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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

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

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

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

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

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

Goodman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman Family
Abstract

Papers, letters, photograph albums, cards, genealogical materials, diaries, and travel memorabilia from the family of Marjorie Sawyer Goodman Graff, daughter of playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, and her mother, Marjorie Robbins Hopkins.

Dates: 1795-2003; Majority of material found within 1880-1995

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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Los Angeles (Calif.) 2
Philanthropists -- United States 2
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Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 2
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AIDS (Disease) and the arts 1
Agnosticism 1
Art -- Exhibitions 1
Art patrons -- United States 1
Artillerymen 1
Astrology 1
Autographs -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Ballet dancers 1
Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs 1
Ballet programs 1
Ballroom dancers 1
Birth control 1
Bottle feeding 1
Breastfeeding 1
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) 1
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Calligraphy (visual works) 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chater (Man.) 1
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 1
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China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Choreographers -- United States 1
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Clippings -- 2001-2050 1
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Community theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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Cuba -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
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Elmhurst (Ill.) 1
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Golf 1
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Hollywood (Fla.) 1
Housekeeping 1
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 1
Japan -- Description and travel -- 20th century 1
Jewish artists -- United States 1
Jewish painters 1
Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 2
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 2
New York City Ballet 2
Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 1
Adolphus Hotel (Dallas, Tex.) 1
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Albers, Charles H. 1
All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
Ambassador East Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) 1
American Red Cross 1
Anshe Emet Synagogue (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Baird, Warner G. 1
Ballets russes 1
Bank, Marji 1
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1
Bikel, Theodore 1
Branstrom, William J. 1
Brown, Edward E. (Edward Eagle), 1885-1959 1
Bruscantini, Sesto 1
Budd, Ralph, 1879-1962 1
Butterworth Center (Moline, Ill.) 1
Capehart, Homer E. (Homer Earl), 1897-1979 1
Chicago Clearing House Association 1
Chicago Historical Society 1
Chicago Opera Ballet 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1
Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Christoff, Boris 1
Cook, Mollie Price 1
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 1
Dance Notation Bureau (New York, N.Y.) 1
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997 1
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 1
Davis, Mitchell P. 1
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951 1
Dewey, Ken 1
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Dillard University 1
Doctoroff, John, 1893-1970 1
Doctoroff, Rose, 1893-1956 1
Doris Humphrey Society 1
Drake Hotel 1
Dutton, Mary L. 1
Edwards Place (Springfield, Ill.) 1
Eglevsky, André 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 1
Engelhard, Benjamin M., 1868-1948 1
Federal Life Insurance Company (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Fernandez, Royes 1
Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976 1
Francis W. Parker School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 1
Garfinkle, Ann 1
Garfinkle, Henry, 1903-1983 1
Gerber, Daniel F., 1898-1974 1
Gerber, Frank D., 1873-1952 1
Gilmore, Blanche 1
Gilmore, Eugene Stuart 1
Gobbi, Tito 1
Goldsmith, Dorothy 1
Goldsmith, Ellen, 1926-2007 1
Goodman family 1
Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer, 1883-1918 1
Graff, Marjorie Sawyer Goodman, 1914-2009 1
Graham, Martha 1
Hamilton, Isaac Miller 1
Harman, Lillian 1
Harman, Moses, 1830-1910 1
Harris, Paul Percy, 1868-1947 1
Hirschberg, Abram, 1876-1950 1
Holden, Stanley 1
Hollywood Beach Hotel (Hollywood, Fla.) 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Horner, Henry, 1878-1940 1
Horst, Louis 1
Hotel Belvedere (Baltimore, Md.) 1
Howard, Alan, 1930- 1
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 1
Illinois State Fair 1
International Creative Artists and Craftsmen's Guild 1
Johnston, Arthur Oliver, 1890-1972 1
Johnston, Chester 1
Johnston, Robert Harman, 1920-2011 1
Johnston, Virna Harman Walker 1
José Limón Dance Company 1
Kaye, Danny 1
Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987 1
Kazan, Elia 1
Kenosha Historical Art Museum (Kenosha, Wis.) 1
Kitt, Eartha 1
Korrick, Blanche Becker, 1897-1987 1
Kraus, Alfredo 1
Kriza, John 1
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 1
League of Chicago Theatres 1
Levy, Ruth 1
Liberace, 1919-1987 1
Limón, José 1
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
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