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Alice Gerstenberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Gerstenberg
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material reflecting Gerstenberg's activities in Chicago's social and cultural life in the first half of the 20th century, in particular her involvement with local theater.

Dates: 1903-1971

Cloyd Head papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Head
Abstract

Writings and correspondence, souvenirs and miscellany of Cloyd Head, Chicago playwright, theatrical director, business manager of the Goodman Theatre and husband of the poet Eunice Tietjens.

Dates: 1881-1968

Little Room records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Little Room
Abstract

Business records of the Little Room, an early twentieth century Chicago social club composed of artists, writers, musicians, etc., including correspondence, memorabilia and membership material.

Dates: 1898-1931

Mike Royko papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Royko
Abstract Correspondence, columns, other works, and personal material of journalist, columnist, and author Mike Royko. Royko received his journalistic training by working for the Chicago City News Bureau (1956-1959) and went on to be a favorite columnist at the Chicago Daily News (1959-1978); The Chicago Sun-Times (1978-1984); and the Chicago Tribune (1984-1997). Royko is known for writing his...
Dates: 1934-1997; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1997

Slim Brundage papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Brundage
Abstract

Writings and correspondence of Slim Brundage, founder of the College of Complexes, which operated on and off out of several locations on Chicago’s Near North Side during the 1950's-1960's as a forum where speakers and the audience debated controversial topics and read poetry. The collection also includes a variety of documents relating to the College of Complexes itself, such as correspondence, press releases, speaker solicitations, and poetry written by the College’s “students.”

Dates: 1955-1997; Majority of material found within 1964-1972

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Little theater movement -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
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Ade, George, 1866-1944. Cap Fry's Birthday Party 1
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Names
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 2
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 2
Gerstenberg, Alice 2
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 2
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
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Alexander, Roy 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Attic Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955 1
Browne, Maurice, 1884-1961 1
Brundage, Slim, 1903-1990 1
Bryn Mawr College 1
Carter, William H. (William Harding), 1851-1925 1
Cheney, Sheldon, 1886-1980 1
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1
Chicago Little Theatre Company 1
Chicago Sun-Times 1
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 1
College of Complexes (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Culture Vulture (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 1
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Donahey, William, 1883-1970 1
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 1
E.P. Dutton (Firm) 1
Ebert, Roger 1
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 1
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 1
Gale, Zona, 1874-1938 1
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Hatfield, James Taft, 1862-1945 1
Hazelton, George Cochrane, 1868-1921 1
Head, Cloyd 1
Head, Franklin H. (Franklin Harvey), 1832-1914 1
Henderson, Sam 1
Jacobson, David 1
Jonson, Raymond, 1891-1982 1
Klamer, Alice 1
Lachnovich, Margaret 1
Little Room (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 1
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 1
Mitchell, Nancy 1
Morgan, Anna, 1851-1936 1
Murray, George 1
National League of American Pen Women 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
Pond, Allen Bartlit, 1858-1929 1
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 1
Royko, Mike, 1932-1997 1
Schopp, Edward 1
Sheaffer, Robert Faust 1
Society of Midland Authors 1
Stevens, Thomas Wood, 1880-1942 1
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 1
Toerber, Meta 1
University of Miami 1
Walker, Nellie V. (Nellie Verne), 1874- 1
Webster, Henry Kitchell, 1875-1932 1
Wyatt, Edith, 1873-1958 1
Wynne, Madeline Yale, 1847-1918 1
Year Book Medical Publishers 1
Yount, Virgine 1
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