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American circus collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-AmCircus
Abstract

Late 19th and early 20th century circus and theater related illustrations, publicity, programs, photographs and memorabilia.

Dates: 1891-1940s

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

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 Doctoroff papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Doctoroff
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, exhibition programs, and prints relating to Chicago-based portrait artist John Doctoroff.

Dates: 1924-1967

William H. Peterson papers

 Collection
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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Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 4
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Photographs -- 1851-1900 3
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Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Burlington Zephyr (Express train) 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Pictorial works 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Circus 1
Circus -- United States 1
Circus animals 1
Circus in art 1
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Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
Clippings -- 1951-2000 1
Dallas (Tex.) 1
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Editorial cartoons -- 1851-1900 1
Editorial cartoons -- 1901-1950 1
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Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Golf 1
Greeting cards -- Specimens 1
Hollywood (Fla.) 1
Jewish artists -- United States 1
Jewish painters 1
Kalamazoo (Mich.) 1
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Pictorial works 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Miami (Fla.) 1
Middle West -- Description and travel 1
Minstrel shows 1
Mississippi River Valley 1
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Palm Beach (Fla.) 1
Photographers -- West (U.S.) 1
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Portrait drawing, American -- 20th century 1
Portrait painters -- United States 1
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Programs -- 1901-1950 1
Pullman (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
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Rapid City (S.D.) 1
San Antonio (Tex.) 1
San Francisco (Calif.) 1
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 1
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 1
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Soldiers' writings, American 1
Sound recordings -- 1901-1950 1
Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 1
Springfield (Ill.) 1
Theater 1
Theater programs 1
Topeka (Kan.) 1
Tourism -- West (U.S.) 1
Vacations 1
Vision and visual health care 1
Wawasee (Ind.) 1
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel 1
Winter Park (Fla.) 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean -- Naval operations, American 1
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Pictorial works 1
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Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984 1
Adolphus Hotel (Dallas, Tex.) 1
Al G. Barnes Circus 1
Albers, Charles H. 1
All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts 1
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Ambassador East Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Anshe Emet Synagogue (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Baird, Warner G. 1
Bank, Marji 1
Bertram Mills Circus 1
Blew, John 1
Branstrom, William J. 1
Brown, Edward E. (Edward Eagle), 1885-1959 1
Bubley, Esther 1
Budd, Ralph, 1879-1962 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 1
Butterworth Center (Moline, Ill.) 1
Capehart, Homer E. (Homer Earl), 1897-1979 1
Chicago Clearing House Association 1
Chicago Historical Society 1
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 1
Children's Memorial Hospital (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Circus Fans Association of America 1
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 1
Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus 1
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 1
Davis, Mitchell P. 1
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951 1
Dillard University 1
Doctoroff, John, 1893-1970 1
Doctoroff, Rose, 1893-1956 1
Drake Hotel 1
Dutton, Mary L. 1
Edwards Place (Springfield, Ill.) 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 1
Engelhard, Benjamin M., 1868-1948 1
Federal Life Insurance Company (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976 1
Garfinkle, Ann 1
Garfinkle, Henry, 1903-1983 1
Gerber, Daniel F., 1898-1974 1
Gerber, Frank D., 1873-1952 1
Gilmore, Eugene Stuart 1
Goldsmith, Dorothy 1
Graff, Everett D. (Everett Dwight), 1885-1964 1
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1
Hamilton, Isaac Miller 1
Hanley family 1
Harris, Paul Percy, 1868-1947 1
Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) 1
Hirschberg, Abram, 1876-1950 1
Hollywood Beach Hotel (Hollywood, Fla.) 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Horner, Henry, 1878-1940 1
Hotel Belvedere (Baltimore, Md.) 1
Howes, Wright 1
Illinois State Fair 1
International Creative Artists and Craftsmen's Guild 1
Johnson family 1
Kenosha Historical Art Museum (Kenosha, Wis.) 1
Korrick, Blanche Becker, 1897-1987 1
Kotula family 1
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 1
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 1
Levy, Ruth 1
Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968 1
Mann, Louis L. (Louis Leopold), 1890- 1
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940 1
Maxwell, Iris 1
Michael Reese Nurses’ Alumnae Association of Chicago 1
Municipal Art League of Chicago 1
Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Newberry Library 1
Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
Palm Beach Hotel (Palm Beach, Fla.) 1
Penn, Albert, 1881-1962 1
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 1
Peterson family 1
Peterson, William H. (William Hartin), 1921-2008 1
Polasek, Albin, 1879-1965 1
Pond, Irving K. (Irving Kane), 1857-1939 1
Potts, Willis J. (Willis John), 1895-1968 1
Pullman Company 1
Rathje, Frank C., Sr. 1
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 1
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows 1
Rooney Plaza Hotel (Miami, Fla.) 1
Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932 1
Rotary Club of Chicago 1
Rotary Club of Rapid City 1
Russell Brothers Circus 1
Sells-Floto Circus 1
Sinaiko, Freda F., 1901-1964 1
Springfield Art Association 1
Standard Club (Springfield, Ill.) 1
Stevens Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Temple Sholom (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Tobin, Ben, 1903-1996 1
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