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Century of Progress International Exposition Publications, 1933-1934 Published informational and promotional material produced for the Century of Progress Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934. Includes guidebooks, pamphlets, and brochures distributed by exhibiting corporations and the national, state, and city concerns, as well as official publications from the Century of Progress Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois.
McQuown, Norman A. Papers, 1850-2004 Norman A. McQuown (1914-2005) was an anthropologist and linguist best known for his efforts to document and study indigenous languages in Mexico and Central America and for his work in the field of non-verbal communication. He studied, conducted field and archival research, taught, and wrote on a wide range of ...
Eggan, Fred. Papers, 1870-1991(inclusive) Fred Eggan (1906-1991) Anthropologist. Papers contain a wide variety of materials and media including correspondence, original manuscripts, teaching materials, field notes pertaining to Eggan's research among Native American groups and in the Philippines, microfilm, photographs, slides, and audio recordings. The papers date from 1870-1991 and cover all phases of ...
DuBois, Cora. Papers, 1961-1972 Cora DuBois (1903-1991), Anthropologist. The Papers were compiled during the eleven years DuBois spent in India collecting information about socio-cultural change in Bhubaneswar, Orissa.
Burgess, Ernest Watson. Papers, 1886-1966 Ernest Burgess(1886-1966), Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1916-1952. Contains correspondence; manuscripts; minutes; reports; memoranda; research material that includes proposals, case studies, questionnaires, tables, and interviews; teaching and course materials, class record books; letters of recommendation; bibliographies; student papers; offprints; and maps and charts. Includes material relating to professional organizations ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Portraits, Illustrations, and Cartographic Material, 1778-1910 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. The Reuben Thomas Durrett Collection of Portraits, Illustrations, and Maps consists of images of individuals, locations, and events associated with Kentucky history. It contains maps and plans of Louisville, the Falls of the Ohio, and several early ...
Burgess, Ernest Watson. Papers. Addenda, 1910-1966 Ernest W. Burgess (1886-1966), sociologist. The Burgess Papers Addenda documents Burgess' career as a Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago as well as his involvement in a variety of community, social, governmental and research organizations. The collection includes surveys, questionnaires, maps, diagrams, note cards, punch cards, recordings, ...
Platt, Robert S.. Papers, 1898-1980 Contains correspondence, manuscripts, student notes, lectures, field notes, teaching materials, letters of recommendation, maps, biographical material, postcards, offprints, book reviews, photographs, slides, and a motion picture film. Includes notes taken while Platt was a graduate student in the Department of Geography at the University of Chicago, notes and research papers ...
Sketch of East High Green Lead Mine, 1854 Hand drawn survey map, with section of lead vein. Map details the intersection of lands held by Mr. Thomas Thompson, and by the Duke of Northumberland.
Hyde Park Historical Society. Collection, 1830-2009 The Hyde Park Historical Society was founded in 1977 to record and preserve the history of the Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhood. Included are the Hyde Park Historical Society's administrative records, as well as its collection of historic materials. The collection contains architectural drawings, artifacts, audio material, clippings, correspondence, deeds, manuscripts, maps, ...
Nash, Manning. Papers, 1942-1988 Manning Nash (1924-2001), anthropologist, taught at the University of Chicago from 1957 through 1994, first as an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Business (1957-1968) and then as a member of the Anthropology Department (1968-1994). An expert on economic and social modernization in developing nations, Nash carried out fieldwork ...
Geertz, Clifford. Papers, 1930s-2007 Clifford Geertz (1926-2006,) anthropologist. The papers include fieldnotes, records of his career as a professor at the University of Chicago from 1960 to 1970, and papers connected to his long tenure at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Also included are Geertz' prolific correspondence with fellow social scientists ...
Steed, Gitel P. Papers, 1907-1980 Gitel P. Steed (1914-1977), anthropologist. Consists primarily of research data from the Columbia University Research in Contemporary India Field Project, directed by Steed from 1949 to 1951. Data were collected from three villages in western and northern India and include life histories of informants, psychological tests, typed notes, field ...
Clippings and Pamphlets on Galveston Harbor, 1872-1886 Clippings, bills, maps and pamphlets on Galveston Harbor collected by Octave Chanute.
Recueil Factice de Cartes et de Plans de Ville de l'Europe et Particulièrement de la France, 1592-1660 Manuscript study of the geographical, political, and administrative character of urban centers in various countries over several periods in history. Primarily French urban geography, but also includes much of Europe, the British Isles, and Africa. Primarily the work of Joannem Janssonium (Amsterdam, 1588-1665), Jean Boisseau (Paris, fl. 1637-1658), Nicolas Berey ...
Harris, Chauncy D. Papers, 1893-2003 Chauncy Dennison Harris (1914-2003) received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1940 and spent the entirety of his academic career with the University's Department of Geography. A pioneer in the field of Slavic Studies, Harris specialized in the geography of the Soviet Union, though was equally well-known for ...
Bastin, Edson Sunderland. Papers, 1913-1922 Edson Sunderland Bastin, geologist, professor. The Edson Sunderland Bastin Papers consist of 11 United States Geological Survey maps of Wisconsin, many of which have Bastin's notes and drawing on them.
Douglas, Stephen A. Papers, 1764-1908 Stephen A. Douglas, lawyer, judge, politician. The Stephen A. Douglas papers document his professional and personal life from 1764-1908. The collection includes correspondence, speeches, reports, memoranda, notes, financial and legal documents, portraits, maps, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and artifacts. The largest portion of the collection consists of Senate and Constituent correspondence. ...
Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference. Records, 1895-2011 The Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference was formed in 1949 to "to build and maintain a stable interracial community of high standards." The collection contains correspondence, memoranda, meeting agendas and minutes, budgets and fundraising material, by-laws, directories, reports; press releases, surveys, newsletters, brochures, clippings, photographs, an audio reel, maps, posters, ...
Barrows, Harlan H. Papers, circa 1880-1939 Harlan H. Barrows (b. April 15, 1877, d. May 15, 1960) was an important figure in the early development of the academic discipline of geography in the United States. As a university professor and government consultant, Barrows played a leading role in the developing fields of historical geography and the ...
Middle Eastern Posters. Collection, 1970s-1990s The Middle Eastern Posters collection comprises posters produced by government offices and private organizations, primarily in Iran and Afghanistan.
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Archive, 1844-2005 Founded in Chicago in 1864 by Canadian immigrant Richard Robert Donnelley, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company is a leading global provider of printing and print-related services. The archive contains business records, product samples and promotional material, biographical files and personal papers, historical writings and oral histories, artifacts, and thousands of ...
Smith, Raymond T. Papers, 1952-2003 Raymond T. Smith (1925-), anthropologist. The collection documents research conducted for Smith’s USA & West Indies Kinship Project and consists largely of interviews and mapped genealogies of subjects in Guyana, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Chicago.
Mayer, Albert A. Papers, 1934-1975 Albert Mayer (1897-1981) architect and city planner. The Albert Mayer Papers on India are a collection of personal papers, correspondence, reports, and reference materials which Mayer assembled in the course of his rural development and urban planning work in India. The three largest divisions of the Papers contain materials on ...
Redfield, Robert. Papers, 1917-1958 Professor, anthropologist. The Redfield Papers span the years of Robert Redfield's association with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, from the mid-1920s when he began graduate work in anthropology to the end of his professional career in 1958.
Lincoln Collection. William E. Barton. Papers, 1780-1976 (bulk 1861-1930) This collection is made up of materials compiled by William E. Barton. A pastor in Oak Park, Illinois, Barton published and lectured on Lincoln extensively. He also maintained connections with fellow Lincoln experts and carried out multiple research projects that delved into the many different facets of Lincoln's life, times, ...
University of Chicago. Philippine Studies Program. Records, 1930-1979 The University of Chicago Philippine Studies Program Records document the Program's activities from its founding in 1953 under the directorship of Fred Eggan to its closing at his retirement in 1977. The records consist of annual reports, correspondence, project files, field notes and manuscripts from both American and Filipino anthropologists, ...
Walker, David W. Papers, 1910-2001 David W. Walker (b. September 29, 1948, d. July 4, 2001) was an historian of Mexico, professor at Michigan State University, Vietnam War veteran, and alumnus of the University of Chicago. Walker studied the Mexican Revolution and agrarian reform in the northern state of Durango. The collection contains notes and ...
Paepcke, Elizabeth H. Papers, 1889-1994 The Elizabeth H. Paepcke Papers consist of 151 linear feet and include biographical, personal and financial material, correspondence, subject files, photographs, audio-visual materials, awards, honorary degrees, ephemera, typescript drafts, publications, and newspaper and magazine clippings. The collection documents Elizabeth Paepcke's many interests in cultural, social and philanthropic activities. ...
Chandrasekhar, Lalitha. Papers, 1920-2013 Lalitha Chandrasekhar (1910-2013) was married to Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist and longtime University of Chicago professor Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. She was born in Madras, India and spent much of her childhood there. The Chandrasekhars moved to Williams Bay, Wisconsin in late 1936 when he accepted a position at the University of ...
Tax, Sol. Papers, 1923-1989 Sol Tax (1907-1995), Anthropologist. Papers include personal and professional correspondence, ethnographic field notes, published and unpublished articles, papers, and manuscripts, lecture notes and transcripts, student papers, audiotapes, photographs, and memorabilia. Documentation begins with Tax's youth in Milwaukee, continuing through his student years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and at the ...
Schneider, David M. Papers, 1918-1994 David M. Schneider (1918 - 1995), anthropologist. Contains correspondence, teaching materials, research materials and field notes, research and grant proposals, manuscripts, reprints and clippings, photographs, and personal files. Correspondents included Clifford Geertz, Claude Levi-Strauss, Margaret Mead, Talcott Parsons and Marshall Sahlins. This collection contains material from the ...
Jones, Wellington D. Papers, 1909-1948 Wellington Downing Jones (1886-1957) Professor of Geography, 1913-1945. The bulk of the collection is photographs taken by Jones on research trips to China, India, Japan, and South America and at the University of Chicago. Also includes research materials, correspondence, notes, reports, student work, and marked maps of the Chicagoland area. ...
Johnston, James Kendall. Papers, 1940-1942 James Kendall Johnston (b. September 9, 1918, d. July 17, 2013) was a World War II-veteran, meteorologist, and petroleum geologist. The collection consists of class notes, observation reports, charts, and maps from his training at the University of Chicago's Institute of Meteorology as an Army cadet from 1940-1942. The papers ...
