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Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library). McNally family papers, 1788-2002, bulk 1850-1993.

Title: McNally family papers, 1788-2002, bulk 1850-1993.

Correspondence, diaries, genealogical materials, legal documents, and other items related to multiple generations of the McNally family, particularly Rand McNally founder Andrew McNally, and his great grandson Andrew McNally III. Family papers also contain genealogical and other materials related to the Clark, MacMillin, Neff, and Vilas families. There is significant material from General Emmons Clark, grandfather of Margaret Clark McNally, who wrote multiple plays and kept journals documenting his life and travels. Also included are documents related to the purchase, development, and sale of the McNally's Southern California ranch, including correspondence, publicity, oil leases, and maps; the McNally trust; and other miscellanous real estate properties and financial papers. Photographs include multiple generations of the McNally family and relatives, including the Clark, MacMillin, Neff, and Vilas families. There is a collection of well-preserved daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, as well as photo albums, scrapbooks, and slides. Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.

ArchivalResource: 22 linear feet (36 boxes, 3 oversize boxes, and 3 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/756400315 View

Rand McNally and Company. Rand McNally and Company records, 1856-1996.

Title: Rand McNally and Company records, 1856-1996.

The Rand McNally and Company records include a broad range of materials dating from 1856, when William Rand's printing company was run out of a small office at 148 Lake Street, to the late twentieth century, when administrative and production facilities were centrally located in a large facility in Skokie, Illinois.

ArchivalResource: 85 linear ft. (128 boxes, 3 volumes, 16 oversize boxes, 4 shelves of oversize artifacts)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/656273920 View

John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967.

Title: John Mason Brown papers

Papers of American author and drama critic John Mason Brown.

ArchivalResource: 144 boxes (36 linear ft.)

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