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Alan Howard papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Howard
Abstract

Clippings, photographs, programs, assorted miscellaneous printed material and memorabilia relating to ballet dancers and dance companies.

Dates: 1924-2002; Majority of material found within 1980-2002

Chicago Children's Choir records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-CCChoir
Abstract

Records of the Chicago Children’s Choir, now known as Uniting Voices Chicago, documenting the Choir’s history, programs, operations, and growth since its founding by Christopher Moore in 1956 at the First Unitarian Church of Chicago. Includes administrative files, publicity materials, performance and tour records, information about staff and singers, photographs, and audiovisual recordings.

Dates: 1944-2008; Majority of material found within 1956-1998

Dean Diggins Papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Diggins
Abstract

Material regarding Diggins’s career as a tap dancer and teacher, including class notes while studying with Paul Draper, plus clippings, photographs, programs, publicity items and scrapbooks relating to his ten years as a part of the Mattison Trio. Also, his choreographic notes for tap routines composed for classical music and audio and video tapes of some of those dances.

Dates: 1956-1995

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

Ellen Goldsmith papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goldsmith
Abstract Large collection of photographs relating to the ballet, opera and cinema, dating from the 1940s through the early 1970s, amassed by Ellen (Teddy) Goldsmith, backstage worker at the Civic Opera House, home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Many of the photographs are professional portraits of opera stars and ballet dancers – many autographed – and hundreds of personal and backstage snapshots. Also, a group of photos of movie stills, popular celebrities and performers, plus a small amount of...
Dates: 1933-2007

Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Ensemble Espanol
Abstract

Material collected by Libby Komaiko, founder of the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, relating to her and the dance company. Consists mostly of photographs of Komaiko and other dancers, plus a few clippings, flyers, posters, programs, and miscellaneous pieces. Also, two copies of a videotape entitled “The First 20 Years, 1976-1996.”

Dates: 1974-2003

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

Hope Abelson papers

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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

Illinois Ballet records

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Illinois Ballet
Abstract The Illinois Ballet was founded in 1959 by two former Sadler's Wells ballet dancers, Richard Ellis and Christine Du Boulay. The company presented several seasons of performances per year until its demise in 1972. The company remained constant with four soloists and ten corps members, and included two dancer/choreographers, Hy Somers and Dom Orejudos (aka Etienne). Collection consists of numerous performance photographs, programs and publicity material, a few pieces of correspondence and...
Dates: 1959-1972

Lillian Lipson ephemera collection

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lipson
Abstract

Around 150 pieces of ephemera, primarily performing arts, collected by Lillian Lipson. Collection includes programs, playbills, flyers, advertisements, tickets, menus, postcards, and brochures from dance, theater, and music performances in Chicago along with materials from local businesses and attractions.

Dates: 1933-1981

Margot Grimmer papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Grimmer
Abstract

Material relating to the career of Chicago dancer Margot Grimmer, including clippings, advertising items, programs, a few miscellaneous incoming letters, and numerous photographs.

Dates: 1956-1984

Mike Nussbaum Papers

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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

Raven Theatre Records

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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

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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 2
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Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 1
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Allard, Edith, 1927-2012 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
Ballets russes 1
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1
Bikel, Theodore 1
Braun, Eric, 1923-1970 1
Brewer, Joseph, 1938-1988 1
Bruscantini, Sesto 1
Cassidy, Claudia 1
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 1
Chicago Children's Choir 1
Chicago Opera Ballet 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1
Christoff, Boris 1
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 1
Dance Notation Bureau (New York, N.Y.) 1
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997 1
Diggins, Dean 1
Doris Humphrey Society 1
Draper, Paul, 1909-1996 1
Eglevsky, André 1
Egorova, Lubov Nikolaevna, 1880-1972 1
Ellis, Christine Du Boulay, 1923- 1
Ellis, Richard, 1918-2010 1
Ensemble Español 1
Fernandez, Royes 1
First Unitarian Church of Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Fleming, Libby Komaiko 1
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 1
Gaines, Barbara 1
Gobbi, Tito 1
Goldsmith, Ellen, 1926-2007 1
Gould, Morton, 1913-1996 1
Graham, Martha 1
Grimmer, Ann 1
Grimmer, Margot 1
Hightower, Rosella 1
Holden, Stanley 1
Horst, Louis 1
Howard, Alan, 1930- 1
Hull House Theatre (Organization : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 1
Illinois Ballet 1
Jenkins, Ella 1
José Limón Dance Company 1
Kaye, Danny 1
Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987 1
Kazan, Elia 1
Kitt, Eartha 1
Kraus, Alfredo 1
Kriza, John 1
League of Chicago Theatres 1
Liberace, 1919-1987 1
Limón, José 1
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
Lipson, Lillian Rose Witz 1
Lookingglass Theatre Company 1
Lyric Opera of Chicago 1
Mamet, David 1
Marceau, Marcel 1
Margot Grimmer American Dance Company 1
Margot Grimmer American Dance School 1
Matsumoto, Kōshirō, 1870-1949 1
Matthews, Dorothy 1
Mattison Trio 1
Menendian, Michael 1
Montemurro, JoAnn 1
Moore, Christopher 1
Moore, Judith Manwell, 1934-2016 1
Morgan, Barbara Brooks, 1900-1992 1
Nilsson, Birgit 1
Northlight Theatre Company 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Communication 1
Nussbaum, Annette 1
Nussbaum, Karen 1
Nussbaum, Mike 1
Nussbaum, Susan 1
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 1
Phoenix Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.) 1
Phyllis Sabold Dance Company 1
Powers, John R., 1945-2013 1
Price, Leontyne 1
Raven Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 1
Royal Ballet 1
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 1
Spencer, A. C. (Arthur Champlin), 1872- 1
Stodelle, Ernestine 1
Stratford Festival (Ont.) 1
Tanno, Guy 1
Tebaldi, Renata 1
Uppman, Theodor, 1920-2005 1
Urban Gateways Children's Chorus 1
Vickers, Jon 1
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