Fallers, Lloyd A. Papers, 1937-1977 The Fallers, Lloyd A. Papers comprise 28 linear feet of materials including personal and professional correspondence, field notes and research materials, course materials, and manuscripts concerning other professional associations and projects in which he was engaged. The papers contain materials generated by Fallers while pursuing research into colonialism and ...
Mikesell, Marvin W. Papers, 1915-2018 Marvin Wray Mikesell (1929-2017) was Professor of Geography in the Committee of Geographical Studies at the University of Chicago. This collection consists of his academic papers, including correspondences, notes, publications, maps, and class materials.
Gutiérrez, Ramón. Papers, 1971-2018 Ramón A. Gutiérrez is the Preston & Sterling Morton Distinguished Service Emeritus Professor in United States History, Department of History and the College at the University of Chicago. Gutierrez’s research focuses on race and ethnicity in American life, Chicano/Latino studies, Indian-White relations in the Americas, the social and economic history ...
Chemins de fer du Centre, de Moulins a Roanne, 1845-1846 "Ponts et chaussées, chemins de fer du Centre, de Moulins à Roanne, avant-projet:" portfolio with plans and maps for a railway to be built between Moulins and Roanne in France. Includes an index that is pasted to the inside of the front cover.
Laves, Gerhardt. Papers, 1916-1982 Gerhardt Laves (b. July 15, 1906, d. March 14, 1993) was a linguist who conducted research on several Aboriginal languages in Australia, taught at Indian boarding schools in Navajo Nation, also known as Diné Bikéyah or Navajoland, and worked at various Chicago institutions. This collection contains materials from Laves’ personal ...
Lach, Donald F. Papers, 1925-2001 Contains the papers of Donald F. Lach, Professor of History at the University of Chicago from 1948 to 1988. Most of the material relates to his work on the influence of Asia on Enlightenment-era Europe, specifically the three volume, nine book Asia in the Making of Europe. The ...
Weil, Roman, Collection of Boris Artzybasheff, 1929-1965 This collection contains illustrations by the Russian-American artist Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965) produced from 1929 to 1965, and collected by Roman Weil. The material in the collection ranges from magazine covers, industrial advertisements, a map, large advertising poster prints, and a woodblock print. Like the wide-ranging media found in the collection, ...
Merriam, Charles E. Papers, 1893-1957 Charles E. Merriam, professor of Political Science and politician. Candidate for mayor of Chicago, 1911 and 1919. Founder, Social Science Research Council, 1924. Contains personal and professional correspondence; manuscripts; class notes Merriam took as a student; memoranda; election campaign material; minutes; reports; scholarly and political speeches; articles; diaries; book ...
Rowley, Janet D. Papers, 1940-2013 Janet Davison Rowley (1925-2013), was the "matriarch of modern cancer genetics." Rowley's discovery of chromosomal translocations in leukemia patients led to breakthroughs in scientific understanding of cancer and the development of targeted therapies. She was the recipient of the National Medal of Science and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The ...
Merriam, Robert E. Papers, 1918-1984 Robert E. Merriam (1918-1988), historian and politician. Papers include personal and professional correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and offprints of published and unpublished historical and political writings, and speech transcripts. The papers span Merriam's career and document his World War II combat experience, his Chicago political career and federal government service, as ...
Stereograph Cards Collection, 1873-1914 Collected and uncollected stereographs, as well as related materials, from a number of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century publishers. The bulk of the material dates from ca. 1900.
Anthropology Curriculum Study Project. Records, circa 1970s This collection contains sketches, diagrams, and photographs with notes used for the Origins of Humanness Patterns in Human History 1971 publication. The book was published by the Anthropology Curriculum Study Project (ACSP), housed at the University of Chicago under the guidance of the American Anthropological Association (AAA).
Simpson, Tracy W. Electrification Project : The Illinois Central Railroad Company Suburban Service at Chicago, Ill., 1909 Typescript copy of thesis. Illustrated with carbon copy of printed map, folded in, and extensive blueprints, tipped in.
Elshtain, Jean Bethke. Papers, 1935-2017 Jean Bethke Elshtain (1941-2013) was a political theorist, ethicist, author, and public intellectual. She was the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics with joint appointments at the Divinity School, the Department of Political Science, and the Committee on International Relations at the University of Chicago. The collection ...
Bressie, Ramona. Papers, 1900-1965 The Ramona Bressie Papers consist of the personal papers, diaries, research, reports, and unpublished fiction of literary scholar Ramona Bressie. It includes her work on the Chaucer Life Project; Roman and Medieval England; and British Libraries before 1450.
Silverberg, James. Papers, 1941-1994 James Silverberg, Professor of Anthropology department at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. As a graduate student he accompanied Gitel P. Steed on the Columbia University Research in Contemporary India Field Project. The bulk of the papers are related to the India Field Project. Additionally, there are files regarding the ...
University of Chicago. Department of Geography. Records The University of Chicago's Department of Geography was the first to be established at an American university, with coursework beginning in the 1902-1903 school year. The department continued to define the field of geography throughout the early and mid-twentieth century. This collection contains departmental statistics, reports, student information and ...
United States. Army Sanitary School (Langres, France), Mimeographed Literature of Army Sanitary School, 1917-1918 Mimeographed Literature of Army Sanitary School compiled by Bailey K. Ashford (1873-1934), in two volumes. Copies of confidential World War I lectures, reports, plans, etc. associated with the Army Sanitary School in Langres, France, of which Ashford was the director. Crerar Manuscript 404.
Panarity, Gerim M. Papers, 1911-1985 Gerim M. Panarity was an Albanian-American activist, journalist, and longtime editor of Dielli, the first Albanian-American newspaper ...
Stephenson, William A. F., Papers, circa 1905-1986 William A. F. Stephenson (1904-1985) University of Chicago graduate who had a long and prominent career in the military, public service, education, politics, and business. The collection documents Stephenson’s work in FDR’s New Deal, in the Army during WWII where he served under Patton and Bradley, and in Florida’s Democratic ...
Lewis, Leon. Papers, 1939-1998 Leon Lewis, jazz enthusiast and advertiser. The Leon Lewis Papers contains articles, correspondence, handwritten music, record catalogs and discographies, publications, and restaurant ephemera.
Gosnell, Harold F. Papers, 1886-1997 Harold Foote Gosnell (1896-1997) was a political scientist at the University of Chicago during the 1920s and 1930s. He also worked for the federal government and spent the latter part of his academic career at American and Howard Universities. He was renowned for his work on voter behavior, particularly with ...
Marshall, Arthur W., Madeira-Mamoré Railroad. Records, 1909-1968 The collection consists of material related to Arthur William Marshall’s engineer career and employment with the Madeira-Mamoré railway.
University of Chicago. Woodlawn Social Services Center. Records, 1960-1984 The Woodlawn Social Services Center (also called SSC, or the Social Services Center) was established in 1969 as a branch of the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Social Service Administration. SSC sought to centralize the provision of social services in Chicago's Woodlawn neighbourhood while remaining active in social work ...
Braude, Marjorie. Papers, 1935-1950 Marjorie (Sperry) Braude (1924-2005) was a prominent psychiatrist and activist against domestic violence in Los Angeles, California. Raised in Chicago, Braude earned her B.A., B.S., and M.D. at the University of Chicago. She then practiced psychiatry and played an active role in numerous organizations devoted to promoting women's health issues, ...
Farris, June. Soviet Travel Collection , 1977-1980 None
Lincoln Collection. Monuments and Memorials, 1850-1927 The Lincoln Collection, Monuments and Memorials contains photographs and newspaper articles detailing monuments and memorial sites relating to Abraham Lincoln. It also includes printed reproductions of places and events relating to the Civil War. The collection forms part of the William E. Barton Collection of Lincoliana.
Douglas Family. Collection, 1859-1963 The collection contains papers created and collected by descendants of Stephen A. Douglas, particularly his son, Robert M. Douglas, and grandson, Martin F. Douglas. It includes personal and professional correspondence, legal and financial documents, printed material written by or about family members and ephemera collected by family members.
University of Chicago. Department of Sociology. Records, 1924-2001 The Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago was founded in 1892 and was the first academic department of sociology in the United States. This collection contains materials related to the administration of the Department such as meeting minutes, student rosters, examinations, materials relating to the passing of Louis ...
Bickham, Martin Hayes. Papers, 1911-1965 Martin Hayes Bickham, sociologist (University of Chicago, A.M. 1919, Ph.D. 1922). The Martin Hayes Bickham Papers consist of materials from coursework in the Sociology Department and Divinity School (1912-1922), correspondence relating to his appointment as secretary of the University of Chicago Christian Association (1911), materials related to his dissertation ...
Baily, Walter. Papers, 1937-2005 Walter Lewis Baily Jr. (1930-2013) was a mathematician and professor at The University of Chicago. During his career, Baily made numerous contributions to algebraic geometry, the most important of which is known as the Baily-Borel Compactification. This collection contains academic material that dates from 1937 to 2005. The collection includes ...
Maclean, Norman. Papers, 1880-1990 Norman Fitzroy Maclean (1902-1990) was a writer and educator. Raised in Montana, Maclean earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and taught English there until he retired at age 70. He then began writing, and he achieved national fame for works he wrote after his retirement, including the ...
Maser, Edward. Papers, 1947-2003 Edward Andrew Maser (1923-1988) was an Art Historian, a museum curator, and an art collector. The collection contains correspondence, notes, and manuscripts, typescripts for speeches, published articles, photographs, photographic negatives, and slides. The collection documents Maser’s academic research as well as his personal art collection and his involvement with university ...
Native American Educational Services. Tax, Sol. Papers, 1908-1993 Sol Tax (1907-1996) was a prominent cultural anthropologist at the University of Chicago who was instrumental to the foundation of the Native American Educational Services (NAES) as an offshoot of his work with Native Americans in Chicago and throughout the Americas. This collection consists of 24 linear feet of materials ...
McDowell, Harold Louis. Collection of the Century of Progress Exposition, 1929-1935 Photographs, film canisters, publications, souvenirs, and correspondence related to the Century of Progress International Exposition held in Chicago from 1933-1934. Harold Louis McDowell was hired by the exposition’s Department of Works in 1930 for architectural drafting, designing and rendering, holding the position until the end of the event in 1934. ...
Olmsted, Charles E. Papers, circa 1880s-1980s Charles Edward Olmsted (1908-1976) was a botanist, ecologist, environmental activist, consultant, editor and science educator who worked at the University of Chicago from 1934-1973. He served as chair of the Department of Botany from 1953-1968, edited Botanical Gazette, and was active on university-wide administrative committees. He received attention for both ...
