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Allen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Allen
Abstract
Courtship letters of lawyer and Wisconsin statesman Gideon W. Allen and his future wife Annie Cox during the years of 1863-1865 in which they discuss current their political and religious beliefs, Allen's travels throughout Wisconsin while looking for work, and Cox's life as a woman in Madison, Wisconsin. Also an unfinished biography of renowned botanist Ruth F. Allen by Mabel Nebel, incoming correspondence of Ruth F. Allen, and other family correspondence, photographs, and personal materials...
Dates:
1862-1964
Alma Bunch Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bunch
Abstract
Mostly photographs of Chicagoan Alma Bunch and her family and friends, plus a small amount of memorabilia retained by Bunch. Also genealogical correspondence regarding the name "Bunch," written in the 1950s.
Dates:
1890-1985
Andrew Jackson Faulk collection of photographs of the Dakota Territory and Yankton, Santee, and Teton Sioux
Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Photographs-Box-105
Abstract
A collection of 56 photographs acquired by Faulk, mostly consisting of large-format albumen prints, but also a few stereographs and carte de visites. Dakota Territory scenes include views of Yankton, its buildings, and its citizens; photographs of Fort Dakota and Fort Randall by B. H. Gurnsey; the Congregational Church and parsonage at Faulkton; the Big Sioux River and Sioux Falls; and Indian camps. The collection also includes 32 oval portraits of Yankton, Brule, Two Kettle, and Santee Sioux...
Dates:
approximately 1855-1909
Ashton Stevens Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stevens
Abstract
The papers of San Francisco and Chicago journalist and drama critic Ashton Stevens contain correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues from the entertainment world; works including newspaper clippings, playscripts, articles, and interviews; personal materials including biographical information, memorabilia, and materials pertaining to the banjo; photographs of actors, actresses, family, friends and colleagues; artworks and audio recordings; and a small number of artifacts.
Dates:
approximately 1850-1952; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1940
Bessie Barnes papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Barnes
Abstract
Photographs, newspaper reviews and miscellaneous personal items relating to Bessie Barnes, producer of nightclub theatrical reviews in Chicago and Milwaukee in the 1920s and 1930s.
Dates:
1896-1992
Blatchford family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blatchford
Abstract
Extensive collection of letters, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, writings, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago lead manufacturer, Newberry Library founding trustee, and Christian social activist Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford, his wife Mary Williams Blatchford, their parents and grandparents, and the families of their children, especially son Paul Blatchford, but also daughter Amy Blatchford Bliss. Families represented most heavily include Blatchford, Williams, Bliss,...
Dates:
1777-1987; Majority of material found within 1839-1965
Boyce-Gilbert family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Boyce
Abstract
Reproductions of diaries, correspondence, photographs, and genealogical information about the Boyce-Gilbert family, beginning with the diary of Le Roy Boyce, a Cortland, New York native and successful Chicago drugstore owner. Collection also includes diaries from Simeon Leonard Boyce beginning in 1869 and Elizabeth Boyce Gilbert beginning in 1910. Collection contains an extensive family tree documenting the genealogy until 1898, and biographical sketches of Boyce family members.
Dates:
1831-2000
Burt family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Burt
Abstract
Letters, photographs, diaries, writings, and scrapbooks centering around Edith Fleming Burt, building engineer Henry Jackson Burt, and their daughter, singer Helen Burt Potteiger.
Dates:
1890-1951
Carpenter family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Carpenter Family
Abstract
Genealogical information, correspondence, photographs, and other mementos of the Carpenter family, and other related families including Snow, Isham, and Manierre.
Dates:
1813-1947
Catherine Eddy Beveridge papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Beveridge
Abstract
Correspondence, papers, and diary of Catherine Eddy Beveridge, and also correspondence, papers, photographs and genealogical information collected by Catherine Eddy Beveridge related to her family.
Dates:
1703-2004; Majority of material found within 1870-1910
Charles Andrews Heath Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Heath
Abstract
Chicago businessman, founder and president of Continental Seed Co. Includes Charles Andrews Heath's diaries, 1880-1949, with typed excerpts, which discuss the Haymarket Riot, the World's Columbian Exposition, the World's Parliament of Religions, the Galveston flood, several wars, and many Chicago related events. There are also typed transcripts of 1912 European trip letters from Heath's wife Jennie and children Alice and Albert, photographs of Heath and his family, including the European trip,...
Dates:
1880-1999
Charles H. Dennis papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dennis
Abstract
Correspondence and miscellaneous items relating to Charles H. Dennis, managing editor of the Chicago Daily News.
