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Jenny Dufau Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dufau
Abstract
Love letters written during World War I from an Italian in Florence, Italy, to French opera singer Jenny Dufau living in Chicago. Also, brief correspondence concerning Dufau’s passport, a note from a New York opera company, and three photographs of musicians.
Dates:
1913-1917
Joan Ehemann Stone Memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-StoneJ
Abstract
Material relating to the life and career of ballet dancer Joan Eaman (later known as Joan Ehemann Stone) which includes a youthful diary, photographs, clippings and other memorabilia. All items, with the exception of three photographs, are photocopies.
Dates:
1943-1992
John Drury-Marion Neville Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Drury-Neville
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, artwork, personal materials, and photographs of author and journalist John Drury, and his wife, journalist and painter Marion Neville.
Dates:
1860-1970
John Myers O'Hara papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-O'Hara
Abstract
Incoming correspondence and works of poet John Myers O'Hara. The bulk of correspondence is letters from poet Sara Teasdale, 1908-1914.
Dates:
1908-1943
John T. Hanlin Letters
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hanlin
Abstract
Correspondence from Sgt. Hanlin of the 89th Indiana Infantry, Company E, to his parents and siblings describing camp life and combat during his travels through Indiana, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Dates:
1862-1865
Katherine Mansfield Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mansfield
Abstract
Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Katherine Mansfield, British short story writer and critic.
Dates:
1903-1942
Katherine Mansfield Papers - Additions
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mansfield2
Abstract
Correspondence, works, and miscellaneous items relating to Katherine Mansfield, British short story writer and critic.
Dates:
1910-1938
Lily Pagratis Venson papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Venson
Abstract
Journalism, research materials, and personal papers of Chicago journalist Lily Pagratis Venson, who wrote for Lerner Newspapers from 1963 to 1973. The papers include feature stories and editorials written by Venson as well as feature stories and editorials about her and her journalism. The papers also contain her research materials for ongoing stories she covered during her time at Lerner Newspapers: the Edgewater Golf Club land crusade and the demolition of the Edgewater Beach Hotel. She...
Dates:
1962-2011; Majority of material found within 1963-1973
Malone-Finnerty Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-190
Abstract
Malone and Finnerty family correspondence and documents pertaining to deaths from 1862 to 1941. Early correspondence from the Civil War is from James W. Finnerty, a soldier, to his mother and sister. The Civil War letters describe Finnerty's experience traveling with troops through St. Louis, where rebels captured two steamboats in Duck River Bend. Also includes funerals directors’ invoices and correspondence about headstones.
Dates:
1862-1941
Marcia Slater Johnston papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Johnston
Abstract
Published articles, clippings, correspondence, and manuscript drafts written by Chicago freelance journalist Marcia Slater Johnston. Dating from the 1970s, Johnston’s work covers issues such as immigration, gangs, sex trafficking, women’s justice, medicine, and consumer issues. Also includes audiocassettes of radio shows featuring Johnston and her articles.
Dates:
1947-2019; Majority of material found within 1966 - 2010
Margaret Hampton Steele Letters
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Steele
Abstract
Letters of Margaret “Maggie” Hampton Steele to her cousin and future husband Silas W. Hampton, primarily from 1859 and 1860. They are written from Terre Haute, Indiana, where she attended the Female College (1859), and from her family's residences in Grandview, Illinois, and later Topeka, Kansas. Steele’s minister father moved his family to Kansas in support of the free-state faction, settling in Topeka as minister of the First Presbyterian Church. Letters discuss her courtship with Silas, her...
Dates:
1859-1864
Margot Grimmer papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Grimmer
Abstract
Material relating to the career of Chicago dancer Margot Grimmer, including clippings, advertising items, programs, a few miscellaneous incoming letters, and numerous photographs.
Dates:
1956-1984
Marion Cummings papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cummings
Abstract
Papers of Marion Cummings (1876-1926), a teacher, philosopher, and poet, which include both her works and a collection of letters and works of American poet Sara Teasdale.
