Virgil J. Vogel research and personal papers, 1941-1993.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

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Vogel, Virgil J.

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Virgil J. Vogel was a professor at Truman College, who specialized in American Indian history, the history of medicine, and the origins of American place names. In the early 1980s, Vogel was involved in the revitalization of the Charles H. Kerr Company, a publisher of leftist political tracts, based in Chicago since 1886. From the description of Virgil Vogel papers, 1936-1990. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 717316756 Chicago professor and author of books on Am...