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Mike Royko papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Royko
Abstract Correspondence, columns, other works, and personal material of journalist, columnist, and author Mike Royko. Royko received his journalistic training by working for the Chicago City News Bureau (1956-1959) and went on to be a favorite columnist at the Chicago Daily News (1959-1978); The Chicago Sun-Times (1978-1984); and the Chicago Tribune (1984-1997). Royko is known for writing his...
Dates: 1934-1997; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1997

Milo Kendall papers

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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

Mina Hager Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hager
Abstract

Material relating to the career of mezzo-soprano Mina Hager (Mrs. Fred Heidenson), including incoming correspondence from John Alden Carpenter and others, programs, clippings and other memorabilia. Also, practice and demo tapes, sound recordings (78 rpm and 45 rpm, LP) and a collection of manuscript and published sheet music, mostly by John Alden Carpenter.

Dates: 1892-1977; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1970

Mitchell Dawson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dawson
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of lawyer and poet Mitchell Dawson, and also papers, photographs and genealogical information of the Dawson, Manierre and Hahn families.

Dates: 1810-1988

Monroe family papers

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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

Morse-Keith Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Morse-Keith
Abstract

Papers centering around Charles Ansel Morse (1835-1894) who settled in Chicago in the early 1860s, establishing a wholesale clothing firm. The bulk of the collection consists of letters home to family in New Bedford, Mass. There are also calling cards of many early Chicago residents, genealogical documents, and a few photographs.

Dates: 1833-1938; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1872

Morton Dauwen Zabel papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Zabel
Abstract

Correspondence, works, personal materials, and photographs of literary critic, editor, scholar, and educator Morton Dauwen Zabel.

Dates: 1861-1964; Majority of material found within 1930-1960

Nelson Algren-Christine and Neal Rowland Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Algren Rowland
Abstract

Nelson Algren was an American author and journalist known for his witty, humanistic depictions of postwar working-class urban life. He is most famous for his novel The Man with the Golden Arm (1949), which won the first National Book Award for fiction. Collection consists of correspondence from Algren to his friends Christine and Neal Rowland.

Dates: 1940-1989; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1951

Newberry Library Archives

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Identifier: NL-Archives
Abstract

The Newberry Library's institutional records, records of the Walter L. Newberry estate, personal papers of staff members and trustees, photographs, and publications that document the establishment and operation of the library, its growth and transformation over time, and its active participation in the cultural and intellectual life of Chicago and the nation. Also information on the Newberry family and property development in Chicago.

Dates: 1885-ongoing

Oswald Bruce Cooper Papers

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Cooper
Abstract

Papers of Oswald Cooper, Chicago lettering artist, advertising designer and type designer best known for his Cooper Black and Cooper Bold typefaces. Includes art work for type designs; art boards, proofs and finished advertising pieces; and limited correspondence. There is also a file on patent cases of 1926-1928, and Cooper's testimony before Congress on the originality of typefaces, and ephemera from other artists.

Dates: 1903-1953; Majority of material found within 1919 - 1939

Parish Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Parish
Abstract Consists mainly of correspondence from Martha Ellen Luey Parish of Chicago, IL to her father, Lester Lyman Luey, of Greenfield, Massachusetts. Also included are a few letters written by his son-in-law, Charles Pomeroy Parish. The letters concern domestic matters and touch upon such community topics as electrification, the bicycling mania of the late 19th century, fires and fire insurance, and the remains of the World's Columbian Exposition. There are also several letters discussing an...
Dates: 1884-1896

Peter Nabokov Papers

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Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Nabokov
Abstract

Research papers of author and American Indian Studies professor Peter Nabokov relating to his books, Indian Running: Native American History and Tradition and Native American Testimony anthologies.

Dates: 1937-1984; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1984

Philip Hart papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-135
Abstract

Small collection of letters and other materials about Theodore Thomas, founding music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra collected by Philip Hart, a music historian and former assistant manager of the CSO.

Dates: 1973-1974

Platt R. Spencer papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Spencer
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, copybooks, penmanship samples, cashbooks, newspaper clippings, poetry, essays, drawings, artifacts and miscellaneous personal items related to the life and career of Platt Rogers Spencer, penman, poet, and educator who created the Spencerian system of penmanship. The establishment of Spencerian schools of business was a highly successful endeavor in part because the entire family was involved in the business. In his later years, Spencer became involved in the...
Dates: 1827-1951; Majority of material found within 1850-1900

R. Ford Bentley Papers

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Bentley
Abstract

Personal, family, and professional papers including photographs and genealogical materials relating to Robert Ford Bentley, Chicago marketing and advertising executive with the Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Co. Also includes promotional materials and correspondence pertaining to many of the printing related companies that Ford worked for.

Dates: approximately 1830-1990; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1970

Ralph Korngold papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Korngold
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and personal items relating to the life and work of Socialist journalist and historical biographer Ralph Korngold.

Dates: 1867-1994; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1964

Raymond Franklin DaBoll Papers

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-DaBoll
Abstract

Correspondence, original art, printed works, biographical information by and about Chicago calligrapher and designer Raymond F. DaBoll; includes ephemera from other artists.

