Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 25 of 66

Alma Bunch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bunch
Abstract Mostly photographs of Chicagoan Alma Bunch and her family and friends, plus a small amount of memorabilia retained by Bunch. Also genealogical correspondence regarding the name "Bunch," written in the 1950s.
Dates: 1890-1985

Ashton Stevens Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stevens
Abstract The papers of San Francisco and Chicago journalist and drama critic Ashton Stevens contain correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues from the entertainment world; works including newspaper clippings, playscripts, articles, and interviews; personal materials including biographical information, memorabilia, and materials pertaining to the banjo; photographs of actors, actresses, family, friends and colleagues; artworks and audio recordings; and a small number of artifacts.
Dates: approximately 1850-1952; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1940

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

Blatchford family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blatchford
Abstract Extensive collection of letters, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, writings, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago lead manufacturer, Newberry Library founding trustee, and Christian social activist Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford, his wife Mary Williams Blatchford, their parents and grandparents, and the families of their children, especially son Paul Blatchford, but also daughter Amy Blatchford Bliss. Families represented most heavily include Blatchford, Williams, Bliss,...
Dates: 1777-1987; Majority of material found within 1839-1965

Boyce-Gilbert family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Boyce
Abstract Reproductions of diaries, correspondence, photographs, and genealogical information about the Boyce-Gilbert family, beginning with the diary of Le Roy Boyce, a Cortland, New York native and successful Chicago drugstore owner. Collection also includes diaries from Simeon Leonard Boyce beginning in 1869 and Elizabeth Boyce Gilbert beginning in 1910. Collection contains an extensive family tree documenting the genealogy until 1898, and biographical sketches of Boyce family members.
Dates: 1831-2000

Burt family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Burt
Abstract Letters, photographs, diaries, writings, and scrapbooks centering around Edith Fleming Burt, building engineer Henry Jackson Burt, and their daughter, singer Helen Burt Potteiger.
Dates: 1890-1951

Carpenter family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Carpenter Family
Abstract Genealogical information, correspondence, photographs, and other mementos of the Carpenter family, and other related families including Snow, Isham, and Manierre.
Dates: 1813-1947

Catherine Eddy Beveridge papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Beveridge
Abstract Correspondence, papers, and diary of Catherine Eddy Beveridge, and also correspondence, papers, photographs and genealogical information collected by Catherine Eddy Beveridge related to her family.
Dates: 1703-2004; Majority of material found within 1870-1910

Charles Andrews Heath Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Heath
Abstract Chicago businessman, founder and president of Continental Seed Co. Includes Charles Andrews Heath's diaries, 1880-1949, with typed excerpts, which discuss the Haymarket Riot, the World's Columbian Exposition, the World's Parliament of Religions, the Galveston flood, several wars, and many Chicago related events. There are also typed transcripts of 1912 European trip letters from Heath's wife Jennie and children Alice and Albert, photographs of Heath and his family, including the European trip,...
Dates: 1880-1999

Charles H. Dennis papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dennis
Abstract Correspondence and miscellaneous items relating to Charles H. Dennis, managing editor of the Chicago Daily News.
Dates: 1868-1942; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1929

Chauncey McCormick papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McCormick
Abstract Letters, clippings, photographs, and mementos of Chicago businessman and philanthropist Chauncey McCormick. He was the nephew of Cyrus McCormick, founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company which became part of International Harvester Company, and was president of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1944-1954. Correspondence concerns business, civic, philanthropic, religious, and political activities. Also contains speeches and writings, including those for the Art Institute, child...
Dates: 1887-1955

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Photographs, Artwork, and Audiovisual

 Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-5
Abstract Photographs, cartoons, drawings, and paintings, and two boxes of audio media of oral histories, interviews, Burlington Route chapter readings by its author, and radio programs. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates: approximately 1852-1975

Christina Olson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Olson
Abstract Material relating to Chicago dancer Christina Olson, who at the age of twelve performed as a Turkish dancer in the Turkish Theater at the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893. Includes music school diploma, hand-written documents concerning her employment and performances, her marriage certificate and two photographs. Also, three items relating to the Exposition – a general ticket of admission, her passbook and a program for the Turkish Theater.
Dates: 1891-1918

Claudia Cassidy papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cassidy
Abstract Articles and reviews, correspondence, broadcast scripts, photographs, and clippings of the Chicago Tribune performing arts critic from 1942 to 1965. Cassidy wrote her influential "On the Aisle" column for the Tribune, then wrote freelance criticism and hosted a weekly program of arts criticism for WFMT, helping to shape the course of music, theater, and dance in Chicago.
Dates: 1880s-1996; Majority of material found within 1930-1985

