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Alma Bunch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bunch
Abstract

Mostly photographs of Chicagoan Alma Bunch and her family and friends, plus a small amount of memorabilia retained by Bunch. Also genealogical correspondence regarding the name "Bunch," written in the 1950s.

Dates: 1890-1985

Ashton Stevens Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stevens
Abstract

The papers of San Francisco and Chicago journalist and drama critic Ashton Stevens contain correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues from the entertainment world; works including newspaper clippings, playscripts, articles, and interviews; personal materials including biographical information, memorabilia, and materials pertaining to the banjo; photographs of actors, actresses, family, friends and colleagues; artworks and audio recordings; and a small number of artifacts.

Dates: approximately 1850-1952; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1940

Bessie Barnes papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Barnes
Abstract

Photographs, newspaper reviews and miscellaneous personal items relating to Bessie Barnes, producer of nightclub theatrical reviews in Chicago and Milwaukee in the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: 1896-1992

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

Catherine Eddy Beveridge papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Beveridge
Abstract

Correspondence, papers, and diary of Catherine Eddy Beveridge, and also correspondence, papers, photographs and genealogical information collected by Catherine Eddy Beveridge related to her family.

Dates: 1703-2004; Majority of material found within 1870-1910

Charles Andrews Heath Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Heath
Abstract Chicago businessman, founder and president of Continental Seed Co. Includes Charles Andrews Heath's diaries, 1880-1949, with typed excerpts, which discuss the Haymarket Riot, the World's Columbian Exposition, the World's Parliament of Religions, the Galveston flood, several wars, and many Chicago related events. There are also typed transcripts of 1912 European trip letters from Heath's wife Jennie and children Alice and Albert, photographs of Heath and his family, including the European...
Dates: 1880-1999

Charles H. Dennis papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dennis
Abstract

Correspondence and miscellaneous items relating to Charles H. Dennis, managing editor of the Chicago Daily News.

Dates: 1868-1942; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1929

Chauncey McCormick papers

 Collection
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

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Photographs, Artwork, and Audiovisual

 Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-5
Abstract

Photographs, cartoons, drawings, and paintings, and two boxes of audio media of oral histories, interviews, Burlington Route chapter readings by its author, and radio programs. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.

Dates: approximately 1852-1975

Christina Olson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Olson
Abstract

Material relating to Chicago dancer Christina Olson, who at the age of twelve performed as a Turkish dancer in the Turkish Theater at the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893. Includes music school diploma, hand-written documents concerning her employment and performances, her marriage certificate and two photographs. Also, three items relating to the Exposition – a general ticket of admission, her passbook and a program for the Turkish Theater.

Dates: 1891-1918

Claudia Cassidy papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cassidy
Abstract

Articles and reviews, correspondence, broadcast scripts, photographs, and clippings of the Chicago Tribune performing arts critic from 1942 to 1965. Cassidy wrote her influential "On the Aisle" column for the Tribune, then wrote freelance criticism and hosted a weekly program of arts criticism for WFMT, helping to shape the course of music, theater, and dance in Chicago.

Dates: 1880s-1996; Majority of material found within 1930-1985

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

Dankmar Adler papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Adler
Abstract Correspondence, autobiography, writings, articles, genealogy, books, clippings, photographs, and pictures relating to Dankmar Adler, Chicago architect, acoustician, and partner of Louis Sullivan in the Adler and Sullivan architectural firm. Also other family and research materials accumulated by Joan W. Saltzstein, Adler's granddaughter, for her study of Adler and his numerous architectural projects, including the Auditorium Theater, Stock Exchange Building, Garrick Theater Building, and the...
Dates: 1857-1984

Edward Eagle Brown family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Brown
Abstract

Materials pertaining to the family of Chicago banker Edward Eagle Brown, primarily of Brown's father Edward Osgood Brown, great grandfather William Brown, and descendants in the Ipswich and Salem Massachusetts areas.

Dates: 1749-1955; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1900

Edwards family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Edwards
Abstract

Letters, documents, photographs, and printed ephemera centering on John C. Edwards and Lydia Martin Edwards, and their immediate families, both of whom settled near Chicago in the 1840s.

Dates: 1800-1982; Majority of material found within 1847-1908

Fanny Butcher papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Butcher
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the life and work of Chicago literary critic and author, Fanny Butcher.

