TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Theater Career, 1949-2004
Subseries 1: Early Work, 1949-1952
Subseries 2: Cheryl Crawford Productions, 1952-1999
Subseries 3: Phoenix Theatre, 1953-1995
Subseries 4: Broadway, 1951-2002
Subseries 5: Stratford Festival, 1969-2004
Series 2: Philanthropy, 1946-2007
Subseries 1: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1988-2005
Subseries 2: Goodman Theatre, 1988-2006
Subseries 3: Northwestern University, 1980-2006
Subseries 4: University of Chicago, 1976-2005
Subseries 5: Other Projects, 1946-2007
Subseries 1: Autographed Scripts, 1994-2006
Subseries 2: Biographical, 1957-2005
Subseries 3: Correspondence, 1962-2006
Subseries 4: Honors and Awards, 1969-2006
Subseries 5: Miscellaneous, 1967-2005
Subseries 6: Speaking Engagements, 1983-1998
Subseries 7: Theatrical Investments, 1956-2003
Subseries 8: Travel, 1973-1998
Subseries 9: Newberry Library Exhibit. All the World's A Stage: Hope Abelson's Life in Theatre, 2008
Series 4: Photographs, 1914-2005
Subseries 1: Personal and Career,1914-2006
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Inventory of the Hope Abelson Papers, ca. 1914-2008, bulk 1949-2006
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Kelly Kress, 2008. ©2008. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 |
| Title | Hope Abelson Papers |
| Dates | 1914-2008 |
| Dates | bulk 1949-2006 |
| Extent | 14.8 linear feet (26 boxes, 1 oversize box) |
| 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. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Abelson |
| Collection Stack Location | 3A 26 2 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Hope Abelson Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift of Katherine A. Abelson, 2008.
Processed by
Kelly Kress, 2008.
Access
The Hope Abelson Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Hope Abelson Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Hope Abelson
Chicago-based theater producer and arts activist.
Hope Abelson was born Hope Altman on September 21, 1910, and grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. As a child she expressed a strong interest in the arts, studying dance as a teenager and then theater as a student at Northwestern University. She also worked in radio drama, playing an occasional soap opera role as well as acting in other national programs originating in Chicago.
She met Chicago businessman Lester Ableson through family friends, and married him in 1933. The couple had two children, son Stuart and daughter Katherine. During World War II, Abelson served as director of the Red Cross Speaker's Bureau, urging the community to donate blood and contribute to the war effort. During this time she was also involved in booking local and touring entertainment acts for area military hospitals. After the war, Abelson became involved in Chicago's suburban summer stock theater, first helping to establish Wheeling's Chevy Chase Theatre in 1949, then working with the Music Theater in Highland Park from 1950-1952. In 1952 she met New York producer Cheryl Crawford, founder of the Actors' Studio, who offered her a job as a production assistant on the Tennessee Williams play Camino Real. Charged with handling script revisions, Abelson was responsible for inserting Williams' handwritten addendums into the script before director Elia Kazan arrived for the day.
Dividing her time between New York City and Glencoe, IL, Abelson worked with New York productions for the next fifteen years, both as staff and as independent producer, in Broadway and off-Broadway theater. Her producer credits include N. Richard Nash's The Rainmaker in 1954, Molly Kazan's The Egghead in 1957, and Peter Shaffer's Royal Hunt of the Sun in 1965. She also worked off-Broadway with the Phoenix Theatre and helped director Robert Whitehead establish Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater.
Returning permanently to Chicago in the late 1960s, Abelson again put her energies toward local theater, particularly the emerging off-Loop scene, providing both financial support and advice to young companies such as Victory Gardens Theatre and Steppenwolf Theatre. She was also instrumental in bringing the American Conservatory Theater to Chicago's Ravinia Festival in 1966, and helped bring the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada to Chicago for their initial 1969 visit. In addition, Abelson and her husband Lester provided generous support for the construction of Court Theatre's new building at the University of Chicago, Lester Abelson's alma mater. The Lester and Hope Abelson Auditorium opened in 1981.
Abelson was most interested in creating professional and educational opportunities for artists. She endowed and helped develop a variety of programs for this purpose, including the Lester and Hope Abelson Fund for Artistic Development at the Goodman Theatre, the Hope Abelson Artist-in-Residence at Northwestern University, and the Hope Abelson Artistic Initiative Fund at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She was also instrumental in developing the Chicago Associates of the Stratford Festival, which continues to underwrite one or two young Chicago actors each year, allowing them to participate in the Stratford Festival's training program and full repertory season in Stratford, Ontario. Other arts organizations receiving her support included the Art Institute of Chicago, the Lyric Opera, the Ravinia Festival, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Cultural Center Foundation, and the Chicago Humanities Festival. She was the recipient of numerous citations and awards, including a Red Cross service award (1946), Rosary College's Bravo Award (1988), an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Lincoln College (1992), and the Illinois Art Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award (1997). In addition, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley proclamed Thursday, December 3, 1988, to be Hope Abelson Day. She was honored by the Chicago Associates of the Stratford Festival in 1999 with the gala event Much Ado About Something, and by the League of Chicago Theatres in 2001 during the event Showtime 2001: A Salute to Hope Abelson.
Hope Abelson died in 2006, a few weeks before her ninety-sixth birthday. After her death, the Lester and Hope Abelson Fund for the Performing Arts she established earlier became fully funded, enabling two monetary awards, known as "Hopies," for emerging arts groups each year. The first awards, in 2007, were given to Chicago's Congo Square Theatre Company and Silk Road Theatre Project. The 2008 recipients were Luna Negra Dance Theatre and the off-Loop theater company Collaboraction.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Materials related to Hope Abelson's theater career, philanthropy, and personal life.
Theater materials include scripts, playbills, posters, and other mementos, as well as Abelson's personal notes and diaries. The philanthropy series is comprised of correspondence, publicity, and administrative documents, and personal items include correspondence with family and friends, research, materials related to awards and speaking engagements, travel mementos and a variety of biographical writings and clippings, including Abelson's contribution to the Jews of Chicago oral history project. A scrapbook compiles mementos and letters of congratulation from "Much Ado About Something," the Chicago Associates of Stratford Festival's 1999 tribute to Hope Abelson's 50 years in theatre, and other highlights of Abelson's theater career.
