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Ernest A. Griffin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Griffin Family
Abstract

Papers of family historian Ernest A. Griffin, proprietor of the Griffin Funeral Home on Chicago's south side, including family documents, photographs, audio/visual material, genealogical notes, and materials relating to the history of Camp Douglas (on which the funeral home stood) and Charles H. Griffin who served in a colored regiment during the Civil War. Also includes documentation of the funerals of prominent African Americans.

Dates: 1862-2007; Majority of material found within 1910-1995

Frances Wells Shaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-ShawF
Abstract

Papers of Frances Wells Shaw of Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois, wife of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Bulk consists of material related to the frequent domestic and international travels of Frances Shaw during the first half of the 20th century. Includes her diaries, travel materials and memorabilia, and photographs. Also includes correspondence to and from Frances Shaw and her daughters, plus the diaries of her brother-in-law, Charles T. Atkinson.

Dates: 1866-1976; Majority of material found within 1925-1937

Goodman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman Family
Abstract

Papers, letters, photograph albums, cards, genealogical materials, diaries, and travel memorabilia from the family of Marjorie Sawyer Goodman Graff, daughter of playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, and her mother, Marjorie Robbins Hopkins.

Dates: 1795-2003; Majority of material found within 1880-1995

Harris-MacLean family papers

 Collection
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

Harvey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harvey
Abstract

Collection of letters, photographs, diaries, writings, business records, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago native and longtime Rand McNally employee Bennet B. Harvey, his wife Dorothy Wegener Harvey, their son Bennet B. Harvey, Jr., and their ancestors, many of whom were early Chicago settlers and involved in the development of the city. Families represented include Botsford, Chapin, Fisk, Gehrke, Harvey, and Wegener.

Dates: 1800-2007; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1984

Marsh-Roberts-Mack Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-MarshRM
Abstract Papers of the Marsh, Roberts, and Mack families, many members of whom were wealthy Chicago residents. Materials include correspondence, travel and personal diaries, business, property, and estate documents, genealogical materials, photographs, and other personal ephemera. Also contains materials from related families including letters and estate litigation of early Chicago pioneer Daniel Elston, who was related to the Marsh family via the marriage of Sarah Clark to George B. Marsh, as well...
Dates: 1706-1984; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1950

Wacker family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wacker
Abstract

Papers of Chicago Plan Commission head, Charles H. Wacker, his immediate family, and the family of his daughter, Rosalie Wacker Zimmerman. Includes correspondence, photographs, artifacts, keepsakes, films, and scrapbooks spanning five generations.

Dates: 1812-2002; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1970

Winterbotham-French family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-French
Abstract Correspondence, personal materials, diaries, financial and estate documents, genealogical research, and photographs of the Winterbotham and French families who were united by the marriage of John R. Winterbotham III and Chloe T. French. Papers include correspondence pertaining to Chloe Tyler French's work at Mathieson Alkali Works, courtship letters between Seth B. French and Mary Tyler Duffy, and letters and photographs of Hilah French, an aunt of Chloe Tyler French, who served at a Red...
Dates: 1850-2005; Majority of material found within 1900-1950

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 5
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 5
Photographs -- 1851-1900 4
Photographs -- 1901-1950 4
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Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 3
Upper class families -- Family relationships 3
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 2
Correspondence 2
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 2
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 2
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Illinois -- Genealogy 2
Lake Geneva (Wis.) 2
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Moving images 2
Photograph albums 2
Photograph albums -- 1851-1900 2
Photographs 2
Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
Scrapbooks 2
African American business enterprises -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
African American families -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
African American families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- History 1
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Autochromes (photographs) 1
Autograph albums 1
Autographs -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Automobile travel -- Europe 1
Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Business records -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Business records -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Business records -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Calligraphy (visual works) 1
Camp Douglas (Ill.) 1
Canada -- Guidebooks 1
Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Commerce -- 20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875 1
Children's books -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Claims against decedents' estates 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Courtship -- Correspondence 1
Cruise ships -- Guidebooks 1
Cuba -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1801-1850 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries 1
Diaries -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1951-2000 1
Diaries -- New York (N.Y.) 1
Divorce 1
Drawings (visual works) 1
Drawings (visual works) -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 1
East Asia -- Guidebooks 1
Egypt -- Description and travel -- 20th century 1
Embalming 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Europe -- Guidebooks 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Families -- Iowa -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- New Hampshire -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- History 1
Family records 1
Family trusts -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Family-owned business enterprises -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century 1
Florida -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Funeral homes 1
Funeral homes -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century 1
Genealogies (histories) 1
Genealogy 1
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Heyerdahl, Thor. Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen. English. 1
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Japan -- Description and travel -- 20th century 1
Japan -- Guidebooks 1
Lake Forest (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs 1
Lake Forest (Ill.) -- History 1
Logbooks 1
Long Island (N.Y.) 1
Love-letters 1
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American Red Cross 1
Atkinson, Charles Thomas, 1864-1943 1
Atkinson, Martha Wells, approximately 1868-1935 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
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Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Botsford family 1
Chicago Plan Commission 1
Civil War Round Table (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Clark, Robert R., 1834-1907 1
Commercial Club of Chicago 1
Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1886-1970 1
Dewey, Ken 1
Eleanor Association 1
Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975 1
Elston, Daniel, 1790-1855 1
Fisk family 1
French family 1
Gales family 1
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Goodman family 1
Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer, 1883-1918 1
Graff, Marjorie Sawyer Goodman, 1914-2009 1
Griffin Funeral Home (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Griffin family 1
Griffin, Ernest A., 1912-1995 1
Griffin-O'Neal, E. Dawn 1
Harris N.A. 1
Harris Trust and Savings Bank 1
Harris family 1
Harris, Emma Susan Gale 1
Harris, Muriel Bent 1
Harris, Norman Wait, 1846-1916 1
Harris, Stanley Gale 1
Harvey family 1
Harvey, Bennet B. (Bennet Botsford), 1903-1998 1
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978 1
Heyerdahl, Thor 1
Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) 1
Illinois. Constitutional Convention (1969-1970) 1
J. H. Winterbotham & Sons 1
Jones, Mary Alice, 1898-1980 1
King, Frances Theodora 1
Kirkland, Wallace 1
Lane family 1
Lane, Clayton, 1895- 1
Lane, Dorothy Bent 1
Latin School of Chicago 1
Lawrence, Robert H., 1935-1967 1
MacLean, Annie Marion 1
MacLean, M. H. (Murdoch Haddon), 1872-1954 1
MacLean, Pearl Emma Harris 1
Mack family 1
Mack, Katherine Eleanor Roberts, 1910-1999 1
Marsh family 1
Marsh, Bertha S., 1860-1945 1
Marsh, Marshall S., 1856-1925 1
Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc. 1
McCutcheon, Evelyn Shaw 1
McLean family 1
Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980 1
Rand McNally and Company 1
Roberts family 1
Roberts, George R., 1885- 1
Roberts, Katherine Marsh, 1885-1932 1
Shaw family 1
Shaw, Frances Wells, 1872-1937 1
Union Central Life Insurance Company 1
United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 28th (1861-1866) 1
Wacker family 1
Wacker, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1856-1929 1
Wagner family 1
Wellesley College 1
Winterbotham family 1
Winterbotham, Chloe T., 1922-2012 1
Winterbotham, J. H. 1
Winterbotham, John R., 1919-1995 1
Yale University 1
Zimmerman family 1
Zimmerman, Rosalie Wacker 1
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