Fredrika Shumway Smith papers, 1941-1967.

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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Johnson, Fridolf.

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Author, illustrator and calligrapher Fridolf Johnson (1905–1988) studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then remained in Illinois for nine years as art director for the Frankel-Rose Agency. He moved to California in 1942, free- lancing in San Francisco and operating Contempo Art Service in Hollywood. After ten years on the West Coast, Johnson left for New York in 1952 where he worked as a designer and professional calligrapher. From the ...

Rand McNally, and Company

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In 1856, William H. Rand established a printing office above Keen and Lee's Bookstore at 148 Lake Street in Chicago, Illinois. In 1858, he hired Andrew McNally and shortly after, they became partners and formed Rand McNally and Company. Rand McNally has since become a prolific publisher operating in a variety of areas. They established themselves as a household name in the United States and became known around the world for their cartographic products, producing not only...

Orbaan, Albert

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Vosburgh, Leonard W.

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Christopher Publishing House

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Smith, Fredrika Shumway

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Chicago-area author of books for children and young adults from the 1940s through the 1960s. Fredrika Shumway was born in Chicago in 1877. In 1900 she married Solomon Albert Smith III (1877-1963), who would later become President and subsequently Chairman of the Board of Chicago's Northern Trust Company. Fredrika Shumway Smith wrote stories for her four children and ten grandchildren, and late in life began to publish. She began by penning children's verse about animals ...

Mosser, Charles.

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