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Bessie Barnes papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Barnes
Abstract

Photographs, newspaper reviews and miscellaneous personal items relating to Bessie Barnes, producer of nightclub theatrical reviews in Chicago and Milwaukee in the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: 1896-1992

Frances Wells Shaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-ShawF
Abstract

Papers of Frances Wells Shaw of Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois, wife of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Bulk consists of material related to the frequent domestic and international travels of Frances Shaw during the first half of the 20th century. Includes her diaries, travel materials and memorabilia, and photographs. Also includes correspondence to and from Frances Shaw and her daughters, plus the diaries of her brother-in-law, Charles T. Atkinson.

Dates: 1866-1976; Majority of material found within 1925-1937

Louis S. Bauer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bauer L
Abstract

Letters written to Louis S. Bauer while serving in the army during World War I at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. Correspondence is primarily from his siblings, with some from other family and friends. Letters document life for the Bauer family in Chicago during World War I. Includes approximately 50 postcards, most produced in Germany, a few of which have messages sent to Louis while in Europe. Also contains physical and digital photographs.

Dates: 1911-1919; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1918

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  • Subject: Manuscripts, American -- Illinois X
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Atkinson, Charles Thomas, 1864-1943 1
Atkinson, Martha Wells, approximately 1868-1935 1
Baril, Elmer J. 1
Barnes, Bessie 1
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