Martinez, Maria Elena. Papers, 1986-2015 María-Elena Martínez (December 2, 1966 - November 16, 2014) was an associate professor of history and American studies and ethnicity at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Martinez’s first book, Genealogical Fictions: Limpieza de Sangre, Religion, and Gender in Colonial Mexico received numerous accolades following its publication. ...
Lanzl, Lawrence H. Papers, 1929-2000 Lawrence Lanzl (1921-2001) was a distinguished researcher in the area of medical physics, who worked both on the Manhattan Project and as a cancer researcher and professor of in the Department of Radiology while at the University of Chicago. This collection consists of 40.5 linear feet of Dr. Lanzl's research, ...
University of Chicago Press. Records, 1892-1965 The Records of the University of Chicago Press contain correspondence, minutes and other administrative material dating from 1892-1965. The largest part of the collection consists of files on books published by the Press during these years.
Archival Buildings File, 1894-present The Archival Buildings File was established in order to provide a means of organizing information and ephemeral materials relating to University buildings and making them more readily accessible.
Cowles, Henry C. Collection, circa 1860s-1985 Henry Chandler Cowles, botanist, University of Chicago alumnus and faculty member in the Department of Botany, pioneered the study of ecology. This collection represents Henry C. Cowles's work in research and teaching; his family life, including the activities of his wife and daughter; the work of Cowles's students; and the ...
Hooker, George Ellsworth.City Planning, Transportation and Housing. Collection, 1882-1932 The collection contains bound materials related to urban planning and growth in the United States and abroad. Originally assembled by George E. Hooker between 1900 and 1925 in his capacity as Civic Secretary of the City Club of Chicago, materials in the collection explore aspects of urban growth and ...
Courtney, R. Howard. Miscellany Collection, 1876-2019 The collection consists of materials from Chicago collector R. Howard Courtney.
Morgan, W. W. Papers, circa 1905-1990 W. W. Morgan (1906-1994), astronomer. The papers document Morgan's career as a scientist and administrator at the Yerkes Observatory as well as his family history and personal interests. Contains correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, photographs and research materials
Katz, Friedrich. Papers, 1827-2010 Friedrich Katz (1927- 2010) was an historian of Mexico. He was a Professor of History at the University of Chicago from 1971 until his death in 2010. Katz was born in Vienna and spent time in Mexico as a refugee during the 1940s, which inspired his interest in the country’s ...
Century of Progress International Exposition. Collection, 1916-1934 Souvenirs and photographs mostly related to the 1933-1934 Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. The collection also includes an album of color photographs of the University of Chicago and a photograph of the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, 1916.
Lewis, Eva Overton and Julian Herman Lewis, MD, PhD Collection, circa 1887-2015 Julian Herman Lewis (1891-1989) was a pathologist, educator, and author of The Biology of the Negro (1942), a groundbreaking investigation of contemporary scientific data and literature on African-American physiology and pathology that resisted and rebuked scientific notions of racial inferiority. His wife, Eva Overton Lewis (1893-1945), was the daughter of ...
Kracke, Edward A., Jr. Papers, 1927-1976 Edward A. Kracke Jr. (1908-1976) was a professor of East Asian studies at the University of Chicago, and an expert on early Chinese political institutions during the Sung dynasty (906-1279 A. D.). After briefly working for the Office of Strategic Services and the State Department as an expert on ...
University of Chicago. Office of the President. Gray Administration. Records, 1890-2000 This collection contains records of the University of Chicago Office of the President, covering the administration of President Hanna Holborn Gray, who served as President from 1978 to 1993. Included are administrative records such as correspondence, reports, publications, budgets, and personnel material.
University of Chicago. Library. Office of the Director. Ernest Dewitt Burton and J. C. M. Hanson. Records, 1910-1928 The University of Chicago Library Records consist of material generated during the administration of Ernest DeWitt Burton (Director, 1910-1925) and J. C. M. Hanson (Associate Director, 1910-1927; Acting Director, 1927-1928). The records include budgets and annual reports to the President of the University; minutes of the Director's Conference and Library ...
Silverstein, Michael. Papers, 1901-2019 Michael Silverstein (1945-2020), anthropologist who worked at the University of Chicago for over 50 years. He specialized in studying language-in-use, emphasizing its role as a social practice intertwined with culture, power, and identity. Silverstein researched Native language speakers in the Pacific Northwest and Aboriginal Australia, as well as globalization and ...
Ireland, William Rutherford P. Papers, circa 1925-1944 William Rutherford P. Ireland, graduate student in Sociology at the University of Chicago from 1925. He was a student of Chicago School urban sociologists Ernest Burgess and Robert E. Park and prepared extensive material for a never-completed PhD dissertation on Chicago’s “bohemian” population –artists, immigrants, workers, and those living transient ...
Yuan, T'ung-li (Yuan, Tongli). Papers, 1940-1964 Yuan T’ung-li (1895-1965) was a Chinese library administrator, bibliographer, and later consultant in Chinese literature and librarian at the Library of Congress of the United States. He pioneered the modern library movement in China and published several bibliographies on China-related topics. The collection contains correspondence, notes, invoices, manuscripts and typescripts, ...
Lincoln Collection. Publications and Newspapers , 1831-1968 The Lincoln Collection Publications and Newspapers form part of the Barton Collection of Lincolniana. The collection contains newspapers, journals, essays, speeches, sermons, and other documents related to Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. The collection also contains brochures and pamphlets from libraries and societies dedicated to memorializing Lincoln.
Thomas, Augusta Read. Papers, circa 1970-2022 Augusta Read Thomas (1964 - ) is an American composer.
University of Chicago. Library. Office of the Director. M. Llewellyn Raney, Ralph A. Beals and Allen T. Hazen. Records, 1894-1959 This collection contains administrative records of the University of Chicago Library from its early years through the mid-twentieth century, but most closely documents the years 1928-1948, a span of time when the position of library director was held by M. Llewellyn Raney, Ralph A. Beals and Allen T. Hazen.
Bretz, J Harlen. Papers, 1877-1996 J Harlen Bretz (1882-1981), geologist. The papers include biographical and autobiographical documents, a journal of the Louise A. Boyd Expedition to East Greenland (1933), publications and correspondence related to Bretz' controversial theory of the channeled scablands of Washington, professional correspondence, field notes, offprints, and photographs.
Waendelin, Svend. Collection, 1946-1947 Svend Waendelin (1894 -1956) was map librarian at the University of Chicago Library and later archivist at The Dan-American Archives Society. The collection documents Waendelin’s work with Danish and Danish-American archives.
Friedrich, Paul. Papers, 1945-1999 The Paul Friedrich Papers contains personal and professional correspondence; linguistic and anthropological research and field notes; audiotapes of villagers and lectures by Friedrich; photographs, primarily of life in the town of Naranja; maps; Mexican political ephemera; and manuscripts of published and unpublished papers, articles, and books. Most of the material ...
Harkins, William D. Papers, 1877-1988 William D. (William Draper) Harkins, Professor of Chemistry. The William D. Harkins’ papers are comprised mostly of documents which predate his career at Chicago. The collection contains a series of reprints and typescripts, pertains to the research for which Harkins is most famous, as well as documents related ...
Manby, George William. Sketches Made in Greenland, 1821 108 pencil sketches, sepia wash, or watercolor drawings of ice formations and artic wildlife (whales and seals), with manuscript annotations. Drawn by Manby on a trip from Liverpool to Greenland on the Baffin, 1821 April 5. Also includes pen & ink, hand-colored map of the Polar Ice region by W. ...
Hyde Park Herald. Records, 1958-2011 The Hyde Park Herald is Chicago’s oldest community newspaper, with weekly issues dating back to 1882. This collection contains editorial research from the decades that the paper was under Bruce Sagan’s ownership.
Scrapbook of Clippings on the Boston Subway, 1895-1899 A bound volume of clippings pasted in on the Boston subway mainly from the Boston Globe.
University of Chicago. Board of Trustees. Collection , 1892-2000 This collection contains publications, correspondence, and ephemera documenting the activities of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees.
University of Chicago. Department of Physics. Records, 1937-2002 Contains correspondence, records, reports, reprints, scientific data and recordings that originated in the Department of Physics primarily in 1937-1947 and 1972-1985. Includes data from the Cosmic Ray Study directed by Arthur H. Compton, documents student and faculty interactions with Department, optical grating transactions, the impact of World War II on ...
Malone, Virginia Eckels. Family. Papers, 1854-1974 Virginia Eckels Malone (1898-1978) was a writer and amateur historian who lived in Chicago, Washington D.C., and Long Island, New York. Her extended family included distinguished politicians, attorneys, and philanthropists. The collection consists of family papers kept by Virginia Eckels Malone. There are papers of the Eckels family, the Malone ...
A River Runs Through It Production. Collection, 1991 A River Runs Through It is a 1992 film directed by Robert Redford. The collection consists of revised copies of the film's scripts as well as material related to the film’s production.
Smyth Family. Papers, 1602-1692 The collection contains correspondence, legal records, estate and other property documents relating to the Smyth family of Gloucestershire, England, and to the Berkeley and Overbury families. Includes notes prepared by Mary McEldowney concerning the papers.
Chicago Institute: Academic and Pedagogic. Records, 1900-1901 The Chicago Institute: Academic and Pedagogic was established by Francis W. Parker in 1900, eventually becoming the University Of Chicago School Of Education. The collection includes announcements, building plans, publications, reports, records, correspondence, meeting notes, and logistical paperwork from the Institute. Materials date from 1900 to 1901.
Simpson, John A. Papers, 1940-1988 John A. Simpson (1916-2000) Papers include professional and personal correspondence, scientific research notes, lectures and articles, teaching materials, grant proposals, and technical reports and drawings. They document Simpson's graduate work at New York University, his activity in the Metallurgical Laboratory during World War II and his teaching and research at ...
De Roover, Florence Edler. Papers, 1933-1978 Florence Edler de Roover (1900-1987) historian. The collection documents her study of romance languages and medieval European history, and contains publications, correspondence, research notes and drafts, and translations and transcriptions of medieval manuscripts.
Fleischer, Cornell. Papers, 1932-2021 Cornell Fleischer (1950-1923) was the Kanuni Süleyman Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies in the Departments of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and History at the University of Chicago. He was a historian and expert of Ottoman history. This collection contains his academic papers.
