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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 Bunch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bunch
Abstract

Mostly photographs of Chicagoan Alma Bunch and her family and friends, plus a small amount of memorabilia retained by Bunch. Also genealogical correspondence regarding the name "Bunch," written in the 1950s.

Dates: 1890-1985

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

Augustine J. Bowe papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bowe
Abstract

Correspondence, family and personal materials, works, photographs, and audiovisual materials of Chicago judge and poet Augustine J. Bowe.

Dates: approximately 1890-1966; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1966

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

Bruce Rogers Papers

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rogers
Abstract

Correspondence, a few works, and miscellaneous items relating to Bruce Rogers, an American typographer and designer of books.

Dates: 1902-1951

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

Catherine Eddy Beveridge papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Beveridge
Abstract

Correspondence, papers, and diary of Catherine Eddy Beveridge, and also correspondence, papers, photographs and genealogical information collected by Catherine Eddy Beveridge related to her family.

Dates: 1703-2004; Majority of material found within 1870-1910

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 Eagle Brown family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Brown
Abstract

Materials pertaining to the family of Chicago banker Edward Eagle Brown, primarily of Brown's father Edward Osgood Brown, great grandfather William Brown, and descendants in the Ipswich and Salem Massachusetts areas.

Dates: 1749-1955; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1900

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

Emily Elliot Daland Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-155
Abstract

Mainly letters from Emily Elliot Daland of Massachusetts to Helen Gerard in Florence, Italy, with a few to Gerard’s daughter Pauline, for whom Daland was acting as guardian of her small estate. Topics in letters include World War I shortages and hardships, the influenza epidemic, Hoover’s presidency, Prohibition, and the Great Depression. Also, three letters from Helen Gerard, a clipping, and a small collection of family snapshots.

Dates: 1916-1933

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

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 59
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 53
Photographs -- 1851-1900 47
Photographs -- 1951-2000 43
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 39
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Correspondence -- 1851-1900 30
Manuscripts, American 20
Clippings -- 1901-1950 12
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
Clippings -- 1951-2000 8
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 8
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 7
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 7
Diaries -- 1901-1950 6
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 6
Parent and child -- Correspondence 6
World War, 1914-1918 6
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 5
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 4
Clippings -- 1851-1900 4
Correspondence -- United States -- 1901-1950 4
Diaries -- 1851-1900 4
Europe -- Description and travel 4
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 4
Poems -- 1901-1950 4
Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 4
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 4
Syndicates (Journalism) -- United States 4
Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 3
Authors, American -- 20th century 3
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 3
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 3
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 3
Chicago (Ill.) 3
Diaries 3
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1951-2000 3
Families -- Illinois 3
Foreign correspondents 3
Foreign news 3
Genealogies (histories) 3
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 3
Illinois -- Genealogy 3
Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 3
Musicians -- Correspondence 3
Newspaper publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 3
Photograph albums 3
Photographs -- 2001-2050 3
Reporters and reporting 3
Sisters -- Correspondence 3
Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 3
Spanish-American War, 1898 3
Tintypes (prints) 3
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Art museums -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Authors, American 2
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 2
Clippings -- 2001-2050 2
Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Composers 2
Correspondence 2
Correspondence -- 2001-2050 2
Correspondence -- United States -- 1851-1900 2
Courtship -- Correspondence 2
Critics 2
Critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 2
Engineers -- United States 2
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 2
Families -- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 2
Families -- Massachusetts 2
Families -- Middle West -- History -- Sources 2
Female friendship -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 2
Foreign correspondents -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Genealogical correspondence 2
Genealogy -- Massachusetts 2
Journalists 2
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 2
Middle West -- Description and travel 2
Mothers and daughters -- Correspondence 2
Mothers and daughters -- Illinois -- Correspondence 2
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Mothers and sons -- Correspondence 2
Musicians -- Portraits 2
News agencies 2
Newspapers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 2
Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. -- Reviews 2
Novelists 2
Philanthropists -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Philanthropists -- United States 2
Phonograph records -- 1901-1950 2
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 2
Photographs -- 1801-1850 2
Poems -- 1951-2000 2
Poetry -- 1901-1950 2
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Language
French 4
German 2
Swedish 1
 
Names
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 5
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 5
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 5
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 4
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 4
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Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 4
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 4
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 4
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 4
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 4
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 3
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 3
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 3
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 3
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 3
Newberry Library 3
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 3
Ade, George, 1866-1944 2
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 2
America First Committee 2
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 2
Art Institute of Chicago 2
Associated Press 2
Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913 2
Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954 2
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 2
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 2
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 2
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 2
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 2
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 2
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 2
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 2
Dillon, George, 1906-1968 2
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 2
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 2
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 2
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 2
Gillette, William, 1853-1937 2
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947 2
Green, Abel, 1900-1973 2
Hearst Corporation 2
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 2
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 2
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 2
Johnson family 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
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 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
Meeker, Arthur, 1902-1971 2
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 2
Noyes, Frank B. (Frank Brett), 1863-1948 2
O'Flaherty, Hal, 1890- 2
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 2
Rodzinski, Artur, 1892-1958 2
Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957 2
Santayana, George, 1863-1952 2
Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942 2
Stevens, Ashton 2
Stevens, Georgie Cooper, 1904-1975 2
Stone, Melville Elijah, 1848-1929 2
Strong, Walter Ansel, 1883-1931 2
Szell, George, 1897-1970 2
Tate, Allen, 1899-1979 2
Taylor, Graham, 1851-1938 2
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933 2
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 2
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 2
Winterbotham family 2
Wyatt, Edith, 1873-1958 2
Yaddo (Artists' colony) 2
A.W. Wall Ltd. 1
Abelson, Hope, 1910-2006 1
Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop 1
Adams, F. A. 1
Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960 1
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation 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
Aldis, Mary, 1872-1949 1
Allen, Annie Cox, 1840-1895 1
Allen, Gideon W., 1835-1912 1
Allen, Ruth F., 1879-1963 1
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company 1
Allstate Insurance Company 1
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