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Augustine J. Bowe papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bowe
Abstract

Correspondence, family and personal materials, works, photographs, and audiovisual materials of Chicago judge and poet Augustine J. Bowe.

Dates: approximately 1890-1966; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1966

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Photographs, Artwork, and Audiovisual

 Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-5
Abstract

Photographs, cartoons, drawings, and paintings, and two boxes of audio media of oral histories, interviews, Burlington Route chapter readings by its author, and radio programs. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.

Dates: approximately 1852-1975

Ernestine Stodelle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Stodelle
Abstract

Collection of files kept by Ernestine Stodelle regarding her professional life as dancer, teacher, author and dance critic. Material relates to Stodelle’s own career and her association with dance figures Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Jose Limon and Louis Horst. Consists of correspondence, articles, clippings, lectures, programs, reviews, tributes, photographs, dance descriptions and reconstructions.

Dates: 1925-2006

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

Frank H. Beberdick Pullman collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Beberdick Pullman
Abstract

Miscellaneous materials relating to the historic Pullman company town and Pullman Manufacturing Company, 1881-2001.

Dates: 1881-2001

James T. Farrell-Cleo Paturis papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Farrell-Paturis
Abstract Stories, articles, manuscript and photocopy drafts and notes by Farrell; a small collection of Farrell correspondence; miscellaneous material including reviews and appreciations of Farrell’s work; photographs of Farrell, Paturis, friends and occasions; and many audiocassettes of Farrell lectures, speeches and interviews. Paturis material includes several drafts of her unpublished memoir of her life with Farrell, a synopsis of his work, correspondence dating mainly after Farrell’s death in...
Dates: 1909-2006; Majority of material found within 1949-2006

Pullman Company records - Record Group 13: Audiovisual Materials

 Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-13
Abstract

Photographic prints, negatives, transparencies, films, filmstrips, and sound recordings, documenting Pullman’s Palace Car Company and Pullman Company cars and car furnishings, officials and employees, properties, advertising, and employee recruitment and training. Forms part of the Pullman Company records.

Dates: 1872-1976

Rand McNally and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rand
Abstract

Business records of the Rand McNally Company, established in 1856 in Chicago. The firm became well known for its cartographic publishing, but also produced a variety of trade books, textbooks, periodicals, and printing jobs such as railroad tickets and coupons. Includes records of financial, marketing, and production activities, including correspondence; visual materials, including photographs, artwork, and scrapbooks; printing artifacts and samples, etc.

Dates: 1856-1996

Raven Theatre Records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Raven
Abstract

Records related to Chicago’s Raven Theatre’s administration, development, history, and productions. Materials include box office reports, building plans, and correspondence, as well as budgets, flyers, photographs, reviews, press releases, programs, annotated scripts, and set designs for Raven Theatre’s main stage and “shorties”/one act productions.

Dates: approximately 1940-2015; Majority of material found within 1983 - 2013

Rudolph Ganz Papers

 Collection
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

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
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Advertising -- Railroads -- United States 1
American literature -- 20th century 1
American literature -- Irish-American authors 1
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Audiotapes -- 1901-1950 1
Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 1
Authors, American -- 20th century 1
Burlington Zephyr (Express train) 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Industries 1
Children's books -- Publishing 1
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Editorial cartoons -- 1851-1900 1
Editorial cartoons -- 1901-1950 1
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Film reels -- 1951-2000 1
Filmstrips -- 1901-1950 1
Filmstrips -- 1951-2000 1
Hammond (Ind.) -- Industries 1
Husband and wife -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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Love-letters 1
Map publishing -- Canada 1
Map publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Middle West -- Description and travel 1
Mississippi River Valley 1
Modern dance -- Study and teaching 1
Modern dance -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Moving images -- 1951-2000 1
Music critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
National parks and reserves 1
Novelists, American -- 20th century 1
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Phonograph records -- 1951-2000 1
Photographers -- West (U.S.) 1
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Pianists 1
Playbills -- 1951-2000 1
Playbills -- 2001-2050 1
Poetry -- 1901-1950 1
Poetry -- 20th century -- Periodicals 1
Poets, American -- 20th century 1
Printing -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Printing -- Indiana -- Hammond 1
Printing plants -- Illinois 1
Programs -- 1901-1950 1
Programs -- 1951-2000 1
Publishers and publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Publishers and publishing -- Indiana -- Hammond 1
Publishers' catalogs 1
Pullman (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Pullman Strike, 1894 1
Pullman cars -- United States -- Drawings 1
Railroad cars -- History 1
Railroad travel -- West (U.S.) 1
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Theater architecture 1
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French 2
German 2
Polish 1
 
Names
Pullman Company 2
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984 1
Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
Beberdick, Frank H. (Frank Harry), 1927- 1
Borowski, Elsa 1
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Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Boulton, Inez 1
Bowe, Augustine Joseph, 1892-1966 1
Bowe, Julia Lecour, 1900 or 1901-1986 1
Bubley, Esther 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Cave, Eldon 1
Chicago Musical College 1
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 1
Conkey, William B. 1
Corliss Steam Engine Company 1
Dance Notation Bureau (New York, N.Y.) 1
Dillon, George, 1906-1968 1
Doris Humphrey Society 1
Draper, Louis H., 1935-2002 1
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 1
Fertik, Irene 1
Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972 1
Graham, Martha 1
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 1
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 1
Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) 1
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 1
Hook, Sidney, 1902-1989 1
Horst, Louis 1
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 1
Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931 1
José Limón Dance Company 1
Krementz, Jill 1
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 1
Limón, José 1
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
Matsumoto, Kōshirō, 1870-1949 1
McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989 1
McNally, Andrew, 1836-1904 1
McNally, Andrew, 1909- 1
Menendian, Michael 1
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 1
Modern Poetry Association 1
Montemurro, JoAnn 1
Morgan, Barbara Brooks, 1900-1992 1
Nims, John Frederick, 1913-1999 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
Paturis, Cleo, -2010 1
Poetry (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Porter, Paul R. (Paul Robert), 1908-2002 1
Pullman Incorporated. Pullman-Standard Division 1
Pullman, George Mortimer, 1831-1897 1
Rand McNally and Company 1
Raven Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Rolph-McNally Limited 1
Roosevelt University 1
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 1
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007 1
Shapiro, Karl, 1913-2000 1
Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932 1
Spencer, A. C. (Arthur Champlin), 1872- 1
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra 1
Stodelle, Ernestine 1
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 1
Vonnegut, Kurt 1
W.B. Conkey Company 1
Watt, Nina 1
Weidman, Charles 1
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