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Charles L. Hutchinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hutchinson
Abstract Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks and miscellany related to Charles L. Hutchinson, Chicago financier, trustee, and philanthropist, particularly regarding Hutchinson’s relationship with the Art Institute of Chicago. Correspondence is solely incoming, mostly to Hutchinson, but also to Mrs. Hutchinson and a few others. Group of writings consists of speeches and diary notebooks. The several scrapbooks hold numerous receipts of art purchases, articles, clippings, a few letters and notes. The...
Dates: 1868-1934

Charles Sweningsen Collection of Chicago Sun-Times Newspapers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Sweningsen
Abstract

Collection of Chicago Sun-Times newspapers from former Sun-Times staff member Charles Sweningsen, from 1963 to 1998. Newspapers cover such historical events as the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the Vietnam war, the moon landing, the Watergate scandal, affirmative action, and the 50th anniversary of the Sun-Times.

Dates: 1963-1998

Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago-Allied Arts
Abstract

Records kept by Thomas Hart Fisher, secretary for the Chicago Allied Arts, Inc., a short-lived organization which produced a series of programs of new music and dance in Chicago from 1924-1927. Includes business correspondence and financial information, with some program planning information.

Dates: 1924-1928

Chicago American Indian Photography Project photographs

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Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Photo Project
Abstract Photographs taken by Dan Battise, Ben Bearskin, Orlando Cabanban, Joe Kazumura, F. Peter Weil, and Leroy Wesaw for the Chicago American Indian Photography Project. Images document the social life and customs of the American Indian community in Chicago during the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. Includes many photographs from activities of the American Indian Center. Many of these photographs were displayed in the Hermon Dunlap Smith Gallery at the Newberry Library as part of an exhibition...
Dates: approximately 1950s-1987

Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company correspondence

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago and Western
Abstract

Letters from John B. Carson, president of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company and Belt Railway Company of Chicago (formerly Chicago and Western Indian Belt Railway Company) to Anthony J. Thomas who represented J.P. Morgan railroad interests in New York City. Thomas also was the treasurer of this company, which was mostly concerned with financing for construction projects like viaducts and two-way track in Chicago.

Dates: 1881-1890

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Correspondence

 Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-3
Abstract

Incoming and outgoing letters of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q) executives, members of the board, lawyers, and other employees. Content covers virtually all aspects of railroad management, including financial and legal matters, expansion and acquisition, relations with other railroads and subsidiaries, personnel and policies, construction, rates, and other business matters. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.

Dates: 1857-1918

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Photographs, Artwork, and Audiovisual

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Identifier: CB&Q-A-5
Abstract

Photographs, cartoons, drawings, and paintings, and two boxes of audio media of oral histories, interviews, Burlington Route chapter readings by its author, and radio programs. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.

Dates: approximately 1852-1975

Chicago Club Records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago Club
Abstract The Chicago Club is a private social club headquartered at the corner of Van Buren Street and Michigan Avenue. Established in 1869, the Club has had many high-profile members over the years including Marshall Field and George Pullman. Historically, the most prominent members are the Chicago Club were executives of the city's most successful corporations. Collection contains menus for the traditional Chicago Club New Year’s Day Luncheon, from 1959 to 1984. Additionally, there are several...
Dates: 1959-1984

Chicago Lakefront and River Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-129
Abstract

58 prints of Chicago lakefront and river scenes, found in a manila envelope marked: “Prints from glass negatives produced by the Corps of Engineers ca. 1890; originals now with the Chicago Maritime Society.”

Dates: approximately 1890

Chicago Reader artwork collection

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago Reader A
Abstract

Original works by various artists commissioned for the Chicago Reader alternative weekly newspaper.

Dates: 1973-2005

Chicago Reader photographs: News collection

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago Reader PN
Abstract

Photographs used to accompany front page and other feature stories in the Chicago Reader alternative weekly newspaper, as well as the columns Calendar, Hot Type, Neighborhood News, Our Town, TheWorks, and Chicago Anti-Social.

Dates: 1973-2007

Chicago Reader photographs: Performance collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago Reader PP
Abstract

Publicity and live photographs of Midwest area dance, drama, comedy, and music performers and performances from the files of the Chicago Reader weekly newspaper.

Dates: approximately 1960s-2006; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000

Chicago Reader records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago Reader R
Abstract

Original copy of articles, legal files, miscellaneous administrative files, and unsolicited manuscripts of the Chicago Reader alternative weekly newspaper.

Dates: 1971-2000

Chicago Stockyards Industrial Park Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-176
Abstract

Sixteen professional photographs of the area of Chicago known as the Stockyards Industrial Park which was developed after the closing of the Union Stock Yards in 1971. The Industrial Park is home to various small factories, none of which are involved in meatpacking. Few of the original structures remain, excepting the great limestone arch erected in 1879 to mark the stockyard entrance.

Dates: approximately 1975

City News Bureau records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-City News Bureau
Abstract

Reporters' copy and supporting subject materials of the City News Bureau of Chicago news agency, filed from four beat locations: Federal Court, Cook County Civil Court, Cook County Criminal Court, and Chicago City Hall.

Dates: 1944-2005; Majority of material found within 1990-2000

Claire Lieber Crews Century of Progress Notebook

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-163
Abstract

Disbound notebook and scrapbook kept by 11-year-old Claire Lieber documenting the Century of Progress International Exposition held in Chicago, 1933-1934. Includes her handwritten descriptions of the exposition and its venues as well as ephemera, such as seals, stamps, playing cards, season tickets, event tickets, memo books, postcards, clippings, and other illustrations. Also includes souvenir "motion picture" and other photographs of Lieber taken at the exposition.

