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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

Ben Hecht papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hecht
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Ben Hecht, and also papers of his wife Rose Caylor Hecht (novelist) and daughter Jenny Hecht (actress).

Dates: 1879-1983

Chauncey McCormick papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-McCormick
Abstract Letters, clippings, photographs, and mementos of Chicago businessman and philanthropist Chauncey McCormick. He was the nephew of Cyrus McCormick, founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company which became part of International Harvester Company, and was president of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1944-1954. Correspondence concerns business, civic, philanthropic, religious, and political activities. Also contains speeches and writings, including those for the Art Institute, child...
Dates: 1887-1955

Clay Judson Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, photographs and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer Clay Judson.

Dates: 1800-1966

Keep the Home Fires Burning Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Home Fires
Abstract

Club formed in Chicago during World War II, the purpose of which was to "cheer folks at home and keep up morale." The club often sent care packages of food or candy to servicemen overseas. Includes letters from servicemen, a few photographs, club minutes, and membership and dues lists.

Dates: 1943-1946

Mendicant ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Case-folio-HV4493 .N49
Abstract

Collection of printed poems, postcards, photographs, and other ephemera with appeals to the public by people who are blind, deaf, or with other physical disabilities, offered in exchange for a small donation. Geographic coverage is focused primarily on the United States but also includes Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Spain.

Dates: approximately 1850-approximately 2020

Storrs & Deville Chabrol Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Storrs
Abstract Letters, World War II-era memorabilia, journals, clippings, manuscripts and photographs pertaining to Marguerite Deville Chabrol Storrs (1881-1959), a successful fiction and non-fiction writer who used the pseudonym "Marc Debrol." Also included are letters and materials related to the Deville Chabrol family, including correspondence between family members present during the Franco-Prussian War and the colonization of Algeria. Additionally, collection includes genealogical information about...
Dates: 1850-2002; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1945

Wacker family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wacker
Abstract

Papers of Chicago Plan Commission head, Charles H. Wacker, his immediate family, and the family of his daughter, Rosalie Wacker Zimmerman. Includes correspondence, photographs, artifacts, keepsakes, films, and scrapbooks spanning five generations.

Dates: 1812-2002; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1970

William H. Peterson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Peterson
Abstract Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and personal material of William H. Peterson, a World War II radar man and later engineer for the Pullman Company. Includes Peterson's schoolwork, wartime letters, and engineering designs. There is additional material for the Peterson family, including William's father Hartin F. Peterson, also a Pullman employee, such as his World War I photographs and his own draft work. Collection also contains genealogy and photographs of the...
Dates: 1891-2012

Winterbotham-French family papers

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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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World War, 1914-1918 3
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World War, 1914-1918 -- United States 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Red Cross 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Accidents 1
Adultery -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Algeria -- History -- 1830-1962 -- Sources 1
Alms boxes 1
Artifacts 1
Authors, American -- 20th century 1
Automobile travel -- Europe 1
Beaugency (France) 1
Begging 1
Begging poems 1
Blind 1
Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Broadside poems 1
Broadsides 1
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Pictorial works 1
Charitable giving 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Colonization -- History -- 19th century 1
Constantine (Algeria) 1
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Correspondence -- England -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- England -- 1951-2000 1
Courtship -- Correspondence 1
Deaf 1
Diaries -- New York (N.Y.) 1
Dramatists, American 1
Engineers -- United States 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Europe -- Economic conditions -- History -- Sources 1
Europe -- Social conditions -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- History 1
Family trusts -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
France -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
France -- Colonies -- History, Military -- 19th century 1
France -- History -- 20th century 1
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 -- Sources 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Greeting cards 1
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Lake Forest (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs 1
Lake Geneva (Wis.) 1
Librarians -- England -- Correspondence 1
Long Island (N.Y.) 1
Love-letters 1
Man-woman relationships -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Manuscripts, English 1
Medals -- 1901-1950 1
Mer (France) 1
Mothers and daughters -- France -- Correspondence 1
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Orléans (France) 1
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
People with disabilities 1
Philanthropists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Photographs -- England -- 1901-1950 1
Picture postcards 1
Poems 1
Poland -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918 1
Poor 1
Poverty 1
Printed ephemera 1
Public welfare -- Illinois 1
Pullman (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Poland 1
Romanies -- Europe 1
Screenplays 1
Screenwriters -- United States 1
Sideshows 1
Socialites -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
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America First Committee 1
American Field Service 1
American Red Cross 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
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Anderson, Margaret C. 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Antheil, George, 1900-1959 1
Armitage, Walter J. 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Axelrod, Mark 1
Bach, Ed. 1
Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Brent, Stuart 1
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889 1
Brockton (Mass.). Police Department 1
Campbell, Robert, active 20th century 1
Carlier, Emile 1
Carver, Art 1
Caylor, Rose 1
Centaur Press 1
Chambers, John, 1850- 1
Chapellerie du Jockey Club 1
Chicago Daily Journal 1
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1
Chicago Plan Commission 1
Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964 1
Cole, Chick 1
Commercial Club of Chicago 1
Commonwealth Rescue League (Upton, Mass.) 1
Covert, Geo. L. 1
Deville Shabrol family 1
Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1
Edwards, V., Cap. 1
Essipoff, Marie Armstrong, 1892- 1
Filip, František, 1904-1957 1
Fithen, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1882-1940 1
Folk, L. M. 1
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 1
Fredericks, Alexandra, 1897- 1
Freemasons. Medina Lodge, No. 336 (Medina, N.Y.) 1
French family 1
Goodwin, Philip Lippincott, 1885-1958 1
Graff, William W. 1
Guild of the Brave Poor Things 1
Gypsy Lore Society 1
Hamill, Alfred E. (Alfred Ernest), 1884-1953 1
Hanley family 1
Harriss, Daniel E. F. P. 1
Hart, Moss, 1904-1961 1
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978 1
Hecht family 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Hemmerlé, Emile 1
Holler, Jeanette 1
Holmes, Julian (Lyricist) 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society 1
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Clinton Lodge, No. 98 (Lock Haven, Pa.) 1
Irgun tseva'i le'umi 1
J. H. Winterbotham & Sons 1
January, J. W. 1
Jessel, George, 1898-1981 1
Johnson family 1
Johnston, Clarence A. 1
Judson family 1
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 1
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 1
Kaak, Willy, 1890- 1
Karchmar, Jacob 1
Keep the Home Fires Burning Club 1
Kennedy, Willie, 1884- 1
Kennelly, Martin H., 1887-1961 1
Kogan, Herman 1
Kook, Hillel, 1915-2001 1
Kotula family 1
Kroch, Adolph, 1882- 1
Krÿnberg, A. 1
Lampérière, G. 1
Lenroot, Katharine F. (Katharine Fredrica), 1891-1982 1
Lentini, Frank A., 1889-1966 1
Lenya, Lotte 1
Ligue des Droits du religieux ancien combattant 1
MacArthur, Charles, 1895-1956 1
Maher, John 1
Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953 1
Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964 1
Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc. 1
McCormick Theological Seminary 1
McCormick, Chauncey, 1884-1954 1
McKeown, Frank 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Minnen, A. v. d. 1
Modern Woodmen of America 1
Mougenel, J. 1
Myers, Ray R. (Raymond Robert) 1
National Institute for the Blind (London, England) 1
Newberry Library 1
Paillot, Georges 1
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