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Paul Romaine papers

 Collection
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

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

R. Ford Bentley Papers

 Collection
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

Ralph Korngold papers

 Collection
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

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

Raven Theatre Records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Raven
Abstract

Records related to Chicago’s Raven Theatre’s administration, development, history, and productions. Materials include box office reports, building plans, and correspondence, as well as budgets, flyers, photographs, reviews, press releases, programs, annotated scripts, and set designs for Raven Theatre’s main stage and “shorties”/one act productions.

Dates: approximately 1940-2015; Majority of material found within 1983 - 2013

Richard Colles Johnson - Colles Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Johnson
Abstract

Material relating to the genealogy of Richard Colles Johnson’s family, especially his Colles ancestors and relations, including correspondence, clippings, copies of documents and publications, memorabilia, and photographs.

Dates: 1746-2002; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1998

Robert Marsh Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Marsh
Abstract

Music scholar and Chicago Sun-Times classical music critic for over thirty years. Marsh chronicled a golden age for classical music in Chicago, including the tenures of Fritz Reiner and Georg Solti at the CSO and the Lyric Opera in its infancy. The collection includes correspondence, record reviews, photographs, memorabilia, audio recordings, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1940-1986

Rudolph Ganz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ganz
Abstract

Works, correspondence to and from prominent musical figures, family correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, artifacts, and a couple of recordings of this world-renowned concert pianist, composer, conductor, and educator.

Dates: 1864-2013

Rudy Horn papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Horn
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, photographs and memorabilia of Chicago entertainer known as the "Comedy King of Vaudeville." His father was Henry Horn, who operated and booked nightclubs in the early 1900s and was the onetime owner of Chicago's Green Mill Tavern. Born in 1909, Horn performed as a dancer, comedian, and emcee throughout the US and Europe.

Dates: 1920-1995

Scharmel Iris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-137
Abstract

Small collection of material relating to minor Chicago poet. Iris proved to be a plagiarist and forger who engaged in a life-long campaign not only to have his verse published but also to be regarded as a colleague of more successful writers and poets. Consists of correspondence, poetry, and miscellaneous items such as clippings and photographs.

Dates: 1911-1964

Sluby collection of portrait photographs

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Sluby
Abstract

Paul E. Sluby, Sr., a genealogist and historian from Washington D.C., compiled this collection of early photographs of identified individuals. Many of the photographs were acquired at flea markets and antique stores in the northeastern United States. Also included are some letters, funeral notices, and a high school diploma.

Dates: approximately 1850-1953; Majority of material found within 1880-1930

Steele-Winters Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Steele-Winters
Abstract

Correspondence, estate papers, family records, farm related accounts, diaries, cards, scrapbooks, yearbooks, oral histories, and photographs of the Steele and Winters families. Both families were early homesteaders and farmers in rural northwestern Illinois, settling in and around Bureau, Sangamon, and Winnebago Counties in Illinois in the early 1800s. Their extended families continue to live and farm in these areas to the present day.

Dates: 1860-2009; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1970

Will Ransom papers

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rans
Abstract Printer, commercial artist, bibliographer and author of works on American printing history and private presses who did freelance work in lettering, design and typography before becoming art editor at the University of Oklahoma Press. Largely the correspondence between Ransom and members of the Anglo-American fine press movement between 1920 and 1950, together with printed ephemera from these presses, and detailed notes about their history and publications. There are also files on Ransom's...
Dates: 1883-1954

William H. Peterson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Peterson
Abstract Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and personal material of William H. Peterson, a World War II radar man and later engineer for the Pullman Company. Includes Peterson's schoolwork, wartime letters, and engineering designs. There is additional material for the Peterson family, including William's father Hartin F. Peterson, also a Pullman employee, such as his World War I photographs and his own draft work. Collection also contains genealogy and photographs of the...
Dates: 1891-2012

Winterbotham-Shaw Family Papers

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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

Woods Family Papers - Additions

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Woods-2
Abstract Materials gathered and retained by Frank H. Woods Jr. relating to Henry Ruiter (originally Hendrick de Ruyter) of Canada and his Woods descendants. Includes Frank H. Woods’s correspondence and research notes for a biography of Henry Ruiter, notebooks with accounts, poetry and stories of his great-grandmother, Fanny M. Woods, and an account book of his great-grandfather, Elias Woods, Woods family deeds and receipts from Boone County, Illinois (1840s-1860s), and other miscellaneous early Woods...
Dates: 1842-1980

