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Parish Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Parish
Abstract
Consists mainly of correspondence from Martha Ellen Luey Parish of Chicago, IL to her father, Lester Lyman Luey, of Greenfield, Massachusetts. Also included are a few letters written by his son-in-law, Charles Pomeroy Parish. The letters concern domestic matters and touch upon such community topics as electrification, the bicycling mania of the late 19th century, fires and fire insurance, and the remains of the World's Columbian Exposition. There are also several letters discussing an alcoholic...
Dates:
1884-1896
Patrice Michaels papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Michaels
Abstract
Personal and professional papers of composer and performer (soprano and instrumentalist) Patrice Michaels. Professional material includes programs, scores, audio, and publicity about Michaels' performances. Personal papers include communication between Michaels and her mother in law, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, about Michaels' song cycle about Ginsburg's life and career.
Dates:
1973-2020
Patricia R. McMillen research papers on women lawyers in Illinois
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McMillen
Abstract
Research files for copy-editing and contributing biographical essays to the book "Bar None: 125 Years of Women Lawyers in Illinois", and accompanying traveling exhibition. Includes primary research on Marion H. Drake, Loise Foskette, Antoinette L. Funk, Cora B. Hirtzel, and Jane Crombie Trull.
Dates:
1996-1999
Paul Scott Mowrer papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mowrer P
Abstract
Correspondence, works, photographs and personal materials related to Paul Scott Mowrer, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, author, newspaper editor, and poet. Mowrer was Paris correspondent for the Chicago Daily News beginning in 1910, headed the foreign news service until 1934, and editor of the paper from 1935-1944. He was foreign editor of the New York Post from 1944-1947. An accomplished poet, Mowrer published nine...
Dates:
1894-2007; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1971
Paula Gerard Renison Dance Sketches
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Identifier: Dance-MS-RenisonP
Abstract
Six pencil sketches of Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo dancers drawn by artist Paula Gerard Renison during rehearsals and performances at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, 1938-1939.
Dates:
1938-1939
Pelee Club records
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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Pelee
Abstract
Men’s fishing and hunting club located on Pelee Island on the Ontario side of Lake Erie. The club was founded by Chicago merchants and industrialists Anson Stager, John Wesley Doane, Martin Ryerson, Marshall Field, Anthony Frederich Seeberger, Otho Sylvester Arnold Sprague, and Erskine Morton Phelps. Its objective was to “promote the health and recreation of its members by the pursuit of fishing and hunting…” The club was probably initiated before 1881; its clubhouse was constructed in 1883;...
Dates:
1884-1908
Pete Brown collection of Native Americans in comic books
Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-BrownP
Abstract
Comic books, graphic novels, and pop culture ephemera with Native American themes, characters, and imagery produced in North America from the years 1937 to 2015.
Dates:
1937-2015
Peter Nabokov Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Nabokov
Abstract
Research papers of author and American Indian Studies professor Peter Nabokov relating to his books, Indian Running: Native American History and Tradition and Native American Testimony anthologies.
Dates:
1937-1984; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1984
Philip Dawkins playscript collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dawkins
Abstract
Playscripts by Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins.
Dates:
2004-approximately 2012
Philip E. Vierling Illinois and Great Lakes postcard and ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Vierling
Abstract
Postcards of Chicago scenes, including bridges, buildings, homes, lakefront and harbor, river, and major fairs; Illinois (mainly) canals, rivers, locks, bridges, and water- and wind-powered mills and factories; World War II Camp Grant; and Great Lakes region historic sites, especially forts. Also, Illinois and Michigan Canal notes and an 1832 House Report regarding the canal; miscellaneous 19th century receipts; a letter and advertising brochure for a Freeport businessman's rotary feed grinder;...
Dates:
1832-1950
Philip Hart papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-135
Abstract
Small collection of letters and other materials about Theodore Thomas, founding music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra collected by Philip Hart, a music historian and former assistant manager of the CSO.
Dates:
1973-1974
Philip P. Bregstone papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bregstone
Abstract
Papers of Chicago lawyer, judge, writer, and public official Philip P. Bregstone, who was active in Chicago Jewish affairs and in promoting Zionist causes in the Midwest. The bulk of the papers consist of correspondence, writings, reviews, and memorabilia by and about Bregstone and the wartime activities of his wife, Anne Rosenberg Bregstone.
