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McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936. Correspondence, 1870-1936.

Title: Correspondence, 1870-1936.

Private and business correspondence of Chicago, Illinois industrialist Cyrus McCormick, Jr., consisting of incoming and outgoing correspondence, copies of monthly financial records, annual reports, newspaper clippings, bulletins, photographs, copies of wills, and other legal documents. A wide variety of subjects is covered, including the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, investments, trusteeships and settlements of estates, charities and donations, membership in many societies, particularly in Chicago, and family affairs. An alphabetical index to correspondence can be found in boxes 300 through 303.

ArchivalResource: 120.4 c.f. (299 archives boxes, 4 index boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787524 View

Devriès, Hermann, 1858-1949. [Papers] / Herman Devries, Rene Devries.

Title: [Papers] / Herman Devries, Rene Devries. [between 1900 and 1949]

ArchivalResource: [59] leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58916978 View

Programs of operas, unbound and arranged by years, 1929-.

Title: Programs of operas, unbound and arranged by years, 1929-.

ArchivalResource: boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270716792 View

[Selected scrapbooks in the Music Division, New York Public Library [microform] : Chicago Grand Opera, National Opera of Canada, San Francisco Opera, Kurtz].

Title: [Selected scrapbooks in the Music Division, New York Public Library [microform] : Chicago Grand Opera, National Opera of Canada, San Francisco Opera, Kurtz]. 1910-1979.

ArchivalResource: 4 v. : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31678790 View

Dufau, Jenny. Jenny Dufau papers, 1913-1917.

Title: Jenny Dufau papers, 1913-1917.

Collection consists almost entirely of letters written to Jenny Dufau by an Italian lover named Gaetano Riccuilli from September 1915, to April 1917, while Dufau was performing with the Chicago Grand Opera Company.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/184986553 View

Kilmer, Richard L. 1921-1965. Richard L. Kilmer papers, 1883-1965.

Title: Richard L. Kilmer papers, 1883-1965.

Lists of casts and repertories of various opera companies including the Chicago Opera (1894-1946), Chicago Grand Opera Company (1912-1930), Chicago Lyric Opera (1955-1962), Boston Opera Company (1909-1961), Cincinnati Opera Company (1940-1961), Metropolitan Opera (1883-1956), New York City Opera Company (1943-1955), Ravinia Opera (1926-1931), San Carlo Opera in Chicago (1947), Century Opera Company (1914-1915), Chicago Opera (1937), and the San Francisco Opera (1944-1958). The collection also includes outlines and the first three chapters for a book project: America's Professional Musical Organizations: A Study of their Origins, Growth, Influence, 1880-1930; one volume of Chicago Civic Opera programs (1930-1931); photocopies, newsclippings, notebooks and sundry programs relating to musical events.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/715382249 View

Chicago Grand Opera Company (Chicago, Ill.). [Miscellaneous pamphlets, etc.].

Title: [Miscellaneous pamphlets, etc.].

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270723486 View

Bergor, Ben. Ben Bergor family papers, 1848-1994 (bulk 1930-1979).

Title: Ben Bergor family papers, 1848-1994 (bulk 1930-1979).

Papers, 1848-1994 (bulk 1930-1979), of Ben Bergor, a Madison-based magician, entertainer and booking agent, together with papers of his sister Olivia Monona, an opera singer, and of their father Benedict Goldenberger. Bergor's papers consist of correspondence with magicians, clients and others; writings; financial records, contracts, advertising and brochures of his Madison entertainment agency; and a humor library. Subject files include mailings from magic and humor dealers, musical compositions and scattered records of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, the Society of American Magicians and the Houdini Club of Wisconsin. Among the prominent correspondents are magicians Percy Abbott, Joe Berg, Dave Coleman, Clarke Crandall and L.L. Ireland, and ventriloquists Howie Olson and Fred Ketch. Also includes the award album from the Houdini Club. Highlight's from the humor library include Charley Jones Laugh Books, Gags, 1000 Jokes, and Quote. Olivia Monona's papers consist of diaries, and subject files relating to her career with the Chicago Grand Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. Benedict Goldenberger's papers primarily consist of diaries as a student at the University of Wisconsin during the 1870s. The papers also include genealogical correspondence of historian John O. Holzhueter, Bergor's son-in-law, with a couple of early family documents. The visual materials consist of portraits, snapshots of Bergor performing, many publicity stills of magicians and other entertainers, and portraits and snapshots of Olivia Monona and chorus members of the Chicago Grand Opera. The film is a televised broadcast of Bergor performing a sleight of hand card trick in 1930. The audio recordings consist of auditions; radio broadcasts of skits, tricks, satires, etc.; family piano and opera performances; sound effects; and performances of "My Heart Went Boom," a composition by Bergor.

