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Blatchford family papers - Additions

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blatchford 2
Abstract

Chicago lead manufacturer, co-executor of Walter L. Newberry's will, and first president of the Newberry Library Board of Trustees, 1892-1914. Papers include letters, notes, documents, photographs, scrapbooks and clippings relating to his family, his business ventures, his work at the Newberry, and his involvement with Chicago social, charitable and educational organizations.

Dates: 1841-1947; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1914

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

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...
Dates: 1836-2000

Charles H. Dennis papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dennis
Abstract

Correspondence and miscellaneous items relating to Charles H. Dennis, managing editor of the Chicago Daily News.

Dates: 1868-1942; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1929

Chauncey McCormick papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McCormick
Abstract Letters, clippings, photographs, and mementos of Chicago businessman and philanthropist Chauncey McCormick. He was the nephew of Cyrus McCormick, founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company which became part of International Harvester Company, and was president of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1944-1954. Correspondence concerns business, civic, philanthropic, religious, and political activities. Also contains speeches and writings, including those for the Art Institute, child...
Dates: 1887-1955

Clay Judson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, photographs and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer Clay Judson.

Dates: 1800-1966

Cole family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cole
Abstract New England and Chicago Protestant missionary family. Includes letters and family documents from John A. Cole, a civil engineer, active in the U.S. Christian Commission during the Civil War. After the war he worked with and educated freedmen, women, and children in Washington D.C. through the Lincoln Industrial Mission and the recently established Howard University. He met his wife, Julia A. Cole (née Alvord) through his work with the Lincoln Industrial Mission and Howard University, who...
Dates: 1842-1945; Majority of material found within 1854-1928

Dankmar Adler papers

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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 family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dean
Abstract Correspondence, sermons, deeds, wills, and estate inventories of three generations of the Dean family of Connecticut and Illinois. Includes many letters from Lucretia Mason Dean and her daughter Lucretia Dean Gore, whose husband was a Congregational minister. Also letters between a young Lucretia Mason Dean her cousins and Hitty, Lucy, and Betsey Bond before her marriage to Reverend Darius Gore, regarding courtship and other issues. Additional topics include religion, illness, death, and...
Dates: 1779-1893

Dukes family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Dukes
Abstract

Papers of Thomas Farmer Dukes and family, of Shropshire County, England. Correspondence was pasted in three volumes of the 1805, 1818, and 1821 census books of the county of Shropshire. Also includes a commonplace book containing poems, clippings, and water color paintings by Edward Rowland Dukes, and an indexed book of food and wine recipes, medical remedies, and instructions for making inks, varnishes and other ephemera.

Dates: 1772-1869

Eden-Martin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Eden
Abstract

Papers pertaining to the family of Illinois U.S. Representative John R. Eden (1826-1909). The majority of the material primarily concerns John R. Eden’s daughter Rose, her husband Ivory J. Martin, and their children. The papers also contain correspondence and material relating to the Taylor and Pifer families, who were the in-laws of Rose and Ivory’s son, Robert W. Martin. (Robert Martin married Ruth Pifer, daughter of Hattie Taylor and Finley Pifer).

Dates: approximately 1827-1961

Edward Price Bell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bell
Abstract

Correspondence, works, and other items related to Edward Price Bell's career as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News and roving correspondent for the Literary Digest.

Dates: 1886-1951; Majority of material found within 1900-1942

Edwards family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Edwards
Abstract

Letters, documents, photographs, and printed ephemera centering on John C. Edwards and Lydia Martin Edwards, and their immediate families, both of whom settled near Chicago in the 1840s.

Dates: 1800-1982; Majority of material found within 1847-1908

Endicott Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Endicott
Abstract

Correspondence, photographs, and other miscellaneous material pertaining to the Endicott family and relatives of the Redden, Castle, and Smith families. These families lived primarily in the towns of Greenville, Stubblefield, and Villa Ridge, Pulaski County, Illinois. Topics discussed in the correspondence include marriage, domestic life, illness, and religion. Miscellaneous items include an account book, a paper written about dairy farming, and calling and greeting cards.