Dates: 1905-1982; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1982

Reynolds-McBride family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Reynolds-McBride
Abstract

Correspondence of the Reynolds family who emigrated from Ireland to Manchester, England in 1849, and their descendants who settled in the Chicago area. Collection contains significant material of one of these descendants, Anita McBride, who was an aspiring writer. Her materials include drafts of short stories, papers pertaining to an unpublished "as-told-to" memoir of retired police detective Ed Carmody called "Chicago Cop," and diaries spanning 1972 to 1999.

Dates: 1866-2000

Robert Marsh Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Marsh
Abstract

Music scholar and Chicago Sun-Times classical music critic for over thirty years. Marsh chronicled a golden age for classical music in Chicago, including the tenures of Fritz Reiner and Georg Solti at the CSO and the Lyric Opera in its infancy. The collection includes correspondence, record reviews, photographs, memorabilia, audio recordings, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1940-1986

Rosenthal/Mardersteig collection

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-RosOB
Abstract

Correspondence and subject files relating to Samuel R. Rosenthal’s collection of the work of Giovanni Mardersteig (1892-1977) and his Officina Bodoni press (1923-1977).

Dates: 1954-1994

Rudolph Ganz Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ganz
Abstract

Works, correspondence to and from prominent musical figures, family correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, artifacts, and a couple of recordings of this world-renowned concert pianist, composer, conductor, and educator.

Dates: 1864-2013

Rudy Horn papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Horn
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, photographs and memorabilia of Chicago entertainer known as the "Comedy King of Vaudeville." His father was Henry Horn, who operated and booked nightclubs in the early 1900s and was the onetime owner of Chicago's Green Mill Tavern. Born in 1909, Horn performed as a dancer, comedian, and emcee throughout the US and Europe.

Dates: 1920-1995

Ruth Justus Papers

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Justus
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, and calligraphic works by Ruth Justus, an American calligrapher who taught at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The bulk of incoming correspondence from 1958 to 1962 relates to a book calligraphed by Justus titled “This is Minnesota” and reader responses to newspaper articles about learning calligraphy.

Dates: 1951-1983; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1970

Ruth Levy dance photographs

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Identifier: Dance-MS-LevyR
Abstract Ruth Levy, who performed as a dancer with the Pavley/Oukrainsky Junior Ballet, received a master’s degree in photography at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1972. This collection includes her slides, negatives, proof sheets, and prints of dancers in several companies, including the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the American Ballet Theatre, the Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Joffrey Ballet, the New York City Ballet, and the Ruth Page Chicago Ballet among others. Some of these photographs...
Dates: 1928-1976; Majority of material found within 1970-1973

Ruth Page papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Page
Abstract

Personal papers of dancer and choreographer Ruth Page. Materials include correspondence, choreographic and technical notes, address books, programs, press clippings and scrapbooks, journals writings, photographs, business records, audio recordings, and musical scores. Featured dance works include The Bells, Carmen, Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Frankie and Johnny, and Billy Sunday.

Dates: 1892-1997

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Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 5
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 4
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 4
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 4
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 4
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 4
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 4
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 4
Newberry Library 4
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 4
Ade, George, 1866-1944 3
American National Red Cross 3
American Red Cross 3
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 3
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 3
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 3
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 3
Borroff, Edith, 1925-2019 3
Charles H. Kerr Company 3
Chicago Historical Society 3
Chicago Sun-Times 3
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951 3
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 3
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 3
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 3
Industrial Workers of the World 3
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 3
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 3
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 3
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 3
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 3
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 3
Purdue University 3
Rand McNally and Company 3
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 3
Socialist Party of the United States of America 3
Stevens, Ashton 3
Stock, Frederick, 1872-1942 3
Strong, Walter Ansel, 1883-1931 3
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 3
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 3
Union League Club of Chicago 3
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 3
America First Committee 2
Arpino, Gerald 2
Arts Club of Chicago 2
Bell, Laird, 1883-1965 2
Bernard family 2
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 2
Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956 2
Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921 2
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 2
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 2
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 2
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 2
Brown, Edward E. (Edward Eagle), 1885-1959 2
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 2
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 2
Carpenter family 2
Carpenter, Rue Winterbotham, -1931 2
Chicago Literary Club 2
Chicago Opera Ballet 2
Chicago Public Library 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 2
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Cooper, Oswald Bruce, 1879-1940 2
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 2
Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 2
Cusick, Rick 2
Dillon, George, 1906-1968 2
Doctoroff, John, 1893-1970 2
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 2
Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985 2
Dufau, Jenny 2
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 2
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 2
Field Museum of Natural History 2
Fischer, Irwin, 1903-1977 2
Fischer, Marion H. 2
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 2
Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972 2
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 2
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 2
Gerstenberg, Alice 2
Gilbert, Lou, 1909-1978 2
Graff, Everett D. (Everett Dwight), 1885-1964 2
Green, Abel, 1900-1973 2
Hamill, Alfred E. (Alfred Ernest), 1884-1953 2
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