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E. Drexel Godfrey Theater Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS163
Abstract
Edwin Drexel Godfrey and his wife, Fanny, resided in New York and attended the theatre productions compiled here between 1906 and 1928. The E. Drexel Godfrey Theater Scrapbooks contain personal comments, playbills, photo clippings from theatrical magazines, and approximately 1900 black & white photographs documenting performances from 1906 to 1928. Photos are attributed to professional photographers and studios, and include individual and group shots of each show's cast on stage in...
Dates:
1906-1928; Other: Date acquired: 01/08/2010
Goldwater and the Right Wing
Collection
Identifier: MS87
Abstract
This modest collection of conservative political materials consists mostly of newspaper ephemera surrounding the 1964 national and local elections, Barry Goldwater’s candidacy, and the John Birch Society. Included as well are some pamphlets and serials on these topics and miscellaneous information on other right wing organizations.
Dates:
1946-1968
Joan Goodman Archive
Collection
Identifier: MS174
Abstract
Joan Goodman worked for more than 35 years working as a journalist in Hollywood, focusing on celebrity profiles. Goodman wrote primarily for British newspapers, but also wrote for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, American Film, and many other publications. The main series in this collection is an extensive number of Recorded Interviews,...
Dates:
1963-1999; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2009
Ulysses S. Grant photographs
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: IX-55
Abstract
Small collection of portraits of Ulysses S. Grant. Some are original photographs, the others are reproductions: Carte-de-visite portrant of Grant in Civil War uniform (1862-12). Signed (not by Grant). Inscribed on verso: "Taken at Oxford Miss. He ordered three (3) doz. of these. Mullern[?]. Compliments of H.C. Mullern[?]." 199 x 62 mmOriginal photograph of Grant in Civil War uniform. 82 x 54 mmCover of a pamphlet describing Grant's Tomb...
Dates:
1862 - 1896
Peter Greene Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS173
Abstract
Peter Greene (date of birth and death unknown), American dancer and singer, was born in Helena, Arkansas to Alberta and Zach Greene and spent his formative years in Chicago, Illinois under the care of his grandparents, Reverend Jordan and Rebecca Roberts.The Peter Greene Papers are comprised of two boxes dated 1932-1997. The chronologically arranged collection mainly consists of Greene’s personal and professional photographs. Also within the collection are correspondence, ephemera, and...
Dates:
1932-1997; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2005
Robert Greenfield Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS185
Abstract
Collection is comprised mainly of papers, books, photographs, artifacts, VHS cassettes, CDs, DVDs, mini tapes, and audiocassettes.
Dates:
approximately 1960s-1970s
Chicago Tribune. Frances Peck Grover (Mae Tinee) Papers
Collection
Identifier: XI-203
Abstract
This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Frances Peck Grover, whose career at the Chicago Tribune (1911-1945) was spent chiefly as movie critic (the first to write under the name "Mae Tinee"). This archive includes family correspondence and photographs, correspondence and pictures of movie stars of the 1920s, and scrapbooks of newspaper columns.
Dates:
1895 - 1944
Tribune Company. Harold F. Grumhaus (1903-1999) papers
Collection
Identifier: X-19
Abstract
Papers of Harold P. Grumhaus, who held positions of responsibility at the Chicago Tribune (including Publisher) and the Tribune Company (including President)
Dates:
1945 - 1973
Hamill & Barker, Inc. Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS90
Abstract
Margery Barker (1901-1980) and Frances Hamill (1904-1987) formed a partnership in 1928 to run their own antiquarian bookstore. Their successful endeavors in the book trade and their ability to network and discover authors and build client relationships with them on visits to England enabled them to acquire prominent manuscripts and literary collections. The Hamill & Barker, Inc. Archive contains the working files and correspondence for the firm from 1928 until 2001, beginning with the...
Dates:
1914-2003; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1936-1996
Victor Hammer Private Press Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS137
Abstract
Victor Hammer (1882-1967) began his printing career in earnest in 1919 in Vienna, publishing Milton's Samson Agonistes in 1931. After the outbreak of World War II, he immigrated to the United States, and secured a teaching position in the art department at Wells College. Here he established both the Hammer Press and the Wells College Press, cut his third type-face (known as American Uncial), and continued to paint portraits. In 1948 Hammer accepted a position...
