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Ashton Stevens Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stevens
Abstract

The papers of San Francisco and Chicago journalist and drama critic Ashton Stevens contain correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues from the entertainment world; works including newspaper clippings, playscripts, articles, and interviews; personal materials including biographical information, memorabilia, and materials pertaining to the banjo; photographs of actors, actresses, family, friends and colleagues; artworks and audio recordings; and a small number of artifacts.

Dates: approximately 1850-1952; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1940

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

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

 Record Group
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

Felix Borowski Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borowski
Abstract Correspondence, writings, photographs, sound recordings, clippings scrapbooks, and some biographical material documenting the life of Felix Borowski, Chicago composer, musicologist, critic for the Chicago Evening Post and Herald, and music bibliographer for the Newberry Library. The papers include letters from prominent American and European composers such as Mili Balakirev, Edvard Grieg, Paul Hindemith, John Alden Carpenter,...
Dates: 1841-1995; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1956

Frank H. Beberdick Pullman collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Beberdick Pullman
Abstract

Miscellaneous materials relating to the historic Pullman company town and Pullman Manufacturing Company, 1881-2001.

Dates: 1881-2001

Pullman Company records - Record Group 13: Audiovisual Materials

 Collection
Identifier: Case-Pullman-13
Abstract

Photographic prints, negatives, transparencies, films, filmstrips, and sound recordings, documenting Pullman’s Palace Car Company and Pullman Company cars and car furnishings, officials and employees, properties, advertising, and employee recruitment and training. Forms part of the Pullman Company records.

Dates: 1872-1976

Rand McNally and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rand
Abstract

Business records of the Rand McNally Company, established in 1856 in Chicago. The firm became well known for its cartographic publishing, but also produced a variety of trade books, textbooks, periodicals, and printing jobs such as railroad tickets and coupons. Includes records of financial, marketing, and production activities, including correspondence; visual materials, including photographs, artwork, and scrapbooks; printing artifacts and samples, etc.

Dates: 1856-1996

Rudolph Ganz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ganz
Abstract

Works, correspondence to and from prominent musical figures, family correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, artifacts, and a couple of recordings of this world-renowned concert pianist, composer, conductor, and educator.

Dates: 1864-2013

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
Photographs -- 1951-2000 6
Sound recordings -- 1951-2000 6
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 3
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Correspondence -- 1851-1900 2
Music teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Phonograph records -- 1901-1950 2
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 2
Sound recordings -- 1901-1950 2
20th century music -- History 1
Accidents 1
Actors -- United States -- 20th century 1
Advertising -- Railroads -- United States 1
Audiotapes 1
Audiotapes -- 1901-1950 1
Audiotapes -- 1951-2000 1
Banjo -- History 1
Banjoists 1
Building, Iron and steel -- Tables 1
Burlington Zephyr (Express train) 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Industries 1
Children's books -- Publishing 1
Civil engineers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Clippings -- 1851-1900 1
Clippings -- 1951-2000 1
Comedians -- United States -- 20th century 1
Company towns -- United States -- History 1
Composers 1
Composers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Composition (Music) 1
Conductors (Music) 1
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Cylinders (sound recordings) 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) 1
Dance critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Drama -- 20th century 1
Dramatists 1
Dude ranches 1
Editorial cartoons -- 1851-1900 1
Editorial cartoons -- 1901-1950 1
Film reels -- 1901-1950 1
Film reels -- 1951-2000 1
Filmstrips -- 1901-1950 1
Filmstrips -- 1951-2000 1
Hammond (Ind.) -- Industries 1
Husband and wife -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Love-letters 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Map publishing -- Canada 1
Map publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Middle West -- Description and travel 1
Mississippi River Valley 1
Moving images -- 1951-2000 1
Music critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
National parks and reserves 1
Opera -- 20th century 1
Panama Canal (Panama) -- Description and travel 1
Phonograph records -- 1951-2000 1
Photographers -- West (U.S.) 1
Pianists 1
Plays (performing arts compositions) -- 1901-1950 1
Playwriting 1
Printing -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Printing -- Indiana -- Hammond 1
Printing plants -- Illinois 1
Publishers and publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Publishers and publishing -- Indiana -- Hammond 1
Publishers' catalogs 1
Pullman (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Pullman Strike, 1894 1
Pullman cars -- United States -- Drawings 1
Railroad cars -- History 1
Railroad travel -- West (U.S.) 1
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 1
Singers -- Illinois 1
Sound recordings 1
Steel, Structural 1
Theater -- 20th century -- History and criticism 1
Theater -- 20th century -- Reviews 1
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century 1
Theater critics -- California -- San Francisco 1
Theater critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Tourism -- West (U.S.) 1
Travel diaries 1
Vacations 1
Vaudeville -- United States -- History 1
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel 1
Wire recordings 1
Yellowstone National Park -- Description and travel 1
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Language
French 2
German 2
Polish 1
 
Names
Pullman Company 2
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984 1
Bahá'i Temple (Wilmette, Ill.) 1
Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
Barrymore, Ethel 1
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Beberdick, Frank H. (Frank Harry), 1927- 1
Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943 1
Borowski, Elsa 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Bubley, Esther 1
Burt family 1
Burt, Edith Fleming, 1874-1953 1
Burt, Henry Jackson, 1873- 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Chicago Musical College 1
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 1
Coblentz, Edmond D. 1
Conkey, William B. 1
Corliss Steam Engine Company 1
Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 1
Gabriel, Gilbert W. (Gilbert Wolf), 1890-1952 1
Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972 1
Gest, Morris, 1881-1942 1
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 1
Green, Abel, 1900-1973 1
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 1
Hearst Corporation 1
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 1
Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) 1
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 1
Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931 1
Johnston, Alva 1
Karch, Hank 1
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 1
Lunt, Alfred 1
Markey, Gene, 1895-1980 1
McNally, Andrew, 1836-1904 1
McNally, Andrew, 1909- 1
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
Northworth, Jack 1
Peabody, Eddie, approximately 1901-1970 1
Potteiger, Helen Burt, 1915-2001 1
Pullman Incorporated. Pullman-Standard Division 1
Pullman, George Mortimer, 1831-1897 1
Rand McNally and Company 1
Rolph-McNally Limited 1
Roosevelt University 1
Soldier Field (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932 1
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra 1
Stevens, Ashton 1
Stevens, Georgie Cooper, 1904-1975 1
Tribune Tower (Chicago, Ill.) 1
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 1
W.B. Conkey Company 1
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 1
Wolfe, Milton G. 1
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