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Jan Erkert and Dancers Records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Erkert
Abstract

Jan Erkert founded jansdances in 1979 as a vehicle for her own works. The company evolved to Jan Erkert & Dancers and explored collaboration with other types of artists and dance presentations. The records include awards, clippings, newsletters, photographs, publicity materials, and videocassettes.

Dates: 1974-2000

Chicago Moving Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-CMC
Abstract

Performance and administrative records of the Chicago Moving Company, a contemporary dance company founded by Nana Shineflug. Includes photographs, performance records, publicity materials, reviews, programs, newsletters, school program files and curriculum, and records of the annual dance concert “Dance Shelter.” Also includes financial and grant records.

Dates: 1968-2019; Majority of material found within 1986-2019

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

F. Peter Weil collection of photographs of the Tosia Mundstock Dance Group

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Weil
Abstract

85 photographs of an amateur Detroit modern dance group led by German dancer Tosia Mundstock.

Dates: approximately 1946-1950

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

Chicago Dance and Music Alliance records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-CDAMA
Abstract

Records of the Chicago Dance Coalition, the Chicago Music Alliance, and the merged Chicago Dance and Music Alliance. Includes administrative, financial, and photographic materials as well as audiovisual and digital data items.

Dates: 1980-2005; Majority of material found within 1983 - 2000

Doris Humphrey Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Humphrey-Society
Abstract

Records of the Doris Humphrey Society, a cultural non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of dance and dance theory. Includes administrative and promotional files for the Society from the 1980s to late 2000s. Collection also includes photographs, audiovisual, biographical, and promotional materials of Doris Humphrey and her dance career, with personal photographs of her childhood and family. Also includes a small number of materials from the MOMENTA dance company.

Dates: 1870-2011; Majority of material found within 1920-1997

Chicago City Ballet School records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-CCB School
Abstract

The School of the Chicago City Ballet was founded in 1980 by Maria Tallchief and affiliated with the Chicago City Ballet, outlasting the company by six years until its closing in 1993. Includes administrative records, publicity materials, and photographs.

Dates: 1980-1994

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

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

Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble (CRDE) records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Chicago-Repertory
Abstract

A troupe that showcased the works of Chicago choreographers, the Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble was founded in 1981 by Tara Mitton and headquartered at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts building until its dissolution in 1992. Records include administrative files, photographs, publicity, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: 1981-1992

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

Sheila Malkind photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Malkind
Abstract

Malkind, a Chicago photojournalist, worked for the Ruth Page Foundation from 1981 to 1992. Her photographs primarily feature cultural life in Chicago, dance and performing arts events, as well as her personal life. The collection also includes clippings, correspondence, publicity materials, written work by Malkind and Ruth Page, and audio recordings.

Dates: 1960-2003; Majority of material found within 1985-1993

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

Allied Arts records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Allied Arts
Abstract Clippings, artist correspondence, box office records, concert programs, and photographs of the Allied Arts Corporation. Allied Arts Corporation management was taken over by Harry and Sarah Zelzer in 1948 and became the premier agency for bringing performing artists to Chicago. Important artists and groups include the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, pianists Vladimir Horowitz and Glenn Gould, and singers Tito Schipa and Judy Garland. Collection also includes original photographs taken in venues...
Dates: 1913-1997

J. W. "Duke" Wellington slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Wellington
Abstract

Copies of color 35 mm. slide sets, slide captions, and commentaries documenting Assiniboine and Gros Ventre ceremonies performed at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Montana, approximately 1950-1952, prepared by J. W. "Duke" Wellington, who was Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendent at the reservation, 1947-1954.

Dates: approximately 1950-1975

Fred B. Hackett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Hackett
Abstract Materials pertaining to Fred B. Hackett, a member of the Chicago Corral of The Westerners, who, for a time, lived and worked among the Oglala Lakota people at the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. The material includes a report of the proceedings of the council held on September 21-22, 1903 at Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota between Congressman E. W. Martin and the delegates of five different tribal representatives, relative to the Black Hills treaty of 1876; a typed description of...
Dates: 1882-1963

Bertha Ott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ott
Abstract

Business papers of Chicago concert manager Bertha Ott, including box office statements, photographs, correspondence, and programs. Ott was secretary to the impresario F. Wight Neumann for 20 years. After his death in 1924, she continued his work by forming her own company and managing concerts at the Auditorium Theatre, Studebaker Theatre, Civic Opera House, and a variety of other venues.

