Inventory of the Ann Barzel Papers, 1912-2005


The Newberry Library
Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections
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Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Alison Hinderliter, 2006.

©2006.


Descriptive Summary of the Collection

Creator

Barzel, Ann

Title

Ann Barzel Papers

Dates

1912-2005

Extent

36 cubic ft. (69 boxes and 3 oversize boxes)

Abstract

Correspondence, works, photographs, and personal and biographical material by Chicago dance critic and historian Ann Barzel.

Language

Materials are in English.

Repository

Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections

Collection Call Number

Dance MS Barzel

Collection Stack Location

3A 46 4-6


Administrative Information

Cite As

Ann Barzel Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Provenance

Gift of Ann Barzel, 1982-2005.

Processed by

Newberry Library Staff and volunteers, 1982-present.

Acknowledgements

This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Access

The Ann Barzel Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Ann Barzel Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.


Biography of Ann Barzel

Dance critic, teacher, and historian.

Ann Barzel was born in Minneapolis on Dec. 13, 1905. Her family moved to Des Moines, Iowa in 1914, and it was there, at the Jewish Settlement House, where Barzel took her first dance lessons. She took dance classes from Elizabeth Werblosky, who had studied with the Denishawn Company. In 1920, the family moved again, to Chicago (3134 W. 16th Street). In Chicago Barzel attended Crane Technical High School and Junior College (now Malcolm X College), and then graduated from the University of Chicago in 1925 with a bachelor’s degree and two years of graduate work in the humanities. During this time she was also teaching at a Hebrew school on weekday afternoons and taking dance classes on Fridays and Saturdays. Her first Chicago dance teachers were Mark Turbyfill and Adolph Bolm. From about 1931 to 1943, Barzel performed as a dancer. She studied various styles of dance in Chicago, New York, London, and Paris with Michel Fokine, Alexandre Volinine, Doris Humphrey, the School of American Ballet, Vecheslav Swoboda, Nicholas Legat, and others. She danced in productions of the Chicago Civic Opera Ballet and danced with a group directed by Berenice Holmes, who had inherited Adolph Bolm’s dance school when Bolm left Chicago. After college, Barzel also had a career as a teacher at Penn Elementary School (1616 S Avers Avenue, near 16th and Pulaski); she taught at Penn until 1967.

In the 1940’s, Barzel became sought after as a knowledgeable and gifted lecturer on dance, as well as a teacher of dance technique. From 1945 to 1961 she took the train to Milwaukee every Saturday and taught ballet classes at the Adele Artinian School of Dance. She lectured on the history of dance at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, and many other institutions. It was during this time that she was also making a regular career out of reviewing dance, theatre, and nightclub events in Chicago. She was dance critic for the Chicago Times, 1946-1950, when she joined Chicago’s American (later Chicago Today), 1951-1974. Barzel also wrote for Dance Magazine for 40 years, covering dance events in the Midwest for the magazine. She wrote for the Lerner Skyline newspapers (Chicago weekly) from 1974 through 2003, for Ballet Review, Ballet Annual, Dance News, and for various other international dance publications.

From 1956 to 1975 she served on the advisory panel for dance for the State Department’s International Cultural Agency, and from 1966 to 1974 as dance consultant for the Illinois Arts Council. Barzel was a founder of the Ballet Guild of Chicago and has served on the boards of many dance and arts-related organizations, such as the Chicago Dance Council, Free Street Theater, Urban Gateways, and Wisdom Bridge Theater. Barzel has frequently been called upon to act as judge, panel participant or field reporter for international dance events. In 1975, Miss Barzel was given an award by the Association of Illinois Dance Companies in recognition of her service to dance in Illinois, and in 1979 she was granted the Governor’s Award for service to the arts. She was placed on the lifetime honors list by the Chicago Dance Arts Coalition in 1986, was recipient of the 1994 Vaslav Nijinsky Medal sponsored by the Polish Artists Agency in Warsaw, and was sole honoree at the 1995 “Toast” to the Cultural Center, sponsored by Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs.


Scope and Content of the Collection

Biographical material, correspondence, articles, essays, lecture and teaching notes, and photographs documenting the life and career of Ann Barzel.

Biographical materials include newsclippings about Barzel and biographical summaries, as well as mementoes from her childhood and materials about her career. Correspondence includes letters from famous dancers and entertainers as well as local dance fans, historians, and others from the Midwest. Works include Barzel's literary output, which was mainly newspaper reviews and feature articles. Photographs include candid and formal prints and slides of Barzel, both by herself and with others.

Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.


Papers are organized in the following series:

Series 1: Biographical, 1918-2005. Box(es) 1-10

Clippings, announcements, awards, diplomas, certificates, and ephemera relating to Ann Barzel. Includes mentions of her in the press, information about her and her family, lecture announcements, school yearbooks, programs from her days as a performing dancer, travel information and mementoes, and information about the Ann Barzel Papers at the Newberry Library. There is a scrapbook from around the time Barzel moved with her family from Des Moines to Chicago, and it includes photographs, clippings, postcards, programs, and other memorabilia from Barzel's high school and early college years, in Des Moines and in Chicago.

Arranged alphabetically.

