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Alma Schmidt Petersen papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Petersen
Abstract Correspondence of Alma Schmidt Petersen of Chicago to her parents (Emma Seipp Schmidt and Dr. Otto L. Schmidt) while on tours of European, Canadian and American spas and vacation sites, and at Mt. Vernon Seminary, 1913-1914. Also letters from various Seipp family members in Germany in 1914, and from a German soldier-admirer, 1914-1915. Topics include attitudes toward the impending war in Europe, the treatment of chronic illness, and the school and vacation experiences of a well-off young...
Dates: 1909-1988; Majority of material found within 1911-1985

Ben Hecht papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hecht
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Ben Hecht, and also papers of his wife Rose Caylor Hecht (novelist) and daughter Jenny Hecht (actress).

Dates: 1879-1983

Elaine Madlener papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Madlener
Abstract

Research material for a biography of Herbert von Karajan and material on autograph collecting gathered by Elaine Madlener, Chicago philanthropist and socialite. Material related to Madlener’s Grant Hospital committee work for two benefit performances by Karajan in 1955 and 1965, and manuscripts by British author Charles Langbridge Morgan.

Dates: 1916-1966; Majority of material found within 1944-1965

Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler and Sigmund Zeisler papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Zeisler
Abstract Correspondence to and from pianist Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, Sigmund Zeisler, their sons Ernest, Leonard and Paul, and relatives and friends; also, miscellaneous material relating to Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler's life and musical career, including a biography of Fannie Zeisler written by her husband Sigmund; works of Sigmund Zeisler relating to his legal career and involvement in the Haymarket riots of 1886; also assorted memorabilia of Fannie Zeisler and the Zeisler family, photographs of...
Dates: 1869-1981; Majority of material found within 1883-1931

Felix Borowski Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borowski
Abstract Correspondence, writings, photographs, sound recordings, clippings scrapbooks, and some biographical material documenting the life of Felix Borowski, Chicago composer, musicologist, critic for the Chicago Evening Post and Herald, and music bibliographer for the Newberry Library. The papers include letters from prominent American and European composers such as Mili Balakirev, Edvard Grieg, Paul Hindemith, John Alden Carpenter,...
Dates: 1841-1995; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1956

Jack Fuller papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-FullerJ
Abstract

The literary and journalistic works, correspondence, and personal materials of Chicago journalist and novelist Jack Fuller.

Dates: 1850-2016; Majority of material found within 1951-2009

Mendicant ephemera collection

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Identifier: Case-folio-HV4493 .N49
Abstract

Collection of printed poems, postcards, photographs, and other ephemera with appeals to the public by people who are blind, deaf, or with other physical disabilities, offered in exchange for a small donation. Geographic coverage is focused primarily on the United States but also includes Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Spain.

Dates: approximately 1850-approximately 2020

Rudolph Ganz Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ganz
Abstract

Works, correspondence to and from prominent musical figures, family correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, artifacts, and a couple of recordings of this world-renowned concert pianist, composer, conductor, and educator.

Dates: 1864-2013

Stanton, Schilling, and Parsons family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-SSP
Abstract

Family history of the three main branches of a large Chicago based family. Includes over eight generations of correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, and diaries, following family members across the United States, Europe, and the Philippines. Material relates to the biographical information of many family members, including their careers, family life, and hobbies.

Dates: 1733-2015; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1980

Theodore Thomas Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Thomas
Abstract

Correspondence, mainly incoming, of Theodore Thomas, the first conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and his wife Rose Fay Thomas; photographs of musicians; and a small collection of miscellaneous material relating to the Thomases.

Dates: 1852-1926

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Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 2
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 2
Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932 2
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Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
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Antheil, George, 1900-1959 1
Arliss, George, 1868-1946 1
Armitage, Walter J. 1
Axelrod, Mark 1
Bach, Ed. 1
Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
Beach, Amy, 1867-1944 1
Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992 1
Berliner Philharmoniker 1
Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie, 1863-1927 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Borowski, Elsa 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897 1
Brent, Stuart 1
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889 1
Brockton (Mass.). Police Department 1
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 1
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912 1
Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924 1
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Carver, Art 1
Caylor, Rose 1
Chadwick, G. W. (George Whitefield), 1854-1931 1
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Chapellerie du Jockey Club 1
Chicago Daily Journal 1
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1
Chicago Musical College 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 1
Cole, Chick 1
Commonwealth Rescue League (Upton, Mass.) 1
Covert, Geo. L. 1
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Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1
Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904 1
Edwards, V., Cap. 1
Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934 1
Essipoff, Marie Armstrong, 1892- 1
Filip, František, 1904-1957 1
Fithen, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1882-1940 1
Folk, L. M. 1
Foote, Arthur, 1853-1937 1
Fortnightly of Chicago (Organization) 1
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 1
Freemasons. Medina Lodge, No. 336 (Medina, N.Y.) 1
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 1
Fuller, Ernest 1
Fuller, Jack 1
Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972 1
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 1
Graff, William W. 1
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 1
Grant Hospital (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Grant Hospital (Chicago, Ill.). Women's Auxiliary 1
Grove, George, 1820-1900 1
Guild of the Brave Poor Things 1
Harriss, Daniel E. F. P. 1
Hart, Moss, 1904-1961 1
Hecht family 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Hemmerlé, Emile 1
Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924 1
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 1
Hirschberger, Fritz, Lieutenant 1
Holler, Jeanette 1
Holmes, Julian (Lyricist) 1
Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Clinton Lodge, No. 98 (Lock Haven, Pa.) 1
Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931 1
Inter-American Press Association 1
Irgun tseva'i le'umi 1
January, J. W. 1
Jessel, George, 1898-1981 1
Joachim, Joseph, 1831-1907 1
Johnston, Clarence A. 1
Just, Ward S. 1
Kaak, Willy, 1890- 1
Karajan, Herbert von 1
Karchmar, Jacob 1
Kellogg, Clara Louise, 1842-1916 1
Kennedy, Willie, 1884- 1
Kogan, Herman 1
Kook, Hillel, 1915-2001 1
Kroch, Adolph, 1882- 1
Krÿnberg, A. 1
Lampérière, G. 1
Lehmann, Lilli, 1848-1929 1
Lentini, Frank A., 1889-1966 1
Lenya, Lotte 1
Levi, Edward H. (Edward Hirsch), 1911-2000 1
Ligue des Droits du religieux ancien combattant 1
Lipsky, Seth 1
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