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Arts Club records

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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

Chauncey McCormick papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-McCormick
Abstract Letters, clippings, photographs, and mementos of Chicago businessman and philanthropist Chauncey McCormick. He was the nephew of Cyrus McCormick, founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company which became part of International Harvester Company, and was president of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1944-1954. Correspondence concerns business, civic, philanthropic, religious, and political activities. Also contains speeches and writings, including those for the Art Institute, child...
Dates: 1887-1955

Edith Allard papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Allard
Abstract

Letters, postcards, telegrams, contracts and schedules, clippings, photographs and programs of dance performances in Israel and Sweden, two art prints and a small collection of medals.

Dates: 1955-1991

Elaine Madlener papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Madlener
Abstract

Research material for a biography of Herbert von Karajan and material on autograph collecting gathered by Elaine Madlener, Chicago philanthropist and socialite. Material related to Madlener’s Grant Hospital committee work for two benefit performances by Karajan in 1955 and 1965, and manuscripts by British author Charles Langbridge Morgan.

Dates: 1916-1966; Majority of material found within 1944-1965

Felix Borowski Papers

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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

Malcolm Cowley papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cowley
Abstract

Collection of correspondence, working files, drafts of works, subject files, and personal information by and about author, poet, literary critic, and literary historian Malcolm Cowley.

Dates: approximately 1850-2004; Majority of material found within 1898 - 1985

Mendicant ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Case-folio-HV4493 .N49
Abstract

Collection of printed poems, postcards, photographs, and other ephemera with appeals to the public by people who are blind, deaf, or with other physical disabilities, offered in exchange for a small donation. Geographic coverage is focused primarily on the United States but also includes Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Spain.

Dates: approximately 1850-approximately 2020

Rudolph Ganz Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ganz
Abstract

Works, correspondence to and from prominent musical figures, family correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, artifacts, and a couple of recordings of this world-renowned concert pianist, composer, conductor, and educator.

Dates: 1864-2013

Storrs & Deville Chabrol Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Storrs
Abstract Letters, World War II-era memorabilia, journals, clippings, manuscripts and photographs pertaining to Marguerite Deville Chabrol Storrs (1881-1959), a successful fiction and non-fiction writer who used the pseudonym "Marc Debrol." Also included are letters and materials related to the Deville Chabrol family, including correspondence between family members present during the Franco-Prussian War and the colonization of Algeria. Additionally, collection includes genealogical information about...
Dates: 1850-2002; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1945

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Art Institute of Chicago 2
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 2
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 2
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Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
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Aldis, Arthur T. 1
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 1
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American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 1
American Field Service 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
American Writers' Congress 1
Aragon, 1897-1982 1
Armitage, Walter J. 1
Arts Club of Chicago 1
Asch, Nathan, 1902-1964 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Axelrod, Mark 1
Bach, Ed. 1
Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
Balkenhol, Stephan, 1957- 1
Basso, Hamilton, 1904-1964 1
Benette, Margaret 1
Berliner Philharmoniker 1
Best, Marshall, -1982 1
Bliven, Bruce, 1889-1977 1
Blume, Peter, 1906-1992 1
Borowski, Elsa 1
Boulanger, Nadia 1
Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-2010 1
Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957 1
Braque, Georges, 1882-1963 1
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Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993 1
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Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 1
California Insurance Company 1
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Carlier, Emile 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
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Cemin, Saint Clair 1
Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985 1
Chambers, John, 1850- 1
Chapellerie du Jockey Club 1
Chapman, Elizabeth Fuller 1
Cheever, John 1
Chicago Musical College 1
Christensen, Grace 1
Cole, Chick 1
Commonwealth Rescue League (Upton, Mass.) 1
Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague, 1864-1953 1
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 1
Cottong, Kathy 1
Covert, Geo. L. 1
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 1
Cunningham, Merce 1
Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 1
Dettmer, Roger 1
Deville Shabrol family 1
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 1
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 1
Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985 1
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 1
Dux, Claire, 1885-1967 1
Edwards, V., Cap. 1
Egorova, Lubov Nikolaevna, 1880-1972 1
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Ernst, Max, 1891-1976 1
Fairbank, Miriam 1
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 1
Filip, František, 1904-1957 1
Fithen, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1882-1940 1
Folk, L. M. 1
Freehling, Stanley 1
Freemasons. Medina Lodge, No. 336 (Medina, N.Y.) 1
Gallagher and Ascher, Inc. 1
Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972 1
Gerstenberg, Alice 1
Goodwin, Philip Lippincott, 1885-1958 1
Graff, William W. 1
Graham, Martha 1
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 1
Grant Hospital (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Grant Hospital (Chicago, Ill.). Women's Auxiliary 1
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 1
Guild of the Brave Poor Things 1
Haley, Alex 1
Harriss, Daniel E. F. P. 1
Hektoen, Eleanor 1
Hemmerlé, Emile 1
Hightower, Rosella 1
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 1
Holler, Jeanette 1
Holmes, Julian (Lyricist) 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society 1
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