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Allen Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Allen
Abstract Courtship letters of lawyer and Wisconsin statesman Gideon W. Allen and his future wife Annie Cox during the years of 1863-1865 in which they discuss current their political and religious beliefs, Allen's travels throughout Wisconsin while looking for work, and Cox's life as a woman in Madison, Wisconsin. Also an unfinished biography of renowned botanist Ruth F. Allen by Mabel Nebel, incoming correspondence of Ruth F. Allen, and other family correspondence, photographs, and personal...
Dates: 1862-1964

Alma Schmidt Petersen papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Petersen
Abstract Correspondence of Alma Schmidt Petersen of Chicago to her parents (Emma Seipp Schmidt and Dr. Otto L. Schmidt) while on tours of European, Canadian and American spas and vacation sites, and at Mt. Vernon Seminary, 1913-1914. Also letters from various Seipp family members in Germany in 1914, and from a German soldier-admirer, 1914-1915. Topics include attitudes toward the impending war in Europe, the treatment of chronic illness, and the school and vacation experiences of a well-off young...
Dates: 1909-1988; Majority of material found within 1911-1985

Ann Barzel papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Barzel
Abstract

Correspondence, works, photographs, and personal and biographical material by Chicago dance critic and historian Ann Barzel.

Dates: 1912-2005

Anne Siewers Coyne papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Coyne
Abstract Papers (correspondence, photographs, poems, clippings, programs, and other materials) of Anne Siewers Coyne, who began working at 14 at Ralph G. Newman's Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. There she met, became friends with, and corresponded with Nelson Algren. In 1957 and 1958 she initiated Loyola University Chicago's David B. Steinman Visiting Poets series, corresponding with poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Marianne Moore, and Dame Edith Sitwell. The papers also include materials related to her...
Dates: 1943-1999; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1969

Arthur Meeker, Jr. Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Meeker
Abstract

Correspondence, personal materials, works, and photographs of Chicago author Arthur Meeker, Jr.

Dates: approximately 1850-1972; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1945

Ashton Stevens Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stevens
Abstract

The papers of San Francisco and Chicago journalist and drama critic Ashton Stevens contain correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues from the entertainment world; works including newspaper clippings, playscripts, articles, and interviews; personal materials including biographical information, memorabilia, and materials pertaining to the banjo; photographs of actors, actresses, family, friends and colleagues; artworks and audio recordings; and a small number of artifacts.

Dates: approximately 1850-1952; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1940

Bernard J. Brommel-Eugene V. Debs papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Brommel-Debs
Abstract

Research material and works of Eugene V. Debs biographer Bernard J. Brommel, including correspondence, notes, photocopies, photographs, pamphlets, newsclippings, and memorabilia. Also letters and personal materials of Grace Laird, a teacher with whom Brommel retained a long time correspondence.

Dates: 1886-2003

Brown family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Brown Family
Abstract Correspondence, writings, newspaper clippings, numerous group and portrait photographs, a scrapbook, travel and souvenir items and snapshots, relating to sisters Grace and Genevieve Brown, musicians who were members of three American all-girl bands between 1923 and 1932. A large part of the collection consists of photographs of the bands and the performers: Harry Waiman and the Debutantes, the Parisian Red Heads and the Ingenues, as well as numerous small travel photographs Also a small...
Dates: 1918-1972; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1932

Burt family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Burt
Abstract

Letters, photographs, diaries, writings, and scrapbooks centering around Edith Fleming Burt, building engineer Henry Jackson Burt, and their daughter, singer Helen Burt Potteiger.

Dates: 1890-1951

C. Frederick Kittle collection of Doyleana

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Identifier: VAULT-Modern-MS-Kittle-Doyle
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and artwork of and relating to Arthur Conan Doyle and his family, forming a small part of the C. Frederick Kittle Collection of Doyleana, most of which is individually cataloged. Includes 140 letters, notes and cards written by Arthur Conan Doyle, 12 letters to him, and 57 other letters, some by Doyle family members and others retained by C. Frederick Kittle (mostly regarding his collecting of Doyle materials). Also artwork by Doyle’s father, grandfather and...
Dates: 1836-2000

Carroll Binder papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Binder
Abstract

Correspondence, writing, personal and family materials, and photographs of newspaper editor and foreign correspondent Carroll Binder.

