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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
Burton Cherry Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-ZC 1-183
Abstract
Materials designed and collected by Chicago designer and typographer Burton Cherry, between approximately 1929 and approximately 1962. The collection includes correspondence to and from Cherry, items he designed or which were produced under his supervision, items possibly designed by Cherry, articles containing information about his work, and ephemera he collected.
Dates:
approximately 1929-approximately 1962
Byrne-MacKenzie Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Byrne-MacKenzie
Abstract
Correspondence and documents of the extended family of working-class Irish immigrant Daniel J. Byrne and his Scottish-born wife, Mary MacKenzie. Most correspondence is related to two of their daughters, Mary MacKenzie “Mamie” Byrne and Catherine MacKenzie Byrne Austin. The parents lived mainly in the Washington, D.C. area, but Mary the mother also wrote from Chicago while living with her daughter Mamie and from Scotland and England while visiting relatives. Mamie was a singer in Washington,...
Dates:
1870-1931
Bzduch Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bzduch
Abstract
Postcards and photographs relating to Slovak woman Maria Kostial Bzduch (1892-1963), who immigrated to Chicago in 1907 and with her husband Samuel (Sanko) Bzduch ran a grocery store in the McKinley Park neighborhood. Postcards are primarily to Maria from Samuel, who was a Sargeant in World War I and was stationed in Rockford, Illinois and Texas. Photographs show women, couples, children, wedding parties, and couples who lived in the neighborhood. Photographic studios from the Pilsen and Back of...
Dates:
approximately 1900-1945
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
C. H. Barstow Papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3014
Abstract
United States Indian Service employee stationed at the Crow Agency, Montana Territory. Mainly correspondence, 1870-1891, mostly written by C.H. Barstow at the Crow Agency to his sister, Eliza, and brother, Rogers L. Barstow, in Massachusetts. Also several letters from Barstow’s wife, Lizzie, to his sister and brother, and a few miscellaneous letters of Rogers Barstow, other family members and friends, 3 small clippings, plus a November 10, 1887, issue of The Montana Stock Gazette.
Dates:
1870-1891
C. Hugo Grimm Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Grimm
Abstract
Organist, composer, and teacher of composition at the Cincinnati Conservatory. Grimm wrote symphonies, songs, organ pieces, and many other works. The collection consists mainly of typewritten and manuscript treatises on topics in musical composition.
Dates:
1890-1951
Caleb Thomas Curtis Letters
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-199
Abstract
Nine letters written by Caleb Thomas Curtis of Boston, Massachusetts during his travels by steamboat on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
Dates:
1836-1838
Cambrian Benevolent Society of Chicago Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cambrian
Abstract
Minutes, financial records, membership information, miscellaneous receipts and correspondence, event programs, and newsletters of the Cambrian Benevolent Society of Chicago (1853-ongoing). Also orders of worship, event programs, miscellaneous correspondence, and newsletters of the Hebron Welsh Westminster United Presbyterian Church (closed 1987).
Dates:
1853-1996
Camiros Ltd. Collection of City Planning Reports
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Camiros
Abstract
Plans, documents, reports, and books relating to planning from the library of Camiros, Ltd. Founded in 1976 and located in Chicago, Camiros has provided services to over 250 communities across the United States.
Dates:
approximately 1964-2015
Canadian Indian Reports
Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Canadian
Abstract
Collection of reports issued by the Canadian government regarding Canadian Indians.
Dates:
1960-1980
Cara Dana Durkee Papers
Series
Identifier: NL-Archives-11/15/02
Abstract
Newberry Library Public Services Division senior assistant, 1895-1931. Durkee's papers consist of lists, reports and translations created during her employment at the Newberry; sketches, notes, cards, poems and articles by fellow employees and friends (Mary L. Watson and Edith Franklin Wyatt, etc.); and a Durkee family letterpress copybook, 1855-1934.
