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Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble (CRDE) records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Chicago-Repertory
Abstract

A troupe that showcased the works of Chicago choreographers, the Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble was founded in 1981 by Tara Mitton and headquartered at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts building until its dissolution in 1992. Records include administrative files, photographs, publicity, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: 1981-1992

Chicago Stockyards Industrial Park Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-176
Abstract

Sixteen professional photographs of the area of Chicago known as the Stockyards Industrial Park which was developed after the closing of the Union Stock Yards in 1971. The Industrial Park is home to various small factories, none of which are involved in meatpacking. Few of the original structures remain, excepting the great limestone arch erected in 1879 to mark the stockyard entrance.

Dates: approximately 1975

Chicago Tribune daily assignment records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tribune
Abstract

Daily weekday reporting staff assignment sheets, often providing summaries of specific events that were to be covered, dating from May 2, 1983 to July 5, 1984.

Dates: May 2, 1983-Jul. 5, 1984

Christina Olson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Olson
Abstract

Material relating to Chicago dancer Christina Olson, who at the age of twelve performed as a Turkish dancer in the Turkish Theater at the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893. Includes music school diploma, hand-written documents concerning her employment and performances, her marriage certificate and two photographs. Also, three items relating to the Exposition – a general ticket of admission, her passbook and a program for the Turkish Theater.

Dates: 1891-1918

Christopher C. Augur Papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3008
Abstract

United States army officer, 1843 to 1885. Correspondence, printed and manuscript military orders and reports, letter-books, a miscellany of accounts and receipts, clippings, memorabilia and maps, mainly documenting Augur's military activities and commands before and during the Civil War, and post-war service in the Pacific Northwest, Texas and the Gulf.

Dates: 1780-1912; Majority of material found within 1846 - 1885

Christopher Gardner Pearce papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Pearce
Abstract Correspondence between Christopher Gardner Pearce, who was a Mississippi steamboat captain, and his wife Jane Ann (Sackett), beginning during their courtship in 1839 and continuing until 1851, the year in which Jane Ann died. The letters discuss a variety of subjects, including Pearce's life on the river, Jane Ann’s domestic life in Cincinnati, business, religion, politics, and family news and gossip. Also included is Pearce’s obituary from 1882, and a 1943 newspaper clipping that reprints a...
Dates: 1839-1943; Majority of material found within 1839 - 1851

Christopher Gausby Papers

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Gausby
Abstract

New York calligrapher, illuminator, writer, and sculptor. The papers consist largely of codex artist’s books and broadsides, correspondence, and documents relative to the artwork of Christopher Gausby.

Dates: 1979-2014

City News Bureau records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-City News Bureau
Abstract

Reporters' copy and supporting subject materials of the City News Bureau of Chicago news agency, filed from four beat locations: Federal Court, Cook County Civil Court, Cook County Criminal Court, and Chicago City Hall.

Dates: 1944-2005; Majority of material found within 1990-2000

Clara Falls postcard collection

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Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-PC Falls
Abstract

Collection of real photo postcards, photographs, and 1 letter collected by Clara Falls, who attended the Sac and Fox Indian School near Stroud, Oklahoma. Many images depict members of the Sac and Fox Nation. Items have been grouped in general categories including images related to the Sac and Fox Indian School, snapshots of groups and individuals, studio photographs and postcards, and buildings and views.

Dates: approximately 1900-1933

Clara G. Spiegel-Ernest Hemingway family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Spiegel-HemingwayC
Abstract

Letters and cards written to author Clara G. Spiegel from Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Mary Welsh Hemingway and Patrick Hemingway, plus one letter from game ranger Denis Zaphiro. Also, a small photograph of Hemingway and a typescript of a friend’s eulogy written by Hemingway in 1939.

Dates: 1939-1988

Claudia Cassidy papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cassidy
Abstract

Articles and reviews, correspondence, broadcast scripts, photographs, and clippings of the Chicago Tribune performing arts critic from 1942 to 1965. Cassidy wrote her influential "On the Aisle" column for the Tribune, then wrote freelance criticism and hosted a weekly program of arts criticism for WFMT, helping to shape the course of music, theater, and dance in Chicago.

Dates: 1880s-1996; Majority of material found within 1930-1985

Clay Judson Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, photographs and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer Clay Judson.

Dates: 1800-1966

Clay Judson Papers - Additions

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC2
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer and civic leader, Clay Judson, including correspondence, mostly with family members; travel narratives of camping trips taken by Judson and his friends, chiefly in Wisconsin and Minnesota; materials relating to Judson’s experiences with the A.E.F. in World War I; and photographs of Judson and his family members, among which is an album of snapshots made while his father was stationed in Panama during the construction of the Gatun...
Dates: 1839-1960; Majority of material found within 1905 - 1926

Cloyd Head papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Head
Abstract

Writings and correspondence, souvenirs and miscellany of Cloyd Head, Chicago playwright, theatrical director, business manager of the Goodman Theatre and husband of the poet Eunice Tietjens.

Dates: 1881-1968

Cole family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cole
Abstract New England and Chicago Protestant missionary family. Includes letters and family documents from John A. Cole, a civil engineer, active in the U.S. Christian Commission during the Civil War. After the war he worked with and educated freedmen, women, and children in Washington D.C. through the Lincoln Industrial Mission and the recently established Howard University. He met his wife, Julia A. Cole (née Alvord) through his work with the Lincoln Industrial Mission and Howard University, who...
Dates: 1842-1945; Majority of material found within 1854-1928

C.R. Clark Photograph Book

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Clark
Abstract

Volume of individually mounted photographs compiled by C.R. Clark for Byron L. Smith, approximately 1911, showing scenes of Chicago before and after the 1871 fire. Includes a letter relating to Smith’s acquisition of the photograph book, and the original front and back covers.

