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Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Ravinia Festival Association records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ravinia
Abstract

Correspondence, photographs, reports, and publicity relating to the Ravinia Festival, a summer music festival held at Ravinia Park in Highland Park, Illinois, since 1904 (non-continuous).

Dates: 1903-1993

Theodore Thomas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Thomas
Abstract

Correspondence, mainly incoming, of Theodore Thomas, the first conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and his wife Rose Fay Thomas; photographs of musicians; and a small collection of miscellaneous material relating to the Thomases.

Dates: 1852-1926

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Clippings -- 1901-1950 2
Clippings -- 1951-2000 2
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Photographs -- 1901-1950 2
Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
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Actors -- Portraits 1
Ballet dancers -- Photographs 1
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Clippings -- 2001-2050 1
Community theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Composers -- History -- Sources 1
Composers -- Portraits 1
Conductors (Music) -- History -- Sources 1
Conductors (Music) -- Photographs 1
Contracts 1
Correspondence 1
Dance -- United States 1
Drama -- 20th century 1
Dramatic criticism 1
Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 1
Manuscripts, German 1
Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism 1
Music festivals -- United States 1
Musicians -- History -- Sources 1
Musicians -- Photographs 1
Musicians -- Portraits 1
Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. -- Reviews 1
Off-Broadway theater 1
Opera -- 20th century 1
Opera -- United States 1
Package tours 1
Personal correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Personal correspondence -- 2001-2050 1
Philanthropists -- United States 1
Photographs 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- 2001-2050 1
Playbills -- 1901-1950 1
Playbills -- 1951-2000 1
Playbills -- 2001-2050 1
Reports 1
Scrapbooks 1
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 1
Scrapbooks -- 2001-2050 1
Singers -- History -- Sources 1
Singers -- Photographs 1
Singers -- Portraits 1
Symphony orchestras -- History -- Sources 1
Theater -- 20th century -- History and criticism 1
Theater -- 20th century -- Reviews 1
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Theater -- Production and direction 1
Theater -- Production and direction -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Theater -- Soviet Union 1
Theater architecture 1
Theater critics 1
Theater programs -- 1901-1950 1
Theater programs -- 1951-2000 1
Theater programs -- 2001-2050 1
Video recordings -- 1951-2000 1
Video recordings -- 2001-2050 1
Women journalists 1
Women theatrical producers and directors -- United States 1
Works of art -- 1951-2000 1
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