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Jack Mabley papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mabley
Abstract Correspondence with colleagues, congratulatory letters, inter-office memos; works including newspaper clippings, subject files dealing with important stories including the 1968 Democratic Convention, the Richard Cain case, racketeering, police corruption, and vice in Chicago, miscellaneous articles and columns; biographical clippings, publicity, and interviews, and photographs of Mabley himself and with public figures such as Hugh Hefner and Richard Nixon. Mabley was a reporter and columnist...
Dates: 1937-2003

James M. Barker papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Barker
Abstract Correspondence, business records, speeches, personal materials, photographs, and family newsletters of business executive James M. Barker. During his career, Barker was, among other things, banker, vice-president of Sears, Roebuck and Company and president of Allstate Insurance Company whose financial expertise made him a valued advisor in government financial matters and corporate environments. He participated in post World War II era economic missions to Iran and Turkey, and was a close...
Dates: 1825-1975; Majority of material found within 1920-1970

John Doctoroff Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Doctoroff
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, exhibition programs, and prints relating to Chicago-based portrait artist John Doctoroff.

Dates: 1924-1967

John Drury-Marion Neville Papers

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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

John Lardner Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-LardnerJ
Abstract

Correspondence, works, personal materials, photographs, and artwork of sportswriter, humorist, reporter, and critic John Lardner.

Dates: approximately 1900-2001; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1960

Kay Ashton-Stevens papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-StevensK
Abstract

Correspondence, personal and career related materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials of Chicago actress, television and radio personality, and wife of critic Ashton Stevens, Kay Ashton-Stevens.

Dates: 1905-1978

Leander Troy-James T. Farrell papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Troy-Farr
Abstract

Materials by and about James T. Farrell, collected by his friend, Rev. Leander Troy, including published and unpublished articles, columns, reviews and stories, together with copies of letters to Farrell from such individuals as Russell Baker, Pearl S. Buck, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson and Adlai E. Stevenson, plus notes, obituaries and other memorabilia.

Dates: 1932-2004

Lewis family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-LewisF
Abstract

Correspondence, documents, personal materials, genealogical research, and photographs of the Lewis and related families collected by Louise Lewis, sister of Chicago journalist Lloyd Lewis.

Dates: 1775-1977; Majority of material found within 1850-1950

Lloyd Lewis papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lewis
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, personal materials, and photographs of Chicago journalist and historian Lloyd Lewis.

Dates: 1886-1985; Majority of material found within 1905-1949

Martin J. Rock Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rock
Abstract

Correspondence, legal documents, insurance documents, financial information, and other miscellaneous data pertaining to Martin J. Rock's career as an attorney for the Pullman Company, from 1947 to 1995.

Dates: 1947-1995

Mike Nussbaum Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Nussbaum
Abstract

Playscripts, photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous personal and production materials of Chicago actor and director known for his work with playwright David Mamet and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Dates: 1945-2017; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2015

Mike Royko papers

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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

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

Paul Romaine Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Romaine
Abstract

Correspondence and papers of Milwaukee and Chicago bookseller and bon vivant Paul Romaine. Also photographs, memorabilia, diaries, clippings, writings (of Romaine and others), plus items relating to theater, music, political events and persons who interested Romaine.

Dates: 1880-1986; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1983

Philip Hart papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-135
Abstract

Small collection of letters and other materials about Theodore Thomas, founding music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra collected by Philip Hart, a music historian and former assistant manager of the CSO.

Dates: 1973-1974

R. Ford Bentley Papers

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Bentley
Abstract

Personal, family, and professional papers including photographs and genealogical materials relating to Robert Ford Bentley, Chicago marketing and advertising executive with the Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Co. Also includes promotional materials and correspondence pertaining to many of the printing related companies that Ford worked for.

Dates: approximately 1830-1990; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1970

Ralph Korngold papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Korngold
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and personal items relating to the life and work of Socialist journalist and historical biographer Ralph Korngold.