ArchivalResource: 33.4 c.f. (25 record center cartons, 4 archives boxes, 10 flat boxes and 12 card file boxes),16 audio recordings,1 film (16 mm),3.7 c.f. of photographs (9 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) and0.2 c.f. of negatives (1 card box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692429 View

Chicago Architectural Photo Company,. Photographs of the Chicago opera, ca. 1910-1932.

Title: Photographs of the Chicago opera, ca. 1910-1932.

Collection consists mainly of 10 x 8 inch black and white photographs of Chicago operatic performers. Most images have text on their versos, either stamped in ink or in manuscript hand, stating the name of performer, opera and role depicted in image, and company producing the opera. Most items are undated. Singers are primarily in character and usually solo, though there are a few depicting multiple persons in one image, and a few images in street clothes. Also included are a few photographs of conductors and directors of the operas. A few photographs are included of: scenes from The Marriage of Figaro, and the exterior and interior views of the Civic Opera House (Chicago). Photographic studios include: Chicago Architectural Photo Company, Daguerre (Chicago), Fernand de Gueldre (Chicago), H. A. Atwell Studio (Chicago), Matzene Studio, Moffett (Chicago), and Underwood & Underwood, among many others.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663989491 View

Thomas Concert Class (Evanston, Ill.). Concert class diaries, 1910-1916.

Title: Concert class diaries, 1910-1916.

Material relating to the activities of the music club including program pages (pasted into the volumes) from all the CSO's subscription concerts at Orchestra Hall, brief descriptions of related lectures and performances given at the club meetings, complete membership rosters for each season including names and addresses, and lists of club officers.

ArchivalResource: .3 linear ft. (2 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70961631 View

McCormick, Harold Fowler, 1872-1941. Harold Fowler McCormick papers, 1892-1947.

Title: Harold Fowler McCormick papers, 1892-1947.

Papers of McCormick, a Chicago industrialist with the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and the International Harvester Company; consisting of correspondence, notes, business records, appointment books, speeches, clippings, and printed items. These concern financial interests, civic groups, personal and family life, and his publicized peace plan during World War I. Of his business activities the Belle City Malleable Iron Company is best documented. A small portion of the collection consists of papers of his daughter, Muriel, documenting her interest in postwar relief work, the theater, and Chicago grand opera.

ArchivalResource: 36.7 c.f. (91 archives boxes and 1 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787574 View

Behymer, Lynden Ellsworth, 1862-1947. Papers of Lynden Ellsworth Behymer, 1881-1948.

Title: Papers of Lynden Ellsworth Behymer, 1881-1948.

The collection consists of letters, documents (including 32 volumes of accounts, agreements, and box office receipts) and manuscripts related to Lynden E. Behymer and various California musical and theatrical organizations. There are also plays, prompt books, and music. Over 2400 pieces of correspondence include large sections devoted to the California Opera Company, the Chicago Opera Company, and the Mission Play.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 3,990 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123379649 View

Cheney, Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Florence), 1902-1986. Elizabeth F. Cheney papers, 1850s-1986.

Title: Elizabeth F. Cheney papers, 1850s-1986.

Correspondence, legal documents, account books, diaries, scrapbooks, genealogies, family photographs, sympathy letters and other mourning items, and other miscellaneous papers of Miss Elizabeth F. Cheney of Oak Park (Ill.), who gathered much of this material from members of several families of which she was the last direct descendent. In addition to Miss Cheney, persons represented in the collection include Anna Augusta Carpenter, Philo Carpenter (1850s onward), Aubry and Anna S. Clary, Andrew and Mary Hooker Dole (1870s-1910s), Charles Norton Owen (ca. 1930s-50s), Grace O. Solomon, Charles Solomon, Anne Cheney Solomon, Grace Cheney Harlow, Mrs. William W. Strong. Includes Miss Cheney's expenditure logs (1963-71, at Crystal Lake, Michigan, and Deere Isle, Maine), materials about world's fairs, items about Chicago real estate holdings of various family members. Includes items by R. Baily and Edward Durand about the California gold rush (1849-50). Includes genealogies of the following families: Barnes, Carpenter, Cheney, Dole, Durand, Hooker, Yale. Includes articles and pamphlets about Philo Carpenter, an early Chicagoan, and a few items by him, materials on the formation of the First Congregational Church (Chicago) and on the dedication of a Chicago public school named in his honor in the 1960s; a diary of T.B. Carpenter; a scrapbook begun by Anna Augusta Carpenter in 1849; and 2 letters from A.G. Carpenter, Gansevart (N.Y.), August 9, 1856. Includes scrapbook (1903, 1912-1934) compiled about the Chicago Civic Opera Company, also known as the Grand Opera Company and as the Chicago Opera Association. Scrapbook contains programs, newspaper clippings, performance synopses, performance previews and reviews, and lists of box holders. Several newspaper clippings relate to the history of the Chicago Civic Opera Company. Also included are photographs of opera singers, sets, scenes, and conductors. Some of the programs note if the event was attended alone or with companions. The scrapbook holds both loose and attached materials.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/712704704 View