The collection also includes photographs of Abelson with family and friends and at various events, and on her many travels. There is a small series of audio visual items, primarily comprised of interviews with Abelson, as well as awards and honorary events.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Theater Career, 1949-2004
- Subseries 1: Early Work, 1949-1952
- Subseries 2: Cheryl Crawford Productions, 1952-1999
- Subseries 3: Phoenix Theatre, 1953-1995
- Subseries 4: Broadway, 1951-2002
- Subseries 5: Stratford Festival, 1969-2004
- Series 2: Philanthropy, 1946-2007
- Subseries 1: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1988-2005
- Subseries 2: Goodman Theatre, 1988-2006
- Subseries 3: Northwestern University, 1980-2006
- Subseries 4: University of Chicago, 1976-2005
- Subseries 5: Other Projects, 1946-2007
- Series 3: Personal, 1956-2008
- Subseries 1: Autographed Scripts, 1994-2006
- Subseries 2: Biographical, 1957-2005
- Subseries 3: Correspondence, 1962-2006
- Subseries 4: Honors and Awards, 1969-2006
- Subseries 5: Miscellaneous, 1967-2005
- Subseries 6: Speaking Engagements, 1983-1998
- Subseries 7: Theatrical Investments, 1956-2003
- Subseries 8: Travel, 1973-1998
- Subseries 9: Newberry Library Exhibit. All the World's A Stage: Hope Abelson's Life in Theatre, 2008
- Series 4: Photographs, 1914-2005
- Subseries 1: Personal and Career,1914-2006
- Subseries 2: Travel, 1978-1998
- Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1999. Box(es) 24
- Series 6: Audio-Visual, ca. 1950s/2006. Box(es)
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006
- Abelson, Hope. Interviews
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986
- Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.)
- Kazan, Elia
- League of Chicago Theatres
- Lookingglass Theatre Company
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Communication
- Phoenix Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company
- Stratford Festival (Ont.)
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
Subjects
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
- Clippings -- 1901-1950
- Clippings -- 1951-2000
- Clippings -- 2001-2050
- Community theater -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
- Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Off-Broadway theater
- Package tours
- Personal correspondence -- 1951-2000
- Personal correspondence -- 2001-2050
- Philanthropists -- United States
- Photographs -- 1901-1950
- Photographs -- 1951-2000
- Photographs -- 2001-2050
- Playbills -- 1901-1950
- Playbills -- 1951-2000
- Playbills -- 2001-2050
- Producers
- Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000
- Scrapbooks -- 2001-2050
- Theater architecture
- Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Theater -- Production and direction
- Theater -- Production and direction -- History -- 20th century --Sources
- Theater -- Soviet Union.
- Theater programs -- 1901-1950
- Theater programs -- 1951-2000
- Theater programs -- 2001-2050
- Video recordings -- 1951-2000
- Video recordings -- 2001-2050
- Women theatrical producers and directors--United States
- Works of art -- 1951-2000
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Container List
Series 1: Theater Career, 1949-2004 |
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| Materials pertaining to Hope Abelson's career in theater, including scripts, posters, playbills, correspondence, clippings, and production notes. Some of her earliest theater-related work is represented with items from her WWII-era service in Chicago Women's Aid, as well as Chicago's Music Theater in Highland Park, Ill. Abelson's New York City period includes materials from her work with producer Cheryl Crawford on Camino Real, The Thirteen Clocks, and Trouble in Tahiti, the Broadway productions of The Egghead, the Rainmaker, Royal Hunt of the Sun, and Siegel Street, and productions of The Golden Apple and Madame Will You Walk? from the Off-Broadway Phoenix Theatre. Also included are documents chronicling Abelson's involvement with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Ontario, Canada, and her efforts to establish the Chicago Associates of the Stratford Festival. | |||||||||||
| Organized in the following five subseries: Early Work, 1949-1952; Cheryl Crawford Productions, 1952-1999; Phoenix Theatre, 1953-1995; Broadway, 1951-2002; and Stratford Festival, 1969-2004. | |||||||||||
Sub-Series 1: Early Work, 1949-1952 |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Chicago Women's Aid, 1949 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Chicago Music Theater poster (see oversize), ca. 1952 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 2: Cheryl Crawford Productions, 1952-1999 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Camino Real - clippings, 1953-1999 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Camino Real - clippings (from scrapbook), 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Camino Real - comments by Tennessee Williams, 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Camino Real - correspondence, 1952-1968 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Camino Real - notes to and from Elia Kazan, 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Camino Real - playbills, 1953-1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Camino Real - production notes, 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Camino Real - script (annotated), 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | The Thirteen Clocks/Trouble in Tahiti - clippings, 1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | The Thirteen Clocks/Trouble in Tahiti - correspondence, 1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | The Thirteen Clocks/Trouble in Tahiti - playbills, 1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | The Thirteen Clocks - script (annotated), ca. 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Trouble in Tahiti - score (bound & annotated), 1953 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 3: Phoenix Theatre, 1953-1995 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | The Golden Apple - clippings, 1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | The Golden Apple - notes, 1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | The Golden Apple - playbills, 1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | The Golden Apple - reproduction by Pegasus Players, 1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | The Golden Apple - script, 1953 | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | Madam Will You Walk? - playbill, 1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Madame Will You Walk? - script, 1953 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Miscellaneous clippings, 1954 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 4: Broadway, 1951-2002 |
