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Ann Barzel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Barzel
Abstract

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

Dates: 1912-2005

Eugene Olshansky photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Olshansky
Abstract

Photographs of productions staged by the Original Ballets Russes (aka the Ballet Russes du Col. W. de Basil) and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo between 1935 and 1941, taken by Chicago businessman and balletomane Eugene Olshansky. Also, two operatic portraits, a few personal photographs, and several pieces of ephemera.

Dates: 1935-1986; Majority of material found within 1935-1941

Diana Huebert papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Huebert
Abstract

Material collected by dancer Diana Huebert (Mrs. Abel Faidy), the bulk consisting of programs and photographs of herself and other dancers. Also, some articles she wrote or saved, including an autobiographical sketch, choreographic notes, and miscellaneous material relating to her husband, architect and designer Abel Faidy.

Dates: 1916-1983

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

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

Mark Turbyfill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Turbyfill
Abstract

Material relating to the life and career of dancer, poet and painter Mark Turbyfill, including three copies of his unpublished autobiography and many copies of published and unpublished poems. Also, articles and reviews by and about Turbyfill, a few pieces of correspondence, clippings, dance programs, photographs, a cassette tape of him reading, and a published genealogy of the Turbyfill family.

Dates: 1911-1985

Ellen Goldsmith papers

 Collection
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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Names
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 4
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 3
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 3
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 3
Graham, Martha 2
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Howard, Alan, 1930- 2
New York City Ballet 2
Allison, Keith, 1932-1980 (dance teacher) 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
Arpino, Gerald 1
Balanchine, George 1
Ballet Guild of Chicago 1
Ballets russes 1
Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil 1
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- 1
Barzel, Ann 1
Bedells, Phyllis, 1893-1985 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1
Bikel, Theodore 1
Bruscantini, Sesto 1
Carl Schurz High School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. 1
Chicago Opera 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
Duncan, Raymond, 1874-1966 1
Dunham, Katherine 1
Dzhermolinska, Helen 1
Eglevsky, André 1
Faidy, Abel, 1894-1965 1
Fernandez, Royes 1
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 1
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
Gobbi, Tito 1
Goldsmith, Ellen, 1926-2007 1
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949 1
Holden, Stanley 1
Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992 1
Holmes, Berenice 1
Huebert, Diana, 1899-1983 1
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 1
Illinois Arts Council 1
Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man 1
Karsavina, Tamara 1
Kaye, Danny 1
Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987 1
Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996 1
Kitt, Eartha 1
Kraus, Alfredo 1
Kriza, John 1
Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970 1
Lazzari, Virgilio, 1887-1953 1
Legat, Nikolaĭ Gustavovich, 1869-1937 1
Liberace, 1919-1987 1
Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 1
Lyric Opera of Chicago 1
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949 1
Marceau, Marcel 1
Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979 1
McRae, Edna L. 1
McRae, Elma Marie 1
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 1
Nilsson, Birgit 1
Olshansky, Eugene 1
Oukrainsky, Serge, 1886-1972 1
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 1
Pinza, Ezio 1
Price, Leontyne 1
Putnam, Samuel, 1892-1950 1
Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 1
Roughton, Janet 1
Royal Ballet 1
Sayers, Lionel 1
Society of the Golden Section (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Stigler, Elisa 1
Tebaldi, Renata 1
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 1
Tobey, Mark 1
Trefilova, Vera, 1875-1943 1
Uppman, Theodor, 1920-2005 1
Van Praagh, Peggy 1
Vickers, Jon 1
Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960 1
Weidman, Charles 1
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973 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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