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Charles L. Hutchinson Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hutchinson
Abstract Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks and miscellany related to Charles L. Hutchinson, Chicago financier, trustee, and philanthropist, particularly regarding Hutchinson’s relationship with the Art Institute of Chicago. Correspondence is solely incoming, mostly to Hutchinson, but also to Mrs. Hutchinson and a few others. Group of writings consists of speeches and diary notebooks. The several scrapbooks hold numerous receipts of art purchases, articles, clippings, a few letters and notes. The...
Dates: 1868-1934

Edward A. Barnes papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-BarnesE
Abstract

Diaries, poetry, music and program and newspaper clippings written by Edward A. Barnes, a Chicago-based religious and temperance songwriter. The diaries pertain to Barnes’s songwriting career, his religious beliefs, and his relationship with his sisters, Lillie and Della.

Dates: 1865-1893

Francis Fisher Browne papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Browne
Abstract

Correspondence, literary manuscripts, memorabilia, clippings, photos and material relating to Francis Fisher Browne and the publication of several Chicago literary periodicals, primarily The Dial, of which Francis Fisher Browne was the founder and editor, 1880-1913.

Dates: approximately 1860-1949; Majority of material found within 1873 - 1915

Frederic Grant Gleason papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Gleason
Abstract Composer, musician, music critic for the Chicago Tribune (1887-1891) and other newspapers, and director of Chicago Auditorium concerts. Papers include correspondence, diaries, sketch books, scrapbooks, programs, clippings, literary manuscripts, photographs, and other memorabilia, providing a valuable portrait of Chicago's late-19th-century musical world. Correspondents include Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Mahler, Jules Massenet, Johann Strauss, Giuseppe...
Dates: 1852-1908

Joseph Kirkland Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kirkland
Abstract

Correspondence, mainly written by Chicago lawyer and author Joseph Kirkland to and from members of his family, and copies of letters he wrote to Hamlin Garland. Also, a few of Kirkland's works, and some miscellaneous material including biographical, genealogical and social information regarding Kirkland, his family and his literary career.

Dates: 1842-1939

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Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 2
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 2
American Federation of Arts 1
Anderson, Melville Best, 1851-1933 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
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Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.). Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art 1
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 1
Bacon, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1856-1940 1
Barnes family 1
Barnes, Edward A., 1842- 1
Beach, Amy, 1867-1944 1
Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie, 1863-1927 1
Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935 1
Browne's Bookstore 1
Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913 1
Browne, Herbert S. 1
Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954 1
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912 1
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 1
Butler, Edward Burgess, 1853-1928 1
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 1
Chap-book 1
Dial (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 1
Fay, Charles Norman, 1848- 1
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881 1
Floersheim, Otto, 1853-1917 1
Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924 1
Garrison, William Lloyd, Jr., 1838-1909 1
Gleason, Frederic Grant, 1848-1903 1
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893 1
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 1
Gunsaulus, Frank W. (Frank Wakeley), 1856-1921 1
Hale, Edward Everett, Jr., 1863-1932 1
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 1
Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910 1
Hutchinson, Benjamin P. 1
Hutchinson, Charles Lawrence, 1854-1924 1
Hutchinson, Frances Kinsley, 1857-1936 1
Illinois Music Teachers Association 1
Kirkland family 1
Kirkland, Joseph, 1830-1894 1
Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928 1
MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908 1
Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911 1
Manuscript Society (U.S.) 1
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912 1
Muir, John, 1838-1914 1
Music Teachers National Association 1
Ranger, Henry Ward, 1858-1916 1
Root, John Wellborn, 1850-1891 1
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921 1
Schmedtgen, William, 1862-1936 1
Sioussat, St. George L. (St. George Leakin), 1878-1960 1
Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899 1
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 1
The Lakeside monthly 1
Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905 1
Universalist Church of America 1
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 1
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 1
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 1
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