Alma M. Yondorf Theatre Scrapbooks Collection

Dates: 1894-1926
Size: .5 linear feet in 2 boxes
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605
Collection Number: spe-ctc-amy
Immediate source of acquisition: The Alma M. Yondorf Theatre Scrapbooks were donated to Special Collections in 1978 by Barbara Newcombe of the Chicago Tribune.
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Preferred citation: When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Alma M. Yondorf Theatre Scrapbooks Collection, [Volume #, Page #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library
Finding aid author: Original author unknown. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Sarah Zimmerman, 2021

Abstract

The scrapbooks document theater productions in Chicago and elsewhere. Yondorf frequently annotated her programs with the names of her companions and her opinions of the productions.

Biographical/Historical

Alma M. Yondorf (1881-1956) was born and grew up in Chicago. In 1903, she married Sylvan Hircshberg (1874-1936) of Cincinnati, where the couple lived circa 1903-1920. During her years in Cincinnati, Yondorf made frequent visits to her parents, Charles and Grace Yondorf, living at 4552 Michigan Ave. By 1920, the couple had relocated with their three daughters to New Trier Township, Ill. north of Chicago.

Yondorf frequently attended theater and musical programs. She kept and collected theater programs, and pasted them into blank school notebooks. Her programs are often annotated with the names of her companions and reactions to the productions.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes two scrapbooks of clipped, and often annotated, programs and playbills pasted into blank school notebooks which document theater productions in Chicago and elsewhere. Theater names and dates in many cases were trimmed off and no longer accompany each piece.

Arrangement

The scrapbooks remain bound in their original order:

  • Box AMY 1 holds Volume 1, programs dating from 1894-1910
  • Box AMY 2 holds Volume 2, programs dating from 1910-1926

The collection inventory is arranged alphabetically by production title. “L” designates a loose program. Each box includes a single folder of “L” programs from that volume. An asterisk indicates a non-Chicago performance.

Related Archival Materials

Chicago Theater Collection, historical programs and scrapbooks

Subject Headings

  • Yondorf, Alma M. -- Archives.
  • Theater – Illinois – Chicago – History – Sources.
  • Playbills – Illinois – Chicago – Sources.
  • Theater Programs.

