Abstract

Scrapbook and loose material from the scrapbook documenting the dance career of Chicago dancer-actress-musician Evelyn "Evie" Martha Atkeisson (b. 1906). Atkeisson performed with the European Ballet School, Chicago, taught at the Lyon & Healy Music Building, and danced at the formal opening of the Drake Hotel.

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Scrapbook is bound in leather, with items glued in.It is a commercial scrapbook, with places for notes, personal messages, and autographs. Items include letters, clippings, invitations, greeting cards, programs, and pictures cut from the Carl Schurz High School yearbook. Atkeisson cut out pictures of classmates from the yearbook and pasted them beside the personal messages written by that classmate. Loose items that accompanied the scrapbook include a brochure from the European Ballet...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Scrapbook is bound in leather, with items glued in.It is a commercial scrapbook, with places for notes, personal messages, and autographs. Items include letters, clippings, invitations, greeting cards, programs, and pictures cut from the Carl Schurz High School yearbook. Atkeisson cut out pictures of classmates from the yearbook and pasted them beside the personal messages written by that classmate. Loose items that accompanied the scrapbook include a brochure from the European Ballet...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Scrapbook is bound in leather, with items glued in.It is a commercial scrapbook, with places for notes, personal messages, and autographs. Items include letters, clippings, invitations, greeting cards, programs, and pictures cut from the Carl Schurz High School yearbook. Atkeisson cut out pictures of classmates from the yearbook and pasted them beside the personal messages written by that classmate. Loose items that accompanied the scrapbook include a brochure from the European Ballet...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Scrapbook is bound in leather, with items glued in.It is a commercial scrapbook, with places for notes, personal messages, and autographs. Items include letters, clippings, invitations, greeting cards, programs, and pictures cut from the Carl Schurz High School yearbook. Atkeisson cut out pictures of classmates from the yearbook and pasted them beside the personal messages written by that classmate. Loose items that accompanied the scrapbook include a brochure from the European Ballet...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Scrapbook is bound in leather, with items glued in.It is a commercial scrapbook, with places for notes, personal messages, and autographs. Items include letters, clippings, invitations, greeting cards, programs, and pictures cut from the Carl Schurz High School yearbook. Atkeisson cut out pictures of classmates from the yearbook and pasted them beside the personal messages written by that classmate. Loose items that accompanied the scrapbook include a brochure from the European Ballet...