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Mitchell Dawson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dawson
Abstract Works, correspondence, and papers of lawyer and poet Mitchell Dawson, and also papers, photographs and genealogical information of the Dawson, Manierre and Hahn families.
Dates: 1810-1988

Monroe Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Monroe-Family
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia from the Monroe family of Chicago. Correspondence is primarily from Henry Stanton Monroe (Chicago attorney), his daughters Harriet Monroe, Dora Monroe Root (and her architect husband John Wellborn Root), and Lucy Monroe Calhoun, and their children. Topics include the births of children, travel, Poetry Magazine, and life in Chicago including Oscar Wilde's 1882 Chicago visit. Also contains World War II and post-war correspondence between William Monroe...
Dates: 1868-1949

Morse-Keith Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Morse-Keith
Abstract Papers centering around Charles Ansel Morse (1835-1894) who settled in Chicago in the early 1860s, establishing a wholesale clothing firm. The bulk of the collection consists of letters home to family in New Bedford, Mass. There are also calling cards of many early Chicago residents, genealogical documents, and a few photographs.
Dates: 1833-1938; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1872

Morton Dauwen Zabel Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Zabel
Abstract Correspondence, works, personal materials, and photographs of literary critic, editor, scholar, and educator Morton Dauwen Zabel.
Dates: 1861-1964; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1960

Nathaniel Gates Chapin collection of 136 photographs and portraits of eminent musicians

 Collection
Identifier: Case-V-25-185
Abstract The collection was made by Nathaniel Gates Chapin (1817-1893) of Boston. It is contained in wooden box 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Includes biographical sketch of each subject of portrait in manuscript.
Dates: approximately 1890

Native Americans in Film collection

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Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-NAIF
Abstract Collection of movie scripts featuring Native American themes, characters, and actors, augmented by a variety of visual materials. Consists of over 300 items including scripts, press and promotional booklets, lobby cards, posters, and photographs.
Dates: 1912-2018; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1995

Newberry Library Photograph Album

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-178
Abstract Photographs document the construction of the Henry Ives Cobb-designed Newberry Library building from May 8, 1891 to April 12, 1893, and also show parts of Washington Square Park and buildings in the surrounding area.
Dates: 1891-1893

Olin D. Wheeler collection of photographs of Yosemite Valley

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Identifier: Ayer-Photographs-box-68-70, 88
Abstract This collection of 179 photographic prints contains 71 views of Yosemite National Park, including tourists traveling in Yosemite Transportation vehicles and private cars. Wheeler also compiled a collection of photographs of the landscapes and Native Americans along the route of the Lewis and Clark expedition while researching his two-volume book The Trail of Lewis and Clark. This collection is part of the Edward E. Ayer Collection of Photographs.
Dates: approximately 1880-1925

Oliver Barrett-Carl Sandburg Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Barrett-Sandburg
Abstract Correspondence between Oliver R. Barrett, lawyer and collector of Abraham Lincoln material and poet Carl Sandburg, primarily pertaining to the interest of both men in Lincoln, plus a few other letters of Oliver Barrett and his son Roger; numerous brief undated notes from Sandburg to Barrett and work notes on Lincoln's biography by both men; copies of several articles and numerous poems by Sandburg; miscellaneous printed items relating to Sandburg, his work and his public appearances; and...
Dates: approximately 1860-1966

Oliver Perry Newberry Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Newberry
Abstract Mainly correspondence of Cameron, Missouri resident Oliver Perry Newberry, 1860-1867, primarily relating to his Civil War service in the Union army; and cabinet, carte-de-visite and a few tintype photographs of Newberry family and friends dating primarily from the 1880's.
Dates: 1860-1895

Olivia Monona Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Monona
Abstract Performance photographs, snapshots, newspaper clippings, and opera ephemera relating to the career of Olivia Monona Goldenberger, known professionally as Olivia Monona, from 1899 to 1943. Photographs illustrate the world of Chicago opera and musicals during the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, with photographs of performances in Chicago, Highland Park, IL, and at the Ravinia Festival. Collection also contains portraits, passport, and news clippings about opera maestro Attico Bernabini.
Dates: 1899-1943

Orlando Cabanban photographs

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Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Cabanban
Abstract Negatives (35 mm and 120 film format), contact sheets, prints, and transparencies created by Chicago photographer Orlando Cabanban primarily of events related to the American Indian Center of Chicago during the late 1960s. Social activities documented include powwows, day camps, the AIC canoe club and basketball team, and the American Indian Festival held at the Field Museum. Also includes images of AIC meetings, demonstrations, individual and family portraits, miscellaneous photographs and...
Dates: approximately 1920s-1991; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1986

Orville E. Babcock Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Babcock
Abstract Orville E. Babcock was American brevet Brigadier General, Aide-de-Camp to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, and Private Secretary to Grant during his presidency, 1869-1877. Collection is primarily correspondence relating to Babcock’s military career, service as private secretary to Ulysses S. Grant during his presidency, role in the Whiskey Ring trials of 1875-1876, and private life. Collection also contains newspaper clippings, photographs, military service records and miscellaneous items.
Dates: 1849-1947; Majority of material found within 1884 - 1898

Paul Randall Wright Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wright
Abstract Writings and correspondence of Chicago journalist and foreign correspondent Paul Randall Wright, particularly newspaper stories reported from Siberia in 1918-1919, and Manchuria, China, Japan, and the Philippines from 1926-1930. The collection also includes diaries and a number of photographs relating to the periods in which Wright was stationed abroad.
Dates: 1899-1965

