Fred Alexson papers, 1960-1980.

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Fred Alexson papers, 1960-1980.

Includes photographs of Alexson and other dancers, dance posters (including some autographed), a dance class diary, career scrapbooks, and a watercolor sketchpad of dance action studies.

5 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7247070

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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Alexson, Fred

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Fred Alexson was a dancer with the Boston Ballet and several other production companies, and a founding member of the Association of Performing Arts. From the description of Fred Alexson papers, 1960-1980. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 277116834 ...