Collection Inventory

Box 2 II: 86 Abraham Lincoln 1920 April 12
Box 1 I: 14 The Adventures of Lady Ursula 1898
Box 1 I: 39 Aida 1899
Box 1 I: 84 Aida undated
Box 1 I: 48 Alexander 1899 December 19
Box 2 II: L Alice in Wonderland* undated
Box 2 II: 30 Alone at Last undated
Box 1 I: 2 The Amazons 1894
Box 1 I: 37 An American Citizen 1899
Box 2 II: 74 Aphrodite 1920 September 11
Box 2 II: 3 The Arcadians undated
Box 1 I: 34 Arizona 1899
Box 2 II: 80 Arms and the Girl undated
Box 1 I: L As Strangers 1901 November 13
Box 1 I: 70 At the White Horse Tavern undated
Box 1 I: 106 Babes in Toyland undated
Box 1 I: 51 Barbara Frietchie 1900 October 15
Box 2 II: 57 Barbara Frietchie undated
Box 2 II: 41 Il Barbiere di Siviglia undated
Box 2 II: 73 The Bat undated
Box 1 I: 9 Beau Brummel undated
Box 2 II: 71 Beaucaire undated
Box 1 I: 32 Because She Loved Him So 1899
Box 1 I: 44 Becky Sharp 1900
Box 1 I: 21 The Beggar Student 1897
Box 1 I: 103 Ben Greet Woodland Players undated
Box 1 I: 67 Ben Hur undated
Box 1 I: 105 Ben Hur undated
Box 2 II: 53 Betty 1917
Box 2 II: 85 Beyond The Horizon undated
Box 1 I: 46 Billee Taylor 1900
Box 1 I:84 [The Billionaire] undated
Box 2 II: 88 The Bird of Paradise undated
Box 1 I: 73 A Bit of Old Chelsea undated
Box 2 II: 69 Blood and Sand undated
Box 2 II: 68 Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife 1919
Box 1 I: 22 La Boheme 1899
Box 2 II: 37 The Boomerang 1915
Box 1 I: 110 Boston Opera Company Repertory* undated
Box 2 II: 1 Bought and Paid For undated
Box 2 II: 13 Broadway Jones 1913 January 20
Box 2 II: 70 Buddies undated
Box 1 I: L The Bug Song [song lyrics] undated
Box 1 I: 4 A Bunch of Violets 1895
Box 1 I: 60 The Burgomaster undated
Box 1 I: 69 Carmen undated
Box 1 I: 76 Carmen undated
Box 2 II: 72 Carmen undated
Box 1 I: 10 Castle Sombras undated
Box 1 I: 27 Catherine 1899
Box 1 I: 32 Cavalleria Rusticana 1899
Box 2 II: 32 Change 1914
Box 1 I: 1 Charley’s Aunt 1894
Box 1 I: 88 A Chinese Honeymoon undated
Box 1 I: 118 The Chocolate Soldier undated
Box 1 I: 36 The Christian 1899
Box 1 I: 8 Christopher Jr. 1896
Box 2 II: 69 Chu Chin Chow undated
Box 1 I:113 Cincinnati May Music Festival* 1904 May 11-14
Box 2 II: 83 The Circle undated
Box 2 II: 65 Civilian Clothes undated
Box 2 II: 82 Clarence undated
Box 1 I: 64 The Climbers undated
Box 1 I: 33 The Club’s Baby 1899
Box 2 II: 40 Common Clay 1916 August 28
Box 2 II: 47 The Copperhead 1918
Box 2 II: 60 The Country Cousin undated
Box 1 I:99 [The County Chairman] undated
Box 1 I: 106 Cousin Kate undated
Box 1 I: 66 Cricket on the Hearth 1901 October 7
Box 1 I: 20 Cyrano de Bergerac 1898
Box 1 I: 44 Cyrano de Bergerac 1900
Box 1 I: 59 Cyrano de Bergerac undated
Box 2 II: 36 Daddy Long Legs undated
Box 1 I: 73 D’Arcy of the Guards undated
Box 1 I: 91 The Darling of the Gods undated
Box 1 I: 62 David Garrick undated
Box 1 I: 64 David Harum undated
Box 1 I: 116 The Dawn of Tomorrow undated
Box 1 I: 35 Dear Old Charley 1899
Box 2 II: 80 Declasse undated
Box 1 I: 119 Deep Purple undated
Box 1 I: 109 Delancey 1905 December 4
Box 2 II: 21 Diplomacy 1914
Box 2 II: 28 Disraeli 1914 March 16
