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Alfred J. Fairbank letters
Collection
Identifier: VAULT Wing-MS-ZW-945 .F157
Abstract
Letters written by Fairbank, an English calligrapher and founding member of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, to Kathleen King, later Kathleen King Whyte. The letters are written in a calligraphic hand.
Dates:
1937-1977
Alice Pacholik - Heulwen Thomas Letters
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Pacholik
Abstract
Letters of Welsh pen-pal and friend, Heulwen Morgan Thomas, to Alice Kipnowski Pacholik, of Chicago, which began in 1938 when Heulwen was 15 and continued until 2011, a year prior to Heulwen's death.
Dates:
1938-2011
Allen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Allen
Abstract
Courtship letters of lawyer and Wisconsin statesman Gideon W. Allen and his future wife Annie Cox during the years of 1863-1865 in which they discuss current their political and religious beliefs, Allen's travels throughout Wisconsin while looking for work, and Cox's life as a woman in Madison, Wisconsin. Also an unfinished biography of renowned botanist Ruth F. Allen by Mabel Nebel, incoming correspondence of Ruth F. Allen, and other family correspondence, photographs, and personal materials...
Dates:
1862-1964
Ann Barzel papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Barzel
Abstract
Correspondence, works, photographs, and personal and biographical material by Chicago dance critic and historian Ann Barzel.
Dates:
1912-2005
Anne Siewers Coyne papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Coyne
Abstract
Papers (correspondence, photographs, poems, clippings, programs, and other materials) of Anne Siewers Coyne, who began working at 14 at Ralph G. Newman's Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. There she met, became friends with, and corresponded with Nelson Algren. In 1957 and 1958 she initiated Loyola University Chicago's David B. Steinman Visiting Poets series, corresponding with poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Marianne Moore, and Dame Edith Sitwell. The papers also include materials related to her other...
Dates:
1943-1999; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1969
Arthur Meeker, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Meeker
Abstract
Correspondence, personal materials, works, and photographs of Chicago author Arthur Meeker, Jr.
Dates:
approximately 1850-1972; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1945
Augustine J. Bowe papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bowe
Abstract
Correspondence, family and personal materials, works, photographs, and audiovisual materials of Chicago judge and poet Augustine J. Bowe.
Dates:
approximately 1890-1966; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1966
Bernard J. Brommel-Eugene V. Debs papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Brommel-Debs
Abstract
Research material and works of Eugene V. Debs biographer Bernard J. Brommel, including correspondence, notes, photocopies, photographs, pamphlets, newsclippings, and memorabilia. Also letters and personal materials of Grace Laird, a teacher with whom Brommel retained a long time correspondence.
Dates:
1886-2003
C. Frederick Kittle collection of Doyleana
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Modern-MS-Kittle-Doyle
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, and artwork of and relating to Arthur Conan Doyle and his family, forming a small part of the C. Frederick Kittle Collection of Doyleana, most of which is individually cataloged. Includes 140 letters, notes and cards written by Arthur Conan Doyle, 12 letters to him, and 57 other letters, some by Doyle family members and others retained by C. Frederick Kittle (mostly regarding his collecting of Doyle materials). Also artwork by Doyle’s father, grandfather and uncle,...
Dates:
1836-2000
Carroll Binder papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Binder
Abstract
Correspondence, writing, personal and family materials, and photographs of newspaper editor and foreign correspondent Carroll Binder.
Dates:
1910-1984; Majority of material found within 1920-1955
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
Christopher Gausby Papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Gausby
Abstract
New York calligrapher, illuminator, writer, and sculptor. The papers consist largely of codex artist’s books and broadsides, correspondence, and documents relative to the artwork of Christopher Gausby.
Dates:
1979-2014
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
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
Don May papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-May
Abstract
Commercial design work and professional papers of May, a designer and art director for several Chicago-based publications. May later moved his practice to California where he became a regional painter as well as a designer.
Dates:
1927-2009; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1982
Dorothy Dow Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dow
Abstract
Correspondence to Illinois poet and writer Dorothy Dow from poet Edgar Lee Masters, muralist John Warner Norton and other writers and friends, and a large collection of Dow’s works, which includes her vast output of poems, both published and mostly unpublished, some plays, short stories, a novel and several literary studies. Also, an informal autobiography and parts of an early episodic diary, a few photographs, scrapbooks and notebooks containing clippings, drafts and notes relating to her...
Dates:
1920-1993
Dorothy James Roberts Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Roberts
Abstract
Correspondence, journals, unpublished manuscripts, and publicity of Arthurian novelist Dorothy James Roberts. Papers also include speeches, unpublished poetry, reviews of published works, and photographs of Roberts and her home.
Dates:
1932-1990
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
Edward Price Bell papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bell
Abstract
Correspondence, works, and other items related to Edward Price Bell's career as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News and roving correspondent for the Literary Digest.
Dates:
1886-1951; Majority of material found within 1900-1942
Eugene E. Prussing Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Prussing
Abstract
Manuscript autobiography and related notes by Eugene E. Prussing (interleaved with photographs and clippings). Also clippings and letters relating to Prussing’s two books on George Washington, genealogical information about the Peltzer family, and a biography of father Ernst Prussing.
Dates:
1928-1980
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
Floyd Dell papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dell
Abstract
Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Floyd Dell, novelist, poet, playwright, newspaperman, literary editor and social and political critic.
Dates:
1908-1969
Fredrika Shumway Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-SmithFS
Abstract
Book drafts, illustrations, and publicity about the children's and young adult books, stories, and verse written by Fredrika Shumway Smith, wife of banker and Northern Trust president Solomon A. Smith.
Dates:
1941-1967
Gladys Fornell Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fornell
Abstract
Correspondence, writings, and photographs from writer and editor Gladys Fornell. Includes drafts of short stories, poetry, stage plays, and her unpublished novel “Montel.” Also includes genealogical material about the Fornell family and the immigration of ancestor Nils Fornell from Sweden to Wisconsin in 1868.
Dates:
1938-1982
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