Papers, 1855-1934 (bulk 1913-1934)

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1855-1934 (bulk 1913-1934)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26890836

Papers include lists, reports, and translations created by Miss Durkee during her employment at the Newberry; sketches, notes, cards, and poetry of fellow Library employee, Mary L. Watson; several poems, cards, and articles by acquaintance Edith Franklin Wyatt, 1931-1934; and a Durkee family letterpress copybook, 1855-1934, signed in part by Harvey Durkee, Kenosha, Wisconsin.

.5 cubic ft. (1 box)

Newberry Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7171278

Newberry Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Newberry Library. Reader Services Dept.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rc7wrq (corporateBody)

In 1916 the Public Services (Reference) Division was created consisting of the Main Reading Room, Department of History and Genealogy, Edward E. Ayer Collection, and Exhibition Room. Between 1916 and 1961 five librarians administered the Division: Gerald M. W. Teyen (1916-1919), William S. Merrill (1919-1928), Edwin E. Willoughby (1929-1930), John T. Windle (1931-1948), and Ben C. Bowman (1949-1962). In 1962 the Division of Public Services was disbanded and the head of e...

Durkee, Cara Dana.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65j1hvp (person)

Newberry Library Public Services Division Senior Assistant, 1895-1931. After two years at Northwestern University, Cara Durkee, the niece of Newberry Library Trustee Franklin Head, was hired by the Newberry on May 8, 1895. Upon her retirement in 1931, the Trustees voted her a $1,000 annual pension in recognition of her "long and faithful service." From the description of Papers, 1855-1934 (bulk 1913-1934) (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 26890836 ...

Watson, Mary L. Easton

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6129vgv (person)

Wyatt, Edith, 1873-1958

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64x5nws (person)

Chicago author and social activist. During the century's first decade while teaching at Hull House and being active in The Little Room, Wyatt produced her best fiction, including poetry, short stories and her first novel. She also began to produce non-fiction work, much published in McClure's magazine, that reflected her commitment to social causes -- working-class women, child labor, stockyard animal abuses, and other societal problems she observed in Chicago. A friend ...