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Zion City (Ill.) records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Zion
Abstract

Mainly newspaper clipping scrapbooks, but also correspondence, and miscellaneous material relating to John Alexander Dowie and the founding of the Christian Catholic Church and Zion City, Illinois.

Dates: 1888-1974; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1907

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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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 498
Manuscripts, American 202
Photographs -- 1901-1950 128
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 123
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 94
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Photographs -- 1951-2000 85
Photographs -- 1851-1900 79
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 67
Correspondence 63
Photographs 59
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 38
Scrapbooks 35
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 34
Clippings (information artifacts) 33
Clippings -- 1901-1950 33
Chicago (Ill.) 29
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 29
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 29
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 27
Printed ephemera 26
World War, 1914-1918 24
Clippings -- 1951-2000 21
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 20
Sound recordings 20
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 19
Soldiers' writings, American 19
Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 19
Authors, American -- 20th century 18
Diaries -- 1851-1900 17
Programs 17
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 16
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 15
Correspondence -- United States -- 1901-1950 15
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 15
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 14
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 14
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 14
Dance companies -- Illinois -- Chicago 13
Diaries -- 1901-1950 13
Moving images 13
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 13
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 13
Advertisements 12
Clippings -- 1851-1900 12
Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 12
Dance teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 12
Dancers -- Portraits 12
Postcards 12
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 12
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 12
Composers 11
Dance -- Illinois -- Chicago 11
Dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 11
Designers -- Illinois -- Chicago 11
Europe -- Description and travel 11
Parent and child -- Correspondence 11
Railroads -- Management 11
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 10
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 10
Choreographers -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Dance -- Study and teaching -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Diaries 10
Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 10
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Poems -- 1901-1950 10
Posters 10
Printing 10
Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 10
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Videocassettes 10
Audiocassettes 9
Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 9
Correspondence -- 1751-1800 9
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
Ledgers (account books) 9
Manuscripts, English 9
Programs -- 1951-2000 9
Reporters and reporting 9
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 9
Women dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
World War, 1939-1945 9
Audiovisual materials 8
Correspondence -- United States -- 1951-2000 8
Genealogies (histories) 8
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 8
Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 8
Musicians -- Portraits 8
Newspapers 8
Periodicals 8
Printing industry 8
Railroads -- Illinois 8
Receipts (Financial records) 8
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 8
Tintypes (prints) 8
Calligraphy 7
Chicago (Ill.) -- History 7
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 7
Clubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 7
Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 7
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Language
English 1336
German 38
French 27
Spanish; Castilian 13
Italian 12
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Names
Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 39
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 26
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 25
Newberry Library 24
United States. Army 23
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Pullman Company 21
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 16
Curt Teich Postcard Archives Collection (Newberry Library) 15
Lake County Forest Preserve District (Ill.) 15
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 12
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 12
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 11
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 11
Edward E. Ayer Photograph Collection (Newberry Library) 11
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 11
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 10
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 10
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 10
Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library) 10
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 10
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 10
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 10
Art Institute of Chicago 9
Chicago Sun-Times 9
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 9
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 9
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 8
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 8
Charles H. Kerr Company 8
DaBoll, Raymond F. 8
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 8
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 8
Industrial Workers of the World 8
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 8
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 8
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 8
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 8
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 8
Ade, George, 1866-1944 7
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 7
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 7
Chicago Reader (Chicago, Ill.) 7
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 7
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 7
Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969 7
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 7
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 7
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 7
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 7
Rand McNally and Company 7
Rosemont, Franklin 7
Rosemont, Penelope 7
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 7
American Indian Center of Chicago 6
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 6
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 6
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 6
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company 6
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 6
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 6
D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian 6
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 6
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 6
Hayes, James, 1907-1993 6
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 6
Michael Brown Rare Books 6
Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 6
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 6
Newberry Library. John M. Wing Foundation 6
Newberry, Walter Loomis, 1804-1868 6
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 6
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 6
Society of Typographic Arts (Chicago, Ill.) 6
Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905 6
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 6
United States. Office of Indian Affairs 6
University of Chicago 6
American Red Cross 5
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 5
Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934 5
Barzel, Ann 5
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 5
Catich, Edward M. 5
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 5
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 5
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 5
Fairbank, Alfred J. 5
Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 5
Geronimo, 1829-1909 5
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 5
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 5
Henley, David, 1749-1823 5
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 5
Illinois Central Railroad Company 5
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 5
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 5
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 5
MoMing Dance and Arts Center (Chicago) 5
Morrison, Helen Balfour, 1900-1984 5
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 5
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