Sherwood, Andrew and Clark. Collection, 1873-1882 The Andrew and Clark Sherwood Collection contains letters, notes, and reports relating to the brothers’ study of geology in the northeastern United States in the late 19th century. The letters are addressed to James Hall, a then-prominent geologist and paleontologist. Much of the material in the collection concerns ...
Arnoux, Hippolyte, Canal du Suez, 19th century A bound volume containing approximately 30 photographs of the Suez Canal. Most photographs do not have labels.
Junker, Buford. Papers, 1930-1975 Buford H. Junker (b. 1911) was an American sociologist and anthropologist, researcher, consultant, analyst, teacher, writer and editor, field observer, and World War II veteran of the Office of Strategic Services. The collection contains Junker’s course materials, teaching materials, correspondence, notes, papers, memos, syllabi, bibliographies, drafts, manuscripts, field reports, interviews ...
LaLonde, Robert J. Papers, 1979-2018 Robert LaLonde (1958-2018), was an economist at the Harris School of Public Policy.
Silbert, Layle. Papers, 1910-2003 Layle Silbert (1913-2003) was a photographer and writer. Noted for her portraits of authors, Silbert also wrote poetry, essays and fiction. The collection documents Layle Silbert's work in photography, writing, civil service and social work. It also contains material related to Silbert's travels, activist interests, and personal life. Materials in ...
Hansen, Harry. Papers, 1898-1977 Harry Hansen, writer, literary critic, and editor. The Harry Hansen Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts by Hansen, reviews and production notes of his books, and an extensive collection of clippings of his book review columns, World War I reporting, and other short writings.
Steiner, John. Collection, 1860-2001 John Steiner, jazz collector, record producer, chemist. The John Steiner Collection contains sheet music, articles, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, interviews, ephemera, and publications. The collection spans 140 years and documents Chicago jazz and blues, musicians, clubs, printed music, recording companies, and recording technology.
Simpson, John A.. Papers. Addenda, 1926-2002 John A. Simpson (1916-2000) Papers include professional and personal correspondence, scientific research notes, lectures and articles, teaching materials, grant proposals, and technical reports and drawings. The bulk of the material is from the 1960s through the 1990s. This Addenda supplements the material in the main body of the John A. ...
Sperring, Beverly A., Papers, 1952-2010 Beverly A. Sperring began her career in 1967 with the University of Chicago libraries as an Assistant Reference Librarian in Harper Memorial Library. She continued to have a career with the University of Chicago until her retirement in 2011. Beverly Sperring documented her tenure with the University of ...
Havighurst, Robert J.. Papers, 1921-1991 Robert J. Havighurst (1900-1991), professor and activist. Havighurst was an incredibly active researcher whose work spanned the disciplines of education, psychology, and sociology. He helped to found the Department of Human Development at the University of Chicago. The Havighurst papers primarily contain materials pertaining to ...
Michigan Governor's Committee to Investigate the Detroit Race Riot. Records, 1943 The Detroit riot of June 21 and 22, 1943 was one of the most violent racial upheavals to occur in the United States. The clash between white and African American residents, the worst since the Chicago riots of 1919, was finally quelled with the help of federal troops, but left ...
University of Chicago. Department of Geography. 75th Anniversary Exhibit. Records, 1979 The Department of Geography, 75th Anniversary Exhibit Records contain the materials used for the exhibit "Geography at Chicago: The Past in Review." The exhibition was written and mounted by William D. Pattison, on the occasion of the Department of Geography's 75th Anniversary in 1979.
Goetz, Rachel Marshall. Papers, 1898-1994 Rachel Marshall Goetz was a writer, researcher, and activist who spent much of her career focused on national and local Hyde Park politics. These papers include much of Goetz’s early writing advocating the use of new media in state and local governments. She worked as a speechwriter on ...
Carlson, LeRoy T. Papers, 1927-2012 LeRoy T. Carlson (1916- ) graduated from the College at the University of Chicago in 1938, going on to earn his M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1941. He served with the Persian Gulf Command during World War II, helping secure supply lines to Russia in Iran. From 1942 ...
Native American Educational Services. Rose Robinson. Papers, 1936-1993 Rose Robinson (b. March 27, 1932, d. September 17, 1995) was a Hopi Pueblo journalist, editor, and fundraiser. Throughout her professional career, she worked in various organizations, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs, American Indian Press Association, and the Phelps-Stoke Fund, and made major contributions to Native American issues and ...
Rudolph, Lloyd and Susanne. Papers, 1900-2014 Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph were professors of political science at the University of Chicago and close collaborators throughout their careers. The couple specialized in South Asian politics, history, and culture, and in 2014 were joint recipients of the Padma Bhushan Award, one of India’s highest civilian honors. The collection includes ...
Hutton, William Ralph, Papers, 1864-1966 William Ralph Hutton received his A.B. from Southwestern University in 1912, and was a graduate of the University of Chicago Divinity School, where he wrote works on the development of Islam and Buddhism. He served as a Christian missionary in Assam, in northeast India, where he wrote a Mikir.English ...
Johnson, Walter. Papers, 1938-1985 Walter Johnson(1915-1985) historian and politician. Papers contain personal material, correspondence, speeches and lectures, research and writing, campaign literature, newspaper clippings, and press releases documenting Johnson’s academic and political career. Most of the materials in the collection relate to Johnson's work as editor of the eight volumes of The Papers of ...
Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder. Papers, 1878-1932 Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843-1928) directed the Department of Geology at the University of Chicago from 1892-1919. Though his academic interests were wide-ranging, he is best known for the Chamberlin-Moulton Planetesimal Hypothesis, a theory of solar system formation. Chamberlin's papers include biographies, clippings, personal and professional correspondence, drafts, research notes, reprints, ...
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan. Papers , 1913-2011 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995), Astrophysicist, Nobel Prize winner. The Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Papers contains personal and professional correspondence, notes, manuscripts, offprints, lecture notes, scientific writings, records of the Astrophysical Journal, awards, honorary degrees, biographical material, photographs, and sound and video recordings. The Papers span Chandrasekhar's career and document his student years at ...
Coase, Ronald H. Papers, 1805-2013 Ronald H. Coase (1910-2013) was an influential economist and one of the founders of the field of law and economics. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in 1991 in recognition of his work on transaction costs, firms, property rights, and institutional economics. Coase held positions at the London School ...
Cohn, Bernard. Papers, 1942-2000 Bernard Cohn (1928-2003), Anthropologist, spent the bulk of his professional life at the University of Chicago. Cohn first came to the University of Chicago as a postdoctoral fellow in 1957 and returned in 1964 to join the faculty. In the intervening years, Cohn conducted research in India and served ...
Gunther, John. Papers, 1935-1967 John Gunther, journalist and writer. The John Gunther Papers consist of different draft versions of Gunther's books along with correspondence, articles, and notes related to these projects. Papers related to Chicago Revisited.
Taliaferro, Lucy Graves. Papers, 1968-1985 Lucy Graves Taliaferro, scientist, professor. The Lucy Graves Taliaferro Papers consist of: biographical sketches, biographical essay, correspondence, examples of Taliaferro's research, a transcribed oral interview by Vincent Monroe, a videotaped interview, and photographs.
University of Chicago. Committee on Education, Training, and Research in Race Relations. Records, 1944-1962 The University of Chicago Committee on Education, Training, and Research in Race Relations Records cover the period 1944 to 1962 and also include the records of two cooperative organizations: American Council on Race Relations; and National Organization of Intergroup Relations Officials. The collection contains correspondence, financial and personnel records, ...
MacRae, Donald Alexander. Papers, 1943-1946 This collection contains the papers of Donald Alexander MacRae (1916-2006), an astronomer and physicist, who worked in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as part of the research team developing the gaseous diffusion method of uranium enrichment for the Manhattan Project. These papers focus on MacRae’s time at Oak Ridge, from 1945 to ...
Sewell, William H. Papers, 1952-2009 William H. Sewell Jr. is a historian and sociologist whose work has explored the relationship between history and social theory, with a focus on revolutionary and 19th century France.
Jones, Sara Tucker. Collection, 1670-1946 This collection contains documents that relate to a project begun around 1936 at the University of Chicago known as the Ethno-History Collection. The purpose of this project was to locate and copy documents concerning the actions of American Indians and whites. The material in this collection was acquired from the ...
Carroll, Paul D. Papers, 1950-1996 Paul D. Carroll, poet, writer, editor, professor. The Paul D. Carroll Papers contain drafts of essays and poems, proofs of books, correspondence, reviews by and of Carroll, newspaper clippings, photographs, and audio and video recordings. The papers primarily document Carroll's career as a poet and editor of Big Table from ...
Chicago Association of Commerce. Industrial Department. Report, 1944-1946 General report of the Chicago industrial area: a review of 1944, prepared by the Industrial Department of the Chicago Association of Commerce, formerly in one volume. Crerar Manuscript 401.
University of Chicago. Library. Exhibit Publications. Collection , 1964-2009 The collection includes digitized copies of catalogs and other publications relating to exhibits held at the University of Chicago Library’s Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center.
Pitcher, W. Alvin. Papers, 1928-1993 W. Alvin Pitcher (1913-1996), professor, minister, community and social justice activist. The Pitcher Papers include manuscripts, correspondence, press clippings, and extensive records from numerous political and civic organizations. The papers document Pitcher's scholarly career at Denison University and the University of Chicago, his ministerial work, and his participation ...
Smith, Harry M. Papers, 1932-1977 Harry Madison Smith (b. June 21, 1918, d. October 16, 2003) was a Zoology, Biology, and Genetics professor who taught at several universities in the United States and at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Mid-career, Smith shifted the focus of his research from zoology to human genetics and ...
Gale, Henry Gordon. Papers, 1889-1948 The papers of Henry Gordon Gale comprise 12.5 linear feet of personal and professional material, spanning the years 1889-1948. The materials document Gale's career as a physicist, from his time as a student in the early years of the University of Chicago, to his retirement from the Faculty of ...
Lowden, Frank O. Papers, circa 1870-1943 Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943) was a lawyer, Republican politician, scientific farmer and Governor of Illinois. The collection contains personal correspondence, as well as correspondence related to Lowden’s business, political and agricultural activities. It also includes many early twentieth-century Republican brochures, pamphlets, and other political materials, drafts and texts ...
Bookstein, Abraham. Papers, 1961-2006 Abraham Bookstein (1940 - ) is an information scientist. Bookstein was an assistant professor at the Graduate Library School at the University of Chicago and served as an editor for the journal, “The Library Quarterly”.