Dates: 1910-1984; Majority of material found within 1920-1955

Charles H. Dennis papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dennis
Abstract

Correspondence and miscellaneous items relating to Charles H. Dennis, managing editor of the Chicago Daily News.

Dates: 1868-1942; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1929

Chauncey McCormick papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-McCormick
Abstract Letters, clippings, photographs, and mementos of Chicago businessman and philanthropist Chauncey McCormick. He was the nephew of Cyrus McCormick, founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company which became part of International Harvester Company, and was president of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1944-1954. Correspondence concerns business, civic, philanthropic, religious, and political activities. Also contains speeches and writings, including those for the Art Institute, child...
Dates: 1887-1955

Clay Judson Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, photographs and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer Clay Judson.

Dates: 1800-1966

Clay Judson Papers - Additions

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC2
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer and civic leader, Clay Judson, including correspondence, mostly with family members; travel narratives of camping trips taken by Judson and his friends, chiefly in Wisconsin and Minnesota; materials relating to Judson’s experiences with the A.E.F. in World War I; and photographs of Judson and his family members, among which is an album of snapshots made while his father was stationed in Panama during the construction of the Gatun...
Dates: 1839-1960; Majority of material found within 1905 - 1926

Dankmar Adler papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Adler
Abstract Correspondence, autobiography, writings, articles, genealogy, books, clippings, photographs, and pictures relating to Dankmar Adler, Chicago architect, acoustician, and partner of Louis Sullivan in the Adler and Sullivan architectural firm. Also other family and research materials accumulated by Joan W. Saltzstein, Adler's granddaughter, for her study of Adler and his numerous architectural projects, including the Auditorium Theater, Stock Exchange Building, Garrick Theater Building, and the...
Dates: 1857-1984

Edward Price Bell papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bell
Abstract

Correspondence, works, and other items related to Edward Price Bell's career as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News and roving correspondent for the Literary Digest.

Dates: 1886-1951; Majority of material found within 1900-1942

Edwards family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Edwards
Abstract

Letters, documents, photographs, and printed ephemera centering on John C. Edwards and Lydia Martin Edwards, and their immediate families, both of whom settled near Chicago in the 1840s.

Dates: 1800-1982; Majority of material found within 1847-1908

Endicott Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Endicott
Abstract

Correspondence, photographs, and other miscellaneous material pertaining to the Endicott family and relatives of the Redden, Castle, and Smith families. These families lived primarily in the towns of Greenville, Stubblefield, and Villa Ridge, Pulaski County, Illinois. Topics discussed in the correspondence include marriage, domestic life, illness, and religion. Miscellaneous items include an account book, a paper written about dairy farming, and calling and greeting cards.

Dates: 1868-1986

Eugene E. Prussing Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Prussing
Abstract

Manuscript autobiography and related notes by Eugene E. Prussing (interleaved with photographs and clippings). Also clippings and letters relating to Prussing’s two books on George Washington, genealogical information about the Peltzer family, and a biography of father Ernst Prussing.

Dates: 1928-1980

Fairbank-Graham Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fairbank-Graham
Abstract Correspondence, personal and business materials, documents, diaries, writings, photographs, and maps of the Fairbank and Graham families. These families were connected by the marriage of Nathaniel Kellogg Fairbank, a prominent Chicago businessman, and Helen Beeckman Graham, daughter of East Coast industrialist John Andrew Graham. Collection also includes materials of the Carpenter family, through the marriage of Helen Fairbank and Benjamin Carpenter, and three generations of the Nathan S....
Dates: 1775-1980; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1920

Fanny Butcher papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Butcher
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the life and work of Chicago literary critic and author, Fanny Butcher.

