Carter H. Harrison IV papers, 1637-1953, (bulk 1840-1950).

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...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Sabath, Adolph Joachim, 1866-1952

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Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was a Czech-born American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th (1907-1949) and 7th (1949-1952) congressional districts. Born in Záboří, Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic), he immigrated to America at age 15, became active in real estate, and received his LL.B. degree in 1891 from the Chicago College of Law (now Chicago-Kent College of La...

Horner, Henry, 1878-1940

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Henry Horner (November 30, 1878 – October 6, 1940) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Governor of Illinois from January 1933 until his death. He was the first Jewish governor. Born Henry Levy in Chicago, he assumed his mother's surname of Horner following his parents divorced. After attending the University of Chicago, he earned an LL.B. degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law. After establishing a legal career in Chicago, Horner ent...

Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886

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Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9, 1814 – August 4, 1886) was the 25th Governor of New York and the Democratic candidate for president in the disputed election of 1876. Tilden is the only individual to win an outright majority of the popular vote in a United States presidential election but lose the election. Tilden was born into a wealthy family in New Lebanon, New York. Attracted to politics at a young age, he became a protégé of Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States. Af...

American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

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Charles F. Lummis (1859-1928) was born in Lynn, Massachusettts. He became an editor for the Los Angeles Times on February 1, 1884, working for Harrison Gray Otis. He promoted interest in the American Southwest with his photography and articles. Lummis helped found the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles and the School of American Research in Santa Fe. The items from librarian Mary Sarber concern her research of Mr. Lummis' writings. From the guide to the Charles F. Lummis Collection, S27...

Parker, Lawton, 1868-1954

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Art Institute of Chicago.

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Rex, Frederick, 1880-1961

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Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950

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Edgar Lee Masters was an American poet, novelist, biographer, and essayist. From the description of Edgar Lee Masters collection of papers, 1919-1949. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164224 From the guide to the Edgar Lee Masters collection of papers, 1919-1949, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Masters was an Illinois poet best known for the Spoon River Anthology. F...

Harrison family.

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Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Lewis, James, 1863-1939

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United States Senator for the State of Illinois. From the description of Letter, 1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122622408 From the guide to the J. Hamilton Lewis letter, 1932, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Lawyer, statesman, U.S. representative from Washington, and U.S. senator from Illinois. From the description of Papers of James Hamilton Lewis, circa 1907-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131193 ...

Democratic Party (Cook County, Ill.)

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Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952

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Lawyer and U.S. secretary of the interior. From the description of Harold L. Ickes papers, 1815-1969 (bulk 1933-1951). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980130 Harold Ickes (1874-1952) was a United States administrator and politician. He served as Secretary of the Interior for 13 years, from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and afterwards he became a syndicated columnist writing on political topics. From the guide to the Harold Ickes ...

Chicago (Ill.). Commission for the Encouragement of Local Art.

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Harrison, Carter H. (Carter Henry), 1860-1953

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Harrison was a lawyer, publisher of the Chicago Times, and mayor of Chicago (1897-1905, 1911-1915). From the description of Letters, April 3, 1901. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 748839221 Five-term Democratic mayor of Chicago, 1897-1905, 1911-1915. The son of Carter Henry Harrison III, also a five-term Chicago mayor, Carter IV trained as a lawyer and operated the family-owned Chicago Times, 1891-1894. As mayor, he is kno...

Harrison, Edith Ogden

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Harrison, Carter H. (Carter Henry), 1825-1893

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Illinois congressman, 1875-1879; mayor of Chicago, 1879-1887; 1893. From the description of Letter : Chicago, [Ill.], 1861 June 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 33195857 ...

Chicago (Ill.). Office of the Mayor

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United States. Internal Revenue Service. Collection Division

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Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943

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Lawyer, politician, landowner. A.B., University of Iowa, 1885. LL. D., Union College of Law, 1887. Congressman from Illinois, 1906-1911. Governor of Illinois, 1916-1921. Advocate for scientific farming and farmers' interests. From the description of Papers, 1885-1943 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 55818931 U. S. Congressman from Illinois (1906-1911) and Illinois governor (1917-1921). From the description of Letter, January 9, 19...

Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955

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Cordell Hull was a Tennessee state representative (1893-1897), a judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Tennessee (1903-1906), U.S. Representative for Tennessee (1907-1921, 1923-1931), chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee (1921-1924), U.S. Senator for Tennessee (1931-1933), Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1944), and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. From the description of Cordell Hull letter, 1941 Dec. 12. (Loui...