Box 1 I: 81 Dolly Varden undated
Box 2 II: 59 DuBarry undated
Box 1 I: 102 The Duke of Killicrankie undated
Box 2 II: 25 The Dummy undated
Box 2 II: L The Dybbuk 1926 May 9
Box 2 II: 88 East is West undated
Box 2 II: 17 Edith Wynne Matthison and Company 1913 April 21
Box 1 I: 108 The Education of Mr. Pipp undated
Box 1 I:45 The Elder Miss Blossom 1900
Box 2 II: 75 Elsie Janis and Her Gang undated
Box 1 I: 30 Erminie 1899
Box 2 II: 62 Erstwhile Susan undated
Box 2 II: L Esther 1916 March 19
Box 2 II: 65 Eyes of Youth undated
Box 2 II: 40 Fair and Warmer 1916 August 13
Box 1 I: 119 The Fairy Tale undated
Box 2 II: 84 The Famous Mrs. Fair undated
Box 1 I: 14 Fanny’s First Play 1913 January 27
Box 1 I: 98 Fantana undated
Box 1 I: 112 The Fascinating Mr. Vanderveldt 1906 March 5
Box 1 I: 115 The Fascinating Widow undated
Box 1 I: 10 Faust 1897
Box 1 I: 26 Faust undated
Box 2 II: 5 Der Fidele Bauer 1911 April 17
Box 2 II: 18 Fine Feathers 1913
Box 1 I: 37 The First Violin 1899
Box 1 I: 81 Florodora undated
Box 1 I: 26 The Fortune Teller undated
Box 1 I: 54 Foxy Quiller undated
Box 1 I: 66 Francesca da Rimini 1901 October 7
Box 2 II: 57 Friendly Enemies 1918
Box 1 I: 55 The Gay Lord Quex undated
Box 1 I: 11 The Geisha 1897
Box 2 II: 81 Genius and the Crowd undated
Box 2 II: 44 The George M. Cohan Revue 1918
Box 2 II: 48 Getting Married 1916
Box 1 I:87 [Ghosts] undated
Box 2 II: 49 The Gipsy Trail 1917
Box 1 I: 86 The Girl and the Judge undated
Box 1 I: 109 The Girl of the Golden West undated
Box 1 I: 89 The Girl with Green Eyes undated
Box 2 II: 47 Going Up 1917
Box 2 II: 81 The Gold Diggers undated
Box 1 I: 20 The Golden Horseshoe 1899
Box 2 II: 17 A Good Little Devil undated
Box 1 I: 77 Gotterdammerung undated
Box 2 II: 15 The Governor’s Lady 1913 August 14
Box 1 I: 74 The Governor’s Son undated
Box 1 I: 17 Great American Minstrels undated
Box 1 I: 114 The Great Divide undated
Box 1 I: 28 Gypsy Baron undated
Box 2 II: 8 Gypsy Love undated
Box 1 I: 33 H.M.S. Pinafore 1899
Box 2 II: 4 H.M.S. Pinafore undated
Box 1 I: 21 Half A King 1898
Box 1 I: 58 Hamlet undated
Box 2 II: 23 Hamlet undated
Box 2 II: 67 Hamlet undated
Box 2 II: 68 Hamlet 1919
Box 2 II: 27 Hansel and Gretel undated
Box 2 II: 71 Happy-Go-Lucky undated
Box 2 II: 2 He Came From Milwaukee undated
Box 1 I: 57 Hearts Are Trumps undated
Box 1 I: 65 Hedda Gabler undated
Box 2 II: 41 Help Wanted 1914
Box 1 I: 18 The Highwayman undated
Box 2 II: 39 His Majesty Bunker Bean 1916
Box 1 I: 5 His Wife’s Father 1895
Box 2 II: 75 Honey Girl undated
Box 2 II: 87 The Hottentot undated
Box 1 I: 5 Humpty Dumpty 1895
Box 1 I: 85 If I Were King undated
Box 1 I: 82 Imprudence undated
Box 1 I: 19 In Old Kentucky undated
Box 1 I: 50 In the Palace of the King 1900
Box 1 I:85 Installation of Rev. Dr. Kaufman Kohler as the President of the Hebrew Union College 1903 October 18
Box 1 I: 62 The Interview undated
Box 2 II: 20 It Pays to Advertise 1915 September 2
Box 2 II: 43 Jack O’Lantern 1917
Box 2 II: 85 Jane Clegg undated
Box 1 I: L Joan of Arc* undated
Box 1 I: 29 John Ingleford undated
Box 2 II: 31 Joseph and His Brethren 1914 February 2