Series 2: Correspondence, 1918-2005. Box(es) 11-29

Letters, notes, cards, postcards, and telegrams of both a professional and personal nature, to and from Ann Barzel. Significant correspondence relating to dance matters come from Lincoln Kirstein, Janet Roughton (Frederic Franklin's secretary), Mary Clarke, Helen Dzhermolinska, Gerald Arpino, and Virginia Donaldson. Many correspondents sent Barzel picture postcards with dance-related themes, knowing that she collected dance images of all sorts; see the folders of Virginia Lee and Elisa Stigler for large numbers of dance-related cards, including valentines. Film-related correspondence are letters concerning the films Barzel filmed of dancers and dance companies from the 1930's-1960's; the letters include requests to borrow or copy the films, permission to use the films in various projects, etc. Thank-you letters are on various topics, and include acknowledgements for positive reviews, for monetary contributions to various scholarships and libraries, for her hospitality, for visiting, for her lectures and demonstrations, for seeing her film collection at her home, and for tours of the Dance Collection at the Newberry Library.

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with subject-related correspondence filed afterwards.

Series 3: Works, 1920's-2002. Box(es) 30-63

Articles, essays, lectures, notes, research material, program notes, teaching notes, and other miscellaneous types of works written by Barzel. Articles constitute the bulk of the series, and were written for publication in periodicals, detailing happenings in Chicago that are dance-related; appearances by guest dancers and choreographers; upcoming programs; new and established companies, etc. Works are typewritten and published, with some handwritten annotations. Articles were written for Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago American, Chicago Today, Dance Magazine, Dance News, Skyline, Les Saisons de la Dance, and other journals and papers. Some dates are not written at the top, and are approximated by the archivist. Also includes some film, local theater, and restaurant reviews (the last of which are written under the pseudonym Robert Cooke). Research materials include clippings of articles by herself and others, handwritten notes, typewritten drafts, and occasionally correspondence. Miscellaneous works include some poetry (mostly unsigned but assumed to be Barzel's) and party skits.

Arranged alphabetically by type of work, and chronologically therein.

Series 4: Photographs, 1912-2004. Box(es) 64-69

Portraits (formal and informal), promotional shots of Barzel performing solo and with others, candid shots of Barzel at home, with family, with friends, at parties and events, with celebrated dancers and entertainers, and while travelling (Europe, Israel, Cuba, South America, and other parts of the United States). Includes mostly prints, but also some slides and negatives.

For more photographs of Barzel, see also Biographical Series, box 8 (Scrapbook, ca. 1921-1925), and also the Ann Barzel Dance Research Collection Photograph Series.

Arranged chronologically within subdivisions: Barzel, Family, Home, Judging, Students, and Teaching.


Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.

Names

Subjects


Other Finding Aids

See also the finding aid for the Ann Barzel Dance Research Collection.


Container List

Series 1: Biographical, 1918-2005

Clippings, announcements, awards, diplomas, certificates, and ephemera relating to Ann Barzel. Includes mentions of her in the press, information about her and her family, lecture announcements, school yearbooks, programs from her days as a performing dancer, travel information and mementoes, and information about the Ann Barzel Papers at the Newberry Library. There is a scrapbook from around the time Barzel moved with her family from Des Moines to Chicago, and it includes photographs, clippings, postcards, programs, and other memorabilia from Barzel's high school and early college years, in Des Moines and in Chicago.
Arranged alphabetically.

