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William B. Andruss diary and commissions

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3002
Abstract Diary, Mar. 10, 1855 - Apr. 3, 1856, and seven commissions and appointments to public office in Lee County, 1860-1877. Diary documents Andruss' daily activities, travel, photography business, and emigration via Bellevue, Mich., with his family to Amboy. Daily entries record illnesses, chores and jobs, visits with friends and relatives, church lessons, town and political meetings, and public lectures on such topics as temperance and slavery. Also mentioned are the names of photographic...
Dates: 1855-1876

William Edward Newton Papers

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Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Newton
Abstract

Correspondence, original design work, and music by Chicago musician, artist and designer William Edward Newton.

Dates: 1914-1994; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1994

William Edward Parsons papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Parsons
Abstract

Professional and personal materials and photographs of Chicago architect and city planner William Edward Parsons.

Dates: 1873-1992; Majority of material found within 1873 - 1939

William Frederking dance photographs

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Frederking
Abstract

Black and white photographs of Chicago area dance companies and dancers taken by professional photographer William Frederking. Also included are publicity materials related to the dance companies and dancers Frederking photographed as well as personal materials such as correspondence.

Dates: 1985-2016; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2000

William H. Munroe Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Munroe
Abstract

Personal papers and documents related to Sergeant William H. Munroe of the Chicago Mercantile Battery and his father, Henry H. Munroe. Correspondence, discharge papers, and two broadsides related to the war are included along with family obituaries, certificates of professional appointment, letters of reference, a last will and testament, and a patent for rheumatism treatment.

Dates: 1794-1920; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1920

William H. Peterson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Peterson
Abstract Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and personal material of William H. Peterson, a World War II radar man and later engineer for the Pullman Company. Includes Peterson's schoolwork, wartime letters, and engineering designs. There is additional material for the Peterson family, including William's father Hartin F. Peterson, also a Pullman employee, such as his World War I photographs and his own draft work. Collection also contains genealogy and photographs of the...
Dates: 1891-2012

William Henry Samelius collection of World's Columbian Exposition slides

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Samelius
Abstract

A collection of glass plate slides of various buildings and attractions from the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Most images are from the fair with multiple views of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, Electric Tower, and the Colonnade. Features an image of a day pass to the fair on Chicago Day. There is one slide that is not from the fair of the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Lincoln Park.

Dates: 1893

William Horne-Ernest Hemingway papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Horne-Hemingway
Abstract

Correspondence, works, articles, clippings and memorabilia relating to Ernest Hemingway and William Horne.

Dates: 1913-1985

William Morton Payne Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Payne
Abstract

Correspondence, works, scrapbooks, and other personal materials pertaining to William Morton Payne's life as a literary critic, periodical editor, translator, and educator.

Dates: approximately 1850-1920

Winnetka Fortnightly records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winnetka
Abstract

Club founded in 1921. Records include historical material, meeting minutes (restricted), memorials, members' papers, two photographs, by-laws, one recording, yearly programs, rosters, and officer lists, members' biographies (restricted), and list of published authors who are members of the Club.

Dates: 1920-ongoing

Winterbotham-French family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-French
Abstract Correspondence, personal materials, diaries, financial and estate documents, genealogical research, and photographs of the Winterbotham and French families who were united by the marriage of John R. Winterbotham III and Chloe T. French. Papers include correspondence pertaining to Chloe Tyler French's work at Mathieson Alkali Works, courtship letters between Seth B. French and Mary Tyler Duffy, and letters and photographs of Hilah French, an aunt of Chloe Tyler French, who served at a Red...
Dates: 1850-2005; Majority of material found within 1900-1950

Winterbotham-Shaw Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-Shaw
Abstract Correspondence, documents and miscellaneous items relating to the families of Rue Winterbotham Shaw and Alfred Phillips Shaw. Includes letters of Rue W. Shaw and Alfred P. Shaw to their son Joseph W. Shaw, correspondence to and from Theodora Winterbotham Brown and letters of other Winterbotham family members. Also, three large folder-notebooks of miscellaneous genealogical material amassed by Theodora Winterbotham Brown regarding the history of the Winterbotham, Baldwin and Rosencrans...
Dates: 1909-1991

Witkowsky family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-098
Abstract

Assortment of material related to the Witkowsky family of Chicago: mid-19th century valentines addressed to Esther, James, and Pauline Witkowsky of Chicago; an 1858 letter from Pauline mentioning the Lincoln-Douglas debates; and a 1942 tribute to Esther from Vassar classmates, class of 1886. Also material relating to the World War I military service of Alan Witkowsky (name changed to Whitney).

Dates: 1840-1942

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Powellton, Ill.) minutes book

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-224
Abstract

Ledger of minutes from the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Powellton, Illinois, 1901-1906. The minutes record discussions concerning prohibition, suffrage, illegal gambling, and polygamy.

