Performing and Visual Arts
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Tatiana Dokoudovska Papers, 1957-1970 (K0255)
0.01 c.f.
"Miss Tania was a noted ballet dancer, teacher, and founder of the Kansas City Ballet. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, performance programs, posters and photographs relating to the Kansas City Ballet/Kansas City Civic Ballet. Most of the clippings concern performances given by the Company; other ballet-related and publicity articles are also included. There are also photographs of performances.
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Arthur Clinton Draper Photograph Collection, circa 1890-1935 (R0847)
0.5 cubic foot (9 folders, 118 photographs)
These are the photographs of Arthur Clinton Draper, a producer of minstrel shows. Draper produced minstrel shows in the central and western states for over thirty years, specializing in benefit performaces at Elks lodges.
Kay Drey Art Museum/Forest Park Records, 1978-2001 (S0823)
6 cubic feet, 1 diskette, 1 cassette
This collection contains correspondence, books, newspaper clippings, and subject files on Kay Drey's attempt to turn St. Louis' Old Post Office into a downtown Art Museum.
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C. Herbert Duncan Papers, 1926-2005 (S0626)
4 cubic feet
The Clyde Herbert Duncan Jr. Papers contains photographs, program booklets, book drafts, and yearbooks, documenting Duncans career as a music educator in the St. Louis Metropolitan area, including his involvement in the creation of the Greater St. Louis Marching Band Festival.
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Bernadine Rose Morast Dunn Scrapbook, 1925-1937 (K0895)
0.16 c.f. (7 folders)
Scrapbook containing clippings and programs from musicals, operas, recitals, and other local performances.
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Eastern Missouri Collection, 1858-2009 (S1135)
3.5 cubic feet, 1 reel of 16mm film, 1 reel of microfilm, 39 oversize items
The Eastern Missouri Collection is an artificial collection combining miscellaneous small acquisitions related to Missouri places, individuals, organizations, and events. The Eastern Missouri Collection continues to have material added to it. New additions are added at the end of the collection. Researchers should browse the index and container lists to locate pertinent material.
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William N. Eisendrath Papers, 1929-1976 (S0019)
0.04 cubic foot, 19 folders, 1 volume
The papers contain correspondence between St. Louis area art collector and gallery director William N. Eisendrath Jr. and prominent artists including Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, Virginia Peusner, Alexander Archipenko, and Robert Chesley Osborne.
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Arthur Wayland Ellison Scrapbooks, 1924-1993 (K0271)
1.2 c.f.
Scrapbooks relating to the theater in Kansas City, particularly regarding plays in which Ellison performed as an actor. Index for 11 of the volumes.
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Thomas A. Engelhardt Papers, 1950s-2018 (CA6291)
6.2 cubic feet, 3 oversize items
The papers of long-time editorial cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch include correspondence, sketch books, reprints of cartoons, and miscellaneous material.
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Hans Fantel Papers, c. 1925-2006 (C4003)
3.2 cubic feet (188 folders), 5 video cassettes, 1 DVD, 565 MB of digital files
The papers of Hans Fantel, a freelance writer, contain the articles he wrote for the New York Times and many other publications about high fidelity, home electronics, and music. Correspondence, photographs, and audiovisual materials make up the remainder of the collection.
Clyde Faries Collection, no date (CA5645)
0.1 cubic feet, 10 audio cassettes
Folk music and materials concerning Clyde Faries and the Faries family.
Edwin Allan Fessenden Scrapbook, 1905-1913 (C4220)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)
The papers of Edwin Allan Fessenden contain some schoolwork and one scrapbook documenting his time at the University of Missouri in the early 1900s.
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Film Society of Greater Kansas City Records, 1991-2000 (K0765)
5 c.f.
Organizational records including minutes, printed material, clippings, newsletters, and other materials concerning the activities of the Film Society. Also files on the Society's annual Film Fests.
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Daniel R. Fitzpatrick Papers, 1913-1966 (C3832)
1.0 cubic foot (55 folders), 16 reels of 16mm film, 16 DVDs
The Fitzpatrick Papers contain the personal and business correspondence of D.R. Fitzpatrick, editorial cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The collection also contains magazines and newspaper articles concerning “Fitz’s” cartoons of local, regional, and national politics, including government propaganda for both World Wars. Sixteen one-half hour television documentaries on political affairs, entitled Forty-five Years with Fitzpatrick are included in the collection.
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Daniel R. Fitzpatrick Papers, no date (CA6266)
3 films, 3 DVDs, 1 folder, oversize
Addition of photographs, cartoon reproductions, and films from the television series, Forty-five Years With Fitzpatrick. See also C3832.
Flat River Woman's Club Collection, 1930 (R1098)
(1 folder)
This is a program booklet for the "Belles of Blackville: A Blackface Minstrel," presented by the Flat River Woman's Club on April 11, 1930, at Flat River (now Park Hills) in St. Francois County, Missouri.
