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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

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

Bob Sickinger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Sickinger
Abstract Press reviews and photographs of Hull House Theater productions directed by Bob Sickinger, 1963-1969, together with copies of Sickinger's 1963 essay on the state of theater in Chicago and his press release regarding his involuntary departure from Hull House in 1969. Also a few programs, press releases, advertisements, a fan letter, and a thesis on Hull House children's theater programs. As director of Hull House Theater between 1963 and 1969, Sickinger was instrumental in founding Chicago’s...
Dates: 1934-1985; Majority of material found within 1963 - 1969

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

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

Mia McCullough papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-McCullough
Abstract

Drafts and copies of plays by Chicago playwright Mia McCullough, who has written plays produced by Steppenwolf, Chicago Dramatists, American Theater Company, and Stage Left Theater in Chicago, as well as many other stages nationwide. Collection also includes promotional materials and some diaries.

Dates: 1992-2012

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Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 4
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 3
Dramatists 3
Little theater movement -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
One-act plays, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
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Photographs -- 1901-1950 3
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 2
Photographs 2
Playwriting 2
Theater -- 20th century -- Reviews 2
Actors -- Portraits 1
Actors -- United States -- 20th century 1
Amateur theater -- Production and direction -- Florida 1
Amateur theater -- Production and direction -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Audiotapes 1
Autobiography -- Women authors 1
Banjo -- History 1
Banjoists 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
Comedians -- United States -- 20th century 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- Florida -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- Florida -- 1951-2000 1
Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1951-2000 1
Correspondence -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- United States -- 1951-2000 1
Cylinders (sound recordings) 1
Drama 1
Drama -- 20th century 1
Dramatists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Dramatists -- United States 1
Dramatists, American -- 20th century 1
Drawings (visual works) 1
Opera -- 20th century 1
Phonograph records -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- 1951-2000 1
Plays (performing arts compositions) -- 1901-1950 1
Poems 1
Poets, American -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Printing blocks 1
Publicizing -- 1951-2000 1
Publicizing -- 2001-2050 1
Scrapbooks 1
Scrapbooks -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Scrapbooks -- United States -- 1951-2000 1
Scripts (documents) 1
Scripts (documents) -- 1951-2000 1
Scripts (documents) -- 2001-2050 1
Spiritualists 1
Theater 1
Theater -- 20th century -- History and criticism 1
Theater -- Florida -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century 1
Theater -- Production and direction -- Florida 1
Theater -- Production and direction -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Theater critics -- California -- San Francisco 1
Theater critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Theater programs 1
Theatrical producers and directors -- Florida 1
Theatrical producers and directors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Theatrical productions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1910-1920 1
Typescripts 1
Vaudeville -- United States -- History 1
Wire recordings 1
Women authors, American -- 20th century 1
Women dramatists, American -- 20th century 1
Women in the theater 1
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Names
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 2
Stevens, Thomas Wood, 1880-1942 2
Albee, Edward, 1928-2016 1
American Theater Company (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
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Art Institute of Chicago. Students' League 1
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Barrymore, Ethel 1
Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955 1
Browne, Maurice, 1884-1961 1
Bryn Mawr College 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Cheney, Sheldon, 1886-1980 1
Chicago Dramatists 1
Chicago Little Theatre Company 1
Coblentz, Edmond D. 1
Donahey, William, 1883-1970 1
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 1
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 1
Fine Arts Theatre (Organization : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 1
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 1
Fugard, Athol 1
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
Gabriel, Gilbert W. (Gilbert Wolf), 1890-1952 1
Gale, Zona, 1874-1938 1
Gerstenberg, Alice 1
Gest, Morris, 1881-1942 1
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer, 1883-1918 1
Green, Abel, 1900-1973 1
Hazelton, George Cochrane, 1868-1921 1
Head, Cloyd 1
Hearst Corporation 1
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) 1
Hull House Theatre (Organization : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Johnston, Alva 1
Jonson, Raymond, 1891-1982 1
Karch, Hank 1
Kiefer, H. C. (Henry Carl), 1890-1957 1
Lunt, Alfred 1
Markey, Gene, 1895-1980 1
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 1
McCullough, Mia 1
National League of American Pen Women 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
Northworth, Jack 1
Payne, Ben Iden, 1881-1976 1
Peabody, Eddie, approximately 1901-1970 1
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008 1
Players' Workshop (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Princeton University 1
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 1
Sheaffer, Robert Faust 1
Sickinger, Bob, 1926-2013 1
Society of Midland Authors 1
Stage Left Theater 1
Steppenwolf Theatre Company 1
Stevens, Ashton 1
Stevens, Georgie Cooper, 1904-1975 1
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 1
University of Miami 1
Webster, Henry Kitchell, 1875-1932 1
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 1
Wolfe, Milton G. 1
Year Book Medical Publishers 1
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