Box 2 II: 37 Katinka 1915
Box 1 I: 7 King Arthur 1896
Box 1 I: 80 King Charles I undated
Box 1 I: 69 King Dodo undated
Box 1 I: 52 King Henry V undated
Box 2 II: 39 King Henry VIII 1916 December 4
Box 1 I: 71 King Louis XI undated
Box 1 I: 15 King Richard III 1898
Box 1 I:39 The King’s Musketeer 1899
Box 2 II: 10 Kismet 1911
Box 2 II: 62 The Knife undated
Box 1 I: 99 The Labyrinth undated
Box 2 II: 24 The Ladies’ Shakespeare 1914 November 24
Box 1 I: 16 The Lady of Lyons undated
Box 2 II: 89 The Lady of the Rose* undated
Box 2 II: 16 The Lady of the Slipper 1912
Box 1 I: 86 Lady Rose’s Daughter undated
Box 1 I: 104 The Lady Shore undated
Box 1 I: 61 L’Aiglon undated
Box 1 I: 63 The Land of the Heart’s Desire undated
Box 2 II: 87 Lassie undated
Box 1 I: 97 Leah Kleschna undated
Box 2 II: 63 Leave It to the Sailors 1918 May 13
Box 2 II: 24 The Legend of Leonora 1914 January 23
Box 1 I: 66 Lend Me Five Shillings 1901 October 7
Box 2 II: 84 The Letter of the Law undated
Box 1 I: 107 Letty undated
Box 1 I: 27 The Liars 1899
Box 1 I: 76 The Liberty Belles undated
Box 1 I: 3 Liberty Hall undated
Box 2 II: 76 Lightnin’ undated
Box 1 I: 114 The Lion and the Mouse undated
Box 1 I: 24 The Little Corporal 1899
Box 1 I: 96 Little Johnny Jones undated
Box 1 I: 24 The Little Minister 1899
Box 2 II: 19 Little Women 1912
Box 2 II: 66 The Lodger undated
Box 2 II: 46 The Long Dash 1918
Box 1 I: 36 Lord and Lady Algy 1899
Box 2 II: 64 Lord and Lady Algy 1918 May 16
Box 2 II: 5 The Love Wager undated
Box 1 I: 105 Love’s Lottery undated
Box 2 II: 38 Major Barbara 1915
Box 1 I: 41 Make Way for the Ladies 1899
Box 1 I:92 [Mam’selle Napoleon] undated
Box 1 I: 100 Man and Superman undated
Box 1 I: 117 The Man from Home undated
Box 1 I: 113 The Man of the Hour undated
Box 2 II: 50 The Man Who Came Back 1916
Box 2 II: 54 The Man Who Stayed Home 1918
Box 1 I: 117 The Man Who Stood Still undated
Box 2 II: 20 The Man Who Would Live undated
Box 1 I: 12 The Mandarin 1897
Box 1 I: 69 Mariana undated
Box 1 I: 38 Marie Antoinette 1899
Box 1 I:15 A Marriage of Convenience undated
Box 2 II: 58 A Marriage of Convenience undated
Box 1 I: 35 Maritana 1899
Box 1 I: 47 Martha 1900
Box 1 I: 79 Mascot undated
Box 2 II: 48 The Masquerader 1917
Box 1 I: 7 The Merchant of Venice 1896
Box 1 I: 65 The Merchant of Venice undated
Box 2 II: 82 The Merchant of Venice undated
Box 1 I:87 Merely Mary Ann undated
Box 2 II: 7 Merely Mary Ann 1906 February 5
Box 1 I: 11 Merry Tramps 1897
Box 1 I: 72 The Messenger Boy undated
Box 1 I: 9 A Midsummer Night’s Dream undated
Box 1 I: 29 The Mikado undated
Box 2 II: 4 The Mikado undated
Box 2 II: L The Mikado 1922 April 28
Box 2 II: 12 Milestones 1913 January 27
Box 1 I: 1 A Milk White Flag 1894 April 1
Box 2 II: 73 The Mirage undated
Box 1 I: 79 Miss Bob White undated
Box 1 I: 102 Miss Dolly Dollars undated
Box 2 II: 51 Miss Springtime 1916
Box 2 II: 55 Mister Antonio 1916
Box 1 I: 53 Mistress Neil undated
Box 1 I: 114 M’lle Modiste undated
Box 1 I: L [Mlle Modiste] undated
Box 2 II: 21 Molly and I undated
Box 1 I: 56 The Monks of Malabar undated
