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Henry Blake Fuller papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fuller
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Henry Blake Fuller, Chicago novelist, essayist, critic, and satirist. The bulk of the collection consists of Fuller's writings, both published and manuscript, and incoming correspondence.

Dates: 1868-2000; Majority of material found within 1874 - 1929

Henry J. Aten Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Aten
Abstract

Letters from Nicholas Harris to Henry J. Aten of Hiawatha, Kansas, clippings, notes pertaining to the Aten family genealogy, and a photocopy of the family history initiated by Aten and continued by other relatives.

Dates: 1896-approximately 1920

Hermann Raster papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Raster
Abstract

Correspondence and other materials pertaining to the life of German immigrant "Forty-Eighter," Hermann Raster, and his work as editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung.

Dates: 1849-1940; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1891

Hoffmann family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hoffmann
Abstract

Correspondence and documents relating to the immigrant Hoffmann family, especially John A. Hoffmann of Illinois and Franz Joseph Hoffmann in Dubuque, Iowa. By 1901, the family had established a feed and fuel company in Wilmette, Illinois.

Dates: approximately 1789-1901

Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Metcalf
Abstract Letters, diaries, daybooks, scrapbooks, and business documents of Isaac Stevens Metcalf, a Bowdoin College graduate from Milo, Maine, Illinois Central Railroad division engineer, and Du Quoin, Illinois resident, his wife Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (originally of New Hampshire), their parents, and children. Included are many letters written from college, family letters, Illinois Central Railroad business correspondence with R.B. Mason and other records of railroad construction, and...
Dates: 1827-1955; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1897

Isham Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Isham
Abstract

Transcribed letters between Dr. Ralph N. Isham, his father Nelson Isham, brother Charles Isham, and son George S. Isham mostly pertaining to the home and estate of Nelson Isham. Also photographs of Ralph N. Isham and other Isham family members, and a few mementos.

Dates: 1875-1923

James O'Donnell Bennett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bennett
Abstract

Letters written to James O'Donnell Bennett while he was a journalist for the Chicago Record-Herald and the Chicago Tribune, primarily in his capacity as literary critic. Also includes inscribed photographs and other materials.

Dates: 1814-1936 ; Majority of material found within 1900-1936

John Thomas Lee letters

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-146
Abstract

Four letters to John Thomas Lee from Walter Deane, Mrs. John B. Thacher and John Larkin Winship, 1909-1916. Also, one letter from Charles Deane to Robert C. Winthrop, 1888, and a printed obituary for Walter Deane.

Dates: 1888-1916

Lambert Tree papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tree
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, drafts, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings relating to Lambert Tree, Cook County lawyer, judge, politician, philanthropist, and U.S. diplomat in Belgium and Russia. The collection contains some Tree family material, commentary on the state of the Democratic Party under Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan, and numerous items related to Tree's social, political, philanthropic, and diplomatic activities.

Dates: 1821-1948; Majority of material found within 1821-1933

Lewis family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-LewisF
Abstract

Correspondence, documents, personal materials, genealogical research, and photographs of the Lewis and related families collected by Louise Lewis, sister of Chicago journalist Lloyd Lewis.

Dates: 1775-1977; Majority of material found within 1850-1950

Lloyd Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lewis
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, personal materials, and photographs of Chicago journalist and historian Lloyd Lewis.

Dates: 1886-1985; Majority of material found within 1905-1949

Loren M. Knowles family papers

 Collection — Box: AV USB 1
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Knowles Family
Abstract Correspondence and transcriptions thereof, account and estate documents, government records (such as birth, marriage, and death certificates, documents, and letters), news clippings, genealogical research material, photographs, and compilation of information concerning the Knowles family and the related Adgate, Balzhäuser, Brewster, Christian, Cokenhour, Helvig, Hoyal, Hyde, Jackson, Kauffman, Klauder, Lamson, Michell, Oliger, Weigand, and other extended families, located primarily in New...
Dates: 1784-2015; Majority of material found within 1811-1961

Malcolm Cowley papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cowley
Abstract

Collection of correspondence, working files, drafts of works, subject files, and personal information by and about author, poet, literary critic, and literary historian Malcolm Cowley.