Box Folder Contents
1 1 Address and phone books and lists; directories, n.d.
1 2 Appointment books and calendars (see also Oversize Box 1), 1966-2003
1 3 Awards - Illinois Governor's Award for the Arts, Oct. 12, 1979
1 4 Awards - Vaslav Nijinsky Medal, 1994
1 5 Awards - Tribute to Dance and Ann Barzel, Chicago Cultural Center, 1995
1 6 Awards - Various (see also Oversize boxes 1, 2 and 3), 1936-1987
1 7 Awards - Various (see also Oversize boxes 1, 2 and 3), 1990-1999
1 8 Awards - Various (see also Oversize boxes 2 and 3), 2000-2004
1 9 Barzel, Davida (sister), clippings about, 1949-1962
1 10 Barzel, Istar (sister), in The Camera magazine, Jan. 1931
2 11 Biographical summaries, n.d.
2 12 Birthday program (see also Oversize Box 1), 2002
2 13 Birthday program, 2003
2 14 Birthday program, 2004
2 15 Birthday tribute, 2005
2 16 Board Memberships and Mentions, 1942-1979, n.d.
2 17 Board Memberships and Mentions, 1980-1989
2 18 Board Memberships and Mentions, 1990-2003
2 19 Book purchases - notes and receipts, 1930's-2001
2 20 Bookplates, [n.d.]
2 21 Business and Identification Cards, 1960's-70's
2 22 Business cards, other people, n.d.
3 23 Clippings/Publicity, 1918-1929
3 24 Clippings/Publicity, 1930-1939
3 25 Clippings/Publicity, 1940-1949
3 26 Clippings/Publicity, 1950-1959
3 27 Clippings/Publicity, 1960-1969
3 28 Clippings/Publicity, 1970-1979
3 29 Clippings/Publicity, 1980-1989
3 30 Clippings/Publicity, 1990-2003
3 31 Clippings/Publicity, n.d.
4 32 Inventories of Collections (written by Barzel), n.d.
4 33 Invitation, Halloween Party thrown by Ann (Eisenstadt), ca. 1931
4 34 Israel and Judaism, miscellaneous materials
4 35 Lecture announcements, 1937-1949
4 36 Lecture announcements (see also Oversize Box 1), 1950-1952
4 37 Lecture announcements, 1953-1954
4 38 Lecture announcements, 1955-1959
4 39 Lecture announcements, 1960-1967
5 40 Lecture announcements (see also Oversize Box 1), 1968-1979
5 41 Lecture announcements (see also Oversize Box 1), 1980-2003, n.d.
5 42 Newberry Library, Dance Collection, Publicity etc., 1981-2003
5 43 Newberry Library, Visitor's comment book, 1998-2002
5 44 Programs - Barzel performances, 1920's-1940's
5 45 Representative critiques, 1940-1990
5 46 Schools: East High School (Des Moines, IA), 1920-1921
5 47 Schools: Harrison Technical High School (Chicago), 1921
6 48 Schools: Crane Technical High School and Junior College (Chicago), 1922-1923
6 49 Schools: Marshall High School (Esther Eisenstadt), Jun. 1923
6 50 Schools: Harrison Technical High School (Chicago, Esther Eisenstadt?), 1924
6 51 Schools: University of Chicago (Ann and Davida Eisenstadt), 1925
6 52 Schools: Adolph Bolm School of the Dance - receipts for lessons and dance notebook, ca. 1930-1938
7 53 Schools: Penn Grammar School (teaching), ca. 1946-1966
7 54 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram (newsletter), 1938
7 55 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1939
7 56 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1940
7 57 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1941
7 58 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1942
7 59 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1943
7 60 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1944
7 61 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1945
7 62 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1946
7 63 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1947
7 64 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1948
7 65 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1949
7 66 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1950
7 67 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1951
7 68 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1952
7 69 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1953
7 70 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1954
7 71 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1955
7 72 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1956
7 73 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1957
7 74 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1958
7 75 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1959
7 76 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1960
7 77 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1961
7 78 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1962
7 79 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1963
7 80 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1964
7 81 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1965
7 82 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1966
7 83 Schools: Penn Grammar School, Penn-Y-Gram, 1967
8 84 Schools: Adele Artinian School of Dance (teaching), 1949-1970
8 85 Schools: University of Chicago (teaching, see also Lecture/annoucements), ca. 1950-1954
8 86 Schools: miscellaneous teaching assignments, 1946, 1966-1975, n.d.
8 87 Scrapbook, ca. 1921-1925
8 88-102 Scrapbook, loose items removed from pages, ca. 1921-1925
9 103 Travel itineraries, U.S. Ballet Festivals, 1968, 1982, n.d.
9 104 Travel mementoes - Europe, 1929
9 105 Travel mementoes - London, 1951
9 106 Travel mementoes - Cuba (see also Correspondence: Alonso, Alicia and Fernando), 1959
9 107 Travel mementoes - Copenhagen, Vienna, 1969
9 108 Travel mementoes - Israel, Turkey, Bucharest, ca. 1972
9 109 Travel mementoes - London, Romania, Bulgaria, 1974
9 110 Travel mementoes - Soviet Union, 1974
9 111 Travel mementoes - Cuba, 1976
9 112 Travel mementoes - Soviet Union, 1976
9 113 Travel mementoes - Hamburg, 1977
9 114 Travel mementoes - Cuba, 1978
9 115 Travel mementoes - Hamburg, 1979
9 116 Travel mementoes - Cuba, 1980
9 117 Travel mementoes - Peru, South America, 1981
9 118 Travel mementoes - Cuba, 1982
10 119 Travel mementoes - China, 1982
10 120 Travel mementoes - Peru, 1985-1989
10 121 Travel mementoes - Hamburg, 1990
10 122 Travel mementoes - Cuba, 1992
10 123 Travel mementoes - Spain, Israel, 1992
10 124 Vaklova liqueur advertisement, ca. 1979-1980

Series 2: Correspondence, 1918-2005

Letters, notes, cards, postcards, and telegrams of both a professional and personal nature, to and from Ann Barzel. Significant correspondence relating to dance matters come from Lincoln Kirstein, Janet Roughton (Frederic Franklin's secretary), Mary Clarke, Helen Dzhermolinska, Gerald Arpino, and Virginia Donaldson. Many correspondents sent Barzel picture postcards with dance-related themes, knowing that she collected dance images of all sorts; see the folders of Virginia Lee and Elisa Stigler for large numbers of dance-related cards, including valentines. Film-related correspondence are letters concerning the films Barzel filmed of dancers and dance companies from the 1930's-1960's; the letters include requests to borrow or copy the films, permission to use the films in various projects, etc. Thank-you letters are on various topics, and include acknowledgements for positive reviews, for monetary contributions to various scholarships and libraries, for her hospitality, for visiting, for her lectures and demonstrations, for seeing her film collection at her home, and for tours of the Dance Collection at the Newberry Library.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with subject-related correspondence filed afterwards.