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| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | The Rainmaker - correspondence, congratulatory, 1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | The Rainmaker - correspondence, congratulatory (from scrapbook), 1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | The Rainmaker - clippings, 1955 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | The Rainmaker - clippings (from scrapbook; see oversize), 1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | The Rainmaker - financial, 1954-1957 | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | The Rainmaker - playbills, 1954-1955 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | The Rainmaker - poster (see oversize), 1998 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | The Rainmaker - production notes, 1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 32 | The Rainmaker - script (annotated), 1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 33 | The Rainmaker - staff & cost lists, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 34 | The Egghead - artwork (see oversize), ca. 1957 | |||||||||
| 2 | 35 | The Egghead - clippings & publicity (removed from scrapbook; see also oversize), 1957 | |||||||||
| 2 | 36 | The Egghead - clippings, 1957 | |||||||||
| 2 | 37 | The Egghead - correspondence, congratulatory, 1957 | |||||||||
| 3 | 38 | The Egghead - correspondence with investors, 1957 | |||||||||
| 3 | 39 | The Egghead - financial, 1957-1958 | |||||||||
| 3 | 40 | The Egghead - playbills, 1957 | |||||||||
| 3 | 41 | The Egghead - posters (see oversize), ca. 1957 | |||||||||
| 3 | 42 | The Egghead - publicity, 1957 | |||||||||
| 3 | 43 | The Egghead - script, 1957 | |||||||||
| 3 | 44 | Siegel Street - script, ca. 1954 | |||||||||
| 3 | 45 | Siegel Street - clippings, 1961 | |||||||||
| 3 | 46 | Royal Hunt of the Sun - clippings, 1965 | |||||||||
| 3 | 47 | Royal Hunt of the Sun - correspondence, 1965 | |||||||||
| 3 | 48 | Royal Hunt of the Sun - correspondence, business, 1965-1968 | |||||||||
| 3 | 49 | Royal Hunt of the Sun - correspondence, production, 1965 | |||||||||
| 3 | 50 | Royal Hunt of the Sun - financial, 1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 51 | Royal Hunt of the Sun - financial statements, 1968-1973 | |||||||||
| 4 | 52 | Royal Hunt of the Sun - limited partnership agreement, 1965-1971 | |||||||||
| 4 | 53 | Royal Hunt of the Sun - miscellaneous, 1965-2002 | |||||||||
| 4 | 54 | Royal Hunt of the Sun - notes, 1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 55 | Royal Hunt of the Sun - playbills, 1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 56 | Royal Hunt of the Sun - posters (see oversize), ca. 1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 57 | Royal Hunt of the Sun - script (annotated), 1965 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 5: Stratford Festival, 1969-2004 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 4 | 58 | 20th Anniversary commemorative folder, 1972 | |||||||||
| 4 | 59 | Act III, 1995 | |||||||||
| 4 | 60 | Advisory commission on financing the arts in Illinois (annotated), 1971 | |||||||||
| 4 | 60a | Artwork - Barlow, Alan. "The Bacchae: 1st Rough for 1st Attendant to Agave." costume design sketch, 1992 | |||||||||
| 4 | 60b | Artwork - Clark, Patrick. "Duke Frederick: As You Like It." costume design sketch presented to Hope Abelson in appreciation, 1987 | |||||||||
| 4 | 61 | By-laws and articles of incorporation, 1998 | |||||||||
| 4 | 62 | Correspondence - congratulatory (removed from scrapbook), 1968-1969 | |||||||||
| 4 | 63 | Chicago Associates of Stratford America, 1997 | |||||||||
| 4 | 64 | Chorus article, 1985 | |||||||||
| 4 | 65 | Clippings, 1968-1969 | |||||||||
| 4 | 66 | Clippings (scrapbook) see oversize, 1969 | |||||||||
| 4 | 67 | Clippings, 1985 | |||||||||
| 4 | 68 | Clippings, 1998-2003 | |||||||||
| 5 | 69 | Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training, 2003-2004 | |||||||||
| 5 | 70 | Correspondence - general, 1981-2003 | |||||||||
| 5 | 71 | Correspondence - financial, 1985-2004 | |||||||||
| 5 | 72 | Financials, 1969-2003 | |||||||||
| 5 | 73 | Heeley, Desmond, 2003 | |||||||||
| 5 | 74 | King Lear & Twelfth Night performances, 1985 | |||||||||
| 5 | 75 | Mementos & Miscellaneous (removed from scrapbook), 1969 | |||||||||
| 5 | 76 | Memorial catalog: Tanya Moiseiwitsch, 2003 | |||||||||
| 5 | 77 | Memorial catalog: Tom Patterson, 2005 | |||||||||
| 5 | 78 | Playbill: 1953 season, with note from Desmond Heeley, 1953 | |||||||||
| 5 | 79 | Poster: Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training, autographed to Hope Abelson (see oversize), 1999 | |||||||||
| 5 | 80 | Poster: Hamlet & The Alchemist, 2 copies (see oversize), 1969 | |||||||||
| 5 | 81 | Press releases & promotional material: King Lear & Twelfth Night, 1985 | |||||||||
| 5 | 82 | Scripts: Hamlet & The Alchemist, 1969 | |||||||||
| 5 | 83 | Senate updates & annual report, 1996-2006 | |||||||||
| 5 | 84 | Sponsor prospects & promotions, 1968-1969 | |||||||||
| 5 | 85 | Stratford America/Chicago Associates, 1997-2001 | |||||||||
| 5 | 86 | Playbills, stuffers, mailers: Studebaker Theater, 1969 | |||||||||
| 5 | 87 | Toronto trip - itinerary, notes, 2002 | |||||||||
