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Jack Mabley papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mabley
Abstract Correspondence with colleagues, congratulatory letters, inter-office memos; works including newspaper clippings, subject files dealing with important stories including the 1968 Democratic Convention, the Richard Cain case, racketeering, police corruption, and vice in Chicago, miscellaneous articles and columns; biographical clippings, publicity, and interviews, and photographs of Mabley himself and with public figures such as Hugh Hefner and Richard Nixon. Mabley was a reporter and columnist...
Dates: 1937-2003

James Constantine Pilling letters

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-727
Abstract

Ethnologist, linguist, and bibliographer James Constantine Pilling's incoming correspondence, 1881-1894, with U.S. and Canadian missionaries, church officials, ethnologists, historians, and others regarding Indian languages, publications in Indian languages, and missionaries to the Indians. 56 items total.

Dates: 1881-1894

James D. and Joseph W. Harris papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-HarrisJ
Abstract

Correspondence from James Duncan Harris and brother Joseph Whipple Harris of Massachusetts and New Hampshire to members of their family, mostly written while they were in military service in the 1860's. Also, a few letters James wrote from Chicago in the 1850's; letters concerning Joseph Harris's death in 1861 while serving in the United States Navy; a few historic family letters and a genealogical pamphlet.

Dates: 1824-1862

James F. Trott letter to Miss C.S. Trott

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-220
Abstract

An 1844 letter from James F. Trott, Galena, Illinois to his sister Miss C.S. Trott of Boston, Massachusetts. In his letter, Mr. Trott describes daily happenings in and around Galena, including lectures, local crime, conversations with various people in town, and the condition of the Mississippi River.

Dates: Feb. 21, 1844

James Henry Twogood papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-folio-Graff-4224
Abstract

Includes manuscript accounts of the early settlement of Boise, Idaho, troubles with the Indians, etc., as well as documents, newspaper clippings, etc.

Dates: 1888-1910

James M. Barker papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Barker
Abstract Correspondence, business records, speeches, personal materials, photographs, and family newsletters of business executive James M. Barker. During his career, Barker was, among other things, banker, vice-president of Sears, Roebuck and Company and president of Allstate Insurance Company whose financial expertise made him a valued advisor in government financial matters and corporate environments. He participated in post World War II era economic missions to Iran and Turkey, and was a close...
Dates: 1825-1975; Majority of material found within 1920-1970

James O'Donnell Bennett papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bennett
Abstract

Letters written to James O'Donnell Bennett while he was a journalist for the Chicago Record-Herald and the Chicago Tribune, primarily in his capacity as literary critic. Also includes inscribed photographs and other materials.

Dates: 1814-1936 ; Majority of material found within 1900-1936

James T. Farrell Centenary Committee Records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Farrell-Centenary
Abstract

Correspondence, planning, publicity, photographs, and event materials from the James T. Farrell Centenary Committee, a group who organized support for the recognition of author James T. Farrell and activities celebrating the 2004 centennial of Farrell’s birth in Chicago.

Dates: 2004-2005

James T. Farrell-Cleo Paturis papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Farrell-Paturis
Abstract Stories, articles, manuscript and photocopy drafts and notes by Farrell; a small collection of Farrell correspondence; miscellaneous material including reviews and appreciations of Farrell’s work; photographs of Farrell, Paturis, friends and occasions; and many audiocassettes of Farrell lectures, speeches and interviews. Paturis material includes several drafts of her unpublished memoir of her life with Farrell, a synopsis of his work, correspondence dating mainly after Farrell’s death in...
Dates: 1909-2006; Majority of material found within 1949-2006

James T. Farrell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-156
Abstract

Seven manuscript items written by author James T. Farrell. Includes two letters to Robert Hardy Andrews, editor of a Chicago literary magazine Midweek; one letter to “Louis”; and four one-page pieces of commentary on his short stories. Also, a large signed photograph of Farrell speaking at the “Mobilization of the International Peace and Freedom Day” in Paris, 1949.

