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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
Thorvald Otterström Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Otterström
Abstract
Collection of sheet music, correspondence, photographs, programs, advertisements, reviews, and notes belonging to the Danish-born Chicago composer and teacher Thorvald Otterström. Sheet music includes Otterström's original published compositions, manuscripts, and notes, in addition to works that he arranged and ghostwrote for his contemporary composers. Photographs include portraits from 1910 until his death 1942. Otterström's correspondence regarding art, philosophy, music, and literature...
Dates:
1904-1952
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
Virna Harman Walker Johnston papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-JohnstonV
Abstract
Correspondence, programs, report cards, and clippings relating to Chicago dancer and dance instructor Virna Harman Walker Johnston.
Dates:
1903-1959; Majority of material found within 1918-1930
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
Waldo Frank Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-166
Abstract
Nine letters from novelist, historian, and political activist Waldo Frank to Lucille R. Stern, mostly concerning Frank’s social activities and criticisms of Stern’s attempts at writing.
Dates:
approximately 1925-1935
Wallace Rice Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rice
Abstract
Correspondence, almost all addressed to Chicago author, anthologist and lecturer Wallace Rice with a few outgoing letters; also many examples of his works, and a miscellany of associated material including a small collection of photographs.
Dates:
1779-1939; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1935
Welling Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Welling
Abstract
Correspondence, writings and documents relating to Harriet W. Welling, her husband John P. Welling, and his father, John C. Welling. Harriet Welling material includes memoirs of her life in Chicago, and histories of Chicago clubs; John P. Welling material includes military records from his service in World War I.
Dates:
1899-1988
Will Ransom papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rans
Abstract
Printer, commercial artist, bibliographer and author of works on American printing history and private presses who did freelance work in lettering, design and typography before becoming art editor at the University of Oklahoma Press. Largely the correspondence between Ransom and members of the Anglo-American fine press movement between 1920 and 1950, together with printed ephemera from these presses, and detailed notes about their history and publications. There are also files on Ransom's own...
Dates:
1883-1954
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 Swedish-American...
Dates:
1891-2012
William Morton Payne Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Payne
Abstract
Correspondence, works, scrapbooks, and other personal materials pertaining to William Morton Payne's life as a literary critic, periodical editor, translator, and educator.
Dates:
approximately 1850-1920
Winterbotham-Shaw Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-Shaw
Abstract
Correspondence, documents and miscellaneous items relating to the families of Rue Winterbotham Shaw and Alfred Phillips Shaw. Includes letters of Rue W. Shaw and Alfred P. Shaw to their son Joseph W. Shaw, correspondence to and from Theodora Winterbotham Brown and letters of other Winterbotham family members. Also, three large folder-notebooks of miscellaneous genealogical material amassed by Theodora Winterbotham Brown regarding the history of the Winterbotham, Baldwin and Rosencrans families....
Dates:
1909-1991
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