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Blatchford family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blatchford
Abstract Extensive collection of letters, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, writings, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago lead manufacturer, Newberry Library founding trustee, and Christian social activist Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford, his wife Mary Williams Blatchford, their parents and grandparents, and the families of their children, especially son Paul Blatchford, but also daughter Amy Blatchford Bliss. Families represented most heavily include Blatchford, Williams, Bliss,...
Dates: 1777-1987; Majority of material found within 1839-1965

Doris Humphrey Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Humphrey-Society
Abstract

Records of the Doris Humphrey Society, a cultural non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of dance and dance theory. Includes administrative and promotional files for the Society from the 1980s to late 2000s. Collection also includes photographs, audiovisual, biographical, and promotional materials of Doris Humphrey and her dance career, with personal photographs of her childhood and family. Also includes a small number of materials from the MOMENTA dance company.

Dates: 1870-2011; Majority of material found within 1920-1997

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

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Ambrotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Angkor (Extinct city) -- Pictorial works 1
Art and philosophy 1
Arts 1
Arts publicity 1
Associations, institutions, etc. 1
Audiovisual materials 1
Bangor (Me.) 1
Burma -- Pictorial works 1
Cambodia -- Pictorial works 1
Canada -- Guidebooks 1
Central America -- Description and travel 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
China -- Pictorial works 1
Choreographers 1
Choreography -- Philosophy 1
Choreography -- Study and Teaching 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
College students -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence 1
Congregationalists 1
Cookbooks -- 1801-1850 1
Cookbooks -- 1851-1900 1
Cooking, American -- History -- 19th century 1
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Cruise ships -- Guidebooks 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Dakota Indians -- Land tenure 1
Dakota Indians -- Missions -- South Dakota -- History 1
Diaries -- 1801-1850 1
Diaries -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- 1901-1950 1
East Asia -- Guidebooks 1
England -- Pictorial works 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Europe -- Guidebooks 1
Existentialism 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
Female friendship -- Correspondence 1
France -- Pictorial works 1
Golf clubs (Sporting goods) -- United States 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Oak Park 1
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 1
India -- Description and travel 1
India -- Pictorial works 1
Industrialists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Jakarta (Indonesia) -- Pictorial works 1
Japan -- Description and travel 1
Japan -- Guidebooks 1
Japan -- Pictorial works 1
Java (Indonesia) -- Pictorial works 1
Jerusalem -- Description and travel 1
Kennebunkport (Me.) 1
Kindergarten -- United States 1
Lake Forest (Ill.) -- History 1
Lead industry and trade 1
Malaysia -- Pictorial works 1
Manila (Philippines) -- Pictorial works 1
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 1
Maps (documents) 1
Matura -- Pictorial works 1
Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico) -- Pictorial works 1
Missionaries -- Arab countries 1
Missionaries -- South Dakota 1
Modern dance 1
Modern dance -- Technique 1
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
New York (N.Y.) 1
Pakistan -- Pictorial works 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
Philanthropists 1
Philippines -- Description and travel 1
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- 1951-2000 1
Photographs -- Colombia 1
Photographs -- Colorado 1
Photographs -- Ecuador 1
Photographs -- Grand Canyon 1
Photographs -- Guatemala 1
Photographs -- Jerusalem 1
Photographs -- Panama 1
Photographs -- Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.) 1
Postcards -- 1901-1950 1
Publicizing 1
Sermons -- 1751-1800 1
Sermons -- 1801-1850 1
Sermons -- 1851-1900 1
Shipping -- Maine -- Bangor -- History 1
Singapore -- Pictorial works 1
South America -- Description and travel 1
Sri Lanka -- Description and travel 1
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American University of Beirut 1
Atkinson, Charles Thomas, 1864-1943 1
Atkinson, Martha Wells, approximately 1868-1935 1
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
Blatchford, Frances L. (Frances Lord), 1866-1958 1