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Alice Gerstenberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Gerstenberg
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material reflecting Gerstenberg's activities in Chicago's social and cultural life in the first half of the 20th century, in particular her involvement with local theater.

Dates: 1903-1971

Bob Sickinger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Sickinger
Abstract Press reviews and photographs of Hull House Theater productions directed by Bob Sickinger, 1963-1969, together with copies of Sickinger's 1963 essay on the state of theater in Chicago and his press release regarding his involuntary departure from Hull House in 1969. Also a few programs, press releases, advertisements, a fan letter, and a thesis on Hull House children's theater programs. As director of Hull House Theater between 1963 and 1969, Sickinger was instrumental in founding Chicago’s...
Dates: 1934-1985; Majority of material found within 1963 - 1969

Cloyd Head papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Head
Abstract

Writings and correspondence, souvenirs and miscellany of Cloyd Head, Chicago playwright, theatrical director, business manager of the Goodman Theatre and husband of the poet Eunice Tietjens.

Dates: 1881-1968

Goodman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman Family
Abstract

Papers, letters, photograph albums, cards, genealogical materials, diaries, and travel memorabilia from the family of Marjorie Sawyer Goodman Graff, daughter of playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, and her mother, Marjorie Robbins Hopkins.

Dates: 1795-2003; Majority of material found within 1880-1995

Hope Abelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Abelson
Abstract

Materials related to the theater career, business, and personal life of Chicago theater producer and philanthropist Hope Abelson, including scripts, theater mementos, correspondence, financial documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video recordings.

Dates: 1914-2008; Majority of material found within 1949-2006

Kenneth Sawyer Goodman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman
Abstract

Works and personal materials of Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, including manuscript, typescript, and published plays, poems, and short stories, correspondence, drawings, diaries, and programs from theatrical productions, photographs, and mementoes, including wood printing blocks, military items, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1883-1971; Majority of material found within 1900-1917

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Photographs -- 1901-1950 4
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 3
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Little theater movement -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
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Photographs -- 1951-2000 3
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Philanthropists -- United States 2
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Actors -- Portraits 1
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Broadway (New York, N.Y.) 1
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China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
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Clippings -- 2001-2050 1
Community theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Correspondence -- Florida -- 1901-1950 1
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Divorce 1
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Egypt -- Description and travel -- 20th century 1
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Florida -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
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Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 1
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Scrapbooks -- United States -- 1951-2000 1
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Spiritualists 1
Theater -- 20th century -- Reviews 1
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Video recordings -- 1951-2000 1
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Women authors, American -- 20th century 1
Women dramatists, American -- 20th century 1
Women theatrical producers and directors -- United States 1
Works of art -- 1951-2000 1
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Names
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer, 1883-1918 2
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 2
Stevens, Thomas Wood, 1880-1942 2
Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 1
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Albee, Edward, 1928-2016 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Art Institute of Chicago. Students' League 1
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955 1
Browne, Maurice, 1884-1961 1
Bryn Mawr College 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Cheney, Sheldon, 1886-1980 1
Chicago Little Theatre Company 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 1
Dewey, Ken 1
Donahey, William, 1883-1970 1
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 1
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 1
Fine Arts Theatre (Organization : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 1
Fugard, Athol 1
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
Gale, Zona, 1874-1938 1
Gerstenberg, Alice 1
Goodman family 1
Graff, Marjorie Sawyer Goodman, 1914-2009 1
Hazelton, George Cochrane, 1868-1921 1
Head, Cloyd 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) 1
Hull House Theatre (Organization : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Jonson, Raymond, 1891-1982 1
Kazan, Elia 1
Kiefer, H. C. (Henry Carl), 1890-1957 1
League of Chicago Theatres 1
Lookingglass Theatre Company 1
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 1
National League of American Pen Women 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Communication 1
Payne, Ben Iden, 1881-1976 1
Phoenix Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.) 1
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008 1
Players' Workshop (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Princeton University 1
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 1
Sheaffer, Robert Faust 1
Sickinger, Bob, 1926-2013 1
Society of Midland Authors 1
Steppenwolf Theatre Company 1
Stratford Festival (Ont.) 1
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 1
University of Miami 1
Webster, Henry Kitchell, 1875-1932 1
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 1
Year Book Medical Publishers 1
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