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Douglas C. Wixson-Jack Conroy research collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wixson
Abstract

Correspondence, research files and works from American writer and literary critic Douglas C. Wixson. Materials are mostly relating to author Jack Conroy (1898-1990) and his literary circle.

Dates: 1968-2001

Dukes family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Dukes
Abstract

Papers of Thomas Farmer Dukes and family, of Shropshire County, England. Correspondence was pasted in three volumes of the 1805, 1818, and 1821 census books of the county of Shropshire. Also includes a commonplace book containing poems, clippings, and water color paintings by Edward Rowland Dukes, and an indexed book of food and wine recipes, medical remedies, and instructions for making inks, varnishes and other ephemera.

Dates: 1772-1869

E. A. Burbank Indian Portraits, Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: Oversize-Ayer-Art-Burbank.Drawings
Abstract Collection of over 1200 red and brown conté crayon on paper portraits of assorted American Indian subjects drawn during E. A. Burbank’s extensive travel to American Indian communities throughout the American Southwest, West, and Northwest. Commissioned to paint a portrait of Chief Geronimo by his maternal uncle, Edward E. Ayer, the Newberry benefactor and president of the Field Columbian Museum, Burbank embarked in 1897 on what would turn out to be a decades-long, quixotic quest to “paint...
Dates: approximately 1897-1914

E. A. Burbank Indian Portraits, Paintings

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Identifier: VAULT.oversize-Ayer-Art-Burbank.Paint
Abstract

Collection of twenty-five oil paintings on canvas and panel executed by E. A. Burbank during the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Predominately composed of intimately-scaled portraits of American Indian men and women, this collection offers invaluable insight into the pictorial depiction of the American Indian during the turn of the twentieth century as well as the cultural cache attached to the depiction of native subjects.

Dates: 1897-1908

E. A. Burbank Indian Portraits, Prints

 Collection
Identifier: Oversize-Ayer-Art-Burbank.Prints
Abstract

Collection of photogravures, colortype lithographs, and other offset color prints of drawings and oil paintings by E. A. Burbank. Consisting primarily of prints of oil paintings included in Burbank’s extensive series of American Indian portraits, this collection of mass-produced, predominately twentieth century prints offers insight into cultural appeal of the American Indian and the wide dissemination of the work of E. A. Burbank during the last century.

Dates: approximately 1897-1937

E. A. Burbank papers

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Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-120
Abstract

About 350 letters written mainly from the Oklahoma Territory, the Southwest, and the Dakotas by Elbridge Ayer Burbank to his uncle Edward E. Ayer, together with two scrapbooks containing incoming correspondence and miscellaneous clippings. Burbank, a painter and illustrator who studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, was commissioned by Edward E. Ayer in 1897 to produce a series of portraits of prominent Indian Chiefs.

Dates: 1897-1949

E. Winston and Ina D. Williams NAACP Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Williams-NAACP
Abstract

Papers of Chicago NAACP and labor union leader E. Winston Williams, who served as president of the Chicago Southside NAACP chapter from 1971-1974. Papers also reflect activities of Ina D. Williams (wife of E. Winston Williams), who played an integral behind-the-scenes role in Williams' administration. Collection includes photographs, clippings, programs, brochures, and correspondence documenting the activities of the NAACP chapter and Williams’s involvement with Chicago labor unions.

Dates: 1940s-1986; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1986

Eden-Martin family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Eden
Abstract

Papers pertaining to the family of Illinois U.S. Representative John R. Eden (1826-1909). The majority of the material primarily concerns John R. Eden’s daughter Rose, her husband Ivory J. Martin, and their children. The papers also contain correspondence and material relating to the Taylor and Pifer families, who were the in-laws of Rose and Ivory’s son, Robert W. Martin. (Robert Martin married Ruth Pifer, daughter of Hattie Taylor and Finley Pifer).

Dates: approximately 1827-1961

Eden-Martin family papers - Additions

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Eden-2
Abstract

Letters of Ivory J. Martin of Sullivan, Illinois, to his daughter Olive Eden Martin, while she was a student at the University of Illinois, and later when she lived and taught in LaSalle, Illinois. Also includes a few letters to Olive from her mother, Rose Eden Martin, siblings, and friends. The letters are published in R. Eden Martin’s 2017 book, As Ever: The Letters of I. J. Martin to His Daughters: Olive Eden Martin and Mabel Martin George.

Dates: 1905-1941

Edgar McLean Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-McLean
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, and official military documents of 1st Lieutenant Edgar McLean. McLean fought for the Union in the Civil War with the 122nd Illinois Regiment, and then became a Lieutenant in the 110th U.S. Colored Infantry. Most correspondence was written by Edgar McLean’s mother and other relatives to him during his service.

Dates: 1859-1868

Edith Allard papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Allard
Abstract

Letters, postcards, telegrams, contracts and schedules, clippings, photographs and programs of dance performances in Israel and Sweden, two art prints and a small collection of medals.

Dates: 1955-1991

Edith Borroff papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borroff
Abstract

Musicologist, Composer, Author, Professor, Pianist, Vocalist, and Lecturer, Edith Borroff lived from 1925 to 2019, boasting a career that spanned at least 7 books and over 60 compositions.

Dates: 1800-2016; Majority of material found within 1960-1999

Edith Franklin Wyatt Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wyatt
Abstract

Correspondence of Chicago writer and social activist Edith Franklin Wyatt, plus drafts of works, contracts, scrapbooks, clippings and mementos.

