Rand McNally and Company
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Elmer Jacobs papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Jacobs
Abstract
Original advertising and magazine art, correspondence, speech texts, tax records, photographs, printed ephemera, and a radio interview by Chicago freelance designer and illustrator Elmer Jacobs.
Dates:
1925-1982
Fredrika Shumway Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-SmithFS
Abstract
Book drafts, illustrations, and publicity about the children's and young adult books, stories, and verse written by Fredrika Shumway Smith, wife of banker and Northern Trust president Solomon A. Smith.
Dates:
1941-1967
Harvey family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harvey
Abstract
Collection of letters, photographs, diaries, writings, business records, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago native and longtime Rand McNally employee Bennet B. Harvey, his wife Dorothy Wegener Harvey, their son Bennet B. Harvey, Jr., and their ancestors, many of whom were early Chicago settlers and involved in the development of the city. Families represented include Botsford, Chapin, Fisk, Gehrke, Harvey, and Wegener.
Dates:
1800-2007; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1984
McNally family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McNallyF
Abstract
Letters, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, cemetery records, wills, and obituaries of several generations of the family of Andrew McNally I of Chicago, founder of the Rand McNally Co., a publishing firm specializing in cartography. There is much material concerning Andrew McNally I, his Chicago home, and especially his Windermere Ranch in what became La Mirada, California, including the ranch's olive oil plant and McNally's efforts to promote settlement in the area. Also extensive materials...
Dates:
1788-2002; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1993
Filtered By
- Subject: Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago X
Additional filters:
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- Daguerreotypes (photographs) 2
- Genealogical correspondence -- United States 2
- Photograph albums -- 1851-1900 2
- Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 2
- Altadena (Calif.) 1
- Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
- Autochromes (photographs) 1
- Business records -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
- Business records -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
- Central America -- Description and travel 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 1
- Children's books -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Children's literature 1
- Children's poetry 1
- Cities and towns -- California -- Growth -- History -- 20th century 1
- Citrus fruit industry -- California 1
- College prose, American -- New York (State) 1
- Commercial art -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
- Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
- Designers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
- Diaries -- 1801-1850 1
- Dreams -- Religious aspects -- Sources 1
- Estates (Law) -- United States -- Cases 1
- Europe -- Description and travel 1
- Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
- Family trusts -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Heyerdahl, Thor. Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen. English. 1
- Historical fiction, American -- Juvenile literature 1
- Illinois -- Genealogy 1
- Illustrations (layout features) -- 1901-1950 1
- Illustrations (layout features) -- 1951-2000 1
- Illustrators -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
- La Mirada (Calif.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Land use -- California -- History 1
- Land use -- California -- Los Angeles -- Maps 1
- Love-letters -- United States -- 20th century 1
- Mackinac Island (Mich.) -- History 1
- Mackinac Island Region (Mich.) -- Description and travel 1
- Massachusetts -- Genealogy 1
- Mexico -- Description and travel 1
- Millinery -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Moving images -- 1951-2000 1
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century 1
- New York (State) -- Genealogy 1
- New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories 1
- Olive oil industry -- California 1
- Petroleum industry and trade -- California -- History 1
- Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
- Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
- Photographs -- 1951-2000 1
- Physicians -- Illinois -- Biography 1
- Plays (performing arts compositions) -- 1851-1900 1
- Publishers and publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
- Ranch life -- California 1
- Sketches -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
- Sketches -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1951-2000 1
- Sound recordings 1
- Tintypes (prints) 1
- Topolobampo (Mexico) -- Description and travel 1
- Utopias -- Mexico -- Topolobampo 1
- Watercolors (paintings) -- 1901-1950 1
- Wisconsin -- Genealogy 1
- Women novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Women poets, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Young adult fiction 1 + ∧ less
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