Dates: 1830-1984; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1984

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

Harris-MacLean family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harris-MacLean
Abstract Letters, diaries, photographs, daybooks, ledgers, writings, genealogical material, and memorabilia detailing the life and travels of several wealthy Chicago families, mainly during the first three decades of the 20th century. The Harris family side is Norman Wait Harris, founder of the Harris Bank of Chicago, and his wife, Emma Gale Harris from New Hampshire, and their parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren. Other major related families represented include Gale, Bent, Lane, and...
Dates: 1784-1980; Majority of material found within 1880-1940

Harry Hansen papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hansen
Abstract

Correspondence, subject files, photographs and artwork of newspaper writer and editor Harry Hansen.

Dates: 1900-1974

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Photographs -- 1901-1950 53
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 46
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 38
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 31
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Photographs -- 1851-1900 29
Manuscripts, American 13
Clippings -- 1901-1950 11
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
Clippings -- 1951-2000 7
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 6
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 6
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 5
Diaries -- 1901-1950 5
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 5
Clippings -- 1851-1900 4
Diaries -- 1851-1900 4
Parent and child -- Correspondence 4
World War, 1914-1918 4
Authors, American -- 20th century 3
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 3
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 3
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 3
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 3
Poems -- 1901-1950 3
Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 3
Syndicates (Journalism) -- United States 3
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 2
Authors, American 2
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 2
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 2
Chicago (Ill.) 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 2
Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Composers 2
Critics 2
Critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Diaries 2
Engineers -- United States 2
Families -- Illinois 2
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 2
Fathers and sons -- Correspondence 2
Foreign correspondents 2
Foreign correspondents -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Foreign news 2
Genealogical correspondence 2
Genealogies (histories) 2
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 2
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 2
Journalists 2
Mothers and sons -- Correspondence 2
Newspaper publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Novelists 2
Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Phonograph records -- 1901-1950 2
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Photographs -- 2001-2050 2
Poems -- 1951-2000 2
Poets -- 20th century 2
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Sisters -- Correspondence 2
Socialites -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Spanish-American War, 1898 2
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century 2
Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Photographs 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements 2
20th century music -- History 1
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Actors -- Correspondence 1
Actors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century 1
Actors -- Portraits 1
Actors -- United States -- 20th century 1
Actors and actresses -- Portraits 1
Adopted children -- Wisconsin 1
Adultery -- United States 1
Advertising -- Printing machinery and supplies 1
Advertising executives -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Airplanes, Military -- Armament -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Alcoholics 1
All-Girl Bands 1
Amateur arts 1
Ambrotypes 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Anthologies -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Anti-imperialist movements -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography 1
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
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Architecture -- Middle West 1
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Language
French 3
German 2
Swedish 1
 
Names
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 4
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 4
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 4
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 4
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 4
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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 4
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 3
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 3
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 3
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 3
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 3
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 3
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 3
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 3
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 3
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 3
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 3
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 3
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 3
Ade, George, 1866-1944 2
America First Committee 2
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 2
Art Institute of Chicago 2
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 2
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 2
Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913 2
Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954 2
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 2
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 2
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 2
Gillette, William, 1853-1937 2
Green, Abel, 1900-1973 2
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 2
Hearst Corporation 2
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 2
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 2
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 2
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 2
Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984 2
Knox, Frank, 1874-1944 2
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 2
Markey, Gene, 1895-1980 2
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 2
Meeker, Arthur, 1902-1971 2
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 2
O'Flaherty, Hal, 1890- 2
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 2
Santayana, George, 1863-1952 2
Stevens, Ashton 2
Stevens, Georgie Cooper, 1904-1975 2
Strong, Walter Ansel, 1883-1931 2
Tate, Allen, 1899-1979 2
Taylor, Graham, 1851-1938 2
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 2
Wyatt, Edith, 1873-1958 2
Yaddo (Artists' colony) 2
A.W. Wall Ltd. 1
Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop 1
Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960 1
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 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
Allen, Annie Cox, 1840-1895 1
Allen, Gideon W., 1835-1912 1
Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925 1
Allen, Ruth F., 1879-1963 1
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company 1
Allstate Insurance Company 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 Medical Association 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 Tract Society 1
American Writers' Congress 1
Anderson, Melville Best, 1851-1933 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
Athenaeum of Philadelphia 1
Babb, Sanora 1
Bahá'i Temple (Wilmette, Ill.) 1
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