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Sherwood Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Anderson
Abstract Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, audiovisual material, royalty statements, personal financial records, artifacts, miscellaneous ephemera, autographed works, and literary manuscripts (many unpublished; also fragments, notes, and tentative sketches for short stories) of Chicago Literary Renaissance novelist and poet best known for his 1919 novel, Winesburg, Ohio.
Dates: 1872-1992

Stone-Camryn School of Ballet records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Stone-Camryn
Abstract Chicago's Stone-Camryn School of Ballet was founded in 1941 by established dancers Walter Camryn and Bentley Stone. It became one of the most successful American ballet schools in placing its graduates in professional companies, and in creating new generations of dance teachers. Archives include personal and biographical material from Stone and Camryn, school records, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, programs, clippings, and choreographic notes.
Dates: 1865-1988; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1988

Willens & Company business and advertising specimens

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Willens & Co.
Abstract Collection of business forms and cards, advertisements, and other commercial printing specimens created by Chicago printing firm Willens & Company. Also included in the collection are brochures, catalogs, and other text describing the products and services of the company and current rates. The specimens were originally compiled in a three-ring binder for a sales representative to demonstrate the company's line of "standardized advertising and printed necessities and to take orders for...
Dates: 1939

Zwiefka family dance papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Zwiefka
Abstract Materials related to Evelyn Zwiefka's, Grace Zwiefka Thuis's, and Diane Lewandowski's dance instruction in Chicago primarily through the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Public School District. The women specialized in ballet, folk, Hawaiian, Polish, and Spanish dance.
Dates: 1890-1987; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1960

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Clippings (information artifacts) 26
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 24
Photographs 18
Scrapbooks 14
Correspondence 10
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Sound recordings 9
Programs 7
Moving images 6
Authors, American -- 20th century 4
Choreographers -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Printed ephemera 4
Scores (documents for music) 4
Sheet music 4
Artifacts 3
Business cards 3
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 3
Contracts 3
Dance teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Receipts (Financial records) 3
Sketches 3
Ballet 2
Ballet dancers 2
Blank forms 2
Brochures 2
Cartoonists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Chicago (Ill.) 2
Dance companies -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Editorial cartoons 2
Envelopes 2
Invitations 2
Labels (identifying artifacts) 2
Letterheads 2
Manufacturers' catalogs 2
Manuscripts, American 2
Menus 2
New Year cards 2
Periodicals 2
Political cartoons 2
Postcards 2
Posters 2
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- Caricatures and cartoons 2
Promotional materials 2
Sales catalogs 2
Taxes 2
Tickets 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Palestine 2
Address books 1
Advertisements 1
Advertising 1
Advertising -- Circus 1
Advertising -- Transportation -- United States -- History 1
Advertising cards 1
Alternative publications 1
Amusement parks -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Amusement rides 1
Announcements 1
Annual reports 1
Art -- Exhibitions 1
Art -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Exhibitions 1
Art museums -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Art, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 1
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions 1
Articles 1
Artists -- Portraits -- Exhibitions 1
Artists' books 1
Arts -- Management -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Authors as artists 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography 1
Avondale (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Bahamas -- Description and travel 1
Ballet companies -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Ballet companies -- Photographs 1
Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Birthday cards 1
Bohemianism -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Bonds (negotiable instruments) 1
Book jackets 1
Book prospectuses 1
Bookmarks 1
Bookplates 1
Booksellers' advertisements 1
Booksellers' catalogs 1
Broadsides 1
Business announcements 1
Buttons (informational artifacts) 1
Calendars 1
Calligraphy 1
Calligraphy (visual works) 1
Caricatures and cartoons -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Catalogs 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Certificates 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions 1
Choreography 1
Christmas cards 1
Circus 1
Circus -- United States 1
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French 2
German 2
Spanish; Castilian 2
Italian 1
Polish 1
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Russian 1
Swedish 1
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Chicago Daily News, Inc. 4
Chicago sun-times 3
Darrow, Clarence 3
Hecht, Ben 3
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) 3
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Page, Ruth 3
Simon and Schuster, inc 3
University of Chicago 3
Anderson, Margaret C. 2
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 2
Brooks, Gwendolyn 2
Caylor, Rose 2
Chicago Opera Ballet 2
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 2
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 2
Lawson, Victor Freemont 2
Long, Larry 2
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney) 2
Ruth Page Foundation 2
Ryerson, Edward L. (Edward Larned), 1886-1971 2
Sandburg, Carl 2
Stein, Gertrude 2
Stone, Bentley 2
Tallchief, Maria 2
Wallace, Mike 2
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
Africana Dancers 1
Al G. Barnes Circus 1
Aldis, Arthur T. 1
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 1
Aliquando Press 1
Allied Arts Corp. (Chicago, Ill.) 1
American Ballet Caravan (New York, N.Y.) 1
American Ballet Theatre 1
American Institute of Graphic Arts 1
Anderson, Eleanor Copenhaver, 1896-1985 1
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 1
Antheil, George, 1900-1959 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Artichoker, John, 1930- 1
Arts Club of Chicago 1
Atkinson, Charles Thomas 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Babb, Sanora 1
Balaban & Katz 1
Balanchine, George 1
Balkenhol, Stephan, 1957- 1
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1
Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil 1
Barnes-Carruthers 1
Bataille, Claire 1
Beck, Bruce, 1916-2009 1
Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992 1
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 1
Bender, Charles Albert, 1884-1954 1
Benette, Margaret 1
Bennett, Robert L. (Robert LaFollette), 1912-2002 1
Bergstrom, Robert W., 1918-2006 1
Bertram Mills Circus 1
Best, Marshall 1
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 1
Bibliotheca Wittockiana 1
Blaine, Anita McCormick 1
Blue Spruce, George 1
Bobbs-Merrill Company 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 1
Boni & Liveright 1
Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973 1
Booklyn Artists Alliance 1
Borgman, Jim 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Boulanger, Nadia 1
Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-2010 1
Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957 1
Brand, Millen 1
Braque, Georges 1
Breckinridge, Sophonisba P. (Sophonisba Preston), 1866-1948 1
Bremer Presse 1
Brent, Stuart 1
Brice, W. Kirkpatrick 1
Brickman, Morrie 1
Brighton Press 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 1
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 1
Cage, John 1
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 1
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987 1
California Insurance Company 1
Calumet Book & Engraving Company 1
Calumet Company 1
Camryn, Walter 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Carpenter, Rue Winterbotham, -1931 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Cavan, Jack 1
Cemin, Saint Clair 1
Centro del bel libro (Ascona, Switzerland) 1
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