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Alfred E. Hamill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hamill
Abstract Chicago investment banker, Centaur Press founder, Newberry Library trustee, and calligraphy and gypsy lore collector. Personal letters of Alfred E. Hamill to a Russian émigré, Alexandra Fredericks, and of Dora E. Yates, a librarian and the secretary of the Gypsy Lore Society, to Hamill. Also typescript copy of a diary kept 1918-1919 while in France with the American Red Cross, a letter to Andrei Gromyko in 1945 regarding U.S.-Soviet relations, bookplates, photographs, poems, and other...
Dates: 1856-1967; Majority of material found within 1937-1953

Alma Schmidt Petersen papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Petersen
Abstract Correspondence of Alma Schmidt Petersen of Chicago to her parents (Emma Seipp Schmidt and Dr. Otto L. Schmidt) while on tours of European, Canadian and American spas and vacation sites, and at Mt. Vernon Seminary, 1913-1914. Also letters from various Seipp family members in Germany in 1914, and from a German soldier-admirer, 1914-1915. Topics include attitudes toward the impending war in Europe, the treatment of chronic illness, and the school and vacation experiences of a well-off young...
Dates: 1909-1988; Majority of material found within 1911-1985

Ben Hecht papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hecht
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Ben Hecht, and also papers of his wife Rose Caylor Hecht (novelist) and daughter Jenny Hecht (actress).

Dates: 1879-1983

Blatchford family papers

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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

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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

C. Frederick Kittle collection of Doyleana

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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

Chauncey McCormick papers

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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

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC
Abstract

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

Dates: 1800-1966

Clay Judson Papers - Additions

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC2
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer and civic leader, Clay Judson, including correspondence, mostly with family members; travel narratives of camping trips taken by Judson and his friends, chiefly in Wisconsin and Minnesota; materials relating to Judson’s experiences with the A.E.F. in World War I; and photographs of Judson and his family members, among which is an album of snapshots made while his father was stationed in Panama during the construction of the Gatun...
Dates: 1839-1960; Majority of material found within 1905 - 1926

Edward Price Bell papers

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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

Harris-MacLean family papers

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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

Horace Sweeney Oakley papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Oakley
Abstract

Correspondence and papers of lawyer and civic leader Horace S. Oakley. Also photographs, memorabilia, writings, and materials relating to his work with The Orchestral Association in Chicago, the American Red Cross Commission to Macedonia, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Dates: 1881-1929

John Blew collection on Wright Howes, Zoe Howes, and U.S.IANA

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blew
Abstract

Correspondence, genealogical research, photographs, interviews, writings, and other materials related to the lives and careers of Wright and Zoe Howes, their families, and Wright Howes' bibliographical work U.S.IANA. Materials were compiled by John Blew, a Chicago lawyer and book collector who became interested in the life of Wright Howes through his use of Howes' U.S.IANA.

Dates: 1790s-2012; Majority of material found within 1870-1999

John T. McCutcheon papers

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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

Keep the Home Fires Burning Club records

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Home Fires
Abstract

Club formed in Chicago during World War II, the purpose of which was to "cheer folks at home and keep up morale." The club often sent care packages of food or candy to servicemen overseas. Includes letters from servicemen, a few photographs, club minutes, and membership and dues lists.

Dates: 1943-1946

Mendicant ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Case-folio-HV4493 .N49
Abstract

Collection of printed poems, postcards, photographs, and other ephemera with appeals to the public by people who are blind, deaf, or with other physical disabilities, offered in exchange for a small donation. Geographic coverage is focused primarily on the United States but also includes Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Spain.

Dates: approximately 1850-approximately 2020

Mitchell Dawson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dawson
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of lawyer and poet Mitchell Dawson, and also papers, photographs and genealogical information of the Dawson, Manierre and Hahn families.

Dates: 1810-1988

Paul Scott Mowrer papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Mowrer P
Abstract Correspondence, works, photographs and personal materials related to Paul Scott Mowrer, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, author, newspaper editor, and poet. Mowrer was Paris correspondent for the Chicago Daily News beginning in 1910, headed the foreign news service until 1934, and editor of the paper from 1935-1944. He was foreign editor of the New York Post from 1944-1947. An accomplished poet, Mowrer published...
Dates: 1894-2007; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1971

Stella Skiff Jannotta scrapbooks

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Jannotta
Abstract Three disbound scrapbooks compiled by Stella Skiff Jannotta for her youngest son, Joseph Edwin Jannotta, in the early 1930s. Titled, “The Evolution of a Man: Joseph Edwin Jannotta, His Story in Pictures,” the volumes contain a variety of materials including photographs, correspondence, clippings, programs, and family histories along with Stella Jannotta’s extensive handwritten annotations. Also includes separated materials related to the family and the founding of Jewel Tea Company by the...
Dates: 1801-1996; Majority of material found within 1850-1930