Dates: 1949-1967

James Taylor Graves papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Graves
Abstract Mainly Civil War (1862-1863) and European trip (1867) letters of James Taylor Graves addressed to his widowed mother, his sister Martha Louise Graves, and his brother John Morrison Graves. Graves' Civil War letters, written from Camp Miller at Greenfield, Mass., en route to Louisiana via New York City, and from various places in Louisiana, discuss camp life, ship transport, the treatment of Negroes, Southern guerrillas, skirmishes with Confederate forces, the siege of Port Hudson, and other...
Dates: approximately 1850-1891; Majority of material found within 1862-1867

James Wilkinson letters

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Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-982
Abstract Small collection of correspondence and a few orders written by James Wilkinson, military officer, western land speculator, and governor of Louisiana, between 1792 and 1818. The majority of the letters were written at Fort Washington and Fort Hamilton in Ohio and relate to Indian affairs and military operations in the Northwest Territory during the 1790s. The correspondents include quartermaster general Samuel Hodgdon, Pennsylvania militia officer John Armstrong, and Lieutenant William...
Dates: 1792-1818

Jefferson Columbus Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3057
Abstract

Original journals, correspondence, photographs, engravings, newsclippings, together with some typed copies, documenting the career army officer's tenure as military governor of Alaska, 1867-1870, and his and his wife's tour of Mexico in 1878.

Dates: 1867-1878

Jefferson Davis letter to James C. Derby

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-215
Abstract

A letter to book publisher James C. Derby from Jefferson Davis, dated Febuary 1, 1881. A typed transcription of the letter is also included.

Dates: 1881

Jenny Dufau papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dufau
Abstract

Love letters written during World War I from an Italian in Florence, Italy, to French opera singer Jenny Dufau living in Chicago. Also, brief correspondence concerning Dufau’s passport, a note from a New York opera company, and three photographs of musicians.

Dates: 1913-1917

Jerry Nedwick papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Nedwick
Abstract Jerrold (Jerry) Nedwick (1895?-1966) was a Chicago native who owned and operated Nedwick’s Book Store for over forty years. He married Rhoda Katz in 1925 and wrote to her almost daily during her two extended stays at sanatoriums, one in Winfield, Illinois, the other in Denver, Colorado. Both Jerry and Rhoda were originally from Illinois and active in the Chicago Jewish and literary communities. This collection is mostly his letters to her about his life while she was away, and contains no...
Dates: 1918-1928; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1928

John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Case-MS-E5.D136
Abstract U.S. naval officer and inventor of ordnance, of Philadelphia, Pa. 49 letters, including one from Dahlgren's son Ulric, written to Dahlgren's sister, M.M. Dahlgren; a printed poem "Lines suggested by the death of one of the bravest men this war has brought into the service Colonel Ulric Dahlgren."; and mounted newspaper clippings relating to the circumstances of Ulric's death in a raid planned by him, in concert with General Kilpatrick, to release the Union prisoners at Libby Prison and Belle...
Dates: 1858-1870

John Alden Carpenter Letters to Remsen Bird

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-164
Abstract

Six letters to friend Remsen Bird and his wife mostly regarding Carpenter’s “Carmel Concerto”. Also, a review of the concerto from the Monterey Peninsula Herald, Nov. 21, 1949.

Dates: 1947-1950

John Alden Carpenter papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Carpenter
Abstract

Correspondence, mostly incoming, to American composer John Alden Carpenter, wife Rue W. Carpenter and daughter Genevieve; also material relating to Carpenter’s works; a miscellany of personal records; and a collection of photographs, many of them of well-known musicians.

Dates: 1890-1964; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1950

John Bearss Newcomb papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Newcomb
Abstract

Correspondence and personal material of John Bearss (also spelled Bearse) Newcomb, Elgin, Illinois schoolmaster and businessman. Also extensive genealogical records of the Newcomb Family, daybooks and miscellaneous legal and business items. Historical items relating to the town of Elgin, Illinois in the 19th century and some Civil War records.

