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Ann Barzel papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Barzel
Abstract

Correspondence, works, photographs, and personal and biographical material by Chicago dance critic and historian Ann Barzel.

Dates: 1912-2005

Ashton Stevens Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stevens
Abstract

The papers of San Francisco and Chicago journalist and drama critic Ashton Stevens contain correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues from the entertainment world; works including newspaper clippings, playscripts, articles, and interviews; personal materials including biographical information, memorabilia, and materials pertaining to the banjo; photographs of actors, actresses, family, friends and colleagues; artworks and audio recordings; and a small number of artifacts.

Dates: approximately 1850-1952; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1940

Bernard J. Brommel-Eugene V. Debs papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Brommel-Debs
Abstract

Research material and works of Eugene V. Debs biographer Bernard J. Brommel, including correspondence, notes, photocopies, photographs, pamphlets, newsclippings, and memorabilia. Also letters and personal materials of Grace Laird, a teacher with whom Brommel retained a long time correspondence.

Dates: 1886-2003

Carroll Binder papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Binder
Abstract

Correspondence, writing, personal and family materials, and photographs of newspaper editor and foreign correspondent Carroll Binder.

Dates: 1910-1984; Majority of material found within 1920-1955

City News Bureau records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-City News Bureau
Abstract

Reporters' copy and supporting subject materials of the City News Bureau of Chicago news agency, filed from four beat locations: Federal Court, Cook County Civil Court, Cook County Criminal Court, and Chicago City Hall.

Dates: 1944-2005; Majority of material found within 1990-2000

Claudia Cassidy papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cassidy
Abstract

Articles and reviews, correspondence, broadcast scripts, photographs, and clippings of the Chicago Tribune performing arts critic from 1942 to 1965. Cassidy wrote her influential "On the Aisle" column for the Tribune, then wrote freelance criticism and hosted a weekly program of arts criticism for WFMT, helping to shape the course of music, theater, and dance in Chicago.

Dates: 1880s-1996; Majority of material found within 1930-1985

Edward Eulenberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Eulenberg
Abstract

Articles, columns, and clippings of Edward Eulenberg, reporter and editor for the City News Bureau, and reporter and feature writer for the Chicago Daily News.

Dates: 1930-1985; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1976

Edward Price Bell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bell
Abstract

Correspondence, works, and other items related to Edward Price Bell's career as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News and roving correspondent for the Literary Digest.

Dates: 1886-1951; Majority of material found within 1900-1942

Fanny Butcher papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Butcher
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the life and work of Chicago literary critic and author, Fanny Butcher.

Dates: 1830-1984; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1984

Felix Borowski Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borowski
Abstract Correspondence, writings, photographs, sound recordings, clippings scrapbooks, and some biographical material documenting the life of Felix Borowski, Chicago composer, musicologist, critic for the Chicago Evening Post and Herald, and music bibliographer for the Newberry Library. The papers include letters from prominent American and European composers such as Mili Balakirev, Edvard Grieg, Paul Hindemith, John Alden Carpenter,...
Dates: 1841-1995; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1956

Hazel MacDonald papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-MacDonald
Abstract

This collection consists of a small amount of correspondence, biographical materials, newspaper clippings, foreign dispatches, and other works by Chicago reporter and foreign correspondent Hazel MacDonald.

Dates: 1928-1967

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

Horatio Winslow Seymour Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Seymour
Abstract

Editorial columns, clippings, manuscripts, correspondence, three photographs, and family materials from publisher and editorial writer Horatio Winslow Seymour.

Dates: 1867-1948; Majority of material found within 1903 - 1918

Howard Vincent O'Brien papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-O'Brien
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, publicity materials, and personal papers of newspaper columnist and novelist Howard Vincent O'Brien.

Dates: 1894-1948

John Doctoroff papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Doctoroff
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, exhibition programs, and prints relating to Chicago-based portrait artist John Doctoroff.

Dates: 1924-1967

John Drury-Marion Neville Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Drury-Neville
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, artwork, personal materials, and photographs of author and journalist John Drury, and his wife, journalist and painter Marion Neville.

Dates: 1860-1970

Lloyd Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lewis
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, personal materials, and photographs of Chicago journalist and historian Lloyd Lewis.

Dates: 1886-1985; Majority of material found within 1905-1949

Mike Nussbaum Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Nussbaum
Abstract

Playscripts, photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous personal and production materials of Chicago actor and director known for his work with playwright David Mamet and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Dates: 1945-2017; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2015

Olivia Monona papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Monona
Abstract

Performance photographs, snapshots, newspaper clippings, and opera ephemera relating to the career of Olivia Monona Goldenberger, known professionally as Olivia Monona, from 1899 to 1943. Photographs illustrate the world of Chicago opera and musicals during the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, with photographs of performances in Chicago, Highland Park, IL, and at the Ravinia Festival. Collection also contains portraits, passport, and news clippings about opera maestro Attico Bernabini.

