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Harvey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harvey
Abstract

Collection of letters, photographs, diaries, writings, business records, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago native and longtime Rand McNally employee Bennet B. Harvey, his wife Dorothy Wegener Harvey, their son Bennet B. Harvey, Jr., and their ancestors, many of whom were early Chicago settlers and involved in the development of the city. Families represented include Botsford, Chapin, Fisk, Gehrke, Harvey, and Wegener.

Dates: 1800-2007; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1984

Helen Ainslie Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Smith
Abstract

Helen Ainslie Smith was the author of books on the ancient world and colonial American history. The papers contain correspondence with family and friends, family photographs, work notes, and other materials.

Dates: 1744-1950; Majority of material found within 1880-1890

Helen Balfour Morrison photograph collection

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Morrison PC
Abstract

A preliminary inventory of photographs taken by Helen Balfour Morrison intended for a “Great Americans” series of portraits. The collection includes over 900 prints, with over 550 unique images. Individuals represent a wide range of professions including visual and performing artists, educators and academics, architects, journalist and literary writers, scientists, social activists, and business and government leaders.

Dates: approximately 1935-approximately 1957

Henry Blake Fuller papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fuller
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Henry Blake Fuller, Chicago novelist, essayist, critic, and satirist. The bulk of the collection consists of Fuller's writings, both published and manuscript, and incoming correspondence.

Dates: 1868-2000; Majority of material found within 1874 - 1929

Henshaw family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Henshaw
Abstract

Materials primarily originating from Edward Henshaw (1844-1925) documenting the Henshaw family descended from Joshua Henshaw, who settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts about 1653. Includes manuscript and typescript writings, correspondence, genealogy notes, photographs, and the Henshaw coat of arms.

Dates: 1861-1925

Hoke Norris Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Norris
Abstract

Collection of correspondence, works, research materials, and personal information by and about Hoke Norris, reporter, book reviewer, novelist, and public affairs director. Norris worked for several papers including the Raleigh News and Observer, the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Daily News.

Dates: 1934-1977; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1977

Hope Abelson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Abelson
Abstract

Materials related to the theater career, business, and personal life of Chicago theater producer and philanthropist Hope Abelson, including scripts, theater mementos, correspondence, financial documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video recordings.

Dates: 1914-2008; Majority of material found within 1949-2006

Horace Sweeney Oakley papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Oakley
Abstract

Correspondence and papers of lawyer and civic leader Horace S. Oakley. Also photographs, memorabilia, writings, and materials relating to his work with The Orchestral Association in Chicago, the American Red Cross Commission to Macedonia, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Dates: 1881-1929

Illinois Ballet records

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Illinois Ballet
Abstract The Illinois Ballet was founded in 1959 by two former Sadler's Wells ballet dancers, Richard Ellis and Christine Du Boulay. The company presented several seasons of performances per year until its demise in 1972. The company remained constant with four soloists and ten corps members, and included two dancer/choreographers, Hy Somers and Dom Orejudos (aka Etienne). Collection consists of numerous performance photographs, programs and publicity material, a few pieces of correspondence and...
Dates: 1959-1972

Indian Council Fire records

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Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Indian Council
Abstract

Papers, correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and publications of the Indian Council Fire, a Chicago-based organization supporting educational, legislative, and social services for urban and reservation Indians.

Dates: 1923-1988; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1988

Isham Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Isham
Abstract

Transcribed letters between Dr. Ralph N. Isham, his father Nelson Isham, brother Charles Isham, and son George S. Isham mostly pertaining to the home and estate of Nelson Isham. Also photographs of Ralph N. Isham and other Isham family members, and a few mementos.

Dates: 1875-1923

Jack Conroy papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Conroy
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of American novelist, folklorist, and editor Jack Conroy. Conroy's novel The Disinherited, published in 1933, is considered a classic in proletarian literature and depicted in gritty detail the realities of the Great Depression. Conroy also edited radical journals The Rebel Poet, The Anvil, and The New Anvil.

Dates: 1864-1991

Jack Fuller papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-FullerJ
Abstract

The literary and journalistic works, correspondence, and personal materials of Chicago journalist and novelist Jack Fuller.

Dates: 1850-2016; Majority of material found within 1951 - 2009

Jack Mabley papers

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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

Jacque B. Jacobsen Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Jacobsen
Abstract

Photographs, slides, correspondence, family papers, and printed ephemera from Jacque B. Jacobsen, his wife Ann Dresmal, and other family members. Jacobsen was a Chicago painter and photographer active from the late 1930s to the early 1950s.

Dates: approximately 1900s-1980s

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

James O'Donnell Bennett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bennett
Abstract

Letters written to James O'Donnell Bennett while he was a journalist for the Chicago Record-Herald and the Chicago Tribune, primarily in his capacity as literary critic. Also includes inscribed photographs and other materials.

