Harold Fowler McCormick papers, 1892-1947.

Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960

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John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist, and the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in Midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center, making him one of the largest real estate holders in the city. Towards the end of his life, he was famous for his philanthropy, donating over $500 million to a wide variety of different causes, including educati...

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935

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Social reformer; founder of Hull House settlement, Chicago. From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Louis J. Keller, Chicago, 1912 May 13. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496308 From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Paul M. Angle, Springfield, Ill., 1932 June 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496294 Founder of Hull House in Chicago. From the description of Cor...

Simms, Ruth Hanna McCormick, 1880-1944

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Ruth Hanna McCormick (née Ruth Hanna, also known as Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms; March 27, 1880 – December 31, 1944), was an American politician, activist, and publisher. She served one term in the United States House of Representatives, winning an at-large seat in Illinois in 1928. She gave up the chance to run for re-election to seek a United States Senate seat from Illinois. She defeated the incumbent, Senator Charles S. Deneen, in the Republican primary, becoming the first female Senate candi...

Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951

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Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) was an American banker, general, diplomat, composer, and Republican politician who was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929. For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925. Born in Marietta, Ohio, Dawes attended Cincinnati Law School before beginning a legal career in Lincoln, Nebraska. After serving as a gas plant executive, he managed William M...

Luce, Henry Winters, 1868-1941

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Henry Winters Luce was a missionary educator in China from 1897 to 1927. Following his return to the United States he was appointed to a professorship in the Chinese department of the Kennedy School of Missions of the Hartford Theological Foundation in Hartford, Conn., where he remained until retirement in 1935. Henry Winters Luce was the father of Henry R. Luce, founder of Time, Life, and Fortune magazines. From the description of Henry Winters Luce Papers, 1877-1951 (inclusive), 19...

Beeks, Gertrude, 1867-

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McCormick, Medill, 1877-1925

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Fowler, Eldridge M. (Eldridge Merrick), 1833-1904.

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Civic Music Association of Chicago.

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Hanfstaengl, E. H.

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Fetzer, John Charles, 1953-...

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Chapman, John, 1900-1972

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John Arthur Chapman was drama critic for the New York daily news. He wrote a column entitled, "Mainly about Manhattan." He was the son of Arthur Chapman, a Denver, Colo. newspaperman. From the description of John A. Chapman papers, 1943-1973. (University of Denver, Penrose Library). WorldCat record id: 49495640 ...

Palmer, Potter

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Democratic Party (Ill.)

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Illinois branch of U.S Democratic Party. From the description of Speech notes, 1860 July 25. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 34608028 ...

Crane, Charles Richard, 1858-1939

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Epithet: diplomat and businessman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x0001e0 Businessman and diplomat. From the description of Charles Richard Crane Papers, 1869-1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320408560 American businessman and diplomat; member, diplomatic mission to Russia, 1917; commissioner for mandates in Turkey, 1919; minister to China, 19...

Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Johnson, Herrick, 1832-1913

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Stone, John Timothy

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Krebs, William Samuel, b. 1889.

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Herrick, E. Hicks.

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Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977

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University president; interviewee d.1977. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert Maynard Hutchins : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740103 American author and University administrator. From the description of Typed letters signed (2) : Chicago, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1941 Feb. 4 and Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868116 From the CSDI Collection (Mss 18) descriptio...

Garden, Mary

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Scottish singer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Paris and Aberdeen, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1947 Sept. 16 and 1951 July 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863977 American soprano of Scottish birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p.], 1958 or 1959, to Miss Burkman, 1958 or 1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270967492 From the description of Typewritten document signed, dated : Paris, 8 June 1907, 19...

Chicago Grand Opera Company (Chicago, Ill.)

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Carver, G. H.

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Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

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Elihu Root, born in Clinton, NY, attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served as member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1...