Dates: 1868-1986

Enos Brown & Co. Records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-153
Abstract Collection formerly called Bowen Bros. Records, consists mainly of letters, orders and receipts generated by Enos Brown & Co., a Chicago firm selling machinery parts, warps, dyes and other manufacturing supplies to woolen mills in Utah in the 1870s. Bowen Bros., a dry goods firm associated with Enos Brown & Co., is briefly represented in the collection, and there is one letter to George S. Bowen, mayor of Elgin, Illinois and organizer of the Chicago & Pacific Railroad, demanding...
Dates: 1867-1894; Majority of material found within 1867 - 1876

Fairbank-Graham Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fairbank-Graham
Abstract Correspondence, personal and business materials, documents, diaries, writings, photographs, and maps of the Fairbank and Graham families. These families were connected by the marriage of Nathaniel Kellogg Fairbank, a prominent Chicago businessman, and Helen Beeckman Graham, daughter of East Coast industrialist John Andrew Graham. Collection also includes materials of the Carpenter family, through the marriage of Helen Fairbank and Benjamin Carpenter, and three generations of the Nathan S....
Dates: 1775-1980; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1920

Fanny Butcher papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Butcher
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the life and work of Chicago literary critic and author, Fanny Butcher.

Dates: 1830-1984; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1984

Frances Wells Shaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-ShawF
Abstract

Papers of Frances Wells Shaw of Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois, wife of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Bulk consists of material related to the frequent domestic and international travels of Frances Shaw during the first half of the 20th century. Includes her diaries, travel materials and memorabilia, and photographs. Also includes correspondence to and from Frances Shaw and her daughters, plus the diaries of her brother-in-law, Charles T. Atkinson.

Dates: 1866-1976; Majority of material found within 1925-1937

Francus collection of early Illinois letters and documents

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Francus
Abstract

Letters and documents pertaining to the purchase and sale of lands in Illinois, ca. 1820s-1880s

Dates: 1824-1880s

F.W. Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Clark FW
Abstract

Correspondence and papers of Frederick W. Clark, Chicago building contractor and construction company president. Includes business and some personal correspondence, plus account books and trusteeship papers.

Dates: 1875-1916; Majority of material found within 1903-1916

Gridley-Hitchcock Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hitchcock
Abstract Copies of letters, diaries, and photographs of Ruth Daube Gridley (diaries from 1917-1950) and daughter Marion Gridley Hitchcock (diary from 1951-1958). Also copies of letters to Marion by her father, William Whiting Gridley, after the death of his wife that concern his life as sole caretaker for Marion's sister, who was treated for mental illness. Collection also contains a large set of original correspondence from Marion's great-aunt, Josephine Wheat Gridley, primarily concerning family...
Dates: 1860-2007; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1970

Hambleton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-022
Abstract

Three letters by Emma Lander Hambleton, wife of Chalkley Jay Hambleton. Also one letter by Vera S. Wolfe, daughter of conductor Frederick Stock to Peggy Hambleton Murphy.

Dates: 1871-1932

Harris-MacLean family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harris-MacLean
Abstract Letters, diaries, photographs, daybooks, ledgers, writings, genealogical material, and memorabilia detailing the life and travels of several wealthy Chicago families, mainly during the first three decades of the 20th century. The Harris family side is Norman Wait Harris, founder of the Harris Bank of Chicago, and his wife, Emma Gale Harris from New Hampshire, and their parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren. Other major related families represented include Gale, Bent, Lane, and...
Dates: 1784-1980; Majority of material found within 1880-1940

Henry Blake Fuller papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fuller
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Henry Blake Fuller, Chicago novelist, essayist, critic, and satirist. The bulk of the collection consists of Fuller's writings, both published and manuscript, and incoming correspondence.

Dates: 1868-2000; Majority of material found within 1874 - 1929

Henry J. Aten Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Aten
Abstract

Letters from Nicholas Harris to Henry J. Aten of Hiawatha, Kansas, clippings, notes pertaining to the Aten family genealogy, and a photocopy of the family history initiated by Aten and continued by other relatives.