Box Folder Contents
11 125 58 Group, The, 2001
11 126 Abbott, Merriel, 1948, 1973, [n.d.]
11 127 Abelson, Kathy, [n.d.]
11 128 Adams, Diana, 1952, [n.d.]
11 129 Adult Education Council of Greater Chicago, 1961-1965
11 130 Aennchen & Tony (Dancers), [n.d.]
11 131 Agnew, Julianne Lezotte, 1977
11 132 Agris, Anna (Serge Oukrainsky's secretary), 1980-1985, [n.d.]
11 133 Aguila Torres, Enrique, 1977
11 134 Ahdar, David, [n.d.]
11 135 Ajami, Jocelyn, 2003, [n.d.]
11 136 Akasha & Company (Chicago Company), 1981-1992
11 137 Akers, Francis, [n.d.]
11 138 Albertieri, Luigi, 1951
11 139 Alexander, Rod, and Lynn, Bambi, 1952, n.d.
11 140 Alford, Marcus, 1984
11 141 Algeranoff, Mr. And Mrs. Harcourt, [n.d.]
11 142 Allan, Christopher (re. American Ballet Theatre), 1960
11 143 Allard, Edith, 1949-2003, [n.d.]
11 144 Alonso, Alicia and Fernando, [1930's], 1948-2001, [n.d.]
11 145 Alonso, Laura (Centro Pro Danza, Havana), 1992
11 146 Ambegaokar, Anjani, 1976
11 147 Ambrose, Amanda, 1973
11 148 Ambrose, Kay (artist), 1956-1958, [n.d.]
11 149 American Ballet Theatre, 1960-1980, 2001
11 150 American Dance, [n.d.]
11 151 American Dancer, The, 1942
11 152 American Jewish Year Book, 1949
11 153 American National Biography, 1992-1999
11 154 American National Theatre and Company, 1958
11 155 André, Violette A., [n.d.]
11 156 Andrews, Jerome, 1952-1953, 1965, 1989
11 157 Anthology of American Jazz, 1974
11 158 Antiques World, 1978
11 159 Archives Internationales de la Danse (De Maré, Rolf), 1938-1939
11 160 Argirion, Mike, [n.d.]
11 161 Armenteros, Isis, 1987
11 162 Armin, Jeanne, 1958-1971, [n.d.]
11 163 Armour, Thomas (Miami Ballet), 1941-1996
11 164 Arpino, Gerald (Joffrey Ballet) ("Jerry") see also: Joffrey, Robert, 1969-1972, 1980-2001, [n.d.]
11 165 Art Institute of Chicago, 1938
11 166 Artinian, Adele, 1976, 1982, 1993, [n.d.]
11 167 Arvola, Soili and Ahonen, Leo, 1974-1975, 1986-2004, [n.d.]
11 168 Ashton, Frederick, Sir, 1956
11 169 Association of American Dance Companies, 1968-1975
11 170 Association of Illinois Dance Companies, (Koesun, Ruth Ann), 1976
11 171 Astrahan, Ilene, [n.d.]
11 172 Atkins, Barbara, 1952-1953, 1980
11 173 Attitude, 1984
11 174 Auditorium Theatre Council, 1967, 1999-2003
11 175 Augusta Civic Ballet, [n.d.]
11 176 Balanchine, George, [n.d.]
11 177 Baldwin, Janet (Boris Volkoff Ballet), 1938-1939, [n.d.]
11 178 Ballard, Kay, 1972
12 179 Ballet 2000 - Balletto Oggi, 1978-2000
12 180 Ballet Alphabet, 1952
12 181 Ballet Annual, 1948-1962
12 182 Ballet Book Shop, 1951, [n.d.]
12 183 Ballet Brio, 1970
12 184 Ballet Chicago, (see also Duell, Daniel), 1987-2004
12 185 Ballet du Nord, 1988, [n.d.]
12 186 Ballet Entre Nous, 1987
12 187 Ballet Guild of Chicago, 1941-1971, [n.d.]
12 188 Ballet Guild of Chicago, 1972-1984
12 189 Ballet Folklorico, 1938, 1967
12 190 Ballet Iowa (see also Uralsky, Konstantin), 1990-1996, [n.d.]
12 191 Ballet Theater of Chicago, 1995-1997
12 192 Ballet Today, 1962-1969
12 193 Ballet West, 1971-1973, [n.d.]
12 194 Balletiana, [n.d.]
12 195 Ballett International, 1983-1988
12 196 Balsky, Virginia (re. Sokoloff), 1974
12 197 Barat College, 1974-1978, 1984, 1993-1999
12 198 Bardin, Micheline (Paris Opera Ballet), 1961
12 199 Barnes, Trish (envelope: Clive Barnes), 1966, [1970's], [n.d.]
12 200 Baronova, Irina (see also Sevastianov, German [Jerry]), 1939-1941, [n.d.]
12 201 Bartoszek, Jan (MoMing, Hedwig Dances), 1991-1993
12 202 Baruch, Glenn (grandson of Leo), [n.d.]
12 203 Bat-Dor Dance Company (Ordman, Jeannette), 1978-1999
12 204 Baum, Edna Lucille, 1955, [n.d.]
12 205 Baxley, Barbara, 1968
12 206 Bay, Frances, [n.d.]
12 207 Beatty, Talley, 1990, [n.d.]
12 208 Beaver, Jean, 1985
12 209 Belilove, Lori, 1999
12 210 Belkin, Judith, 1983
