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Lambert Tree papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tree
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, drafts, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings relating to Lambert Tree, Cook County lawyer, judge, politician, philanthropist, and U.S. diplomat in Belgium and Russia. The collection contains some Tree family material, commentary on the state of the Democratic Party under Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan, and numerous items related to Tree's social, political, philanthropic, and diplomatic activities.

Dates: 1821-1948; Majority of material found within 1821-1933

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

Milo Kendall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kendall
Abstract

Vermont native who settled in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846 and practiced law there for over sixty years. Papers include extensive records of Kendall's legal practice, family correspondence, and real estate records.

Dates: 1798-1925; Majority of material found within 1845-1906

Rowley Family Journals

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-096
Abstract

Two journals by Mrs. Jane Rowley of the Chicago area, including descriptions of family and farming life, and various trips to Chicago and elsewhere.

Dates: 1851-1887

Stone & Kimball records

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Stn
Abstract Papers of late 19th-early 20th century Chicago book publisher Stone & Kimball, consisting of original manuscripts and correspondence (primarily that of Herbert S. Stone) and authors George Ade, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, and Eugene Field, among others. Correspondence is supplanted with photographs, original manuscripts, plays, writings, art posters, drawings, prints, newspaper clippings, contracts, agreements, receipts, and artifacts. The bulk of the collection includes material...
Dates: 1883-1971

Welling Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Welling
Abstract

Correspondence, writings and documents relating to Harriet W. Welling, her husband John P. Welling, and his father, John C. Welling. Harriet Welling material includes memoirs of her life in Chicago, and histories of Chicago clubs; John P. Welling material includes military records from his service in World War I.

Dates: 1899-1988

William Edward Parsons papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Parsons
Abstract

Professional and personal materials and photographs of Chicago architect and city planner William Edward Parsons.

Dates: 1873-1992; Majority of material found within 1873 - 1939

William H. Peterson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Peterson
Abstract Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and personal material of William H. Peterson, a World War II radar man and later engineer for the Pullman Company. Includes Peterson's schoolwork, wartime letters, and engineering designs. There is additional material for the Peterson family, including William's father Hartin F. Peterson, also a Pullman employee, such as his World War I photographs and his own draft work. Collection also contains genealogy and photographs of the...
Dates: 1891-2012

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Correspondence -- 1951-2000 3
Diaries -- 1851-1900 3
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 3
Illinois -- Genealogy 3
Photographs -- 1951-2000 3
Scrapbooks 3
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
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Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 2
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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 2
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Ade, George, 1866-1944 2
Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902 2
Art Institute of Chicago 2
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 2
Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921 2
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Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 2
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 2
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 2
Harrison, Carter H. (Carter Henry), 1825-1893 2
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 2
Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 2
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 2
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 2
Rand McNally and Company 2
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 2
Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior 2
Ade family 1
Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925 1
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, 1836-1912 1
American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1
American Institute of Architects 1
American Library Association 1
American Medical Association 1
American National Red Cross 1
American Red Cross 1
American University of Beirut 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886 1
Athenaeum of Philadelphia 1
Austin family 1
Austin, Catherine MacKenzie Byrne, 1882-1978 1
Austin, Frederick Byrne, 1903- 1
Austin, Frederick D. B., 1872-1932 1
Austin, Miriam Jane, 1865-1929 1
Austin, Muriel MacKenzie, 1903-1994 1
Baker, George Bramwell, 1832-1865 1
Barnard, Alice Lucretia, 1829-1908 1
Barnard, Harry, 1906-1982 1
Barrows, John Henry, 1847-1902 1
Bartlett, Helen Birch, 1884-1925 1
Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929 1
Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898 1
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956 1
Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954 1
Bernard family 1
Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 1
Bethany Union Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Betts, Louis 1
Beveridge family 1
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 1
Beveridge, Catherine Eddy, 1881-1970 1
Biggers, Kate 1
Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956 1
Blatchford, Frances L. (Frances Lord), 1866-1958 1
Blatchford, Paul, 1859-1925 1
Blatchford, Samuel, 1767-1828 1
Blatchford, Samuel, 1820-1893 1
Boromé, Joseph Alfred, 1919-2002 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Boston Athenaeum 1
Botsford family 1
Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers), 1848-1933 1
Boyce family 1
Boyce, Helen, 1875-1920 1
Boyce, Le Roy Merrick, 1810-1849 1
Boyce, Simeon Leonard, 1850- 1
Bradley, Will, 1868-1962 1
Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 1
Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956 1
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 1
Brown, Frank 1
Browne, Charles Francis 1
Brundage, Slim, 1903-1990 1
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 1
Byrne family 1
Byrne, Alexander MacKenzie, 1884-1931 1
Byrne, Daniel Jameson, 1839-1923 1
Byrne, Mary MacKenzie, 1844-1932 1
Byrne, Mary MacKenzie, 1877-after 1936 1
Calhoun, Lucy Monroe, 1865-1950 1
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 1
Carpenter family 1
Carpenter, Helen Graham, 1868-1945 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Casino (Club : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chapin family 1
Chaplin, Ralph, 1887-1961 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Chicago (Ill.). Commission for the Encouragement of Local Art 1
Chicago (Ill.). Office of the Mayor 1
Chicago Bar Association 1
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1
Chicago Historical Society 1
Chicago Literary Club 1
Chicago Public Library 1
Chicago record 1
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 1
Christopher Publishing House 1
Cincinnati Public Library 1
City News Bureau of Chicago 1
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