Dates:
1855-1934, bulk 1913-1934; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1934
Carey Orr cartoons
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Orr
Abstract
Sixteen political cartoons by Pulitzer Prize winning-artist Carey Orr.
Dates:
1915-1937
Carey Rose Winski Memorial Foundation Dance Scholarship Competition Papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Alter
Abstract
Completed applications for the Carey Rose Winski Memorial Foundation Dance Scholarship Competitions, 1981-2001; also newspaper articles, correspondence, photographs, an audiotape, and some videotapes.
Dates:
1981-2002
Carl B. Roden - William F. Poole Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Roden
Abstract
Correspondence, writings and research materials assembled by Chicago Public Library chief librarian, Carl B. Roden. Research materials include newspaper clippings, correspondence, and publications concerning or authored by William F. Poole.
Dates:
1852-1956
Carlos Montezuma Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Montezuma
Abstract
Mostly correspondence, but also writings, miscellaneous documents and memorabilia, clippings and photographs relating to Indian rights activist and physician Carlos Montezuma of Arizona and Chicago, Illinois.
Dates:
1888-1936; Majority of material found within 1888 - 1922
Carlos W. Colby Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Colby
Abstract
Primarily correspondence (129 letters) of Illinois farmer and Civil War soldier Carlos W. Colby, written between 1862 and 1865, to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece, plus a dozen Civil War letters written by Colby’s future brother-in-law James Rowe. Also includes Colby’s reminiscences of his boyhood and his service in the 97th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, some family correspondence, genealogical material and a few photos.
Dates:
1821-1937; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1865
Carmen Nappo Memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-035
Abstract
Articles, programs, and miscellaneous material, including two photographic portraits, of musical composer and conductor Carmen Nappo. A student of the Chicago Conservatory, he completed his career in Miami, conducting the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra of Greater Miami, among other orchestras.
Dates:
1960-1978
Carol Bauer Collection
File
Identifier: Midwest-MS-BauerC
Abstract
Letters, 1893-1898, from the Friese family in Baltimore, to Christopher F. Friese in Chicago, discussing the kindergarten movement and women's work, a Chicago bicycle manufacturer, and family affairs; and holiday picture postcards from the early 1900s addressed to the Lang family of Chicago. Also advertisements, including one for a Chicago dentist (Boston Dental Parlors), and one postcard from the Cort Theatre (published by the Fine Arts Journal of Chicago).
Dates:
1893-1921
Carol Johnson collection of Chicago portrait photographs
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-047
Abstract
Twenty-five 19th century cabinet photographs of unidentified babies, children, and adults and wedding portraits taken by Chicago photographers, especially Albert J. Hoffman of 20 Clybourn Avenue and August Kruse of 255 North Avenue. Accompanied by CD-ROM titled "Carol Johnson," which includes individual JPEG digitized images of the photographs (front and back) and a PDF document that is an amalgamation of the photographs (front and back, and captioned).
Dates:
1860-1900
Caroline Kemper Bulkley Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-107
Abstract
A few pieces of manuscript music by Caroline Bulkley of Shreveport, La., plus a miscellaneous collection of poems presumed to be used as lyrics for future compositions.
Dates:
1870-1938
Caroline M. McIlvaine Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-139
Abstract
Papers of Chicago historian and librarian at the Chicago Historical Society and an early member of the Newberry Library staff. Included are letters, some of which are to or from editors of the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Tribune regarding historical features of the papers. Also, many examples of McIlvaine’s drafts and writings on Chicago history, especially of buildings, streets and landmarks, a few pieces of memorabilia, and seven snapshots of 1920s Chicago.
Dates:
1927-1933
Carolyn Ashbaugh Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ashbaugh
Abstract
Includes correspondence, memoranda, notes, cassette tapes of interviews, etc., for Carolyn Ashbaugh's biography of Lucy Parsons, published by the Charles H. Kerr Co. for the Illinois Labor History Society in 1976.
Dates:
1970-1976
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
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
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