Dates:
1868-1942; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1929
Chauncey McCormick papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McCormick
Abstract
Letters, clippings, photographs, and mementos of Chicago businessman and philanthropist Chauncey McCormick. He was the nephew of Cyrus McCormick, founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company which became part of International Harvester Company, and was president of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1944-1954. Correspondence concerns business, civic, philanthropic, religious, and political activities. Also contains speeches and writings, including those for the Art Institute, child...
Dates:
1887-1955
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Photographs, Artwork, and Audiovisual
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-5
Abstract
Photographs, cartoons, drawings, and paintings, and two boxes of audio media of oral histories, interviews, Burlington Route chapter readings by its author, and radio programs. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
approximately 1852-1975
Christina Olson papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Olson
Abstract
Material relating to Chicago dancer Christina Olson, who at the age of twelve performed as a Turkish dancer in the Turkish Theater at the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893. Includes music school diploma, hand-written documents concerning her employment and performances, her marriage certificate and two photographs. Also, three items relating to the Exposition – a general ticket of admission, her passbook and a program for the Turkish Theater.
Dates:
1891-1918
Claudia Cassidy papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cassidy
Abstract
Articles and reviews, correspondence, broadcast scripts, photographs, and clippings of the Chicago Tribune performing arts critic from 1942 to 1965. Cassidy wrote her influential "On the Aisle" column for the Tribune, then wrote freelance criticism and hosted a weekly program of arts criticism for WFMT, helping to shape the course of music, theater, and dance in Chicago.
Dates:
1880s-1996; Majority of material found within 1930-1985
Clay Judson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC
Abstract
Correspondence, writings, photographs and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer Clay Judson.
Dates:
1800-1966
Clay Judson Papers - Additions
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC2
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer and civic leader, Clay Judson, including correspondence, mostly with family members; travel narratives of camping trips taken by Judson and his friends, chiefly in Wisconsin and Minnesota; materials relating to Judson’s experiences with the A.E.F. in World War I; and photographs of Judson and his family members, among which is an album of snapshots made while his father was stationed in Panama during the construction of the Gatun...
Dates:
1839-1960; Majority of material found within 1905 - 1926
C.R. Clark Photograph Book
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Clark
Abstract
Volume of individually mounted photographs compiled by C.R. Clark for Byron L. Smith, approximately 1911, showing scenes of Chicago before and after the 1871 fire. Includes a letter relating to Smith’s acquisition of the photograph book, and the original front and back covers.
Dates:
approximately 1865-1872, 1911
Dankmar Adler Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Adler
Abstract
Correspondence, autobiography, writings, articles, genealogy, books, clippings, photographs, and pictures relating to Dankmar Adler, Chicago architect, acoustician, and partner of Louis Sullivan in the Adler and Sullivan architectural firm. Also other family and research materials accumulated by Joan W. Saltzstein, Adler's granddaughter, for her study of Adler and his numerous architectural projects, including the Auditorium Theater, Stock Exchange Building, Garrick Theater Building, and the...
Dates:
1857-1984
Edward Eagle Brown family papers
Collection
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
Edwards family papers
Collection
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
Edwin R. Capron letters
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Graff-579
Abstract
The collection includes a letter from Capron's sister to her mother, a letter to Capron from his parents and one letter from Henry C. Barrett to Nannie and Cyrus Fairley, Camp Cleveland, Ohio, 29 December 1863. Written from Fort Kearney and Cottonwood Springs, Nebraska Territory. Also includes 12 envelopes and a daguerreotype portrait of Capron.
Dates:
1863-1866
Eunice Tietjens Papers - Additions
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tietjens2
Abstract
Correspondence, works, and miscellaneous material relating to Eunice Tietjens, Chicago poet, novelist, lecturer and associate editor of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Also material relating to the Hammond and Strong families, Eunice Tietjens' daughter, Janet Tietjens Hart, and Eunice Tietjens' first husband, Paul Tietjens; and three boxes of photographs.
Dates:
1847-1972
Fairbank-Graham Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fairbank-Graham
Abstract
Correspondence, personal and business materials, documents, diaries, writings, photographs, and maps of the Fairbank and Graham families. These families were connected by the marriage of Nathaniel Kellogg Fairbank, a prominent Chicago businessman, and Helen Beeckman Graham, daughter of East Coast industrialist John Andrew Graham. Collection also includes materials of the Carpenter family, through the marriage of Helen Fairbank and Benjamin Carpenter, and three generations of the Nathan S. Davis...
Dates:
1775-1980; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1920
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- Beach, Amy, 1867-1944 2
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- Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913 2
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- Bryan, William Jennings 2
- Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 2
- Carpenter family 2
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2
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- Drury, John 2
- Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library) 2
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- Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 2
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