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A. Edward Newton letters

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-170
Abstract

Fifteen letters written by A. Edward Newton. Two are to a fellow book collector Ellis Ames Ballard and his wife, and thirteen are to Mrs. James Ward Thorne, (a.k.a. Narissa Niblack Thorne) of Chicago, mostly regarding social activities and the exchange of books and pamphlets.

Dates: 1928-1937

A. P. Redifer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Redi
Abstract

Papers of University of Pennsylvania library cataloguer Redifer, who assembled a collection of material on Emery Walker of the Doves Press. Papers include notes related to this project, offprints, copies of original documents and published materials concerning Walker, and correspondence with heirs, friends, and associates of Walker.

Dates: 1971-1973

A. Parris papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Wing-MS-3
Abstract

Drafts of letters, etc. relating to affairs of the Société typographique de Paris (Parris was the first president)

Dates: 1850-1853

Aaron Flacks papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Flacks
Abstract

Notes and files assembled for a proposed bibliography of the works of Eugene Field.

Dates: 1930-1956

Abby Louise Tallmadge papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tallmadge
Abstract

Correspondence to Abby L. Tallmadge from fellow scholars regarding her work on Jane Austen, a few manuscript copies of her scholarly work, a family scrapbook and printed material relating to the architectural work of her brother, Thomas Eddy Tallmadge.

Dates: approximately 1860-1952

Abijah Holabird will

 Item
Identifier: Modern-MS-56
Abstract

Manuscript last will and testament of Vermont resident, Abijah Holabird, signed and dated, March 15, 1825, with attached printed form completed in manuscript showing the will was submitted and approved by the Fairhaven Probate District Court on January 2, 1826. The will describes who Holabird declares the executors of his will and possessions he has left to his wife, son-in-law, brother, and grandchildren.

Dates: 1825 March 15-1826 January 2

Abstracts of title for lots in Ogden’s subdivision, Newberry’s addition, and Kinzie’s addition in Chicago

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-216
Abstract

Three Chicago Title and Trust Co. abstracts of title for lots in Ogden’s subdivision, Newberry’s addition, and Kinzie’s addition in Chicago. Abstracts cover Lot 1 of Ogden’s subdivision in Lots 4 and 5 in Wolcot’s adition, 1829-1923; eastern portion of Lot 10 and all of Lot 11 in Block 5 in Newberry’s addition, 1830-1928; and Lots 19-23 in Sub Block 1 in the subdivision of Block 31 in Kinzie’s addition, 1831-1907. Includes cadastral maps of the lots.

Dates: 1829-1928

A.C. McClurg & Co. Letter to Byron L. Smith regarding book purchase

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-026
Abstract

Letter from A.C. McClurg & Co. to Byron L. Smith regarding Smith's purchase of Thomas Hutchins' book "A Topographical Description of Virginia..." from 1778. Includes original catalog description for the book.

Dates: March 12, 1906

A.C. McClurg & Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McClurg
Abstract

Correspondence, contracts, royalty statements, record books, a scrapbook, and other materials from the A.C. McClurg publishing company, which was established in Chicago in 1872.

Dates: 1873-1967; Majority of material found within 1910-1950

Accounting statements

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT oversize-Ayer-MS-3069
Abstract Includes three separate accounting statements recording ordnance supplies held at Greenleaf's Point and at Fort Belle Fontaine.The first item is a detailed accounting notebook (18 pages) of expenditures for basic supplies at Greenleaf's Point Arsenal (1817-1820) under the command of Capt. Joseph S. Nelson. The notebook contains over 400 entries for a variety of provisions including lumber, shovels, nails, rope, oil and lead. The other two items briefly enumerate accounts of ordnance stores...
Dates: 1820

Adalaide G. Shields Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Shields
Abstract Contents of a scrapbook, entitled "My Memories," compiled by Adalaide G. Shields. The material includes New Year's letters, in the form of poetry, written to Adalaide (name changed from Adelaide) by her husband Thomas J. Shields and miscellaneous clippings, which she kept with the letters in the scrapbook. The collection also includes an annotated publication by Thomas C. Shields, the son of Adalaide and Thomas J., which provides biographical information and notes explaining the context of...
Dates: 1936-2010

Adams Tufts Magoun family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Adams
Abstract

Wills, indentures, letters, accounts, and other documents relating to members of the Adams, Tufts, Magoun and related families of Somerville, Massachusetts. There is considerable information about Anne Adams Tufts and the local Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) chapter named after her. Also includes clippings, genealogical notes, and photographs.

