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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

Witkowsky Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-098
Abstract Assortment of material related to the Witkowsky family of Chicago: mid-19th century valentines addressed to Esther, James, and Pauline Witkowsky of Chicago; an 1858 letter from Pauline mentioning the Lincoln-Douglas debates; and a 1942 tribute to Esther from Vassar classmates, class of 1886. Also material relating to the World War I military service of Alan Witkowsky (name changed to Whitney).
Dates: 1840-1942

W.L. Williamson - William F. Poole research papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Williamson
Abstract Correspondence, writings, and research notes of W. L. Williamson in support of his biography of William Frederick Poole. Also copies of William Frederick Poole correspondence 1856-1894, microfilm, a few newspaper clippings 1874-1895, a few Poole photographs, and one Poole original publication.
Dates: 1865-1959

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Powellton, Ill.) minutes book

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-224
Abstract Ledger of minutes from the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Powellton, Illinois, 1901-1906. The minutes record discussions concerning prohibition, suffrage, illegal gambling, and polygamy.
Dates: 1901-1906

Women's Bar Association of Illinois Records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-WBAI
Abstract The Women's Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) records include artifacts and materials related to presidents Mary Reardon Hooten (also known as Mary Heftel Hooten), Irene V. McCormick, Mary E. Pappas, and Mary M. Bartelme. Also included are board minutes and reports, correspondence, financial materials, event planning materials, photographs, and publications.
Dates: 1908-2014; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000

Woods Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Woods
Abstract Correspondence, writings, documents, genealogical research notes and photographs relating to the Woods family, descendants of Henry Ruiter (originally Hendrick de Ruyter) of Canada. Collected and preserved by Frank H. Woods, Jr. of Illinois, to be used for a complete (unfinished) family history, most of the material concerns Frank H. Woods's great-grandmother, Fanny M. Woods, his grandfather Frederick Moffatt Woods, and his father, Frank H. Woods. Included is a large group of Fanny Woods's...
Dates: approximately 1775-1975; Majority of material found within 1820 - 1975

Woods Family Papers - Additions

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Woods-2
Abstract Materials gathered and retained by Frank H. Woods Jr. relating to Henry Ruiter (originally Hendrick de Ruyter) of Canada and his Woods descendants. Includes Frank H. Woods’s correspondence and research notes for a biography of Henry Ruiter, notebooks with accounts, poetry and stories of his great-grandmother, Fanny M. Woods, and an account book of his great-grandfather, Elias Woods, Woods family deeds and receipts from Boone County, Illinois (1840s-1860s), and other miscellaneous early Woods...
Dates: 1842-1980

Woolson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Woolson
Abstract Letters, scrapbooks, photographs, diaries, clippings, and genealogical materials concerning the Woolson family of New Hampshire, Ohio, and Chicago.
Dates: 1856-1950; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1910

World's Columbian Exposition glass plate images

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-WCEGlassImages
Abstract The collection consists of nine glass plate images, eight positives and one negative, taken at the World's Columbian Exposition. The images show exhibits and displays from several buildings throughout the fair including the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, the Anthropological Building, and Machinery Hall among others.
Dates: 1893

World's Columbian Exposition lantern slides

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-WCESlides
Abstract 56 glass lantern slides showing environs, buildings and exhibits at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago.
Dates: 1893

Zion City (Ill.) records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Zion
Abstract Mainly newspaper clipping scrapbooks, but also correspondence, and miscellaneous material relating to John Alexander Dowie and the founding of the Christian Catholic Church and Zion City, Illinois.
Dates: 1888-1974; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1907

Zwiefka family dance papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Zwiefka
Abstract Materials related to Evelyn Zwiefka's, Grace Zwiefka Thuis's, and Diane Lewandowski's dance instruction in Chicago primarily through the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Public School District. The women specialized in ballet, folk, Hawaiian, Polish, and Spanish dance.
Dates: 1890-1987; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1960

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 474
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 31
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 28
Clippings (information artifacts) 28
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 28
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Chicago (Ill.) 25
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World War, 1914-1918 21
Sound recordings 20
Authors, American -- 20th century 17
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 17
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Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 17
Diaries -- 1851-1900 16
Programs 16
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 15
Correspondence -- United States -- 1901-1950 15
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 14
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 14
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 14
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 14
Diaries -- 1901-1950 13
Moving images 13
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 13
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 12
Dance -- Illinois -- Chicago 11
Dance teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 11
Dancers -- Portraits 11
Parent and child -- Correspondence 11
Railroads -- Management 11
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 11
Choreographers -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Clippings -- 1851-1900 10
Designers -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
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Europe -- Description and travel 10
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 10
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Ledgers (account books) 8
Newspapers 8
Postcards 8
Railroads -- Illinois 8
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 8
Tintypes (prints) 8
World War, 1939-1945 8
Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
Dance schools -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
Dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
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Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 33
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 24
Chicago Daily News, Inc 22
Pullman Company 20
United States. Army 19
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Newberry Library 15
Monroe, Harriet 14
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) 11
Page, Ruth 11
Art Institute of Chicago 9
Carpenter, John Alden 9
Fuller, Henry Blake 9
Garland, Hamlin 9
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney) 9
Sandburg, Carl 9
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 8
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 8
Darrow, Clarence 8
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 8
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) 8
Ade, George, 1866-1944 7
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 7
Charles H. Kerr Company 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 7
Chicago sun-times 7
Dell, Floyd 7
Dennis, Charles Henry 7
Field, Eugene 7
Hecht, Ben 7
Industrial Workers of the World 7
Mowrer, Paul Scott 7
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) 7
Tietjens, Eunice 7
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 6
Bolm, Adolph 6
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company 6
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 6
Cowley, Malcolm 6
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor) 6
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 6
Howells, William Dean 6
Lindsay, Vachel 6
Masters, Edgar Lee 6
Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 6
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 6
Rand McNally and Company 6
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 6
Turbyfill, Mark 6
University of Chicago 6
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 6
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 5
Barzel, Ann 5
Bodenheim, Maxwell 5
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield) 5
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 5
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 5
Conroy, Jack 5
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong) 5
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 5
Dreiser, Theodore 5
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas) 5
Ficke, Arthur Davison 5
Geronimo 5
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 5
Hansen, Harry 5
Henley, David 5
Hoover, Herbert 5
Lawson, Victor Freemont 5
Lewis, Lloyd 5
Lincoln, Abraham 5
Long, Larry 5
MoMing Dance and Arts Center (Chicago) 5
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 5
Pound, Ezra 5
Rosemont, Franklin 5
American Red Cross 4
Anderson, Margaret C. 4
Bell, Edward Price 4
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes) 4
Borowski, Felix 4
Bryan, William Jennings 4
Burbank, E. A. (Elbridge Ayer) 4
Butcher, Fanny 4
Cather, Willa 4
Chicago Reader 4
DaBoll, Raymond F. 4
Frost, Robert 4
Graham, Martha 4
Grainger, Percy 4
Illinois Central Railroad Company 4
Lipinski, Dolores 4
Morrison, Helen Balfour, 1900-1984 4
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 4
Reader (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Rice, Wallace 4
Rosemont, Penelope 4
Shaw family 4
Sheridan, Philip Henry 4
Society of Typographic Arts (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Steppenwolf Theatre Company 4
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