Box 1 I: 42 More than Queen 1899
Box 1 I: 41 The Moth and the Flame 1899
Box 2 II: 1 Mother undated
Box 2 II: 9 Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh 1910
Box 1 I: 67 Mrs. Dane’s Defence undated
Box 1 I: 118 Mrs. Dot undated
Box 1 I: 23 Much Ado About Nothing undated
Box 1 I: 111 The Music Master undated
Box 1 I: 46 My Daughter-In-Law 1900
Box 1 I: 12 My Friend From India 1897
Box 1 I: 55 Nanon undated
Box 1 I: 14 Nathan Hale 1898
Box 1 I: 2 New Blood 1894
Box 2 II: 46 Old Lady 31 1916
Box 1 I: 9 Olivette undated
Box 1 I: 43 The Only Way 1899
Box 1 I: 54 A Pair of Spectacles undated
Box 2 II: 53 Pals First 1917
Box 1 I: 43 Papa’s Wife 1900
Box 1 I: 96 A Parisian Romance undated
Box 1 I: 119 The Passing of the Third Floor Back undated
Box 2 II: 60 Penrod undated
Box 2 II: 35 The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard 1911
Box 2 II: 4 The Pirates of Penzance undated
Box 2 II: 29 The Pleasure Seekers 1914 March 1
Box 2 II: 50 Polly with a Past 1917
Box 2 II: 34 The Poor Little Rich Girl 1913
Box 1 I: 38 A Poor Relation 1899
Box 1 I: 97 The Pretty Sister of Jose undated
Box 1 I: 58 The Pride of Jennico undated
Box 1 I: 5 Prince Karl 1895
Box 1 I: 16 The Princess and the Butterfly undated
Box 1 I: 10 The Professor’s Love Story 1897
Box 1 I: 62 The Professor’s Love Story undated
Box 1 I: 93 The Proud Prince undated
Box 1 I: 75 Quality Street undated
Box 2 II: 32 The Queen of the Movies 1914
Box 2 II: 13 Racketty Packetty House* undated
Box 2 II: 26 Racketty Packetty House undated
Box 2 II: 45 The Rainbow Girl 1918
Box 1 I:108 Recital undated
Box 1 I: 13 Recital: Mme Teresa Carreno 1897 March 4
Box 1 I: 115 Recital: Mme Chaminade undated
Box 1 I: 107 Recital: Johanna Gadski undated
Box 1 I: L Recital: Myra Hess undated
Box 1 I:78 Recital: Jan Kubelik undated
Box 1 I:22 Recital: Mayor’s Charity Fund undated
Box 1 I: 95 Recital: Mme Melba* 1903 October 31
Box 1 I: 6 Recital: Paderewski 1896 January 13
Box 1 I:112 Recital: Raoul Pugno 1906 January 30
Box 1 I: 92 Recital: Mme Schumann-Heink undated
Box 1 I: 94 Recital: Mme Schumann-Heink* 1903 May 28
Box 1 I: 110 The Return of Odysseus undated
Box 1 I: 116 The Return of Peter Grimm undated
Box 1 I: 77 Das Rheingold undated
Box 2 II: 56 Richard Mansfield Composite Bill 1903 April 11
Box 2 II: 77 The Riddle: Woman undated
Box 1 I: 3 Rip Van Winkle undated
Box 1 I: 8 The Rivals 1896
Box 1 I: 59 Rob Roy undated
Box 1 I: 45 Robespierre 1900
Box 1 I: 57 The Rogers Brothers in Central Park undated
Box 1 I: 82 The Rogers Brothers in Harvard undated
Box 1 I: 112 The Rogers Brothers in Ireland undated
Box 1 I: 91 The Rogers Brothers in London undated
Box 1 I: 21 The Rogue’s Comedy 1897
Box 2 II: 33 Romance 1913
Box 1 I: 31 Romeo and Juliet 1899
Box 1 I: 40 Romeo and Juliet 1899
Box 1 I: 83 Romeo and Juliet undated
Box 1 I: 11 Rosemary 1897
Box 1 I: L Der Rosenkavelier undated
Box 1 I: 111 The Round Up undated
Box 1 I: 68 The Royal Family undated
Box 1 I: 74 A Royal Rival undated
Box 1 I:26 A Runaway Girl undated
Box 2 II: 10 Rutherford and Son undated
Box 2 II: 22 Sari 1915 March 21