Keyes, Rollin Arthur, 1854-1925

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Barr, Norman B. (Norman Burton), 1868-1943

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Norman Burton Barr was born in Mount Palatine, IL, on January 27, 1868. He graduated from the Presbyterian Theological Seminary (now McCormick) in Chicago, in 1897. That same year he began his duties as pastor of the Olivet Presbyterian Church on Chicago's near north side. Under Barr's forty-year pastorate, Olivet Church undertook mammoth local missionary work, eventually operating a settlement house, library, medical dispensary, camp, supervised playground facilities, language classes, and even...

McKinstry, Addis E.

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University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Jung, C.G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961

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Psychoanalyst and author. From the description of Letter, 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34149490 Psychologist and psychiatrist. From the description of C.G. Jung papers, 1909-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983585 Epithet: Professor psychologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0000da Swiss psychoanalyst. From the description of C.G. Ju...

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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International Harvester company

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Billings, Franklin S. (Franklin Swift), 1862-1935

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John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases.

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McCormick, Harold Fowler, 1872-1941.

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Herrick, Gerardus P.

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Taylor, Graham Romeyn, 1880-1942

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Social worker and writer. From the description of Graham Romeyn Taylor Papers, 1918-1919. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320410119 ...

House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938

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Edward Mandell House was born July 26, 1858, in Houston, Texas. He became active in Texas politics and served as an advisor to President Woodrow Wilson, particularly in the area of foreign affairs. House functioned as Wilson's chief negotiator in Europe during the negotiations for peace (1917-1919), and as chief deputy for Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference. He died on March 28, 1938, in New York City. From the description of Edward Mandell House papers, 1885-2007 (inclusive), 1885...

Washington and Lee University. University Library

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Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937

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John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was born in Richford, New York to William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison. In 1853, he moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio where he studied bookkeeping. With partner Maurice B. Clark, Rockefeller built an oil refinery in 1863 and bought out his partner two years later. In 1864, he married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman, with whom he had four children. Two years later, Rockefeller joined his brother William to establish Rockefeller, Andrews, & Flagler, wh...

Dujardin, Édouard, 1861-1949

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French author, playwright, poet, and professor. From the description of Edouard Dujardin Papers, 1861-1951. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 85242190 Edouard Emile Louis Dujardin was born near Blois, France, on November 10, 1861, the only child of Alphonse (a sea captain) and Théophile Dujardin. The family moved to Rouen, where Edouard attended school. He subsequently studied in Paris in preparat...

Prentice, Hiram B.

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Hekloen, Ludwig.

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Young Men's Christian Associations of North America

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After several preliminary attempts, the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) was established in Spokane Falls, Washington Territory on November 4, 1884. William Markham was its first secretary. The Association, combining interests in social, physical and spiritual welfare among men, grew rapidly in the rapidly expanding trade center of eastern Washington. Soon after 1900, attempts were made to raise funds for a permanent home with full facilities. A large new building was constructed at ...

Stone, Judson F.

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Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955

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John Raleigh Mott was born on May 25, 1865 in Livingston Manor, New York to John Stitt and Elmira Dodge Mott. John R. was the third of four children, having two older and one younger sister. The family soon moved to Postville, Iowa, where the elder Mott prospered as a retail lumber and hardware merchant and became mayor. In this conservative, ethnically diverse environment, young Mott grew to mid-adolescence in a home warmed by Methodist "holiness," which faith he confessed...

Hammond, John Hays, 1855-1936

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Engineer. From the description of Letter of John Hays Hammond, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450745 John Hays Hammond, Sr., (1855 March 31-1936 June 8) was a mining expert and superintendent of mines in California and Mexico, 1881-1893; worked for Cecil Rhodes and others in South Africa, 1893-1899; consultant in England, 1896-1900, and in Mexico, 1900; general manager and consulting engineer for Guggenheim Exploration Co., 1903-1907; chairman Engineers, Exploration ...

McCormick, Muriel, 1902-1959.

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Chicago Opera Association

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Chicago Music Association of Chicago.

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Ranney, George A.

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Merchants Club of Chicago

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Belle City Malleable Iron Company.