| 5 | 88 | Young Artists Program, 1998 | |||||||||
Series 2: Philanthropy, 1946-2007 |
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| Materials detailing Hope Abelson's many philanthropic activities, primarily with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Goodman Theatre, the Hope Abelson Artist in Residence Program at Northwestern University, and the Court Theatre at the University of Chicago. Items include correspondence, publicity, and administrative documents, as well as architectural drawings and plans for the University of Chicago's Court Theatre. | |||||||||||
| Organized in the following five subseries: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1988-2005; Goodman Theatre, 1988-2006; Northwestern University, 1980-2006; University of Chicago, 1976-2005; and Other Projects, 1946-2007. | |||||||||||
Sub-Series 1: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1988-2005 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 6 | 89 | Australia & New Zealand tour, 1988 | |||||||||
| 6 | 90 | By-laws of the Orchestral Association, 1991 | |||||||||
| 6 | 91 | Hope Abelson Artistic Initiative Fund, 1988-2005 | |||||||||
| 6 | 92 | Minutes: Long Range Planning Committee, Artistic Committee, Modern Music Task Force, 1996-2004 | |||||||||
| 6 | 93 | Musical Life in the Soviet Union: clippings, 1991 | |||||||||
| 6 | 94 | Musical Life in the Soviet Union: miscellaneous, 1991 | |||||||||
| 6 | 95 | Patron's tour of Leningrad, Moscow, Budapest, Vienna: clippings, 1990 | |||||||||
| 6 | 96 | Patron's tour of Leningrad, Moscow, Budapest, Vienna: correspondence & notes, 1990 | |||||||||
| 6 | 97 | Patron's tour of Leningrad, Moscow, Budapest, Vienna: miscellaneous, 1990 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 2: Goodman Theatre, 1988-2006 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 6 | 98 | Annual Report, 2001 | |||||||||
| 6 | 99 | Inaugural Ball, Dedication & Ribbon Cutting (Hope's folder), 2000 | |||||||||
| 6 | 100 | Lester & Hope Abelson Fund for Artistic Development - clippings, 1988-2002 | |||||||||
| 6 | 101 | Lester & Hope Abelson Fund for Artistic Development - correspondence, 1988 | |||||||||
| 6 | 102 | Lester & Hope Abelson Fund for Artistic Development - press releases, 1998-2006 | |||||||||
| 6 | 103 | Lester & Hope Abelson Fund for Artistic Development - thanks & congratulations, 1995-2004 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 3: Northwestern University, 1980-2006 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 7 | 104 | Correspondence - general, 1980-2004 | |||||||||
| 7 | 105 | Fund reports, 1998-2005 | |||||||||
| 7 | 106 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence Program - administrative, 1986-2005 | |||||||||
| 7 | 107 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence Program - clippings, 2001-2003 | |||||||||
| 7 | 108 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence Program - correspondence, 1990-2006 | |||||||||
| 7 | 109 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 1990: Peter Sellars, 1990 | |||||||||
| 7 | 110 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 1992: Lloyd Richards, 1992 | |||||||||
| 7 | 111 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 1993: Desmond Heeley, 1993 | |||||||||
| 7 | 112 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 1994: Alan Ayckbourn, 1994 | |||||||||
| 7 | 113 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 1995: Stephen Sondheim, 1990-1995 | |||||||||
| 7 | 114 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 1996: Jonathan Miller, 1996 | |||||||||
| 7 | 115 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 1997: Gary Sinese, 1997 | |||||||||
| 7 | 116 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 1998: Robert LePage, 1998 | |||||||||
| 7 | 117 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 2000: Maria Irene Fornes, 2000 | |||||||||
| 7 | 118 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 2001: Brian Bedford, 2001 | |||||||||
| 7 | 119 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 2002: Tony Kushner, 2002 | |||||||||
| 7 | 120 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 2003: Cherry Jones, 2003 | |||||||||
| 7 | 121 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 2005: Meryl Streep, 2005 | |||||||||
| 7 | 122 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 2006: Bill Irwin, 2006 | |||||||||
| 7 | 123 | Hope Abelson Artist in Residence 2007/08: Bill Irwin, 2008 | |||||||||
| 7 | 124 | Lester S. Abelson Special Trust Fund, 1981 | |||||||||
| 7 | 125 | Mailing lists, 2001-2002 | |||||||||
| 7 | 126 | Proposals, 1983-2004 | |||||||||
| 7 | 127 | School of Speech, Theatre & Interpretation Center dedication, 1980 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 4: University of Chicago, 1976-2005 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
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| 7 | 128 | Court Theatre - 50th Anniversary Gala, 2005 | |||||||||
| 7 | 129 | Court Theatre - architectural drawings (from scrapbook), 1977 | |||||||||
| 7 | 130 | Court Theatre - blueprints, 1977 | |||||||||
| 7 | 131 | Court Theatre - Board of Directors, 2005 | |||||||||
| 7 | 132 | Court Theatre - correspondence, 1979-1994 | |||||||||
| 7 | 133 | Court Theatre - endowment association roster, 1994 | |||||||||
| 7 | 134 | Court Theatre - physical plan: notes & correspondence, 1976 | |||||||||
| 7 | 135 | Court Theatre - physical plan: publications, 1976 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 5: Other Projects, 1946-2007 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 8 | 136 | American Red Cross, 1946 | |||||||||
| 8 | 137 | American Cancer Society, 1961-2002 | |||||||||
| 8 | 138 | American Friends of the Royal Shakespeare Company, 1991-1999 | |||||||||
| 8 | 139 | American Friends of Theatre, 1999-2005 | |||||||||
| 8 | 140 | Art Institute of Chicago - Committee on Musuem Education, 1998-1999 | |||||||||
| 8 | 141 | Art Institute of Chicago - correspondence; contributions, (see also oversize) 1967-2004 | |||||||||
