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Catherine Eddy Beveridge papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Beveridge
Abstract

Correspondence, papers, and diary of Catherine Eddy Beveridge, and also correspondence, papers, photographs and genealogical information collected by Catherine Eddy Beveridge related to her family.

Dates: 1703-2004; Majority of material found within 1870-1910

Charles Andrews Heath Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Heath
Abstract Chicago businessman, founder and president of Continental Seed Co. Includes Charles Andrews Heath's diaries, 1880-1949, with typed excerpts, which discuss the Haymarket Riot, the World's Columbian Exposition, the World's Parliament of Religions, the Galveston flood, several wars, and many Chicago related events. There are also typed transcripts of 1912 European trip letters from Heath's wife Jennie and children Alice and Albert, photographs of Heath and his family, including the European...
Dates: 1880-1999

Harvey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harvey
Abstract

Collection of letters, photographs, diaries, writings, business records, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago native and longtime Rand McNally employee Bennet B. Harvey, his wife Dorothy Wegener Harvey, their son Bennet B. Harvey, Jr., and their ancestors, many of whom were early Chicago settlers and involved in the development of the city. Families represented include Botsford, Chapin, Fisk, Gehrke, Harvey, and Wegener.

Dates: 1800-2007; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1984

Marsh-Roberts-Mack Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-MarshRM
Abstract Papers of the Marsh, Roberts, and Mack families, many members of whom were wealthy Chicago residents. Materials include correspondence, travel and personal diaries, business, property, and estate documents, genealogical materials, photographs, and other personal ephemera. Also contains materials from related families including letters and estate litigation of early Chicago pioneer Daniel Elston, who was related to the Marsh family via the marriage of Sarah Clark to George B. Marsh, as well...
Dates: 1706-1984; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1950

May Valentine Opera Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Valentine
Abstract

Photographs of opera singers and conductors, collected by May Valentine, chorus director and music librarian for the Chicago Lyric Opera for 44 years. Mostly undated professional stills of individuals, plus a few stage scenes and miscellaneous group shots.

Dates: approximately 1910-1972

Melville E. Stone papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stone
Abstract

Correspondence and other materials pertaining to the life and work of Melville E. Stone, founder and editor of the Chicago Daily News and general manager of the Associated Press.

Dates: 1815-1954; Majority of material found within 1890-1929

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

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Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Pictorial works 1
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Albanese, Licia 1
Associated Press 1
Barrows, John Henry, 1847-1902 1
Bartlett, Helen Birch, 1884-1925 1
Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 1
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Beveridge family 1
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 1
Beveridge, Catherine Eddy, 1881-1970 1
Botsford family 1
Chapin family 1
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1
Clark, Robert R., 1834-1907 1
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 1
Colton family 1
Cornell family 1
Crane, William H., 1845-1928 1
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 1
Eddy family 1
Elston, Daniel, 1790-1855 1
Elwell family 1
Field, Delia Caton, 1853-1937 1
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 1
Field, Kate, 1838-1896 1
Field, Marshall, 1834-1906 1
Fisk family 1
Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962 1
Frewen, Moreton, 1853-1924 1
Garden, Mary, 1874-1967 1
Gifford family 1
Hanley family 1
Harrison, Carter H. (Carter Henry), 1860-1953 1
Harvey family 1
Harvey, Bennet B. (Bennet Botsford), 1903-1998 1
Heath, Charles A. (Charles Andrews) 1
Heyerdahl, Thor 1
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. 1
Holder family 1
Illinois. Constitutional Convention (1969-1970) 1
Johnson family 1
Jones, Mary Alice, 1898-1980 1
Karajan, Herbert von 1
Kopp, Leo 1
Kotula family 1
Latin School of Chicago 1
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 1
Leitner, Ferdinand 1
Lusitania (Steamship) 1
Lyric Opera of Chicago 1
MacDonald, Jeanette, 1903-1965 1
Mack family 1
Mack, Katherine Eleanor Roberts, 1910-1999 1
Marsh family 1
Marsh, Bertha S., 1860-1945 1
Marsh, Marshall S., 1856-1925 1
Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969 1
McArthur, Edwin 1
Nilsson, Birgit 1
Noyes, Frank B. (Frank Brett), 1863-1948 1
Nye, Bill, 1850-1896 1
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 1
Peterson family 1
Peterson, William H. (William Hartin), 1921-2008 1
Pullman Company 1
Pynchon family 1
Rand McNally and Company 1
Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963 1
Roberts family 1
Roberts, George R., 1885- 1
Roberts, Katherine Marsh, 1885-1932 1
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1
Russell, Sol Smith, 1848-1902 1
Serafin, Tullio, 1878-1968 1
Sheldon family 1
Spencer family 1
Spencer, Franklin Fayette, 1817-1890 1
Stead, W. T. (William Thomas), 1849-1912 1
Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013 1
Stone family 1
Stone, Herbert Stuart, 1871-1915 1
Stone, Melville Elijah, 1848-1929 1
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 1
Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960 1
Tozzi, Giorgio 1
Valentine, May L. 1
Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923 1
Wagner family 1
Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962 1
Weber, Henry 1
Wellesley College 1
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