Clay Judson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC
Abstract Correspondence, writings, photographs and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer Clay Judson.
Dates: 1800-1966

Clay Judson Papers - Additions

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC2
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer and civic leader, Clay Judson, including correspondence, mostly with family members; travel narratives of camping trips taken by Judson and his friends, chiefly in Wisconsin and Minnesota; materials relating to Judson’s experiences with the A.E.F. in World War I; and photographs of Judson and his family members, among which is an album of snapshots made while his father was stationed in Panama during the construction of the Gatun...
Dates: 1839-1960; Majority of material found within 1905 - 1926

C.R. Clark Photograph Book

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Clark
Abstract Volume of individually mounted photographs compiled by C.R. Clark for Byron L. Smith, approximately 1911, showing scenes of Chicago before and after the 1871 fire. Includes a letter relating to Smith’s acquisition of the photograph book, and the original front and back covers.
Dates: approximately 1865-1872, 1911

Dankmar Adler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Adler
Abstract Correspondence, autobiography, writings, articles, genealogy, books, clippings, photographs, and pictures relating to Dankmar Adler, Chicago architect, acoustician, and partner of Louis Sullivan in the Adler and Sullivan architectural firm. Also other family and research materials accumulated by Joan W. Saltzstein, Adler's granddaughter, for her study of Adler and his numerous architectural projects, including the Auditorium Theater, Stock Exchange Building, Garrick Theater Building, and the...
Dates: 1857-1984

Edward Eagle Brown family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Brown
Abstract Materials pertaining to the family of Chicago banker Edward Eagle Brown, primarily of Brown's father Edward Osgood Brown, great grandfather William Brown, and descendants in the Ipswich and Salem Massachusetts areas.
Dates: 1749-1955; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1900

Edwards family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Edwards
Abstract Letters, documents, photographs, and printed ephemera centering on John C. Edwards and Lydia Martin Edwards, and their immediate families, both of whom settled near Chicago in the 1840s.
Dates: 1800-1982; Majority of material found within 1847-1908

Eunice Tietjens Papers - Additions

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tietjens2
Abstract Correspondence, works, and miscellaneous material relating to Eunice Tietjens, Chicago poet, novelist, lecturer and associate editor of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Also material relating to the Hammond and Strong families, Eunice Tietjens' daughter, Janet Tietjens Hart, and Eunice Tietjens' first husband, Paul Tietjens; and three boxes of photographs.
Dates: 1847-1972

Fairbank-Graham Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fairbank-Graham
Abstract Correspondence, personal and business materials, documents, diaries, writings, photographs, and maps of the Fairbank and Graham families. These families were connected by the marriage of Nathaniel Kellogg Fairbank, a prominent Chicago businessman, and Helen Beeckman Graham, daughter of East Coast industrialist John Andrew Graham. Collection also includes materials of the Carpenter family, through the marriage of Helen Fairbank and Benjamin Carpenter, and three generations of the Nathan S. Davis...
Dates: 1775-1980; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1920

Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler and Sigmund Zeisler papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Zeisler
Abstract Correspondence to and from pianist Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, Sigmund Zeisler, their sons Ernest, Leonard and Paul, and relatives and friends; also, miscellaneous material relating to Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler's life and musical career, including a biography of Fannie Zeisler written by her husband Sigmund; works of Sigmund Zeisler relating to his legal career and involvement in the Haymarket riots of 1886; also assorted memorabilia of Fannie Zeisler and the Zeisler family, photographs of the...
Dates: 1869-1981; Majority of material found within 1883-1931

Fanny Butcher papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Butcher
Abstract Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the life and work of Chicago literary critic and author, Fanny Butcher.
Dates: 1830-1984; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1984

Felix Borowski Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borowski
Abstract Correspondence, writings, photographs, sound recordings, clippings scrapbooks, and some biographical material documenting the life of Felix Borowski, Chicago composer, musicologist, critic for the Chicago Evening Post and Herald, and music bibliographer for the Newberry Library. The papers include letters from prominent American and European composers such as Mili Balakirev, Edvard Grieg, Paul Hindemith, John Alden Carpenter, and...
Dates: 1841-1995; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1956