Dates: approximately 1850-2004; Majority of material found within 1898 - 1985

Melville E. Stone papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stone
Abstract

Correspondence and other materials pertaining to the life and work of Melville E. Stone, founder and editor of the Chicago Daily News and general manager of the Associated Press.

Dates: 1815-1954; Majority of material found within 1890-1929

Milo Kendall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kendall
Abstract

Vermont native who settled in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846 and practiced law there for over sixty years. Papers include extensive records of Kendall's legal practice, family correspondence, and real estate records.

Dates: 1798-1925; Majority of material found within 1845-1906

Monroe family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Monroe-Family
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia from the Monroe family of Chicago. Correspondence is primarily from Henry Stanton Monroe (Chicago attorney), his daughters Harriet Monroe, Dora Monroe Root (and her architect husband John Wellborn Root), and Lucy Monroe Calhoun, and their children. Topics include the births of children, travel, Poetry Magazine, and life in Chicago including Oscar Wilde's 1882 Chicago visit. Also contains World War II and post-war correspondence between William...
Dates: 1868-1949

Morton Dauwen Zabel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Zabel
Abstract

Correspondence, works, personal materials, and photographs of literary critic, editor, scholar, and educator Morton Dauwen Zabel.

Dates: 1861-1964; Majority of material found within 1930-1960

Rodgers Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rodgers
Abstract Correspondence, essays, financial and legal documents, genealogies, journals, newspaper clippings, and four photographs relating to the Rodgers family, descendants of Rev. John Rodger (1735-1812). The papers document the life of an American pioneer family in Virginia, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, New Mexico, and California, and cover topics such as farming life, homestead claims, politics, livestock and grain industries, and religion. There is an overland journal penned by Andrew Rodgers,...
Dates: 1773-1925; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1890

Rudolph Ganz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ganz
Abstract

Works, correspondence to and from prominent musical figures, family correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, artifacts, and a couple of recordings of this world-renowned concert pianist, composer, conductor, and educator.

Dates: 1864-2013

Samuel Eddy Barrett-Barrett Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-076
Abstract

Letters written by Samuel Eddy Barrett to his wife Alice Barrett while travelling throughout the Far East; one letter addressed to Zechariah Eddy from Barrett's father Samuel Barrett regarding the death of Eddy's brother; letters to Barrett's daughter Adela Barrett pertaining to an inheritance and property.

Dates: 1829-1948

Steele-Winters Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Steele-Winters
Abstract

Correspondence, estate papers, family records, farm related accounts, diaries, cards, scrapbooks, yearbooks, oral histories, and photographs of the Steele and Winters families. Both families were early homesteaders and farmers in rural northwestern Illinois, settling in and around Bureau, Sangamon, and Winnebago Counties in Illinois in the early 1800s. Their extended families continue to live and farm in these areas to the present day.

Dates: 1860-2009; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1970

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

Trumbull Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Trumbull
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries and photographs of the Trumbull family of Chicago from 1876 until 1956. The collection gives candid insight into the lives of the young Trumbull sisters while studying music in Vienna through their letters home to Chicago. The most sizeable contribution of correspondence comes from prolific letter-writer Florence Trumbull, who wrote regularly to her sisters and mother, Mary Elizabeth Foster Trumbull, over the course of five decades.

Dates: 1876-1990; Majority of material found within 1876 - 1950

W. Irving Way papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Wing-MS-141
Abstract

Chicago author and publisher. Way was founding partner of the firm of Way & Williams, and was responsible for much of its editorial policy. Correspondence with authors, collectors, and publishers, newspaper clippings, sample sheets, and notes, dated between 1885 and 1931.

