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Frank H. Beberdick Pullman collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Beberdick Pullman
Abstract
Miscellaneous materials relating to the historic Pullman company town and Pullman Manufacturing Company, 1881-2001.
Dates:
1881-2001
Frank H. Woods, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Woods-F
Abstract
Material relating to the life and career of businessman and philanthropist Frank H. Woods, Jr. of Chicago, including family, business, personal and philanthropic-related correspondence and general files, clippings, memorabilia and photographs.
Dates:
1890-2000; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1980
Goodman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman Family
Abstract
Papers, letters, photograph albums, cards, genealogical materials, diaries, and travel memorabilia from the family of Marjorie Sawyer Goodman Graff, daughter of playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, and her mother, Marjorie Robbins Hopkins.
Dates:
1795-2003; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1995
Harry Hansen Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hansen
Abstract
Correspondence, subject files, photographs and artwork of newspaper writer and editor Harry Hansen.
Dates:
1900-1970
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
Collection
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
Hope Abelson papers
Collection
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
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
Collection
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-Cleo Paturis papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Farrell-Paturis
Abstract
Stories, articles, manuscript and photocopy drafts and notes by Farrell; a small collection of Farrell correspondence; miscellaneous material including reviews and appreciations of Farrell’s work; photographs of Farrell, Paturis, friends and occasions; and many audiocassettes of Farrell lectures, speeches and interviews. Paturis material includes several drafts of her unpublished memoir of her life with Farrell, a synopsis of his work, correspondence dating mainly after Farrell’s death in 1979,...
Dates:
1909-2006; Majority of material found within 1949-2006
John Alden Carpenter papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Carpenter
Abstract
Correspondence, mostly incoming, to American composer John Alden Carpenter, wife Rue W. Carpenter and daughter Genevieve; also material relating to Carpenter’s works; a miscellany of personal records; and a collection of photographs, many of them of well-known musicians.
Dates:
1890-1964; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1950
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
Collection
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
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
Katharane Edson Mershon Papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Mershon
Abstract
Small collection consisting of one letter to California dancer and dance ethnographer Katharane Edson Mershon, a few writings on Eastern philosophy and “I Ching”, and photographs, both of Mershon and of miscellaneous, mostly unidentified people.
Dates:
1895-1986
Kay Ashton-Stevens papers
Collection
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
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
L.A. Huffman photographs
Collection
Identifier: Vault-oversize-Graff-2000
Abstract
Sixteen photographic portraits of Indians and photographs of scenes in the West by Huffman, a professor of journalism (University of Illinois, Northwestern University, University of Denver) and western frontier historian.
Dates:
1883-1907
Lewis family papers
Collection
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
Little Room Records
Collection
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
Lloyd Lewis papers
Collection
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
Loren M. Knowles family papers
Collection — Box: AV USB 1
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Knowles Family
Abstract
Correspondence and transcriptions thereof, account and estate documents, government records (such as birth, marriage, and death certificates, documents, and letters), news clippings, genealogical research material, photographs, and compilation of information concerning the Knowles family and the related Adgate, Balzhäuser, Brewster, Christian, Cokenhour, Helvig, Hoyal, Hyde, Jackson, Kauffman, Klauder, Lamson, Michell, Oliger, Weigand, and other extended families, located primarily in New York,...
Dates:
1784-2015; Majority of material found within 1811-1961
Louise St. John Westervelt Collection of Theatrical and Musical Photographs
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Westervelt
Abstract
Photographs, mainly cabinet photographs, of nineteenth-century musical and theatrical persons.
Dates:
1869-1930; Majority of material found within 1869 - 1891
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- Photographs -- 1901-1950 126
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 88
- Photographs -- 1951-2000 67
- Photographs -- 1851-1900 63
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950 53
- Correspondence -- 1951-2000 39
- Correspondence -- 1851-1900 30
- Manuscripts, American 27
- Clippings -- 1901-1950 17
- Clippings -- 1951-2000 13
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 11
- Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 10
- Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 10
- Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
- Genealogical correspondence -- United States 8
- Dancers -- Portraits 7
- Europe -- Description and travel 7
- Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 7
- Diaries -- 1901-1950 6
- Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 6
- Parent and child -- Correspondence 6
- World War, 1914-1918 6
- Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 5
- Authors, American -- 20th century 5
- Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 5
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 5
- Clippings -- 1851-1900 5
- Correspondence -- 1801-1850 5
- Photographs -- 2001-2050 5
- Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 5
- Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 4
- Correspondence -- United States -- 1901-1950 4
- Diaries -- 1851-1900 4
- Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 4
- Foreign correspondents 4
- Foreign news 4
- Genealogies (histories) 4
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- Photograph albums 4
- Poems -- 1901-1950 4
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- Syndicates (Journalism) -- United States 4
- Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 4
- Tintypes (prints) 4
- Actors -- Portraits 3
- American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
- Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 3
- Chicago (Ill.) 3
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 3
- Clippings -- 2001-2050 3
- Daguerreotypes (photographs) 3
- Diaries 3
- Diaries -- Illinois -- 1951-2000 3
- Families -- Illinois 3
- Husband and wife -- Correspondence 3
- Journalists 3
- Middle West -- Description and travel 3
- Musicians -- Correspondence 3
- Newspaper publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
- Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. -- Reviews 3
- Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 3
- Phonograph records -- 1901-1950 3
- Programs -- 1901-1950 3
- Programs -- 1951-2000 3
- Singers -- Portraits 3
- Sisters -- Correspondence 3
- Spanish-American War, 1898 3
- Theater -- 20th century -- Reviews 3
- Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century 3
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- Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
- Art museums -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
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- Autographs -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
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- Correspondence -- United States -- 1851-1900 2
- Courtship -- Correspondence 2
- Critics 2
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- Dance -- Study and teaching -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
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- Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 4
- Carpenter, John Alden 4
- Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor) 4
- Field, Eugene 4
- Fuller, Henry Blake 4
- McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney) 4
- Page, Ruth 4
- Sandburg, Carl 4
- Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 4
- Sousa, John Philip 4
- Tietjens, Eunice 4
- Turbyfill, Mark 4
- Wright, Frank Lloyd 4
- Ade, George, 1866-1944 3
- Associated Press 3
- Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 3
- Bell, Edward Price 3
- Bolm, Adolph 3
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra 3
- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne 3
- Frost, Robert 3
- Garland, Hamlin 3
- Graham, Martha 3
- Hansen, Harry 3
- Humphrey, Doris 3
- Lyric Opera of Chicago 3
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) 3
- Newberry Library 3
- Pullman Company 3
- Strong, Walter Ansel 3
- Thomas, Theodore 3
- Weidman, Charles 3
- Wyatt, Edith 3
- Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 2
- America First Committee 2
- Anderson, Margaret C. 2
- Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 2
- Art Institute of Chicago 2
- Bernhardt, Sarah 2
- Bogan, Louise 2
- Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher) 2
- Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph) 2
- Bryan, William Jennings 2
- Carman, Bliss 2
- Cather, Willa 2
- Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield) 2
- Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- Chicago Tribune (Firm) 2
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- Coolidge, Calvin 2
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- Darrow, Clarence 2
- Dillon, George 2
- Doris Humphrey Society 2
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- Farrell, James T. (James Thomas) 2
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