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Cliff Dwellers records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cliff
Abstract

Scrapbooks, photographs, member’s papers and registers, document this Chicago social club’s history. Formally the Attic Club, Hamlin Garland founded the club as a forum and sanctuary for emerging artists, musicians, poets, architects and art enthusiasts. Formerly housed in the penthouse of Orchestra Hall, prominent members included Lorado Taft, John McCutcheon, Horace Oakley, Louis Sullivan, Vachel Lindsay and Charles Hutchinson.

Dates: 1890-ongoing

Edith Franklin Wyatt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wyatt
Abstract

Correspondence of Chicago writer and social activist Edith Franklin Wyatt, plus drafts of works, contracts, scrapbooks, clippings and mementos.

Dates: 1894-1968; Majority of material found within 1894 - 1955

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  • Names: McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 X
  • Names: Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 X

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American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
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Clubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Correspondence -- United States -- 1901-1950 1