Dates:
1931-1993; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2001
Jan Herman Archive
Collection
Identifier: MS51
Abstract
The Jan Herman Archive consists of the files of the NOVA Broadcast Press which published San Francisco Earthquake (1967-1969), a little magazine featuring avant-garde writers and concrete and beat generation poets of the 1960s. Many of them were connected with Fluxus.Included are correspondence, manuscripts, graphics, and photocollages by such authors as Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, Henri Chopin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Walter...
Dates:
1967-2002
Dick Higgins Archive
Collection
Identifier: MS132
Abstract
This collection documents the interests and activities of Fluxus co-founder Dick Higgins, from his early experiments with intermedia and collaborations with other artists in the 1960s to projects current at the time of his death in 1998. The collection includes correspondence, drafts for published and unpublished works, collages, slides of large paintings and graphic productions, films, audio and videotapes, performance scores, and photographs. The collection includes Higgins' own...
Dates:
1958-1998
Holocaust Photographs
Collection
Identifier: PS5
Abstract
This collection consists of over 180 black and white photographs and photoduplications of printed images, used for newspaper publication. Arranged in two series, the first contains images related to Jewish life in Europe and the United States, and especially images from the Holocaust; the second primarily covers events surrounding the foundation of the Israeli state.
Dates:
1924 - 1959; Other: Majority of material found within 1945 - 1948; Other: Date acquired: 01/07/2002
Joseph M. Hone Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS46
Abstract
Joseph Maunsell Hone (1882-1959) had a distinguished career as a literary historian and biographer, especially of Irish writers. He published biographies of William Butler Yeats, George Moore and Henry Tonks, as well as histories concerning political issues in Ireland in the 20th century. In 1957 he became president of the Irish Academy of Letters. The Hone Collection consists of personal correspondence, books, serials and papers related to the Irish literary renaissance. Published volumes...
Dates:
1921 - 1949
Hungry Generation Archive
Collection
Identifier: MS47
Abstract
The term "Hungry Generation" refers to Indian poets of the 1960s and early 1970s. This collection consists mainly of correspondence between Indian poet and translator Arvind Krishna Mehrotra and Howard McCord, an American poet who edited the anthology Young Poets of India.
Dates:
1960-1979
Chicago Tribune. George de Huszar Papers, 1949-1954
Record Group — Box: 1
Identifier: XI-185
Abstract
George B. de Huszar's association with the Chicago Tribune began in the late 1940s. This collection of his papers includes correspondence with Tribune business manager E.M. Antrim and attorney Howard Ellis, as well as chapters of an untitled work on "The Press from 1750 to 1830 and Today" and "The Press: Yesterday and Today."
Dates:
1949 - 1954
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health Archive, 1967-2001
Collection
Identifier: MS138
Abstract
The Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH) was founded in 1977 as the Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy. Jenny Knauss served as the Executive Director of the Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy from 1983-2002. In 1991 the name of the organization was changed to the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health, reflecting the expanded focus to other issues affecting adolescent health and welfare. Health activists in the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union, including Jenny Knauss, worked to...
Dates:
1967-2001
Images of Chicago on glass
Collection
Identifier: IX-57
Abstract
This series consists of two unrelated groups of images of Chicago on glass:
Dates:
1890 - 1905
Ray Johnson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS207
Abstract
The Ray Johnson Papers (1927-2006) span 2 linear feet, and consist of an assortment of Johnson's body of work, including drawings, collages, correspondence, and exhibition materials, as well as work by other members of the New York Correspondence School, including pieces created for Johnson.
Dates:
1927-2006
Leroi Jones: The Moderns
Collection
Identifier: MS7
Abstract
This collection reflects LeRoi Jones's early interest in publishing new American writing. Throughout his career he has been a literary as well as a political activist, writing innovative and controversial plays, poetry and essays. He has also been the influential editor of numerous journals and anthologies which published new, young writers.
Dates:
1959-1964
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