Modern Manuscripts & Archives at the Newberry

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Over 400 boxes of clippings, programs, brochures, fliers, images, and press releases about dancers, dance companies, dance styles, festivals, and various topics. Occasionally there are also administrative files for companies or organizations in which Barzel participated (such as the National Endowment for the Arts and Chicago City Ballet). Many subjects overlap, and the researcher is encouraged to check under many different subject headings for similar materials.

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Originals (mostly typescript), photocopies, printed, and reprinted versions of the literary output of Ben Hecht, Rose Hecht, and other writers who either collaborated with Ben Hecht or offered their writings to him for his consideration or amusement. This series includes novels, articles, essays, speeches, notes, scripts, poems, sketches, epigrams, and revisions. Untitled prose and poetry are identified with the first line of the piece. Unidentified materials are manuscript scraps and...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Audiovisual recordings are recorded primarily on VHS videocassettes, with some audiocassettes and open reels. The majority are materials sent to MoMing by prospective performers and musicians along with other press materials. A few recordings are from performances at MoMing, including a VHS of the “Best of Dance for $1.98” from 1985-1986 and a Young People’s dance concert in June 1990. Audiovisual materials have been digitized and are available for use in the Special Collections Reading...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: The dance and sheet music series includes materials related to Evelyn Zwiefka's, Grace Zwiefka Thuis's, and Diane Lewandowski's dance and physical education instruction as well as specialty sheet music. The series contains two subseries: “Dances” and “Sheet Music.” The “Dances” subseries contains dance notations and accompanying sheet music. The dance notations may appear on a separate sheet(s) and/or handwritten on the sheet music itself. The folder titles for the dances read as...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: The dance and sheet music series includes materials related to Evelyn Zwiefka's, Grace Zwiefka Thuis's, and Diane Lewandowski's dance and physical education instruction as well as specialty sheet music. The series contains two subseries: “Dances” and “Sheet Music.” The “Dances” subseries contains dance notations and accompanying sheet music. The dance notations may appear on a separate sheet(s) and/or handwritten on the sheet music itself. The folder titles for the dances read as...

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Photographs taken by Sheila Malkind from 1960 – the early 2000s. The photographs primarily relate to culture and life in Chicago, as well as her personal life and travels. Some photographs include Ruth Page, Malkind’s former employer, the Ruth Page School of Dance, and performing artists/events. The descriptions adhere as much as possible to ones Malkind gave the photographs. Any “my” in a description refers to her. Some folders include related newspaper articles, fliers, and...

Scope and Contents note From the Series:

This series contains files of notes and clippings, chiefly about dance and theater. Includes an autographed photo to Mary from dancer Betsy [Ross Davis?] and some performance photographs of Ruth Page, Walter Camryn, and Bentley Stone from their production of "Frankie and Johnny."

See also Oversize series.