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McCormick, Cyrus H. (Cyrus Hall), 1859-1936

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Chicago-based manufacturers and philanthropists. Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr. (1859-1936), was the oldest son of reaping machine inventor Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. After his father's 1884 death, Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr. took over as president of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, and continued in that role when the company merged with rival Deering Harvestor Company in 1902 to create the International Harvester Company. He married Harriet Bradley Hammond in 1889 and h...

Morse, Richard Cary, 1841-1926

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Richard C. Morse, born in 1841 in Hudson, New York, was a journalist, Prebyterian minister, and prominent leader in the YMCA, where he served as editor and publisher of the Association News and as general secretary of the YMCA's Executive Committee (later the International Committee) from 1872 to 1915. Morse was one of the original members of the YMCA's World Committee and was active in the New York City association. From the description of Richard C. Morse papers, 1841-1961 (bulk 18...

Chicago Plan Commission

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League of Nations Association (U.S.)

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The American Association for International Cooperation and the League of Nations Non-Partisan Committee merged on January 10, 1923 to become the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association. This name was shortened in 1929 to become the League of Nations Association. The organization was inactive during World War II. After the war, it was revived as the United Nations Association. From the description of League of Nations Association (U.S.) collected records, 1916, 1922-1945. (Swarthmo...

Harper, William Rainey, 1856-1906

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Noted academic who helped to organize the University of Chicago and Bradley University, and served as the first President of both institutions. From the description of William R. Harper letter to Prof. H. H. Boyesen [manuscript], 1891 Feb 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420487062 Born in New Concord, Ohio; graduated from Muskingum College at age 14; earned a Ph. D. at Yale; teacher, Hebraist, and educator; became first president of the University of Chicago...

Bowen, Louisa Haddock de Koven.

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Harvey, Turlington W.

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McCormick, Chauncey B.

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Manning, Warren H. (Warren Henry), 1860-1938

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Landscape designer. From the description of The Mayfield Country Club report, 1915 / Warren H. Manning. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 19898879 Warren H. Manning was a well known Massachusetts landscape designer. He was a promoter of National Parks. From the guide to the Warren H. Manning Papers, 1925-1928, (Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.) Landscape architect Warren Henry Man...

Glessner, John Jacob, 1843-1936

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Hoagland, John S.

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Sears, Arthur L.

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Commercial club of Chicago

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Cravath, Paul D. (Paul Drennan), 1861-1940

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League to Enforce Peace (U.S.)

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The League's program, adopted upon its organization in June 1915, was to support the United States as it joined the League of Nations at the end of the first World War. The League was criticized by pacifist organizations for its apparent advocacy of the use of force to enforce peace. Former President William Howard Taft was the League's President. From the description of Collection, 1915-1921. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28329383 League to Enf...

Campanini, Cleofonte

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Merriam, Charles Edward, 1874-1953

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Charles E. Merriam was a Political scientist and politician. A.B., Lenox College, 1893; A.B., State University of Iowa, 1895. A.M., Columbia University, 1898; Ph.D., 1900. Docent in political science, University of Chicago, 1900-1902; associate, 1902-1903; instructor, 1903-1905; assistant professor, 1905-1907; associate professor, 1907-1911; professor, 1911-1940; chairman, Department of Political Science, 1923-1940; Morton D. Hull Distinguished Professor of Political Science. Chicago alderman, 1...

McCormick family.

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McDowell, Mary Eliza, 1854-1936.

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Beginning in 1894, McDowell was head resident at the University of Chicago Settlement. For biographical information, see the Dictionary of American Biography. From the description of Papers, 1900-1998 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122336434 ...

Cambon, Jules, 1845-1935

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Legge, Alexander, 1866-1933

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McCormick Theological Seminary

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McClure, James G. K. (James Gore King), 1848-1932

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Blaine, Anita McCormick

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Judson, Harry Pratt, 1849-1927

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Harry Pratt Judson was Professor, Department of Political Science, and head dean, the Colleges, University of Chicago,1892 to1894; professor and head, Department of Political Science, and dean of the Faculties of Arts, Literature, and Science, 1894 to1907; acting president of the University of Chicago, 1906-1907; and president, 1907-1923. From the guide to the Judson, Harry Pratt. Papers, 1889-1901, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Str...