| 8 | 142 | Art Institute of Chicago - Sustaining Fellows Program Committee, 1997-2000 | |||||||||
| 8 | 143 | Auditorium Theatre Council, 1999-2000 | |||||||||
| 8 | 144 | Chicago Humanities Festival - correspondence, 2002 | |||||||||
| 8 | 145 | Chicago Opera Theatre, 1998 | |||||||||
| 8 | 146 | Field Museum of Natural History, 1992 | |||||||||
| 8 | 147 | Chicago International Theatre Festival, 1984-1995 | |||||||||
| 8 | 148 | League of Chicago Theatres, 2002-2003 | |||||||||
| 8 | 149 | Lookingglass Theatre, 1994-2001 | |||||||||
| 8 | 150 | Metropolitain Opera National Council, 2006 | |||||||||
| 8 | 151 | Musuem of Contemporary Art, 1996-1997 | |||||||||
| 9 | 152 | Music and Dance Theater of Chicago, 2002-2004 | |||||||||
| 9 | 153 | Performing Arts Chicago, 1995 | |||||||||
| 9 | 154 | Raven Theatre Company, 2002-2005 | |||||||||
| 9 | 155 | Royal National Theatre, 2000 | |||||||||
| 9 | 156 | Sarah Siddons Society, 1983-2001 | |||||||||
| 9 | 157 | Steppenwolf Theatre 1986-2007 | |||||||||
Series 3: Personal, 1956-2008 |
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| Correspondence, biographical materials, honors and awards, travel mementos, and other items related to Hope Ableson's life. Abelson's contribution to the Jews of Chicago oral history project is particularly significant. Correspondence includes a series of letters to Hope Ableson from Lester Abelson while he was traveling in 1932, and letters to Hope from her mother, grandparents, and other family members. There a few letters from Hope Abelson to her children Stuart and Katherine. Also included are a series of theater scripts autographed to Abelson, information regarding her speaking engagements, documents related to the various theatrical investments she made, and research into the White Witch of Rose Hall legend, which she had hoped to have made into a play. Finally, the series includes materials related to an exhibit honoring Hope Ableson, which was presented by the Newberry in the Fall of 2008. | |||||||||||
| Organized in the following nine subseries: Autographed Scripts, 1994-2006; Biographical, 1957-2005; Correspondence, 1962-2006; Honors and Awards, 1969-2006; Miscellaneous, 1967-2005; Speaking Engagements, 1983-1998; Theatrical Investments, 1956-2003; Travel, 1973-1998; and Newberry Library Exhibit. All the World's A Stage: Hope Abelson's Life in Theatre, 2008. | |||||||||||
Sub-Series 1: Autographed Scripts, 1994-2006 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 10 | 158 | "Blue Surge," autographed by Rebecca Gilman, 2001 | |||||||||
| 10 | 159 | "By The Music of the Spheres," autographed by cast, 2003 | |||||||||
| 10 | 160 | "Finishing the Picture," autographed by Robert Falls & cast, 2004 | |||||||||
| 10 | 161 | "Hannah and Martin," autographed by Kate Fodor, 2003 | |||||||||
| 10 | 162 | "Henry IV Parts I & II," autographed by Barbara Gaines, 2006 | |||||||||
| 10 | 163 | "The Light in the Piazza," autographed by cast, 2004 | |||||||||
| 10 | 164 | "Mariela In The Desert," autograph unknown, 2004 | |||||||||
| 10 | 165 | "The Notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci," autographed by Mary Zimmerman, 1994 | |||||||||
| 10 | 166 | "Trumbo," autographed by Studs Terkel, 2004 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 2: Biographical, 1957-2005 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 10 | 167 | Awards & Citations list, 2002 | |||||||||
| 10 | 168 | Clippings, 1957-2001 | |||||||||
| 10 | 169 | "Jews of Chicago" oral history project, 1987 | |||||||||
| 10 | 170 | "Mrs. Potter Palmer & Hope Abelson: Women Who Have Made a Difference in the Arts in Chicago," paper by Jennifer Lister, 1996 | |||||||||
| 10 | 171 | Obituaries, 2006 | |||||||||
| 10 | 172 | "Ready, Willing & Abelson," interview by Jonathan Abarbanel, 1995 | |||||||||
| 10 | 173 | Various biographical notes & profiles, 1995-2005 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 3: Correspondence, 1962-2006 |
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| Arranged alphabetically with family first. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 10a | 174 | Family - Hope Abelson to Kathy Abelson, 1962-1974 & n.d. | |||||||||
| 10a | 175 | Family - Hope Abelson to Stuart Abelson, 1963-1972 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175a | Family - Lester Abelson to Hope Altman Abelson, March-May, 1932 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175b | Family - Lester Abelson to Hope Altman Abelson, June-July, 1932 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175c | Family - Lester Abelson to Hope Altman Abelson, (postcards) July, 1932 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175d | Family - Lester Abelson to Hope Altman Abelson, August, 1932 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175e | Family - Lester Abelson to Hope Altman Abelson, September, 1932 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175f | Family - Lester Abelson to Hope Altman Abelson, November-December, 1932 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175g | Family - Mother & Dad Abelson to Hope Altman Abelson, July-August, 1932 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175h | Family - Sadie Altman (Hope's mother) to Hope Altman Abelson, 1928-1932 and undated | |||||||||
| 10a | 175i | Family - Virginia Shields Altman (Hope's grandmother) to Hope Altman Abelson, 1930-1935 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175j | Family - Virginia Shields Altman to Hope & Lester Abelson, 1936 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175k | Family - Joseph Lesem (Pabby; Hope's grandfather) to Hope Altman Abelson, 1928-1934 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175l | Family - Joseph Lesem (Pabby) to Hope & Lester Abelson, 1933 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175m | Family - Joseph Lesem (Pabby) to Sadie Abelson & Hope Altman Abelson, 1932 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175n | Family - Alma Weiskopf (Hope's aunt) to Hope Altman Abelson, 1931-1932 | |||||||||
| 10a | 175o | Family - gift cards, ca. 1930s | |||||||||