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Flum Family Papers, 1930-2017 (S0369)
0.5 cubic foot
The Flum Family Papers consist of program booklets, obituaries, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Paul and Nancy Flum's business and civic endeavors, including Paul Flum Ideas, Inc., the St. Louis Ballet, the United Nations Association, and Goals for Americans Foundation. Also included are photographs depicting family holidays, events, and vacations.
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Folly Theater Records, 1953-1957 (K0121)
1 c.f.
Business records for the theater when it operated primarily as a burlesque house. Information on salaries paid, utilities costs, commissions paid for securing entertainers, advertising expenses, and general operating expenses is included in the files. They do not include data on box office receipts, income, or correspondence with entertainers..
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John Stuart Forrester Papers, 1940-2011 (S0339)
7.5 cubic feet
The John Stuart Forrester Papers includes photographs, correspondence, fliers, scrapbooks, and St. Louis area rock concert posters documenting John Stuart Forrester Sr.'s career as a rock concert promoter and owner of Backstage Galleries, a vintage rock poster store. Also included are Forrester family photographs and correspondence. Items of interest include a poster and related promotional materials for the Ozark Music Festival, held in Sedalia, Missouri, on July 19, 1974.
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Jane Froman Papers, 1891-1980 (C3695)
8.5 cubic feet (343 folders), 2 rolls of microfilm, 14 audio cassettes, 453 audio discs, 13 audio tapes, 4 films, 1 video cassette, 1 DVD, 25.6 GB of digital files
The papers of a singer and radio, theater, and movie star contain correspondence, financial records, musical arrangements, photographs, audio and film recordings, and scrapbooks. The papers include material on radio, movie musicals, the USO, theater and club appearances, television, and popular music of the 1930s through the 1950s. Also includes some papers of her mother, Anna Barcafer Froman Hetzler (1873-1962).
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Jane Froman Centennial Collection, 2007-2010 (C4139)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 6 DVDs, 2 video cassettes, 9 CDs, 8 audio cassettes, 1 computer disc
The collection contains interviews and material from the Jane Froman Centennial Celebration on November 10, 2007.
Jane Froman Collection, no date (C3940)
5 audio cassettes, 2 audio discs, 1 video cassette, 2 compact discs, 1 DVD
The Jane Froman Collection consists of recordings of performances and interviews of Jane Froman.
Jane Froman Collection, 1930s-2010 (CA5677)
0.2 cubic feet, 3 audio cassettes, 27 audio discs, 1 audio tape, 8 CDs, 12 DVDs, 1 film, 3 video cassettes
Addition of correspondence, sheet music, audio and video recordings, and miscellaneous material pertaining to Jane Froman.
Jane Froman Papers, 1953-1968 (CA5133)
0.4 cubic feet
Addition of personal and professional papers of Jane Froman, including photographs, correspondence, and personal papers of Rowland H. Smith.
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Larry Evert Gardner Collection, 1995 (K0568)
0.2 c.f.
Lithographs of TWA airplanes collected by 40 year employee of Trans World Airlines (TWA).
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Agnes Garino Papers, 1960-2022 (S0500)
2.5 cubic feet
The Agnes Garino Papers contain meeting minutes, correspondence, program booklets, and newspaper clippings documenting her involvement with the Kirkwood City Council, the Kirkwood Symphony Orchestra, and the St. Louis Sports Commission, and the U.S.-Olympic Festival.
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Fred Geary Papers, 1903-1917 (C3515)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The papers contain a sketch book, sketches, report cards, high school commencement program and other papers of a Missouri-born artist who gained national fame for his woodcuts and woodcut engravings.
Anna Whyte Gentry Scrapbook, 1880 (K0495)
0.3 c.f.
Colored advertising cards, primarily of Kansas City area businesses.
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North Todd Gentry Photograph Collection, 1862-1900 (P0166)
15 photographs
Portraits of musician John William "Blind" Boone, signed on back, and his manager John Lange, Jr; photos of and relating to the Gentry family; photos of Gentry's friends and acquaintances, and several Columbia buildings.
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Lynn Gentzler Photographs, 1998 (P0603)
1 folder
Photos of Pattonsburg as movie set for Ride With the Devil (1998), and Maysville county courthouse postcard.
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Ruth K. Gieschen Collection, 1950-1992 (K1173)
0.6 c.f.
Gieschen was active in education reform in the greater Kansas City area. Includes administrative papers and reports of the Missouri Governor's Conferences on Education, the Metropolitan Kansas City Junior College District, and the Hickman Mills Community Scholarship Foundation. Also programs of various Kansas City Theater productions.
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M. E. Gillioz Collection, 1926-1994 (R0575)
0.1 cubic foot (4 folders)
The M. E. Gillioz Collection contains printed material and newspaper clippings concerning the life and career of M. E. Gillioz, a construction contractor and businessman from Monett, Barry County, Missouri.