Dates: 1894-1968; Majority of material found within 1894 - 1955

Edna L. McRae papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-McRae
Abstract Dancer, choreographer, and teacher Edna McRae started dancing in Chicago Public Schools and studied with Andreas Pavley, Serge Oukrainsky, and Adolph Bolm, among others. She operated a ballet school in Chicago from 1925 to 1964, becoming known as the grande dame of the Chicago Ballet community. Papers include correspondence, biographical information, brochures, clippings, programs, numerous photographs, personal and dance notation notebooks, card files, address books, and eight albums...
Dates: 1910-1990

Edna Lucile Baum Papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Baum
Abstract

Material relating to Chicago dance teacher and author Edna Lucile Baum, which includes incoming correspondence, writings, photographs, programs, dance notations and other miscellaneous printed items, scrapbooks and notebooks.

Dates: 1890-1981

Edward A. Barnes papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-BarnesE
Abstract

Diaries, poetry, music and program and newspaper clippings written by Edward A. Barnes, a Chicago-based religious and temperance songwriter. The diaries pertain to Barnes’s songwriting career, his religious beliefs, and his relationship with his sisters, Lillie and Della.

Dates: 1865-1893

Edward E. Ayer U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners files

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Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-911
Abstract Correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, bulletins, 1912-1922, relating to Edward E. Ayer's work as a commissioner. Dating primarily from Ayer's period of active service, 1912-1917, there is both incoming and outgoing correspondence with commission members and officials (H.C. Phillips, W.K. Moorehead, G. Vaux, F.H. Abbott, M. McDowell, W.H. Ketchum), the secretary of the interior (F.K. Lane), the commissioner of Indian affairs (C. Sells), the foreman of the Menominee sawmill (A.S....
Dates: 1912-1922

Edward Eagle Brown family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Brown
Abstract

Materials pertaining to the family of Chicago banker Edward Eagle Brown, primarily of Brown's father Edward Osgood Brown, great grandfather William Brown, and descendants in the Ipswich and Salem Massachusetts areas.

Dates: 1749-1955; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1900

Edward Eulenberg Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Eulenberg
Abstract

Articles, columns, and clippings of Edward Eulenberg, reporter and editor for the City News Bureau, and reporter and feature writer for the Chicago Daily News.

Dates: 1930-1985; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1976

Edward Hatch letters

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Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-3087
Abstract Born in Bangor, Me., and educated in Norwich, Vt., Edward Hatch emigrated ca. 1852 to Muscatine, Iowa, where he operated a lumberyard (Hatch & Fullerton). After serving with distinction in the Civil War, Hatch on July 28, 1866, was commissioned colonel of one of two new colored cavalry regiments, the 9th U.S. Cavalry. He commanded the regiment for twenty-three years, serving nine years on the Texas frontier before assuming command of the Department of New Mexico (1876-1881). He died at...
Dates: 1867-1870

Edward Price Bell papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bell
Abstract

Correspondence, works, and other items related to Edward Price Bell's career as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News and roving correspondent for the Literary Digest.

Dates: 1886-1951; Majority of material found within 1900-1942

Edward W. Curtis letters

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Curtis
Abstract

Correspondence of Edward W. Curtis of Massachusetts, a private in the 88th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. Also includes clippings relating to battles, the life of Federal soldiers, and hospital listings near Nashville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1855-1865; Majority of material found in 1863

Edwards family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Edwards
Abstract

Letters, documents, photographs, and printed ephemera centering on John C. Edwards and Lydia Martin Edwards, and their immediate families, both of whom settled near Chicago in the 1840s.

Dates: 1800-1982; Majority of material found within 1847-1908

Ehrhardt family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ehrhardt
Abstract

Collection of children's schoolwork, composition books, drawings, correspondence and church bulletins of German-American family, the Ehrhardts, from Chicago, Illinois.

Dates: 1890-1998; Majority of material found within 1890-1921

Elaine Madlener papers

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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

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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, 1860-1936 14
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 11
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 11
Art Institute of Chicago 9
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 9
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 9
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 9
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 9
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 9
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 8
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 8
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 8
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 8
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 8
Ade, George, 1866-1944 7
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 7
Charles H. Kerr Company 7
Chicago Sun-Times 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 7
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 7
Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969 7
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 7
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 7
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 7
Industrial Workers of the World 7
Mowrer, Paul Scott 7
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 7
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 7
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 6
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 6
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company 6
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 6
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 6
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 6
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 6
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 6
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 6
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 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, 1896-1990 6
University of Chicago 6
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 6
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 5
Barzel, Ann 5
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 5
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 5
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 5
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 5
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 5
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 5
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 5
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 5
Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 5
Geronimo, 1829-1909 5
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 5
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 5
Henley, David, 1749-1823 5
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 5
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 5
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 5
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 5
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 5
MoMing Dance and Arts Center (Chicago) 5
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 5
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 5
Rosemont, Franklin 5
American Red Cross 4
Anderson, Margaret C. 4
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 4
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 4
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 4
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 4
Burbank, E. A. (Elbridge Ayer), 1858-1949 4
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 4
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 4
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 4
Chicago Reader (Chicago, Ill.) 4
DaBoll, Raymond F. 4
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 4
Graham, Martha 4
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 4
Illinois Central Railroad Company 4
Lipinski, Dolores 4
Morrison, Helen Balfour, 1900-1984 4
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 4
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 4
Rosemont, Penelope 4
Shaw family 4
Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888 4
Society of Typographic Arts (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Steppenwolf Theatre Company 4
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