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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of the WarnerHaskins Family
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Inventory of the Warner-Haskins Family Papers, ca. 1860-1953
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Jill Waycie, 2010. ©2010. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Warner, Dorothy Haskins |
| Title | Warner-Haskins Family Papers |
| Dates | ca. 1860-1953 |
| Extent | 1.3 linear ft. (1 box and 1 oversize box) |
| Abstract | Mementos and photographs relating to the Warner and Haskins families and friends; many photographs unidentified; materials seem to have belonged primarily to Mrs. R. C. Haskins and Mrs. Rawleigh (Dorothy Haskins) Warner. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS WarnerHaskins |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 26 4 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Warner-Haskins Family Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, Suzanne (Warner) Kenly, 1990.
Processed by
Jill Waycie, 2010.
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 Warner-Haskins Family Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Warner-Haskins Family 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 the WarnerHaskins Family
Two prominent Chicago business families.
R. C. Haskins was the president and general manager of the International Harvester Co., and lived at 7350 Sheridan Road in Chicago. Dorothy Haskins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Haskins, married Rawleigh Warner, chairman of the Pure Oil Co. (later of Mobil Oil Co.). The Warners had four children: Mary, Dorothy, Rawleigh, and Suzanne.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Mementos and photographs (many unidentified) relating to the Warner and Haskins families and friends, belonging primarily to Mrs. R. C. Haskins and Mrs. Rawleigh (Dorothy Haskins) Warner.
Haskins family materials include mementos and photographs of Mrs. Rawleigh Warner’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Haskins, including dance cards and snapshots of a 1919 trip to Miami and Ormond, Florida. Mrs. Warner’s mementos include European travel itineraries, a 1934 “Century of Progress” World’s Fair exhibitor’s pass with the Pure Oil Co., and documents pertaining to the “Gray Ladies,” a World War II Red Cross volunteer organization.
Identified photographs include the R.C. Haskins home; a group outing at “Walden” in Lake Forest in 1908; the Pure Oil Building at 35 E. Wacker Drive in Chicago; John Glessner’s house at 1800 S. Prairie Avenue in Chicago; snapshots and portraits of family members and friends, including Fletcher S. Heath of the Pure Oil Co., Mrs. Warner and friend at the 1953 recommissioning of the U.S.S. Hornet in New York City, and Rawleigh Warner at the Colonial Club in Princeton, New Jersey.
Other materials include a postcard of actress Evelyn Nesbit Thaw from 1919, a signed portrait of opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, and many unidentified portraits and snapshots of men, women, children, and group portraits. Also a few negatives.
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Arrangement
Materials arranged alphabetically.
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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
- Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
- Gray Ladies (Organization)
- Haskins family -- Portraits
- Haskins, R. C. -- Family
- Haskins, R. C., Mrs.
- International Harvester Company
- Pure Oil Company
- Warner family -- Portraits
- Warner, Rawleigh
- Warner, Dorothy Haskins
Subjects
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Photographs
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Haskins, R. C., Mementos, 1920 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Haskins, Mrs. R.C., Mementos, 1905-1909 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3-4 | Warner, Mrs. Rawleigh (Dorothy Haskins), Mementos, ca. 1930-1945 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Postcard, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, 1919 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Photographs, 7350 Sheridan Rd., Chicago, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Photographs, "Babe", n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Photographs, Black, Elfrida Peterson and Black, Betty, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Photographs, Glessner, John, House, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Photographs, Haskins, R.C.'s car, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Photographs, Haskins, R.C. travel to Miami and Ormond, Florida, 1919 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Photographs, Law, James Haskins, 1918 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Photographs, "Lillian," friend of Warner, Mrs. Rawleigh (Dorothy Haskins), n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Photographs, "Lucile", 1907 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Photographs, McArthur, Ruth McMaster, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Photographs, Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1917 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Photographs, "Walden," Lake Forest, 1908 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Photographs, Warner, Rawleigh, Colonial Club, Princeton, ca. 1912-1913 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Photographs, Warner, Mrs. Rawleigh (Dorothy Haskins), and friend, Recommissioning of U.S.S. Hornet, 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Photographs, Pure Oil Building (35 E. Wacker Drive), n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Photographs, Unidentified, Men (Portraits), n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Photographs, Unidentified, Women (Portraits), n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Photographs, Unidentified, Children (Portraits), n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Photographs, Unidentified, Group (Portraits), n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Photographs, Unidentified, Snapshots, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Photographs, Unidentified, House with portrait, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Photographs, Unidentified (Negatives), n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Photographs, Unidentified, miscellaneous, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | Photographs, Heath, Fletcher S., n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Photographs, Unidentified, Group (Portraits), n.d. | |||||||||