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Dankmar Adler papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Adler
Abstract Correspondence, autobiography, writings, articles, genealogy, books, clippings, photographs, and pictures relating to Dankmar Adler, Chicago architect, acoustician, and partner of Louis Sullivan in the Adler and Sullivan architectural firm. Also other family and research materials accumulated by Joan W. Saltzstein, Adler's granddaughter, for her study of Adler and his numerous architectural projects, including the Auditorium Theater, Stock Exchange Building, Garrick Theater Building, and the...
Dates: 1857-1984

Fanny Butcher papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Butcher
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the life and work of Chicago literary critic and author, Fanny Butcher.

Dates: 1830-1984; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1984

Harris-MacLean family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harris-MacLean
Abstract Letters, diaries, photographs, daybooks, ledgers, writings, genealogical material, and memorabilia detailing the life and travels of several wealthy Chicago families, mainly during the first three decades of the 20th century. The Harris family side is Norman Wait Harris, founder of the Harris Bank of Chicago, and his wife, Emma Gale Harris from New Hampshire, and their parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren. Other major related families represented include Gale, Bent, Lane, and...
Dates: 1784-1980; Majority of material found within 1880-1940

John Drury-Marion Neville Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Drury-Neville
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, artwork, personal materials, and photographs of author and journalist John Drury, and his wife, journalist and painter Marion Neville.

Dates: 1860-1970

Oliver Barrett-Carl Sandburg papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Barrett-Sandburg
Abstract Correspondence between Oliver R. Barrett, lawyer and collector of Abraham Lincoln material and poet Carl Sandburg, primarily pertaining to the interest of both men in Lincoln, plus a few other letters of Oliver Barrett and his son Roger; numerous brief undated notes from Sandburg to Barrett and work notes on Lincoln's biography by both men; copies of several articles and numerous poems by Sandburg; miscellaneous printed items relating to Sandburg, his work and his public appearances; and...
Dates: approximately 1860-1966

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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Authors, American 2
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Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Actors and actresses -- Portraits 1
Alcoholics 1
Amateur arts 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography 1
Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Architecture -- Middle West 1
Architecture, Domestic 1
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Portraits 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
Authors, European -- 19th century -- Portraits 1
Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Book reviewing 1
Bookstores 1
Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Buildings -- Salvaging -- Middle West 1
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
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Cabinet photographs 1
Cartes de visite 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Pictorial works 1
Chesterton (Ind.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 1
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College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
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Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1801-1850 1
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Engineers -- United States 1
Engravings 1
Ethnic neighborhoods -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Iowa -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- New Hampshire -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Food writing 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 -- Photographs 1
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Mothers and sons -- United States -- Correspondence 1
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Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. 1
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Poetry -- 1901-1950 1
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Politicians -- Portraits 1
Publicity photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Publicity photographs -- 1951-2000 1
Pullman (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Sanatoriums -- United States -- 20th century 1
Sisters -- Correspondence 1
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Soldiers -- Portraits 1
Soldiers' writings, American 1
Stereographs 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs 1
Upper class families -- Family relationships 1
Voyages and travels 1
Whaling -- New England -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Women college teachers 1
Women critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 1
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Names
Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Adler and Sullivan 1
Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900 1
Adler, Liebmann, 1812-1892 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950 1
Barrett, Roger 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 1
Clark, Herma, 1871-1959 1
Derleth, August, 1909-1971 1
Drury, John, 1898-1972 1
Eberhart, Mignon G. (Mignon Good), 1899-1996 1
Eleanor Association 1
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 1
Field, Henry, 1902-1986 1
Frederick, John T. (John Towner), 1893-1975 1
Gales family 1
Hanley family 1
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 1
Harris N.A. 1
Harris Trust and Savings Bank 1
Harris family 1
Harris, Emma Susan Gale 1
Harris, Muriel Bent 1
Harris, Norman Wait, 1846-1916 1
Harris, Stanley Gale 1
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1
Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) 1
Johnson family 1
Kirkland, Wallace 1
Kohn, A. (Abraham) 1
Kotula family 1
Lane family 1
Lane, Clayton, 1895- 1
Lane, Dorothy Bent 1
Lerner, Leo A. (Leo Alfred), 1907-1965 1
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
MacLean, Annie Marion 1
MacLean, M. H. (Murdoch Haddon), 1872-1954 1
MacLean, Pearl Emma Harris 1
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 1
McLean family 1
Meeker, Arthur, 1902-1971 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Mitgang, Herbert 1
Neville, Marion, 1901-1967 1
O'Brien, Howard Vincent, 1888-1947 1
Peterson family 1
Peterson, William H. (William Hartin), 1921-2008 1
Pullman Company 1
Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980 1
Saltzstein, Joan W. 1
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 1
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 1
Spectorsky, A. C. (Auguste C.), 1910-1972 1
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 1
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 1
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 1
Union Central Life Insurance Company 1
Weil, Sara Adler, 1877-1963 1
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 1
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 1
Yale University 1
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