American Red Cross
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Carter H. Harrison IV papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harrison
Abstract
Correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia relating to Chicago Mayor Carter Henry Harrison IV (1860-1953), and his family, particularly his wife, Edith Ogden Harrison, and his father, Chicago Mayor Carter Henry Harrison III (1825-1893). The collection also includes a number of letters, autographs, and miscellaneous other documents from famous people that were not originally directed to Harrison or his family, but which Harrison kept as collectibles.
Dates:
1637-1953; Majority of material found within 1840-1950
Fort Sheridan postcard collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fort Sheridan
Abstract
This collection contains over 500 postcards acquired from the former museum at the Fort Sheridan U.S. Army Post (1887-1993). These materials relate primarily to World Wars I and II. There are many Chicago Daily News Postals printed of European locations during World War I, as well as views of military life in several American installations, such as Camp Custer, Michigan. A small number of views related to topics such as medicine and the Red Cross are also part of this collection. Oversize...
Dates:
approximately 1914-1945
Frederick W. Spiegel-Ernest Hemingway Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Spiegel-Hemingway
Abstract
Collection relating to Ernest Hemingway assembled by his friend Frederick Spiegel. Contains miscellaneous correspondence including four original letters and several photostats written by Hemingway; numerous clippings and articles relating to Hemingway's life and letters; miscellaneous items about the American Red Cross ambulance service in World War I. Also, a photostat of Hemingway's will written in 1961.
Dates:
1918-1973
Virna Harman Walker Johnston papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-JohnstonV
Abstract
Correspondence, programs, report cards, and clippings relating to Chicago dancer and dance instructor Virna Harman Walker Johnston.
Dates:
1903-1959; Majority of material found within 1918-1930
Winterbotham-French family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-French
Abstract
Correspondence, personal materials, diaries, financial and estate documents, genealogical research, and photographs of the Winterbotham and French families who were united by the marriage of John R. Winterbotham III and Chloe T. French. Papers include correspondence pertaining to Chloe Tyler French's work at Mathieson Alkali Works, courtship letters between Seth B. French and Mary Tyler Duffy, and letters and photographs of Hilah French, an aunt of Chloe Tyler French, who served at a Red...
Dates:
1850-2005; Majority of material found within 1900-1950
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- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
- Agnosticism 1
- Ambulance drivers -- Italy -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- Artillerymen 1
- Astrology 1
- Autographs -- Collections 1
- Automobile travel -- Europe 1
- Ballet dancers 1
- Ballroom dancers 1
- Birth control 1
- Bottle feeding 1
- Breastfeeding 1
- Businesswomen -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Chater (Man.) 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- To 1950 1
- Childbirth 1
- Childhood 1
- Christian Science 1
- Circumcision 1
- Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
- Communitarianism -- United States 1
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
- Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
- Correspondence -- United States -- 1951-2000 1
- Courtship -- Correspondence 1
- Dance -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Dance teachers 1
- Diaries -- New York (N.Y.) 1
- Diseases 1
- Elmhurst (Ill.) 1
- Europe -- Description and travel 1
- Fair Oaks (Calif.) 1
- Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
- Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- History 1
- Family trusts -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Farmers -- Canada 1
- Feminism 1
- Fire fighters -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
- Housekeeping 1
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 1
- La Crescenta (Calif.) 1
- Lake Forest (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs 1
- Long Island (N.Y.) 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
- Manuscripts, American 1
- Mayors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Milwaukee (Wis.) 1
- Mumps 1
- New York (N.Y.) 1
- Newborn infants -- Care 1
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
- Parent and child -- Correspondence 1
- Patronage, Political -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Photograph albums 1
- Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
- Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
- Photographs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1900-1915 1
- Programs -- 1901-1950 1
- Psychics 1
- Puerperium 1
- Soldiers -- Canadian -- 1910-1920 1
- Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Spiritualists 1
- Steamboats 1
- Telepathy 1
- Travel literature -- 1921-1928 1
- Travel literature -- Egypt -- 1895 1
- Trusts and trustees -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- United States -- Genealogy 1
- Upper class families -- Family relationships 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Epernay 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Italy 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Red Cross 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Europe -- Correspondence 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Correspondence 1 + ∧ less
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