Ruth Kilbourn papers, ca. 1947-1949.
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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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Kilbourn, Ruth.
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Chicago dancer and dance teacher. Ruth Kilbourn was born in 1895 and lived her whole life in her home in Hyde Park, where she died at the age of 89 in 1984. Educated in Chicago schools, Kilbourn studied dance with several well-known teachers, and in her youth she appeared on Broadway and as an adagio dancer at the Chicago Opera House. After a back injury, she established the Kilbourn School of Dance in her home and studio and gave lessons in after-school programs at seve...
Kilbourn School of Dancing.
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