| 11 | 176 | General - Chicago Associates of the Stratford Festival, 1999 | |||||||||
| 11 | 177 | General - Krisge, Chris, 2004 | |||||||||
| 11 | 178 | General - Monette, Richard (Stratford Festival of Canada), n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 179 | General - Russian Theatre Association (Chicago Theatre Foundation), 1989-1990 | |||||||||
| 11 | 180 | General - Sharp, Mitchell (Secretary of State for External Affairs, Canada), 1969 | |||||||||
| 11 | 181 | General - Smart Museum of Art Moiseivich Exhibit, 1994 | |||||||||
| 11 | 182 | General - Miscellaneous incoming, 1991-1993 | |||||||||
| 11 | 183 | General - Miscellaneous incoming, 1998-1999 | |||||||||
| 11 | 184 | General - Miscellaneous incoming, 2000-2001 | |||||||||
| 11 | 185 | General - Miscellaneous incoming, 2002-2006 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 4: Honors and Awards, 1969-2006 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 11 | 186 | 35th Annual Joseph Jefferson Awards, 2003 | |||||||||
| 11 | 187 | Association of Fundraising Professionals, 2002-2003 | |||||||||
| 11 | 188 | Chicago's 100 Most Powerful Women: Chicago Sun-Times, 2002 | |||||||||
| 11 | 189 | Chicago Drama League Award, 1994 | |||||||||
| 11 | 190 | Chicago Sinfonietta, 2004 | |||||||||
| 12 | 191 | Chicago Theatre's 50 Leading Characters: New City Chicago, 2001 | |||||||||
| 12 | 192 | City of Chicago, Mayor Richard M. Daley Proclamation, 1998 | |||||||||
| 12 | 193 | Cliff Dwellers Award of Merit presentation, 1971 | |||||||||
| 12 | 194 | Clippings, 1994-2001 | |||||||||
| 12 | 195 | Court Theatre 2006-2007 Season dedication, 2006 | |||||||||
| 12 | 196 | Feature article: Chicago Tribune Tempo section, 1995 | |||||||||
| 12 | 197 | Friends of Literature Award, 1969 | |||||||||
| 12 | 198 | Hollywood Walk of Fame facsimile, (oversize) n.d. | |||||||||
| 12 | 199 | Illinois Art Alliance - Lifetime Achievement Award, 1997 | |||||||||
| 12 | 200 | Lawyers for the Creative Arts, 1997 | |||||||||
| 12 | 201 | League of Chicago Theatres: "Showtime 2001: A Salute to Hope Abelson," 2001 | |||||||||
| 12 | 202 | Letter of Congratulations - Canadian Ambassador Raymond Chretien, 1999 | |||||||||
| 12 | 203 | Lincoln College Honorary Degree, 1992 | |||||||||
| 12 | 204 | List compiled by Kathy Abelson, 2007 | |||||||||
| 12 | 205 | Michael Halberstam speech - Tribute to Hope Abelson's 50 Years in Theater, 1999 | |||||||||
| 12 | 206 | Movado Ovation Award, 1988 | |||||||||
| 12 | 207 | Much Ado About Something: A Tribute to Hope Abelson's 50 Years in Theater, 1999 | |||||||||
| 12 | 208 | Pegasus Players, n.d. | |||||||||
| 12 | 209 | Red Cross Speakers Bureau, 1945 | |||||||||
| 12 | 210 | Rosary College Bravo Award, 1988 | |||||||||
| 12 | 211 | Stratford Shakespearian Festival of America: Resolution of Appreciation to Hope Abelson, 2001 | |||||||||
| 12 | 212 | Urban Gateways Board of Governors - Charter Membership, 1972 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 5: Miscellaneous, 1967-2005 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 13 | 213 | Address cards, n.d. | |||||||||
| 13 | 214 | Invitation to Picasso Dedication, 1967 | |||||||||
| 13 | 215 | Invitations, 1988-2005 | |||||||||
| 13 | 216 | Notebooks, 1990s | |||||||||
| 13 | 217 | Notes on Islam lectures - University of Chicago Women's Board, 1989 | |||||||||
| 13 | 218 | White Witch of Rose Hall - correspondence, 1953-1979 | |||||||||
| 13 | 219 | White Witch of Rose Hall - research & clippings, 1950s | |||||||||
| 13 | 220 | White Witch of Rose Hall - research, 1950s | |||||||||
Sub-Series 6: Speaking Engagements, 1983-1998 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 13 | 221 | American Women for International Understanding, 1997 | |||||||||
| 13 | 222 | Friends of Literature, 1992 | |||||||||
| 13 | 223 | Jeff Awards 25th Anniversary, 1992-1993 | |||||||||
| 13 | 224 | Know Your Chicago, 1983 | |||||||||
| 13 | 225 | Oriental Theatre, 1998 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 7: Theatrical Investments, 1956-2003 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 13 | 226 | Copper Productions - Sweeney Todd, 1986-1987 | |||||||||
| 13 | 227 | The Drunkard, 1956 | |||||||||
| 13 | 228 | Elliot Martin Limited Partnership - Breaking Legs & Glengarry Glen Ross, 1984-1985 | |||||||||
| 14 | 229 | Elliot Martin Limited Partnership - Breaking Legs & Glengarry Glen Ross, 1986-1991 | |||||||||
| 14 | 230 | Elliot Martin Limited Partnership - Breaking Legs & Glengarry Glen Ross, 1992-1999 | |||||||||
| 14 | 231 | Elliot Martin Limited Partnership - The Playmaker, 2003 | |||||||||
| 14 | 232 | Showtime Joint Venture - Little Shop of Horrors, 1986-1989 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 8: Travel, 1973-1998 |
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| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 14 | 233 | Moscow - Trip with Lester Abelson, 1959 | |||||||||
| 14 | 234 | Toronto, 1973 | |||||||||
| 14 | 235 | Greece, 1973 | |||||||||
| 14 | 236 | Santa Fe, 1974 | |||||||||
| 14 | 237 | Spain, 1975 | |||||||||
| 14 | 238 | New Orleans, 1976 | |||||||||
| 14 | 239 | Peru, 1976-1978 | |||||||||
| 14 | 240 | Israel, Cypress, Egypt, 1978 | |||||||||
| 14 | 241 | Italy, 1979 | |||||||||
| 14 | 242 | China, 1980-1981 | |||||||||
| 15 | 243 | India, 1980-1981 | |||||||||
| 15 | 244 | Galapagos Islands & Ecuador, 1981 | |||||||||
| 15 | 245 | Japan, 1983 | |||||||||
| 15 | 246 | Indonesia, 1983 | |||||||||
| 15 | 247 | Ireland, 1985 | |||||||||
| 15 | 248 | North Carolina, 1986 | |||||||||
| 15 | 249 | Melanesia, 1986 | |||||||||
| 15 | 250 | Mexico, 1987 | |||||||||
| 15 | 251 | Australia & New Zealand, 1988 | |||||||||
| 15 | 252 | Philadelphia, 1988 | |||||||||
| 15 | 253 | Voyage to Byzantium, 1988 | |||||||||
| 15 | 254 | Thailand, 1988 | |||||||||
| 15 | 255 | Russia, 1989 | |||||||||
| 15 | 256 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra European Tour, 1989 | |||||||||
| 15 | 257 | Sea of Cortez, 1989 | |||||||||
| 15 | 258 | Hohokam Field, Arizona, 1991 | |||||||||