Dates:
1889-1951; Majority of material found within 1931-1933
Platt R. Spencer papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Spencer
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, copybooks, penmanship samples, cashbooks, newspaper clippings, poetry, essays, drawings, artifacts and miscellaneous personal items related to the life and career of Platt Rogers Spencer, penman, poet, and educator who created the Spencerian system of penmanship. The establishment of Spencerian schools of business was a highly successful endeavor in part because the entire family was involved in the business. In his later years, Spencer became involved in the...
Dates:
1827-1951; Majority of material found within 1850-1900
Pullman Company records
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-Main
Abstract
Records of this railroad sleeping-car operator and manufacturer. The Pullman Company (originally Pullman's Palace Car Company) revolutionized rail travel, dramatically increased employment opportunities for African Americans who served as porters on its cars, and had a significant impact on the American labor movement. Records for the entire firm are included until the mid-1920s division into operating and manufacturing companies; after that date, records mainly chronicle the activities of the...
Dates:
1859-1982
Pullman Company Records - Artifacts
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-14
Abstract
Non - record items and objects produced by the Pullman's Palace Car Company and the Pullman Company as part of their business operations. Forms part of the Pullman Company Records.
Dates:
1859-1969
Pullman Company Records - Audiovisual Materials
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-13
Abstract
Photographic prints, negatives, transparencies, films, filmstrips, and sound recordings, documenting Pullman’s Palace Car Company and Pullman Company cars and car furnishings, officials and employees, properties, advertising, and employee recruitment and training. Forms part of the Pullman Company Records.
Dates:
1872-1976
Pullman Company Records - Employee and Labor Relations Department
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-06
Abstract
Records of Pullman Company relations with its employees, their labor unions (including the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters), and federal mediating bodies; employment records, including service records, application files for conductors and some porters, registers listing employment and discharge data, time and absentee records for a few departments, appraisal and discipline files; employee insurance and pension records; and safety and medical records. Forms part of the Pullman Company...
Dates:
1875-1980; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1970
Pullman Company Records - George Mortimer Pullman Estate Papers
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-15
Abstract
Estate papers of Pullman’s Palace Car Company founder and president George M. Pullman. Includes Pullman estate executors’ correspondence, financial, and probate records, dating primarily from 1897 to 1902, together with attendance books of the Pullman Free School of Manual Training, 1924-1932.
Dates:
1877-1932
Pullman Company Records - Law Department
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-04
Abstract
Department handling all Pullman Company legal matters. General Counsel’s administrative files, court case records, state workmen’s compensation records, passenger injury claims records, and state resident agent files. Forms part of the Pullman Company Records.
Dates:
1878-1980; Majority of material found within 1888 - 1980
Pullman Company Records - Manufacturing Department
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-07
Abstract
Records of the Manufacturing Department, including Pullman’s Palace Car Company, Pullman Company, and Pullman Company Manufacturing Department construction, cost, delivery, and accounting records relating to railroad car manufacture. Forms part of the Pullman Company Records.
Dates:
1873-1964
Pullman Company records - Office of Finance and Accounts
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-03
Abstract
Office responsible for all corporate accounting. Includes general accounting, financial statements and balance sheets, taxation, ICC reporting, payroll, car operations accounts, Mexican accounts, and all transactions concerning the company’s property and materials. Forms part of the Pullman Company Records.
Dates:
1867-approximately 1980; Majority of material found within 1867-1970
Pullman Company Records - Operating Department
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-05
Abstract
Records of the Operating Department, responsible for operation, service, maintenance, repair and engineering of cars and equipment; commissary; purchases and stores; Mexican operations; and corporate regions, districts and agencies. Includes administrative files of department managers, employee instruction books, Mexican operations records, descriptive lists of cars, car engineering, maintenance, and repair records. Forms part of the Pullman Company Records.
Dates:
1870-1971
Pullman Company Records - Passenger Traffic Department
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-08
Abstract
Materials related to the Passenger Traffic Department of the Pullman Company, including administrative files of the General Passenger Agent and the Passenger Traffic Manager, state regulatory commission records, and published rate books. Forms part of the Pullman Company Records.
Dates:
1871-1970
Pullman Company records - President's Office
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-01
Abstract
Papers of the Chief executive officer of the Pullman’s Palace Car Company, 1867-1899, and Pullman Company, 1900-1969. Includes records created in the offices of Pullman’s Palace Car Company and Pullman Company presidents and vice presidents, together with personal papers. Forms part of the Pullman Company Records.
Dates:
1867-1982
Pullman Company Records - Public Relations Department
Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-09
Abstract
Records of the Public Relations Department, including administrative files of departmental executives, advertising brochures and art work, and historical reference files. Forms part of the Pullman Company Records.
Dates:
1860-1968
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