Clay Judson papers - additions, 1839-1960, bulk 1905-1926.

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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Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923

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Army officer, military engineer, and diplomat. A graduate of West Point and the U.S. Engineer School, Judson's career with the Army Corps of Engineers included working on river, harbor, and canal improvements in Chicago and the Great Lakes region, Puerto Rico, N.Y., and Texas, consulting on the Panama Canal, and serving as engineer commissioner for the District of Columbia. Judson's military and diplomatic posts included military attaché to the Russian army during the R...

United States. Army. 2nd Motor Mechanics Regiment.

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Judson family.

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Judson, Clay, 1892-1960.

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Chicago lawyer and civic leader. Born Sidney Clay Judson at Lexington, Kentucky, on February 6, 1892, to Alice Clay Judson and General William Voorhees Judson, Clay Judson earned his A.B. at Harvard and his law degree at University of Chicago. In 1917, he enlisted in the United States Army and served as a captain during World War I. He served in France and Germany for 17 months during 1918-1919, but saw very little combat. Instead, he took a law course at the Faculté de...