| 15 | 259 | Mexico, 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 15 | 260 | African Safari & Indian Ocean Islands, 1992 | |||||||||
| 15 | 261 | West Africa: Senegal & Mali, 1992-1993 | |||||||||
| 15 | 262 | Japan, 1995 | |||||||||
| 15 | 263 | Hawaii, 1995 | |||||||||
| 15 | 264 | England & Ireland, 1996 | |||||||||
| 15 | 265 | Spain, 1998 | |||||||||
| 15 | 266 | Illinois: Starved Rock & Galesburg, 1998 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 9: Newberry Library Exhibit. All the World's A Stage: Hope Abelson's Life in Theatre, 2008 |
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| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 15a | 266a | Autograph book, 2008 | |||||||||
| 15a | 266b | Labels, 2008 | |||||||||
| 15a | 266c | Press, 2008 | |||||||||
| 15a | 266d | Posters (see oversize), 2008 | |||||||||
Series 4: Photographs, 1914-2005 |
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| Photographs of Hope Ableson with her family and friends, and at various events. Also included are photos of her philanthropic endeavors, a few from her theater career, and her many travels. | |||||||||||
| Organized in the following two subseries: Personal and Career, 1914-2006; and Travel, 1978-1998. | |||||||||||
Sub-Series 1: Personal and Career, 1914-2006 |
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| Arranged with family photos first, then alphabetically by subject. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 16 | 267 | Family - Hope Ableson - childhood, ca. 1914 | |||||||||
| 16 | 268 | Family - Hope Abelson - portrait, 2002 | |||||||||
| 16 | 269 | Family - Hope Abelson - with Lester Abelson, ca. 1960s | |||||||||
| 16 | 270 | Family - Hope Abelson - with Kathy Abelson, ca. 1980s | |||||||||
| 16 | 271 | Family - Hope Abelson - with Jude Tanter & Jamie Abelson, 1983 | |||||||||
| 16 | 271a | Family - Sadie Altman (Hope's mother), 1934 | |||||||||
| 16 | 271b | Family - Murphy (dog), 1932 | |||||||||
| 16 | 272 | Hope Abelson - with Baird Brown & others, Victory Gardens, 1970s | |||||||||
| 16 | 273 | Hope Abelson - with Baird Brown, American Ballet Theatre Gala, 1990 | |||||||||
| 16 | 274 | Hope Abelson - with Desmond Barrett-Bottom & others, Royal Shakespeare Company reception, 1995 | |||||||||
| 16 | 275 | Hope Abelson - with Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1995 | |||||||||
| 16 | 276 | Hope Ableson - with Allan Lever, Canadian Consulate General, 1997 | |||||||||
| 16 | 277 | Hope Abelson - with Gerald Arpino, ca. 1998 | |||||||||
| 16 | 278 | Hope Abelson - with Sir Andrew Davis, 2000 | |||||||||
| 16 | 279 | Hope Abelson - with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Auditorium Theatre, ca. 1988 | |||||||||
| 16 | 280 | Hope Abelson - with Joan Travis Freidlow, ca. 1990s | |||||||||
| 16 | 281 | Hope Abelson - with Patti Lupone, Ravinia, 2001 | |||||||||
| 16 | 282 | Hope Abelson - with John Mahoney, League of Chicago Theatres, 2002 | |||||||||
| 16 | 283 | Hope Abelson - with Nicky Pennell, Henry Czorny at Royal George Theatre, 1987 | |||||||||
| 16 | 284 | Hope Abelson - with Michael Rambert, Ascot Ball, 2001 | |||||||||
| 16 | 285 | Hope Abelson - with David Schwimmer & Andrew White, 2003 | |||||||||
| 16 | 286 | Hope Abelson - with David Tillman & Leo Kopp. Music Theatre, Highland Park, 1952 | |||||||||
| 16 | 286a | Hope Abelson - with Harold Washington & others, 1980s | |||||||||
| 16 | 286b | Hope Abelson - with August Wilson, 2003 | |||||||||
| 16 | 287 | Hope Abelson - with Lois Weisburg, 2004 | |||||||||
| 16 | 288 | Events- Actors Theatre of Louisville - Humana Festival of New American Plays, 2000 | |||||||||
| 16 | 289 | Events - Chicago Symphony Orchestra Gala with Peter Martino, Renee Fleming, John David Mooney, Lynn Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, ca. 1988 | |||||||||
| 16 | 290 | Events - League of Chicago Theatres Foundation: Showtime 2002: A Salute to Richard Christiansen, 2002 | |||||||||
| 16 | 291 | Honors & Awards - Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Awards, 2003 | |||||||||
| 16 | 292 | Honors & Awards - Lawyers for the Creative Arts Award party, 1997 | |||||||||
| 16 | 293 | Honors & Awards - League of Chicago Theatres Foundation: Showtime 2001: A Salute to Hope Abelson, 2001 | |||||||||
| 16 | 294 | Honors & Awards - League of Chicago Theatres Foundation: Showtime 2001: A Salute to Hope Abelson. Hope Abelson with Stuart Abelson, Kathy Abelson, Jamie Abelson, August Wilson. Autographed by August Wilson, 2001 | |||||||||
| 16 | 295 | Honors & Awards - Lincoln College: Honorary Doctorate, 1992 | |||||||||
| 16 | 296 | Honors & Awards - Movado Ovation Award, 1988 | |||||||||
| 16 | 297 | Red Cross Service Award, 1945 | |||||||||
| 16 | 298 | Honors & Awards - Rosary College Bravo Award, 1988 | |||||||||
| 16 | 299 | Honors & Awards - Sidney R. Yates Advocacy Awards, 1997 | |||||||||
| 16 | 300 | Honors & Awards - Stratford Festival Chicago Associates: Much Ado About Something, 1999 | |||||||||
| 16 | 301 | Honors & Awards - Stratford Festival Chicago Associates: Much Ado About Something, 1999 | |||||||||
| 16 | 301a | Honors & Awards - Stratford Festival Chicago Associates: Much Ado About Something, Kathy Abelson & Stuart Abelson, 1999 | |||||||||
| 16 | 302 | Philanthropy - Chicago Sinfonietta Annual Fundraiser, 1989 | |||||||||
| 16 | 303 | Philanthropy - Goodman Theatre: Hope Abelson with Robert Falls, Michael Maggio, Roche Schulfer, 1994-1995 | |||||||||
| 16 | 304 | Philanthropy - Goodman Theatre: Lester & Hope Abelson Fund for Artistic Development gift, 1998 | |||||||||
| 16 | 305 | Philanthropy - Goodman Theatre: Hope Ableson with David Petracca & Others, 1993 | |||||||||
| 16 | 306 | Philanthropy - Goodman Theatre: New York trip, 1996 | |||||||||
| 17 | 307 | Philanthropy - Northwestern University Artist in Residence Program 1990: Peter Sellars, 1990 | |||||||||
| 17 | 308 | Philanthropy - Northwestern University Artist in Residence Program 1990: Hope Abelson & audience, 1990 | |||||||||
| 17 | 309 | Philanthropy - Northwestern University Artist in Residence Program 1992: Lloyd Richards, 1992 | |||||||||