12 211 Bell, Judy (and family), 2000
12 212 Bennet, Alexander, 1995-1997, [n.d.]
12 213 Bennet, Charles & Dorothy (First Chamber Dance Co. of New York), 1962-1972, [n.d.]
12 214 Bennet, Isadora (see also Pleasant, Richard), [n.d.]
12 215 Benson, Marguerite (foot and leg specialist), 1944-1946
12 216 Bently, John and Gloria, 2002, [n.d.]
12 217 Berea College Country Dances (including Kennedy-White House invitation), 1961-1964, [n.d.]
12 218 Beriozoff, Nicholas, 1979-1985, [n.d.]
12 219 Benson, Meredith, 1944-1995
12 220 Berea College Country Dancers, 1963
12 221 Bernheimer, Martin (Music/Dance Critic, L.A. Times), 1981
12 222 Beverly Dance Ensemble, 1985
13 223 Bilandic, Michael, Mayor of Chicago, 1977
13 224 Birmingham (AL) Civic Ballet, 1970, [n.d.]
13 225 Bjørnsson, Fredbjørn, [n.d.]
13 226 Blackburn, Darlene, 1969-1978, [n.d.]
13 227 Blair, David and Maryon, [n.d.]
13 228 Blitt, Rita, 1994
13 229 Bobrow, Carol, 1979-1982, 2002, [n.d.]
13 230 Boday, Mary Price, and Weil, Richard (Illinois Ballet), 2002
13 231 Boehm, Frank, 1983, 1986
13 232 Boitsov, Elizabeth (Boitsov Classical Ballet), 1981-1995
13 233 Bolender, Todd, 1991-1993, [1994]
13 234 Bolm, Adolph, and family, 2002
13 235 Booth, Al, [n.d.]
13 236 Boris, Ruthanna, 1939-1943
13 237 Borchard, Ida, 1980
13 238 Borowska, Irina (& Musil, Karl), 1966-1967, [n.d.]
13 239 Bossov Ballet Theatre, [n.d.]
13 240 Boston Ballet, [2000]
13 241 Bowman, Patricia, 1943-1947, [n.d.]
13 242 Bradford, Ann, [n.d.]
13 243 Bradley, Carla, 1943
13 244 Bravos, Theodore ("Teddy") (includes Ballet Crossword Puzzle), 1961, 1981-1986, 2002, [n.d.]
13 245 Brelsfords, Ken and Judy: SEE Joseph, Judy, and Ken Brelsford
13 246 Briansky, Oleg & Mireille, [n.d.]
13 247 Brin Ingber, Judith, 1987-2003
13 248 Brito, Amparo, and Esquivel, Jorge, 1978
13 249 Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1985, [n.d.]
13 250 Brown, Brownee, 1993-1997, [n.d.]
13 251 Brown, Gyneth King (Artist), 1976
13 252 Brown, Joy Williams, 2001
13 253 Brown, Louise (also to Merriel Abbott), 1962
13 254 Bruhn, Erik, [n.d.]
13 255 Bryant, Homer (Bryant Ballet), 1992-1996
13 256 Buckle, Richard, [n.d.]
13 257 Buffington, Gigi, [1986]
13 258 Bullard, Terry, 1999
13 259 Burke, Al & Irene and family, [1960s], 1996
13 260 Burke, Marian O. (Chicago City Ballet), 1982, [n.d.]
13 261 Butler University (George [Verdak?]), 1965-1979, 1992
13 262 Butler, Albert, [n.d.]
13 263 Butsova, Hilda, [n.d.]
13 264 Caccialanza, Gisella, 1942
13 265 Cameron, Hugh, [n.d.]
13 266 Camryn, Walter (one signed "Private Walter Cameron"), 1939, 1981, [n.d.]
13 267 Candeloro, Toni, 1992
13 268 Cansino, Gabriel and Lita (Rita Cansino is Rita Hayworth), 1946
13 269 Capezio Dance Shop, 1985, [n.d.]
13 270 Captot, Roxanne Messina (see also Messina, Captot), 1991
13 271 Carr, Michael (Trinity Irish Dance Co.), 2003, [n.d.]
13 272 Carroll, Bic, [1977]
13 273 Carton, Ann and Larry, 1949, 1980
13 274 Casey, family (Giordano), 2003, [n.d.]
13 275 Caton, Edward (also Fontaine, Gyles), 1970, [n.d.]
14 276 Cerrone, Jeannot (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), 1945, [n.d.]
14 277 Champion, Marge, 1982-1983
14 278 Chapman, Kathleen (Chicago dancer), 1976
14 279 Charles MacArthur Center for American Theatre (Tallahassee, FL), 1978
14 280 Charles, Sally, [2004]
14 281 Charmoli, Tony, 1961, 1997, [n.d.]
14 282 Chase, Lucia, 1952-1968
14 283 Chicago Artists Abroad, 1988-1990
14 284 Chicago Ballet, 1974
14 285 Chicago City Ballet, 1980-1987, [n.d.]
14 286 Chicago Council on Fine Arts, 1977
14 287 Chicago Dance and Music Alliance, 2001-2002
14 288 Chicago Dance Coalition, 1987-1992
14 289 Chicago Dance Medium, 1978-1992
14 290 Chicago Herald American, 1952
14 291 Chicago Journalism review, 1973