Cora S. Gladish Papers, 1885-1951 (CA5818)
1 cubic foot
Sheet music of compositions written and published by Cora Gladish of Higginsville, Missouri, related correspondence, biographical information, watercolors, photographs, and miscellaneous material. Also includes diaries of Ann Eliza Gladish and miscellaneous Gladish family material.
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"The Golden Link" Film, 1960 (CA6377)
1 film, 1 DVD
A color 16mm film produced by Shelter Insurance depicting Sidney Larson painting a mural on the history of insurance at the company's headquarters in Columbia, Missouri, 1958-1959. Use DVD copy.
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John Goldston Photograph Collection, 1958-1963 (S0783)
0.01 cubic foot, 22 photographs
The John Goldston Photographs Collection contains images of Gaslight Square and the destruction of Mill Creek Valley.
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Guy Golterman Grand Opera Collection, 1998 (S0600)
0.01 cubic foot
This collection contains a script for a slide show on the history of the St. Louis Municipal Opera building.
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George Gray Collection, 1938-1939 (P0463)
6 photographs
Photos of Pony Express mural by George Gray and its unveiling by Eleanor Roosevelt, 1938, at the Robidoux Hotel in St. Joseph. Drawing of Ft. Leavenworth. Photo of the artist.
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Great Western Stage Equipment Company Records, 1925-1976 (K0717)
114 c.f.
The Company was one of the leading designers and suppliers for theatrical stages and auditoriums in the Midwest. Includes job files containing work orders, design plans, invoices, correspondence, and occasionally fabric samples. Also some catalogs, financial records, photographs, and drawings.
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Greater Kansas City Art Association Records, 1956-2006 (K0947)
7 c.f.
Organizational records and scrapbooks from the Greater Kansas City Art Association. Includes officers files, correspondence, minutes, financial records, membership files, newsletters, photographs and audio and video tapes.
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Thomas C. Grimm Photographs, 1936 (P0915)
2 photographs
Photos of Thomas Hart Benton painting the murals in the House Lounge, Missouri State Capitol, Dec 1936
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William Henry Gruen Drawing, 1943 (C1819)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Sketch of the St. Louis skyline from the Chain of Rocks Park, 1943.
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Haden Family Collection, 1940-1944 (R1095)
(1 folder)
These are two booklets concerning the Haden Family, a musical group that performed during this period on radio station KWTO at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. The booklets were distributed to fans of the group.
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Hagerman-Hayden Papers, 1852-1893 (C0110)
0.6 cubic feet
Letters and papers of an Alexandria, MO, lawyer; a Keokuk, IA, student at Academy of Visitation, St. Louis, MO; and a music student in Oberlin, OH.
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Christopher Hanch Papers, 1970s-2021 (CA6648)
5.0 cubic feet, 3.69 GB of digital files
The papers of Christopher Hanch an artist and poet from St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, contain photography, poetry, artwork, memoirs, writings, and miscellaneous material.
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Henry C. and Henry J. Haskell Papers, 1883-1979 (K0096)
1.25 c.f.
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Lucy Reed Hazelton Papers, 1946-2003 (S0686)
1 cubic foot, 18 folders, 2 audio tapes
The papers of Lucy Reed Hazelton document her career as a poet, writer, commercial, and fine artist in Webster Groves, Missouri. The collection includes awards, booklets, correspondence newspaper clippings, poems written by Lucy Reed Hazelton. Also included is an oral history interview with Ms. Hazelton, on two audio cassettes with a transcript.
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Frederick C. Hibbard Photograph Collection, 1918-1925 (P0234)
35 photographs
Photos of and related to the works of the sculpture Frederick C. Hibbard, including several photographs of Hibbard at work.
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George Edward Hicks Papers, 1983-2003 (K0611)
2 c.f.
Research and other papers created and collected by Hicks, a local historian. Includes newspaper and magazines articles, correspondence, flyers, a project manual, booklets, photographs, maps, and a grant proposal related to the Pioneer Park Committee of the Westport Historical Society, and to other projects of the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City.
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Katherine J. Hinchey-Cochran Family Papers, 1790-1999 (R1280)
20 cubic feet (501 folders, 14 oversize folders, 27 volumes, 3 oversize volumes)
The Katherine J. Hinchey-Cochran Family Papers consisted of family papers, photographs, correspondence, and business records of the extended Hinchey family. Also included are the correspondence and sketches of William J. Hinchey.
Wanoma Hoehn Scrapbook Collection, 1948-1949 (R1230)
(1 folder)
This is a scrapbook compiled by Wanoma Hoehn during her senior year at Perryville High school at Perryville in Perry County, Missouri. Included are clippings, mementoes, and programs from membership in the band, parties, dances, plays, and graduation exercises.