographer Jan Bartoszek; and about Chicago performance space Links Hall.
Dates:
1976-2001; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1982
Nelson Algren-Christine and Neal Rowland Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Algren Rowland
Abstract
Nelson Algren was an American author and journalist known for his witty, humanistic depictions of postwar working-class urban life. He is most famous for his novel The Man with the Golden Arm (1949), which won the first National Book Award for fiction. Collection consists of correspondence from Algren to his friends Christine and Neal Rowland.
Dates:
1940-1989; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1951
Nelson Algren Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-152
Abstract
Includes three typescripts of Algren works (2 signed), and two articles about Algren when he permanently left Chicago in 1975.
Dates:
1960-1975
Nelson Algren-Stephen Deutch papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Algren-Deutch
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, publicity, works, and miscellaneous material about author Nelson Algren and photographer Stephen Deutch. Collection shows the friendship between the men, and consists mainly of material Deutch collected from and about Algren. Also includes files kept by Deutch's daughter Katherine Deutch Tatlock regarding her attempts to fund and make a documentary film about Algren.
Dates:
1951-2014
Never The Same ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-NTS
Abstract
Ephemera collected by Never The Same, a project begun by Northwestern University Professor Rebecca Zorach and Daniel Tucker, founder of AREAChicago. Never The Same collects items documenting socially and politically engaged art in Chicago since the 1960s. Collection consists of brochures, fliers, postcards, pamphlets, posters, artwork, books, journals, CDs, DVDs, and 3-dimensional artifacts emanating from a wide variety of sources, both individual and organizational.
Dates:
1968-2014
Newberry Library Archives
Collection
Identifier: NL-Archives
Abstract
The Newberry Library's institutional records, records of the Walter L. Newberry estate, personal papers of staff members and trustees, photographs, and publications that document the establishment and operation of the library, its growth and transformation over time, and its active participation in the cultural and intellectual life of Chicago and the nation. Also information on the Newberry family and property development in Chicago.
Dates:
1885-ongoing
Norma B. Rubovits papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rubo
Abstract
Professional files and decorated, especially marbled papers assembled by Chicago paper artist Norma B. Rubovits. The specimen papers include about 1200 marbled by Ms. Rubovits herself and about as many marbled sheets that she acquired by exchange from other artists. Also here, many antique marbled endpapers salvaged from bindery waste.
Dates:
1800s-2009; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2009
Official State & Provincial Road Map Collection of the United States & Canada
Collection
Identifier: Maps-Official-State & Provincial
Abstract
Road maps issued by official state and provincial government agencies in the United States and Canada (over 2,500 maps, published 1924-ongoing).
Dates:
1924-2020; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2015
Olivia Monona papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Monona
Abstract
Performance photographs, snapshots, newspaper clippings, and opera ephemera relating to the career of Olivia Monona Goldenberger, known professionally as Olivia Monona, from 1899 to 1943. Photographs illustrate the world of Chicago opera and musicals during the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, with photographs of performances in Chicago, Highland Park, IL, and at the Ravinia Festival. Collection also contains portraits, passport, and news clippings about opera maestro Attico Bernabini.
Dates:
1899-1943
Ora Snyder papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Snyder
Abstract
Writings, speeches, photographs, promotional materials, and artifacts documenting the career of Ora Snyder (1876-1948), a Chicago candy maker founder of Mrs. Snyder’s Candies in 1909. Snyder was a pioneer in marketing and promoting candy, and often gave lectures on being a woman business owner.
Dates:
1887-1955; Majority of material found within 1910-1945
Orlando Cabanban photographs
Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Cabanban
Abstract
Negatives (35 mm and 120 film format), contact sheets, prints, and transparencies created by Chicago photographer Orlando Cabanban primarily of events related to the American Indian Center of Chicago during the late 1960s. Social activities documented include powwows, day camps, the AIC canoe club and basketball team, and the American Indian Festival held at the Field Museum. Also includes images of AIC meetings, demonstrations, individual and family portraits, miscellaneous photographs and...
Dates:
approximately 1920s-1991; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1986
Oswald Bruce Cooper Papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Cooper
Abstract
Papers of Oswald Cooper, Chicago lettering artist, advertising designer and type designer best known for his Cooper Black and Cooper Bold typefaces. Includes art work for type designs; art boards, proofs and finished advertising pieces; and limited correspondence. There is also a file on patent cases of 1926-1928, and Cooper's testimony before Congress on the originality of typefaces, and ephemera from other artists.
Dates:
1903-1953; Majority of material found within 1919 - 1939
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