Dates:
1895-1956; Majority of material found within 1909-1917
Mary Hartwell Catherwood Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Catherwood
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, notes and works of writer Mary Hartwell Catherwood. Also, a few photographs, clippings and articles relating to Catherwood.
Dates:
1865-1945
Mary Sackett Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-038
Abstract
A journal kept by Mary Sackett when she and her family emigrated from New York state to Laona, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1841-1842, three numbers of a manuscript pioneer newspaper with original work done by members of an Illinois reading circle in 1849, a recipe for taffy, some penmanship exercises and two colored drawings. Also, photocopies of genealogical material relating to the Sackett family collected in 1945.
Dates:
1841-1945; Majority of material found within 1841 - 1849
Maude Maury Lawrence Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lawrence
Abstract
Ephemera collection related to the college and music career of soprano Maude Maury Lawrence, an Illinois signer and performer who formed a traveling troupe during the World War I era. Includes correspondence, travel itineraries and ephemera, programs, state fair passes, tickets, and business cards.
Dates:
1912-1946; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1928
May O'Donnell papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-O'Donnell
Abstract
Material relating to the career of modern dancer May O’Donnell, consisting of advertising and announcements, articles, reviews, programs and photographs. Also a few miscellaneous items, some of which relate to O’Donnell’s husband, musician Ray Green.
Dates:
1934-1996
May Walden Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-WaldenM
Abstract
Collection of May Walden, wife of Socialist publisher Charles H. Kerr from 1892 to 1904, consisting of letters, diaries, literary manuscripts, account books, clippings, photographs, memorabilia, as well as publications relating to the Socialist movement. Included in the papers are items relating to May Walden's daughter, Katharine Kerr Moore.
Dates:
1869-1972; Majority of material found within 1892 - 1959
Mia McCullough papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McCullough
Abstract
Drafts and copies of plays by Chicago playwright Mia McCullough, who has written plays produced by Steppenwolf, Chicago Dramatists, American Theater Company, and Stage Left Theater in Chicago, as well as many other stages nationwide. Collection also includes promotional materials and some diaries.
Dates:
1992-2012
Milward Adams photograph collection [OFFSITE]
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Adams
Abstract
STORED OFFSITE – Contact reference@newberry.org for access. Collection of portraits of statesmen, orators, lecturers, musicians, singers, composers, and conductors collected by and autographed to Milward Adams, manager of Chicago's Auditorium Theater from 1889 to 1910.
Dates:
approximately 1890-1910
Mina Hager Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hager
Abstract
Material relating to the career of mezzo-soprano Mina Hager (Mrs. Fred Heidenson), including incoming correspondence from John Alden Carpenter and others, programs, clippings and other memorabilia. Also, practice and demo tapes, sound recordings (78 rpm and 45 rpm, LP) and a collection of manuscript and published sheet music, mostly by John Alden Carpenter.
Dates:
1892-1977; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1970
Mitchell Dawson papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dawson
Abstract
Works, correspondence, and papers of lawyer and poet Mitchell Dawson, and also papers, photographs and genealogical information of the Dawson, Manierre and Hahn families.
Dates:
1810-1988
Musicians Club of Women records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-MCW
Abstract
Administrative, publicity, and audiovisual materials from the Musicians Club of Women, one of the oldest musical clubs founded in Chicago in 1875.
Dates:
1891-2019
Nancy Mattei Papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Mattei
Abstract
Brochures, clippings, and reviews covering Mattei's career as a dancer at MoMing Dance and Arts Center in Chicago. Also includes some clippings about Mattei's sometime dance partner Charlie Vernon; about dancer-choreographer Jan Bartoszek; and about Chicago performance space Links Hall.
Dates:
1976-2001; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1982
Olivia Monona papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Monona
Abstract
Performance photographs, snapshots, newspaper clippings, and opera ephemera relating to the career of Olivia Monona Goldenberger, known professionally as Olivia Monona, from 1899 to 1943. Photographs illustrate the world of Chicago opera and musicals during the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, with photographs of performances in Chicago, Highland Park, IL, and at the Ravinia Festival. Collection also contains portraits, passport, and news clippings about opera maestro Attico Bernabini.
Dates:
1899-1943
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