TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of Chauncey McCormick
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Correspondence, 1887-1955
Subseries 1: General, 1906-1954
Subseries 2: Family, 1887-1955
Series 2: World War I Service, 1917-1920
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Inventory of the Chauncey McCormick Papers, 1887-1955
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, 2011. ©2011. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | McCormick, Chauncey, 1884-1954 |
| Title | Chauncey McCormick Papers |
| Dates | 1887-1955 |
| Extent | 6 linear feet (9 boxes, 1 oversize box) |
| 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 welfare groups, and the Republican Party. Includes extensive material relating to McCormick's World War I service in the American Expeditionary Force in France and his direction of Polish food relief under Herbert Hoover. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS McCormick |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 41 10 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Chauncey McCormick Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, Marion McCormick, 1957.
Processed by
Lisa Janssen, 2011.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Access
The Chauncey McCormick Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Chauncey McCormick Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Chauncey McCormick
Chicago businessman and philanthropist.
Chauncey McCormick was born in 1884 to William G. and Eleanor Brooks McCormick. He was the newphew of Cyrus McCormick, a founder of the McCormick Reaper company. In 1914 Chauncey McCormick married Marion Deering, whose family owned a rival business which had merged with McCormick Reaper in 1902 to form the International Harvester Company. A close family, Chauncey and Marion raised their three sons C. Deering, Brooks, and Roger between their homes in Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois, and Seal Harbor, Maine. Starting in 1926, McCormick was a director of International Harvester. He was also president of the Miami Corporation investment firm.
McCormick attended Groton School and graduated from Yale in 1907. Married in Paris in 1914, he joined the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I, where he worked to supply medical attention and food to French refugee children. In 1918, he was sent to Poland by Herbert Hoover to organize food relief. He became a life-long advocate of the Polish people, working again for Polish relief during World War II. He received recognition for his wartime service from both the French and Polish governments.
McCormick’s post-war life was devoted mostly to philanthropic organizations, particularly the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was vice-president from 1932-1944 and president from 1944 until his death. He organized such major projects as the 1933 Century of Progress art exhibit and the1946 Masterpieces of English Painting exhibit. When the Institute faced its first financial emergency, he headed a fundraising campaign that successfully raised over a million dollars. McCormick was also active in child welfare groups like the Illinois Children’s Home and Aid society from 1943-1952, and in the mid-1940s campaigned to reform adoption laws. His other non-profit involvement included work for the American Foundation for the Blind, the Alexander Hamilton Memorial, and the McCormick Theological Seminary.
While he never ran for public office, McCormick was an active member of the Republican Party, a delegate to the 1936 Republican convention, and highly critical of New Deal initiatives. He remained close friends with Herbert Hoover, and continuously supported the former president’s projects and political career. A devout Christian, McCormick was a life-long member and elder of the Presbyterian Church. He died of a heart attack in Seal Harbor, Maine, in 1954.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Letters, clippings, photographs, and mementos of Chicago businessman and philanthropist Chauncey McCormick.
McCormick was a major figure in Chicago society and business, and of some prominence nationally for his public work, and most of the correspondence pertains to such matters during the 1940s and 1950s. Letters include politically oriented correspondence to Senator Charles Baker, Mayor Martin H. Kennelly, Governor Adlai Stevenson, Dr. James Brown IV, and the chief of the United States Children’s Bureau, Katharine Lenroot. Also personal letters with longtime friends like his cousin and Chicago Tribune editor Robert McCormick, Herbert Hoover, and Philip L. Goodwin, as well as early letters between Chauncey and members of both the McCormick and Deering families. Some World War I correspondence is written in French to Général Louis de Maud’huy, and members of the Mirman, de Guigné, and de Polignac families, among others. Condolences sent to McCormick’s family upon his death account for a significant amount of correspondence. The collection also includes photographs McCormick took during World War I, portraits, the homes in Wheaton, Illinois and Seal Harbor, Maine, and publicity stills from events like Art Institute programs. Other material includes speeches and publications for his philanthropic groups, World War I memorabilia like maps and postcards, awards and certificates, biographical newspaper clippings about him or his work, and a cartoon by John McCutcheon.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1887-1955
- Subseries 1: General, 1906-1954
- Subseries 2: Family, 1887-1955
- Series 2: World War I Service, 1917-1920. Box(es) 5
- Series 3: Organizations, 1939-1955. Box(es) 6
- Series 4: Personal, 1905-1955. Box(es) 7-8
- Series 5: Photographs and Mementos, ca. 1880s-1954. Box(es) 8-9
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- American Relief Administration
- American Field Service
- American Red Cross in France
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Goodwin, Philip Lippincott, 1885-1958
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
- Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society
- Kennelly, Martin H., 1887-1961
- Lenroot, Katharine F. (Katharine Fredrica), 1891-1982
