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Elaine Madlener papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Madlener
Abstract

Research material for a biography of Herbert von Karajan and material on autograph collecting gathered by Elaine Madlener, Chicago philanthropist and socialite. Material related to Madlener’s Grant Hospital committee work for two benefit performances by Karajan in 1955 and 1965, and manuscripts by British author Charles Langbridge Morgan.

Dates: 1916-1966; Majority of material found within 1944-1965

Felix Borowski Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borowski
Abstract Correspondence, writings, photographs, sound recordings, clippings scrapbooks, and some biographical material documenting the life of Felix Borowski, Chicago composer, musicologist, critic for the Chicago Evening Post and Herald, and music bibliographer for the Newberry Library. The papers include letters from prominent American and European composers such as Mili Balakirev, Edvard Grieg, Paul Hindemith, John Alden Carpenter,...
Dates: 1841-1995; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1956

George Salter papers

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Salter
Abstract Prominent German-American calligrapher and one of the most admired designers of book jackets in the United States. Papers consist chiefly of art work, correspondence, contracts, and printed materials relating to design projects executed in New York along with earlier German design projects. Also includes correspondence with American and German colleagues (some in German), most notably Walter Brudi, Kurt Schauer, E.F.H Schneidler, and Jeanyee Wong; drafts of articles by Salter; papers...
Dates: 1919-1980

Hermann Raster papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Raster
Abstract

Correspondence and other materials pertaining to the life of German immigrant "Forty-Eighter," Hermann Raster, and his work as editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung.

Dates: 1849-1940; Majority of material found within 1860-1891

Jack Fuller papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-FullerJ
Abstract

The literary and journalistic works, correspondence, and personal materials of Chicago journalist and novelist Jack Fuller.

Dates: 1850-2016; Majority of material found within 1951-2009

James and Josie Tomes travel collection

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Identifier: Maps-Tomes
Abstract

Collection of maps and travel ephemera related to the travels of James and Josie Tomes. Material covers Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, with most material on Europe and North America. Also includes material related to James Tomes’ genealogy research, much of which required travel in the United States and Europe.

Dates: 1928-2008; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

Michael Reid Anti-Fascism Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Reid
Abstract Appeals, calls to action, declarations, newspapers, notes, notices, poems, and resolutions by a variety of anti-fascist organizations in Chicago and United States that formed after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Groups such as the Chicago Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism, the Provisional United Front Anti-Fascist Committee (Chicago), the National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism (New York City, New York), the International Relief Committee for Victims of Hitler...
Dates: 1933-1934

Rudolph Ganz Papers

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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

Stanton, Schilling, and Parsons family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-SSP
Abstract

Family history of the three main branches of a large Chicago based family. Includes over eight generations of correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, and diaries, following family members across the United States, Europe, and the Philippines. Material relates to the biographical information of many family members, including their careers, family life, and hobbies.

Dates: 1733-2015; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1980

Teich family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Teich Family
Abstract

Teich family papers include photographs, letters, travel and personal documents, and information about the Teich ancestral town, Lobenstein, Germany. A large portion of this collection is family photographs.

Dates: 1823-1994; Majority of material found within 1877 - 1970

Wilhelm Rapp papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rapp
Abstract

Correspondence, poetry, and clippings relating to Wilhelm Rapp, German emigre and editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung.

Dates: 1846-1929

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Rapp, Wilhelm, 1828-1907 2
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Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
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Borowski, Elsa 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Brachvogel, Udo, 1835-1913 1
Brudi, Walter 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Chicago Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism 1
Chicago Musical College 1
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 1
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 1
Curt Teich Postcard Archives Collection (Newberry Library) 1
Damrosch, Leopold, 1832-1885 1
Dettmer, Roger 1
Dimitrov, Blagoĭ 1
Dimitrov, Georgi, 1882-1949 1
Fuller, Ernest 1
Fuller, Jack 1
Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972 1
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 1
Grant Hospital (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Grant Hospital (Chicago, Ill.). Women's Auxiliary 1
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 1
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 1
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 1
Independent Communist Labor League (U.S.) 1
Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931 1
Inter-American Press Association 1
International Relief Committee for Victims of Hitler Fascism 1
Just, Ward S. 1
Karajan, Herbert von 1
Kellogg, Clara Louise, 1842-1916 1
Lake County Forest Preserve District (Ill.) 1
Levi, Edward H. (Edward Hirsch), 1911-2000 1
Limited Editions Club 1
Lipsky, Seth 1
Locher, Dick, 1929-2017 1
London Philharmonic Orchestra 1
MacNelly, Jeff 1
Madlener, Elaine 1
Manuscript Society (U.S.) 1
Matthews family 1
Medill School of Journalism 1
Medill, Joseph, 1823-1899 1
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 1
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958 1
Mrs. Snyder's Candies 1
National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism (U.S.) 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
O'Brien, Tim 1
Pacific Stars and Stripes 1
Parker, Francis W. (Francis Wayland), 1837-1902 1
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Parsons, Myra Matthews 1
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Provisional United Front Anti-Fascist Committee 1
Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911 1
Random House (Firm) 1
Reid, Michael, 1947- 1
Rew family 1
Rew, Francis E. 1
Roosevelt University 1
Salter, Agnes 1
Salter, George, 1897-1967 1
Schauer, Georg Kurt, 1899-1984 1
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Schneidler, F. H. Ernst 1
Sonnenschein, Hugo 1
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Squires, James D., 1943- 1
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra 1
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Stanton, Barbara Schilling 1
Stanton, Barbara Uttley 1
Stanton, Francis Rew 1
Stanton, Louise Parsons 1
Stanton, William Parsons 1
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 1
Tanev, Vasil 1
Teatro alla Scala 1
Teich family 1
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 1
Thälmann, Ernst, 1886-1944 1
Tomes, James S. 1
Torgler, Ernst, 1893-1963 1
Turow, Scott 1
United States. Department of Justice 1
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation 1
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 1
Viking Press 1
Wille, Lois 1
Wong, Jeanyee, 1920-2017 1
Yale Law School 1
Zelzer, Harry, 1897-1979 1
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