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Alfred E. Hamill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hamill
Abstract Chicago investment banker, Centaur Press founder, Newberry Library trustee, and calligraphy and gypsy lore collector. Personal letters of Alfred E. Hamill to a Russian émigré, Alexandra Fredericks, and of Dora E. Yates, a librarian and the secretary of the Gypsy Lore Society, to Hamill. Also typescript copy of a diary kept 1918-1919 while in France with the American Red Cross, a letter to Andrei Gromyko in 1945 regarding U.S.-Soviet relations, bookplates, photographs, poems, and other...
Dates: 1856-1967; Majority of material found within 1937-1953

Ben Hecht papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hecht
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Ben Hecht, and also papers of his wife Rose Caylor Hecht (novelist) and daughter Jenny Hecht (actress).

Dates: 1879-1983

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

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

Jacque B. Jacobsen Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Jacobsen
Abstract

Photographs, slides, correspondence, family papers, and printed ephemera from Jacque B. Jacobsen, his wife Ann Dresmal, and other family members. Jacobsen was a Chicago painter and photographer active from the late 1930s to the early 1950s.

Dates: approximately 1900s-1980s

James M. Barker papers

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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

John Lardner Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-LardnerJ
Abstract

Correspondence, works, personal materials, photographs, and artwork of sportswriter, humorist, reporter, and critic John Lardner.

Dates: approximately 1900-2001; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1960

Keep the Home Fires Burning Club records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Home Fires
Abstract

Club formed in Chicago during World War II, the purpose of which was to "cheer folks at home and keep up morale." The club often sent care packages of food or candy to servicemen overseas. Includes letters from servicemen, a few photographs, club minutes, and membership and dues lists.

Dates: 1943-1946

Loren M. Knowles family papers

 Collection — Box: AV USB 1
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Knowles Family
Abstract Correspondence and transcriptions thereof, account and estate documents, government records (such as birth, marriage, and death certificates, documents, and letters), news clippings, genealogical research material, photographs, and compilation of information concerning the Knowles family and the related Adgate, Balzhäuser, Brewster, Christian, Cokenhour, Helvig, Hoyal, Hyde, Jackson, Kauffman, Klauder, Lamson, Michell, Oliger, Weigand, and other extended families, located primarily in New...
Dates: 1784-2015; Majority of material found within 1811-1961

Mendicant ephemera collection

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Identifier: Case-folio-HV4493 .N49
Abstract

Collection of printed poems, postcards, photographs, and other ephemera with appeals to the public by people who are blind, deaf, or with other physical disabilities, offered in exchange for a small donation. Geographic coverage is focused primarily on the United States but also includes Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Spain.

Dates: approximately 1850-approximately 2020

Monroe family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Monroe-Family
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia from the Monroe family of Chicago. Correspondence is primarily from Henry Stanton Monroe (Chicago attorney), his daughters Harriet Monroe, Dora Monroe Root (and her architect husband John Wellborn Root), and Lucy Monroe Calhoun, and their children. Topics include the births of children, travel, Poetry Magazine, and life in Chicago including Oscar Wilde's 1882 Chicago visit. Also contains World War II and post-war correspondence between William...
Dates: 1868-1949

Ralph L. Graham Yalta Conference photographs and scrapbook

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Graham
Abstract Material related to the activities of the United States Department of State during the months of January-March, 1945 with a particular focus on the Malta Conference, the Yalta Conference, the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, and the travels of Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius in Northern Africa and Central America. The collection is composed of a State Department-created scrapbook with an assortment of photographs taken by the US Army Signal Corps and relevant...
Dates: 1940-1946

Ruth Nelson Redstrom Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Redstrom
Abstract

Family histories of the Dahlgren and Redstrom families, correspondence, photographs, Greek menus and travelogues, and newspaper clippings of Ruth Nelson Redstrom's "One Woman's View" column. All materials relating to Ruth Nelson Redstrom, teacher and writer, from 1930 to transcriptions and reproductions from 2011.

