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Wallace Rice Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rice
Abstract
Correspondence, almost all addressed to Chicago author, anthologist and lecturer Wallace Rice with a few outgoing letters; also many examples of his works, and a miscellany of associated material including a small collection of photographs.
Dates:
1779-1939; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1935
Waller & Beckwith Realty Co. Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-WallerB
Abstract
Business records of Waller & Beckwith Realty Co., a family-owned Chicago real estate company, including general business files and legal documents. Papers include city assessments and municipal regulations, rent payments, leases, tenant complaints, applications for employment, contracts, collections, lawsuits, and insurance records. Covering primarily 1920-1940, the collection documents living conditions in Chicago and changes in the city during the Depression years and the period between...
Dates:
1911-1976; Majority of material found within 1921 - 1943
Waller Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Waller
Abstract
Primarily letters of the Waller family, a wealthy, large, educated family from Kentucky, and later Chicago, pertaining mainly to matters of family activity, family devotion to one another, and especially health. Also included are a family genealogy, biography, and letters from Henry Clay and P.G.T. Beauregard. Related family: Alexander
Dates:
1803-1938; Majority of material found within 1803 - 1888
Walter Ansel Strong Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Strong
Abstract
Correspondence, personal documents, photographs, and family materials related to Walter Ansel Strong, publisher of the Chicago Daily News from 1925-1931.
Dates:
1847-2008; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1931
Walter Cass Newberry Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-NewberryWC
Abstract
Correspondence, legal documents, and other documentation relating to the finances of Walter Cass Newberry and Henry Warner Newberry; correspondence, manuscripts, paperwork, and photographs related to the Civil War activities of the 24th New York Cavalry and Walter Cass Newberry’s military history.
Dates:
1840-1908
Walter Krawiec political cartoons
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-201
Abstract
Five political cartoons by artist Walter Krawiec that were most likely meant for publication in the Chicago Polish Daily News.
Dates:
approximately 1950-1960s
Walter Loomis Newberry Letters
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Case-MS-E5.N422
Abstract
Eighteen letters from businessman Walter L. Newberry to Lucius Lyon, the Michigan Territory's Delegate to Congress (and later, Michigan's Senator), regarding local and national politics, property values in Chicago and Detroit, the prospects of Michigan statehood, and other issues. Collection also includes a $20 check on the Bank of Michigan, Detroit, dated Oct. 15, 1827, from Lyon to Newberry.
Dates:
1833-1838
Walter Rideout - Sherwood Anderson research papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rideout
Abstract
Correspondence, interviews, and writings regarding Sherwood Anderson, together with photographs of Anderson and his family, memorabilia about Anderson and his association with Clyde, Ohio, and issues of the Winesburg Eagle.
Dates:
approximately 1898-approximately 1998
Walter S. Tubutis Jr. collection of Civil War materials
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tubutis
Abstract
Civil War-related manuscript and printed materials including three 1876 (reprinted 1912) maps of the Gettysburg battlefield, a pension application (Abm. Ashley), an envelope with a patriotic vignette, a muster roll and payroll (Company B, 72nd Pennsylvania Regiment), certificates of discharge (Leander Wallace, John W. Freeze), an 1862 letter relieving Lt. L. C. Counseller of his command, and Gettysburg commemorative envelopes.
Dates:
1846-1988; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864
Warner-Haskins Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Warner-Haskins
Abstract
Mementos and photographs relating to the Warner and Haskins families and friends; many photographs unidentified; materials seem to have belonged primarily to Mrs. R. C. (Hattie) Haskins and Mrs. Rawleigh (Dorothy Haskins) Warner.
Dates:
approximately 1860-1953
Warren Chappell book layouts for a proposed Christmas book on commission for Alfred E. Hamill
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Wing-MS-37
Abstract
Four layouts accompanied by a 4 p. ALS from Hamill to Chappell dated 10 April 1949 concerning these layouts and the book of fables for which they were intended, and by a set of notes on the letter and layouts written out by Chappell in April of 1967, signed and dated.
Dates:
1949-1967; Majority of material found in 1949 - 1949
Wayfarers' Club records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wayfarers
Abstract
The Wayfarers met seven times a year for luncheons with guest speakers at the Chicago Club. Chicago artists Lorado Taft and John T. McCutcheon were amongst its members. Collection consists of photos, membership records, scrapbooks, minutes, and financial records.