Dates: 1867-1994; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1964

Robert Marsh Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Marsh
Abstract

Music scholar and Chicago Sun-Times classical music critic for over thirty years. Marsh chronicled a golden age for classical music in Chicago, including the tenures of Fritz Reiner and Georg Solti at the CSO and the Lyric Opera in its infancy. The collection includes correspondence, record reviews, photographs, memorabilia, audio recordings, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1940-1986

Rudolph Ganz Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ganz
Abstract

Works, correspondence to and from prominent musical figures, family correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, artifacts, and a couple of recordings of this world-renowned concert pianist, composer, conductor, and educator.

Dates: 1864-2013

Rudy Horn papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Horn
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, photographs and memorabilia of Chicago entertainer known as the "Comedy King of Vaudeville." His father was Henry Horn, who operated and booked nightclubs in the early 1900s and was the onetime owner of Chicago's Green Mill Tavern. Born in 1909, Horn performed as a dancer, comedian, and emcee throughout the US and Europe.

Dates: 1920-1995

Scharmel Iris Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-137
Abstract

Small collection of material relating to minor Chicago poet. Iris proved to be a plagiarist and forger who engaged in a life-long campaign not only to have his verse published but also to be regarded as a colleague of more successful writers and poets. Consists of correspondence, poetry, and miscellaneous items such as clippings and photographs.

Dates: 1911-1964

Steele-Winters Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Steele-Winters
Abstract

Correspondence, estate papers, family records, farm related accounts, diaries, cards, scrapbooks, yearbooks, oral histories, and photographs of the Steele and Winters families. Both families were early homesteaders and farmers in rural northwestern Illinois, settling in and around Bureau, Sangamon, and Winnebago Counties in Illinois in the early 1800s. Their extended families continue to live and farm in these areas to the present day.

Dates: 1860-2009; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1970

Sydney Justin Harris papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harris
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, readers' letters, and personal materials of Chicago columnist Sydney Justin Harris.

Dates: 1933-1987; Majority of material found within 1975-1985

Virna Harman Walker Johnston papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-JohnstonV
Abstract

Correspondence, programs, report cards, and clippings relating to Chicago dancer and dance instructor Virna Harman Walker Johnston.

Dates: 1903-1959; Majority of material found within 1918-1930

Welling Family Papers

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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

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Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 4
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 4
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 3
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 3
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 3
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Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 3
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 3
Mowrer, Paul Scott 3
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 3
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 3
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 2
America First Committee 2
Art Institute of Chicago 2
Brown, Edward E. (Edward Eagle) 2
Chicago Historical Society 2
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 2
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951 2
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 2
Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969 2
Dillon, George, 1906-1968 2
Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972 2
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 2
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 2
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 2
Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984 2
Knox, Frank, 1874-1944 2
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
Meeker, Arthur, 1902-1971 2
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 2
Pullman Company 2
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 2
Steppenwolf Theatre Company 2
Strong, Walter Ansel, 1883-1931 2
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 2
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
A.W. Wall Ltd 1
Abelson, Hope 1
Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop 1
Adler and Sullivan 1
Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900 1
Adler, Liebmann, 1812-1892 1
Adolphus Hotel (Dallas, Tex.) 1
Albers, Charles H. 1
Alexander, Irene, 1920-2014 1
All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts 1
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company 1
Allstate Insurance Company 1
Ambassador East Hotel (Chicago, Ill.) 1
American Council for Judaism 1
American Field Service 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
American Railway Union 1
American Red Cross 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
American School of Prehistoric Research 1
Anshe Emet Synagogue (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Arden Farms, Inc. 1
Arpino, Gerald 1
Art Institute of Chicago. School 1
Arts Club of Chicago 1
Asheville School (Asheville, N.C.) 1
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Austin, Mary 1
Babb, Sanora 1
Baird, Warner G. 1
Baker family 1
Baker, Russell, 1925-2019 1
Ballet Guild of Chicago 1
Bank, Marji 1
Barker family 1
Barker, James M. (James Madison), 1886-1974 1
Barr, Robert, 1849-1912 1
Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950 1
Barrett, Roger 1
Barzel, Ann 1
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964 1
Beecher, Edward N. 1
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 1
Bell, Laird, 1883-1965 1
Bell, Mary Alice Mills 1
Beloit College 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
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Bentley, R. Ford (Robert Ford) 1
Berger, Elmer, 1908-1996 1
Binder, Carroll, 1896-1956 1
Bingham, Barry, 1906-1988 1
Bleamer family 1
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 1
Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973 1
Boulton, Inez 1
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