- McCormick Theological Seminary
- McCormick, Chauncey, 1884-1954
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
Subjects
- Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Correspondence -- 1851-1900
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950
- Correspondence -- 1951-2000
- France -- History -- 20th century
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Medals -- 1901-1950
- Philanthropists -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Photographs -- 1901-1950
- Photographs -- 1951-2000
- Photographs -- 1851-1900
- Poland -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918
- Public welfare -- Illinois
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Poland
- Socialites -- Illinois -- Chicago
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- France
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- Poland
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- Poland
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Container List
Series 1: Correspondence, 1887-1955 |
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| Correspondence includes letters, postcards, and telegrams. Most letters are from the1940s-1950s and pertain to social or business/philanthropic matters. Letters include politically oriented correspondence to Senator Charles Baker, Mayor Martin H. Kennelly, Governor Adlai Stevenson, Dr. James Brown IV, and the chief of the United States Children’s Bureau, Katharine Lenroot. Also personal letters with longtime friends like his cousin and Chicago Tribune editor Robert McCormick, Herbert Hoover, and Philip L. Goodwin, as well as early letters between Chauncey and members of both the McCormick and Deering families. Also includes a small amount of family correspondence, letters from children and other family members, and also condolence letters written to Marion Deering McCormick after Chauncey McCormick's death. | |||||||||||
| Organized in the following subseries: General Correspondence, 1906-1954; and Family Correspondence, 1887-1955. | |||||||||||
Sub-Series 1: General, 1906-1954 |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Adair, Henry P., 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Addams, Jane, May 18, 1906 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Allerton, Robert, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | American Foundation for the Blind, Inc., 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Anderwald, Frank P. (Australian Consulate General), 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Armsby, Raymond, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Armour, Laurence, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Avery, Sewell, 1944, 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | A - miscellaneous, 1933-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Bender, Rev. Lewis E., 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Blaine, Anita (Mrs. Emmons), n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Boutet de Monvel, Bernard, 1947, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Bradey, Herbert and Mary, 1941-1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Bridges, Horace J. / Chicago Ethical Society, 1942 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Brown, James IV, 1944-1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Brown, Margaret, 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | B - miscellaneous, 1929-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Carpenter, Ellen (Mrs. John Aldin), 1941-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Carry, Edward F., 1918-1919 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Chicago Crime Commission, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Chicago Golf Club, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Chicago Tribune, 1920-1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Clark, Harold T., 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Commerical Club of Chicago, 1950-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Commission for Handicapped Children, 1948-1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Community Fund of Chicago, Inc., 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Coston, Margaret, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Council of Social Agencies of Chicago, 1945 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Couty, Worth C. / Chicago Herald American, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Crawford, Dave A., 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Cross, Emily, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | C - miscellaneous, 1932-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Danielson, Richard E., 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Devries, Herman, 1917 | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. P. Lyndon, 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 | Dorman, Henry O., 1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 38 | D - miscellaneous, 1921-1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 39 | Ely, Gertrude, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 40 | Executives Club of Chicago, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 41 | E - miscellaneous, 1951-1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 42 | Fifth Army, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 43 | Fleck, J. Gordon, 1950-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 44 | F - miscellaneous, 1909-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 45 | Garrett, Robert, 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 46 | Gebauer, Paul, 1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 47 | Glaysher, S. Gordon, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 48 | Goodwin, Philip L., 1909-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 49 | Gordon, Charles Ulysses, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 50 | Green, Hugh, 1944-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 51 | Gregg, John, 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 52 | Guggenheim Foundation, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 53 | G - miscellaneous, 1917-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 54 | Hadley, Arthur, 1905-1906 | |||||||||
