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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

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

Chicago City Ballet records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-CCB
Abstract

Administrative, promotional, and audiovisual records of the Chicago City Ballet, founded by prima ballerina Maria Tallchief in 1980. The successor of the Lyric Opera Ballet, this resident ballet company toured and performed in Chicago and throughout the United States until dissolving in 1987. Also includes photographs and musical scores.

Dates: 1924-2001; Majority of material found within 1980-1987

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

Ruth Levy dance photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-LevyR
Abstract Ruth Levy, who performed as a dancer with the Pavley/Oukrainsky Junior Ballet, received a master’s degree in photography at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1972. This collection includes her slides, negatives, proof sheets, and prints of dancers in several companies, including the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the American Ballet Theatre, the Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Joffrey Ballet, the New York City Ballet, and the Ruth Page Chicago Ballet among others. Some of these photographs...
Dates: 1928-1976; Majority of material found within 1970-1973

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 6
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 3
Chicago Opera Ballet 3
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American Ballet Theatre 2
Balanchine, George 2
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 2
Fernandez, Royes 2
Howard, Alan, 1930- 2
Lyric Opera of Chicago 2
Royal Ballet 2
Stone, Bentley 2
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 2
Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994 2
Ailey, Alvin 1
Allard, Edith, 1927-2012 1
Allison, Keith, 1932-1980 (dance teacher) 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
Aragno, Anna 1
Arpino, Gerald 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Baker, Anna 1
Ballets russes 1
Barr, Howard, 1922-2014 1
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- 1
Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company 1
Bedells, Phyllis, 1893-1985 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1
Bikel, Theodore 1
Bonnefoux, Jean-Pierre 1
Bortoluzzi, Paolo, 1938- 1
Bruscantini, Sesto 1
Burke, Dermot 1
Camryn, Walter 1
Carl Schurz High School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. 1
Chicago Ballet 1
Chicago City Ballet 1
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Public Library 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1
Christoff, Boris 1
Chryst, Gary 1
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 1
Corkle, Francesca 1
D'Antuono, Eleanor 1
Danais, Starr 1
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997 1
Darpana Academy of the Performing Arts 1
De Conville, Phillipe 1
De Mille, Agnes 1
Diamond, Matthew, 1951- 1
Dobson, Deborah 1
Doctoroff, John, 1893-1970 1
Dodson, Daryl 1
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 1
Dunham, Katherine 1
Dunne, James 1
Eaman, Joan 1
Eglevsky, André 1
Egorova, Lubov Nikolaevna, 1880-1972 1
Ellis, Richard, 1918-2010 1
Endō, Akira 1
Falco, Louis 1
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991 1
Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009 1
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 1
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
Gobbi, Tito 1
Goldsmith, Ellen, 1926-2007 1
Graham, Martha 1
Gregory, Cynthia 1
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949 1
Hagen, Walter 1
Hightower, Rosella 1
Holden, Stanley 1
Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992 1
Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man 1
Jamison, Judith 1
Joffrey Ballet 1
Joffrey, Robert 1
Karsavina, Tamara 1
Kaye, Danny 1
Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987 1
Kirkland, Gelsey 1
Kitt, Eartha 1
Kivitt, Ted 1
Kraus, Alfredo 1
Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968 1
Kriza, John 1
Kwak, Sung 1
Labis, Attilio 1
Legat, Nikolaĭ Gustavovich, 1869-1937 1
Levine, James 1
Levy, Ruth 1
Liberace, 1919-1987 1
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 1
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