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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
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

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
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

Dorothy Hild papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Hild
Abstract Former Director of Entertainment at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago and founder of the dance troupe Africana Dancers. Papers include correspondence, clippings, financial information, photographs, publicity, sheet music for her productions and dance numbers at the Edgewater Beach Hotel as well as the auto and fair shows Dorothy Hild directed under the auspices of Barnes - Carruthers, and files from her instruction at various YMCA and YWCA locations in Chicago. Additionally, the papers...
Dates: 1847-1984; Majority of material found within 1929-1980
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

Stone-Camryn School of Ballet records

 Collection
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
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

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Clippings (information artifacts) 3
Correspondence 3
Dance companies -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Dance teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
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Photographs 3
Sound recordings 3
Ballet dancers 2
Moving images 2
Programs 2
Scores (documents for music) 2
Scrapbooks 2
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Address books 1
Ballet 1
Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Costume design 1
Dance -- Study and teaching 1
Dance schools -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Dancers -- Portraits 1
Diaries 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Fliers (printed matter) 1
Folk dancing, Mexican 1
Folk dancing, Yoruba 1
Hotels 1
Industrial musicals 1
Male dancers 1
Nightlife 1
Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- 1951-2000 1
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Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 3
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 2
Chicago Opera Ballet 2
Stone, Bentley 2
Africana Dancers 1
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Allison, Keith, 1932-1980 (dance teacher) 1
Balaban & Katz 1
Balanchine, George 1
Barnes-Carruthers 1
Bedells, Phyllis, 1893-1985 1
Camryn, Walter 1
Carl Schurz High School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Cavan, Jack 1
Chicago Ballet 1
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 1
Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957 1
Edgewater Beach Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Gallinot, Ruth, Dr. 1
Graham, Martha 1
Hild, Dorothy 1
Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992 1
Howard, Alan, 1930- 1
Karsavina, Tamara 1
Kostal, Irwin 1
Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968 1
Lambert, Ainsley 1
Legat, Nikolaĭ Gustavovich, 1869-1937 1
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 1
Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 1
Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979 1
McRae, Edna L. 1
McRae, Elma Marie 1
Oukrainsky, Serge, 1886-1972 1
Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931 1
Ruth Page Foundation 1
Ruth Page's International Ballet Company 1
Snyder, Bill 1
Stone-Camryn School of Ballet 1
Trefilova, Vera, 1875-1943 1
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 1
Van Praagh, Peggy 1
YMCA of the USA 1
YWCA of the U.S.A. 1
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