| 17 | 310 | Philanthropy - Northwestern University Artist in Residence Program 1993: David Hockney, 1993 | |||||||||
| 17 | 311 | Philanthropy - Northwestern University Artist in Residence Program 1994: Alan Ackybourn, 1994 | |||||||||
| 17 | 312 | Philanthropy - Northwestern University Artist in Residence Program 1995: Stephen Sondheim, 1995 | |||||||||
| 17 | 313 | Philanthropy - Northwestern University Artist in Residence Program 1996: Jonathan Miller, 1996 | |||||||||
| 17 | 314 | Philanthropy - Northwestern University Artist in Residence Program 1998: Robert LaPage, 1998 | |||||||||
| 17 | 315 | Philanthropy - Northwestern University Artist in Residence Program 2000: Maria Irene Fornes, 2000 | |||||||||
| 17 | 316 | Philanthropy - Northwestern University Artist in Residence Program 2002: Tony Kushner, with Frank Galati & others, 2002 | |||||||||
| 17 | 317 | Philanthropy - Northwestern University Artist in Residence Program 2005: Meryl Streep, 2005 | |||||||||
| 17 | 318 | Philanthropy - Northwestern University Artist in Residence Program: :Hope Abelson with Virgil Johnson, | |||||||||
| 17 | 319 | Philanthropy - Raven Theatre: Hope Abelson with Michael Menendian, 2002 | |||||||||
| 17 | 320 | Philanthropy - Steppenwolf Theatre: Hope Ableson with John Malkovich, | |||||||||
| 17 | 321 | Philanthropy - Steppenwolf Theatre: Hope Ableson with Gary Sinise 1995 | |||||||||
| 17 | 322 | Theater - The Egghead: Hope Abelson with cast, 1957 | |||||||||
| 17 | 323 | Theater - The Egghead: Mollie Kazan, ca. 1957 | |||||||||
| 17 | 323a | Theater - The Rainmaker: Hope Abelson with cast (see also oversize), ca. 1954 | |||||||||
| 17 | 324 | Theater - The Rainmaker: press photos, 1954 | |||||||||
| 17 | 325 | Theater - Stratford Festival: arrival in Chicago, 1969 | |||||||||
| 17 | 326 | Theater - Stratford Festival: executive committee members, 1988 | |||||||||
| 17 | 327 | Theater - Stratford Festival: Brian Bedford, Richard Monette & others, 1985-1995 | |||||||||
| 17 | 328 | Theater - Stratford Festival: Hope Ableson with Brian Bedford, ca. 2000 | |||||||||
| 17 | 329 | Theater - Stratford Festival: Chicago Weekend in Stratford, Ontario, 1996 | |||||||||
| 17 | 330 | Theater - Stratford Festival: picnic (snapshots and negatives), 1996 | |||||||||
| 17 | 331 | Miscellaneous - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Edison Denisov press photo, n.d. | |||||||||
Sub-Series 2: Travel, 1978-1998 |
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| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 18 | 332 | Moscow trip with Lester Abelson, 1959 | |||||||||
| 18 | 333 | Egyptian cruise, 1978 | |||||||||
| 18 | 334 | India, Nepal, 1980-1981 | |||||||||
| 18 | 335 | Indonesia, 1983 | |||||||||
| 18 | 336 | Greece, 1985 | |||||||||
| 18 | 337 | Ireland, 1985 | |||||||||
| 18 | 338 | England, 1985 | |||||||||
| 19 | 339 | England, 1985 | |||||||||
| 19 | 340 | England: Theater photos, 1985 | |||||||||
| 19 | 341 | Melanasia, 1985 | |||||||||
| 19 | 342 | Melanasia, 1985 | |||||||||
| 19 | 343 | North Carolina, 1986 | |||||||||
| 19 | 344 | New Mexico, 1986 | |||||||||
| 20 | 345 | Mexico & Panama, 1987 | |||||||||
| 20 | 346 | Mexico & Panama, 1987 | |||||||||
| 20 | 347 | Australia & New Zealand, 1988 | |||||||||
| 20 | 348 | Australia & New Zealand, 1988 | |||||||||
| 21 | 349 | Voyage to Byzantium, 1988 | |||||||||
| 21 | 350 | Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, 1988 | |||||||||
| 21 | 351 | Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, 1988 | |||||||||
| 21 | 352 | Russia, 1988 | |||||||||
| 22 | 353 | Moscow, Vienna, Budapest - Chicago Symphony Orchestra tour, 1990 | |||||||||
| 22 | 354 | Mexico, 1990 | |||||||||
| 22 | 355 | Mexico, 1990 | |||||||||
| 22 | 356 | Kenya/Indian Ocean, 1992 | |||||||||
| 22 | 357 | Hawaii, 1995 | |||||||||
| 23 | 358 | Japan - Chicago Symphony Orchestra tour, 1995 | |||||||||
| 23 | 359 | Japan - Chicago Symphony Orchestra tour, 1995 | |||||||||
| 23 | 360 | England and Ireland, 1995 | |||||||||
| 23 | 361 | France, 1996 | |||||||||
| 23 | 362 | Spain, 1998 | |||||||||
| 23 | 363 | Illinois - Galesburg, 1998 | |||||||||
Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1999 |
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| Scrapbooks documenting "Much Ado About Something," the Chicago Associates of Stratford Festival's 1999 tribute to Hope Abelson's 50 years in theater, and other highlights of Abelson's theater career. Included are photographs, publicity, letters of congratulation from actors and friends, Hope Abelson's handwritten remarks, and other items related to the event. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 24 | "Much Ado About Something", 1999 | ||||||||||
Series 6: Audio-Visual, ca. 1950s/2006 |
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| Arranged chronologically within format. | |||||||||||
| Item | |||||||||||
| 1 | Audiocassette: Bravo Award, Rosary College: Mrs. Lester Abelson, April 24, 1998 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Audiocassette: Hope Interview, July 29, 1999 | ||||||||||
| 3 | CD: Lupone, Patti. Matters of the Heart, autographed, ca. 1999 | ||||||||||
| 4 | CD: Chicago Shakespeare Theater 2000-2001 WFMT profile #1. The School for Scandal, November 29, 2000 | ||||||||||
| 5 | DVD: Hope Abelson Interview for the Goodman Theatre (for memorial service with graphic), ca. 2006 | ||||||||||
| 6 | DVD: Hope Abelson Interview for the Goodman Theatre (raw unedited footage), ca. 2006 | ||||||||||
| 7 | DVD: Hope Abelson. Lester S. Abelson Foundation, ca. 2006 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Open Reel Tape: Hope Abelson, Siegel Street, ca. 1950s | ||||||||||
| 9 | VHS: Ballet Chicago, Goodman Theatre segment. Gift announcement, June 4, 1988 | ||||||||||
| 10 | VHS: Lincoln College Commencement. Hope A. Abelson, Dr. of Humane Letters, May 9, 1992 | ||||||||||
| 11 | VHS: Reflections on a Life in the Theatre. Court Theatre, May 9, 1994 | ||||||||||
| 12 | VHS: The Wave, Gabriel Roth. Mothers Day, 1997 | ||||||||||