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A.C. McClurg & Co. Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McClurg
Abstract
Correspondence, contracts, royalty statements, record books, a scrapbook, and other materials from the A.C. McClurg publishing company, which was established in Chicago in 1872.
Dates:
1873-1967; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1950
Claude Stanley Wainwright papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Wing-MS-53
Abstract
Chicago author and publisher, Way was founding partner of the firm of Way & Williams, and responsible for much of its editorial policy. Correspondence with authors and collectors, clippings, proof sheets, and notes removed from a collection of books belonging to Claude Stanley Wainwright, collector and friend of W. Irving Way, consisting largely of books given to him by Way with various notes and association materials inserted. Most of the letters are addressed to Way in Chicago or in Los...
Dates:
1885-1929
Dena Epstein Root & Cady Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Epstein
Abstract
Research notes and other materials concerning the firm of Root & Cady, a Chicago based music publishing firm that operated from 1858-1871, collected by Dena Epstein. Also includes information on other 19th century music publishers and composers.
Dates:
1843-1987; Majority of material found within 1858 - 1871
Francis Fisher Browne papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Browne
Abstract
Correspondence, literary manuscripts, memorabilia, clippings, photos and material relating to Francis Fisher Browne and the publication of several Chicago literary periodicals, primarily The Dial, of which Francis Fisher Browne was the founder and editor, 1880-1913.
Dates:
approximately 1860-1949; Majority of material found within 1873 - 1915
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
James Hayes papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Hayes
Abstract
Correspondence, client files, and subject files of Chicago and Colorado calligrapher and lettering artist James Hayes. Also: collections of bookplates, calligraphic newsletters, and printed calligraphic work by other artists.
Dates:
1921-1994
May Walden Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-WaldenM
Abstract
Collection of May Walden, wife of Socialist publisher Charles H. Kerr from 1892 to 1904, consisting of letters, diaries, literary manuscripts, account books, clippings, photographs, memorabilia, as well as publications relating to the Socialist movement. Included in the papers are items relating to May Walden's daughter, Katharine Kerr Moore.
Dates:
1869-1972; Majority of material found within 1892 - 1959
Muriel Underwood papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Wing-MS-96
Abstract
Correspondence (some calligraphy), clippings, printed ephemera, notes on phone calls, etc. concerning the 50th anniversary publication of the Society of Typographic Arts and other projects, such as reprinting the STA's Book of Oz Cooper : an appreciation of Oswald Bruce Cooper; correspondents include Robert Borja, Thea Wheelwright of Bond Wheelwright Co., Susan Scott and Paula ThompSon of Wexford Press.
Dates:
1950-1977; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1977
Rand McNally and Company records
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rand
Abstract
Business records of the Rand McNally Company, established in 1856 in Chicago. The firm became well known for its cartographic publishing, but also produced a variety of trade books, textbooks, periodicals, and printing jobs such as railroad tickets and coupons. Includes records of financial, marketing, and production activities, including correspondence; visual materials, including photographs, artwork, and scrapbooks; printing artifacts and samples, etc.
Dates:
1856-1996
Stone & Kimball records
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Stn
Abstract
Papers of late 19th-early 20th century Chicago book publisher Stone & Kimball, consisting of original manuscripts and correspondence (primarily that of Herbert S. Stone) and authors George Ade, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, and Eugene Field, among others. Correspondence is supplanted with photographs, original manuscripts, plays, writings, art posters, drawings, prints, newspaper clippings, contracts, agreements, receipts, and artifacts. The bulk of the collection includes material...
Dates:
1883-1971
Susanne Suba papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT.folio-Wing-MS-133
Abstract
Letters, illustration samples, telegram, and photograph, dated between July 21, 1939 and Jan. 28, 1965, concerning the illustration work done by Susanne Suba of New York, for William A. Kittredge, of R.R. Donnelley's Lakeside Press, and the Chicago book design and publishing scene in general during the 1940s.
Dates:
1939-1965; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1948
Tia Chucha Press records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tia Chucha
Abstract
Administrative and literary materials including correspondence, manuscripts, reports, and financial documents pertaining to the establishment and operation of publishing company Tia Chucha Press.
Dates:
1989-1999
W. Irving Way papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Wing-MS-141
Abstract
Chicago author and publisher. Way was founding partner of the firm of Way & Williams, and was responsible for much of its editorial policy. Correspondence with authors, collectors, and publishers, newspaper clippings, sample sheets, and notes, dated between 1885 and 1931.
Dates:
1885-1931, bulk 1892-1900; Majority of material found within 1892 - 1900
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