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Scrapbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Sherwood Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Anderson
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, audiovisual material, royalty statements, personal financial records, artifacts, miscellaneous ephemera, autographed works, and literary manuscripts (many unpublished; also fragments, notes, and tentative sketches for short stories) of Chicago Literary Renaissance novelist and poet best known for his 1919 novel, Winesburg, Ohio.

Dates: 1872-1992

Solomon Mills Cottle, Sr. scrapbook containing Civil War reminiscences from the Tifton gazette (Tifton, Ga.)

 Item
Identifier: Modern-MS-50
Abstract Scrapbook containing 1910 and 1911 clippings from the Tifton gazette, a newspaper based in Tifton, Georgia that began publication in 1888. The clippings are published letters written by Solomon Mills Cottle, Sr. (1840-1918) to the Gazette, in which he reminisces about his service in the Civil War. Mills was a lieutenant in Company B of the 17th Georgia Regiment. Also included are typed transcriptions of Cottle's letters and a 1985 letter from Robert T. Morrell, the publisher of the Gazette,...
Dates: 1910-1911

Stanton, Schilling, and Parsons family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-SSP
Abstract

Family history of the three main branches of a large Chicago based family. Includes over eight generations of correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, and diaries, following family members across the United States, Europe, and the Philippines. Material relates to the biographical information of many family members, including their careers, family life, and hobbies.

Dates: 1733-2015; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1980

Stella Skiff Jannotta scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Jannotta
Abstract Three disbound scrapbooks compiled by Stella Skiff Jannotta for her youngest son, Joseph Edwin Jannotta, in the early 1930s. Titled, “The Evolution of a Man: Joseph Edwin Jannotta, His Story in Pictures,” the volumes contain a variety of materials including photographs, correspondence, clippings, programs, and family histories along with Stella Jannotta’s extensive handwritten annotations. Also includes separated materials related to the family and the founding of Jewel Tea Company by the...
Dates: 1801-1996; Majority of material found within 1850-1930

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

Wacker family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wacker
Abstract

Papers of Chicago Plan Commission head, Charles H. Wacker, his immediate family, and the family of his daughter, Rosalie Wacker Zimmerman. Includes correspondence, photographs, artifacts, keepsakes, films, and scrapbooks spanning five generations.

Dates: 1812-2002; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1970

William Edward Parsons papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Parsons
Abstract

Professional and personal materials and photographs of Chicago architect and city planner William Edward Parsons.

Dates: 1873-1992; Majority of material found within 1873 - 1939

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