General Archival Files, 1890s-present The General Archival Files are a collection of general information and ephemeral materials related to the history of administrative units, organizations, and activities at the University of Chicago. The General Archival Files include a wide variety of items such as documents, brochures, pamphlets, clippings, programs, invitations, press releases, advertisements, and ...
Kraus, Paul. Papers, 1903-1996 The Paul Kraus Papers contain writings, research material, and correspondence of Paul Kraus (1904-1944), a scholar of Semitic languages and medieval Islamic science and philosophy. Kraus was born in Prague and spent time at a variety of academic institutions in Europe and the Middle East. The collection consists largely of ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. William and George Croghan Papers, circa 1823-1890 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. This collection contains materials associated with soldier, surveyor, and businessman William Croghan (1752-1822) and his uncle, the influential "Indian agent," George Croghan (1720?-1782). The collection consists principally of the business documents and correspondence of William Croghan from 1789 ...
Squibb, Francis P. Papers, 1894-2003 Francis P. Squibb, jazz musician, curator, and writer. The Francis P. Squibb Papers contain advertisements, articles, correspondence, interviews, photographs, songbooks, fake books, method books, programs, publications, liner notes, record catalogs and discographies, essays, and manuscripts. There is handwritten, printed, and photocopied music as well as music transcriptions.
Lee, Elon N. and Edson S. Bastin. Papers, 1864-1919 Elon N. Lee and Edson S. Bastin, early students. The Elon N. Lee and Edson S. Bastin Papers consist of Edson S. Bastin's correspondence (1866-1919), Elon Lee's diary (1864-1865), drafts of essays, and miscellaneous ephemera concerning the Old University of Chicago (1867-1881).
Saville, Julie. Papers, 1960-2014 Julie Saville (1947-2023) was an Associate Professor Emerita in the History Department at the University of Chicago and scholar of American history. Her research focused on plantation societies in the southern United States and the Caribbean from the 18th to the 20th centuries. This collection contains Professor Saville’s professional papers, ...
Towle, Charlotte. Papers, 1915-1968 Charlotte Towle (1896-1966), psychiatric social worker and theoretician in the fields of social work education and casework, was professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago for over thirty years. The Towle Papers comprise 26 boxes of correspondence, teaching and administrative materials, manuscripts and research ...
Current Anthropology. Records, 1957-1987 Current Anthropology began publication in January 1960 under editor Sol Tax. It is published by the University of Chicago Press and funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. It is one of the few journals that publishes articles encompassing all the subdisciplines of anthropology. The 144.5 linear feet of ...
Swift, Harold. Papers, 1897-1962 The papers of Harold H. Swift, member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago from 1914 to 1955, consist of correspondence, reports, and documents related to his activities as a member and later as chairman of the Board during this period of the University's history. There are ...
Eliade, Mircea. Papers, 1926-1998 Mircea Eliade (1907-1986), Romanian historian of religions and author, and professor in the University of Chicago Divinity School and Committee on Social Thought, 1957-1986. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, publications, audio and video recordings, and personal materials and artifacts.
Topping, Helen. Papers, 1917-1962 This collection consists of correspondence belonging to Helen Topping (1889-1981) who was the English secretary and interpreter of Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960).
Ardrey, Robert. Papers, 1928-1974 Robert Ardrey (1908-1980) Anthropologist and screenwriter. Contains personal and business correspondence; typescripts of papers Ardrey wrote as a student at the University of Chicago; manuscripts of plays, screenplays, novels, and short stories; writings and personal papers of his sons; the correspondence of Helen Johnson/Ardrey; newspaper clippings and reviews; and photographs. ...
McNeill, William H. Papers, 1963-1991 William H. McNeill, professor of history, author. The William H. McNeill Papers consist of correspondence with Pier Luigi Nervi concerning a proposed Fermi memorial building, and a photocopy of the full manuscript of Hutchins' University: The University of Chicago 1929-1950.
Native American Educational Services. American Indian Chicago Conference. Records, 1960-2001 This collection contains papers created by and for the American Indian Chicago Conference in 1961. Most of the 460 conference participants were indigenous and they used the congress to address their common concerns. The collection forms part of the archives of Native American Educational Services,
Lincoln Collection. Broadsides, 1854-1922 This collection is made up of broadsides compiled by William E. Barton. A pastor in Oak Park, Illinois, Baron published and lectured on Lincoln extensively. He also maintained connections with fellow Lincoln experts and carried out multiple research projects that delved into the many different facets of Lincoln's life, times ...
Frost, Edwin B. Papers, 1886-1924 Edwin B. Frost (1866-1935), professor of astrophysics at the University of Chicago and Director of the University’s Yerkes Observatory at Williams Bay, Wisconsin. The majority of this collection consists of the professional correspondence of Edwin B. Frost from 1889-1924. This collection also contains article drafts, notes, sketches, and ...
University of Chicago. Department of Anthropology. Records, 1929-1997 The Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago was founded in 1929 under the chairmanship of Fay-Cooper Cole. The collection comprises records of the department from its inception through 1997. It includes the Fay-Cooper Cole Papers, information and data from early archeological, linguistic and socio-cultural anthropological fieldwork, early ...
Jazz Institute of Chicago. Artwork and Posters. Collection, 1966-2006 The Jazz Institute of Chicago. Artwork and Posters Collections contains artwork and posters for Chicago-based jazz festivals and concerts, album cover artwork and compact disc booklets.
Elliott, William I. Papers, 1940-2008 William I. Elliott, poet, author, translator, professor, and missionary. The William I. Elliott papers include manuscripts, Japanese translations, correspondence, teaching material, artwork, audio, articles, reviews, and photographs. The papers document the missionary, literary, and teaching career of Elliott, with a focus on his translations of contemporary Japanese poetry, particularly Shuntarō ...
University of Chicago. Phi Alpha Delta. Law Fraternity. Records, 1655-1961 The Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. Records comprise pamphlets, manuals, records, typescripts, correspondence, awards, and record cards from the eight years spanning 1953 and 1961.
Native American Educational Services. Robert Rietz. Papers, 1961-2000 Robert Rietz was a pioneer in the so-called “Action Anthropology” movement, creator and promoter of educational projects for Native American college students, and Director of the American Indian Center in Chicago. The bulk of Rietz’s personal papers cover the period from 1950 to 1954, when he worked as community analyst ...
International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Records, 1970-1984 The ICAES Records consist of the preparation materials and scholastic work for the conference held in Chicago in 1973. The correspondence consists of letters between Sol Tax and his secretaries to the conference participants and between the editors and writers of the papers that were presented and published. The ...
Pierce, Bessie Louise. Papers, 1839-1974 Bessie Louise Pierce, Professor of history, University of Chicago, 1929-53. Advisor to the W.P.A. Foreign Language Press Survey in Chicago, 1936-1940. Director of the History of Chicago Project 1929-1973. Contains correspondence, reports, manuscripts, reviews, speeches, chapter drafts from A History of Chicago, manuscripts of unpublished textbooks in history, diaries, memorabilia, photographs, ...
Cohen, Jerry, Photograph Collection, 1975-1992 Jerrold “Jerry” Ernest Cohen (b. February 3, 1943, d. November 26, 1991) was a photographer and activist who helped found over a dozen organizations and held several leadership positions in Chicago’s LGBTQ community from the late 1960s through the early 1990s. The collection contains negatives, contact sheets, photographic prints, slides, ...
University of Chicago. Office of the President. Hutchins Administration. Records, 1892-1951 This collection contains records of the University of Chicago Office of the President, covering the administration of Robert M. Hutchins, who served as President from 1929-1945, then as Chancellor from 1945-1951, after the title of the office was changed. Included are administrative records such as correspondence, reports, publications, budgets and ...
Noé, Adolf Carl. Papers, 1892-1939 Adolf Carl Noé (1873-1939) taught paleobotany and German at the University of Chicago. Curator of Fossil Plants, Walker Museum. Contains professional and personal correspondence, lecture notes, published writings, photographs, home movies, and glass lantern slides. Subjects include the collection of fossil specimens; field work; trips to Mexico, Russia and ...
Spike, Robert W. Papers, 1838-2005 The Reverend Doctor Robert Warren Spike (1923-1966) was a minister, theologian, and activist who served as the first Executive Director of the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of Churches and Professor of Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program in the Divinity School of ...
D'Alton, John. Collection, ca. 17th-19th centuries Bound manuscripts containing notes on the topography, genealogies, and general history of Ireland. Collected by Irish antiquarian and barrister John D'Alton (1792-1867). Also includes some correspondence and notes relating to D'Alton's activities as an antiquarian.
Abraham, Alton. Collection of Sun Ra, 1822-2008 Alton Abraham (1927-1999), entrepreneur and hospital technician, was a longtime friend and business associate of Sun Ra (1914-1993), the influential jazz composer and musician. Alton Abraham collected manuscripts, business records, printed ephemera, artifacts, photographs, audio and video recordings, and other documents of his work with Sun Ra. The collection contains ...
World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. Collection, 1892-1930 The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 Collection gathers together a range of materials produced during and after the fair. Held in Chicago’s Jackson Park, the World’s Columbian Exposition was organized to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in America and both the nation’s and “civilization’s progress” since then. The ...
University of Chicago. Office of the President. Harper, Judson and Burton Administrations. Records, 1869-1925 This collection contains records of the University of Chicago Office of the President, covering the administrations of the first three presidents of the University: William Rainey Harper (1891-1906), Harry Pratt Judson (1906-1923), and Ernest DeWitt Burton (1923-1925). Included are administrative records such as correspondence, memoranda, and reports.
Goodman, Howard. Papers, 1900-1975 Howard Goodman (1898- 1977) was a longtime trustee of the University of Chicago and of the Baptist Theological Union. He was also an active member of the Hyde Park community. This collection includes newspaper clippings, research reports, photographs, ephemera, correspondence, minutes, notes, administrative records and financial information related to Goodman’s ...
John Crerar Library. Records, 1856-1984 Records of the John Crerar Library from its establishment in 1894 through its move to the University of Chicago in 1984.
Weller, Stuart. Papers, 1900-1927 Paleontologist. B.A., Cornell University, 1894. Ph.D., Yale University, 1901. Professor Department of Geology, University of Chicago, 1897-1927. Contains professional correspondence, student recommendations, an undated report on Mississippian geology, and drawings of Brachiopod fossils. Material relates to the Illinois State Geological Survey (1908-1921) and other state surveys, including Kentucky and Missouri; ...
Paepcke, Walter P. Papers, 1912-1976, undated The Walter P. Paepcke Papers consist of 72 linear feet and include biographical material, correspondence, subject files, financial documents, publications, scrapbooks, ledgers, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The collection also includes information pertaining to the Container Corporation of America, a business founded by Walter Paepcke in 1926. In addition ...
