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Dance Horizons records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Dance Horizons
Abstract Films, photographs, programs, and newspaper clippings documenting the activities of a Highland Park modern dance venue consisting of three separate, but interrelated groups (The Trio, Dance Horizons, North Shore Dance Workshop) operated by Martha Koplin, Suzanne Ettlinger, and Dorothy Mozen, and active from 1958-1977. The three offered classes for children and adults, and held and filmed workshops with visiting artists including Merce Cunningham, Daniel Nagrin, Katherine Litz, Alwin...
Dates: 1958-1977

Virna Harman Walker Johnston papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-JohnstonV
Abstract

Correspondence, programs, report cards, and clippings relating to Chicago dancer and dance instructor Virna Harman Walker Johnston.

Dates: 1903-1959; Majority of material found within 1918-1930

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

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

John Petri papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Petri
Abstract

Choreographic notes, clippings, photographs, programs, and other materials documenting the career of ballet and Hungarian dancer John Petri (1892-1963).

Dates: 1916-1975; Majority of material found within 1920-1963

Margot Grimmer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Grimmer
Abstract

Material relating to the career of Chicago dancer Margot Grimmer, including clippings, advertising items, programs, a few miscellaneous incoming letters, and numerous photographs.

Dates: 1956-1984

May O'Donnell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-O'Donnell
Abstract

Material relating to the career of modern dancer May O’Donnell, consisting of advertising and announcements, articles, reviews, programs and photographs. Also a few miscellaneous items, some of which relate to O’Donnell’s husband, musician Ray Green.

Dates: 1934-1996

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

Edith Allard papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Allard
Abstract

Letters, postcards, telegrams, contracts and schedules, clippings, photographs and programs of dance performances in Israel and Sweden, two art prints and a small collection of medals.

Dates: 1955-1991

Ruth Page Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Page-Foundation
Abstract

Records of the Ruth Page Foundation, a cultural non-profit organization committed to the education, promotion, and presentation of dance in Chicago. Founded by Ruth Page in 1970, the Foundation continues to support a number of dance initiatives. Includes administrative, personnel, financial, and publicity materials for both the Foundation and the Ruth Page School of Dance.

Dates: 1989-2013

Illinois Ballet records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Illinois Ballet
Abstract The Illinois Ballet was founded in 1959 by two former Sadler's Wells ballet dancers, Richard Ellis and Christine Du Boulay. The company presented several seasons of performances per year until its demise in 1972. The company remained constant with four soloists and ten corps members, and included two dancer/choreographers, Hy Somers and Dom Orejudos (aka Etienne). Collection consists of numerous performance photographs, programs and publicity material, a few pieces of correspondence and...
Dates: 1959-1972

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

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

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Chicago Opera Ballet 2
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 2
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Stone, Bentley 2
Weidman, Charles 2
Allard, Edith, 1927-2012 1
American Red Cross 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1
Ballets russes 1
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- 1
Braun, Eric, 1923-1970 1
Camryn, Walter 1
Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. 1
Chicago Ballet 1
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Cook, Mollie Price 1
Cunningham, Merce 1
Dance Horizons 1
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Duncan, Raymond, 1874-1966 1
Dunham, Katherine 1
Egorova, Lubov Nikolaevna, 1880-1972 1
Ellis, Christine Du Boulay, 1923- 1
Ellis, Richard, 1918-2010 1
Ettlinger, Suzanne H. 1
Faidy, Abel, 1894-1965 1
Francis W. Parker School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
Gilmore, Blanche 1
Graham, Martha 1
Green, Ray, 1908-1997 1
Grimmer, Ann 1
Grimmer, Margot 1
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949 1
Harman, Lillian 1
Harman, Moses, 1830-1910 1
Hightower, Rosella 1
Howard, Alan, 1930- 1
Huebert, Diana, 1899-1983 1
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 1
Illinois Ballet 1
Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man 1
Johnston, Arthur Oliver, 1890-1972 1
Johnston, Chester 1
Johnston, Robert Harman, 1920-2011 1
Johnston, Virna Harman Walker 1
Koplin, Arthur 1
Koplin, Martha 1
Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968 1
Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970 1
Lewis, Murray 1
Lindlahr Sanitarium 1
Lipinski, Dolores 1
Litz, Katherine, -1978 1
Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 1
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949 1
Margot Grimmer American Dance Company 1
Margot Grimmer American Dance School 1
Martha Graham Dance Company 1
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 1
Mozen, Dorothy 1
Nargin, Daniel 1
New York City Ballet 1
Nikolais, Alwin 1
O'Brien, George Harman, 1905- 1
O'Brien, George Robert 1
O'Donnell, May, 1906-2004 1
Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931 1
Petri, John, 1892-1963 1
Phyllis Sabold Dance Company 1
Putnam, Samuel, 1892-1950 1
Redlich, Don 1
Reitman, Ben L. (Ben Lewis), 1879-1942 1
Rossner, Karl 1
Rossner, Ollie S. 1
Ruth Page Foundation School of Dance 1
Ruth Page's International Ballet Company 1
San Carlo Opera Company 1
Sayers, Lionel 1
Society of the Golden Section (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Stifler, Venetia Chakos 1
Stone-Camryn School of Ballet 1
The Trio 1
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 1
Tobey, Mark 1
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 1
Virna Harman Walker Studio of Dancing (Chicago, Ill.) 1
White, Lillie 1
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973 1
Wise, Belva Harman 1
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