Chicago Miniature Opera Company records, ca. 1930-1971.

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Chicago Miniature Opera Company records, ca. 1930-1971.

Office files, correspondence, programs, clippings, other publicity materials, scripts, legal papers, scrapbooks, and other papers of the Chicago Miniature Opera Company, also known as the Tivoli Grand Opera and later the Kungsholm Miniature Grand Opera, founded by Ernest Wolff of Chicago (Ill.). The company presented puppet performances. Collection includes 2 scrapbooks and miscellaneous scrapbook pages of newspaper clippings and programs relating to the Chicago Miniature Opera plus Mrs. Ernest Wolff's scrapbooks (4 v.; 1930-1937) about traditional opera in Chicago. Mrs. Wolff's scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and brochures relating to opera performers, performances, and venues in Chicago (Ill.), including materials on the Chicago Civic Opera Company and the Chicago City Opera Company. Dates of volumes: Vol. 1, 1930-1932; Vol. 2, 1932-1936; Vol. 3, 1936-1937; Vol. 4, 1937.

4.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8069892

Chicago History Museum

Related Entities

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Kungsholm Restaurant (Chicago, Ill.)

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Wolff, Ernest G.

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Kungsholm Miniature Grand Opera (Chicago, Ill.)

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Tivoli Grand Opera (Chicago, Ill.)

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Wolff, Ernest P., Mrs.

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Chicago Civic Opera Company.

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Wolff, E. T.

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Chicago Miniature Opera Company.

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Ernest Wolff's Chicago Miniature Opera Theater performed at Frederic Chramer's Kungsholm Restaurant in the former McCormick mansion on Ontario Street at Rush Street in Chicago. Both the restaurant and the theater closed in 1971. From the description of Chicago Miniature Opera Company records, ca. 1930-1971. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 709913468 ...

Chicago City Opera Company.

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