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Catherine Eddy Beveridge papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Beveridge
Abstract

Correspondence, papers, and diary of Catherine Eddy Beveridge, and also correspondence, papers, photographs and genealogical information collected by Catherine Eddy Beveridge related to her family.

Dates: 1703-2004; Majority of material found within 1870-1910

Fairbank-Graham Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fairbank-Graham
Abstract Correspondence, personal and business materials, documents, diaries, writings, photographs, and maps of the Fairbank and Graham families. These families were connected by the marriage of Nathaniel Kellogg Fairbank, a prominent Chicago businessman, and Helen Beeckman Graham, daughter of East Coast industrialist John Andrew Graham. Collection also includes materials of the Carpenter family, through the marriage of Helen Fairbank and Benjamin Carpenter, and three generations of the Nathan S....
Dates: 1775-1980; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1920

Goodman family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman Family
Abstract

Papers, letters, photograph albums, cards, genealogical materials, diaries, and travel memorabilia from the family of Marjorie Sawyer Goodman Graff, daughter of playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, and her mother, Marjorie Robbins Hopkins.

Dates: 1795-2003; Majority of material found within 1880-1995

Harvey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harvey
Abstract

Collection of letters, photographs, diaries, writings, business records, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago native and longtime Rand McNally employee Bennet B. Harvey, his wife Dorothy Wegener Harvey, their son Bennet B. Harvey, Jr., and their ancestors, many of whom were early Chicago settlers and involved in the development of the city. Families represented include Botsford, Chapin, Fisk, Gehrke, Harvey, and Wegener.

Dates: 1800-2007; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1984

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

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Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 2
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 2
Parent and child -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 2
Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
Autochromes (photographs) 1
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Business records -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Business records -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
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Calligraphy (visual works) 1
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Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Children's books -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Coal -- Maryland -- Maps 1
Coal trade -- Maryland 1
Coalfields -- Maryland 1
Courtship -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Cuba -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Cumberland (Md.) -- Maps 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) 1
Diaries 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- United States -- 1801-1850 1
Divorce 1
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Egypt -- Description and travel -- 20th century 1
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Fathers and daughters -- Correspondence 1
Florida -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Genealogical correspondence -- Connecticut 1
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Genealogies (histories) -- 1901-1950 1
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Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Love-letters -- United States -- 20th century 1
Mackinac Island (Mich.) -- History 1
Mackinac Island Region (Mich.) -- Description and travel 1
Maryland -- Genealogy 1
Massachusetts -- Genealogy 1
Millinery -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Mothers and daughters -- Correspondence 1
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Mount Savage (Md.) -- History 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
Philanthropists -- United States 1
Photograph albums 1
Photograph albums -- 1851-1900 1
Physicians -- Illinois -- Biography 1
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Publishers and publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
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Socialites -- United States -- Diaries 1
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Theater programs -- 1901-1950 1
Tintypes (prints) 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons 1
Upper class -- United States 1
Upper class -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Visiting cards -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Women authors, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Women poets, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Personal narratives 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Personal narratives 1
World's Parliament of Religions (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
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American Medical Association 1
Barrows, John Henry, 1847-1902 1
Bartlett, Helen Birch, 1884-1925 1
Bernard family 1
Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 1