Dates: 1814-1936 ; Majority of material found within 1900-1936

James T. Farrell Centenary Committee Records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Farrell-Centenary
Abstract

Correspondence, planning, publicity, photographs, and event materials from the James T. Farrell Centenary Committee, a group who organized support for the recognition of author James T. Farrell and activities celebrating the 2004 centennial of Farrell’s birth in Chicago.

Dates: 2004-2005

Jan Erkert and Dancers Records

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Erkert
Abstract

Jan Erkert founded jansdances in 1979 as a vehicle for her own works. The company evolved to Jan Erkert & Dancers and explored collaboration with other types of artists and dance presentations. The records include awards, clippings, newsletters, photographs, publicity materials, and videocassettes.

Dates: 1974-2000

Jerry Nedwick papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Nedwick
Abstract Jerrold (Jerry) Nedwick (1895?-1966) was a Chicago native who owned and operated Nedwick’s Book Store for over forty years. He married Rhoda Katz in 1925 and wrote to her almost daily during her two extended stays at sanatoriums, one in Winfield, Illinois, the other in Denver, Colorado. Both Jerry and Rhoda were originally from Illinois and active in the Chicago Jewish and literary communities. This collection is mostly his letters to her about his life while she was away, and contains no...
Dates: 1918-1928; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1928

Joan Ehemann Stone Memorabilia

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Identifier: Dance-MS-StoneJ
Abstract

Material relating to the life and career of ballet dancer Joan Eaman (later known as Joan Ehemann Stone) which includes a youthful diary, photographs, clippings and other memorabilia. All items, with the exception of three photographs, are photocopies.

Dates: 1943-1992

John Blew collection on Wright Howes, Zoe Howes, and U.S.IANA

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blew
Abstract

Correspondence, genealogical research, photographs, interviews, writings, and other materials related to the lives and careers of Wright and Zoe Howes, their families, and Wright Howes' bibliographical work U.S.IANA. Materials were compiled by John Blew, a Chicago lawyer and book collector who became interested in the life of Wright Howes through his use of Howes' U.S.IANA.

Dates: 1790s-2012; Majority of material found within 1870-1999

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 Fischetti papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fischetti
Abstract Political cartoons and assorted miscellaneous items (clippings, photographs, correspondence, etc.) of Pulitzer Prize-winning artist John Fischetti. Fischetti worked for several newspapers and magazines during his long career, including Coronet, Esquire, the Chicago Sun, the New York Herald Tribune, the Chicago Daily News, and the...
Dates: 1942-1995

John Lardner Papers

 Collection
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

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Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 17
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 13
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 12
Chicago (Ill.) 11
Programs 11
Sound recordings 11
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Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 10
World War, 1914-1918 10
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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 4
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
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Ballet 3
Ballet dancers 3
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 3
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Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 3
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Chicago Daily News, Inc. 13
Monroe, Harriet 11
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 9
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 8
Art Institute of Chicago 7
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Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 7
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 7
Mowrer, Paul Scott 7
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 7
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 6
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 6
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 6
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 6
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 6
Ade, George, 1866-1944 5
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 5
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 5
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 5
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 5
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 5
Newberry Library 5
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 5
American Indian Center of Chicago 4
Anderson, Margaret C. 4
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 4
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 4
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 4
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 4
Charles H. Kerr Company 4
Chicago Sun-Times 4
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 4
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 4
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 4
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 4
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 4
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 4
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 4
Industrial Workers of the World 4
Lyric Opera of Chicago 4
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 4
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 4
Strong, Walter Ansel, 1883-1931 4
University of Chicago 4
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 4
American Ballet Theatre 3
Associated Press 3
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 3
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 3
Cabanban, Orlando 3
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 3
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Chicago Opera Ballet 3
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 3
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 3
Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969 3
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 3
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 3
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 3
Gerstenberg, Alice 3
Graham, Martha 3
Head, Cloyd 3
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 3
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 3
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 3
Moore, Marianne 3
New York City Ballet 3
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 3
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 3
O'Flaherty, Hal, 1890- 3
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 3
Pullman Company 3
Rand McNally and Company 3
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 3
Rosemont, Franklin 3
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 3
Stevens, Ashton 3
Tallchief, Maria 3
Taylor, Graham, 1851-1938 3
Thompson, Fred, 1900-1987 3
Weidman, Charles 3
Wesaw family 3
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 3
Wyatt, Edith, 1873-1958 3
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 2
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 2
America First Committee 2
American National Red Cross 2
American Red Cross 2
Arpino, Gerald 2
Arts Club of Chicago 2
Balanchine, George 2
Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil 2
Barzel, Ann 2
Battise family 2
Battise, Dan 2
Bearskin family 2
Bearskin, Ben 2
Bell, Laird, 1883-1965 2
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 2
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