Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 4 of 4

Burt family papers

 Collection
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

Edith Borroff papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borroff
Abstract

Musicologist, Composer, Author, Professor, Pianist, Vocalist, and Lecturer, Edith Borroff lived from 1925 to 2019, boasting a career that spanned at least 7 books and over 60 compositions.

Dates: 1800-2016; Majority of material found within 1960-1999

Ernest A. Griffin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Griffin Family
Abstract

Papers of family historian Ernest A. Griffin, proprietor of the Griffin Funeral Home on Chicago's south side, including family documents, photographs, audio/visual material, genealogical notes, and materials relating to the history of Camp Douglas (on which the funeral home stood) and Charles H. Griffin who served in a colored regiment during the Civil War. Also includes documentation of the funerals of prominent African Americans.

Dates: 1862-2007; Majority of material found within 1910-1995

Fortnightly of Chicago records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fortnightly
Abstract

Chicago Woman’s Society founded in 1873 by Kate Newell Doggett. Records document the founding, operations, and activities of The Fortnightly of Chicago and its members. Includes historical materials, meeting minutes (restricted), scrapbooks, notices, member biographical information, members' and guests' papers, photographs, yearbooks, and other administrative and activity records.

Dates: 1869-2018

Filtered By

  • Subject: Chicago (Ill.) X
  • Subject: Correspondence X
  • Subject: Sound recordings X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Correspondence 2
Photographs 2
African American business enterprises -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
African American families -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
African American families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century 1
∨ more
African Americans -- History 1
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century 1
Arrangements (Music) 1
Audiocassettes 1
Binghamton (N.Y.) 1
Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Building, Iron and steel -- Tables 1
Camp Douglas (Ill.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Commerce -- 20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 1
Civil engineers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Clubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
College teachers 1
Composers 1
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Dissertations, Academic 1
Embalming 1
Family records 1
Family-owned business enterprises -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century 1
Funeral homes 1
Funeral homes -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Genealogy 1
Invitations 1
Manuscripts 1
Moving images 1
Orchestral music 1
Panama Canal (Panama) -- Description and travel 1
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 1
Photograph albums -- 1951-2000 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Piano music 1
Poetry 1
Reels (Music) 1
Scrapbooks 1
Singers -- Illinois 1
Steel, Structural 1
Travel diaries 1
Undertakers and undertaking -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans 1
Women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies and clubs 1
Women composers 1
Yellowstone National Park -- Description and travel 1
+ ∧ less
 
Names
Bahá'i Temple (Wilmette, Ill.) 1
Beadle, Muriel, 1916-1994 1
Bergersen, Baldwin, 1914-2000 1
Borroff, Edith, 1925-2019 1
Borroff, Marie 1