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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

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

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

Helen Balfour Morrison papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Morrison
Abstract

Personal and professional papers of American photographer and artist Helen Balfour Morrison. Born in Evanston, Illinois in 1900, Morrison undertook several artistic photography projects that were exhibited throughout the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Her longtime collaboration with dancer Sybil Shearer involved further artistic endeavors through stage lighting designs and filmmaking.

Dates: 1906-2001; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1984

Ravinia Festival Association records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ravinia
Abstract

Correspondence, photographs, reports, and publicity relating to the Ravinia Festival, a summer music festival held at Ravinia Park in Highland Park, Illinois, since 1904 (non-continuous).

Dates: 1903-1993

Arts Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Arts Club
Abstract

Corporate records of the Arts Club of Chicago, an institution incorporated in 1916 and devoted to exhibiting and showcasing innovative artists and performers. Records include extensive exhibition files, files on the Club's music, lecture, film, and drama series, and administrative and financial files.

Dates: 1892-2004

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 5
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French 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
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Chicago Opera Ballet 2
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 2
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 2
Stone, Bentley 2
Africana Dancers 1
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Aldis, Arthur T. 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Arts Club of Chicago 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Balaban & Katz 1
Balkenhol, Stephan, 1957- 1
Barnes-Carruthers 1
Benette, Margaret 1
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Boulanger, Nadia 1
Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-2010 1
Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957 1
Braque, Georges, 1882-1963 1
Cage, John 1
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 1
California Insurance Company 1
Camryn, Walter 1
Carpenter, Rue Winterbotham, -1931 1
Cavan, Jack 1
Cemin, Saint Clair 1
Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985 1
Chapman, Elizabeth Fuller 1
Chicago Ballet 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1
Christensen, Grace 1
Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague, 1864-1953 1
Cottong, Kathy 1
Cunningham, Merce 1
Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 1
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 1
Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957 1
Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985 1
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 1
Dux, Claire, 1885-1967 1
Edgewater Beach Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Eisendrath, William N. 1
Ernst, Max, 1891-1976 1
Fairbank, Miriam 1
Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009 1
Freehling, Stanley 1
Gallagher and Ascher, Inc. 1
Gallinot, Ruth, Dr. 1
Gerstenberg, Alice 1
Graham, Martha 1
Haley, Alex 1
Hektoen, Eleanor 1
Hild, Dorothy 1
Jarvis, Isabel 1
Julien Levy Gallery 1
Klee, Rogers, Loeb and Wolff (Firm) 1
Kokoschka, Oskar, 1886-1980 1
Kostal, Irwin 1
Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968 1
Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949 1
Kusama, Yayoi 1
Lambert, Ainsley 1
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 1
Levine, James 1
Lockett, Robbin 1
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 1
Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet (Firm) 1
Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955 1
Magnusson, M. J. 1
Mamet, David 1
Man Ray, 1890-1976 1
Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004 1
Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 1
Matisse, Pierre, 1900-1989 1
McNear, Everett, 1904-1984 1
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 1
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 1
Moats, Mabel B. 1
Moore, Case, Lyman and Hubbard Insurance 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
Morisot, Berthe, 1841-1895 1
Morley, Malcolm, 1931-2018 1
Morrison, Helen Balfour, 1900-1984 1
Morrison, Robert Bruce, 1902-1966 1
Morrison-Shearer Foundation 1
Nef, John U. (John Ulric), 1899-1988 1
Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988 1
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988 1
Ozawa, Seiji, 1935- 1
Palmer, John, 1881-1964 1
Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931 1
Plensa, Jaume, 1955- 1
Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956 1
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953 1
Railway Express Agency 1
Ravinia Company 1
Ravinia Festival Association 1
Ravinia Park (Highland Park, Ill.) 1
Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 1
Roullier, Alice, 1883-1963 1
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