Goodman Theatre Archive. Goodman Family Papers

Dates: 1912-1987, bulk dates: 1957-1978. Size: 5 linear feet. Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, Chicago Theater Collection. The Goodman Family Papers document the family’s ongoing support and involvement with the Goodman Theater after it was established as a memorial to the late playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman by his parents in 1922. The papers include correspondence, memos, meeting materials and scrapbooks related to operations of the Goodman Theatre and the School of Drama of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Finding Aid]