• IdentificationMidwest MS Jack
  • TitleInventory of the Jack and Jill Players Records, ca. 1927-1973 Midwest.MS.Jack
  • PublisherThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
  • RepositoryThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
  • Physical Description0.2 linear feet (1 box)
  • Dateca. 1927-1973
  • Location1 37 4
  • AbstractScripts, newsletters, and photographs from the Jack and Jill Players in Chicago
  • OriginationJack and Jill Players.

Gift, Mary Sopocko, 2014.

The Jack and Jill Players Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

The Jack and Jill Players Records are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.

Jack and Jill Players Records, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Elizabeth McKinley, 2014.

Jack and Jill Players was a children's theatre located in downtown Chicago. It was founded by Marie Agnes Foley and later run by Franklin W. Adams and Marta Bivins.

Scripts, newsletters, and photographs from the Jack and Jill Players, a children’s theatre in Chicago. Also included in the collection is a signed copy of "Up and Down the Hill," the autobiography of Franklin W. Adams, who was the producer of the Jack and Jill Players from 1951-1973

Arranged alphabetically.

  • Names
    • Adams, Franklin W.
    • Jack and Jill Players.
  • Subject
    • Chicago
    • Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
    • Theater
    • Theater -- 20th century
    • Theater and children