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Hope Abelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Abelson
Abstract

Materials related to the theater career, business, and personal life of Chicago theater producer and philanthropist Hope Abelson, including scripts, theater mementos, correspondence, financial documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video recordings.

Dates: 1914-2008; Majority of material found within 1949-2006

John Doctoroff papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Doctoroff
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, exhibition programs, and prints relating to Chicago-based portrait artist John Doctoroff.

Dates: 1924-1967

Kay Ashton-Stevens papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-StevensK
Abstract

Correspondence, personal and career related materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials of Chicago actress, television and radio personality, and wife of critic Ashton Stevens, Kay Ashton-Stevens.

Dates: 1905-1978

Mike Nussbaum Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Nussbaum
Abstract

Playscripts, photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous personal and production materials of Chicago actor and director known for his work with playwright David Mamet and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Dates: 1945-2017; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2015

Virna Harman Walker Johnston papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-JohnstonV
Abstract

Correspondence, programs, report cards, and clippings relating to Chicago dancer and dance instructor Virna Harman Walker Johnston.

Dates: 1903-1959; Majority of material found within 1918-1930

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Community theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
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Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Philanthropists -- United States 1
Phonograph records -- 1901-1950 1
Playbills -- 1901-1950 1
Portrait drawing, American -- 20th century 1
Portrait painters -- United States 1
Portrait painting, American -- 20th century 1
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Radio -- History 1
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Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 2
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Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 1
Adolphus Hotel (Dallas, Tex.) 1
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All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts 1
Ambassador East Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) 1
American Red Cross 1
Anshe Emet Synagogue (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Baird, Warner G. 1
Bank, Marji 1
Branstrom, William J. 1
Brown, Edward E. (Edward Eagle), 1885-1959 1
Budd, Ralph, 1879-1962 1
Butterworth Center (Moline, Ill.) 1
Capehart, Homer E. (Homer Earl), 1897-1979 1
Cassidy, Claudia 1
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 1
Chicago Clearing House Association 1
Chicago Historical Society 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1
Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Cook, Mollie Price 1
Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986 1
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 1
Davis, Mitchell P. 1
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951 1
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Dillard University 1
Doctoroff, John, 1893-1970 1
Doctoroff, Rose, 1893-1956 1
Drake Hotel 1
Dutton, Mary L. 1
Edwards Place (Springfield, Ill.) 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 1
Engelhard, Benjamin M., 1868-1948 1
Federal Life Insurance Company (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976 1
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 1
Francis W. Parker School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Gaines, Barbara 1
Garfinkle, Ann 1
Garfinkle, Henry, 1903-1983 1
Gerber, Daniel F., 1898-1974 1
Gerber, Frank D., 1873-1952 1
Gilmore, Blanche 1
Gilmore, Eugene Stuart 1
Goldsmith, Dorothy 1
Green, Abel, 1900-1973 1
Hamilton, Isaac Miller 1
Harman, Lillian 1
Harman, Moses, 1830-1910 1
Harris, Paul Percy, 1868-1947 1
Hearst Corporation 1
Hirschberg, Abram, 1876-1950 1
Hollywood Beach Hotel (Hollywood, Fla.) 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Horner, Henry, 1878-1940 1
Hotel Belvedere (Baltimore, Md.) 1
Hull House Theatre (Organization : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Illinois State Fair 1
International Creative Artists and Craftsmen's Guild 1
Johnston, Arthur Oliver, 1890-1972 1
Johnston, Chester 1
Johnston, Robert Harman, 1920-2011 1
Johnston, Virna Harman Walker 1
Kazan, Elia 1
Kenosha Historical Art Museum (Kenosha, Wis.) 1
Korrick, Blanche Becker, 1897-1987 1
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 1
League of Chicago Theatres 1
Levy, Ruth 1
Lindlahr Sanitarium 1
Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968 1
Lookingglass Theatre Company 1
Mamet, David 1
Mann, Louis L. (Louis Leopold), 1890- 1
Markey, Gene, 1895-1980 1
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940 1
Maxwell, Iris 1
Michael Reese Nurses’ Alumnae Association of Chicago 1
Municipal Art League of Chicago 1
Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Northlight Theatre Company 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Communication 1
Nussbaum, Annette 1
Nussbaum, Karen 1
Nussbaum, Mike 1
Nussbaum, Susan 1
O'Brien, George Harman, 1905- 1
O'Brien, George Robert 1
Palm Beach Hotel (Palm Beach, Fla.) 1
Penn, Albert, 1881-1962 1
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 1
Phoenix Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.) 1
Polasek, Albin, 1879-1965 1
Potts, Willis J. (Willis John), 1895-1968 1
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