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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

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

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

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

Joan Ehemann Stone Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-StoneJ
Abstract

Material relating to the life and career of ballet dancer Joan Eaman (later known as Joan Ehemann Stone) which includes a youthful diary, photographs, clippings and other memorabilia. All items, with the exception of three photographs, are photocopies.

Dates: 1943-1992

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

Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Ensemble Espanol
Abstract

Material collected by Libby Komaiko, founder of the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, relating to her and the dance company. Consists mostly of photographs of Komaiko and other dancers, plus a few clippings, flyers, posters, programs, and miscellaneous pieces. Also, two copies of a videotape entitled “The First 20 Years, 1976-1996.”

Dates: 1974-2003

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 3
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 2
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 2
Graham, Martha 2
Howard, Alan, 1930- 2
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New York City Ballet 2
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 2
Allison, Keith, 1932-1980 (dance teacher) 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
American Ballet Theatre 1
Arpino, Gerald 1
Balanchine, George 1
Ballet Guild of Chicago 1
Ballets russes 1
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- 1
Barzel, Ann 1
Bedells, Phyllis, 1893-1985 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1
Bikel, Theodore 1
Braun, Eric, 1923-1970 1
Bruscantini, Sesto 1
Carl Schurz High School (Chicago, Ill.) 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
Dzhermolinska, Helen 1
Eaman, Joan 1
Eglevsky, André 1
Ensemble Español 1
Faidy, Abel, 1894-1965 1
Fernandez, Royes 1
Fleming, Libby Komaiko 1
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 1
Gobbi, Tito 1
Goldsmith, Ellen, 1926-2007 1
Grimmer, Ann 1
Grimmer, Margot 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
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
Legat, Nikolaĭ Gustavovich, 1869-1937 1
Liberace, 1919-1987 1
Lyric Opera of Chicago 1
Marceau, Marcel 1
Margot Grimmer American Dance Company 1
Margot Grimmer American Dance School 1
Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979 1
McRae, Edna L. 1
McRae, Elma Marie 1
Nilsson, Birgit 1
Oukrainsky, Serge, 1886-1972 1
Phyllis Sabold Dance Company 1
Price, Leontyne 1
Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 1
Roughton, Janet 1
Royal Ballet 1
Society of the Golden Section (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Stigler, Elisa 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
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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