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American circus collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-AmCircus
Abstract

Late 19th and early 20th century circus and theater related illustrations, publicity, programs, photographs and memorabilia.

Dates: 1891-1940s

Auditorium Theater programs

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Auditorium
Abstract

Programs and other materials for events taking place in the early years at Chicago's Auditorium Theater. Envisioned as a world-class theater and opera house by Chicago impresario Ferdinand Peck, the Adler and Sullivan-designed Auditorium opened in 1889 on the corner of Congress and Michigan Avenue.

Dates: 1888-1938

Goodman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman Family
Abstract

Papers, letters, photograph albums, cards, genealogical materials, diaries, and travel memorabilia from the family of Marjorie Sawyer Goodman Graff, daughter of playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, and her mother, Marjorie Robbins Hopkins.

Dates: 1795-2003; Majority of material found within 1880-1995

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

Kenneth Sawyer Goodman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman
Abstract

Works and personal materials of Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, including manuscript, typescript, and published plays, poems, and short stories, correspondence, drawings, diaries, and programs from theatrical productions, photographs, and mementoes, including wood printing blocks, military items, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1883-1971; Majority of material found within 1900-1917

Lillian Lipson ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lipson
Abstract

Around 150 pieces of ephemera, primarily performing arts, collected by Lillian Lipson. Collection includes programs, playbills, flyers, advertisements, tickets, menus, postcards, and brochures from dance, theater, and music performances in Chicago along with materials from local businesses and attractions.

Dates: 1933-1981

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

Raven Theatre Records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Raven
Abstract

Records related to Chicago’s Raven Theatre’s administration, development, history, and productions. Materials include box office reports, building plans, and correspondence, as well as budgets, flyers, photographs, reviews, press releases, programs, annotated scripts, and set designs for Raven Theatre’s main stage and “shorties”/one act productions.

Dates: approximately 1940-2015; Majority of material found within 1983 - 2013

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
Photographs -- 1901-1950 4
Photographs -- 1951-2000 4
Theater programs -- 1951-2000 4
Clippings -- 1951-2000 3
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Clippings -- 2001-2050 3
Community theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Photographs -- 2001-2050 3
Playbills -- 1951-2000 3
Playbills -- 2001-2050 3
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 3
Theater -- Production and direction 3
Theater programs -- 1901-1950 3
Theater programs -- 2001-2050 3
Video recordings -- 2001-2050 3
Clippings -- 1901-1950 2
Drawings (visual works) 2
Philanthropists -- United States 2
Playbills -- 1901-1950 2
Scripts (documents) -- 1951-2000 2
Scripts (documents) -- 2001-2050 2
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century 2
Theater architecture 2
Theater programs 2
Video recordings -- 1951-2000 2
Actors 1
Actors and actresses -- Portraits 1
Advertising -- Circus 1
Ballet programs 1
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) 1
Calligraphy (visual works) 1
Caricatures -- 1951-2000 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 1
China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Circus 1
Circus -- United States 1
Circus animals 1
Circus in art 1
Circus performers 1
Circus trains 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Concert programs 1
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Cuba -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Diaries 1
Divorce 1
Drama 1
Dramatists, American -- 20th century 1
Egypt -- Description and travel -- 20th century 1
Ensemble theater 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- Sources 1
Florida -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Genealogies (histories) 1
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Japan -- Description and travel -- 20th century 1
Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews 1
Little theater movement -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Menus 1
Minstrel shows 1
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Music -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Off-Broadway theater 1
One-act plays, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Opera -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Package tours 1
Parent and child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Personal correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Personal correspondence -- 2001-2050 1
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Playwriting 1
Poems 1
Posters -- 1951-2000 1
Posters -- 2001-2050 1
Printed ephemera -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Printed ephemera -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1951-2000 1
Printing blocks 1
Promotional materials -- 1951-2000 1
Promotional materials -- 2001-2050 1
Scenography (discipline) -- 1951-2000 1
Scenography (discipline) -- 2001-2050 1
Scrapbooks 1
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 1
Scrapbooks -- 2001-2050 1
Scripts (documents) 1
Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 1
Sound recordings -- 2001-2050 1
Souvenir programs 1
Souvenir programs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Souvenir programs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Theater 1
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Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2
Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer, 1883-1918 2
Steppenwolf Theatre Company 2
Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 1
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Al G. Barnes Circus 1
Apollo Musical Club of Chicago 1
Art Institute of Chicago. Students' League 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Bertram Mills Circus 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 1
Cassidy, Claudia 1
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 1
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Circus Fans Association of America 1
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 1
Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus 1
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 1
Dewey, Ken 1
Fine Arts Theatre (Organization : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Gaines, Barbara 1
Goodman family 1
Graff, Marjorie Sawyer Goodman, 1914-2009 1
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) 1
Hull House Theatre (Organization : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Kazan, Elia 1
Kiefer, H. C. (Henry Carl), 1890-1957 1
League of Chicago Theatres 1
Lipson, Lillian Rose Witz 1
Lookingglass Theatre Company 1
Mamet, David 1
Menendian, Michael 1
Montemurro, JoAnn 1
Northlight Theatre Company 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Communication 1
Nussbaum, Annette 1
Nussbaum, Karen 1
Nussbaum, Mike 1
Nussbaum, Susan 1
Payne, Ben Iden, 1881-1976 1
Phoenix Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.) 1
Players' Workshop (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Pond, Irving K. (Irving Kane), 1857-1939 1
Powers, John R., 1945-2013 1
Princeton University 1
Raven Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows 1
Russell Brothers Circus 1
Sells-Floto Circus 1
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 1
Stevens, Thomas Wood, 1880-1942 1
Stratford Festival (Ont.) 1
United States. Works Progress Administration 1
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 1
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