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John V. LeMoyne papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-LeMoyne
Abstract

Mainly incoming letters to Chicago lawyer and Congressman, John V. LeMoyne, from his Washington, Pennsylvania family, including his abolitionist father. Many of the letters caution against real estate speculation and reveal strong religious beliefs.

Dates: 1851-1889; Majority of material found within 1852 - 1875

John Willy papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Willy
Abstract

Periodicals, newspaper clippings, catalogs and other documents pertaining to the life and hotel periodical business of John Willy. Also includes photographs of friends of Willy taken by Chicago-area portrait photographers.

Dates: 1871-1984

Joseph Kirkland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kirkland
Abstract

Correspondence, mainly written by Chicago lawyer and author Joseph Kirkland to and from members of his family, and copies of letters he wrote to Hamlin Garland. Also, a few of Kirkland's works, and some miscellaneous material including biographical, genealogical and social information regarding Kirkland, his family and his literary career.

Dates: 1842-1939

Kenneth Sawyer Goodman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman
Abstract

Works and personal materials of Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, including manuscript, typescript, and published plays, poems, and short stories, correspondence, drawings, diaries, and programs from theatrical productions, photographs, and mementoes, including wood printing blocks, military items, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1883-1971; Majority of material found within 1900-1917

Lambert Tree papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tree
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, drafts, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings relating to Lambert Tree, Cook County lawyer, judge, politician, philanthropist, and U.S. diplomat in Belgium and Russia. The collection contains some Tree family material, commentary on the state of the Democratic Party under Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan, and numerous items related to Tree's social, political, philanthropic, and diplomatic activities.

Dates: 1821-1948; Majority of material found within 1821-1933

Lerner Newspapers photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lerner
Abstract

Photographs from the Lerner Newspaper group publication Booster, a weekly newspaper on the north side of Chicago, and "VIP files" containing photographs of individuals used by the company. Booster photographs span from March 1978 to 1982, with fuller runs in 1978 and 1979, and scattered dates in 1980-1982.

Dates: approximately 1960s-approximately 1990s

Lily Pagratis Venson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Venson
Abstract Journalism, research materials, and personal papers of Chicago journalist Lily Pagratis Venson, who wrote for Lerner Newspapers from 1963 to 1973. The papers include feature stories and editorials written by Venson as well as feature stories and editorials about her and her journalism. The papers also contain her research materials for ongoing stories she covered during her time at Lerner Newspapers: the Edgewater Golf Club land crusade and the demolition of the Edgewater Beach Hotel. She...
Dates: 1962-2011; Majority of material found within 1963-1973

Little Room records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Little Room
Abstract

Business records of the Little Room, an early twentieth century Chicago social club composed of artists, writers, musicians, etc., including correspondence, memorabilia and membership material.

Dates: 1898-1931

Louis J. Cross diaries

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cross
Abstract

Diaries, date books, and a few miscellaneous items of Louis J. Cross, Chicago bonds salesman and investment banker. Diaries cover the years between 1932 and 1969, and discuss Cross' daily routine as well as political and financial developments in America, and the internal workings of the Chicago business world.

Dates: 1932-1974

M. W. Newman Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Newman
Abstract

Works, correspondence, personal materials, and memorabilia of Chicago newspaper editor, reporter, and critic M. W. Newman.

Dates: 1917-2002

Marcia Danits papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Danits
Abstract

Courtroom sketches by Marcia Danits, a Chicago artist who worked for WBBM-TV among other news outlets. Also includes non-courtroom artworks in pen, pencil, and different types of paint. Courtroom sketches span from 1969 to the mid-2010s.

Dates: 1969-mid 2010s

Mark J. Satter papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Satter
Abstract

Papers of Chicago lawyer and civil rights activist Mark J. Satter, documenting his crusade against wage garnishment, his writings against public aid and for a new Works Progress Administration to provide jobs for the under and unemployed, and his battle against redlining and the predatory real estate practice of contract selling. Includes correspondence, clippings, articles and essays, speeches, research notes, audiovisual materials, photographs, and personal items.

Dates: 1931-1965; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1965

Mark Turbyfill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Turbyfill
Abstract

Material relating to the life and career of dancer, poet and painter Mark Turbyfill, including three copies of his unpublished autobiography and many copies of published and unpublished poems. Also, articles and reviews by and about Turbyfill, a few pieces of correspondence, clippings, dance programs, photographs, a cassette tape of him reading, and a published genealogy of the Turbyfill family.

Dates: 1911-1985

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

Martin A. O'Brennan Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-O'Brennan
Abstract

Papers pertaining to Martin A. O’Brennan, an Irish nationalist activist, lawyer, newspaper editor, and amateur historian. The papers document O’Brennan’s Irish activities and his life in Chicago through correspondence and documents, manuscript copies of his speeches, printed pamphlets and copies of newspapers (both the Connaught Patriot and the Irish News), and ephemera-like advertisements, prospectuses, membership cards and printed lecture tickets.

Dates: approximately 1843-1878

May Walden papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Walden-M
Abstract

Collection of May Walden, wife of Socialist publisher Charles H. Kerr from 1892 to 1904, consisting of letters, diaries, literary manuscripts, account books, clippings, photographs, memorabilia, as well as publications relating to the Socialist movement. Included in the papers are items relating to May Walden's daughter, Katharine Kerr Moore.