| 1 | 55 | Hafner, John C. and Kay, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 56 | Harrison, Nancy, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 57 | Harry Winston, Inc., 1951-1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 58 | Hartigan, John D., 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 59 | Hearst, William Randolph (outgoing), 1945-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 60 | Hecht, Frank A., 1947-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 61 | Hoffman, William W., 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 62 | Hooker, John P., 1947-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 63 | Hooker, Mildred, 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 64 | Hooker, Herbert, 1941-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 65 | Houliston, John R., 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 66 | Howells, Abby White, 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 67 | H - miscellaneous, 1948-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 68 | International Harverster Company, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 69 | Inverchapel (Archibald Clark Kerr), n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 70 | Irwin, Robert B., 1943-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 71 | I - miscellaneous, 1917-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 72 | Johnston, Joseph F., 1911 | |||||||||
| 2 | 73 | J - miscellaneous, 1921-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 74 | Kappa Sigma Fraternity, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 75 | Kemper, James S., 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 76 | Kennelly, Martin H., 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 77 | Kimpton, Lawrence A. (U of C), 1950-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 78 | Knight, John S., 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 79 | K - miscellaneous, 1943-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 80 | La Salle Street Women, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 81 | Lenroot, Katharine, 1949-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 82 | Lewis, James Hamilton, 1917 | |||||||||
| 2 | 83 | Levy, David M., 1949-1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | 84 | Lowry, Howard / College of Wooster, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 85 | L - miscellaneous, 1944-1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 86 | McCaffrey, John L. / International Harvester, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 87 | McClafferty, John J., 1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 88 | Merle-Smith, Kate, 1951-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 89 | Metheun, Paul, 1949-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 90 | M - miscellaneous, 1909-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 91 | National Institute of Social Services, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 92 | National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 93 | Nazimova, Alla, 1907 | |||||||||
| 2 | 94 | Nothern Trust Company, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 95 | N - miscellaneous, 1917-1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 96 | O'Brien, Bishop William D., 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 97 | O'Neill-Daunt, Dorothea, 1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 98 | O - miscellaneous, 1945, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 99 | Paden, Jospeh, 1917 | |||||||||
| 2 | 100 | Payson, Charles H., 1927 | |||||||||
| 2 | 101 | Phelps, Lyon, 1906-1923 | |||||||||
| 2 | 102 | Pitowski, H____?, 1919, 1921 | |||||||||
| 2 | 103 | P - miscellaneous, 1907-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 104 | Rickard, Edgar, 1941 | |||||||||
| 2 | 105 | Rothschild, Hudla B., n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 106 | R - miscellaneous, 1906-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 107 | Saphieha, Prince Paul, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 108 | Searson, Rush, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 109 | Sloane, Malcolm, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 110 | Smith, Robert M., 1951-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 111 | Society of the Cincinnati, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 112 | Spencer, Colonel William M., 1948-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 113 | Spilhaus, Gerry F., 1951-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 114 | Stevenson, Adlai (outgoing only), 1949-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 115 | Stewart, Rev. Robert B., 1949-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 116 | Stoddard, Geroge D. (U of I), 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 117 | Stone, John Timothy, 1908-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 118 | Stone, Melville E., 1909-1917 | |||||||||
| 2 | 119 | Stritch, Archbishop Samuel Cardinal, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 120 | Stratford, Herb, 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 121 | Stuart, John, 1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 122 | Sturgis, Henry S., 1951-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 123 | Swift, Harold H., 1951-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 124 | S - miscellaneous, 1908-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 125 | Taft, Robert A., 1951 | |||||||||
| 2 | 126 | Turner, Huntington M., 1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 127 | T - miscellaneous, 1941-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 128 | Van Cleef, Felix, 1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 129 | U-V - miscellaneous, 1950-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 130 | Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago, 1951-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 131 | Who's Who in America, 1951-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 132 | Wood, E. F. L. (Earl of Halifax), 1945 | |||||||||
