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Ben Hecht papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hecht
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Ben Hecht, and also papers of his wife Rose Caylor Hecht (novelist) and daughter Jenny Hecht (actress).

Dates: 1879-1983

Elaine Madlener papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Madlener
Abstract

Research material for a biography of Herbert von Karajan and material on autograph collecting gathered by Elaine Madlener, Chicago philanthropist and socialite. Material related to Madlener’s Grant Hospital committee work for two benefit performances by Karajan in 1955 and 1965, and manuscripts by British author Charles Langbridge Morgan.

Dates: 1916-1966; Majority of material found within 1944-1965

Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler and Sigmund Zeisler papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Zeisler
Abstract Correspondence to and from pianist Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, Sigmund Zeisler, their sons Ernest, Leonard and Paul, and relatives and friends; also, miscellaneous material relating to Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler's life and musical career, including a biography of Fannie Zeisler written by her husband Sigmund; works of Sigmund Zeisler relating to his legal career and involvement in the Haymarket riots of 1886; also assorted memorabilia of Fannie Zeisler and the Zeisler family, photographs of...
Dates: 1869-1981; Majority of material found within 1883-1931

Hermann Raster papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Raster
Abstract

Correspondence and other materials pertaining to the life of German immigrant "Forty-Eighter," Hermann Raster, and his work as editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung.

Dates: 1849-1940; Majority of material found within 1860-1891

Jack Fuller papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-FullerJ
Abstract

The literary and journalistic works, correspondence, and personal materials of Chicago journalist and novelist Jack Fuller.

Dates: 1850-2016; Majority of material found within 1951-2009

John M. Wing Foundation printing ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Ephemera-File
Abstract

Printed ephemera from a variety of companies, organizations, and individuals, mostly concerned with printing, publishing, graphic design, and related book arts. Geographic coverage includes North America, Great Britain, Europe and East Asia.

Dates: approximately 1750-ongoing; Majority of material found within 1900-1999

Michael Reid Anti-Fascism Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Reid
Abstract Appeals, calls to action, declarations, newspapers, notes, notices, poems, and resolutions by a variety of anti-fascist organizations in Chicago and United States that formed after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Groups such as the Chicago Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism, the Provisional United Front Anti-Fascist Committee (Chicago), the National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism (New York City, New York), the International Relief Committee for Victims of Hitler...
Dates: 1933-1934

Stanton, Schilling, and Parsons family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-SSP
Abstract

Family history of the three main branches of a large Chicago based family. Includes over eight generations of correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, and diaries, following family members across the United States, Europe, and the Philippines. Material relates to the biographical information of many family members, including their careers, family life, and hobbies.

Dates: 1733-2015; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1980

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

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Akron (Ohio) 1
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Artists' books 1
Aspen (Colo.) 1
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Authors -- Portraits 1
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Book jackets 1
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Campanologists (Bell makers) 1
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Germany -- Apolda 1
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Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886 1
Invitations 1
Iroquois County (Ill.) 1
Jazz musicians -- Fiction 1
Journalistic ethics -- United States 1
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Rapp, Wilhelm, 1828-1907 2
Raster, Hermann, 1827-1891 2
Aliquando Press 1
American Institute of Graphic Arts 1
Anderson, Margaret C. 1
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Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Antheil, George, 1900-1959 1
Beck, Bruce, 1916-2009 1
Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992 1
Berliner Philharmoniker 1
Bibliotheca Wittockiana 1
Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie, 1863-1927 1
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 1
Booklyn Artists Alliance 1
Brachvogel, Udo, 1835-1913 1
Bremer Presse 1
Brent, Stuart 1
Brighton Press 1
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 1
Caylor, Rose 1
Centro del bel libro (Ascona, Switzerland) 1
Challenge Machinery Company 1
Chicago Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism 1
Chicago Daily Journal 1
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 1
Damrosch, Leopold, 1832-1885 1
Dettmer, Roger 1
Dimitrov, Blagoĭ 1
Dimitrov, Georgi, 1882-1949 1
Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1
ELM Press 1
Essipoff, Marie Armstrong, 1892- 1
Foolscap Press 1
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 1
Fuller, Ernest 1
Fuller, Jack 1
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 1
Grant Hospital (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Grant Hospital (Chicago, Ill.). Women's Auxiliary 1
Gregynog Press 1
Hart, Moss, 1904-1961 1
Hecht family 1
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 1
Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924 1
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 1
Idaho Center for the Book 1
Imago Press (Toronto, Ont.) 1
Independent Communist Labor League (U.S.) 1
Indulgence Press 1
Inter-American Press Association 1
International Printing Museum (Carson, Calif.) 1
International Relief Committee for Victims of Hitler Fascism 1
Irgun tseva'i le'umi 1
Jessel, George, 1898-1981 1
Just, Ward S. 1
Karajan, Herbert von 1
Kellogg, Clara Louise, 1842-1916 1
Kogan, Herman 1
Kook, Hillel, 1915-2001 1
Kroch, Adolph, 1882- 1
Lenya, Lotte 1
Levi, Edward H. (Edward Hirsch), 1911-2000 1
Limited Editions Club 1
Lipsky, Seth 1
Liturgy Training Publications (Firm) 1
Locher, Dick, 1929-2017 1
London Philharmonic Orchestra 1
MacArthur, Charles, 1895-1956 1
MacNelly, Jeff 1
Madlener, Elaine 1
Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953 1
Manuscript Society (U.S.) 1
Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964 1
Matthews family 1
McKittrick, Bruce 1
Medill School of Journalism 1
Medill, Joseph, 1823-1899 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958 1
Morris, William, 1834-1896 1
Mrs. Snyder's Candies 1
Nash, John Henry, 1871-1947 1
National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism (U.S.) 1
Newberry Library. John M. Wing Foundation 1
O'Brien, Tim 1
Pacific Stars and Stripes 1
Parker, Francis W. (Francis Wayland), 1837-1902 1
Parsons family 1
Parsons, Myra Matthews 1
Parsons, William E., 1872-1939 1
Perishable Press Limited 1
Printers Row Printing Museum 1
Provisional United Front Anti-Fascist Committee 1
Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911 1
Reid, Michael, 1947- 1
Rew family 1
Rew, Francis E. 1
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 1
Schilling Bell Foundry 1
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