Dates: approximately 1865-1872, 1911

Curt Teich Co. records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Teich Co.
Abstract The Curt Teich Postcard Archives Collection is the nation’s largest public collection of postcards and related materials. The core collection in the Teich Archives, acquired by the Lake County Discovery Museum in 1982 and subsequently transferred to the Newberry in 2016, is the industrial archives of the Curt Teich Company of Chicago, which operated from 1898 to 1978 as the world’s largest printer of view and advertising postcards. The Teich Company saved examples of nearly every image...
Dates: 1898-2002; Majority of material found within 1900-1978

Dahl-Stedman Co. Builders Records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dahl-Stedman
Abstract Two photo albums of buildings, mainly in Chicago, constructed by Dahl-Stedman firm. Photographs of excavation, construction, and completed buildings, both interior and exterior. Included are images of the Lumber Exchange Building, Marquette Cement Co., Harrington & King Building, Federal Electric Company, Chicago Racquet Club, St. Vincent Infant Asylum, Baskin Store, and several Ann Arbor schools. Also a manuscript guide to construction costs prepared by George Dahl, ca. 1900-1920, and...
Dates: 1900-1927

Dance For Life records

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Dance For Life
Abstract Project notebooks, publicity, promotional materials, and audiovisual footage from Dance For Life, a yearly dance event organized by Chicago Dancers United. According to their website, " Dance for Life Chicago is the annual benefit dance concert presenting and showcasing the city’s unique diversity of talent, dance traditions and styles by bringing together the incredibly talented, world-renowned professional dancers of Chicago for one night on the same stage. The dance community unites...
Dates: 1992-2016

Dance Horizons records

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Dance Horizons
Abstract Films, photographs, programs, and newspaper clippings documenting the activities of a Highland Park modern dance venue consisting of three separate, but interrelated groups (The Trio, Dance Horizons, North Shore Dance Workshop) operated by Martha Koplin, Suzanne Ettlinger, and Dorothy Mozen, and active from 1958-1977. The three offered classes for children and adults, and held and filmed workshops with visiting artists including Merce Cunningham, Daniel Nagrin, Katherine Litz, Alwin...
Dates: 1958-1977

Daniel B. Henderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Henderson
Abstract

Letters, land agreements, contracts, and claims relating to Henderson's legal practice working with groups of American Indians such as bands of Klamath, Chippewa, and Tonkawa.

Dates: 1904-1924

Daniel Lyman Chandler Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-128
Abstract

Twelve letters of New Englander Daniel Lyman Chandler from Chicago, Illinois, and Ogden, Kansas, to his relatives,1855-1863, which describe life in Chicago and in the Kansas Territory. Also, two other letters from his nephew John and a woman named Elisabeth Hewins.

Dates: 1855-1866

Daniel S. Dickinson Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dickinson
Abstract Daniel S. Dickinson was a prominent Civil War politician from New York, a conservative Democrat who worked toward compromise before the war began. During the war, he sought to quash Union internal political disagreement and after the war he remained in politics. He was commended by the public and politicians on both sides of the conflict for his oratorical skills and genial manner. This collection is mainly composed of correspondence to that effect, as well as some letters on the subjects of...
Dates: 1799-1892; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1860

Dankmar Adler papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Adler
Abstract Correspondence, autobiography, writings, articles, genealogy, books, clippings, photographs, and pictures relating to Dankmar Adler, Chicago architect, acoustician, and partner of Louis Sullivan in the Adler and Sullivan architectural firm. Also other family and research materials accumulated by Joan W. Saltzstein, Adler's granddaughter, for her study of Adler and his numerous architectural projects, including the Auditorium Theater, Stock Exchange Building, Garrick Theater Building, and the...
Dates: 1857-1984

D'Arcy McNickle papers

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Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-McNickle
Abstract

Literary and scholarly manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, and other materials of D'Arcy McNickle, American Indian author, government employee, community organizer, anthropologist, and historian. Records cover McNickle's work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, American Indian Development, Inc., the University of Saskatchewan, and the Center for the History of the American Indian at the Newberry Library.

Dates: 1913-1986; Majority of material found within 1924-1977

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Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 33
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Newberry Library 15
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 14
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 11
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 11
Art Institute of Chicago 9
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 9
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 9
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 9
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 9
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 9
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 8
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 8
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 8
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 8
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 8
Ade, George, 1866-1944 7
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 7
Charles H. Kerr Company 7
Chicago Sun-Times 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 7
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Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969 7
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 7
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 7
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 7
Industrial Workers of the World 7
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 7
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 7
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 7
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 6
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 6
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 6
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company 6
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 6
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 6
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 6
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 6
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 6
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 6
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 6
Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 6
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 6
Rand McNally and Company 6
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 6
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 6
University of Chicago 6
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 6
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 5
Barzel, Ann 5
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 5
Chicago Reader (Chicago, Ill.) 5
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 5
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 5
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 5
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 5
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 5
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 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
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 5
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 5
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 5
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 5
MoMing Dance and Arts Center (Chicago) 5
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 5
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 5
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 5
Rosemont, Franklin 5
American Red Cross 4
Anderson, Margaret C. 4
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 4
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 4
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 4
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 4
Burbank, E. A. (Elbridge Ayer), 1858-1949 4
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 4
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 4
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 4
DaBoll, Raymond F. 4
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 4
Graham, Martha 4
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 4
Illinois Central Railroad Company 4
Lipinski, Dolores 4
Morrison, Helen Balfour, 1900-1984 4
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 4
Rosemont, Penelope 4
Shaw family 4
Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888 4
Society of Typographic Arts (Chicago, Ill.) 4
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