| 2 | 133 | Wood, Mrs. J. B., 1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 134 | Wood, Robert E., 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 135 | Woods, Helen, 1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 136 | Woolsey, Heathcote M., 1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 137 | W - miscellaneous, 1916-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 138 | Y-Z - miscellaneous, 1952, 1954 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 2: Family, 1887-1955 |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 3 | 139 | Deering, Charles, 1913-1925 | |||||||||
| 3 | 140 | Deering, James, 1910-1918 | |||||||||
| 3 | 141 | de Gaiffier d'Hestroy, Pierre and Lucy, 1950-1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 142 | Hollingsworth family, 1948-1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 143 | McCormick, Chauncey to and from children, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 144 | McCormick, Chauncey and Nettie, 1906-1935 | |||||||||
| 3 | 145 | McCormick, Marion Deering - to and from Chauncey McCormick, 1912-1914 | |||||||||
| 3 | 146 | McCormick, Marion Deering - incoming miscellaneous, 1919, 1955 | |||||||||
| 3 | 147 | McCormick, Robert, 1909-1952 | |||||||||
| 3 | 148 | McCormick, William G. and Eleanor, 1908-1917 | |||||||||
| 3 | 149 | McCormick-Goodhart, Leander, 1940-1954 | |||||||||
| 3 | 150 | Slade, Caroline McCormick, 1946-1949 | |||||||||
| 3 | 151 | Stone, Herbert Stuart, 1954, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 152 | Miscellaneous family, 1887-1906, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 153-165 | Condolence letters re: death of Chauncey McCormick - A-L, 1954-1955 | |||||||||
| 4 | 166-176 | Condolence letters re: death of Chauncey McCormick - M-Z 1954-1955 | |||||||||
| 4 | 177-180 | Condolence telegrams - re: death of Chauncey McCormick - A-Z, 1954 | |||||||||
| 4 | 181 | Condolences - re: death of Chauncey McCormick - records of those received, 1954 | |||||||||
| 4 | 182 | Memorial resolutions and donations, 1954 | |||||||||
Series 2: World War I Service, 1917-1920 |
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| Correspondence with fellow military officers and French government officials pertaining to McCormick's work with the American Expeditionary Forces, American Field Service, the American Red Cross, and the American Relief Administration during World War I. Also includes newspaper clippings, battlefield maps, postcards, calling cards, and military orders, and material about fundraising and awareness campaigns for the American Ambulance Field Service. There is also a folder of journal type writing which appears to be preliminary material for a report on the food relief situation in Poland for which McCormick was sent to investgate by Herbert Hoover. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 5 | 183-185 | American Expeditionary Forces - correspondence, 1917-1920 | |||||||||
| 5 | 186 | American Expeditionary Forces - general orders and guidelines, 1917-1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 187 | American Expeditionary Forces - personal reports, 1917-1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 188 | American Field Service - correspondence, 1917-1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 189 | American Field Service - publications, reports (see also oversize), 1917-1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 190 | American Red Cross - correspondence, 1917 | |||||||||
| 5 | 191 | American Relief Admnistration - journal/notes from Polish relief mission, 1918-1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 192 | American Relief Administration - Polish relief mission - orders, correspondence, 1918-1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 193 | Awards and certificates (see also oversize), 1917-1920 | |||||||||
| 5 | 194 | Calling cards, ca. 1917-1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 195 | French Commission visit to Chicago - programs, speeches by René Viviani, 1917 | |||||||||
| 5 | 196 | French correspondence - de'Guigné, Robert, 1917-1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 197 | French correspondence - d'Estampes, Charles, 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 198 | French correspondence - de Polignac, Jean, 1917-1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 199 | French correspondence - Desclaud, Germain and Jacqueline 1918-1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 200 | French correspondence - Ministrére de la Guerre, 1917-1920 | |||||||||
| 5 | 201 | French correspondence - Mud'huy, General Louis Ernest, 1918-1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 202 | French correspondence - Préfecture de Meurth-et-Moselle (Leon Mirman?), 1917-1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 203 | French correspondence - miscellaneous, 1917-1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 204 | French correspondence - various government offices, 1918-1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 205 | Miscellaneous writings on World War I (not by CBM), 1917, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 206 | ID cards, ration card, 1919, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 207 | Maps of France, 1917-1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 208 | Newspaper clippings - French and American papers, 1914-1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 209 | Souvenir postcards, ca. 1920 | |||||||||
| 5 | 210 | Special passport for travel to Poland, 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 211 | Transcribed letters to Marion McCormick describing war work, 1917-1918 | |||||||||
Series 3: Organizations, 1939-1955 |
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| Correspondence, minutes, publications, speeches, and other materials pertaining to the several organizations McCormick was involved with after his retirement from International Harvester. McCormick was active with many philanthropic and arts organizations including the Art Institute, Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society, Chicago Foundlings Home, and others. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 6 | 212 | Alexander Hamilton Memorial, 1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 213 | Art Institute - correspondence - Rich, Daniel Cotton, 1946-1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 214 | Art Institute - correspondence - miscellaneous, 1952-1954 | |||||||||
