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Contains 26 Results:

Historical summaries, covering, 1902-1982

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1902-1982

Historical chronologies, covering, 1902-1984

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1902-1984

Attendance statistics (including detailed numbers for 1964), 1936-1971

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1936-1971

Repertory indexes, 1936-1957

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1936-1957

Repertory indexes, 1958-1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1958-1966

Chronology of Dance at Ravinia, 1947-1983

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1947-1983

Repertory lists and index, Opera and grand concerts, 1913-1931

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1913-1931

Repertory indexes, Theatrical performances (also theatre income and expense figures 1967-1972 and 1974-1977), 1957-1983

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1957-1983

Laurie, Mrs. Mabel. Letters to Edward Gordon, in regards to contributing her Ravinia memorabilia to the Ravinia "archives", 1968

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1968

Exhibit on Ravinia by the Illinois Institute of Technology, 1973

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1973

Research paper: Ravinia Park: Microcosm of a Changing Era, by Bennett L. Singer, Highland Park High School, Spring, 1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1979

History of Ravinia, pressbook [draft], 1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1979

Oral histories and recollections, various, 1937-1975

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Summary and anecdotal documents used to aid in ascertaining the history of Ravinia, compiled by Ravinia staff and outside researchers. The collections include summary histories, chronologies, repertory lists and indexes, essays, and personal recollections.

Dates: 1937-1975

Frost, A.C. Ravinia Park invoices [photocopies], 1903-1906

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

A small collection of early records highlighting some of the major events in Ravinia's history, including documents of the early Ravinia Park, the Ravinia Company, and the creation of the Ravinia Festival Association. Also includes a proposal for televising concerts, a fact sheet about tickets, and amended By-Laws.

Dates: 1903-1906

Announcement of prize paid to namer of "a new resort...at Ravinia." Sheridan Road Newsletter [photocopy], Mar. 1904

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

A small collection of early records highlighting some of the major events in Ravinia's history, including documents of the early Ravinia Park, the Ravinia Company, and the creation of the Ravinia Festival Association. Also includes a proposal for televising concerts, a fact sheet about tickets, and amended By-Laws.

Dates: Mar. 1904

Announcement, Citizens of Highland Park hold mass-meeting to save Ravinia Park [photocopy of typescript], 1911

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

A small collection of early records highlighting some of the major events in Ravinia's history, including documents of the early Ravinia Park, the Ravinia Company, and the creation of the Ravinia Festival Association. Also includes a proposal for televising concerts, a fact sheet about tickets, and amended By-Laws.

Dates: 1911

Certificate of Capital Stock, Ravinia Company, Jul. 19, 1911

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

A small collection of early records highlighting some of the major events in Ravinia's history, including documents of the early Ravinia Park, the Ravinia Company, and the creation of the Ravinia Festival Association. Also includes a proposal for televising concerts, a fact sheet about tickets, and amended By-Laws.

Dates: Jul. 19, 1911

List of stockholders, Ravinia Company, ca., 1911

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

A small collection of early records highlighting some of the major events in Ravinia's history, including documents of the early Ravinia Park, the Ravinia Company, and the creation of the Ravinia Festival Association. Also includes a proposal for televising concerts, a fact sheet about tickets, and amended By-Laws.

Dates: 1911

Correspondence relating to the possible sale or lease of Ravinia Park, 1937-1939

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

A small collection of early records highlighting some of the major events in Ravinia's history, including documents of the early Ravinia Park, the Ravinia Company, and the creation of the Ravinia Festival Association. Also includes a proposal for televising concerts, a fact sheet about tickets, and amended By-Laws.

Dates: 1937-1939

Change of name to Ravinia Festival Association, Aug. 21, 1941

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

A small collection of early records highlighting some of the major events in Ravinia's history, including documents of the early Ravinia Park, the Ravinia Company, and the creation of the Ravinia Festival Association. Also includes a proposal for televising concerts, a fact sheet about tickets, and amended By-Laws.

Dates: Aug. 21, 1941

Cassidy, Claudia, and Eckhart, Percy, correspondence regarding editorial criticism, Jul. 1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

A small collection of early records highlighting some of the major events in Ravinia's history, including documents of the early Ravinia Park, the Ravinia Company, and the creation of the Ravinia Festival Association. Also includes a proposal for televising concerts, a fact sheet about tickets, and amended By-Laws.

Dates: Jul. 1946

Deed conveying Ravinia Park to the Ravinia Festival Association (with additional correspondence), Jul. 13, 1944; 1947, 1958

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

A small collection of early records highlighting some of the major events in Ravinia's history, including documents of the early Ravinia Park, the Ravinia Company, and the creation of the Ravinia Festival Association. Also includes a proposal for televising concerts, a fact sheet about tickets, and amended By-Laws.

Dates: Jul. 13, 1944; 1947, 1958

Proposal for televising Ravinia concerts, 1948-1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

A small collection of early records highlighting some of the major events in Ravinia's history, including documents of the early Ravinia Park, the Ravinia Company, and the creation of the Ravinia Festival Association. Also includes a proposal for televising concerts, a fact sheet about tickets, and amended By-Laws.

Dates: 1948-1949

Tickets and Facilities Fact Sheet, 1959

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

A small collection of early records highlighting some of the major events in Ravinia's history, including documents of the early Ravinia Park, the Ravinia Company, and the creation of the Ravinia Festival Association. Also includes a proposal for televising concerts, a fact sheet about tickets, and amended By-Laws.

Dates: 1959

By-Laws, correspondence, and amendment, May 1, 1963; 1965, 1967

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

A small collection of early records highlighting some of the major events in Ravinia's history, including documents of the early Ravinia Park, the Ravinia Company, and the creation of the Ravinia Festival Association. Also includes a proposal for televising concerts, a fact sheet about tickets, and amended By-Laws.

Dates: May 1, 1963; 1965, 1967