Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Set of 12 scrapbooks of clippings, advertisements, and some business records documenting the Chicago-born department store Carson Pirie Scott. The scrapbooks were compiled and maintained by the Pirie family, notably Alice Pirie Wirtz, great-granddaughter to the founder John T. Pirie. Wirtz was also involved in the John T. Pirie Fine Arts and Academic Center, a Chicago Public School on the city's Chatham neighborhood. Wirtz compiled a scrapbook about John T. Pirie and would bring...