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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
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

Zwiefka family dance papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Zwiefka
Abstract

Materials related to Evelyn Zwiefka's, Grace Zwiefka Thuis's, and Diane Lewandowski's dance instruction in Chicago primarily through the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Public School District. The women specialized in ballet, folk, Hawaiian, Polish, and Spanish dance.

Dates: 1890-1987; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1960
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

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
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

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
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

James Francis Driscoll collection of American sheet music

 Collection
Identifier: Driscoll
Abstract The James Francis Driscoll collection of American sheet music, amassed by engineer and organist J. Francis Driscoll (1875-1959), is one of the largest and most representative collections of its kind. The approximated 80,000 pieces of sheet music and related material were arranged into sections by Driscoll himself, and reflect his collecting interests and preferences. Some of the music is arranged according to imprint information (i.e. American imprints, publishers’ imprints, illustrated...
Dates: approximately 1770s-1959
Found in: The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives

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Cultural property -- Poland 1
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Dance music -- Scores 1
Dance teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Dance teachers -- United States 1
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Fliers (printed matter) 1
Folk dancing, Mexican 1
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Folk dancing, Yoruba 1
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Minstrel music -- United States 1
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Africana Dancers 1
Balaban & Katz 1
Balanchine, George 1
Barnes-Carruthers 1
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 1
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Cavan, Jack 1
Chalif, Louis H. (Louis Harvey), 1876-1948 1
Chicago Ballet 1
Chicago City Ballet 1
Chicago Opera Ballet 1
Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957 1
Driscoll, J. Francis (James Francis), 1875-1959 1
Edgewater Beach Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Gallinot, Ruth, Dr. 1
Hild, Dorothy 1
Kostal, Irwin 1
Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968 1
Lambert, Ainsley 1
Lewandowski, Diane 1
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 1
Lyric Opera of Chicago 1
Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 1
Mejia, Paul 1
Muehlhausen, Beulah E. 1
Newhouse, Kathie 1
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 1
Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931 1
Ruth Page Foundation 1
Ruth Page's International Ballet Company 1
Serova, Sonia 1
Snyder, Bill 1
Stone, Bentley 1
Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899 1
Tallchief, Maria 1
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 1
Thuis, Grace Zwiefka 1
Wells High School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
YMCA of the USA 1
YWCA of the U.S.A. 1
Zwiefka family 1
Zwiefka, Evelyn 1
Zwiefka, Helen 1
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