14 292 Chicago Magazine, 1955, 1987-1992
14 293 Chicago Moving Company, 1981, 1993, 2003
14 294 Chicago Opera Theater, 1990
14 295 Chicago Public Library, 1952, 1960, 1974, 1980
14 296 Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble, 1981-1989, [n.d.]
14 297 Chicago Theatrical Shoe Co. (Hoffert), [n.d.]
14 298 Chicago Today, 1971
14 299 Chicago Tribune, 1956
14 300 Chicago's American 1960-1973, n.d.
14 301 Chi-Town Jazz Dance, 1985-1989
14 302 Chouteau, Yvonne (and Terekhov, Miguel and Monteux, Claude), 1987, [n.d.]
14 303 Christian, John ("Chris"), 1974, [n.d.]
14 304 Christensen, Lt. Leu and Gisella, [n.d.]
14 305 Christensen, William (San Francisco Opera Ballet), 1940
14 306 Chujoy, Anatole, (Dance, Dance News, 1935-1951, [n.d.]
14 307 Civic Ballet of Chicago (Loring, Toni), 1998-2002
14 308 Clarke, Mary (Dancing Times, Ballet Annual), 1950-2003, [n.d.]
14 309 Clavijo, Noel, 1964, [n.d.]
14 310 Clemens, Stephanie (Momenta!), 1986-1995, [n.d.]
14 311 Cleveland Ballet, 1977
14 312 Clinton, Ermina, [n.d.]
14 313 Clouser, James, 1969
14 314 Coale, Robert (re: Diaghilev), 1997
14 315 Cochrane, Peggie, 1951
14 316 Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1951, 1975
14 317 Colburn, Lynn, 1978
14 318 Cole, George and Marilyn, [n.d.]
14 319 Colin, Saul (re: De Maré, Rolf), 1937
14 320 Collins, Eugene and Andrea, [n.d.]
14 321 Collum, Jan, 1967
14 322 Colorado Ballet, 1990-1997
14 323 Comelin, Jean Paul, 1981
14 324 Conover, Warren, 1988-1994, [n.d.]
14 325 Constantine, Helene, 1951, [n.d.]
14 326 Conte, Louis, 1968
14 327 Cooper, Albia and Rex, [n.d.]
14 328 Coopersmith, Charlene and Seymour, [n.d.]
14 329 Copes, Juan Carlos, 1964
14 330 Coquelle, Jean (la Danse, Art et Danse), 1954-1956
14 331 Corelli, Juan, 1968-1972, [n.d.]
14 332 Costello, Alice (re: Cary Rick), 1969-1970
14 333 Cournand, Gilberte, 1952, [n.d.]
14 334 Cramer, Clarence E. (Concert Management agent), 1958
14 335 Crane, Maria, 1965
14 336 Cranko, John, 1952
14 337 Crofton, Kathleen, 1969, 1977, [n.d.]
14 338 Cropley, Eileen, [n.d.]
14 339 Czajun, Anna, [n.d.]
14 340 Crosby, Kathryn (Mrs. Bing Crosby)
14 341 Cummings, Pat, [n.d.]
14 342 Cunningham, Ron, 1982
14 343 Czechoslovakian State Folk Dance, 1965
15 344 Dagne, Sigrid, [n.d.]
15 345 Daley, Maggie (Mrs. Richard M.), 1995-1996
15 346 Dallal, Alberto, 1980
15 347 d'Amboise, Jacques, 1972
15 348 Dance and Dancers, 1982-1987
15 349 Dance Center of Columbia College, 1974-1992, 2004
15 350 Dance Circle, [n.d.]
15 351 Dance Encyclopedia, [n.d.]
15 352 Dance Kaleidoscope, 1992-1994
15 353 Dance Library of Israel (Annie Wilson Wangh) (Sally Whyte), 1973-2004, [n.d.]
15 354 Dance Magazine, 1930's-1940's
15 355 Dance Magazine, 1950's-1960's
15 356 Dance Magazine, 1970's
15 357 Dance Magazine, 1980's
15 358 Dance Magazine, 1990's
15 359 Dance Magazine, 2000's
15 360 Dance Media (San Francisco), 1974
15 361 Dance News, 1973-1983, [n.d.]
15 362 Dance Perspectives, 1958-1966
15 363 Dance Teacher Now, 1995-1998
15 364 Dance Theatre of Harlem (see also Mitchell, Arthur), 1972-1974, 1995-2002
15 365 Dance View, 1994
15 366 Dancers Over 40, Inc., (Nelson, Christopher) (see also Leporska, Zoya), 1996-1997, [n.d.]
15 367 Dancing female (book), 1994
15 368 Dancing Time, Limited, 1970-2002
15 369 Danilova, Alexandra, 1950, [n.d.]
15 370 Danse, La, [1954]
15 371 Darius, Adam, [1988]
16 372 de Basil, Col. W. and Olga (Morosova), 1946
16 373 de la Cruz, Catalina (José Greco Dance Co.), 1976
16 374 DeMari, Terry, 1994-2000, [n.d.]
16 375 De Mille, Agnes (married name: Prude), 1973, 1992
16 376 De Natale, Don, 1959
16 377 de Valois, Ninette, 1956
16 378 Deakin, Irving and Natasha, 1948, [n.d.]
16 379 Dean, Beth (Australian correspondent, Dance Magazine), 1960