Dates: 1737-1896; Majority of material found within 1837-1896

John Blew collection on Wright Howes, Zoe Howes, and U.S.IANA

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blew
Abstract

Correspondence, genealogical research, photographs, interviews, writings, and other materials related to the lives and careers of Wright and Zoe Howes, their families, and Wright Howes' bibliographical work U.S.IANA. Materials were compiled by John Blew, a Chicago lawyer and book collector who became interested in the life of Wright Howes through his use of Howes' U.S.IANA.

Dates: 1790s-2012; Majority of material found within 1870-1999

John C. Fleming Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fleming
Abstract

Civil War letters of John C. Fleming, 1862-1865, Chicago enlistee in the Chicago Board of Trade Battery, Horse Artillery, Illinois Volunteers; small collection of Fleming family mementos and letters, 1863-1906, bulk 1900-1906.

Dates: 1862-1906

John C. Newkirk papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ruggles-482
Abstract

Legal, financial, and social correspondence written to John C. Newkirk concerning the development of Joliet, Illinois. The bulk of the correspondence centers upon the business relationship between Newkirk and his law partner, John M. Wilson, both of whom had invested in Joliet prospects prior to the Panic of 1837.

Dates: 1839-1856

John Carter calligraphic letters

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Cart
Abstract

Letters, postcards and related materials collected as examples of the handwriting of calligraphers among John Carter's friends, including Sydney Cockerell, Alfred Fairbank, E.A. Lowe, Francis Meynell, Paul Standard, Janet Stone, Irene Wellington, Aubrey West. Also included are a few letters by historical figures, i.e. May Morris, A.J.A. Symons, and C.J. Turner.

Dates: 1946-1971

John D. Beach Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Beach
Abstract

Correspondence from Pvt. Beach of the 55th Illinois Infantry, Company G, to his mother describing everyday camp life in La Grange and Memphis, Tenn., Washington, D.C., and Big Shanty [now Kennesaw], Ga.

Dates: 1862-1865

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Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 6
Poets, American -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 6
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Women poets, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 6
World War, 1939-1945 6
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Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources 5
Art museums -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
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Ballet dancers 4
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Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 31
United States. Army 19
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 12
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 12
Art Institute of Chicago 8
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Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 8
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 8
Newberry Library 8
Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library) 7
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 7
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 7
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 7
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 7
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 6
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 6
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 6
Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969 6
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 6
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 6
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 6
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 6
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 6
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 6
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 6
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 6
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 6
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 5
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 5
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 5
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 5
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 5
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 5
Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 5
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 5
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 5
Henley, David, 1749-1823 5
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 5
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 5
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 5
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 5
Ade, George, 1866-1944 4
American Red Cross 4
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 4
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 4
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 4
Charles H. Kerr Company 4
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 4
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 4
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 4
Industrial Workers of the World 4
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 4
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 4
Rand McNally and Company 4
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 4
Shaw family 4
Society of Typographic Arts (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Stock, Frederick, 1872-1942 4
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933 4
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 4
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 4
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 4
American National Red Cross 3
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 3
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 3
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 3
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 3
Borroff, Edith, 1925-2019 3
Carpenter, Rue Winterbotham, -1931 3
Chicago Historical Society 3
Chicago Sun-Times 3
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 3
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 3
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 3
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962 3
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 3
Cooper, Oswald Bruce, 1879-1940 3
DaBoll, Raymond F. 3
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951 3
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 3
Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956 3
Fairbank, Alfred J. 3
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 3
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 3
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 3
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 3
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 3
Head, Cloyd 3
Johnson, William, 1715-1774 3
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 3
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 3
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 3
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 3
Limited Editions Club 3
Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 3
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950 3
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 3
Newberry Library. John M. Wing Foundation 3
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