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Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1860 - 1936

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Cliff Dwellers records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cliff
Abstract

Scrapbooks, photographs, member’s papers and registers, document this Chicago social club’s history. Formally the Attic Club, Hamlin Garland founded the club as a forum and sanctuary for emerging artists, musicians, poets, architects and art enthusiasts. Formerly housed in the penthouse of Orchestra Hall, prominent members included Lorado Taft, John McCutcheon, Horace Oakley, Louis Sullivan, Vachel Lindsay and Charles Hutchinson.

Dates: 1890-ongoing

Henry Blake Fuller papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fuller
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Henry Blake Fuller, Chicago novelist, essayist, critic, and satirist. The bulk of the collection consists of Fuller's writings, both published and manuscript, and incoming correspondence.

Dates: 1868-2000; Majority of material found within 1874 - 1929

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American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Anti-imperialist movements -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 1
Clubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1