Nathan William MacChesney Papers 1915-1952

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Nathan William MacChesney Papers 1915-1952

http://findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/catalog/inu-ead-nua-archon-76

Most of the material in the collection is concerned with university business, and consequently sheds little light on MacChesney's private life or his military and civic activities. The collection's value lies primarily in its reflection of many of the varied activities undertaken by Northwestern's central administration during the university's emergence as a major American educational institution.

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MacChesney, Nathan William, 1878-1954

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