Photographs -- 1951-2000
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:
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
Lerner Newspapers photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lerner
Abstract
Photographs from the Lerner Newspaper group publication Booster, a weekly newspaper on the north side of Chicago, and "VIP files" containing photographs of individuals used by the company. Booster photographs span from March 1978 to 1982, with fuller runs in 1978 and 1979, and scattered dates in 1980-1982.
Dates:
approximately 1979-approximately 1982
Lewis family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-LewisF
Abstract
Correspondence, documents, personal materials, genealogical research, and photographs of the Lewis and related families collected by Louise Lewis, sister of Chicago journalist Lloyd Lewis.
Dates:
1775-1977; Majority of material found within 1850-1950
Lloyd Lewis papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lewis
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, personal materials, and photographs of Chicago journalist and historian Lloyd Lewis.
Dates:
1886-1985; Majority of material found within 1905-1949
Loren M. Knowles family papers
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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Knowles Family
Abstract
Correspondence and transcriptions thereof, account and estate documents, government records (such as birth, marriage, and death certificates, documents, and letters), news clippings, genealogical research material, photographs, and compilation of information concerning the Knowles family and the related Adgate, Balzhäuser, Brewster, Christian, Cokenhour, Helvig, Hoyal, Hyde, Jackson, Kauffman, Klauder, Lamson, Michell, Oliger, Weigand, and other extended families, located primarily in New York,...
Dates:
1784-2015; Majority of material found within 1811-1961
Lutz-Chamberlin family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lutz-Chamberlin
Abstract
Correspondence, writings, business and legal documents, photographs, clippings, genealogical materials, and postcard collection of members of the Chamberlin and Lutz families, ranging from the 1850’s to the 1990’s. The Chamberlin correspondence consists of George E. Chamberlin’s letters written when he was a student at Dartmouth and subsequently as an officer in the Civil War, plus letters of other Chamberlin family members, mostly through the 1860's. The Lutz correspondence consists of...
Dates:
1844-1992
Malcolm Cowley papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cowley
Abstract
Collection of correspondence, working files, drafts of works, subject files, and personal information by and about author, poet, literary critic, and literary historian Malcolm Cowley.
Dates:
approximately 1850-2004; Majority of material found within 1898 - 1985
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
Mark Turbyfill Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Turbyfill
Abstract
Material relating to the life and career of dancer, poet and painter Mark Turbyfill, including three copies of his unpublished autobiography and many copies of published and unpublished poems. Also, articles and reviews by and about Turbyfill, a few pieces of correspondence, clippings, dance programs, photographs, a cassette tape of him reading, and a published genealogy of the Turbyfill family.
Dates:
1911-1985
Matt Rizzo papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rizzo
Abstract
Typescript essays and a treatise (some in Braille) by Matt Rizzo, Chicago philosopher/writer who was blinded in a robbery at age 22. Collection also includes photo-reproductions of Rizzo with son Charlie and guide dogs, a news clipping about Rizzo's life, audiocassettes of Rizzo dictating parts of his works, a Perkins Brailler, and Rizzo's two Brailling slates with an accompanying stylus for writing Braille.
Dates:
approximately 1940s-2002
May Valentine Opera Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Valentine
Abstract
Photographs of opera singers and conductors, collected by May Valentine, chorus director and music librarian for the Chicago Lyric Opera for 44 years. Mostly undated professional stills of individuals, plus a few stage scenes and miscellaneous group shots.
Dates:
approximately 1910-1972
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
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
Orlando Cabanban photographs
Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Cabanban
Abstract
Negatives (35 mm and 120 film format), contact sheets, prints, and transparencies created by Chicago photographer Orlando Cabanban primarily of events related to the American Indian Center of Chicago during the late 1960s. Social activities documented include powwows, day camps, the AIC canoe club and basketball team, and the American Indian Festival held at the Field Museum. Also includes images of AIC meetings, demonstrations, individual and family portraits, miscellaneous photographs and...
Dates:
approximately 1920s-1991; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1986
Paul Romaine Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Romaine
Abstract
Correspondence and papers of Milwaukee and Chicago bookseller and bon vivant Paul Romaine. Also photographs, memorabilia, diaries, clippings, writings (of Romaine and others), plus items relating to theater, music, political events and persons who interested Romaine.
Dates:
1880-1986; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1983
Pullman Company Records - Audiovisual Materials
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-13
Abstract
Photographic prints, negatives, transparencies, films, filmstrips, and sound recordings, documenting Pullman’s Palace Car Company and Pullman Company cars and car furnishings, officials and employees, properties, advertising, and employee recruitment and training. Forms part of the Pullman Company Records.
Dates:
1872-1976
R. Ford Bentley Papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Bentley
Abstract
Personal, family, and professional papers including photographs and genealogical materials relating to Robert Ford Bentley, Chicago marketing and advertising executive with the Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Co. Also includes promotional materials and correspondence pertaining to many of the printing related companies that Ford worked for.
Dates:
approximately 1830-1990; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1970
Ralph Korngold papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Korngold
Abstract
Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and personal items relating to the life and work of Socialist journalist and historical biographer Ralph Korngold.
Dates:
1867-1994; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1964
Rand McNally and Company records
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rand
Abstract
Business records of the Rand McNally Company, established in 1856 in Chicago. The firm became well known for its cartographic publishing, but also produced a variety of trade books, textbooks, periodicals, and printing jobs such as railroad tickets and coupons. Includes records of financial, marketing, and production activities, including correspondence; visual materials, including photographs, artwork, and scrapbooks; printing artifacts and samples, etc.
Dates:
1856-1996
Raven Theatre Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Raven
Abstract
Records related to Chicago’s Raven Theatre’s administration, development, history, and productions. Materials include box office reports, building plans, and correspondence, as well as budgets, flyers, photographs, reviews, press releases, programs, annotated scripts, and set designs for Raven Theatre’s main stage and “shorties”/one act productions.
Dates:
approximately 1940-2015; Majority of material found within 1983 - 2013
Richard Colles Johnson - Colles Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Johnson
Abstract
Material relating to the genealogy of Richard Colles Johnson’s family, especially his Colles ancestors and relations, including correspondence, clippings, copies of documents and publications, memorabilia, and photographs.
Dates:
1746-2002; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1998
Robert Marsh Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Marsh
Abstract
Music scholar and Chicago Sun-Times classical music critic for over thirty years. Marsh chronicled a golden age for classical music in Chicago, including the tenures of Fritz Reiner and Georg Solti at the CSO and the Lyric Opera in its infancy. The collection includes correspondence, record reviews, photographs, memorabilia, audio recordings, and scrapbooks.
Dates:
1940-1986
Rudolph Ganz Papers
Collection
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
Rudy Horn Papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Horn
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, photographs and memorabilia of Chicago entertainer known as the "Comedy King of Vaudeville." His father was Henry Horn, who operated and booked nightclubs in the early 1900s and was the onetime owner of Chicago's Green Mill Tavern. Born in 1909, Horn performed as a dancer, comedian, and emcee throughout the US and Europe.
Dates:
1920-1995