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| Title: | Goodspeed, Charles Ten Broeke. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1896-1949 |
| Size: | 2.5 linear feet (5 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The Charles Goodspeed papers consist of Goodspeed’s correspondence, printed material relevant to his civic activities, his travel diaries and some memorabilia. The collection also includes materials relating to Goodspeed’s civic interest, most especially the Y.M.C.A., and some family memorabilia, including his obituaries and letters of condolence to his brother, Edgar. The collection is completed by a series of notebooks and travel diaries written by Goodspeed during the Spanish-American War, World War I, and his journeys throughout the United States. |
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Charles Ten Broeke Goodspeed (1869-1949) was the eldest son of Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed, one of the founders of the University of Chicago. He received his B.A. from Denison University in 1890, after which he briefly attended the University of Chicago. In 1893, he was awarded a law degree by the Chicago College of Law (Lake Forest University) and was admitted to the Illinois Bar that same year. He was established in his own law firm, Goodspeed and Bates, by 1902.
life-long bachelor, Goodspeed devoted considerable energy to numerous civic, political and religious organizations, most notably the Hyde Park Baptist Church, the Young Men's Christian Association, and the South Park Improvement Association. He was the author of two biographies: the first of his father; the second of Loring Wilbur Messing, an active member of the local YMCA. The last decade of Goodspeed's life was spent in California for reasons of health. He died in Los Angeles in November 1949.
The Charles Goodspeed papers consist of Goodspeed's correspondence, printed material relevant to his civic activities, his travel diaries and some memorabilia.
The collection also includes materials relating to Goodspeed's civic interest, most especially the Y.M.C.A., and some family memorabilia, including his obituaries and letters of condolence to his brother, Edgar. The collection is completed by a series of notebooks and travel diaries written by Goodspeed during the Spanish-American War, World War I, and his journeys throughout the United States.
Goodspeed, Thomas W. Papers
| Box 1 Folder 1 | General Correspondence, 1897-1931 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | General Correspondence, 1932-1940 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | General Correspondence, 1941 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | General Correspondence, January-June, 1942 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | General Correspondence, July-December, 1942 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | General Correspondence, January-June, 1943 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | General Correspondence, July-December 1943 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | General Correspondence, January-April, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | General Correspondence, May-December, 1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | General Correspondence, January-June, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | General Correspondence, July-September 18, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | General Correspondence, September 20, 1945-December, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | General Correspondence, 1946 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | General Correspondence, 1947 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | General Correspondence, 1948 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | General Correspondence, January-April, 1949 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | General Correspondence, May-August, 1949 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | General Correspondence, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Family Correspondence, Pre-1941 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Family Correspondence, 1941-1943 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Family Correspondence, 1944-1946 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Family Correspondence, 1947-1949 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Family Correspondence, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Correspondence concerning the death of Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Correspondence with W. T. and Idalia Reid, October 8, 1940-September 8, 1941 |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Correspondence with W. T. and Idalia Reid, September 15, 1941-December 25, 1943 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Correspondence with W. T. and Idalia Reid, February 13, 1943-June 25, 1944 |
| Box 2 Folder 15 | Correspondence with W. T. and Idalia Reid, July 16, 1944-December 28, 1946 |
| Box 2 Folder 16 | Correspondence with W. T. and Idalia Reid, January 14, 1947-March 14, 1948 |
| Box 2 Folder 17 | Correspondence with W. T. and Idalia Reid, March 22, 1948-July 1949 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Printed material: Baptist Theological Union |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Printed material: Baptist Theological Union Hyde Park Baptist Church |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Printed material: Baptist Theological Union Hyde Park Baptist Church |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Printed Material: Baptist Theological Union, Hyde Park politics |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Printed Material: Baptist Theological Union, Hyde Park YMCA, 1896-1926 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Printed Material: Baptist Theological Union, Hyde Park YMCA, 1896-1926 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Printed material: Baptist Theological Union, Miscellaneous civic organizations |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Printed material: Baptist Theological Union, Miscellaneous civic organizations |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Spanish-American War notebook |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | War Notes, 1914-1915 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Travel Diary: California (1903) Salt Lake City and Idaho (1911) Plum Lake, Illinois (1924) |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Travel Diary: New England (1922) |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Travel Diary: Yellowstone National Park, Bryce, Yosemite, and Yellowstone (1924) |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Travel Diary: Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois (1930) Denison Univesity Centennial (1931) Illinois Historical Trip (1933) Denison University (1934) Estes National Park (1935) |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Travel Diary: National Parks (1937) |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Goodspeed Memorabilia |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Goodspeed Family clippings |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | CTBG Condolences |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Clippings and copy of Goodspeed’s will |