Chicago Literary Club
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Carl B. Roden - William F. Poole research papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Roden
Abstract
Correspondence, writings and research materials assembled by Chicago Public Library chief librarian, Carl B. Roden. Research materials include newspaper clippings, correspondence, and publications concerning or authored by William F. Poole.
Dates:
1852-1956
Chicago Literary Club records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago-Literary
Abstract
Chicago voluntary association founded in 1874 of men and women interested in writing original essays on topics of their own choosing and in listening to other members present their essays. Prominent members include Lorado Taft, Edgar Lee Masters, Irving Kane Pond, William Rainey Harper, and Thomas Elliott Donnelly. Primarily weekly papers read by over 250 members, but also correspondence, minutes, a visitors' register, cashbook, and scrapbooks.Also includes papers of the Chicago...
Dates:
1874-2017
Gookin family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Gookin
Abstract
Family correspondence, including letters from Chicago banker, artist, calligrapher, and designer Frederick Gookin to his wife, Marie S. Gookin, 1897-1922, documenting Chicago friends, city life, and sports when Marie Gookin was away, as well as Frederick Gookin's activities while on business trips to New York. Also other family letters, diaries of Mary H. Gookin and her mother Elisabeth A. Gookin, 1864-1896, including one regarding daily attendance at the World's Columbian Exposition, and...
Dates:
1861-1922; Majority of material found within 1883-1921
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- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
- Art, Japanese -- Collectors and collecting 1
- Boston (Mass.) -- Description and travel 1
- Calligraphy (visual works) -- 1851-1900 1
- Calligraphy (visual works) -- 1901-1950 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 1
- Clippings -- 1851-1900 1
- Commercial art -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Correspondence -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
- Courtship -- 19th century -- Correspondence 1
- Courtship -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- Designers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
- Diaries -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
- Drawings (visual works) -- 1851-1900 1
- Drawings (visual works) -- 1901-1950 1
- Europe -- Description and travel 1
- Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Librarians -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Libraries -- United States -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Library administration -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Love-letters -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
- New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel 1
- Pets -- 1900-1920 1
- Sisters -- Correspondence 1
- Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel 1
- Women -- Diaries 1
- Women -- Domestic life -- United States -- 1880-1900 1
- Women travelers -- United States 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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