Fight for Freedom Committee. Records, 1941-1947 The Fight for Freedom Committee Records include correspondence with local supporters and with national headquarters, as well as material dealing with the various activities of the committee, such as motorcades, rallies, speakers, the distribution of literature, press releases, radio scripts, lists of supporters and contributors, correspondence and literature of cooperating ...
Elmer, Manuel Conrad. Papers, 1907-1980 Manuel Conrad Elmer received one of the first doctorate degrees in sociology given by the University of Chicago. His dissertation and early research utilized social survey techniques. In 1926, he helped to found the department of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. The Manuel Conrad Elmer papers ...
Ames, Polly Scribner. Papers, 1893-1993 Polly Scribner Ames (1908-1993) was a painter, sculptor, and writer who lived in Chicago, New York, and Europe. The Polly Scribner Ames papers contain manuscripts, correspondence, journals, and records of exhibitions and sales of artwork.
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Boggs Family Papers, 1815-1837 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. This collection contains the papers of the Boggs family of Fayette County, Kentucky. The bulk of the collection relates to the economic activities of Robert C. Boggs (1793-1863), and his brother James H. Boggs (1796-1829). Also included in ...
University of Chicago. Office of the President. Levi Administration. Records, 1918-1975 Collected here are records of the University of Chicago Office of the President, covering the administration of Edward H. Levi, who served as President of the University of Chicago from 1968-1975. Included are administrative records such as correspondence, reports, publications, budgets and personnel material.
Wright, Quincy. Papers, 1907-1972 Quincy Wright (1890-1970), was a writer and scholar known for his work on war, international relations, and international law. He joined the political science faculty at the University of Chicago in 1923, and was a professor of international law at the University from 1931 to 1956. Wright guest lectured at ...
Cliff, Melissa. Collection, 1893-2004 The Melissa Cliff Collection represents a set of items that were collected by the donor and relate to three world’s fairs held in the United States: the 1893 Chicago, 1904 St. Louis and 1933 Chicago fairs. Items include ephemera and memorabilia that were produced during all three fairs, as well ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Michael Walsh Cluskey Papers, 1857-1871 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. This collection contains the correspondence of Michael Walsh Cluskey from the period between 1857 to 1871. There is a gap in the correspondence between 1860-1865. Prior to the Civil War, Cluskey served as postmaster for the national House ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Codices, 1674-1911 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. The Durrett Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Codices constitute an extensive sampling of miscellaneous documents pertaining to the economic and social - and to a lesser degree, political -- history of the Ohio River Valley and the territory that became ...
Zeisel, Hans. Papers, 1925-1992 Hans Zeisel (1905-1992) was a scholar of law and social science at the University of Chicago Law School. He was an expert on juries, capital punishment, and political and market survey techniques. He served on the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School from 1953 until 1974. There, as ...
Rosenthal, Robert. Papers, 1962-1989(inclusive) The papers of Robert Rosenthal, Curator of Special Collections in the University of Chicago Library, include .75 linear feet of published and unpublished lectures, and other writings gathered from Rosenthal's files and other sources. Subjects range widely and touch upon many aspects of his career in Special Collections, as ...
Artistic Circles. Records, 1970s-2011 Artistic Circles was founded by Ann Feldman in 1989 with a mission to create "collaborative media for the common good." It has produced media projects that have been broadcast worldwide, with a notable focus on women in religion and the arts.
University of Chicago. Student and Alumni Papers and Ephemera. Collection, circa 1901-2019 The Student and Alumni Papers and Ephemera Collection consists of correspondence, class notes, football ticket books, dance cards, freshman orientation programs, diplomas, convocations programs, invitations, brochures from various convocation activities, and other materials related to student life at the University of Chicago. The collection also includes alumni reminiscences and class ...
Hughes, Everett Cherrington. Papers, 1922-1982 The papers of Everett Cherrington Hughes comprise 73.5 linear feet of professional material. The papers document his career as a sociologist and ...
University of Chicago. Department of Zoology. Records, 1922-1938 Established in 1892 as the Department of Zoology and Paleontology aand reorganized as the Department of Zoology in 1893. The Records contain correspondence, financial and budgetary records, reports, minutes, course announcements, and examinations. Includes correspondence of department chairman, C.M. Child (1931-1934). Material relates to the administration of the department, curriculum, ...
Moody, William Vaughn. Papers, 1892-1925 American poet, playwright and teacher. Contains correspondence, manuscripts of poems and plays, notebooks, themes written while a student at Harvard, biographical material, reprints, newspaper clippings, reviews of Moody's plays, playbills and programs. Correspondents include Jane Addams, Norman Hapgood, Edwin Markham, Harriet Monroe, Charles Eliot Norton, Edmund C. Stedman, and publishers. Also ...
American Civil Liberties Union. Illinois Division. Records, 1920-2014 Documents the activities of the Illinois Division of the American Civil Liberties Union from its founding through 2014. Includes case files, finances and fundraising information, individual and institutional correspondence, minutes, newsletters and publications, film, audio cassettes, and photographs.
Goodman, Edward. Papers, 1854-1919 Edward Goodman was a Baptist minister and an early University of Chicago trustee. The Edward Goodman papers consist of notebooks of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes, as well as loose notes for The History of the First Baptist Church of Chicago, 1833-1910, which was published in 1910 by the ...
Janowitz, Morris. Collection, 1940-1989 Morris Janowitz, sociologist. Papers include professional correspondence, biographical materials, research and subject files, manuscripts of Janowitz's books and articles, course materials, and papers concerning the Inter-University Seminar on the Armed Forces and Society, founded by Janowitz in 1960. Most dates from the late 1960s through the mid-1980s. Earlier ...
University of Chicago. Committee on African Studies. Records, 1960-2014 Administrative records of the Committee on African Studies, including correspondence, curriculum syllabi, information on internal and external fellowship applications, and financial information.
Commission on Race and Housing. Records, 1955-1958 The Commission on Race and Housing Papers contains the reports of the Commission, which was an independent, citizens' group formed in 1955 for the purpose of inquiring into problems of residence and housing involving racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States.
Ames, Edward Scribner. Papers, 1893-1958 Edward Scribner Ames (1870-1958) Professor of Philosophy. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. Includes correspondence with Vachel Lindsay (1904-1927).
Nef, Elinor Castle. Papers, 1891-1966 Elinor Castle Nef (1894-1953) was the first wife of University of Chicago professor John U. Nef, Jr. and the daughter of a prominent Hawaiian family. She was a prolific diarist and letter writer, corresponding with many important artists and intellectuals of the twentieth century. When she was not sharing in ...
Simons, Hi. Papers, 1915-1950 H. A. (Hi) Simons (1986-1945) had an extended career as a poet and patron of the arts. Simons started a Chicago literary journal called Musterbooks. Only two issues appeared, in 1921 and 1922. The first issue contained reproductions of the German expressionist artist, George Grosz. The second issue was a ...
Bickham Family. Papers, circa 1694-1975 The Bickham Family Papers include family and business correspondence and legal documents. The collection date from 1694 to 1975, the bulk is the correspondences of Martin Bickham, his son Stephan Girard Bickham, grandson Martin Bickham and great grandson Martin Hayes Bickham, from 1820 to 1939. The documents include letters between ...
Nef, John Ulric, Jr. Papers, 1840-2008 This collection contains the papers of John Ulric Nef, Jr. (1899-1988), Professor and Economic Historian at the University of Chicago, and co-founder of the Committee on Social Thought. Materials date from 1840 to 2008, with the bulk of the material dating between 1940 and 1975. The papers primarily document Nef's ...
Chaucer Research Project. Records, 1886-1965 The Chaucer Research Project began in 1924 when University of Chicago Professors of English, John Mathews Manly (1865-1940) and Edith Rickert (1871-1938), launched a systematic study of the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Their goal was to produce an authoritative text of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales by painstakingly collecting, photographing, ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Edmund Lyne Estate Records, 1786-1889 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. Edmund Lyne (d. 1791), was an entrepreneur and operator of salt licks, a whiskey still, and a ferry service in Blue Licks, Kentucky. The Reuben T. Durrett Collection of the Edmund Lyne Estate Papers consists of business records ...
Lincoln Collection. Lincoln Portraits, 1858-1930 The Lincoln Portraits collection contains photographic and lithographic image replications of Abraham Lincoln from during the course of his life. Images include those which represent him as a young man up until the time of his death on the 15th of April 1865. It forms a part of the William ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Louisville, Kentucky Board of Trustees Records, 1779-1825 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. The collection contains records of the Louisville, Kentucky Board of Trustees, from 1779 to1825. The Board of Trustees was the primary local body of government responsible for the development and administration of Louisville prior to 1828. The bulk ...
Stagg, Amos Alonzo. Papers, 1866-1964 Amos Alonzo Stagg was first Athletic Director and football coach for the University of Chicago from 1892-1933 and football coach for the ...
Ricketts, Howard Taylor. Papers, 1891-1977 Howard Taylor Ricketts, pathologist. The papers include personal and professional correspondence, research notes and manuscripts relating to his work with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and typhus, and assorted memorabilia.
Ramanujan, A.K. Papers, 1944-1995 Attipat Krishnaswami Ramanujan (1929-1993) was a poet, folklorist, linguist, and translator based at the University of Chicago. Ramanujan translated the classical and modern literature of South Asia, as well as folk tales and songs. As a poet, Ramanujan wrote primarily in English, often on transcultural themes. The A.K. Ramanujan Papers ...
Coulton, George Gordon. Papers, 1875-1941 G. G. (George Gordon) Coulton (1858-1957), Professor of Medieval History. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, notes and writings documenting Coulton's scholarship and his advocacy of compulsory national service.
Hodgson, Marshall G. S. Papers , 1940-1971 Marshall Goodwin Simms Hodgson (1922-1968) was a professor of Islamic Studies and Chairman of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. The Marshall G.S. Hodgson Papers contain correspondence, teaching materials, research notes, and writings, primarily related to his professional life and scholarly work.
