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Adalaide G. Shields Papers
Alfred E. Hamill papers
Carroll Binder papers
Correspondence, writing, personal and family materials, and photographs of newspaper editor and foreign correspondent Carroll Binder.
Chauncey McCormick papers
Clay Judson Papers
Correspondence, writings, photographs and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer Clay Judson.
Harold John Hartlieb Papers
Correspondence and military documents from Harold John Hartlieb’s service during World War II.
Head family papers
Family papers from multiple generations of the Head family. Includes letters from the 1860s-1870s from the Utah Territory from Franklin Harvey Head, later a trustee of Newberry Library. Also includes Francis M. Knight letters from WWI. Thomas C. Fischer letters from WWII. and materials about the Perkins and Durkee families.
James M. Barker papers
John Lardner Papers
Correspondence, works, personal materials, photographs, and artwork of sportswriter, humorist, reporter, and critic John Lardner.
Keep the Home Fires Burning Club records
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.
Loren M. Knowles family papers
Monroe family papers
Nelson Algren-Christine and Neal Rowland Papers
Nelson Algren was an American author and journalist known for his witty, humanistic depictions of postwar working-class urban life. He is most famous for his novel The Man with the Golden Arm (1949), which won the first National Book Award for fiction. Collection consists of correspondence from Algren to his friends Christine and Neal Rowland.
Storrs & Deville Chabrol Family Papers
Virna Harman Walker Johnston papers
Correspondence, programs, report cards, and clippings relating to Chicago dancer and dance instructor Virna Harman Walker Johnston.
Wacker family papers
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.