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Adeline Lobdell Atwater papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Atwater
Abstract

Literary works of Adeline L. Atwater Pynchon, author, art dealer and collector. Also, a 1941 brochure for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and a photograph of Atwater’s parents.

Dates: approximately 1932-1956

Alice Judson Ryerson Hayes papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-HayesA
Abstract Daily journals, travel journals, sketchbooks, writings, and other papers of Chicago writer Alice Judson Ryerson Hayes, who founded and ran Ragdale, a retreat for writers, musicians, and artists, at her family's Lake Forest estate designed by her grandfather, Howard Van Doren Shaw. Dating from 1934-2001, Hayes' journals contain extensive reflections on motherhood, marriage, writing, and a host of other topics, as well as her own creative work. They document an independent woman entering...
Dates: 1934-2006

Chicago Reader artwork collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago Reader A
Abstract

Original works by various artists commissioned for the Chicago Reader alternative weekly newspaper.

Dates: 1973-2005

John Doctoroff papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Doctoroff
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, exhibition programs, and prints relating to Chicago-based portrait artist John Doctoroff.

Dates: 1924-1967

John M. Wing Foundation printing ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Ephemera-File
Abstract

Printed ephemera from a variety of companies, organizations, and individuals, mostly concerned with printing, publishing, graphic design, and related book arts. Geographic coverage includes North America, Great Britain, Europe and East Asia.

Dates: approximately 1750-ongoing; Majority of material found within 1900-1999

Marcia Danits papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Danits
Abstract

Courtroom sketches by Marcia Danits, a Chicago artist who worked for WBBM-TV among other news outlets. Also includes non-courtroom artworks in pen, pencil, and different types of paint. Courtroom sketches span from 1969 to the mid-2010s.

Dates: 1969-mid 2010s

Mark Turbyfill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Turbyfill
Abstract

Material relating to the life and career of dancer, poet and painter Mark Turbyfill, including three copies of his unpublished autobiography and many copies of published and unpublished poems. Also, articles and reviews by and about Turbyfill, a few pieces of correspondence, clippings, dance programs, photographs, a cassette tape of him reading, and a published genealogy of the Turbyfill family.

Dates: 1911-1985

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

Vytautas Virkau Papers

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Virkau
Abstract

Consists mainly of correspondence, exhibition materials, ex libris examples, and periodicals relating to bookplates.

Dates: approximately 1966-approximately 2003; Majority of material found within 1975-1993

Walter Krawiec political cartoons

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-201
Abstract

Five political cartoons by artist Walter Krawiec that were most likely meant for publication in the Chicago Polish Daily News.

Dates: approximately 1950-1960s

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Anshe Emet Synagogue (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Backderf, Derf, 1959- 1
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Bank, Marji 1
Beck, Bruce, 1916-2009 1
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Berman, Jennifer, 1961- 1
Bibliotheca Wittockiana 1
Blagojevich, Rod R., 1956- 1
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 1
Booklyn Artists Alliance 1
Branstrom, William J. 1
Bremer Presse 1
Brighton Press 1
Brooks, M. K. 1
Brown, Edward E. (Edward Eagle), 1885-1959 1
Brunetti, Ivan 1
Budd, Ralph, 1879-1962 1
Burge, Jon (Jon Graham) (1947-12-20-2018-09) 1
Butterworth Center (Moline, Ill.) 1
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Centro del bel libro (Ascona, Switzerland) 1
Challenge Machinery Company 1
Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. 1
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Drake Hotel 1
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Dutton, Mary L. 1
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Engelhard, Benjamin M., 1868-1948 1
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Federal Life Insurance Company (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Figler, John 1
Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976 1
Fisher, Mark S. 1
Flynn, Jim 1
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Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 1
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Garfinkle, Henry, 1903-1983 1
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Hertzberg, Tom 1
Hirschberg, Abram, 1876-1950 1
Hollywood Beach Hotel (Hollywood, Fla.) 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
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Hotel Belvedere (Baltimore, Md.) 1
Idaho Center for the Book 1
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