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African American shortwave radio operator cards

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-PC Radio
Abstract

52 QSL cards from African American ham radio operators, CB radio operators, and shortwave radio disc jockeys from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Includes cards from across the United States with the most from Texas and Louisiana. Also includes a variety of other states including Puerto Rico. Most feature humorous illustrations, nicknames, and slogans. Some cards are annotated with handwritten messages.

Dates: 1979-1981; undated

Bessie Barnes papers

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Barnes
Abstract

Photographs, newspaper reviews and miscellaneous personal items relating to Bessie Barnes, producer of nightclub theatrical reviews in Chicago and Milwaukee in the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: 1896-1992

Blatchford family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blatchford
Abstract Extensive collection of letters, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, writings, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago lead manufacturer, Newberry Library founding trustee, and Christian social activist Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford, his wife Mary Williams Blatchford, their parents and grandparents, and the families of their children, especially son Paul Blatchford, but also daughter Amy Blatchford Bliss. Families represented most heavily include Blatchford, Williams, Bliss,...
Dates: 1777-1987; Majority of material found within 1839-1965

Clara Falls postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-PC Falls
Abstract

Collection of real photo postcards, photographs, and 1 letter collected by Clara Falls, who attended the Sac and Fox Indian School near Stroud, Oklahoma. Many images depict members of the Sac and Fox Nation. Items have been grouped in general categories including images related to the Sac and Fox Indian School, snapshots of groups and individuals, studio photographs and postcards, and buildings and views.

Dates: approximately 1900-1933

Doris Humphrey Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Humphrey-Society
Abstract

Records of the Doris Humphrey Society, a cultural non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of dance and dance theory. Includes administrative and promotional files for the Society from the 1980s to late 2000s. Collection also includes photographs, audiovisual, biographical, and promotional materials of Doris Humphrey and her dance career, with personal photographs of her childhood and family. Also includes a small number of materials from the MOMENTA dance company.

Dates: 1870-2011; Majority of material found within 1920-1997

Frances Wells Shaw papers

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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

James and Josie Tomes travel collection

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Identifier: Maps-Tomes
Abstract

Collection of maps and travel ephemera related to the travels of James and Josie Tomes. Material covers Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, with most material on Europe and North America. Also includes material related to James Tomes’ genealogy research, much of which required travel in the United States and Europe.

Dates: 1928-2008; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

John I. Monroe collection of exposition postcards

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Identifier: Modern-MS-Monroe Exposition
Abstract

This collection includes over 9,800 postcards and related ephemera documenting International Expositions and World's Fairs beginning in the late 19th and continuing throughout the 20th century. Both American and European expositions are well represented in addition to smaller trade shows and local fairs.

Dates: 1876-1986

John I. Monroe collection of sports postcards

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Monroe Sports
Abstract

Postcard collection assembled by John I. Monroe of sports-related cards. Includes postcards on auto racing, baseball, billiards, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, fishing, football, hiking, horse racing, roller skating, soccer, swimming, track and field, winter sports, and others.

Dates: approximately 1902-approximately 1931

John T. McCutcheon papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McCutcheon
Abstract

Collection of correspondence, works, drafts of works, subject files, and personal information by and about John T. McCutcheon, editorial cartoonist and newspaper correspondent for the Chicago Record and the Chicago Tribune.

Dates: 1834-1996; Majority of material found within 1889-1950

Louis S. Bauer Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bauer L
Abstract

Letters written to Louis S. Bauer while serving in the army during World War I at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. Correspondence is primarily from his siblings, with some from other family and friends. Letters document life for the Bauer family in Chicago during World War I. Includes approximately 50 postcards, most produced in Germany, a few of which have messages sent to Louis while in Europe. Also contains physical and digital photographs.

Dates: 1911-1919; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1918

Lutz-Chamberlin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lutz-Chamberlin
Abstract Correspondence, writings, business and legal documents, photographs, clippings, genealogical materials, and postcard collection of members of the Chamberlin and Lutz families, ranging from the 1850’s to the 1990’s. The Chamberlin correspondence consists of George E. Chamberlin’s letters written when he was a student at Dartmouth and subsequently as an officer in the Civil War, plus letters of other Chamberlin family members, mostly through the 1860's. The Lutz correspondence consists of...
Dates: 1844-1992

Never The Same ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-NTS
Abstract

Ephemera collected by Never The Same, a project begun by Northwestern University Professor Rebecca Zorach and Daniel Tucker, founder of AREAChicago. Never The Same collects items documenting socially and politically engaged art in Chicago since the 1960s. Collection consists of brochures, fliers, postcards, pamphlets, posters, artwork, books, journals, CDs, DVDs, and 3-dimensional artifacts emanating from a wide variety of sources, both individual and organizational.

