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Charles L. Hutchinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hutchinson
Abstract Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks and miscellany related to Charles L. Hutchinson, Chicago financier, trustee, and philanthropist, particularly regarding Hutchinson’s relationship with the Art Institute of Chicago. Correspondence is solely incoming, mostly to Hutchinson, but also to Mrs. Hutchinson and a few others. Group of writings consists of speeches and diary notebooks. The several scrapbooks hold numerous receipts of art purchases, articles, clippings, a few letters and notes. The...
Dates: 1868-1934

Elaine Madlener papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Madlener
Abstract

Research material for a biography of Herbert von Karajan and material on autograph collecting gathered by Elaine Madlener, Chicago philanthropist and socialite. Material related to Madlener’s Grant Hospital committee work for two benefit performances by Karajan in 1955 and 1965, and manuscripts by British author Charles Langbridge Morgan.

Dates: 1916-1966; Majority of material found within 1944-1965

Ellen Goldsmith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goldsmith
Abstract Large collection of photographs relating to the ballet, opera and cinema, dating from the 1940s through the early 1970s, amassed by Ellen (Teddy) Goldsmith, backstage worker at the Civic Opera House, home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Many of the photographs are professional portraits of opera stars and ballet dancers – many autographed – and hundreds of personal and backstage snapshots. Also, a group of photos of movie stills, popular celebrities and performers, plus a small amount of...
Dates: 1933-2007

Frank H. Woods, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Woods-F
Abstract

Material relating to the life and career of businessman and philanthropist Frank H. Woods, Jr. of Chicago, including family, business, personal and philanthropic-related correspondence and general files, clippings, memorabilia and photographs.

Dates: 1890-2000; Majority of material found within 1935-1980

Julia W. Doane Memorabilia

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Doane
Abstract

An autograph album from 1876 and a scrapbook from 1911 compiled by Julia Doane, a Chicagoan with connections to the theatrical and musical communities. Both items feature actors and other theatrical figures of the late 19th century.

Dates: 1876-1911

Marsh-Roberts-Mack Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-MarshRM
Abstract Papers of the Marsh, Roberts, and Mack families, many members of whom were wealthy Chicago residents. Materials include correspondence, travel and personal diaries, business, property, and estate documents, genealogical materials, photographs, and other personal ephemera. Also contains materials from related families including letters and estate litigation of early Chicago pioneer Daniel Elston, who was related to the Marsh family via the marriage of Sarah Clark to George B. Marsh, as well...
Dates: 1706-1984; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1950

Oliver Barrett-Carl Sandburg papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Barrett-Sandburg
Abstract Correspondence between Oliver R. Barrett, lawyer and collector of Abraham Lincoln material and poet Carl Sandburg, primarily pertaining to the interest of both men in Lincoln, plus a few other letters of Oliver Barrett and his son Roger; numerous brief undated notes from Sandburg to Barrett and work notes on Lincoln's biography by both men; copies of several articles and numerous poems by Sandburg; miscellaneous printed items relating to Sandburg, his work and his public appearances; and...
Dates: approximately 1860-1966

Spencer Napoleonica collection

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Identifier: Modern-MS-Spencer
Abstract

A collection of materials, chiefly autographs, relating to the Napoleonic Era. Military orders, political and personal correspondence, legal documents, receipts, portraits, and images are included.

Dates: 1756-1975

Stephen C. Foster Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-167
Abstract

Twelve letters from surviving relatives of composer Stephen C. Foster. Correspondence addressed to Frederick Morgan Steele of Chicago concerning Steele’s desire to buy and collect original Foster music and memorabilia.

Dates: 1882-1926

Thomas Conolly papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Conolly
Abstract

Material collected by Thomas Conolly, decorative plasterer and handyman for fifty-two years at the Auditorium Building in Chicago, which consists mainly of autographs and autographed historical letters. Also, bookplates, clippings, miscellaneous memorabilia, a few items relating to the Chicago Civic Opera Company and the Auditorium Theater, several photographs and pictures, and a group of personal letters to Conolly.

