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Alfred E. Hamill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hamill
Abstract Chicago investment banker, Centaur Press founder, Newberry Library trustee, and calligraphy and gypsy lore collector. Personal letters of Alfred E. Hamill to a Russian émigré, Alexandra Fredericks, and of Dora E. Yates, a librarian and the secretary of the Gypsy Lore Society, to Hamill. Also typescript copy of a diary kept 1918-1919 while in France with the American Red Cross, a letter to Andrei Gromyko in 1945 regarding U.S.-Soviet relations, bookplates, photographs, poems, and other...
Dates: 1856-1967; Majority of material found within 1937-1953

Ben Hecht papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hecht
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Ben Hecht, and also papers of his wife Rose Caylor Hecht (novelist) and daughter Jenny Hecht (actress).

Dates: 1879-1983

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

Fort Sheridan postcard collection

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fort Sheridan
Abstract This collection contains over 500 postcards acquired from the former museum at the Fort Sheridan U.S. Army Post (1887-1993). These materials relate primarily to World Wars I and II. There are many Chicago Daily News Postals printed of European locations during World War I, as well as views of military life in several American installations, such as Camp Custer, Michigan. A small number of views related to topics such as medicine and the Red Cross are also part of this collection. Oversize...
Dates: approximately 1914-1945

Frederick W. Spiegel papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Spiegel
Abstract Papers of Frederick W. Spiegel, including his 1918 letters to his parent and brother from Italy while in the American Red Cross Ambulance service; a single letter in 1929 regarding decisions related to the family business, the Spiegel Company; his World War II letters while a captain in the Army Specialist Corps dealing with supply depots in various U.S. cities, and later in England; and about 50 interesting and unique letters from Spiegel Catalog customers. Also World War I medals from the...
Dates: 1918-1944

Head family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-HeadFH
Abstract

Family papers from multiple generations of the Head family. Includes letters from the 1860s-1870s from the Utah Territory from Franklin Harvey Head, later a trustee of Newberry Library. Also includes Francis M. Knight letters from WWI. Thomas C. Fischer letters from WWII. and materials about the Perkins and Durkee families.

Dates: 1860-1957

Keep the Home Fires Burning Club records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Home Fires
Abstract

Club formed in Chicago during World War II, the purpose of which was to "cheer folks at home and keep up morale." The club often sent care packages of food or candy to servicemen overseas. Includes letters from servicemen, a few photographs, club minutes, and membership and dues lists.

Dates: 1943-1946

Mendicant ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Case-folio-HV4493 .N49
Abstract

Collection of printed poems, postcards, photographs, and other ephemera with appeals to the public by people who are blind, deaf, or with other physical disabilities, offered in exchange for a small donation. Geographic coverage is focused primarily on the United States but also includes Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Spain.

Dates: approximately 1850-approximately 2020

Robert J. Casey papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Casey
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and personal materials of writer Robert J. Casey, who served in World War I and covered World War II for the Chicago Daily News. Casey was also a humor columnist, novelist, and nonfiction writer who traveled all over the world and wrote of his adventures in newspapers and in books.

Dates: 1894-1964

Storrs & Deville Chabrol Family Papers

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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

Virna Harman Walker Johnston papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-JohnstonV
Abstract

Correspondence, programs, report cards, and clippings relating to Chicago dancer and dance instructor Virna Harman Walker Johnston.

Dates: 1903-1959; Majority of material found within 1918-1930

Wacker family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wacker
Abstract

Papers of Chicago Plan Commission head, Charles H. Wacker, his immediate family, and the family of his daughter, Rosalie Wacker Zimmerman. Includes correspondence, photographs, artifacts, keepsakes, films, and scrapbooks spanning five generations.

Dates: 1812-2002; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1970

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

Winterbotham-French family papers

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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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American Red Cross 3
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 2
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American Relief Administration 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Antheil, George, 1900-1959 1
Armitage, Walter J. 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Axelrod, Mark 1
Bach, Ed. 1
Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992 1
Bobbs-Merrill Company 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941 1
Borglum, Mary Montgomery, 1874-1955 1
Brent, Stuart 1
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889 1
Brockton (Mass.). Police Department 1
Campbell, Robert, active 20th century 1
Carlier, Emile 1
Carver, Art 1
Casey, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1890-1962 1
Caylor, Rose 1
Centaur Press 1
Chambers, John, 1850- 1
Chapellerie du Jockey Club 1
Chicago Daily Journal 1
Chicago Plan Commission 1
Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964 1
Cole, Chick 1
Commercial Club of Chicago 1
Commonwealth Rescue League (Upton, Mass.) 1
Cook, Mollie Price 1
Covert, Geo. L. 1
Curt Teich Postcard Archives Collection (Newberry Library) 1
Deville Shabrol family 1
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1
Edwards, V., Cap. 1
Essipoff, Marie Armstrong, 1892- 1
Filip, František, 1904-1957 1
Fithen, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1882-1940 1
Folk, L. M. 1
Fort Custer (Mich.) 1
Fort Sheridan (Ill.) 1
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 1
Francis W. Parker School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Fredericks, Alexandra, 1897- 1
Freemasons. Medina Lodge, No. 336 (Medina, N.Y.) 1
French family 1
Gilmore, Blanche 1
Goodwin, Philip Lippincott, 1885-1958 1
Graff, William W. 1
Guild of the Brave Poor Things 1
Gypsy Lore Society 1
Hamill, Alfred E. (Alfred Ernest), 1884-1953 1
Hanley family 1
Harman, Lillian 1
Harman, Moses, 1830-1910 1
Harriss, Daniel E. F. P. 1
Hart, Moss, 1904-1961 1
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978 1
Head, Franklin H. (Franklin Harvey), 1832-1914 1
Hecht family 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Hemmerlé, Emile 1
Holler, Jeanette 1
Holmes, Julian (Lyricist) 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society 1
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Clinton Lodge, No. 98 (Lock Haven, Pa.) 1
Irgun tseva'i le'umi 1
J. H. Winterbotham & Sons 1
January, J. W. 1
Jessel, George, 1898-1981 1
Johnson family 1
Johnston, Arthur Oliver, 1890-1972 1
Johnston, Chester 1
Johnston, Clarence A. 1
Johnston, Robert Harman, 1920-2011 1
Johnston, Virna Harman Walker 1
Judson family 1
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 1
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 1
Kaak, Willy, 1890- 1
Karchmar, Jacob 1
Keep the Home Fires Burning Club 1
Kennedy, Willie, 1884- 1
Kennelly, Martin H., 1887-1961 1
Kogan, Herman 1
Kook, Hillel, 1915-2001 1
Kotula family 1
Kroch, Adolph, 1882- 1
Krÿnberg, A. 1
Lake County Forest Preserve District (Ill.) 1
Lampérière, G. 1
Lenroot, Katharine F. (Katharine Fredrica), 1891-1982 1
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