| 6 | 215 | Art Institute - Emergency Fund Campaign, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 216 | Art Institute - internal communications, publications, 1939-1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 217 | Chicago Foundlings Home, 1951 | |||||||||
| 6 | 218 | Child Welfare Commission of Illinois, 1945-1949 | |||||||||
| 6 | 219 | Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society - correspondence, 1945-1954 | |||||||||
| 6 | 220 | Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society - minutes, reports, 1949-1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 221 | Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society - publications, 1930-1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 222 | Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society - speeches, 1943-1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 223 | Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 6 | 224 | McCormick Theological Seminary, 1946, 1951, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 225 | Steering Committee on Adoption Revision and related, 1944-1945 | |||||||||
| 6 | 226 | Stonewall Jackson Memorial, 1954-1955 | |||||||||
Series 4: Personal, 1905-1955 |
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| Personal material includes records, publications, and McCormick's own speeches and writings, biographical newspaper clippings, and materials from the Republican Party and the Presbyterian Church. Miscellaneous personal material includes items from Yale such as theater programs and instructions from his Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, as well as sheet music, poetry by McCormick, and cards of membership to various clubs. Also included is a signed ink drawing by John McCutcheon. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 7 | 227 | Awards and certificates (See oversize), 1933-1949 | |||||||||
| 7 | 228 | Catholic Church, 1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 229 | Clubs, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 7 | 230 | Event programs, invitations, 1946-1952 | |||||||||
| 7 | 231 | Family history, 1913-1957, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 232 | First Presbyterian Church, 1943-1953 | |||||||||
| 7 | 233 | IDs, memberships, 1936-1954 | |||||||||
| 7 | 234 | McCutcheon, John T. - original ink drawing of cartoon singed to McCormick (see oversize), 1920 | |||||||||
| 7 | 235 | Miscellaneous mementos, 1918-1939, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 236-239 | Newspaper clippings, 1906-1954 | |||||||||
| 7 | 240 | Notes, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 241 | Obituaries, memorials, 1954 | |||||||||
| 7 | 242 | Obituaries - newspapers, magazines, 1954-1955 | |||||||||
| 7 | 243 | Poems, 1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 244 | Poltical writings, 1935, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 245 | Politics - general, 1941-1952 | |||||||||
| 8 | 246 | Programs, sheet music, 1880-1952 | |||||||||
| 8 | 247 | Religion - miscellaneous, ca. 1920s-1951 | |||||||||
| 8 | 248 | Song written by CBM - "Rely on Eli" - sheet music and copyright, 1905 | |||||||||
| 8 | 249 | South Africa trip, 1951 | |||||||||
| 8 | 250 | Speeches on art, ca. 1950s | |||||||||
| 8 | 251 | Speeches on Polish relief, 1941-1944 | |||||||||
| 8 | 252 | Speeches on politics, 1936, n.d. | |||||||||
| 8 | 253 | Speeches on various topics, 1937-1954, n.d. | |||||||||
| 8 | 254 | Yale, 1905-1907 | |||||||||
Series 5: Photographs and Mementos, ca. 1880s-1954 |
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| Includes photographs McCormick took during World War I; portraits of McCormick and other family members, friends, vacation photographs, and photographs of McCormick at various events including Art Institute openings. | |||||||||||
| Photographs arranged alphabetically with family members first, followed by friends, places, and travel. Mementos are at the end of the series. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 8 | 255 | McCormick, Chauncey - portraits - childhood, ca. 1180s-1890s | |||||||||
| 8 | 256 | McCormick, Chauncey - portraits - adult, ca. 1910s-1950s | |||||||||
| 8 | 257 | McCormick, Chauncey - during World War I, 1917-1919 | |||||||||
| 8 | 258 | McCormick, Chauncey - snapshots, ca. 1930s-1950s | |||||||||
| 8 | 259 | McCormick, Chauncey with Marion Deering McCormick and family, 1939-ca. 1950s | |||||||||
| 8 | 260 | McCormick, Chauncey with William McCormick, ca. 1930s | |||||||||
| 8 | 261 | McCormick, Chauncey with Alfred M. Landon (see oversize), ca. 1947 | |||||||||
| 8 | 262 | McCormick, Chauncey with President Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt at the Conference on Children and Youth, 1950 | |||||||||
| 8 | 263 | McCormick, Chauncey - events at the Art Institute and others, ca. 1950s | |||||||||
| 8 | 264 | McCormick, Marion Deering, ca. 1880s-1940s | |||||||||
| 8 | 265 | Slade, Caroline McCormick, ca. 1910s-1940s | |||||||||
| 8 | 266 | Miscellaneous family, 1887-ca. 1930s | |||||||||
| 8 | 267 | Friends - de Maud’huy, Général Louis 1920 | |||||||||
| 8 | 268 | Friends - Mrs. Harold Howard and Mrs. Bertram Winston on Lake Shore Drive, 1914 | |||||||||
| 8 | 269 | Friends - Princess Juliana of Holland, 1942 | |||||||||
| 8 | 270 | Friends - World War I, 1918-1920 | |||||||||
| 8 | 271 | Alexander Hamilton Memorial dedication, 1952 | |||||||||
| 8 | 272 | Travel - Grande Ronde, 1925 | |||||||||
| 9 | American Ambulance Service cigarette boxes (empty), ca. 1920 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Flag pole finial commemorating American service in France, ca. 1920 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Medal (replica) commemorating the sinking of the Lusitania, n.d. | ||||||||||
| 9 | Officers buttons from World War I uniform, 1917-1919 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Box of souvenir political buttons and ribbons, ca. 1920s-1950s | ||||||||||