Dates: 1899-1943

Paul Scott Mowrer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mowrer P
Abstract Correspondence, works, photographs and personal materials related to Paul Scott Mowrer, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, author, newspaper editor, and poet. Mowrer was Paris correspondent for the Chicago Daily News beginning in 1910, headed the foreign news service until 1934, and editor of the paper from 1935-1944. He was foreign editor of the New York Post from 1944-1947. An accomplished poet, Mowrer published...
Dates: 1894-2007; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1971

Ralph L. Graham Yalta Conference photographs and scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Graham
Abstract Material related to the activities of the United States Department of State during the months of January-March, 1945 with a particular focus on the Malta Conference, the Yalta Conference, the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, and the travels of Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius in Northern Africa and Central America. The collection is composed of a State Department-created scrapbook with an assortment of photographs taken by the US Army Signal Corps and relevant...
Dates: 1940-1946

Robert J. Casey papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Casey
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and personal materials of writer Robert J. Casey, who served in World War I and covered World War II for the Chicago Daily News. Casey was also a humor columnist, novelist, and nonfiction writer who traveled all over the world and wrote of his adventures in newspapers and in books.

Dates: 1894-1964

Sydney Justin Harris papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harris
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, readers' letters, and personal materials of Chicago columnist Sydney Justin Harris.

Dates: 1933-1987; Majority of material found within 1975-1985

Virna Harman Walker Johnston papers

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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

William Morton Payne Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Payne
Abstract

Correspondence, works, scrapbooks, and other personal materials pertaining to William Morton Payne's life as a literary critic, periodical editor, translator, and educator.

Dates: approximately 1850-1920

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Chicago Daily News, Inc. 3
Knox, Frank, 1874-1944 3
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 3
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 3
Casey, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1890-1962 2
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Cassidy, Claudia 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 2
City News Bureau of Chicago 2
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 2
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
MacDonald, Hazel Christie 2
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 2
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 2
O'Brien, Howard Vincent, 1888-1947 2
Steppenwolf Theatre Company 2
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 2
Strong, Walter Ansel, 1883-1931 2
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 2
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 2
Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 1
Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Adolphus Hotel (Dallas, Tex.) 1
Albers, Charles H. 1
All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts 1
Ambassador East Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) 1
America First Committee 1
American Council for Judaism 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
American Railway Union 1
American Red Cross 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Anshe Emet Synagogue (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Arpino, Gerald 1
Baird, Warner G. 1
Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
Ballet Guild of Chicago 1
Bank, Marji 1
Barrymore, Ethel 1
Barzel, Ann 1
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964 1
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 1
Bell, Laird, 1883-1965 1
Bell, Mary Alice Mills 1
Berger, Elmer, 1908-1996 1
Bernabini, Attico, 1884-1934 1
Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943 1
Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956 1
Bingham, Barry, 1906-1988 1
Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, 1832-1910 1
Bobbs-Merrill Company 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 1
Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941 1
Borglum, Mary Montgomery, 1874-1955 1
Borowski, Elsa 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Branstrom, William J. 1
Brommel, Bernard J., 1930- 1
Brown, Constantine, 1889-1966 1
Brown, Edward E. (Edward Eagle), 1885-1959 1
Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954 1
Budd, Ralph, 1879-1962 1
Bullen, Percy Sutherland, 1869- 1
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 1
Butterworth Center (Moline, Ill.) 1
Callas, Maria, 1923-1977 1
Capehart, Homer E. (Homer Earl), 1897-1979 1
Capone, Al, 1899-1947 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 1
Chicago Clearing House Association 1
Chicago Grand Opera Company (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Historical Society 1
Chicago Journal of Commerce 1
Chicago Newspaper Publishers Association 1
Chicago Public Schools 1
Chicago Sun-Times 1
Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion 1
Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 1
Ciardi, John, 1916-1986 1
Clark, Herma, 1871-1959 1
Clarke, Mary, 1923-2015 1
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 1
Coblentz, Edmond D. 1
Comfort, Will Levington, 1878-1932 1
Cook, Mollie Price 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Cooper, Marguerite Debs 1
Cowles, John, 1898-1983 1
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 1
Curry, Mabel Dunlop 1
Daley, Richard M. (Richard Michael), 1942- 1
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 1
Davis, Mitchell P. 1
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