Dates: 1885-1931, bulk 1892-1900; Majority of material found within 1892 - 1900

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 32
Photographs -- 1901-1950 27
Photographs -- 1851-1900 22
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 16
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Photographs -- 1951-2000 12
Diaries -- 1901-1950 7
Clippings -- 1901-1950 6
Diaries -- 1851-1900 6
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 5
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 5
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 4
Clippings -- 1851-1900 4
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 4
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 4
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 4
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 4
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 4
World War, 1914-1918 4
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 3
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 3
Clippings -- 1951-2000 3
Correspondence -- 1751-1800 3
Families -- Illinois 3
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 3
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 3
Parent and child -- Correspondence 3
Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 3
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 2
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 2
Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Critics 2
Diaries -- United States -- 1801-1850 2
Families -- Illinois -- History -- Sources 2
Farmers -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Foreign correspondents 2
Foreign news 2
Genealogies (histories) 2
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 2
Illinois -- Genealogy 2
Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 2
Ledgers (account books) 2
Newspaper publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 2
Poems -- 1851-1900 2
Railroads -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Rural families -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Sisters -- Correspondence 2
Slavery -- United States -- Public opinion 2
Spanish-American War, 1898 2
Syndicates (Journalism) -- United States 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public opinion 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements 2
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 2
20th century music -- History 1
Abolitionists -- 1850-1860 1
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Abolitionists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Account books -- Illinois -- 1801-1850 1
Accountants -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Accounts payable -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Accounts receivable -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Airplanes, Military -- Armament -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Ambassadors -- Belgium 1
Amboy (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Ambrotypes 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
American Civil War (1861-1865) 1
American fiction -- Women authors 1
Anthologies -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Anti-imperialist movements -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Antislavery movements 1
Antislavery movements -- Kansas 1
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography 1
Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Art patronage -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Artist colonies -- New York (State) 1
Artists -- Great Britain 1
Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 1
Authors, American 1
Authors, American -- 20th century 1
Authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence 1
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
Autobiographies (literary works) -- 1851-1900 1
Autographs (manuscripts) 1
Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Barrington (Ill.) 1
Benefactors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Book collecting -- United States -- History 1
Book design -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
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Language
English 51
German 4
French 3
 
Names
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 5
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 4
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 4
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 4
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 4
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Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 3
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 3
Ade, George, 1866-1944 2
America First Committee 2
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 2
Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913 2
Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954 2
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 2
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 2
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 2
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 2
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 2
Gillette, William, 1853-1937 2
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978 2
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 2
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 2
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 2
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
McCormick Theological Seminary 2
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 2
Mowrer, Paul Scott 2
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 2
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 2
Shaw family 2
Tate, Allen, 1899-1979 2
Taylor, Graham, 1851-1938 2
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 2
Yaddo (Artists' colony) 2
A.W. Wall Ltd. 1
Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960 1
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Adgate family 1
Adgate, Asa 1
Adler and Sullivan 1
Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900 1
Adler, Liebmann, 1812-1892 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Alford family 1
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 1
Allen, Annie Cox, 1840-1895 1
Allen, Gideon W., 1835-1912 1
Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925 1
Allen, Ruth F., 1879-1963 1
Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902 1
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 1
American Field Service 1
American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1
American Medical Association 1
American Missionary Association 1
American Mothers 1
American National Red Cross 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
American Tract Society 1
American Writers' Congress 1
Anderson, Melville Best, 1851-1933 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Andover Theological Seminary 1
Aragon, 1897-1982 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Asch, Nathan, 1902-1964 1
Associated Press 1
Aten family 1
Aten, Henry J., 1841-1913 1
Atkinson, Charles Thomas, 1864-1943 1
Atkinson, Martha Wells, approximately 1868-1935 1
Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904 1
Bahá'i Temple (Wilmette, Ill.) 1
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 1
Baker family 1
Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946 1
Balzhäuser family 1
Barnard, Harry, 1906-1982 1
Barr, Robert, 1849-1912 1
Barrett family 1
Barrett, Samuel Eddy, 1834-1912 1
Barrows, Ella Cole 1
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 1
Basso, Hamilton, 1904-1964 1
Beatty, Harry W. 1
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964 1
Beecher, Edward N. 1
Belfield, Henry H. (Henry Holmes), 1837-1912 1
Bell, Mary Alice Mills 1
Beloit College 1
Bennett, James O'Donnell, 1870-1940 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Best, Marshall, -1982 1
Bispham, David, 1857-1921 1
Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, 1832-1910 1
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