Harriet Lundgren papers, 1917-1991, bulk 1920-1938.

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Harriet Lundgren papers, 1917-1991, bulk 1920-1938.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213408243

Collection is mainly scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine clippings, programs and other memorabilia relating to dancers, opera singers and their performances in Chicago during the 1920s and 1930s. Also, a few articles, magazines and loose programs, including a souvenir program of Anna Pavlova, a catalog for the Bush Conservatory, and numerous photographs, many signed by celebrities. Also, there is a large oil painting of Lundgren posed in costume done by Salvatore Salla.

0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)

Newberry Library

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Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Lundgren, Harriet, 1907-1996.

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Chicago ballet dancer. Of Swedish descent, Harriet Lundgren, daughter of Ida Lundgren and artist Martin Lundgren, was born in Chicago in 1907. Lungren started her training at the Hazel Wallack Studio, later joined the Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet, and still later the Adolph Bolm Company. For a number of years, Lundgren was a principal performer, most notably with the Chicago Civic Opera Company, where she was prima ballerina from 1922 to 1932. She toured both in America and ...

Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet

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Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.)

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Salla, Salvatore.

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Bush Conservatory (Chicago, Ill.)

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Bolm, Adolf, 1884-1951

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Adolph Bolm (b. Sept. 25, 1884 in St. Petersburg, Russia; d. April 18, 1951 in Hollywood, Calif.) was a ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet master, and dance teacher. From the description of Adolph Bolm collection, 1895-1982 (bulk 1908-1948). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 671239720 Biographical Note Adolph Bolm was born in St. Petersburg in 1884, entered the Imperial Ballet School in 1894, and became a dancer with the M...