Dates: 1890s-1961; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1961

Claudia Cassidy papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cassidy
Abstract

Articles and reviews, correspondence, broadcast scripts, photographs, and clippings of the Chicago Tribune performing arts critic from 1942 to 1965. Cassidy wrote her influential "On the Aisle" column for the Tribune, then wrote freelance criticism and hosted a weekly program of arts criticism for WFMT, helping to shape the course of music, theater, and dance in Chicago.

Dates: 1880s-1996; Majority of material found within 1930-1985

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

Chicago Reader photographs: Performance collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago Reader PP
Abstract

Publicity and live photographs of Midwest area dance, drama, comedy, and music performers and performances from the files of the Chicago Reader weekly newspaper.

Dates: approximately 1960s-2006; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000

John K. Hillers photographs of Zuni, Hopi and Rio Grande River Pueblos in New Mexico and Arizona

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Photographs-box-94-96
Abstract

From 1879 to 1882, John K. Hillers traveled to the Southwest with Frank Hamilton Cushing and James Stevenson under the auspices of the Bureau of American Ethnology. This collection of 72 photographic prints consists of Hillers’ photographic record of the pueblos, archeological ruins, and peoples of Arizona and New Mexico taken during this trip. These photographs are part of the Edward E. Ayer Photograph Collection.

Dates: 1879-1882

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

Robert Bruce Morrison papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-MorrisonR
Abstract

Collection of publishing executive Robert Bruce Morrison, spouse of photographer Helen Balfour Morrison. Includes business correspondence, examples of advertising and marketing materials from several businesses, personal correspondence, and photographs by Helen Balfour Morrison.

Dates: 1845-1966; Majority of material found within 1927-1966

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Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 8
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 4
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 4
Graham, Martha 4
Weidman, Charles 4
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American Ballet Theatre 3
Chicago Opera Ballet 3
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 3
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 3
Lyric Opera of Chicago 3
Morrison, Helen Balfour, 1900-1984 3
New York City Ballet 3
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 3
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 3
Arpino, Gerald 2
Art Institute of Chicago 2
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Balanchine, George 2
Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil 2
Barzel, Ann 2
Bornarth, Christine 2
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 2
Chicago City Ballet 2
Chicago Moving Company 2
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 2
Cunningham, Merce 2
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 2
Doris Humphrey Society 2
Edward E. Ayer Photograph Collection (Newberry Library) 2
Ellis, Richard, 1918-2010 2
Fernandez, Royes 2
Frederking, William 2
Gongora, Anthony 2
Ho, Suet May 2
Howard, Alan, 1930- 2
Jan Erkert and Dancers 2
Kriza, John 2
Limón, José 2
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 2
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 2
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 2
Newhouse, Kathie 2
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 2
Olshansky, Eugene 2
Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 2
Royal Ballet 2
Ruth Page Foundation 2
Schulze, Mark 2
Shearer, Sybil 2
Shineflug, Nana 2
Stodelle, Ernestine 2
Stone, Bentley 2
Stone-Camryn School of Ballet 2
Tallchief, Maria 2
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 2
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 2
Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994 2
Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 1
Africana Dancers 1
Ailey, Alvin 1
Aldis, Arthur T. 1
Allard, Edith, 1927-2012 1
Allied Arts Corp. (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Allison, Keith, 1932-1980 (dance teacher) 1
Allyn, Angela 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 1
American Ballet Caravan (New York, N.Y.) 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 1
Aragno, Anna 1
Arts Club of Chicago 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Badolato, Bill 1
Badolato, Dean 1
Baker, Anna 1
Balaban & Katz 1
Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
Balkenhol, Stephan, 1957- 1
Ballet Guild of Chicago 1
Ballets russes 1
Baril, Elmer J. 1
Barnes, Bessie 1
Barnes-Carruthers 1
Barr, Howard, 1922-2014 1
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- 1
Baum, Edna Lucile 1
Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company 1
Beard, Dewey 1
Beaumont, Cyril W. (Cyril William), 1891-1976 1
Bedells, Phyllis, 1893-1985 1
Benette, Margaret 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1
Bikel, Theodore 1
Black Elk, 1863-1950 1
Bleamer family 1
Blue Sky, Jessie 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Bolger, Ray 1
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