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 52
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 31
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 30
Photographs -- 1851-1900 30
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Clippings -- 1951-2000 12
Manuscripts, American 11
Clippings -- 1901-1950 10
Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 10
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 7
Dancers -- Portraits 6
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 6
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 6
Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 5
Authors, American -- 20th century 5
Photographs -- 2001-2050 5
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 4
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 4
Clippings -- 2001-2050 3
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 3
Daguerreotypes (photographs) 3
Diaries -- 1901-1950 3
Europe -- Description and travel 3
Genealogies (histories) 3
Illinois -- Genealogy 3
Parent and child -- Correspondence 3
Poets, American -- 20th century 3
Programs 3
Programs -- 1901-1950 3
Programs -- 1951-2000 3
Reporters and reporting 3
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 3
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Art museums -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Audiocassettes -- 1951-2000 2
Authors, American 2
Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 2
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 2
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 2
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 2
Choreographers -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Clippings -- 1851-1900 2
Community theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Correspondence -- 2001-2050 2
Dance companies -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Dance critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Dance teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Diaries 2
Diaries -- 1851-1900 2
Engineers -- United States 2
Families -- Illinois 2
Genealogical correspondence 2
Investigative reporting 2
Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 2
Mothers and sons -- Correspondence 2
Music critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Music teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. 2
Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. -- Reviews 2
Nightclubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 2
Novelists 2
Philanthropists -- United States 2
Phonograph records -- 1901-1950 2
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 2
Playbills -- 1951-2000 2
Playbills -- 2001-2050 2
Poetry -- 1901-1950 2
Postcards 2
Publishers and publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 2
Sisters -- Correspondence 2
Socialites -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Sound recordings -- 1901-1950 2
Theater -- 20th century -- Reviews 2
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century 2
Theater -- Production and direction 2
Theater architecture 2
Theater programs -- 1901-1950 2
Theater programs -- 1951-2000 2
Theater programs -- 2001-2050 2
Tintypes (prints) 2
Video recordings -- 1951-2000 2
Video recordings -- 2001-2050 2
Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
20th century music -- History 1
AIDS (Disease) and the arts 1
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Accidents 1
Actors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century 1
Administrative records 1
Adopted children -- Wisconsin 1
Adultery -- United States 1
Advertising -- Printing machinery and supplies 1
Advertising -- Railroads -- United States 1
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Language
French 4
German 2
Italian 1
Polish 1
Swedish 1
 
Names
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 4
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 4
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 4
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 3
Graham, Martha 3
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Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 3
Lyric Opera of Chicago 3
Newberry Library 3
Pullman Company 3
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 3
Weidman, Charles 3
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 2
Anderson, Margaret C. 2
Art Institute of Chicago 2
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 2
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 2
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 2
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 2
Dillon, George, 1906-1968 2
Doris Humphrey Society 2
Drury, John, 1898-1972 2
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 2
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 2
Howard, Alan, 1930- 2
Johnson family 2
Kriza, John 2
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
Limón, José 2
Meeker, Arthur, 1902-1971 2
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 2
Mowrer, Paul Scott 2
New York City Ballet 2
Nilsson, Birgit 2
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 2
Rand McNally and Company 2
Stodelle, Ernestine 2
Strong, Walter Ansel, 1883-1931 2
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 2
Wood family 2
Woods, Frank H. (Frank Henry), 1868-1952 2
Woods, Frank H. (Frank Henry), 1905-1980 2
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 1
Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop 1
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984 1
Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation 1
Adgate family 1
Adgate, Asa 1
Adler and Sullivan 1
Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900 1
Adler, Liebmann, 1812-1892 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Akers, Milburn P. 1
Albanese, Licia 1
Albee, Edward, 1928-2016 1
Allen, Annie Cox, 1840-1895 1
Allen, Gideon W., 1835-1912 1
Allen, Ruth F., 1879-1963 1
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company 1
Allison, Keith (dance teacher) 1
Allstate Insurance Company 1
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 1
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 1
American Council for Judaism 1
American Field Service 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
American Mothers 1
American Railway Union 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
American School of Prehistoric Research 1
American Theatre Wing 1
American Tract Society 1
American Writers' Congress 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Aragon, 1897-1982 1
Arpino, Gerald 1
Art Institute of Chicago. School 1
Arts Club of Chicago 1
Asch, Nathan, 1902-1964 1
Asheville School (Asheville, N.C.) 1
Associated Press 1
Baker family 1
Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
Balanchine, George 1
Ballet Guild of Chicago 1
Ballets russes 1
Balzhäuser family 1
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Baril, Elmer J. 1
Barker family 1
Barker, James M. (James Madison), 1886-1974 1
Barnes, Bessie 1
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- 1
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