Bessie Louise Pierce research papers on Chicago history, ca. 1929-1974.

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Pierce, Bessie Louise, 1888-1974. Bessie Louise Pierce research papers on Chicago history, ca. 1929-1974.

Bessie Louise Pierce research papers on Chicago history, ca. 1929-1974.

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Notes grouped by time period and arranged topically (within each time period), plus topical essays, news clippings, and a few maps relating to the history of Chicago, created approximately between 1929 and 1974, by graduate research assistants and by professor Bessie Louise Pierce for the History of Chicago Project, which she directed at the University of Chicago. The collection contains notes for the 3 volumes that were published and for a fourth volume that was not published that was planned to cover 1893-1915. The great majority of the items are notes, mostly summarizing the content of articles in early Chicago newspapers and other publications although the notes sometimes concern the content of manuscript collections as well and sometimes contain exact quotes. The notes are usually handwritten on small pieces of paper (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches). The microfilm edition of the Pierce papers follows the physical order of the original collection. Most of the notes are microfilmed in frames showing sets of three small sheets arranged below the topical heading which was assigned to them by the History of Chicago Project. If the verso of any of the sheets contains information, such as the initials or date of the note-taker, the following microfilm frame will show the backs of the three small sheets of paper, in the same order from top to bottom of the frame.

114 linear ft. (275 boxes)11 microfilm reels : neg. ; 35 mm. (Camera neg. of papers through box 369)11 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (Reader-use copy of papers through box 369)

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