Hutchinson, William Thomas. Papers, 1912-1976 William Thomas Hutchinson, professor, historian. The William Thomas Hutchinson Papers contain personal and professional correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, reports, minutes, speeches, articles, teaching materials, research materials, bibliographies, papers and notes Hutchinson wrote as a graduate student, student papers, as well as two ties. The collection documents Hutchinson’s correspondents include George ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. James Wilkinson Papers, 1784-1882 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. The collection contains the papers of James Wilkinson (1757-1825). Wilkinson was a soldier and politician in the War of Independence and War of 1812, and Governor of the Louisiana Territory (1805-1807). Over the course of his career he ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. George Nicholas Papers, 1788-1890 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. George Nicholas (circa 1754-1799) was a Virginia politician and Kentucky pioneer, member of the Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1792), and Kentucky's first attorney general. The Reuben T. Durrett Collection of the George Nicholas Papers contains a brief biography of ...
Herrick, Robert. Papers, 1887-1960 Robert Herrick, novelist, professor. The Robert Herrick Papers contain correspondence; manuscripts of novels, plays, short stories, and literary criticism. The collection also includes essays and lectures on political, educational, and literary subjects. Herrick's correspondents include Robert Morss Lovett, Jane Addams, William Dean Howells, Harriet Monroe, William Rainey Harper, Norman ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Christopher Columbus Graham Papers, 1860-1878 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. This collection contains the papers of Christopher Columbus Graham (1784-1885), a Kentucky physician, surveyor, and author. The collection contains materials connected to his centennial birthday celebration and a small amount of correspondence pertaining to his military, civic, and ...
MacDowell, Charles Henry. Papers, 1919-1924 An expert in nitrate, Charles H. MacDowell served on President Wilson’s War Industries Board as the director in the Chemical Division. Additionally, he served with the American Commission to Negotiate Peace. The papers of Charles MacDowell relate to his war efforts and his service with the American Commission to ...
Der Monat. Records, 1948-1971 The records of Der Monat comprise correspondence files, reports, and papers of the American editor Melvin J. Lasky. Der Monat, a German-language political and cultural journal, first appeared in Germany in October, 1948. The purpose of the publication was to serve as a weapon against communism and fascism and to ...
Native American Educational Services. Armin Beck. Papers, 1963-1991 Dr. Armin Beck served as a professor at NAES College in Chicago. This collection contains papers from Armin Beck's work at NAES, within the Civil Rights movement, and higher education in Chicago, The collection contains research materials as well as many of his article reprints and manuscripts on the subjects ...
Park House. Records, 1928-1996 Park House was described as a "combination Bohemian rooming house, YMCA, and youth settlement house," located on Chicago’s Near North Side. Founded in 1934, the house was named after University of Chicago Sociologist Robert E. Park and run by Ruth and James B. Nobel. Park House was designed ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Richard Jouett Meneffee Collection on Matthew Harris Jouett, 1823-circa 1890 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. This collection contains the materials of Kentucky born businessman, Richard Jouett Menefee (1837-1893), as he sought information about the work of his grandfather, the portrait painter Matthew Harris Jouett (1788-1827). The bulk of the collection contains the correspondence ...
University of Chicago. Library. John Crerar Library. Records, 1977-2009 This collection includes materials relating to the construction of the John Crerar Library at the University of Chicago and library activities from 1984 onwards. The majority of the material in the collection relates to the construction of the new library building, built to facilitate the transferal of the collection from ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Broadsides, Broadsheets, Pamphlets, and Leaflets, 1788-1938 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. The Reuben T. Durrett Collection of Broadsides, Broadsheets, and Circulars consist primarily of broadsides relating to political issues, national and local elections, and meetings. Also contains business advertisements; announcements for the sale of lands and slaves; and posters ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. George Rogers Clark Papers, 1776-1896 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. This collection contains materials associated with soldier and surveyor George Rogers Clark (1752-1818). Clark is perhaps best known for his contributions as an officer in the Virginia Militia during the revolutionary war. The collection principally covers the period ...
Redfield, Robert. Ford Foundation Cultural Studies Program. Records, 1951-1961 The Robert Redfield Ford Foundation Cultural Studies Records document the work of Redfield and others in intercultural studies from 1951-1961. Redfield, Professor of Anthropology and Robert M. Hutchins, Chancellor of the University of Chicago persuaded the Ford Foundation to fund the study of intercultural relations for the academic year 1951-19522. ...
Greene, Wesley H. Papers, 1900-1996 Wesley H. Greene operated a Chicago-based film distributorship, and also worked as an educator, administrator and activist focused on film and the visual arts. His distribution concerns, including International Film Bureau, College Film Center, and Trans-World Films, handled a variety of film genres and served schools, colleges and universities, churches, ...
Fermi, Enrico. Collection, 1918-1974 Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Charles H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago and 1938 Nobel Prize winner in physics, is best known to the general public for having produced the first controlled, self-sustained nuclear chain reaction. This experiment, which was carried out at the University of ...
University of Chicago. Student Government. Records, 1948-1981 The University of Chicago's Student Government advocates for student issues in cooperation with the governing bodies of university faculty and administration. During the mid- to late-twentieth century, Student Government was active in campus programming, funded student organizations, participated in national student groups, and supported the student body's involvement with ...
Maloof, John. Collection of Vivian Maier, circa 1900-2010 This collection contains photographic prints, ephemera, and artifacts from the John Maloof Collection of Vivian Maier. It includes black and white and color prints taken by Maier, most of which are street photographs of Chicago and New York City from the 1950s-1970s. Also included are some travel photographs, the largest ...
Prass, Marjorie Whitney. Papers, 1927-2008 This collection contains papers, photographs, costumes and ephemera belonging to Marjorie Whitney Prass, an alumna of the University of Chicago and an avid dancer. The bulk of the collection is comprised of over 200 pieces of costume clothing, accessories and props. The majority were made for Prass by ...
University of Chicago. Office of Radio and Television Records, 1931-1981 This collection comprises materials related to a former office dedicated to public and university-related radio and television broadcasts discussing a wide variety of subjects, programs, and events. These include formal conversations and debates, films, documentaries, people, groups, reports, and studies regarding topics relevant to the University of Chicago campus up ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Richard H. Collins Papers, 1761-1873 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. Richard H. Collins (1824-1889) was a lawyer and journalist who wrote on the history of Kentucky. The Reuben T. Durrett Collection of the Richard H. Collins Papers consists primarily of materials related to Collin's revision and expansion of ...
Crossroads International Student Center. Records, 1951-1995 Crossroads International Student Center was founded in 1951 in Hyde Park to provide services for international students. Their records include correspondence, reports, Council minutes, membership information, newsletters, event programming information, budgets, fundraising information, memorabilia, photographs, and audio-visual recordings.
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Mann Butler Papers, 1816-1874 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. Edward Mann Butler (1784-1855) was a prominent author and educator. Butler wrote on the early history of Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley, headed the grammar department of the first public school in Kentucky and was the president ...
University of Chicago. Department of Botany. Records, 1882-1972 Founded in 1894 under the leadership of John M. Coulter, The University of Chicago Department of Botany quickly grew to become one of modern botany's most influential centers of research and teaching. The work of Henry C. Cowles and others associated with the Chicago school of ecology is generally regarded ...
Wells, Ida B. Papers, 1884-1976 Ida B. Wells, (1862-1931) teacher, journalist and anti-lynching activist. Paper contain correspondence, manuscript of Crusade for Justice: the Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, diaries, copies of articles and speeches by Wells, articles and accounts about Wells, newspapers clippings, and photographs. Also contains Alfreda M. Duster's (Wells' daughter) working copies ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Joshua Lacy Wilson Papers, 1796-1893 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. Joshua Lacy Wilson (1774-1846) was a minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati. The Joshua Lacy Wilson Papers contain professional and family correspondence, manuscripts, a personal memoir, reports, memoranda, notes, sermons, essays, and financial records. These ...
Bellow, Saul. Papers, 1926-2015 Saul Bellow (1915-2005) was a writer, educator, and Nobel laureate. Born in Lachine, Quebec and raised in Chicago from the age of nine, Bellow studied at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He taught in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago ...
Native American Educational Services. Chicago Campus. Records, 1881-2004 Records from the Chicago campus of Native American Educational Service. The collection contains material pertaining to the operation and history of both NAES and the American Indian Center of Chicago. The collection also contains papers from a wide variety of other American Indian organizations.
Salisbury, Rollin D. Papers, 1880-1922 Rollin D. Salisbury, Professor at the University of Chicago, Dean of the Ogden School of Social Science, and Head of the Department of Geography was one of the scholars on the Peary Relief Expedition. Salisbury's papers consist of fifteen boxes containing personal correspondence, legal and financial records, professional correspondence, notebooks, lecture ...
University of Chicago. Yerkes Observatory. Office of the Director. Records, 1891-1946 Yerkes Observatory, located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, is a facility of the University of Chicago's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Known as the home of the last of the great refracting telescopes, the observatory housed the university's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics until the 1960s, and was the site of ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Lewis Family Papers, 1778-1835 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. The Lewis family were 18th century land dealers in Kentucky. The Reuben T. Durrett Collection of the Lewis Family Papers consists primarily of legal and business documents connected with the Kentucky land dealings of John Lewis and ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Joel Tanner Hart Papers, 1823-1876 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. Joel Tanner Hart (1810-1877) was an American sculptor, born in Kentucky. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts of Hart's poetry, a diary (1846-1848), and miscellaneous notes. Correspondents include Horace Greeley, Henry Clay, Robert Browning, Andrew Jackson, and James Polk. ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Boone Family Papers, 1775-1898 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. This collection contains the papers of the Boone family. The collection contains materials relating primarily to the economic and legal activities of Daniel Boone (1734-1820) and his brother, Squire Boone (1774-1815). The collection also contains some biographical information ...
Nitze, William A. Papers, 1905-1937 William A. Nitze, Professor of romance languages, University of Chicago, 1909-1941. Contains professional correspondence, manuscripts, class preparation notes for the Arthurian Seminar, students' papers, lectures, research notes, transcriptions and photostats of research materials, offprints, and drafts of a critical edition of Perlesvaus. Material relates primarily to Nitze's work on ...
Robertson, Wyndham. Papers, 1768-1925 Wyndham Robertson, the 20th governor of Virginia actively corresponded with generals during the civil war. Additionally, he traced his family heritage to Pocahontas and authored historical texts. This collection contains family letters business papers, letters to civil war officials, family records and historical research.
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Shelby Family Papers, 1742-1823 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. This collection contains the papers of the Shelby family, an eighteenth and nineteenth-century military and farming family in Kentucky and Maryland. The collection contains materials relating to the economic, military, and legal activities of Evan Shelby (1719-1794) and ...
Gilkey, Langdon. Papers, 1921-2004 Langdon Brown Gilkey taught at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago from 1963 until his retirement in 1989. He was a prominent protestant theologian, an expert on the relation between science and religion, and a key respondent to the rise of intelligent design as a way of teaching ...