16 380 Decade, 1978
16 381 Dee, Sandra, 1960
16 382 Delacoma, Wynne, 1996-1999
16 383 Delphian Society, The, 1941
16 384 Dickinson, Mildred, 1971
16 385 Dickman, André, 1960
16 386 Dieman-Bennett Dance Theatre, 1996-1997
16 387 Diggins, Dean, 1995-1997
16 388 Dimitrova, Mariana, 1986
16 389 Dishion, Duane (former dance student), 1965
16 390 Dolin, Anton, 1942-1952, 1971-1983, [n.d.]
16 391 Donaldson, Virginia (traveled with Massine family) (see also New York City Ballet), 1952-1993, [n.d.]
16 392 Dorris, George, 1994-1996, [n.d.]
16 393 Dow, Sherry Zunker (see also River North Dance Co.), 1993-2000, [n.d.]
16 394 Dowell, Anthony, 1967
16 395 Draper, Paul, 1955
16 396 Drendel, Bill,
16 397 DuBoulay, Christine (see also Ellis, Richard), 1993-1999, [n.d.]
16 398 Duell, Daniel and Patricia (see also Ballet Chicago) (see also Chicago City Ballet), 1987-1995
16 399 Duncan, Vernom B. [n.d.]
16 400 Dunham, Katherine, 1971-1974
16 401 Dunsing, Paul, 1939
16 402 DuPage Ballet Guild, 1977
16 403 Durante, Jimmy, [n.d.]
16 404 Dybas, James (Jim), 1962-1964, 1986, 1991-1997, [n.d.]
16 405 Dzhermolinska, Helen (Dance Magazine), 1942-1952, [n.d.]
16 406 Edith Stephen Theatre Dance Co., 1969
16 407 Eiferle, Charles (re: Mary Vardas), 1991
16 408 Eisen, Bob, 1990-1996
16 409 Ekstrom, Parmenia (1 by secretary), 1988
16 410 Eleo Pomare Dance Co., 1971
16 411 Ellis, David and Angela, 1951, 1961, [n.d.]
16 412 Ellis, Richard (see also DuBoulay, Christine), 1996
16 413 Ellison, Heidi, 1975
16 414 Emergence Dance Theatre (Schmitz, John), 1985-1986
16 415 Enciclopedia Dello Spettacolo, 1956-1961
16 416 Encyclopedia Britannica, 1954-2001
16 417 Encyclopedia of the Arts, [n.d.]
16 418 Encyclopedia of Chicago, 2003-2004
16 419 Encyclopedia of Chicago Women, 1994
16 420 Enters, Angna, 1955
16 421 Erkert, Jan, 1979-1990
16 422 Eskeles, Max and Marcella
16 423 Estner, Robert and Arthur, Chanthel (see also Grand Rapids Ballet), 1989
16 424 Evanston School of Ballet, 1988
16 425 Evans, Bill, [n.d.]
16 426 Evansville Dance Theatre, 1983-1984
16 427 Expression of Two Arts Theatre (see also Weidman, Charles), 1966, 1971
17 428 Falk, Loti, 1980
17 429 Farquhar, Duard (choreographer), 1992-2003, [n.d.]
17 430 Fay, Anthony, 1986-1987, 2002, [n.d.]
17 431 Fernandez, Royes, [n.d.]
17 432 Ferrell, Betty A., 1968
17 432a Festival Internacional de Ballet de Trujillo (Peru),
17 433 First Chamber Dance Company (Bennett, Charles ["Chuck"], 1963, 1971, [n.d.]
17 434 Fisher, Nelle, 1954, [n.d.]
17 435 Fisher, Tom (see also Page, Ruth), 1962
17 436 Fitzgerald, Brendan, 1977
17 437 Flynn, Elizabeth, 1941
17 438 Focus on Dance, 1968
17 439 Foerster, O. & Al, 1954
17 440 Fonteyn, Margot (& secretary), 1978, [n.d.]
17 441 Fountain, Primus, 1977
17 442 Fowler, Peggy (Board Member), [n.d.]
17 443 France, Richard, 1988, [n.d.]
17 444 Francis, Paul (Dance Magazine) (some to Ann & Davida Barzel), 1938-1939, 1972, [n.d.]
17 445 Francois, H. Anthony, [n.d.]
17 446 Frasz, Paula, 2001
17 447 Franklin, Frederic, [n.d.]
17 448 Frazer-James Dance Group (Chicago group), 1937
17 449 Fredmann, Martin (Colorado Ballet), 1991-1993
17 450 Free Street Theater (see also Henry, Patrick), 1980-1988, 2005
17 451 Freedman, Martin, 1992
17 452 Freeson, Lee (re: Carmalita Maracci), 1940-1942
17 453 Frellson, Darrell and Bob, [n.d.]
17 454 Fresno Dance Repertory Company, 1967
17 455 Friedman, Madge, 1942
17 456 Friedman, Michelle, [n.d.]
17 457 Fuji, Keiko, [n.d.]
17 458 Fytoursi, Zoe (Greek nightclub dancer), 1972
17 459 Gainesville Civic Ballet, 1983
17 460 Galati, Frank J., 1986
17 461 Gallagher, Marguerite, [n.d.]
17 462 Gardner, Charles ("Charlie"), 1988, 1995, [n.d.]
17 463 Garnet, Eva, Desca, 1959
