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Allen Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Allen
Abstract Courtship letters of lawyer and Wisconsin statesman Gideon W. Allen and his future wife Annie Cox during the years of 1863-1865 in which they discuss current their political and religious beliefs, Allen's travels throughout Wisconsin while looking for work, and Cox's life as a woman in Madison, Wisconsin. Also an unfinished biography of renowned botanist Ruth F. Allen by Mabel Nebel, incoming correspondence of Ruth F. Allen, and other family correspondence, photographs, and personal...
Dates: 1862-1964

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

C. Frederick Kittle collection of Doyleana

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Modern-MS-Kittle-Doyle
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and artwork of and relating to Arthur Conan Doyle and his family, forming a small part of the C. Frederick Kittle Collection of Doyleana, most of which is individually cataloged. Includes 140 letters, notes and cards written by Arthur Conan Doyle, 12 letters to him, and 57 other letters, some by Doyle family members and others retained by C. Frederick Kittle (mostly regarding his collecting of Doyle materials). Also artwork by Doyle’s father, grandfather and...
Dates: 1836-2000

Charles H. Dennis papers

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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

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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

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

Clay Judson Papers - Additions

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC2
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer and civic leader, Clay Judson, including correspondence, mostly with family members; travel narratives of camping trips taken by Judson and his friends, chiefly in Wisconsin and Minnesota; materials relating to Judson’s experiences with the A.E.F. in World War I; and photographs of Judson and his family members, among which is an album of snapshots made while his father was stationed in Panama during the construction of the Gatun...
Dates: 1839-1960; Majority of material found within 1905 - 1926

Dankmar Adler papers

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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 Price Bell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bell
Abstract

Correspondence, works, and other items related to Edward Price Bell's career as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News and roving correspondent for the Literary Digest.

Dates: 1886-1951; Majority of material found within 1900-1942

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

Endicott Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Endicott
Abstract

Correspondence, photographs, and other miscellaneous material pertaining to the Endicott family and relatives of the Redden, Castle, and Smith families. These families lived primarily in the towns of Greenville, Stubblefield, and Villa Ridge, Pulaski County, Illinois. Topics discussed in the correspondence include marriage, domestic life, illness, and religion. Miscellaneous items include an account book, a paper written about dairy farming, and calling and greeting cards.

Dates: 1868-1986

Fanny Butcher papers

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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

Francis Fisher Browne papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Browne
Abstract

Correspondence, literary manuscripts, memorabilia, clippings, photos and material relating to Francis Fisher Browne and the publication of several Chicago literary periodicals, primarily The Dial, of which Francis Fisher Browne was the founder and editor, 1880-1913.

Dates: approximately 1860-1949; Majority of material found within 1873 - 1915

James O'Donnell Bennett papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bennett
Abstract

Letters written to James O'Donnell Bennett while he was a journalist for the Chicago Record-Herald and the Chicago Tribune, primarily in his capacity as literary critic. Also includes inscribed photographs and other materials.

Dates: 1814-1936 ; Majority of material found within 1900-1936

Lewis family papers

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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

Lloyd Lewis papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lewis
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, personal materials, and photographs of Chicago journalist and historian Lloyd Lewis.

Dates: 1886-1985; Majority of material found within 1905-1949

Loren M. Knowles family papers

 Collection — Box: AV USB 1
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Knowles Family
Abstract Correspondence and transcriptions thereof, account and estate documents, government records (such as birth, marriage, and death certificates, documents, and letters), news clippings, genealogical research material, photographs, and compilation of information concerning the Knowles family and the related Adgate, Balzhäuser, Brewster, Christian, Cokenhour, Helvig, Hoyal, Hyde, Jackson, Kauffman, Klauder, Lamson, Michell, Oliger, Weigand, and other extended families, located primarily in New...
Dates: 1784-2015; Majority of material found within 1811-1961

Malcolm Cowley papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cowley
Abstract

Collection of correspondence, working files, drafts of works, subject files, and personal information by and about author, poet, literary critic, and literary historian Malcolm Cowley.

Dates: approximately 1850-2004; Majority of material found within 1898 - 1985

Mary Hartwell Catherwood Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Catherwood
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, notes and works of writer Mary Hartwell Catherwood. Also, a few photographs, clippings and articles relating to Catherwood.

Dates: 1865-1945

Melville E. Stone papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stone
Abstract

Correspondence and other materials pertaining to the life and work of Melville E. Stone, founder and editor of the Chicago Daily News and general manager of the Associated Press.

