Maier, Max Papers

Dates: 1906-1953. Size: .25 linear feet in 1 box. Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, Chicago Theater Collection. In 1947 Max Meier exhibited his collection of Chicago playbills, programs and scrapbooks at the Chicago Public Library. A Chicago native, Meier was a contributor to the Chicago Tribune "Line O' Type" column and an avid theater-goer. This collection documents the exhibit through photographs and clippings, as well as contains several examples of Meier's correspondence. [Finding aid]