Jansen-McNamara family papers, 1874-1991 (bulk 1925-1962)

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Jansen-McNamara family papers, 1874-1991 (bulk 1925-1962)

Correspondence, scrapbooks, legal documents, certificates, financial records, memorabilia and miscellaneous papers.

3.17 linear ft. (3 boxes) + 2 oversize bound volumes, 1 oversize manuscript.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7320584

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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There are 18 Entities related to this resource.

McNamara, Wilmer R., 1899-1974.

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Jansen, Irma Carol, b. 1903.

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Jansen, Whitney Claire, b. 1910.

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Barry, Elizabeth Root, 1879-1963.

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Kankakee High School (Kankakee, Ill.)

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Jansen family.

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The Jansen family of Kankakee, Illinois and the McNamara family of Washington, Illinois, were united by the 1962 marriage of Marynan Jansen and Brooks McNamara, both graduates of Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Marynan was the daughter of Whitney Claire and Nan Frances Moran Jansen of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Whitney Jansen was a social worker and social service administrator in Indiana, Chicago and Washington, D.C., and served in the naval reserves in World War I...

McNamara, Marynan Jansen, b. 1940.

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Jansen, Eleanor Pearl, 1889-1972.

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Immanuel Baptist Church (Kankakee, Ill.)

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Jansen, Robert F., 1867-1941.

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Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.)

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McNamara, Oley Ray, 1876-1965.

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Jansen, Nan Frances Moran, b. 1915.

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McNamara, Elmer J., 1902-1989.

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McNamara family.

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McNamara, Anna Jenkins, 1877-1966.

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Barry, William M., 1878-1944.

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McNamara, Brooks

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Brooks McNamara began teaching at NYU's Graduate Drama Department in 1968, and was instrumental in its transformation into the Performance Studies Department, which officially was started in 1980. He founded the Shubert Archives in 1976 and served as Director for 20 years. McNamara's research, writing, and curatorial pursuits resulted in numerous publications, exhibitions, productions, and archival collections. His life work spans the areas of theatre history, popular entertainments, public cele...