Dates: 1790s-1950s

Addie L. Contrelli letters

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-213
Abstract

Five letters, dated 29 August 1883-9 January 1884, and an addressed envelope from Chicago wigmaker Addie L. Contrelli to her customer and friend Lenette E. Wilson of Algona, Iowa. In the letters, Contrelli discusses the braids, switches, and waves that she is making for Wilson and her friend and comments on the financial state of her wigmaking business. Four letters were written from Chicago, while the final letter in 1884 was written from Mason City, Iowa.

Dates: 1883-1884

Addie V. Hibbard Gregory travel diaries and family photographs

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hibbard
Abstract

Travel diaries (Europe, Albania) of Addie V. Hibbard Gregory of Chicago, 1875-1931, together with travel photographs of Europe, Estes Park, Colorado, and Santa Barbara, California. Also numerous 19th and early 20th century family photographs (carte de visite, cabinet, Kodak, etc.) of the Hibbard, Gregory, Buckingham, Casselberry, and Durham families of Chicago and St. Paul, and a few stereograph images of Chicago, including Lyon & Healy.

Dates: approximately 1871-1938

Adele Hast papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hast
Abstract

Adele Hast was a historian and specialist in early American history. Her papers include materials relating to her work with the Chicago Jewish Historical Society, the Chicago Women's Historical Society, a Telling Women's Lives project, Chicago Women's Aid, and Newberry related projects and seminars.

Dates: approximately 1966-2012

Adeline Lobdell Atwater papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Atwater
Abstract

Literary works of Adeline L. Atwater Pynchon, author, art dealer and collector. Also, a 1941 brochure for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and a photograph of Atwater’s parents.

Dates: approximately 1932-1956

Adolf Weidig music manuscripts

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Weidig
Abstract

Music manuscripts of Adolf Weidig, German-American composer, conductor, violinist and educator. Weidig was born in Hamburg, Germany, and emigrated to Chicago, where he taught at and then directed the American Conservatory. He composed in a variety of forms, including orchestral works and string quartets. Some music not apparently composed by Weidig is also present in the collection.

Dates: 1900-1930

Advertising trade cards

 Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-ZC 3-885
Abstract

Advertising materials including cards and booklets issued by retail stores, product manufacturers, and providers of services. Geographic areas covered include the United States (primarily Minnesota, Illinois, and New York) and London.

Dates: 1860s-1890s

African American shortwave radio operator cards

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-PC Radio
Abstract

52 QSL cards from African American ham radio operators, CB radio operators, and shortwave radio disc jockeys from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Includes cards from across the United States with the most from Texas and Louisiana. Also includes a variety of other states including Puerto Rico. Most feature humorous illustrations, nicknames, and slogans. Some cards are annotated with handwritten messages.

Dates: 1979-1981; undated

A.G. Becker & Co., Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Becker
Abstract

Records of A.G. Becker & Co., an early Chicago investment firm founded by Abraham Becker following the failure of Hermann Schaffner & Co. during the Panic of 1893. Includes early firm records and recollections collected from employees, Abraham Becker's repayment records (to Schaffner depositors), annual reports, Becker Bulletin/Briefs (1959-1982), photographs, advertising and marketing materials, personnel files, World War II letters of employees in military service, etc.

Dates: 1859-1982; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1982

Agnes Lee-Edgar Lee Masters Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lee
Abstract

35 letters from Edgar Lee Masters to Agnes Lee (Mrs. Otto Freer), one typed poem and one galley sheet.

Dates: 1919-1933

Alan Calavano collection of World's Fair postcards and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Calavano
Abstract Includes postcards, postcard albums, and other ephemera relating to World's Fairs and Expositions beginning with the 1878 Exposition Universelle Paris and continuing to 1984 Louisiana World Exposition in New Orleans. There are significant collections of postcards from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, the 1910 Exposition de Bruxelles, the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition, and the 1939 New York World's Fair. Also included are trade cards from...
Dates: 1876-1990s

Alan Howard papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Howard
Abstract

Clippings, photographs, programs, assorted miscellaneous printed material and memorabilia relating to ballet dancers and dance companies.

