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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

Judith and Bruce Sagan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Sagan
Abstract Material relating to the business career of Judith Sagan who founded the Harper Theater Dance Festival with her husband Bruce Sagan in 1965. This organization became the Harper Dance Foundation in 1970. A large portion of the collection concerns the Illinois Arts Council which supported the Sagans’ festival activities and on whose board both later served. Includes articles, clippings, correspondence, contracts, grant applications, programs, notes and other miscellaneous items concerning both...
Dates: 1965-1986

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Hubbard
Abstract

Hubbard Street Dance Company (renamed Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 1993) was founded by dancer and choreographer Lou Conte in 1977 and has become one of the most successful and most internationally known dance companies to hail from Chicago. Records include administrative files, publicity materials, and audiovisual records of performances of the company.

Dates: 1971-2014

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

Ernestine Stodelle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Stodelle
Abstract

Collection of files kept by Ernestine Stodelle regarding her professional life as dancer, teacher, author and dance critic. Material relates to Stodelle’s own career and her association with dance figures Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Jose Limon and Louis Horst. Consists of correspondence, articles, clippings, lectures, programs, reviews, tributes, photographs, dance descriptions and reconstructions.

Dates: 1925-2006

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

Edna Lucile Baum Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Baum
Abstract

Material relating to Chicago dance teacher and author Edna Lucile Baum, which includes incoming correspondence, writings, photographs, programs, dance notations and other miscellaneous printed items, scrapbooks and notebooks.

Dates: 1890-1981

Christina Olson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Olson
Abstract

Material relating to Chicago dancer Christina Olson, who at the age of twelve performed as a Turkish dancer in the Turkish Theater at the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893. Includes music school diploma, hand-written documents concerning her employment and performances, her marriage certificate and two photographs. Also, three items relating to the Exposition – a general ticket of admission, her passbook and a program for the Turkish Theater.

Dates: 1891-1918

Dean Diggins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Diggins
Abstract

Material regarding Diggins’s career as a tap dancer and teacher, including class notes while studying with Paul Draper, plus clippings, photographs, programs, publicity items and scrapbooks relating to his ten years as a part of the Mattison Trio. Also, his choreographic notes for tap routines composed for classical music and audio and video tapes of some of those dances.

Dates: 1956-1995

Krassner School of Theatre Arts records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Krassner
Abstract Documents, photographs and artifacts reflecting the history of the dance and theater schools founded and run by the Chicago Krassner sisters, both in Illinois and California, from 1924 to 1978. Includes letters, announcements, clippings, cue cards, instruction sheets and scripts, programs, miscellaneous memorabilia and a large collection of photographs. Also, a history of the Krassner schools by the son of Blossom Krassner, Paul J. Hartman, and artifacts consisting of a videocassette, two...
Dates: 1906-1997

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

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

Lillian Lipson ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lipson
Abstract

Around 150 pieces of ephemera, primarily performing arts, collected by Lillian Lipson. Collection includes programs, playbills, flyers, advertisements, tickets, menus, postcards, and brochures from dance, theater, and music performances in Chicago along with materials from local businesses and attractions.

Dates: 1933-1981

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

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Long, Larry, 1936-2009 2
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Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 2
Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 2
Ruth Page Foundation 2
Stone, Bentley 2
Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 1
Adolphus Hotel (Dallas, Tex.) 1
Albers, Charles H. 1
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All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts 1
Allard, Edith, 1927-2012 1
Allied Arts Corp. (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
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Bataille, Claire 1
Baum, Edna Lucile 1
Beaumont, Cyril W. (Cyril William), 1891-1976 1
Beck, Bruce, 1916-2009 1
Benette, Margaret 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1
Bibliotheca Wittockiana 1
Bikel, Theodore 1
Booklyn Artists Alliance 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Boulanger, Nadia 1
Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-2010 1
Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957 1
Branstrom, William J. 1
Braque, Georges, 1882-1963 1
Braun, Eric, 1923-1970 1
Bremer Presse 1
Brighton Press 1
Brown, Edward E. (Edward Eagle), 1885-1959 1
Bruscantini, Sesto 1
Budd, Ralph, 1879-1962 1
Butterworth Center (Moline, Ill.) 1
Cage, John 1
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 1
California Insurance Company 1
Camryn, Walter 1
Capehart, Homer E. (Homer Earl), 1897-1979 1
Carpenter, Rue Winterbotham, -1931 1
Cemin, Saint Clair 1
Centro del bel libro (Ascona, Switzerland) 1
Cerrudo, Alejandro 1
Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985 1
Challenge Machinery Company 1
Chapman, Elizabeth Fuller 1
Chase, Lucia, 1897-1986 1
Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. 1
Chicago Ballet 1
Chicago Central Area Committee 1
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Chicago City Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Chicago Clearing House Association 1
Chicago Historical Society 1
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Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Conte, Lou 1
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Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague, 1864-1953 1
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 1
Cottong, Kathy 1
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 1
Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 1
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