Dates: 1800-1944

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
Photographs -- 1901-1950 5
Autographs -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
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Manuscripts, American 3
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Art museums -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Autograph albums 2
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 2
Correspondence -- Middle West -- 1901-1950 2
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 2
Opera -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 2
Photographs -- 1851-1900 2
Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 2
Signatures (names) -- 1901-1950 2
Signatures (names) -- 1951-2000 2
Actors and actresses -- Portraits 1
Art -- Purchasing 1
Authors -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Portraits 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
Authors, English -- 20th century 1
Authors, European -- 19th century -- Portraits 1
Autographs (manuscripts) 1
Autographs -- Collections 1
Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs 1
Benefit performances -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Bookplates 1
Businessmen -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century 1
Cabinet photographs 1
Cartes de visite 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Photographs 1
Claims against decedents' estates 1
Coal mines and mining -- Middle West -- Records and correspondence 1
Conductors (Music) -- Biography 1
Correspondence 1
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Correspondence -- Middle West -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Middle West -- 1951-2000 1
Cosmetics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Dance companies -- Photographs 1
Dancers -- Photographs 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1951-2000 1
Drawings (visual works) -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century 1
Family foundations -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century 1
Family-owned business enterprises -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century 1
Father and child -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century 1
France -- History -- 1789-1815 -- Pictorial works 1
France -- History -- 1789-1815 -- Sources 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 -- Photographs 1
Humanitarianism 1
Illinois -- Genealogy 1
Lincoln (Neb.) -- History 1
Manuscripts, French 1
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Sources 1
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Pictorial works 1
Oldsmobile automobile -- Photographs 1
Opera -- 19th century -- Reviews 1
Opera -- 20th century -- Reviews 1
Opera companies -- Photographs 1
Philanthropists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Philanthropists -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century 1
Photograph albums -- Southwestern States -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- 2001-2050 1
Photographs -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Poems -- 1901-1950 1
Poems -- 1951-2000 1
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
Politicians -- Portraits 1
Programs -- 1901-1950 1
Programs -- 1951-2000 1
Scrapbooks 1
Soldiers -- Portraits 1
Stereographs 1
Theater -- 19th century -- Reviews 1
Theater -- 20th century -- Reviews 1
Travel literature -- 1901-1950 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs 1
Upper class families -- Family relationships 1
Wills 1
Women authors, American -- Nebraska -- History -- 20th century 1
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Language
English 9
French 2
German 1
 
Names
Art Institute of Chicago 2
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 2
Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928 2
Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
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American Federation of Arts 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 1
Baciocchi, Felix 1
Bacon, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1856-1940 1
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1
Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950 1
Barrett, Roger 1
Beatty, Harry W. 1
Beauharnais, Eugène de, 1781-1824 1
Berliner Philharmoniker 1
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 1
Berthier, Louis-Alexandre, 1753-1815 1
Bikel, Theodore 1
Bonaparte family 1
Bonaparte, Carlo Maria, 1746-1785 1
Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832 1
Bonaparte, Letizia, 1750?-1836 1
Bonaparte, Lucien, prince de Canino, 1775-1840 1
Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825 1
Borghese, Camillo, 1775-1832 1
Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935 1
Bruscantini, Sesto 1
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912 1
Butler, Edward Burgess, 1853-1928 1
Campanini, Cleofonte 1
Caroline Bonaparte, consort of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1782-1839 1
Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844 1
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Opera Ballet 1
Christoff, Boris 1
Clark, Robert R., 1834-1907 1
Clarke, Henri Jacques Guillaume, 1765-1818 1
Conolly, Laura Houghton 1
Conolly, Thomas, 1856-1945 1
Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940 1
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997 1
Davout, Louis Nicolas, duc d'Auerstædt et prince d'Eckmühl, 1770-1823 1
Desaix, Louis-Charles-Antoine, 1768-1800 1
Dettmer, Roger 1
Doane, Julia W., 1859-1937 1
Dufau, Jenny 1
Eglevsky, André 1
Elphinstone, George Keith, 1746-1823 1
Elston, Daniel, 1790-1855 1
Fay, Charles Norman, 1848- 1
Fernandez, Royes 1
Fesch, Joseph, 1763-1839 1
Foster family 1
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 1
Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835 1
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 1
Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924 1
Gobbi, Tito 1
Goldsmith, Ellen, 1926-2007 1
Grant Hospital (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Grant Hospital (Chicago, Ill.). Women's Auxiliary 1
Gunsaulus, Frank W. (Frank Wakeley), 1856-1921 1
Harte, Bret, 1836-1902 1
Holden, Stanley 1
Hortense, Queen, consort of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1783-1837 1
Howton, Arthur 1
Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910 1
Hutchinson, Benjamin P. 1
Hutchinson, Charles Lawrence, 1854-1924 1
Hutchinson, Frances Kinsley, 1857-1936 1
Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1767-1815 1
Johnson, Herbert M. 1
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844 1
Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814 1
Jourdan, Jean-Baptiste, 1762-1833 1
Junot, Jean Andoche, duc d’Abrantès, 1771-1813 1
Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1784-1860 1
Karajan, Herbert von 1
Kaye, Danny 1
Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987 1
Kellogg, Clara Louise, 1842-1916 1
Kitt, Eartha 1
Kraus, Alfredo 1
Kriza, John 1
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 1
Liberace, 1919-1987 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Lindley, Lucia Woods 1
London Philharmonic Orchestra 1
Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1778-1846 1
Lyric Opera of Chicago 1
Mack family 1
Mack, Katherine Eleanor Roberts, 1910-1999 1
Madlener, Elaine 1
Manuscript Society (U.S.) 1
Marceau, Marcel 1
Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847 1
Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950 1
Marsh family 1
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