Dates: 1924-2002; Majority of material found within 1980-2002

Alberta Irene Wuerfele papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wuerfele
Abstract Papers and materials relating to the life of Alberta Irene Wuerfele, a business executive who retired in 1984 as Senior Vice President and Comptroller of American National Bank, where she had started as a typist almost 39 years earlier. Wuerfele, who was brought up on a tenant farm in rural Kansas during the Depression and had very little formal schooling, made a career unusual for women of her era and mentored women who worked for her. Includes work and death records, correspondence,...
Dates: 1946-2006

Alexander A. Semmes letter books

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT folio-Case-MS-F 83405.8
Abstract Letter books written in various hands containing official correspondence of A. A. Semmes while in command of U.S.S. Wamsutta, Portsmouth and U.S. Monitor Lehigh, and U.S. gunboat Tahoma in the service of the United States. In August 1864, he became commander of the USS Lehigh, participating in the bombardment of Fort Pringle and in the operations at Charleston until that city surrendered. He co-operated with Grant's army, fought the Howlett house batteries, and was present at the fall of...
Dates: 1862-1869

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Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 29
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 29
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 27
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World War, 1914-1918 24
Clippings -- 1951-2000 21
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 20
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Programs 17
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 15
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 14
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 14
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 14
Diaries -- 1901-1950 13
Moving images 13
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 13
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 13
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Postcards 12
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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 12
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Europe -- Description and travel 11
Parent and child -- Correspondence 11
Railroads -- Management 11
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 10
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 10
Choreographers -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
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Dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Diaries 10
Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 10
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Posters 10
Printing 10
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Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
Ledgers (account books) 9
Manuscripts, English 9
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
Programs -- 1951-2000 9
Reporters and reporting 9
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 9
Women dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
World War, 1939-1945 9
Audiovisual materials 8
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Genealogies (histories) 8
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Printing industry 8
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Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
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Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 39
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 26
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 25
Newberry Library 24
United States. Army 23
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Pullman Company 21
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 16
Curt Teich Postcard Archives Collection (Newberry Library) 15
Lake County Forest Preserve District (Ill.) 15
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 12
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 12
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 11
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 11
Edward E. Ayer Photograph Collection (Newberry Library) 11
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 11
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 10
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 10
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 10
Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library) 10
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 10
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 10
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 10
Art Institute of Chicago 9
Chicago Sun-Times 9
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 9
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 8
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 8
Charles H. Kerr Company 8
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 8
DaBoll, Raymond F. 8
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 8
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 8
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 8
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 8
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 8
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 8
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 8
Ade, George, 1866-1944 7
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 7
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 7
Chicago Reader (Chicago, Ill.) 7
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 7
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 7
Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969 7
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 7
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 7
Industrial Workers of the World 7
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 7
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 7
Rand McNally and Company 7
Rosemont, Franklin 7
Rosemont, Penelope 7
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 7
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 6
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 6
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company 6
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 6
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 6
D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian 6
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 6
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 6
Hayes, James, 1907-1993 6
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 6
Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 6
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 6
Newberry Library. John M. Wing Foundation 6
Newberry, Walter Loomis, 1804-1868 6
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 6
Society of Typographic Arts (Chicago, Ill.) 6
Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905 6
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 6
United States. Office of Indian Affairs 6
University of Chicago 6
American Indian Center of Chicago 5
American Red Cross 5
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 5
Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934 5
Barzel, Ann 5
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 5
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 5
Catich, Edward M. 5
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 5
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 5
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 5
Fairbank, Alfred J. 5
Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 5
Geronimo, 1829-1909 5
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 5
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 5
Henley, David, 1749-1823 5
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 5
Illinois Central Railroad Company 5
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 5
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 5
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 5
Michael Brown Rare Books 5
MoMing Dance and Arts Center (Chicago) 5
Morrison, Helen Balfour, 1900-1984 5
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 5
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 5
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