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Chauncey McCormick papers

 Collection
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

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, photographs and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer Clay Judson.

Dates: 1800-1966

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

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

Storrs & Deville Chabrol Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Storrs
Abstract Letters, World War II-era memorabilia, journals, clippings, manuscripts and photographs pertaining to Marguerite Deville Chabrol Storrs (1881-1959), a successful fiction and non-fiction writer who used the pseudonym "Marc Debrol." Also included are letters and materials related to the Deville Chabrol family, including correspondence between family members present during the Franco-Prussian War and the colonization of Algeria. Additionally, collection includes genealogical information about...
Dates: 1850-2002; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1945

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

Winterbotham-French family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-French
Abstract Correspondence, personal materials, diaries, financial and estate documents, genealogical research, and photographs of the Winterbotham and French families who were united by the marriage of John R. Winterbotham III and Chloe T. French. Papers include correspondence pertaining to Chloe Tyler French's work at Mathieson Alkali Works, courtship letters between Seth B. French and Mary Tyler Duffy, and letters and photographs of Hilah French, an aunt of Chloe Tyler French, who served at a Red...
Dates: 1850-2005; Majority of material found within 1900-1950

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 6
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 5
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 4
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 4
Photographs -- 1951-2000 3
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World War, 1914-1918 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements 2
Algeria -- History -- 1830-1962 -- Sources 1
Automobile travel -- Europe 1
Beaugency (France) 1
Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Pictorial works 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Clinton County (N.Y.) -- History 1
Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
Clippings -- 1951-2000 1
Colonization -- History -- 19th century 1
Constantine (Algeria) 1
Correspondence -- 1751-1800 1
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
Courtship -- Correspondence 1
Diaries -- New York (N.Y.) 1
Engineers -- United States 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Families 1
Families -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- History 1
Families -- Ohio -- History -- Sources 1
Family trusts -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Female friendship -- Correspondence 1
France -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
France -- Colonies -- History, Military -- 19th century 1
France -- History -- 20th century 1
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 -- Sources 1
Genealogical correspondence 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Genealogies (histories) 1
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 1
Kabylia (Algeria) 1
Lake Forest (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs 1
Ledgers (account books) 1
Legislators -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Licking County (Ohio) -- Genealogy 1
Licking County (Ohio) -- History 1
Long Island (N.Y.) 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Medals -- 1901-1950 1
Mer (France) 1
Mothers and daughters -- France -- Correspondence 1
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Orléans (France) 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Philanthropists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Photograph albums 1
Photographs -- 2001-2050 1
Poland -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918 1
Public welfare -- Illinois 1
Pullman (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Poland 1
Socialites -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Soldiers' writings, American 1
Trusts and trustees -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
United States -- Genealogy 1
Upper class families -- Family relationships 1
Women authors, French 1
Women authors, French -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- France 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- Poland 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Epernay 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Red Cross 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Europe -- Correspondence 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- Poland 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Personal narratives 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- France 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Newspapers 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military occupations -- France 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military personnel -- American -- France 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Missing in action -- Great Britain 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean -- Naval operations, American 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- France 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Loir-et-Cher 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Correspondence 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Personal narratives 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- France 1
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Pictorial works 1
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Language
French 2
Swedish 1
 
Names
Adgate family 1
Adgate, Asa 1
America First Committee 1
American Field Service 1
American Mothers 1
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American Red Cross 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
American Tract Society 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Balzhäuser family 1
Brewster family 1
Christian family 1
Cokenhour family 1
Deville Shabrol family 1
French family 1
Goodwin, Philip Lippincott, 1885-1958 1
Hanley family 1
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978 1
Helvig family 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Hoyal family 1
Hyde family 1
Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society 1
J. H. Winterbotham & Sons 1
Jackson family 1
Johnson family 1
Judson family 1
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 1
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 1
Kauffman family 1
Kennelly, Martin H., 1887-1961 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
Kotula family 1
Lamson family 1
Lenroot, Katharine F. (Katharine Fredrica), 1891-1982 1
Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc. 1
McCormick Theological Seminary 1
McCormick, Chauncey, 1884-1954 1
Michel family 1
Monroe family 1
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 1
Monroe, Henry Stanton 1
Monroe, William Stanton 1
Oliger family 1
Peterson family 1
Peterson, William H. (William Hartin), 1921-2008 1
Pullman Company 1
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 1
Root, John Wellborn, 1850-1891 1
Storrs family 1
Storrs, John Henry Bradley, 1885-1956 1
Storrs, Marguerite Deville Chabrol 1
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 1
Weygand family 1
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 1
Winterbotham family 1
Winterbotham, Chloe T., 1922-2012 1
Winterbotham, J. H. 1
Winterbotham, John R., 1919-1995 1
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