Dates: 1815-1954; Majority of material found within 1890-1929

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

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

Reynolds-McBride family papers

 Collection
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

Rudolph Ganz Papers

 Collection
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

Sluby collection of portrait photographs

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Sluby
Abstract

Paul E. Sluby, Sr., a genealogist and historian from Washington D.C., compiled this collection of early photographs of identified individuals. Many of the photographs were acquired at flea markets and antique stores in the northeastern United States. Also included are some letters, funeral notices, and a high school diploma.

Dates: approximately 1850-1953; Majority of material found within 1880-1930

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Clippings -- 1901-1950 6
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 5
Diaries -- 1901-1950 4
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 4
Clippings -- 1851-1900 3
Clippings -- 1951-2000 3
Diaries -- 1851-1900 3
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 3
World War, 1914-1918 3
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 2
Critics 2
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1951-2000 2
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 2
Foreign correspondents 2
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Husband and wife -- Correspondence 2
Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 2
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Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 2
Parent and child -- Correspondence 2
Spanish-American War, 1898 2
Syndicates (Journalism) -- United States 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements 2
20th century music -- History 1
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Airplanes, Military -- Armament -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Ambrotypes 1
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Anthologies -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography 1
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Artist colonies -- New York (State) 1
Artists -- Great Britain 1
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Authors, American 1
Authors, American -- 20th century 1
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Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
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Building, Iron and steel -- Tables 1
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Bureau County (Ill.) -- History 1
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Calendars (documents) -- Illinois 1
Canada -- Description and travel 1
Carpentersville (Ill.) 1
Chester County (Pa.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Emigration and immigration 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- To 1950 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Children's drawings -- France 1
Christian County (Ill.) -- History 1
Civil engineers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Clinton County (N.Y.) -- History 1
Clippings -- 1801-1850 1
Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
College students -- Illinois -- History 1
College teachers -- United States 1
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Composers 1
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Copperhead movement 1
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Language
French 3
German 1
 
Names
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 4
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 3
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 3
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 3
Ade, George, 1866-1944 2
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America First Committee 2
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 2
Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913 2
Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954 2
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 2
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 2
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 2
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 2
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 2
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 2
Gillette, William, 1853-1937 2
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 2
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 2
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 2
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 2
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 2
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 2
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 2
Skinner, Otis, 1858-1942 2
Tate, Allen, 1899-1979 2
Taylor, Graham, 1851-1938 2
Yaddo (Artists' colony) 2
A.W. Wall Ltd. 1
Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960 1
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Adgate family 1
Adgate, Asa 1
Adler and Sullivan 1
Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900 1
Adler, Liebmann, 1812-1892 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 1
Allen, Annie Cox, 1840-1895 1
Allen, Gideon W., 1835-1912 1
Allen, Ruth F., 1879-1963 1
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 1
American Field Service 1
American Mothers 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
American Tract Society 1
American Writers' Congress 1
Anderson, Melville Best, 1851-1933 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Aragon, 1897-1982 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Asch, Nathan, 1902-1964 1
Associated Press 1
Bahá'i Temple (Wilmette, Ill.) 1
Baker family 1
Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946 1
Balzhäuser family 1
Barr, Robert, 1849-1912 1
Basso, Hamilton, 1904-1964 1
Beatty, Harry W. 1
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964 1
Beecher, Edward N. 1
Bell, Mary Alice Mills 1
Bennett, James O'Donnell, 1870-1940 1
Best, Marshall, -1982 1
Bispham, David, 1857-1921 1
Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, 1832-1910 1
Bliven, Bruce, 1889-1977 1
Blume, Peter, 1906-1992 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Bourinot, John George, 1837-1902 1
Brewster family 1
Brown, Constantine, 1889-1966 1
Browne's Bookstore 1
Browne, Herbert S. 1
Bryan, William Lowe, 1860-1955 1
Bullen, Percy Sutherland, 1869- 1
Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993 1
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 1
Burt family 1
Burt, Edith Fleming, 1874-1953 1
Burt, Henry Jackson, 1873- 1
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 1
Campanini, Cleofonte 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Catherwood, John Steele 1
Catherwood, Mary Hartwell, 1847-1902 1
Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 1
Chap-book 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Cheever, John 1
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Musical College 1
Chicago Record-Herald 1
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 1
Christian family 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
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