Dates: 1830-1984; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1984

Felix Borowski Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borowski
Abstract Correspondence, writings, photographs, sound recordings, clippings scrapbooks, and some biographical material documenting the life of Felix Borowski, Chicago composer, musicologist, critic for the Chicago Evening Post and Herald, and music bibliographer for the Newberry Library. The papers include letters from prominent American and European composers such as Mili Balakirev, Edvard Grieg, Paul Hindemith, John Alden Carpenter,...
Dates: 1841-1995; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1956

Field Enterprises records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Field Enterprises
Abstract

Administrative, promotional, and legal materials, correspondence, photographs, and artifacts of Field Enterprises, the umbrella conglomerate under which the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Sun and Times company, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Field Communications Corporation eventually fell.

Dates: 1858-2007; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1975

Frank H. Beberdick Pullman collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Beberdick Pullman
Abstract

Miscellaneous materials relating to the historic Pullman company town and Pullman Manufacturing Company, 1881-2001.

Dates: 1881-2001

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

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

Henshaw family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Henshaw
Abstract

Materials primarily originating from Edward Henshaw (1844-1925) documenting the Henshaw family descended from Joshua Henshaw, who settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts about 1653. Includes manuscript and typescript writings, correspondence, genealogy notes, photographs, and the Henshaw coat of arms.

Dates: 1861-1925

John Blew collection on Wright Howes, Zoe Howes, and U.S.IANA

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blew
Abstract

Correspondence, genealogical research, photographs, interviews, writings, and other materials related to the lives and careers of Wright and Zoe Howes, their families, and Wright Howes' bibliographical work U.S.IANA. Materials were compiled by John Blew, a Chicago lawyer and book collector who became interested in the life of Wright Howes through his use of Howes' U.S.IANA.

Dates: 1790s-2012; Majority of material found within 1870-1999

John Drury-Marion Neville Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Drury-Neville
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, artwork, personal materials, and photographs of author and journalist John Drury, and his wife, journalist and painter Marion Neville.

Dates: 1860-1970

Lewis family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-LewisF
Abstract

Correspondence, documents, personal materials, genealogical research, and photographs of the Lewis and related families collected by Louise Lewis, sister of Chicago journalist Lloyd Lewis.

Dates: 1775-1977; Majority of material found within 1850-1950

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Names
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 3
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 3
Pullman Company 3
Associated Press 2
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 2
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Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 2
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 2
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 2
Drury, John, 1898-1972 2
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 2
Fresh Air Fund 2
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 2
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 2
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 2
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 2
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 2
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 2
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984 1
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
Adler and Sullivan 1
Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900 1
Adler, Liebmann, 1812-1892 1
Akers, Milburn P. 1
America First Committee 1
American Field Service 1
American Red Cross 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Art Institute of Chicago. School 1
Bahá'i Temple (Wilmette, Ill.) 1
Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946 1
Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
Baril, Elmer J. 1
Barnes, Bessie 1
Barrows, John Henry, 1847-1902 1
Barrymore, Ethel 1
Bartlett, Helen Birch, 1884-1925 1
Bates family 1
Beberdick, Frank H. (Frank Harry), 1927- 1
Beech, Keyes 1
Bernard family 1
Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943 1
Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 1
Beveridge family 1
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 1
Beveridge, Catherine Eddy, 1881-1970 1
Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, 1832-1910 1
Blew, John 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Borden Company 1
Borowski, Elsa 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Botsford family 1
Brothers of the Book 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Edward E. (Edward Eagle), 1885-1959 1
Brown, Edward Osgood, 1847-1923 1
Brown, William, -1833 1
Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954 1
Bryan, William Lowe, 1860-1955 1
Bubley, Esther 1
Bunch family 1
Bunch, Alma, 1891-1986 1
Bunch, Richard 1
Burck, Jacob 1
Burt family 1
Burt, Edith Fleming, 1874-1953 1
Burt, Henry Jackson, 1873- 1
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 1
Callas, Maria, 1923-1977 1
Caniff, Milton Arthur, 1907-1988 1
Carnevali, Emanuel 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Carson Pirie Scott 1
Cassidy, Claudia 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chamberlain family 1
Chamberlin, George E. 1
Chapin family 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Chicago Commission on Race Relations 1
Chicago Daily Socialist 1
Chicago Journal of Commerce 1
Chicago Musical College 1
Chicago Sun-Times 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1
Chicago sun-times. School Services Division 1
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 1
City News Bureau of Chicago 1
Clark, Herma, 1871-1959 1
Clark, Robert R., 1834-1907 1
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