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Ellen Goldsmith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goldsmith
Abstract Large collection of photographs relating to the ballet, opera and cinema, dating from the 1940s through the early 1970s, amassed by Ellen (Teddy) Goldsmith, backstage worker at the Civic Opera House, home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Many of the photographs are professional portraits of opera stars and ballet dancers – many autographed – and hundreds of personal and backstage snapshots. Also, a group of photos of movie stills, popular celebrities and performers, plus a small amount of...
Dates: 1933-2007

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

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Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
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Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 2
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Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs 1
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) 1
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Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
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Community theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Dance companies -- Photographs 1
Dancers -- Photographs 1
Dramatists, American -- 20th century 1
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Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews 1
Little theater movement -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Off-Broadway theater 1
One-act plays, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Opera -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
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Package tours 1
Personal correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Personal correspondence -- 2001-2050 1
Philanthropists -- United States 1
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Playbills -- 1901-1950 1
Playbills -- 1951-2000 1
Playbills -- 2001-2050 1
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Printing blocks 1
Programs -- 1901-1950 1
Programs -- 1951-2000 1
Scrapbooks 1
Scrapbooks -- 2001-2050 1
Scripts (documents) 1
Signatures (names) -- 1901-1950 1
Signatures (names) -- 1951-2000 1
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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Theater -- Production and direction -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
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Theater programs -- 1901-1950 1
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Theatrical productions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1910-1920 1
Typescripts 1
Video recordings -- 1951-2000 1
Video recordings -- 2001-2050 1
Women theatrical producers and directors -- United States 1
Works of art -- 1951-2000 1
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Names
Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
Art Institute of Chicago. Students' League 1
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1