Diaries, appointment books, letterbooks, school books, memorial volumes, 1875-1936.

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Diaries, appointment books, letterbooks, school books, memorial volumes, 1875-1936.

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Volumes dealing with both business and personal matters in the life of Chicago industrialist Cyrus McCormick, Jr. The diaries contain references supplementing the correspondence found in other series by recording contacts and comments often not found in letters. For example, Cyrus, Jr.'s detailed diary of disagreements and negotiations with his uncle and counsin, Leander J. and Robert Hall McCormick, appears for 1879, when the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company was agreed upon. McCormick's office staff also kept diaries and journals for him and both he and his staff recorded appointments. Letterbooks of particular interest are his traveling copy books which contain letters to his parents and other business associates, 1881-1885 and 1887. Other volumes include his personal health record, 1888-1894; school books from high school and Princeton University; congratulatory letters on the births of his children; condolences on the death of his wife and on his own death; printed musical compositions by McCormick; clippings concerning Cyrus McCormick, Sr.; and letterbooks touching on family history, the McCormick Theological Seminary, the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund, and the private letters of John R. Hoagland, 1884-1895.

9.6 c.f. (19 archives boxes and 8 oversize volumes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6850087

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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