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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Graham Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Taylor
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and family papers of minister, social worker, professor, and founder of Chicago Commons settlement house, Graham Taylor.

Dates: 1820-1975; Majority of material found within 1866-1940

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

Victor Lawson papers

 Collection
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

Walter Ansel Strong Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Strong
Abstract

Correspondence, personal documents, photographs, and family materials related to Walter Ansel Strong, publisher of the Chicago Daily News from 1925-1931.

Dates: 1847-2008; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1931