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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

Brown family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Brown Family
Abstract Correspondence, writings, newspaper clippings, numerous group and portrait photographs, a scrapbook, travel and souvenir items and snapshots, relating to sisters Grace and Genevieve Brown, musicians who were members of three American all-girl bands between 1923 and 1932. A large part of the collection consists of photographs of the bands and the performers: Harry Waiman and the Debutantes, the Parisian Red Heads and the Ingenues, as well as numerous small travel photographs Also a small...
Dates: 1918-1972; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1932

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

 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

James and Josie Tomes travel collection

 Collection
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

James Dunwoody collection of travel postcards

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Dunwoody
Abstract

Collection of domestic and international postcards and a small amount of other ephemera including trade cards, greeting cards, and viewbooks.

Dates: approximately 1900-1982

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

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

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 5
Postcards 5
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 3
Photographs -- 1901-1950 3
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 2
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Greeting cards 2
Lake Forest (Ill.) -- History 2
Oak Park (Ill.) 2
Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 2
Travel 2
Travel guidebooks 2
Upper class -- United States -- Social life and customs 2
Administrative records 1
Advertisements 1
Advertising postcards 1
Air travel 1
All-Girl Bands 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Angkor (Extinct city) -- Pictorial works 1
Art and philosophy 1
Arts 1
Arts publicity 1
Associations, institutions, etc. 1
Audiovisual materials 1
Bahamas -- Description and travel 1
Bangor (Me.) 1
Brochures 1
Bureau County (Ill.) -- History 1
Burma -- Pictorial works 1
Calendars (documents) -- Illinois 1
Cambodia -- Pictorial works 1
Canada -- Guidebooks 1
Caricatures and cartoons -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Cartoonists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Central America -- Description and travel 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
China -- Pictorial works 1
Choreographers 1
Choreography -- Philosophy 1
Choreography -- Study and Teaching 1
Christian County (Ill.) -- History 1
Clippings 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
College students -- Illinois -- History 1
College students -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence 1
Concert programs 1
Congregationalists 1
Cookbooks -- 1801-1850 1
Cookbooks -- 1851-1900 1
Cooking, American -- History -- 19th century 1
Correspondence 1
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Courtship -- Illinois -- History 1
Cruise ships -- Guidebooks 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Dakota Indians -- Land tenure 1
Dakota Indians -- Missions -- South Dakota -- History 1
Diaries -- 1801-1850 1
Diaries -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1951-2000 1
Dover (Ill.) -- History 1
East Asia -- Guidebooks 1
Editorial cartoons 1
Education -- Illinois -- History 1
England -- Pictorial works 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Europe -- Guidebooks 1
Existentialism 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- Illinois -- History -- Sources 1
Farmers -- Illinois -- History 1
Female friendship -- Correspondence 1
France 1
France -- Pictorial works 1
Germany 1
Glass negatives 1
Golf clubs (Sporting goods) -- United States 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Oak Park 1
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 1
Husband and wife -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Illiopolis (Ill.) -- History 1
India -- Description and travel 1
India -- Pictorial works 1
Industrialists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
International relations -- Caricatures and cartoons 1
International travel 1
Itineraries 1
Jakarta (Indonesia) -- Pictorial works 1
Japan -- Description and travel 1
Japan -- Guidebooks 1
Japan -- Pictorial works 1
Java (Indonesia) -- Pictorial works 1
Jazz -- 1921-1930 1
Jazz -- 1931-1940 1
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Language
French 1
German 1
Japanese 1
 
Names
Atkinson, Charles Thomas, 1864-1943 2
McCutcheon, Evelyn Shaw 2
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
American University of Beirut 1
Atkinson, Martha Wells, approximately 1868-1935 1
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Baker family 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
Brice, W. Kirkpatrick 1
Brown family (Kentucky) 1
Brown, Genevieve, 1903-1971 1
Brown, Grace, 1901-1990 1
Brown, McAuliffe, 1889-1963 1
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Chicago Historical Society 1
Chicago Zoological Society (Ill.) 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Clemens, Stephanie 1
Cleveland, Chester W. 1
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 1
Cosmopolitan Magazine 1
Crerar Manuscript Collection (University of Chicago. Library) 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
Dunwoody, James 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
Harry Waiman and His Debutantes 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
Ingénues (Musical group) 1
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 1
King, Eleanor, 1906-1991 1
King, Frances Theodora 1
Knecht, Karl Kae, 1883-1972 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
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
National Metal Trades Association (U.S.) 1
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America 1
New England Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 1
Orr, 1890- 1
Parisian Red Heads 1
Patterson, Joseph Medill, 1879-1946 1
Purdue University 1
Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955 1
Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957 1
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948 1
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944 1
Ryerson, Edward L. (Edward Larned), 1886-1971 1
Shaw family 1
Shaw, Frances Wells, 1872-1937 1
Shaw, Howard Van Doren, 1869-1926 1
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 1
Shearer, Sybil 1
Smith, Hermon Dunlap, 1900-1983 1
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 1
Steele family 1
Steele, Georgia Baker 1
Stevens, Ashton 1
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