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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

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

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

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

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

Hope Abelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Abelson
Abstract

Materials related to the theater career, business, and personal life of Chicago theater producer and philanthropist Hope Abelson, including scripts, theater mementos, correspondence, financial documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video recordings.

Dates: 1914-2008; Majority of material found within 1949-2006

John Doctoroff papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Doctoroff
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, exhibition programs, and prints relating to Chicago-based portrait artist John Doctoroff.

Dates: 1924-1967

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Chicago Opera Ballet 3
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 3
Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 2
Stone, Bentley 2
Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 1
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Adolphus Hotel (Dallas, Tex.) 1
Albers, Charles H. 1
Aldis, Arthur T. 1
All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
Ambassador East Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Anshe Emet Synagogue (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Arts Club of Chicago 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Baird, Warner G. 1
Balkenhol, Stephan, 1957- 1
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1
Bank, Marji 1
Benette, Margaret 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1
Bikel, Theodore 1
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 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
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
Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985 1
Chapman, Elizabeth Fuller 1
Chicago Ballet 1
Chicago Clearing House Association 1
Chicago Historical Society 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1
Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Christensen, Grace 1
Christoff, Boris 1
Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague, 1864-1953 1
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 1
Cottong, Kathy 1
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 1
Cunningham, Merce 1
Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 1
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997 1
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 1
Davis, Mitchell P. 1
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951 1
Diggins, Dean 1
Dillard University 1
Doctoroff, John, 1893-1970 1
Doctoroff, Rose, 1893-1956 1
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 1
Drake Hotel 1
Draper, Paul, 1909-1996 1
Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985 1
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 1
Dutton, Mary L. 1
Dux, Claire, 1885-1967 1
Edwards Place (Springfield, Ill.) 1
Eglevsky, André 1
Eisendrath, William N. 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 1
Engelhard, Benjamin M., 1868-1948 1
Ernst, Max, 1891-1976 1
Fairbank, Miriam 1
Federal Life Insurance Company (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Fernandez, Royes 1
Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976 1
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 1
Freehling, Stanley 1
Gallagher and Ascher, Inc. 1
Garfinkle, Ann 1
Garfinkle, Henry, 1903-1983 1
Gerber, Daniel F., 1898-1974 1
Gerber, Frank D., 1873-1952 1
Gerstenberg, Alice 1
Gilmore, Eugene Stuart 1
Gobbi, Tito 1
Goldsmith, Dorothy 1
Goldsmith, Ellen, 1926-2007 1
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Gould, Morton, 1913-1996 1
Graham, Martha 1
Haley, Alex 1
Hamilton, Isaac Miller 1
Harris, Paul Percy, 1868-1947 1
Hektoen, Eleanor 1
Hirschberg, Abram, 1876-1950 1
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