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Hamill, Alfred E. (Alfred Ernest), 1884-1953

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1884 - 1953

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred E. Hamill Letters to Kenneth Meyer Setton

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-162
Abstract

Five letters to Kenneth Setton concerning his studies of Athens in the 12th century, and other matters of mutual interest.

Dates: 1944-1946

Alfred E. Hamill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hamill
Abstract Chicago investment banker, Centaur Press founder, Newberry Library trustee, and calligraphy and gypsy lore collector. Personal letters of Alfred E. Hamill to a Russian émigré, Alexandra Fredericks, and of Dora E. Yates, a librarian and the secretary of the Gypsy Lore Society, to Hamill. Also typescript copy of a diary kept 1918-1919 while in France with the American Red Cross, a letter to Andrei Gromyko in 1945 regarding U.S.-Soviet relations, bookplates, photographs, poems, and other...
Dates: 1856-1967; Majority of material found within 1937-1953

T.M. Cleland letters and sketches

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Cl
Abstract

Letters exchanged between Cleland and Alfred Hamill, a few sketches (including one for the Newberry Library), and a small group of related letters. With the exception of 1 item, the Cleland letters are reproductions.

Dates: 1924-1952

Warren Chappell book layouts for a proposed Christmas book on commission for Alfred E. Hamill

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Wing-MS-37
Abstract

Four layouts accompanied by a 4 p. ALS from Hamill to Chappell dated 10 April 1949 concerning these layouts and the book of fables for which they were intended, and by a set of notes on the letter and layouts written out by Chappell in April of 1967, signed and dated.

Dates: 1949-1967; Majority of material found in 1949 - 1949

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Adultery -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Athens (Greece) -- History 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- England -- 1901-1950 1