Filtered By

  • Subject: Chicago X
  • Subject: Photographs -- 1851-1900 X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Photographs -- 1851-1900 64
Photographs -- 1901-1950 54
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 53
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 27
Photographs -- 1951-2000 26
∨ more
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 22
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 15
Manuscripts, American 12
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 9
Clippings -- 1901-1950 8
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 6
Clippings -- 1951-2000 6
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 6
Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 6
World War, 1914-1918 6
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 5
Europe -- Description and travel 5
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 5
Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 5
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 5
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 4
Diaries -- 1851-1900 4
Diaries -- 1901-1950 4
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 4
Foreign correspondents 4
Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 4
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Newspaper publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Parent and child -- Correspondence 4
Photograph albums 4
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 4
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 3
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 3
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 3
Clippings -- 1851-1900 3
Correspondence -- United States -- 1901-1950 3
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 3
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 3
Foreign news 3
Genealogies (histories) 3
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 3
Illinois -- Genealogy 3
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Middle West -- Description and travel 3
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 3
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 3
Poems -- 1901-1950 3
Sisters -- Correspondence 3
Spanish-American War, 1898 3
Syndicates (Journalism) -- United States 3
Tintypes (prints) 3
Upper class families -- Family relationships 3
Advertising, Newspaper 2
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 2
Authors, American 2
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Cabinet photographs 2
Cartes de visite 2
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 2
Chicago (Ill.) 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- History 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Photographs 2
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 2
Composition (Music) 2
Correspondence 2
Correspondence -- United States -- 1851-1900 2
Courtship -- Correspondence 2
Daguerreotypes (photographs) 2
Diaries 2
Diaries -- Europe 2
Diaries -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 2
Drama -- 20th century 2
Families -- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 2
Families -- Massachusetts 2
Families -- Middle West -- History -- Sources 2
Genealogy -- Massachusetts 2
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 2
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 -- Photographs 2
Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886 2
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Love-letters 2
Mothers and daughters -- Correspondence 2
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Music teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
News agencies 2
Newspapers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 2
Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. 2
Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. -- Reviews 2
Opera -- 20th century 2
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Parent and child -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Philanthropists -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Phonograph records -- 1901-1950 2
∧ less
 
Language
French 4
German 3
Polish 1
Swedish 1
 
Names
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 5
Monroe, Harriet 5
Wright, Frank Lloyd 4
Associated Press 3
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 3
∨ more
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor) 3
Field, Eugene 3
Garland, Hamlin 3
Lawson, Victor Freemont 3
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) 3
Mowrer, Paul Scott 3
Pullman Company 3
Sandburg, Carl 3
Tietjens, Eunice 3
Ade, George, 1866-1944 2
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 2
Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie, 1863-1927 2
Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913 2
Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954 2
Bryan, William Jennings 2
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 2
Carpenter family 2
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 2
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne 2
Darrow, Clarence 2
Dennis, Charles Henry 2
Drury, John 2
Fresh Air Fund 2
Fuller, Henry Blake 2
Grieg, Edvard 2
Hansen, Harry 2
Howells, William Dean 2
Isom family 2
Johnson family 2
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 2
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees) 2
Lewis, Lloyd 2
Lewis, Sinclair 2
Lincoln, Abraham 2
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney) 2
New England Church (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Newberry Library 2
Noyes, Frank B. (Frank Brett) 2
Rand McNally and Company 2
Rice, Wallace 2
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 2
Stone, Melville Elijah, 1848-1929 2
Strong family 2
Strong, Walter Ansel 2
Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984 1
Adams, F. A. 1
Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960 1
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Adler and Sullivan 1
Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900 1
Adler, Liebmann, 1812-1892 1
Akers, Milburn P. 1
Aldis, Mary, 1872-1949 1
America First Committee 1
American Field Service 1
American Medical Association 1
American Red Cross 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
American University of Beirut 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
Anderson, Melville Best, 1851-1933 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Art Institute of Chicago. School 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.). Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art 1
Bahá'i Temple (Wilmette, Ill.) 1
Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946 1
Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
Baril, Elmer J. 1
Barnes, Bessie 1
Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950 1
Barrett, Roger 1
Barrows, John Henry, 1847-1902 1
Barrymore, Ethel 1
Bartlett, Helen Birch, 1884-1925 1
Bates family 1
Beach, Amy, 1867-1944 1
Beberdick, Frank H. (Frank Harry), 1927- 1
Beech, Keyes 1
Bell, Laird, 1883-1965 1
Beloit College 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Bernard family 1
Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943 1
Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 1
Beveridge family 1
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 1
Beveridge, Catherine Eddy, 1881-1970 1
Bispham, David, 1857-1921 1
Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, 1832-1910 1
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
∧ less