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Arts Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Arts Club
Abstract

Corporate records of the Arts Club of Chicago, an institution incorporated in 1916 and devoted to exhibiting and showcasing innovative artists and performers. Records include extensive exhibition files, files on the Club's music, lecture, film, and drama series, and administrative and financial files.

Dates: 1892-2004

Felix Borowski Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borowski
Abstract Correspondence, writings, photographs, sound recordings, clippings scrapbooks, and some biographical material documenting the life of Felix Borowski, Chicago composer, musicologist, critic for the Chicago Evening Post and Herald, and music bibliographer for the Newberry Library. The papers include letters from prominent American and European composers such as Mili Balakirev, Edvard Grieg, Paul Hindemith, John Alden Carpenter,...
Dates: 1841-1995; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1956

James and Josie Tomes travel collection

 Collection
Identifier: Maps-Tomes
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

John M. Wing Foundation printing ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Ephemera-File
Abstract

Printed ephemera from a variety of companies, organizations, and individuals, mostly concerned with printing, publishing, graphic design, and related book arts. Geographic coverage includes North America, Great Britain, Europe and East Asia.

Dates: approximately 1750-ongoing; Majority of material found within 1900-1999

Road maps and travel ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Maps-Travel-Ephemera
Abstract

Growing collection of printed road maps and travel ephemera issued to promote local tourism. Scattered worldwide geographic coverage, but most extensive for the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Dates: 1876-2018; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990

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Advertisements 3
Brochures 3
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Programs 3
Clippings 2
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Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Contracts 2
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Invitations 2
Menus 2
Pamphlets 2
Postcards 2
Receipts (Financial records) 2
Souvenirs 2
Timetables 2
Tourism -- United States 2
Travel -- Africa 2
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Travel -- Europe 2
Travel -- North America 2
Travel -- United States 2
Advertising 1
Advertising cards 1
Alternative publications 1
Announcements 1
Annual reports 1
Art -- Exhibitions 1
Art -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Exhibitions 1
Art museums -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Art, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 1
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 1
Artists -- Portraits -- Exhibitions 1
Artists' books 1
Audiotapes -- 1901-1950 1
Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 1
Authors as artists 1
Birthday cards 1
Blank forms 1
Book jackets 1
Book prospectuses 1
Bookmarks 1
Bookplates 1
Booksellers' advertisements 1
Booksellers' catalogs 1
Broadsides 1
Business cards 1
Buttons (informational artifacts) 1
Calendars 1
Calligraphy 1
Calligraphy (visual works) 1
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Certificates 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 1
Christmas cards 1
Clippings -- 1851-1900 1
Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
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Clubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Composers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Composition (Music) 1
Concert programs 1
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Dance cards 1
Dance critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Direct mail 1
Drawing -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 1
Envelopes 1
Exhibition catalogs 1
France 1
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Graphic arts 1
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Husband and wife -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Itineraries 1
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Music critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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New Year cards 1
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Painting, Modern -- Exhibitions 1
Penmanship manuals 1
Periodicals 1
Phonograph records -- 1901-1950 1
Phonograph records -- 1951-2000 1
Photographs 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
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Language
German 4
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Japanese 1
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Names
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 2
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 2
Aldis, Arthur T. 1
Aliquando Press 1
American Institute of Graphic Arts 1
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Art Institute of Chicago 1
Arts Club of Chicago 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
Balkenhol, Stephan, 1957- 1
Beck, Bruce, 1916-2009 1
Benette, Margaret 1
Bibliotheca Wittockiana 1
Booklyn Artists Alliance 1
Borowski, Elsa 1
Boulanger, Nadia 1
Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-2010 1
Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957 1
Braque, Georges, 1882-1963 1
Bremer Presse 1
Brighton Press 1
Cage, John 1
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 1
California Insurance Company 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Carpenter, Rue Winterbotham, -1931 1
Cemin, Saint Clair 1
Centro del bel libro (Ascona, Switzerland) 1
Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985 1
Challenge Machinery Company 1
Chapman, Elizabeth Fuller 1
Christensen, Grace 1
Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague, 1864-1953 1
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 1
Cottong, Kathy 1
Cunningham, Merce 1
Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 1
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 1
Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985 1
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 1
Dux, Claire, 1885-1967 1
ELM Press 1
Eisendrath, William N. 1
Ernst, Max, 1891-1976 1
Fairbank, Miriam 1
Foolscap Press 1
Freehling, Stanley 1
Gallagher and Ascher, Inc. 1
Gerstenberg, Alice 1
Graham, Martha 1
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 1
Gregynog Press 1
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 1
Haley, Alex 1
Hektoen, Eleanor 1
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 1
Idaho Center for the Book 1
Imago Press (Toronto, Ont.) 1
Indulgence Press 1
Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931 1
International Printing Museum (Carson, Calif.) 1
Jarvis, Isabel 1
Julien Levy Gallery 1
Klee, Rogers, Loeb and Wolff (Firm) 1
Kokoschka, Oskar, 1886-1980 1
Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949 1
Kusama, Yayoi 1
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 1
Limited Editions Club 1
Liturgy Training Publications (Firm) 1
Lockett, Robbin 1
Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet (Firm) 1
Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955 1
Magnusson, M. J. 1
Mamet, David 1
Man Ray, 1890-1976 1
Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004 1
Matisse, Pierre, 1900-1989 1
McKittrick, Bruce 1
McNear, Everett, 1904-1984 1
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 1
Moats, Mabel B. 1
Moore, Case, Lyman and Hubbard Insurance 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
Morisot, Berthe, 1841-1895 1
Morley, Malcolm, 1931-2018 1
Nash, John Henry, 1871-1947 1
Nef, John U. (John Ulric), 1899-1988 1
Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988 1
Newberry Library 1
Newberry Library. John M. Wing Foundation 1
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
Palmer, John, 1881-1964 1
Perishable Press Limited 1
Plensa, Jaume, 1955- 1
Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956 1
Printers Row Printing Museum 1
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953 1
Railway Express Agency 1
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