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| Title: | Ryerson, Martin A. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1877-1878 |
| Size: | .5 linear ft. (1 box) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Martin A. Ryerson, lawyer, trustee, philanthropist. The Martin A. Ryerson Papers consist of eight volumes of lecture notes taken by Ryerson at Harvard Law School, 1877-1878. |
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Martin A. Ryerson was born in 1856 to Martin Ryerson and Mary A. (Campau)
Ryerson.
Ryerson graduated from Harvard Law School in 1878. After several years practicing law, he joined his father in the family lumber business. Upon his father's death in 1887, he assumed control the business Martin Ryerson & Company, until his retirement in the 1890s.
Ryerson was actively involved in many cultural and educational institutions. He served as a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1890 until 1932. He also endowed the Ryerson Library at the Art Institute. Ryerson was an incorporator of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, and served as a trustee at the Museum. Ryerson was involved in the founding of the University of Chicago, where he was a member of the first board of trustees. He served on the board until 1922. In 1893, he gave the Ryerson Physical Laboratory to the University in honor of his father.
Ryerson married Caroline Hutchinson Ryerson in 1881.
Martin A. Ryerson died in 1932.
The Martin A. Ryerson Papers consist of eight volumes of lecture notes taken by Ryerson at Harvard Law School, 1877-1878.
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Walker, George C., Scrapbooks
| Box 1 Folder 1 | "Evidence," Lecture notes, Harvard Law School, 1877-1878 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | "Evidence No.2," Lecture notes, Harvard Law School, 1878 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | "Agency and Carriers," Lecture notes, Harvard Law School, 1877-1878 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | "Agency and Carriers," Lecture notes, Harvard Law School, 1878 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | "Equity," Lecture notes, Harvard Law School, 1877-1878 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | "Equity Book II," Lecture notes, Harvard Law School, 1878 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | "Equity Book III," Lecture notes, Harvard Law School, 1878 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | "Corporations and Partnerships Book 2," Lecture Notes, Harvard Law School, 1878 |