Dates:
1938-1970
Weig, Herman. Memories of a Swedish Immigrant Boy in Chicago
Item
Identifier: Midwest-MS-053
Abstract
Two typescript copies of "Memories of a Swedish Immigrant Boy in Chicago" by Herman Weig.
Dates:
approximately 1872-1890
Welling Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Welling
Abstract
Correspondence, writings and documents relating to Harriet W. Welling, her husband John P. Welling, and his father, John C. Welling. Harriet Welling material includes memoirs of her life in Chicago, and histories of Chicago clubs; John P. Welling material includes military records from his service in World War I.
Dates:
1899-1988
Westerners Chicago Corral records
Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Westerners
Abstract
International organization started in Chicago in 1944 by Leland D. Case, editor of "The Rotarian Magazine," and Elmo Scott Watson, newspaperman and educator, to bring together historians and buffs interested in the American West. Records include correspondence and other materials documenting the activities of the group.
Dates:
1950-2004
Wham family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wham
Abstract
Photographs, documents/mementos, scrapbooks, published articles, and Chicago Literary Club papers relating to the life and career of Benjamin Wham, a prominent lawyer and circuit court judge in Chicago. Papers also relate to the life and teaching career of David Wham, son of Benjamin.
Dates:
1915-1988
Wilhelm Rapp papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rapp
Abstract
Correspondence, poetry, and clippings relating to Wilhelm Rapp, German emigre and editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung.
Dates:
1846-1929
Will Ransom papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rans
Abstract
Printer, commercial artist, bibliographer and author of works on American printing history and private presses who did freelance work in lettering, design and typography before becoming art editor at the University of Oklahoma Press. Largely the correspondence between Ransom and members of the Anglo-American fine press movement between 1920 and 1950, together with printed ephemera from these presses, and detailed notes about their history and publications. There are also files on Ransom's own...
Dates:
1883-1954
Willa Cather - Irene Miner Weisz papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cather-Weisz
Abstract
Correspondence of Willa Cather, the bulk to Irene Miner Weisz; also two miscellaneous letters relating to Cather and a folder of clippings.
Dates:
1912-1958
Willens & Company business and advertising specimens
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Willens & Co.
Abstract
Collection of business forms and cards, advertisements, and other commercial printing specimens created by Chicago printing firm Willens & Company. Also included in the collection are brochures, catalogs, and other text describing the products and services of the company and current rates. The specimens were originally compiled in a three-ring binder for a sales representative to demonstrate the company's line of "standardized advertising and printed necessities and to take orders for...
Dates:
1939
William A. Kittredge papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Kit
Abstract
Chicago designer and author on design, Director of Design and Typography for the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. of Chicago from 1922-1945. Largely a collection of printed ephemera selected to exemplify the best design of the twentieth century, this collection also includes a few original designs by Kittredge, some correspondence with other designers (most notably Rockwell Kent, Rudolph Ruzicka, Edward A. Wilson, D.B. Updike, and Edward Penfield), and extensive samples of Kittredge's printed...
Dates:
1907-1952; Majority of material found within 1922 - 1944
William Allen White letters
Collection
Identifier: Case-f E5.W58213
Abstract
Pulitzer Prize-winning Emporia, Kansas, newspaper editor and author. Includes letters first to Mr. Way and later to Chauncey Williams, of Chicago publisher Way and Williams, regarding the publication and sale of White's The Real Issue: A Book of Kansas Stories.
Dates:
1896-1898
William Austin Tomes, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-TomesW
Abstract
Correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, and photographs pertaining to William A. Tomes, Jr. who served with the U.S. Army’s 27th Division during World War I.
Dates:
1892-2009
William B. Andruss diary and commissions
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3002
Abstract
Diary, Mar. 10, 1855 - Apr. 3, 1856, and seven commissions and appointments to public office in Lee County, 1860-1877. Diary documents Andruss' daily activities, travel, photography business, and emigration via Bellevue, Mich., with his family to Amboy. Daily entries record illnesses, chores and jobs, visits with friends and relatives, church lessons, town and political meetings, and public lectures on such topics as temperance and slavery. Also mentioned are the names of photographic...
Dates:
1855-1876
William Blount Papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-74
Abstract
Letters, orders and receipts written by William Blount, pertaining to his administration of Indian and military affairs in the Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio, 1794-1796. Correspondence directed to David Henley (as agent of the War Department), John Pitchlynn (U.S. interpreter to the Choctaw), and several other military officers.
Dates:
1794-1796
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