Dates: 1930-2011

Storrs & Deville Chabrol Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Storrs
Abstract Letters, World War II-era memorabilia, journals, clippings, manuscripts and photographs pertaining to Marguerite Deville Chabrol Storrs (1881-1959), a successful fiction and non-fiction writer who used the pseudonym "Marc Debrol." Also included are letters and materials related to the Deville Chabrol family, including correspondence between family members present during the Franco-Prussian War and the colonization of Algeria. Additionally, collection includes genealogical information about...
Dates: 1850-2002; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1945

Wacker family papers

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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

William H. Peterson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Peterson
Abstract Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and personal material of William H. Peterson, a World War II radar man and later engineer for the Pullman Company. Includes Peterson's schoolwork, wartime letters, and engineering designs. There is additional material for the Peterson family, including William's father Hartin F. Peterson, also a Pullman employee, such as his World War I photographs and his own draft work. Collection also contains genealogy and photographs of the...
Dates: 1891-2012

Winterbotham-French family papers

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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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Chicago Daily News, Inc. 2
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America First Committee 1
American Council for Judaism 1
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American Friends Service Committee 1
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American Red Cross 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
American School of Prehistoric Research 1
American Tract Society 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Antheil, George, 1900-1959 1
Armitage, Walter J. 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Axelrod, Mark 1
Bach, Ed. 1
Balzhäuser family 1
Barker family 1
Barker, James M. (James Madison), 1886-1974 1
Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992 1
Bell, Laird, 1883-1965 1
Berger, Elmer, 1908-1996 1
Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956 1
Bingham, Barry, 1906-1988 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Brent, Stuart 1
Brewster family 1
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889 1
Brockton (Mass.). Police Department 1
Campbell, Robert, active 20th century 1
Carlier, Emile 1
Carver, Art 1
Caylor, Rose 1
Centaur Press 1
Chambers, John, 1850- 1
Chapellerie du Jockey Club 1
Chicago Daily Journal 1
Chicago Plan Commission 1
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company 1
Chomsky, Noam 1
Christian family 1
Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 1
Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964 1
Cokenhour family 1
Cole, Chick 1
Commercial Club of Chicago 1
Commonwealth Rescue League (Upton, Mass.) 1
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954 1
Covert, Geo. L. 1
Cowles, John, 1898-1983 1
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951 1
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 1
Deville Shabrol family 1
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 1
Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1
Dresmal, Ann, 1914-2004 1
Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969 1
Ebtehaj, A. H. (Abol Hassan), 1899- 1
Edwards, V., Cap. 1
Essipoff, Marie Armstrong, 1892- 1
Federal Art Project 1
Federated Press 1
Filip, František, 1904-1957 1
First National Bank of Boston. Buenos Aires Branch 1
Fithen, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1882-1940 1
Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970 1
Folk, L. M. 1
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 1
Fredericks, Alexandra, 1897- 1
Freemasons. Medina Lodge, No. 336 (Medina, N.Y.) 1
French family 1
Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966 1
Garner, Robert L. (Robert Livingston), 1894- 1
Goodwin, Philip Lippincott, 1885-1958 1
Graff, William W. 1
Graham, Ralph L., 1919-1986 1
Green, Joshua, 1869-1975 1
Guild of the Brave Poor Things 1
Gypsy Lore Society 1
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975 1
Hamill, Alfred E. (Alfred Ernest), 1884-1953 1
Hanley family 1
Harriss, Daniel E. F. P. 1
Hart, Moss, 1904-1961 1
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978 1
Hecht family 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Helvig family 1
Hemmerlé, Emile 1
Hencken, Hugh, 1902-1981 1
Holler, Jeanette 1
Holmes, Julian (Lyricist) 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Howe, C. D. (Clarence Decatur), 1886-1960 1
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