Hyde Park Historical Society. Hyde Park Co-op. Records, 1915-2008 The Hyde Park Cooperative Society was founded in 1932. Based on Rochdale cooperative principles, it operated food stores in Hyde Park between 1933 and 2008. The Co-op was involved in many charitable and educational activities in the neighbourhood, including cooperative housing and other retail ventures. The Hyde Park Co-op records ...
Documentary Film Group. Records, 1923-2008 Contains administrative and financial records, correspondence, and publicity materials of the University's Documentary Film Group, a student-run film society in operation since the 1930s. The bulk of the material dates from 1950-1979.
Danos, Michael. Papers, 1950-2003 Michael Danos was a theoretical physicist who worked in photonuclear physics, relativistic heavy ions and x-ray imaging devices, and spent several years as a Visiting Scholar at the Enrico Fermi Institute. The Michael Danos Papers consist of 15.75 linear feet of correspondence, calendars, writings, notebooks, clippings, transparencies, conference materials, ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Personal Papers, circa 1850-1912 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. The Reuben T. Durrett Personal Papers contain a small amount of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, newspaper clippings, transcripts and memorabilia. The collection includes biographical and genealogical information on numerous historical figures from Kentucky, lists of prominent Kentuckians, copies ...
Pickering, George. Papers, 1951-2006 George W. Pickering (1938 – May 11, 2002) was a professor of Religious Studies at the University of Detroit Mercy, teaching social ethics, Christian social thought, American Religion and theories and issues of justice, religion, and science. His research and teaching focused on questions of ethics and civil rights in ...
University of Chicago. Development Campaigns and Anniversaries. Records, 1896-1941 Contains minutes, programs, schedules, and other memorabilia from the fifth (1896), tenth (1901), and 25th (1916) anniversaries of the University of Chicago. Contains records of the 1924-1926 campaign including minutes and reports of the Executive Committee on Development, Alumni Committee correspondence, donor lists, speeches and articles, promotional pamphlets, and assessments ...
Vogel, Virgil J. Collection, 1903-1980 Virgil J. Vogel (1918-1994) was an historian, political organizer, activist, educator and University of Chicago alumnus. The Virgil J. Vogel Collection spans 1903-1980 and represents the political activities of Vogel and his associate, the Socialist Party organizer Benjamin Williger. Included are records of a wide variety of leftist political organizations, ...
Nuveen, John, Jr.. Papers, 1922-1966 Investment banker, community leader, University of Chicago trustee, and diplomat. Material relates primarily to organizations and issues with which Nuveen was affiliated: the University of Chicago, the Baptist Theological Union, the City of Chicago, the Chicago Crime Commission, the Illinois Veterans and Civilians Committee, the Illinois Board of Public Welfare ...
Rickert, Edith. Papers, 1858-1960 The papers of Edith Rickert, Professor of English at the University of Chicago (1924-1935), include correspondence; notebooks and journals; manuscripts of unpublished novels; manuscripts and offprints of short stories, poems, and articles; biographical clippings; and memorabilia and photographs. For the most part, the papers date from the period before 1924, ...
McLean, Franklin C. Papers, 1881-1969 The papers of Franklin C. McLean comprise 17.5 linear feet of personal and professional material. The papers record his career as the director of the Peking Union Medical College, the University of Chicago medical school and, later, as a professor of physiology in the university. The collection consists ...
Historical Manuscripts. Collection, 1409-1977 The Historical Manuscripts Collections contains correspondence and other brief manuscripts documenting personal, scholarly, business, government, and religious affairs, written by an array of authors, primarily from North America and Western Europe. The manuscripts date from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries.
Anderson, Herbert L. Papers, 1911-1988 Herbert L. Anderson (1914-1988) physicist. The papers document Anderson's participation in the Manhattan Project, including his close collaboration with Enrico Fermi, as well as his subsequent career as a researcher, teacher and administrator.
Burton, Ernest DeWitt. Papers, 1875-1969 The papers of Ernest DeWitt Burton comprise 45 linear feet of personal and professional material. The papers document his career as a New Testament scholar at Newton Theological Institute and the University of Chicago as well as his interest in missionary work and religious education in east Asia. ...
Cronin, James. Papers, 1936-2016 James Watson Cronin, physicist (1931-2016). The Papers document Cronin’s career as a Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago, his role in the discovery of the CP violation, and the founding of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The collection includes professional activities; correspondence; subject files; personal ephemera; honors and awards; ...
Rheinstein, Max. Papers, 1869-1977 Max Rheinstein (1899-1977) Lawyer and Professor, University of Chicago. The Papers document Rheinstein's career as a lawyer and teacher with expertise in international and comparative law, family law, and the conflict of laws. Included are personal and professional correspondence, writings, drafts of books, lectures, reviews, articles, subject files, course materials, ...
Dimock, Edward C. Papers, 1954-1994 Edward C. Dimock (1929-2001), linguist and scholar of Asian Studies. Professor, University of Chicago, 1959-1989. Papers include drafts of articles, manuscripts of language textbooks and correspondence with colleagues and students.
Greene-Mercier, Marie Zoe. Papers, 1870-2000 Marie Zoe Greene-Mercier was an artist, writer and arts activist who worked in the United States and Europe in the mid- to late-twentieth century. Educated at Radcliffe College, Greene-Mercier was also a student at the New Bauhaus School of Design in Chicago. Greene-Mercier worked in a variety of media, but ...
Singer, Milton. Papers, 1925-1999 Milton Singer (1912-1994) anthropologist. The Papers document Singer's career as Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, including his role in the Redfield Comparison of Cultures Project and his scholarship as an expert on India and on semiotic anthropology. Collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, notes, course materials, photographs and audio ...
Anania, Michael. Papers, circa 1950s-2015 Michael Anania, poet, writer, editor, professor. The Michael Anania Papers contain drafts, manuscripts, proofs of books and poems, book reviews, publications, biographical material, college coursework, correspondence, ephemera, newspaper clippings, photographs, audio cassettes, compact discs, and video cassettes. The papers document Anania’s personal life, academic career, involvement in professional and literary ...
Tyler, Ralph W. Papers, 1932-1988 Ralph W. Tyler (1902-1994) Professor of Education and university administrator. Contains correspondence, minutes, sample dissertations, examinations, manuscripts of speeches and articles, published works, biographical material, and letters of recommendation. Papers document Tyler's involvement with the United States Department of Agriculture Extension Service workshops, Doane College, the American Council on Education, ...
University of Chicago. Office of the President. Kimpton Administration. Records, 1892-1960 This collection contains records of the University of Chicago Office of the President, covering the administration of Lawrence A. Kimpton, who served as Chancellor of the University of Chicago from 1951-1960. While he kept the title of "Chancellor" held by his predecessor, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Kimpton’s duties were consistent with ...
Native American Educational Services. Subject Files, 1950-2005 This collection contains files collected by the Native American Educational Service on a variety of organizations and issues. Topics include language, alcohol abuse, violence prevention, poverty, citizenship, civil rights, crime, welfare, Native American heritage and language, land rights, healthcare, casinos, education, and political activism.
Monroe, Harriet. Papers, 1873-1944 Harriet Monroe (1860-1936), poet and editor and founder of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Contains correspondence; manuscripts; diaries; legal documents; memorabilia, photographs; and news clippings documenting Monroe's life and career. Correspondents include Jane Addams, Daniel French, Herbert Adams, Carter Harrison, Maude Elliott, Minnie Maddern Fiske, Eugene Field, E.C. Stedman, Louis ...
Lincoln Collection. Lincoln Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1587-1924 The Lincoln Miscellaneous Manuscript section of the William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana contains an array of material relating to Abraham Lincoln, his parentage, the Civil War, and his presidency. This section includes briefs, pardons, and commissions in Lincoln's hand, original letters of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the ...
Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Government Records, 1775-1888 Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913) was a lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. This collection contains county and land records from Kentucky, Virginia, and the Indiana Territory from his collection. The collection includes military and civilian commissions, land entry records, including patents, warrants and surveys, and county records, including ...
Rice, Stuart Alan. Papers, 1947-2004 Stuart A. Rice (1932-) Professor of Chemistry. The collection documents Rice's research and teaching in physical and theoretical chemistry. Includes drafts, proofs and offprints of publications, research notes, and teaching materials.
Gottschalk, Louis. Papers, [ca. 1927]-1975 Louis Gottschalk, historian, author, Professor. The Louis Gottschalk Papers include correspondence, memos, reports, and other material which extensively document his scholarly endeavors as well as his professional activities. Research notes and materials used in Gottschalk's research on the life of Lafayette constitute approximately half of the material. Also included ...
University of Chicago. MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Records, 1961-2009 The collection documents the activities of the University of Chicago's MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics and its founding Director Dr. Mark Siegler from 1984 to 2009.
University of Chicago. Office of the President. Wilson Administration. Records, 1891-1978 This collection contains records of the University of Chicago Office of the President, covering the administration of John T. Wilson, who served as President from 1976-1978. Included are administrative records such as correspondence, reports, publications, budgets and personnel material.
Hutchins, Robert Maynard. Papers, 1884-2000 Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977) was a leader in education reform, dean of the Yale Law School, president and chancellor of the University of Chicago (1929-1951), and an executive at the Commission on Freedom of the Press, the Committee to Frame a World Constitution, Encyclopædia Britannica, the Ford Foundation, the Fund ...
Blakemore, William Barnett. Papers, 1930-2006 Reverend Dr. William Barnett Blakemore (1912-1975) was a minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a professor in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, a Dean of the University's Disciples Divinity House, an Associate Dean of the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, and a leader in the ecumenical movement ...
McClintock, Martha. Papers Martha McClintock (1947 - ) is the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor Emerita in the Departments of Psychology and Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago.
Chicago Review. Records, 1951-2006 The Chicago Review is a student-run journal founded at the University of Chicago in 1946 which features poetry, fiction, short stories, plays, translations, essays, memoirs, commentaries, interviews, book reviews, criticism, photographs, and artwork. The Chicago Review Records documents the administrative aspect of the journal and contain correspondence, manuscripts, drafts and ...
Benton, William. Papers, 1839-1973 William Benton (1900-1973) was an advertising executive, publisher, university administrator, U.S. senator and diplomat. Contains personal and professional correspondence, reports, legal documents, account books, diaries, manuscripts, speeches, research notes, transcripts of radio and television broadcasts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, awards, and mementos. Papers highlight Benton's business and investment successes as ...