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Trumbull Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Trumbull
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries and photographs of the Trumbull family of Chicago from 1876 until 1956. The collection gives candid insight into the lives of the young Trumbull sisters while studying music in Vienna through their letters home to Chicago. The most sizeable contribution of correspondence comes from prolific letter-writer Florence Trumbull, who wrote regularly to her sisters and mother, Mary Elizabeth Foster Trumbull, over the course of five decades.

Dates: 1876-1990; Majority of material found within 1876 - 1950

Wallace Rice Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rice
Abstract

Correspondence, almost all addressed to Chicago author, anthologist and lecturer Wallace Rice with a few outgoing letters; also many examples of his works, and a miscellany of associated material including a small collection of photographs.

Dates: 1779-1939; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1935

Welling Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Welling
Abstract

Correspondence, writings and documents relating to Harriet W. Welling, her husband John P. Welling, and his father, John C. Welling. Harriet Welling material includes memoirs of her life in Chicago, and histories of Chicago clubs; John P. Welling material includes military records from his service in World War I.

Dates: 1899-1988

William H. Peterson papers

 Collection
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

Winterbotham-Shaw Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-Shaw
Abstract Correspondence, documents and miscellaneous items relating to the families of Rue Winterbotham Shaw and Alfred Phillips Shaw. Includes letters of Rue W. Shaw and Alfred P. Shaw to their son Joseph W. Shaw, correspondence to and from Theodora Winterbotham Brown and letters of other Winterbotham family members. Also, three large folder-notebooks of miscellaneous genealogical material amassed by Theodora Winterbotham Brown regarding the history of the Winterbotham, Baldwin and Rosencrans...
Dates: 1909-1991

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 24
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 15
Photographs -- 1901-1950 15
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 14
Photographs -- 1851-1900 12
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Photographs -- 1951-2000 9
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 7
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 5
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 4
Clippings -- 1901-1950 4
Manuscripts, American 4
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 3
Chicago (Ill.) 3
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 3
Chicago (Ill.) -- History 3
Clippings -- 1951-2000 3
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 3
Diaries -- 1851-1900 3
Diaries -- 1901-1950 3
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 3
Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 3
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Authors, American 2
Authors, American -- 20th century 2
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 2
Clippings -- 1851-1900 2
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 2
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Photographs 2
Poems -- 1901-1950 2
Poems -- 1951-2000 2
Poets, American -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 2
Scrapbooks 2
Sisters -- Correspondence 2
Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 2
Accounts payable -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Accounts receivable -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Actors and actresses -- Portraits 1
Alcoholics 1
Amateur arts 1
Ambassadors -- Belgium 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
American literature -- Illinois -- Evanston 1
Anthologies -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Anti-imperialist movements -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography 1
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Architecture -- Middle West 1
Architecture, Domestic 1
Art -- Exhibitions 1
Art museums -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Art patronage -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Art patrons -- United States 1
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Portraits 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
Authors, American -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Authors, European -- 19th century -- Portraits 1
Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Benefactors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Bohemianism -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Book editors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Book reviewing 1
Booksellers and bookselling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Bookstores 1
Bookstores -- United States 1
Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Building trades -- United States 1
Building, Iron and steel -- Tables 1
Buildings -- Salvaging -- Middle West 1
Bureau County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Business enterprises -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Business records -- 1851-1900 1
Business records -- 1901-1950 1
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Business records -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Correspondence 1
Cabinet photographs 1
Cartes de visite 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Pictorial works 1
Chattel mortgages -- Illinois 1
Chesterton (Ind.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Photographs 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- To 1950 1
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Language
German 1
Swedish 1
 
Names
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 4
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 4
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 3
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 3
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 3
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Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 3
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 3
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 3
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 2
Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913 2
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 2
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 2
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 2
Chicago Historical Society 2
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 2
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 2
Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 2
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 2
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 2
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 2
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 2
Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop 1
Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960 1
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
Adler and Sullivan 1
Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900 1
Adler, Liebmann, 1812-1892 1
Adolphus Hotel (Dallas, Tex.) 1
Agnew, Frances, 1891-1967 1
Albers, Charles H. 1
All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts 1
Allen, A. Hylton 1
Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925 1
Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902 1
Ambassador East Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) 1
American Committee for Devastated France 1
American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1
American Medical Association 1
American National Red Cross 1
Ames, Winthrop, 1870-1937, 1870-1937 1
Anderson, Melville Best, 1851-1933 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Anshe Emet Synagogue (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Arts Club of Chicago 1
Associated Press 1
Athenaeum of Philadelphia 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Authors' League of America 1
Babb, Sanora 1
Bahá'i Temple (Wilmette, Ill.) 1
Baird, Warner G. 1
Bank, Marji 1
Barnard, Harry, 1906-1982 1
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
Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956 1
Bispham, David, 1857-1921 1
Bobbs-Merrill Company 1
Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Brachvogel, Udo, 1835-1913 1
Branstrom, William J. 1
Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956 1
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 1
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 1
Brown, Edward E. (Edward Eagle), 1885-1959 1
Brown, Theodora Winterbotham 1
Browne's Bookstore 1
Browne, Charles Francis 1
Browne, Herbert S. 1
Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954 1
Budd, Ralph, 1879-1962 1
Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951 1
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 1
Burt family 1
Burt, Edith Fleming, 1874-1953 1
Burt, Henry Jackson, 1873- 1
Butterworth Center (Moline, Ill.) 1
Cain, Richard, -1973 1
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 1
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987 1
Capehart, Homer E. (Homer Earl), 1897-1979 1
Carpenter family 1
Carpenter, Helen Graham, 1868-1945 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Carruthers, Olive 1
Casino (Club : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Chap-book 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
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