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Ann Barzel papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Barzel
Abstract

Correspondence, works, photographs, and personal and biographical material by Chicago dance critic and historian Ann Barzel.

Dates: 1912-2005

Ruth Page papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Page
Abstract

Personal papers of dancer and choreographer Ruth Page. Materials include correspondence, choreographic and technical notes, address books, programs, press clippings and scrapbooks, journals writings, photographs, business records, audio recordings, and musical scores. Featured dance works include The Bells, Carmen, Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Frankie and Johnny, and Billy Sunday.

Dates: 1892-1997

Edna L. McRae papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-McRae
Abstract Dancer, choreographer, and teacher Edna McRae started dancing in Chicago Public Schools and studied with Andreas Pavley, Serge Oukrainsky, and Adolph Bolm, among others. She operated a ballet school in Chicago from 1925 to 1964, becoming known as the grande dame of the Chicago Ballet community. Papers include correspondence, biographical information, brochures, clippings, programs, numerous photographs, personal and dance notation notebooks, card files, address books, and eight albums...
Dates: 1910-1990

Stone-Camryn School of Ballet records

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Stone-Camryn
Abstract

Chicago's Stone-Camryn School of Ballet was founded in 1941 by established dancers Walter Camryn and Bentley Stone. It became one of the most successful American ballet schools in placing its graduates in professional companies, and in creating new generations of dance teachers. Archives include personal and biographical material from Stone and Camryn, school records, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, programs, clippings, and choreographic notes.

Dates: 1865-1988; Majority of material found within 1910-1988

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

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Choreographers -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
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Photographs -- 1901-1950 3
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Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 3
Chicago Opera Ballet 3
Stone, Bentley 2
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 2
Allison, Keith, 1932-1980 (dance teacher) 1
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Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
Arpino, Gerald 1
Balanchine, George 1
Ballet Guild of Chicago 1
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1
Barzel, Ann 1
Bedells, Phyllis, 1893-1985 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1
Bikel, Theodore 1
Bruscantini, Sesto 1
Camryn, Walter 1
Carl Schurz High School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Ballet 1
Chicago Public Schools 1
Christoff, Boris 1
Clarke, Mary, 1923-2015 1
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997 1
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 1
Donaldson, Virginia 1
Dzhermolinska, Helen 1
Eglevsky, André 1
Fernandez, Royes 1
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 1
Gobbi, Tito 1
Goldsmith, Ellen, 1926-2007 1
Graham, Martha 1
Holden, Stanley 1
Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992 1
Holmes, Berenice 1
Howard, Alan, 1930- 1
Illinois Arts Council 1
Karsavina, Tamara 1
Kaye, Danny 1
Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987 1
Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996 1
Kitt, Eartha 1
Kraus, Alfredo 1
Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968 1
Kriza, John 1
Legat, Nikolaĭ Gustavovich, 1869-1937 1
Liberace, 1919-1987 1
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 1
Lyric Opera of Chicago 1
Marceau, Marcel 1
Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979 1
McRae, Edna L. 1
McRae, Elma Marie 1
New York City Ballet 1
Nilsson, Birgit 1
Oukrainsky, Serge, 1886-1972 1
Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931 1
Price, Leontyne 1
Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 1
Roughton, Janet 1
Royal Ballet 1
Ruth Page Foundation 1
Ruth Page's International Ballet Company 1
Stigler, Elisa 1
Stone-Camryn School of Ballet 1
Tebaldi, Renata 1
Trefilova, Vera, 1875-1943 1
Uppman, Theodor, 1920-2005 1
Van Praagh, Peggy 1
Vickers, Jon 1
Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960 1
William Penn Elementary School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994 1
Zanasi, Mario 1
Zoritch, George, 1917-2009 1
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