Ryerson Family. Papers 1803-1971

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Ryerson Family. Papers 1803-1971

Contains the papers of Joseph Turner Ryerson, Edward L. Ryerson Sr., and Edward L. Ryerson Jr. Includes correspondence, family histories, articles, speeches, clippings, diaries, a scrapbook that includes photographs of the Chicago fire of 1871, photographs, awards and memorabilia. Papers document three generations of one of Chicago's most prominent families active in the city's business, cultural, and civic organizations. Subjects include the growth of the family's steel company, Joseph T. Ryerson & Son; life in Chicago; the University of Chicago; the Chicago Symphony; the Lyric Opera of Chicago; and WTTW-Channel 11. Correspondents include Norman Cousins, Richard J. Daley, Everett M. Dirksen, John Foster Dulles, Albert Einstein, Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon, Adlai Stevenson, and Frederick Stock.

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