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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

Winnetka Fortnightly records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winnetka
Abstract

Club founded in 1921. Records include historical material, meeting minutes (restricted), memorials, members' papers, two photographs, by-laws, one recording, yearly programs, rosters, and officer lists, members' biographies (restricted), and list of published authors who are members of the Club.

Dates: 1920-ongoing

Winterbotham-French family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-French
Abstract Correspondence, personal materials, diaries, financial and estate documents, genealogical research, and photographs of the Winterbotham and French families who were united by the marriage of John R. Winterbotham III and Chloe T. French. Papers include correspondence pertaining to Chloe Tyler French's work at Mathieson Alkali Works, courtship letters between Seth B. French and Mary Tyler Duffy, and letters and photographs of Hilah French, an aunt of Chloe Tyler French, who served at a Red...
Dates: 1850-2005; Majority of material found within 1900-1950

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...
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

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 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

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

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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

 Collection
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 481
Photographs -- 1901-1950 92
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Chicago (Ill.) 25
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 25
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 21
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Sound recordings 18
World War, 1914-1918 18
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 16
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 16
Programs 16
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 14
Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 13
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 12
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Dance teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 11
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Moving images 11
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Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 10
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Dance -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Dance companies -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Designers -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 10
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
Dance -- Study and teaching -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
Dancers -- Portraits 9
Diaries -- 1901-1950 9
Postcards 9
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 9
Videocassettes 9
Audiovisual materials 8
Dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 8
Diaries 8
Europe -- Description and travel 8
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago 8
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 8
Railroads -- Illinois 8
Reporters and reporting 8
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 8
World War, 1939-1945 8
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Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 7
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 7
Clippings -- 1851-1900 7
Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 7
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Women dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
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Research notes 6
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Sheet music 6
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 6
Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 6
Authors, American 5
Ballet dancers 5
Chicago (Ill.) -- History 5
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Clubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 5
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Periodicals 5
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German 11
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 23
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 19
Pullman Company 19
Monroe, Harriet 12
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 11
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Newberry Library 9
Art Institute of Chicago 8
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 8
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 7
Chicago Sun-Times 7
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 7
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 7
Mowrer, Paul Scott 7
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 6
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 6
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company 6
Charles H. Kerr Company 6
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 6
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 6
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 6
Industrial Workers of the World 6
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 6
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 6
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 6
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 6
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 6
Ade, George, 1866-1944 5
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 5
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 5
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 5
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 5
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 5
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 5
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 5
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 5
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 5
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 5
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 5
MoMing Dance and Arts Center (Chicago) 5
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 5
University of Chicago 5
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 5
Barzel, Ann 4
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 4
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 4
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 4
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 4
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 4
Chicago Reader (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 4
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 4
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 4
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 4
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 4
Illinois Central Railroad Company 4
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 4
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 4
Lipinski, Dolores 4
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 4
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 4
Rand McNally and Company 4
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 4
Rosemont, Franklin 4
Shaw family 4
Society of Typographic Arts (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Steppenwolf Theatre Company 4
Strong, Walter Ansel, 1883-1931 4
Tallchief, Maria 4
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 4
American Ballet Theatre 3
American Indian Center of Chicago 3
American National Red Cross 3
American Red Cross 3
Anderson, Margaret C. 3
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 3
Balanchine, George 3
Bobbs-Merrill Company 3
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 3
Borroff, Edith, 1925-2019 3
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 3
Burbank, E. A. (Elbridge Ayer), 1858-1949 3
Caxton Club 3
Chicago Historical Society 3
Chicago Opera Ballet 3
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion 3
City News Bureau of Chicago 3
Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964 3
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 3
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 3
DaBoll, Raymond F. 3
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951 3
Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969 3
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.) 3
Dowie, John Alexander, 1847-1907 3
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 3
Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 3
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 3
Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 3
Field Museum of Natural History 3
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