Dates: 1933-1934

Cloyd Head papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Head
Abstract

Writings and correspondence, souvenirs and miscellany of Cloyd Head, Chicago playwright, theatrical director, business manager of the Goodman Theatre and husband of the poet Eunice Tietjens.

Dates: 1881-1968

C.R. Clark Photograph Book

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Clark
Abstract

Volume of individually mounted photographs compiled by C.R. Clark for Byron L. Smith, approximately 1911, showing scenes of Chicago before and after the 1871 fire. Includes a letter relating to Smith’s acquisition of the photograph book, and the original front and back covers.

Dates: approximately 1865-1872, 1911

Crane Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Crane
Abstract

Foundry established in Chicago in 1855 by R.T. Crane which became a major industry in manufacturing electrical and plumbing supplies. Records were kept by stenographer/cashier Margaret Laue, mostly pertaining to Crane Co.'s social events for employees, including plays, programs, centennial events, and an annual picnic at Riverview Amusement Park. Includes cards, invitations, programs, desk diaries, tickets, pins, and medals.

Dates: 1920-1955

Daniel Lyman Chandler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-128
Abstract

Twelve letters of New Englander Daniel Lyman Chandler from Chicago, Illinois, and Ogden, Kansas, to his relatives,1855-1863, which describe life in Chicago and in the Kansas Territory. Also, two other letters from his nephew John and a woman named Elisabeth Hewins.

Dates: 1855-1866

Dankmar Adler papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Adler
Abstract Correspondence, autobiography, writings, articles, genealogy, books, clippings, photographs, and pictures relating to Dankmar Adler, Chicago architect, acoustician, and partner of Louis Sullivan in the Adler and Sullivan architectural firm. Also other family and research materials accumulated by Joan W. Saltzstein, Adler's granddaughter, for her study of Adler and his numerous architectural projects, including the Auditorium Theater, Stock Exchange Building, Garrick Theater Building, and the...
Dates: 1857-1984

Dean Badolato Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Badolato
Abstract

Materials related to Dean Badolato, a choreographer and director born and raised in the Chicagoland area. Includes clippings, letters, photographs, programs, VHS tapes, and artifacts.

Dates: 1959-1999; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1986

Dill Pickle Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dill Pickle
Abstract

Miscellaneous material relating to the Dill Pickle Club of Chicago, Illinois (1916-ca.1933) and its leading founder, John (Jack) Jones. The bulk of the collection, most of which was removed from two scrapbooks, consists of handbills, fliers, programs and posters announcing and advertising numerous lectures, readings, parties, plays and other regular activities. Also includes art work, business and membership items, clippings, a few letters, photographs, poetry and Jack Jones memorabilia.

Dates: 1906-1941; Majority of material found within 1915-1935

Dolores Haugh Riverview Amusement Park collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Riverview
Abstract Riverview Park archival records, including correspondence, accounts, publicity materials, concession contracts, minutes and reports, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, and advertising materials, salvaged by Dolores Haugh from the abandoned park office one week before it burned down. Reports, minutes, correspondence, and other documents date mainly from the early years of the park. Advertising materials, clippings, and photographs are mainly from the last decades of park operation. There is...
Dates: 1904-2004; Majority of material found within 1904-1977

E. Winston and Ina D. Williams NAACP papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Williams-NAACP
Abstract

Papers of Chicago NAACP and labor union leader E. Winston Williams, who served as president of the Chicago Southside NAACP chapter from 1971-1974. Papers also reflect activities of Ina D. Williams (wife of E. Winston Williams), who played an integral behind-the-scenes role in Williams' administration. Collection includes photographs, clippings, programs, brochures, and correspondence documenting the activities of the NAACP chapter and Williams’s involvement with Chicago labor unions.

Dates: 1940s-1986; Majority of material found within 1957-1986

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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 12
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American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 10
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 10
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Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 11
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 8
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 7
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 7
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McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 6
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 6
Newberry Library 6
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 6
Charles H. Kerr Company 5
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 5
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 5
Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931 5
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 5
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 5
Ade, George, 1866-1944 4
American Indian Center of Chicago 4
Art Institute of Chicago 4
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 4
Chicago Reader (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 4
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 4
Industrial Workers of the World 4
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 4
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 3
Anderson, Margaret C. 3
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 3
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 3
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 3
Cabanban, Orlando 3
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929 3
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 3
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 3
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 3
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 3
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 3
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.) 3
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 3
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 3
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 3
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 3
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Head, Cloyd 3
Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933 3
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 3
Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 3
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 3
Pullman Company 3
Rand McNally and Company 3
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939 3
Rosemont, Franklin 3
Stevens, Thomas Wood, 1880-1942 3
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 3
Webster, Henry Kitchell, 1875-1932 3
Wesaw family 3
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 3
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 3
Wyatt, Edith, 1873-1958 3
A.C. McClurg & Co. 2
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 2
Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902 2
American Library Association 2
Battise family 2
Battise, Dan, 1917-2010 2
Bearskin family 2
Bearskin, Ben 2
Bernard family 2
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 2
Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921 2
Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie, 1863-1927 2
Bobbs-Merrill Company 2
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 2
Bornarth, Christine 2
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 2
Borroff, Edith, 1925-2019 2
Boston Athenaeum 2
Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers), 1848-1933 2
Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913 2
Brundage, Slim, 1903-1990 2
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 2
Casey, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1890-1962 2
Caylor, Rose 2
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 2
Chicago (Ill.). Office of the Mayor 2
Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. 2
Chicago Historical Society 2
Chicago Literary Club 2
Chicago Public Library 2
Chicago Sun-Times 2
Cincinnati Public Library 2
City News Bureau of Chicago 2
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 2
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 2
D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian 2
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Dunne, Finley Peter, 1867-1936 2
Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 2
Fischer, Irwin, 1903-1977 2
Fischer, Marion H. 2
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