17 464 Gary, Willard, Hentry (memorial), [n.d.]
17 465 Gavin, Martin and Betsie, [n.d.]
17 466 Gaynes, Beth, [n.d.]
17 467 Gehr, Mary, 1991-1996
17 468 Gerometta, Jean, [n.d.]
17 469 Giacchino, Tommye, [n.d.]
17 470 Gilpin, John, 1982
17 471 Giocomo, Gary, 1973, 1992
17 472 Giordano, Gus (and family), 1962, 1976, 1984-1992, [n.d.]
17 473 Girard, Aaron (aka Gobetz) (Ballet Russe) 1943, 1988-1989,1995, [n.d.]
17 474 Gleason, Rita, [n.d.]
17 475 Godwin, Dwight (State Dance Assoc. of Florida), 1974
17 476 Golden, Miriam (married names Ziegler, Hailparn), 1972, 1992
17 477 Goodman, Erika, 1989
17 478 Goodman, Karen, 2004
17 479 Goodman Theatre, 1985
17 480 Goodspeed, "Bobsy" (later Mrs. Gilbert Chapman), 1945, 1976, [n.d.]
17 481 Gordon, Lonny (Southern Illinois University), 1973, [n.d.]
17 482 Grossman, Sallye (theatre ballet repertoire group, inc.), 1967-1969
17 483 Gould, Morton, 1962
17 484 Gour, Betty, [n.d.]
17 485 Goya, Carola, 1970
17 486 Grand Rapids Ballet (see also Esner, Robert and Arthur, Chanthel), 1993-2002
17 487 Grands Ballets Canadiens, Les, 1968, 1977, [n.d.]
17 488 Grantzieva, Tatiana (Tania), 1962, [n.d.]
17 489 Grass, Charles, 1996
17 490 Greco, José, 1964, 1968, 1977, [n.d.]
17 491 Green, Jonathan (artist), 1988
17 492 Gregori, Michael (husband of Eva Evdokimova), 1989
17 493 Gregory, Barbara (Legat Foundation), 1994, 1999
17 494 Gregory, John, 1987-1996
17 495 Grey, Beryl, [n.d.]
17 496 Griffith, Donald and Gayle, 1995, 1998
17 497 Grimmer, Margot (and family), 1963, 1971-1975,1991-2000, [n.d.]
17 498 Groebli, Werner (aka Mr. Frick, Ice Follies), 1971
17 499 Grossman, Danny, 1987
17 500 Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, 1987-2002, [n.d.]
18 501 Haakon, Paul and Sheila (and family), 1939-1941, 1976, 1986, 1991, [n.d.]
18 502 Haan, Mary Wohl, 1982
18 503 Hamburg Ballet (See also Neumeier, John), 1997-1998
18 504 Harkness Ballet, 1964-1974, [n.d.]
18 504a Harsh, Gwenn Barker, 1998
18 505 Hartman, Paul, [n.d.]
18 505a Haselbarth, Patty, 1992-1999
18 506 Haskell, Arnold (Sadler's Wells)
18 507 Haskell, Diana (Newberry Library) and family, 2002, [n.d.]
18 508 Hastings, Baird and Lily, 1946
18 509 Hatcher, James (Jimmy) (U. of Alabama, Town and Gown Theater), 1968
18 510 Hatcher, Kent, [n.d.]
18 511 Hawkins, Erick, 1963, 1969
18 512 Hawkins, Frances (Artists Rep., Ballet Caravan), 1936-1938
18 513 Hayden, Melissa, 1966, [n.d.]
18 514 Heatherton, Joey, [n.d.]
18 515 Hehmeyer, Sheila, [n.d.]
18 516 Heinemann, Armin, 1993-1997
18 517 Henderson, Florence, 1962
18 518 Henry, Patrick (see Free Street Theater), 1974-1988, [n.d.]
18 519 Hensey, Fred, [n.d.]
18 520 Herbertt, Stanley, 1963
18 521 Herget, Bob, 1961
18 522 Hightower, Rosella, 1994-1996, [n.d.]
18 523 Hill, Camille L., 1981
18 524 Hobi, Frank (Ballet Theatre), 1943
18 525 Hobley, Marge, 1977, [n.d.]
18 526 Hoctor, Danny, [n.d.]
18 527 Hoff, Alexis and family, 1965
18 528a Hoffman, Jeanette Tannan, 1996
18 528 Holbrooke, William R. (Civic Light Opera Ass'n of Detroit), 1945
18 529 Holiday, Ron, 1964-1966
18 530 Holmes, Anna-Marie and David, 1968-2003
18 531 Holmes, Joseph, 1978, 1984-1985, [n.d.]
18 532 Holmes, Berenice, 1934, 1942
18 533 Holzer, Reginald J., 1972
18 534 Horban, Jamie (Solestance), 2004
18 535 Houseal, Joseph, 2002
18 536 Howard, Alan, 1996
18 537 Howard, Claudia, 1980
18 538 Howard, Mark (Trinity Irish Dance Co.), 2002
18 539 Hruby, Patricia (One Plus One), 1978
18 540 Hubbard Street Dance Company, 1981, 2003
18 541 Hume, James A. (Merrill Lynch), [n.d.]
18 542 Hunt, J. Ray, 1952, [n.d.]
18 543 Hutchison, Barbara, 1979, 1981
18 544 Ichino, Yoko: SEE Nixon, David
18 545 I.D.E.A.S. (International Dance Exchange and Scholarship program), 1994-1995
18 546 Iglesias, Roberto, 1954