Anita McCormick Blaine Correspondence and Papers

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Anita McCormick Blaine Correspondence and Papers

1828-1958

http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mcc0001e

Correspondence and other papers of Anita McCormick Blaine, a Chicago philanthropist, consisting of letters, telegrams, and summaries of telephone conversations; reports of committees, boards, and organizations; speeches, essays, and random notes; financial statements and ledgers; clippings; and photographs; concerning her absorbing interests in education, improvement in social and economic conditions, international understanding, and world peace, and her relations with members of the McCormick family and their friends.

395.4 cubic feet (984 archives boxes, 9 volumes, and 1 oversize folder)

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