Papers, 1871-1926 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1871-1926 (inclusive).

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Correspondence and writings by Heckman, the business manager and counsel of the University of Chicago from 1903-1924. All correspondence is dated 1923-1926. Much of it concerns the maintenance of Heckman's Ganymede Farm in Oregon, Illinois, home of the Eagle's Next Artists' Colony. The writings are from 1871-1926 and include speeches and essays written by Heckman while a student at Hillsdale College in Michigan.

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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...

Hillsdale College

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Heckman, Wallace, 1851-1927

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Chicago lawyer and businessman. From the description of Letter : Chicago, Ill., to Edward E. Ayer, Chicago, Ill., 1915 Dec. 7. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37853154 Wallace Heckman was born May 2, 1851 in Moscow Mills, Missouri. He attended Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, graduating in 1874. After marrying and relocating to Chicago, Heckman served as senior member of the law firm Heckman, Elsdon, & Shaw from 1885 until 1903. He then beca...