Paul Romaine Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Romaine
Abstract Correspondence and papers of Milwaukee and Chicago bookseller and bon vivant Paul Romaine. Also photographs, memorabilia, diaries, clippings, writings (of Romaine and others), plus items relating to theater, music, political events and persons who interested Romaine.
Dates: 1880-1986; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1983

Paul Scott Mowrer papers

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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

Percy H. Sloan Collection of Photographs

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Sloan
Abstract Collection of late nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs of Chicago and environs, which includes aerial views of the city and some suburbs (1925-1930), and a large collection of church, civic, commercial and domestic architecture. Also, views of Chicago monuments and statuary and a group of Sloan’s checklists of his work. Most images are annotated with addresses and but not dates.
Dates: approximately 1890-1942

Photographic copies of Grace Carpenter Hudson's paintings of Pomo Indians

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Identifier: Ayer-Photographs-box-102-104
Abstract Black and white gelatin photographic prints (ca. 1920-1937), captioned with numbers and mounted on sheets of cardboard, of Grace Carpenter Hudson's paintings of Pomo Indians.,Included are portraits and scenes, primarily of children, but also of adults. The children are often depicted with dogs or other animals.
Dates: approximately 1920-approximately 1937

[Photographs of Quiriguá]

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Identifier: VAULT.oversize-Ayer.Art-Photographs.of-Quirigua
Abstract Nine black-and-white photographic prints of the Mayan ruins at Quiriguá, Guatemala in the Motagua Valley. Depicted are eight steles, pillar-like carved slabs of stone, and one zoömorph. The photographs are signed "Janette W. Dixon." The photographer remains unknown. The photographs are undated, but were a gift of Janette Dixon of Chicago from May 29, 1946.
Dates: approximately 1920-1946

Pullman Company Records - Audiovisual Materials

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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

R. Ford Bentley Papers

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Bentley
Abstract Personal, family, and professional papers including photographs and genealogical materials relating to Robert Ford Bentley, Chicago marketing and advertising executive with the Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Co. Also includes promotional materials and correspondence pertaining to many of the printing related companies that Ford worked for.
Dates: approximately 1830-1990; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1970

Railroad Photograph Collection

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-145
Abstract Two groups of railroad photographs, including 15 reproductions related to the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad, ca. 1868-1869, and 34 snapshots and postal cards of railroad men, engines, cars, stations and wrecks apparently taken in Wisconsin, ca. 1913-1914.
Dates: approximately 1868-1914

Ralph Korngold papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Korngold
Abstract Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and personal items relating to the life and work of Socialist journalist and historical biographer Ralph Korngold.
Dates: 1867-1994; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1964

Ralph L. Graham Yalta Conference Photographs and Scrapbook

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Graham
Abstract Material related to the activities of the United States Department of State during the months of January-March, 1945 with a particular focus on the Malta Conference, the Yalta Conference, the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, and the travels of Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius in Northern Africa and Central America. The collection is composed of a State Department-created scrapbook with an assortment of photographs taken by the US Army Signal Corps and relevant...
Dates: 1945

Rand McNally and Company records

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rand
Abstract Business records of the Rand McNally Company, established in 1856 in Chicago. The firm became well known for its cartographic publishing, but also produced a variety of trade books, textbooks, periodicals, and printing jobs such as railroad tickets and coupons. Includes records of financial, marketing, and production activities, including correspondence; visual materials, including photographs, artwork, and scrapbooks; printing artifacts and samples, etc.
Dates: 1856-1996

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Photographs -- 2001-2050 6
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Page, Ruth 8
Art Institute of Chicago 7
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 7
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Tietjens, Eunice 7
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor) 6
Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library) 6
Fuller, Henry Blake 6
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) 6
Turbyfill, Mark 6
Ade, George, 1866-1944 5
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 5
Carpenter, John Alden 5
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield) 5
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Garland, Hamlin 5
Hansen, Harry 5
Lawson, Victor Freemont 5
American Indian Center of Chicago 4
Anderson, Margaret C. 4
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 4
Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934 4
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Bolm, Adolph 4
Charles H. Kerr Company 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 4
Chicago sun-times 4
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Frost, Robert 4
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Graham, Martha 4
Hecht, Ben 4
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 4
Howells, William Dean 4
Industrial Workers of the World 4
Lewis, Lloyd 4
Lindsay, Vachel 4
Lyric Opera of Chicago 4
Masters, Edgar Lee 4
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 4
Sousa, John Philip 4
Strong, Walter Ansel 4
Thomas, Theodore 4
University of Chicago 4
Weidman, Charles 4
Wilder, Thornton 4
Wright, Frank Lloyd 4
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 3
American Ballet Theatre 3
Associated Press 3
Bryan, William Jennings 3
Butcher, Fanny 3
Cabanban, Orlando 3
Carpenter, Rue Winterbotham 3
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Chicago Opera Ballet 3
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 3
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne 3
Coolidge, Calvin 3
D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian 3
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Grieg, Edvard 3
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Hoover, Herbert 3
Huffman, L. A. (Laton Alton) 3
Humphrey, Doris 3
McNally, Andrew, 1836-1904 3
Moore, Marianne 3
Morrison, Helen Balfour, 1900-1984 3
New York City Ballet 3
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 3
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 3
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Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 3
Pullman Company 3
Rand McNally and Company 3
Rice, Wallace 3
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