Dates: 1869-1972; Majority of material found within 1892-1959

Melville E. Stone papers

 Collection
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

Mia McCullough papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McCullough
Abstract

Drafts and copies of plays by Chicago playwright Mia McCullough, who has written plays produced by Steppenwolf, Chicago Dramatists, American Theater Company, and Stage Left Theater in Chicago, as well as many other stages nationwide. Collection also includes promotional materials and some diaries.

Dates: 1992-2012

Michael Reid Anti-Fascism Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Reid
Abstract Appeals, calls to action, declarations, newspapers, notes, notices, poems, and resolutions by a variety of anti-fascist organizations in Chicago and United States that formed after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Groups such as the Chicago Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism, the Provisional United Front Anti-Fascist Committee (Chicago), the National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism (New York City, New York), the International Relief Committee for Victims of Hitler...
Dates: 1933-1934

Mike Royko papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Royko
Abstract Correspondence, columns, other works, and personal material of journalist, columnist, and author Mike Royko. Royko received his journalistic training by working for the Chicago City News Bureau (1956-1959) and went on to be a favorite columnist at the Chicago Daily News (1959-1978); The Chicago Sun-Times (1978-1984); and the Chicago Tribune (1984-1997). Royko is known for writing his...
Dates: 1934-1997; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1997

Milo Kendall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kendall
Abstract

Vermont native who settled in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846 and practiced law there for over sixty years. Papers include extensive records of Kendall's legal practice, family correspondence, and real estate records.

Dates: 1798-1925; Majority of material found within 1845-1906

Mitchell Dawson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dawson
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of lawyer and poet Mitchell Dawson, and also papers, photographs and genealogical information of the Dawson, Manierre and Hahn families.

Dates: 1810-1988

MoMing Dance and Arts Center records

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Identifier: Dance-MS-MoMing
Abstract

MoMing was a center in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood for dance training and avant-garde performance as well as an art gallery. It was formed in 1974 by Jackie Radis, Jim Self, Susan Kimmelman, Eric Trules, Kasia Mintch, Tem Horowitz, and Sally Banes. Along with local artists, it hosted many guest dancers and artists of renown, including Trisha Brown, Bill T. Jones, Mark Morris, and Meredith Monk. It officially dissolved in 1991.

Dates: 1968-1991; Majority of material found within 1974-1990

Monroe family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Monroe-Family
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia from the Monroe family of Chicago. Correspondence is primarily from Henry Stanton Monroe (Chicago attorney), his daughters Harriet Monroe, Dora Monroe Root (and her architect husband John Wellborn Root), and Lucy Monroe Calhoun, and their children. Topics include the births of children, travel, Poetry Magazine, and life in Chicago including Oscar Wilde's 1882 Chicago visit. Also contains World War II and post-war correspondence between William...
Dates: 1868-1949

Morse-Keith Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Morse-Keith
Abstract

Papers centering around Charles Ansel Morse (1835-1894) who settled in Chicago in the early 1860s, establishing a wholesale clothing firm. The bulk of the collection consists of letters home to family in New Bedford, Mass. There are also calling cards of many early Chicago residents, genealogical documents, and a few photographs.

Dates: 1833-1938; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1872

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Scrapbooks 11
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 10
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 8
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Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 10
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 8
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 7
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 7
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 6
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Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 6
Charles H. Kerr Company 5
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 5
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 5
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 5
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 5
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 5
Ade, George, 1866-1944 4
Art Institute of Chicago 4
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 4
Chicago Reader (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 4
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 4
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 4
Industrial Workers of the World 4
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 4
Newberry Library 4
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 4
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 3
American Indian Center of Chicago 3
Anderson, Margaret C. 3
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 3
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 3
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 3
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 3
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 3
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 3
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 3
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 3
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 3
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.) 3
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 3
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 3
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 3
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 3
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Head, Cloyd 3
Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933 3
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 3
Pullman Company 3
Rand McNally and Company 3
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 3
Rosemont, Franklin 3
Stevens, Thomas Wood, 1880-1942 3
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 3
Webster, Henry Kitchell, 1875-1932 3
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 3
Wyatt, Edith, 1873-1958 3
A.C. McClurg & Co. 2
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 2
Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902 2
American Library Association 2
Bernard family 2
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 2
Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921 2
Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie, 1863-1927 2
Bobbs-Merrill Company 2
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 2
Bornarth, Christine 2
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 2
Borroff, Edith, 1925-2019 2
Boston Athenaeum 2
Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers), 1848-1933 2
Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913 2
Brundage, Slim, 1903-1990 2
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 2
Cabanban, Orlando 2
Caylor, Rose 2
Chicago (Ill.). Office of the Mayor 2
Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. 2
Chicago Historical Society 2
Chicago Literary Club 2
Chicago Public Library 2
Chicago Sun-Times 2
Cincinnati Public Library 2
City News Bureau of Chicago 2
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 2
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 2
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Dunne, Finley Peter, 1867-1936 2
Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 2
Fischer, Irwin, 1903-1977 2
Fischer, Marion H. 2
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 2
Frederking, William 2
Gerstenberg, Alice 2
Gongora, Anthony 2
Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer, 1883-1918 2
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 2
Harris family 2
Harrison, Carter H. (Carter Henry), 1825-1893 2
Harrison, Carter H. (Carter Henry), 1860-1953 2
Harrison, Edith Ogden 2
Hatfield, James Taft, 1862-1945 2
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