Dates: 1896-approximately 1920

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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 6
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 5
Diaries -- 1901-1950 5
Clippings -- 1901-1950 4
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 3
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 3
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 3
Clippings -- 1851-1900 3
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 3
World War, 1914-1918 3
Brothers -- Correspondence 2
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 2
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Chicago (Ill.) 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 2
Clippings -- 1951-2000 2
Critics 2
Deeds -- Illinois 2
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1951-2000 2
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Families -- Illinois 2
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Families -- Illinois -- History -- Sources 2
Female friendship -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 2
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 2
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 2
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 2
Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 2
Sisters -- Correspondence 2
Slave bills of sale -- Specimens 2
Slavery -- United States -- Public opinion 2
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 2
20th century music -- History 1
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Account books -- Illinois -- 1801-1850 1
Accountants -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Accounts payable -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Accounts receivable -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Airplanes, Military -- Armament -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Ambassadors -- Belgium 1
Amboy (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
American Civil War (1861-1865) 1
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Anti-imperialist movements -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography 1
Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Art patronage -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Artists -- Great Britain 1
Authors, American 1
Authors, American -- Illinois 1
Authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence 1
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
Autobiographies (literary works) -- 1851-1900 1
Autographs (manuscripts) 1
Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Barrington (Ill.) 1
Benefactors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Book reviewing 1
Bookplates 1
Bookstores 1
Broadsides (notices) 1
Building trades -- United States 1
Building, Iron and steel -- Tables 1
Buildings -- Salvaging -- Middle West 1
Bureau County (Ill.) -- History 1
Bureau County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Business enterprises -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Business records -- 1851-1900 1
Business records -- 1901-1950 1
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Business records -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Correspondence 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Calendars (documents) -- Illinois 1
Canada -- Guidebooks 1
Carpentersville (Ill.) 1
Chattel mortgages -- Illinois 1
Chester County (Pa.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Emigration and immigration 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 1
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Language
French 2
German 2
 
Names
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 3
America First Committee 2
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 2
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 2
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Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 2
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 2
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 2
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978 2
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 2
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 2
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 2
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
McCormick Theological Seminary 2
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 2
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 2
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 2
Shaw family 2
Taylor, Graham, 1851-1938 2
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 2
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
A.W. Wall Ltd. 1
Adams, Daniel W., 1821-1872 1
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
Adler and Sullivan 1
Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900 1
Adler, Liebmann, 1812-1892 1
Alexander family 1
Alexander, Robert Spruel Crawford Aitcheson, 1819-1867 1
Alford family 1
Allen, James Lane, 1849-1925 1
Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902 1
American Field Service 1
American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1
American Medical Association 1
American National Red Cross 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Andover Theological Seminary 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Aten family 1
Aten, Henry J., 1841-1913 1
Atkinson, Charles Thomas, 1864-1943 1
Atkinson, Martha Wells, approximately 1868-1935 1
Bahá'i Temple (Wilmette, Ill.) 1
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 1
Baker family 1
Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946 1
Barnard, Harry, 1906-1982 1
Barr, Robert, 1849-1912 1
Barrett family 1
Barrett, Samuel Eddy, 1834-1912 1
Barrows, Ella Cole 1
Beatty, Harry W. 1
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 1
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964 1
Beecher, Edward N. 1
Belfield, Henry H. (Henry Holmes), 1837-1912 1
Bell, Mary Alice Mills 1
Beloit College 1
Bennett, James O'Donnell, 1870-1940 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, 1832-1910 1
Blatchford family 1
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Bond family 1
Bowen, George S., 1829-1905 1
Brachvogel, Udo, 1835-1913 1
Brigham City Cooperative Association (Brigham City, Utah) 1
Bromfield, Louis, 1896-1956 1
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 1
Brown, Constantine, 1889-1966 1
Browne, Charles Francis 1
Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954 1
Bryan, William Lowe, 1860-1955 1
Bullen, Percy Sutherland, 1869- 1
Burt family 1
Burt, Edith Fleming, 1874-1953 1
Burt, Henry Jackson, 1873- 1
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 1
Campanini, Cleofonte 1
Carpenter family 1
Carpenter, Helen Graham, 1868-1945 1
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 1
Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 1
Chicago Academy of Sciences 1
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1
Chicago Manual Training School 1
Chicago Musical College 1
Chicago Record-Herald 1
Chicago Theological Seminary 1
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 1
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Clark Construction Company 1
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