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Newberry Library. Board of Trustees

 Organization

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Blatchford family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blatchford
Abstract Extensive collection of letters, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, writings, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago lead manufacturer, Newberry Library founding trustee, and Christian social activist Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford, his wife Mary Williams Blatchford, their parents and grandparents, and the families of their children, especially son Paul Blatchford, but also daughter Amy Blatchford Bliss. Families represented most heavily include Blatchford, Williams, Bliss,...
Dates: 1777-1987; Majority of material found within 1839-1965

Head family papers

 Collection
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

Horace Sweeney Oakley papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Oakley
Abstract

Correspondence and papers of lawyer and civic leader Horace S. Oakley. Also photographs, memorabilia, writings, and materials relating to his work with The Orchestral Association in Chicago, the American Red Cross Commission to Macedonia, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Dates: 1881-1929

James M. Barker papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Barker
Abstract Correspondence, business records, speeches, personal materials, photographs, and family newsletters of business executive James M. Barker. During his career, Barker was, among other things, banker, vice-president of Sears, Roebuck and Company and president of Allstate Insurance Company whose financial expertise made him a valued advisor in government financial matters and corporate environments. He participated in post World War II era economic missions to Iran and Turkey, and was a close...
Dates: 1825-1975; Majority of material found within 1920-1970

Lambert Tree papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tree
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, drafts, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings relating to Lambert Tree, Cook County lawyer, judge, politician, philanthropist, and U.S. diplomat in Belgium and Russia. The collection contains some Tree family material, commentary on the state of the Democratic Party under Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan, and numerous items related to Tree's social, political, philanthropic, and diplomatic activities.

Dates: 1821-1948; Majority of material found within 1821-1933

Newberry Library Archives

 Collection
Identifier: NL-Archives
Abstract

The Newberry Library's institutional records, records of the Walter L. Newberry estate, personal papers of staff members and trustees, photographs, and publications that document the establishment and operation of the library, its growth and transformation over time, and its active participation in the cultural and intellectual life of Chicago and the nation. Also information on the Newberry family and property development in Chicago.

Dates: 1885-ongoing

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Correspondence -- 1901-1950 2
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
Administrative records 1
Ambassadors -- Belgium 1
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Ambrotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Art patronage -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Bangor (Me.) 1
Book collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1
Businessmen -- United States 1
Central America -- Description and travel 1
Charities -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 -- Personal narratives 1
Clubs -- Membership 1
Cold War -- Economic aspects -- United States 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
College students -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence 1
Congregationalists 1
Cookbooks -- 1801-1850 1
Cookbooks -- 1851-1900 1
Cooking, American -- History -- 19th century 1
Correspondence 1
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Dakota Indians -- Land tenure 1
Dakota Indians -- Missions -- South Dakota -- History 1
Diaries 1
Diaries -- 1801-1850 1
Diaries -- 1851-1900 1
Diplomats -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Education, Higher -- United States 1
Engineers -- United States 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Families -- Correspondence 1
Female friendship -- Correspondence 1
Financial executives 1
Golf clubs (Sporting goods) -- United States 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Greece -- History -- 1917-1944 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Oak Park 1
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 1
Industrialists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Iran -- Foreign economic relations -- United States 1
Jerusalem -- Description and travel 1
Judges -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Kennebunkport (Me.) 1
Kindergarten -- United States 1
Languages, Modern -- Study and teaching 1
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Lead industry and trade 1
Librarians 1
Libraries -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Library administration 1
Library architecture 1
Library buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Library statistics 1
Library trustees 1
Macedonia -- History -- 1912-1945 1
Missionaries -- Arab countries 1
Missionaries -- South Dakota 1
Missions -- California 1
Newsletters 1
Norfolk (Va.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Oak Park (Ill.) 1
Philanthropists 1
Philippines -- Description and travel 1
Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- 1951-2000 1
Photographs -- Colombia 1
Photographs -- Colorado 1
Photographs -- Ecuador 1
Photographs -- Grand Canyon 1
Photographs -- Greece -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- Guatemala 1
Photographs -- Jerusalem 1
Photographs -- Panama 1
Photographs -- Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.) 1
Postcards 1
Rare book libraries -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Research libraries -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Secession -- Virginia -- Public opinion 1
Sermons -- 1751-1800 1
Sermons -- 1801-1850 1
Sermons -- 1851-1900 1
Shipping -- Maine -- Bangor -- History 1
South America -- Description and travel 1
Speeches 1
Speeches -- 1851-1900 1
Symphony orchestras -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
Travel guidebooks 1
Travel literature 1
Trusts and trustees -- Correspondence 1
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