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Goodman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman Family
Abstract

Papers, letters, photograph albums, cards, genealogical materials, diaries, and travel memorabilia from the family of Marjorie Sawyer Goodman Graff, daughter of playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, and her mother, Marjorie Robbins Hopkins.

Dates: 1795-2003; Majority of material found within 1880-1995

Harris-MacLean family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harris-MacLean
Abstract Letters, diaries, photographs, daybooks, ledgers, writings, genealogical material, and memorabilia detailing the life and travels of several wealthy Chicago families, mainly during the first three decades of the 20th century. The Harris family side is Norman Wait Harris, founder of the Harris Bank of Chicago, and his wife, Emma Gale Harris from New Hampshire, and their parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren. Other major related families represented include Gale, Bent, Lane, and...
Dates: 1784-1980; Majority of material found within 1880-1940

Harvey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harvey
Abstract

Collection of letters, photographs, diaries, writings, business records, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago native and longtime Rand McNally employee Bennet B. Harvey, his wife Dorothy Wegener Harvey, their son Bennet B. Harvey, Jr., and their ancestors, many of whom were early Chicago settlers and involved in the development of the city. Families represented include Botsford, Chapin, Fisk, Gehrke, Harvey, and Wegener.

Dates: 1800-2007; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1984

Marsh-Roberts-Mack Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-MarshRM
Abstract Papers of the Marsh, Roberts, and Mack families, many members of whom were wealthy Chicago residents. Materials include correspondence, travel and personal diaries, business, property, and estate documents, genealogical materials, photographs, and other personal ephemera. Also contains materials from related families including letters and estate litigation of early Chicago pioneer Daniel Elston, who was related to the Marsh family via the marriage of Sarah Clark to George B. Marsh, as well...
Dates: 1706-1984; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1950

May Walden papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Walden-M
Abstract

Collection of May Walden, wife of Socialist publisher Charles H. Kerr from 1892 to 1904, consisting of letters, diaries, literary manuscripts, account books, clippings, photographs, memorabilia, as well as publications relating to the Socialist movement. Included in the papers are items relating to May Walden's daughter, Katharine Kerr Moore.

Dates: 1869-1972; Majority of material found within 1892-1959

Monroe family papers

 Collection
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

Thomas Butler Carter Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-127
Abstract

Letters dating 1831 to 1898 from Thomas Butler Carter to his cousin Aaron Carter in New Jersey, which give descriptions of Carter’s personal and business life in Chicago, plus a few other letters. Also includes a typescript of Carter’s autobiographical sketch of his life in Chicago (1889), six studio photographic portraits, and several miscellaneous documents.

Dates: 1831-1898

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Genealogical correspondence -- United States 3
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 3
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Illinois -- Genealogy 2
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Photograph albums -- 1851-1900 2
Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
Upper class families -- Family relationships 2
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Autochromes (photographs) 1
Autograph albums 1
Autographs -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Business records -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Business records -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Business records -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 19th century 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Children's books -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Claims against decedents' estates 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
Correspondence 1
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Correspondence -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Cuba -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1801-1850 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1851-1900 1
Depressions -- 1929 -- Florida -- Sources 1
Depressions -- 1929 -- Illinois -- Sources 1
Diaries 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1951-2000 1
Diaries -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Divorce 1
Drawings (visual works) 1
Drawings (visual works) -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 1
Dry-goods -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century 1
Egypt -- Description and travel -- 20th century 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Families -- Florida -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Families -- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Iowa -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- New Hampshire -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Florida -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Genealogies (histories) 1
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Heyerdahl, Thor. Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen. English. 1
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Japan -- Description and travel -- 20th century 1
Lake Geneva (Wis.) 1
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Love-letters 1
Love-letters -- United States -- 20th century 1
Mackinac Island (Mich.) -- History 1
Mackinac Island Region (Mich.) -- Description and travel 1
Massachusetts -- Genealogy 1
Medicine -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Migration, Internal -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century 1
Millinery -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Mothers and daughters -- Florida -- Correspondence 1
Mothers and daughters -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Mothers and sons -- United States -- Correspondence 1
New England -- Genealogy 1
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Parent and child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Philanthropists -- United States 1
Photograph albums -- Southwestern States -- 1901-1950 1
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Photographs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Physicians -- Illinois -- Biography 1
Publishers and publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Publishers and publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Sanatoriums -- United States -- 20th century 1
Social action -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Theater programs -- 1901-1950 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
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Names
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Botsford family 1
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 1
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Carter, Thomas Butler, 1817- 1
Charles H. Kerr Company 1
Chicago Relief and Aid Society 1
Clark, Robert R., 1834-1907 1
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 1
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 1
Dewey, Ken 1
Eleanor Association 1
Elston, Daniel, 1790-1855 1
Fisk family 1
Gales family 1
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Goodman family 1
Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer, 1883-1918 1
Graff, Marjorie Sawyer Goodman, 1914-2009 1
Harris N.A. 1
Harris Trust and Savings Bank 1
Harris family 1
Harris, Emma Susan Gale 1
Harris, Muriel Bent 1
Harris, Norman Wait, 1846-1916 1
Harris, Stanley Gale 1
Harvey family 1
Harvey, Bennet B. (Bennet Botsford), 1903-1998 1
Hayes, Max S., 1866-1945 1
Heyerdahl, Thor 1
Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) 1
Howe, Robert Harrison 1
Illinois. Constitutional Convention (1969-1970) 1
Jones, Mary Alice, 1898-1980 1
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 1
Kerr, Charles H., 1860-1944 1
Kirkland, Wallace 1
Lane family 1
Lane, Clayton, 1895- 1
Lane, Dorothy Bent 1
Latin School of Chicago 1
London, Jack, 1876-1916 1
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 1
MacLean, Annie Marion 1
MacLean, M. H. (Murdoch Haddon), 1872-1954 1
MacLean, Pearl Emma Harris 1
Mack family 1
Mack, Katherine Eleanor Roberts, 1910-1999 1
Marsh family 1
Marsh, Bertha S., 1860-1945 1
Marsh, Marshall S., 1856-1925 1
McLean family 1
Monroe family 1
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 1
Monroe, Henry Stanton 1
Monroe, William Stanton 1
Moore, Katherine Kerr 1
Rand McNally and Company 1
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 1
Roberts family 1
Roberts, George R., 1885- 1
Roberts, Katherine Marsh, 1885-1932 1
Root, John Wellborn, 1850-1891 1
Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966 1
Stedman, Seymour, 1871-1948 1
Taussig, F. W. (Frank William), 1859-1940 1
Union Central Life Insurance Company 1
Untermann, Ernest 1
Wagner family 1
Walden family 1
Walden, May, 1865-1960 1
Wellesley College 1
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 1
Yale University 1
Zitkala-S̈a, 1876-1938 1
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