Box 2 II: 43 The Saving Grace 1918
Box 2 II: 70 Scandal undated
Box 1 I: 8 The Scarlet Letter 1896
Box 1 I: 100 The School for Husbands 1905 September 3
Box 1 I: 72 The Second in Command undated
Box 1 I: 28 Secret Service 1898
Box 1 I: 19 The Serenade undated
Box 2 II: 54 Seven Chances 1916
Box 2 II: 29 Seven Keys to Baldpate 1914 April 26
Box 2 II: 51 Seventeen 1918
Box 1 I: 53 She Stoops to Conquer undated
Box 1 I: 17 Shenandoah undated
Box 1 I: 49 Sherlock Holmes 1900
Box 1 I: L Sherlock Holmes undated
Box 1 I: 77 Siegfried undated
Box 2 II: 85 The Sign on the Door undated
Box 1 I: 60 The Singing Girl undated
Box 1 I: 83 The Sleeping Beauty 1902 September 28
Box 2 II: 72 The Son-Daughter undated
Box 1 I: 40 The Song of the Sword 1899
Box 2 II: 6 The Spring Maid* 1910
Box 1 I: 108 The Squaw Man undated
Box 1 I: 68 The Starbucks undated
Box 2 II: 30 Stop Thief 1912
Box 2 II: 78 The Storm undated
Box 1 I: 75 The Strollers undated
Box 1 I: 70 The Sultan of Sulu undated
Box 1 I: 98 Sunday 1905 November 13
Box 1 I: 18 Sweet Inniscarra undated
Box 1 I: 49 Sweet Nell of Old Drury 1900
Box 2 II: 83 The Sweetheart Shop undated
Box 2 II: 55 A Tailor Made Man 1917
Box 1 I: 4 The Taming of the Shrew 1894
Box 1 I: 115 The Taming of the Shrew undated
Box 2 II: 49 The Taming of the Shrew 1918
Box 1 I: 34 Tarantella 1899
Box 2 II: 71 The Tavern undated
Box 1 I: 88 The Tenderfoot undated
Box 1 I: 50 Tess of the D’urbervilles 1900
Box 2 II: 36 Thais undated
Box 2 II: 52 The Thirteenth Chair 1916
Box 2 II: 66 Three Faces East 1918 November 10
Box 2 II: 45 Tiger Rose 1917
Box 2 II: 77 Tiger! Tiger! undated
Box 2 II: 61 Tillie undated
Box 1 I:84 [The Toreador] undated
Box 2 II: 12 Tosca 1913 November 24
Box 2 II: 78 Transplanting Jean undated
Box 1 I: 30 Trelawny of the ‘Wells’ 1899
Box 2 II: L Tristan und Isolde 1903 April 7
Box 2 II: 61 Turn to the Right undated
Box 1 I: 4 Twelfth Night 1894
Box 2 II: 79 Twelfth Night undated
Box 2 II: 38 The Two Virtues 1916 March 20
Box 1 I: 43 The Tyranny of Tears 1899
Box 1 I: 63 Uncle Tom’s Cabin undated
Box 1 I: 90 Ulysses undated
Box 2 II: 35 The Unchastened Woman 1915
Box 1 I: 73 The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch undated
Box 2 II: 58 Upstairs and Down undated
Box 1 I: 12 Vaudeville undated
Box 1 I: 25 Vaudeville 1899 March 30
Box 2 II: L The Vortex 1926 February 22
Box 1 I: 77 Die Walkuere undated
Box 1 I: 93 Die Walkuere undated
Box 2 II: 14 Die Walkuere 1913 November 27
Box 1 I: 89 Wang undated
Box 2 II: 42 Washington Square Players Repertory January 7
Box 2 II: 75 Wedding Bells undated
Box 2 II: 76 Welcome Stranger undated
Box 1 I: 14 What Happened to Jones? 1898
Box 2 II: 19 When Dreams Come True undated
Box 1 I: 47 When We Were 21 1900
Box 1 I: 56 Whirl-a-Gig undated
Box 1 I: 80 The Wilderness undated
Box 2 II: 18 Within the Law 1912
Box 1 I: 101 Wolfville undated
Box 2 II: 7 The Woman* 1911
Box 1 I: 23 The Wonder undated
Box 1 I: 101 A Yankee Circus on Mars undated
Box 2 II: 11 Years of Discretion* 1912
Box 2 II: 79 Ziegfeld Follies undated
Box 1 I: 35 Zorah 1899
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