Dates: 1968-2014

Philip E. Vierling Illinois and Great Lakes postcard and ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Vierling
Abstract Postcards of Chicago scenes, including bridges, buildings, homes, lakefront and harbor, river, and major fairs; Illinois (mainly) canals, rivers, locks, bridges, and water- and wind-powered mills and factories; World War II Camp Grant; and Great Lakes region historic sites, especially forts. Also, Illinois and Michigan Canal notes and an 1832 House Report regarding the canal; miscellaneous 19th century receipts; a letter and advertising brochure for a Freeport businessman's rotary feed...
Dates: 1832-1950

Steele-Winters Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Steele-Winters
Abstract

Correspondence, estate papers, family records, farm related accounts, diaries, cards, scrapbooks, yearbooks, oral histories, and photographs of the Steele and Winters families. Both families were early homesteaders and farmers in rural northwestern Illinois, settling in and around Bureau, Sangamon, and Winnebago Counties in Illinois in the early 1800s. Their extended families continue to live and farm in these areas to the present day.

Dates: 1860-2009; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1970

Zion City (Ill.) records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Zion
Abstract

Mainly newspaper clipping scrapbooks, but also correspondence, and miscellaneous material relating to John Alexander Dowie and the founding of the Christian Catholic Church and Zion City, Illinois.

Dates: 1888-1974; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1907

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African Americans in radio broadcasting 1
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Cruise ships -- Guidebooks 1
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Dakota Indians -- Land tenure 1
Dakota Indians -- Missions -- South Dakota -- History 1
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Atkinson, Charles Thomas, 1864-1943 2
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 2
McCutcheon, Evelyn Shaw 2
Monroe, John I. 2
AREA Chicago 1
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Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
American University of Beirut 1
Atkinson, Martha Wells, approximately 1868-1935 1
Baker family 1
Baril, Elmer J. 1
Barnes, Bessie 1
Bates family 1
Bauer family 1
Bauer, Louis S., 1894-1975 1
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 1
Blaine, Anita McCormick 1
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
Blatchford, Frances L. (Frances Lord), 1866-1958 1
Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921 1
Blatchford, Paul, 1859-1925 1
Blatchford, Samuel, 1767-1828 1
Blatchford, Samuel, 1820-1893 1
Bobbs-Merrill Company 1
Borden Company 1
Brice, W. Kirkpatrick 1
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Chamberlain family 1
Chamberlin, George E. 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Chicago Historical Society 1
Chicago Zoological Society (Ill.) 1
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Clemens, Stephanie 1
Cleveland, Chester W. 1
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 1
Club Belladonna (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Club Madrid (Milwaukee, Wisc.) 1
Cosmopolitan Magazine 1
Cowan's Auctions, Inc 1
Crerar Manuscript Collection (University of Chicago. Library) 1
Curt Teich & Co. 1
Dartmouth College 1
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951 1
Denishawn School of Dancing 1
Dewey, George, 1837-1917 1
Doran, George H. (George Henry), 1869-1956 1
Doris Humphrey Society 1
Dowie, John Alexander, 1847-1907 1
E.C. Kropp Co. 1
Exposition universelle (1900 : Paris, France) 1
Exposition universelle et internationale (1905 : Liege, Belgium) 1
Exposition universelle et internationale (1910 : Brussels, Belgium) 1
Falls, Clara, 1898-1975 1
Feel Tank Chicago 1
Field Museum of Natural History 1
Field, Stanley, 1875-1964 1
Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900 1
Fowler, Barbara Blatchford 1
General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.) 1
General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1
Hagedorn, Hermann, 1882-1964 1
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 1
Harden, Edward Walker, 1868- 1
Hartnell family 1
Harvard Law School 1
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978 1
Henning, Arthur Sears, 1876- 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 1
Ide, Letitia 1
Illinois College 1
Indian Rights Association 1
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 1
King, Eleanor, 1906-1991 1
King, Frances Theodora 1
Knecht, Karl Kae, 1883-1972 1
Lake View High School (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 1866-1944 1
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 1
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 1
Limón, José 1
Lord family 1
Lord, Charles V. 1
Lord, Daniel Walker, 1800-1880 1
Lord, Mary Patterson 1
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
Lumpen Media Group 1
Lutz family 1
Lutz, Adeline Louise 1
MOMENTA Dance Company 1
MacMurray College 1
McCormick, Chauncey, 1884-1954 1
McCormick, Cyrus H. (Cyrus Hall), 1859-1936 1
McCormick, Harold F. (Harold Fowler), 1872-1941 1
McCormick, Medill, 1877-1925 1
McCormick, Robert R. (Robert Rutherford), 1880-1955 1
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 1
Meeker, Arthur, 1866-1946 1
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