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Allen Family Papers

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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

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 Eagle Brown family papers

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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

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

Harris-MacLean family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harris-MacLean
Abstract Letters, diaries, photographs, daybooks, ledgers, writings, genealogical material, and memorabilia detailing the life and travels of several wealthy Chicago families, mainly during the first three decades of the 20th century. The Harris family side is Norman Wait Harris, founder of the Harris Bank of Chicago, and his wife, Emma Gale Harris from New Hampshire, and their parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren. Other major related families represented include Gale, Bent, Lane, and...
Dates: 1784-1980; Majority of material found within 1880-1940

John Drury-Marion Neville Papers

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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

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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

Oliver Barrett-Carl Sandburg papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Barrett-Sandburg
Abstract Correspondence between Oliver R. Barrett, lawyer and collector of Abraham Lincoln material and poet Carl Sandburg, primarily pertaining to the interest of both men in Lincoln, plus a few other letters of Oliver Barrett and his son Roger; numerous brief undated notes from Sandburg to Barrett and work notes on Lincoln's biography by both men; copies of several articles and numerous poems by Sandburg; miscellaneous printed items relating to Sandburg, his work and his public appearances; and...
Dates: approximately 1860-1966

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

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

Will Ransom papers

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rans
Abstract Printer, commercial artist, bibliographer and author of works on American printing history and private presses who did freelance work in lettering, design and typography before becoming art editor at the University of Oklahoma Press. Largely the correspondence between Ransom and members of the Anglo-American fine press movement between 1920 and 1950, together with printed ephemera from these presses, and detailed notes about their history and publications. There are also files on Ransom's...
Dates: 1883-1954

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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Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 3
Manuscripts, American 3
Authors, American 2
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 2
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 2
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Middle West -- Description and travel 2
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 2
Parent and child -- Correspondence 2
Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 2
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 2
Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements 2
20th century music -- History 1
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Actors and actresses -- Portraits 1
Alcoholics 1
Amateur arts 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography 1
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Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
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Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Pictorial works 1
Chester County (Pa.) -- History 1
Chesterton (Ind.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
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Children's drawings -- France 1
Clinton County (N.Y.) -- History 1
Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
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Conductors (Music) 1
Copperhead movement 1
Correspondence -- 1751-1800 1
Courtship -- Wisconsin -- Correspondence 1
Critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1801-1850 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1851-1900 1
Designers -- United States 1
Diaries -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- 1901-1950 1
Doodles -- 1901-1950 1
Engineers -- United States 1
Engravings 1
Ethnic neighborhoods -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Faith -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Families -- Indiana 1
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Family farms -- Indiana -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Family farms -- Indiana -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Farm life -- Indiana 1
Farmers -- Indiana -- Pendleton -- Diaries 1
Female friendship -- Correspondence 1
Food writing 1
France -- History -- 20th century 1
Gatun Locks (Panama) -- Photographs 1
Genealogical correspondence 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
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French 2
German 1
Swedish 1
 
Names
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 2
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 2
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 2
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Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 2
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Adgate family 1
Adgate, Asa 1
Adler and Sullivan 1
Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900 1
Adler, Liebmann, 1812-1892 1
Allen, Annie Cox, 1840-1895 1
Allen, Gideon W., 1835-1912 1
Allen, Ruth F., 1879-1963 1
America First Committee 1
American Field Service 1
American Mothers 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
American Tract Society 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Art Institute of Chicago. School 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Balzhäuser family 1
Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950 1
Barrett, Roger 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Brewster 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
Bryan, William Lowe, 1860-1955 1
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 1
Carson Pirie Scott 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Chicago Daily Socialist 1
Chicago Musical College 1
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 1
Christian family 1
Clark, Herma, 1871-1959 1
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 1
Cokenhour family 1
Cuala Press 1
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 1
Derleth, August, 1909-1971 1
Downs family 1
Drury, John, 1898-1972 1
Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956 1
Eberhart, Mignon G. (Mignon Good), 1899-1996 1
Eleanor Association 1
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 1
Field, Henry, 1902-1986 1
Forgue, Norman W. 1
Frederick, John T. (John Towner), 1893-1975 1
Fussell family 1
Fussell, Charles Lewis, 1840-1909 1
Gales family 1
Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972 1
Germer, Adolph 1
Goodwin, Philip Lippincott, 1885-1958 1
Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947 1
Hanley family 1
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 1
Harris N.A. 1
Harris Trust and Savings Bank 1
Harris family 1
Harris, Emma Susan Gale 1
Harris, Muriel Bent 1
Harris, Norman Wait, 1846-1916 1
Harris, Stanley Gale 1
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978 1
Helvig family 1
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1
Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Hoyal family 1
Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966 1
Hyde family 1
Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society 1
Indiana University 1
Jackson family 1
Johnson family 1
Judson family 1
Kauffman family 1
Kennelly, Martin H., 1887-1961 1
Kirkland, Wallace 1
Klauder family 1
Knowles family 1
Knowles, Beatrice Michell 1
Knowles, Hannibal 1
Knowles, Julia Adgate 1
Knowles, Loren M. 1
Knowles, Sarah E. Clark 1
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