Storrs & Deville Chabrol Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Storrs
Abstract Letters, World War II-era memorabilia, journals, clippings, manuscripts and photographs pertaining to Marguerite Deville Chabrol Storrs (1881-1959), a successful fiction and non-fiction writer who used the pseudonym "Marc Debrol." Also included are letters and materials related to the Deville Chabrol family, including correspondence between family members present during the Franco-Prussian War and the colonization of Algeria. Additionally, collection includes genealogical information about...
Dates: 1850-2002; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1945

Victor Lawson papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lawson
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, legal documents, contracts, and other materials pertaining to Victor Lawson’s life and career as a pioneering newspaperman and owner of the Chicago Daily News in early 1900s Chicago.

Dates: approximately 1860-1931; Majority of material found within 1885-1925

Wacker family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wacker
Abstract

Papers of Chicago Plan Commission head, Charles H. Wacker, his immediate family, and the family of his daughter, Rosalie Wacker Zimmerman. Includes correspondence, photographs, artifacts, keepsakes, films, and scrapbooks spanning five generations.

Dates: 1812-2002; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1970

Welling Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Welling
Abstract

Correspondence, writings and documents relating to Harriet W. Welling, her husband John P. Welling, and his father, John C. Welling. Harriet Welling material includes memoirs of her life in Chicago, and histories of Chicago clubs; John P. Welling material includes military records from his service in World War I.

Dates: 1899-1988

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 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

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Diaries -- 1851-1900 3
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 2
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Clippings -- 1901-1950 2
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 2
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Accidents 1
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Advertising -- Medicine 1
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Airplanes, Military -- Armament -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Algeria -- History -- 1830-1962 -- Sources 1
All-Girl Bands 1
Alms boxes 1
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Balkan Peninsula -- History -- War of 1912-1913 1
Bangor (Me.) 1
Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Beaugency (France) 1
Begging 1
Begging poems 1
Blind 1
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Bookstores -- Illinois -- Chicago Region 1
Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Broadside poems 1
Broadsides 1
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
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Canada -- Description and travel 1
Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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Central America -- Description and travel 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Art Institute of Chicago 3
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 3
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 3
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American National Red Cross 2
Anderson, Margaret C. 2
Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943 2
Bodenheim, Maxwell, 1893-1954 2
Chicago Historical Society 2
Dennis, Charles Henry, 1860-1943 2
Hansen, Harry, 1884-1977 2
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 2
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 2
Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925 2
McCormick, Chauncey, 1884-1954 2
Mowrer, Hadley Hemingway, 1891-1979 2
New England Church (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Newberry Library 2
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 2
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 2
Smith, Henry Justin, 1875-1936 2
A.W. Wall Ltd. 1
Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
American Field Service 1
American Red Cross 1
American Red Cross in France 1
American Relief Administration 1
American School of Classical Studies at Athens 1
American University of Beirut 1
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 1
Antheil, George, 1900-1959 1
Armitage, Walter J. 1
Associated Press 1
Athenaeum of Philadelphia 1
Atkinson, Charles Thomas, 1864-1943 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Axelrod, Mark 1
Bach, Ed. 1
Barr, Robert, 1849-1912 1
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964 1
Beecher, Edward N. 1
Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992 1
Bell, Mary Alice Mills 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 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
Blew, John 1
Bobbs-Merrill Company 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Brent, Stuart 1
Brice, W. Kirkpatrick 1
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889 1
Brockton (Mass.). Police Department 1
Brown family (Kentucky) 1
Brown, Constantine, 1889-1966 1
Brown, Genevieve, 1903-1971 1
Brown, Grace, 1901-1990 1
Brown, McAuliffe, 1889-1963 1
Bullen, Percy Sutherland, 1869- 1
Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987 1
Campbell, Robert, active 20th century 1
Carlier, Emile 1
Carnevali, Emanuel 1
Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 1
Carver, Art 1
Casino (Club : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Cassimatis, George N. 1
Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 1
Caylor, Rose 1
Centaur Press 1
Chambers, John, 1850- 1
Chapellerie du Jockey Club 1
Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield), 1865-1945 1
Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education 1
Chicago Bar Association 1
Chicago Chamber Music Society 1
Chicago Commission on Race Relations 1
Chicago Daily Journal 1
Chicago Federation of Musicians 1
Chicago Plan Commission 1
Chicago Political Equality League (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Zoological Society (Ill.) 1
Ciardi, John, 1916-1986 1
City News Bureau of Chicago 1
Civic Music Association of Chicago 1
Civic Orchestra of Chicago 1
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 1
Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964 1
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 1
Cleveland, Chester W. 1
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 1
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