Dates: 1901-1906

Women's Bar Association of Illinois records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-WBAI
Abstract

The Women's Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) records include artifacts and materials related to presidents Mary Reardon Hooten (also known as Mary Heftel Hooten), Irene V. McCormick, Mary Pappas, and Mary M. Bartelme. Also included are board minutes and reports, correspondence, financial materials, event planning materials, photographs, and publications.

Dates: 1908-2014; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

Woolson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Woolson
Abstract

Letters, scrapbooks, photographs, diaries, clippings, and genealogical materials concerning the Woolson family of New Hampshire, Ohio, and Chicago.

Dates: 1856-1950; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1910

World's Columbian Exposition glass plate images

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-WCEGlassImages
Abstract

The collection consists of nine glass plate images, eight positives and one negative, taken at the World's Columbian Exposition. The images show exhibits and displays from several buildings throughout the fair including the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, the Anthropological Building, and Machinery Hall among others.

Dates: 1893

World's Columbian Exposition lantern slides

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-WCESlides
Abstract

56 glass lantern slides showing environs, buildings and exhibits at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago.

Dates: 1893

Zion City (Ill.) records

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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

Zwiefka family dance papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-Zwiefka
Abstract

Materials related to Evelyn Zwiefka's, Grace Zwiefka Thuis's, and Diane Lewandowski's dance instruction in Chicago primarily through the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Public School District. The women specialized in ballet, folk, Hawaiian, Polish, and Spanish dance.

Dates: 1890-1987; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1960

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 489
Photographs -- 1901-1950 92
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Chicago (Ill.) 25
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 25
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 21
Clippings -- 1951-2000 20
Sound recordings 18
World War, 1914-1918 18
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 16
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 16
Programs 16
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 14
Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 13
Dance teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 12
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 12
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 12
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Diaries -- 1851-1900 11
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Authors, American -- 20th century 10
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 10
Choreographers -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Dance -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Dance -- Study and teaching -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
Designers -- Illinois -- Chicago 10
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 10
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
Dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
Dancers -- Portraits 9
Diaries -- 1901-1950 9
Postcards 9
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago 9
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 9
Videocassettes 9
Audiovisual materials 8
Ballet dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 8
Diaries 8
Europe -- Description and travel 8
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago 8
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 8
Railroads -- Illinois 8
Reporters and reporting 8
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 8
World War, 1939-1945 8
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Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 7
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 7
Clippings -- 1851-1900 7
Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 7
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Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 7
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Publicizing 7
Women dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
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Genealogies (histories) 6
Ledgers (account books) 6
Modern dance -- Illinois -- Chicago 6
Newspapers 6
Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 6
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 6
Photographs -- 2001-2050 6
Programs -- 1951-2000 6
Research notes 6
Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 6
Sheet music 6
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Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 6
Authors, American 5
Ballet dancers 5
Chicago (Ill.) -- History 5
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 5
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German 11
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 23
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 19
Pullman Company 19
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 12
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 11
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Newberry Library 9
Art Institute of Chicago 8
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 8
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 7
Chicago Sun-Times 7
Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929 7
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 7
Mowrer, Paul Scott, 1887-1971 7
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 6
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951 6
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company 6
Charles H. Kerr Company 6
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 6
Chicago Tribune (Firm) 6
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 6
Industrial Workers of the World 6
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 6
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 6
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 6
Tietjens, Eunice, 1884-1944 6
Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990 6
Ade, George, 1866-1944 5
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 5
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 5
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 5
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 5
Chicago Reader (Chicago, Ill.) 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 5
Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 5
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 5
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 5
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 5
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 5
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 5
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 5
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 5
MoMing Dance and Arts Center (Chicago) 5
Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 5
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 5
University of Chicago 5
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 5
Barzel, Ann 4
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 4
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 4
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 4
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 4
Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990 4
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 4
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 4
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 4
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 4
Illinois Central Railroad Company 4
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 4
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 4
Lipinski, Dolores 4
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 4
Rand McNally and Company 4
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 4
Rosemont, Franklin 4
Shaw family 4
Society of Typographic Arts (Chicago, Ill.) 4
Steppenwolf Theatre Company 4
Strong, Walter Ansel, 1883-1931 4
Tallchief, Maria 4
Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008 4
American Ballet Theatre 3
American Indian Center of Chicago 3
American National Red Cross 3
American Red Cross 3
Anderson, Margaret C. 3
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 3
Balanchine, George 3
Bobbs-Merrill Company 3
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 3
Borroff, Edith, 1925-2019 3
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 3
Brundage, Slim, 1903-1990 3
Burbank, E. A. (Elbridge Ayer), 1858-1949 3
Caxton Club 3
Chicago Historical Society 3
Chicago Opera Ballet 3
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion 3
City News Bureau of Chicago 3
Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964 3
Cliff Dwellers (Club) 3
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989 3
DaBoll, Raymond F. 3
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951 3
Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969 3
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.) 3
Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Dowie, John Alexander, 1847-1907 3
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 3
Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 3
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 3
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