Edward H. Weiss papers, 1949-1985 (bulk 1960-1985).

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978

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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. At one point he helped run his ...

Business Committee for the Arts

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American federation of arts

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The American Federation of Arts was a non-profit education association that sponsored group and one-man shows as well as lecture tours to promote the arts in America. The correspondence with A.F.A. staff Leila Mechlin, Horace Jayne and Burton Cummings deals primarily with exhibitions of the work of Federico Castellón, Misch Kohn and Mauricio Lasansky. Also mentioned is a lecture tour on prints made by Elmer Adler. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1953...

Chicago Council on Fine Arts

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Bouras, Harry

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Sculptor, calligrapher, and collagist; art critic for WFMT radio; Chicago, Ill.; b. 1931; d. 1990 Harry Bouras (1931-1990) was an artist, critic, teacher, and radio personality in Chicago. For 25 years he hosted "Art and Artists" (originally called "Critic<U+2019>s Choice"), a weekly radio program on art criticism on WFMT in Chicago. He was artist-in-residence at the University of Chicago from 1962 to 1964, and at Northwestern University from 1965 to 1967. He taugh...

Museum of contemporary art Chicago, Ill.

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University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Newman, Ralph Geoffrey, 1911-

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Mr. Newman died July 23, 1998. From the description of Ralph G. Newman papers, 1938-1998. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 729758882 Chicago, Illinois proprietor of the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, manuscript dealer and appraiser, author, member of many historical and cultural organizations, especially related to the Civil War. From the description of Collection of Adlai E. Stevenson Material, 1892, 1947-1968. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). Wor...

American Association of Advertising Agencies

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National trade association founded in 1917 to represent the public advertising agency business. From the description of Records, 1918-1992. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 81999843 From the description of American Association of Advertising Agencies records, 1918-1998. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38247437 1900 American Advertising Agents' Association ...

Haydon, Harold

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Harold Haydon (1909-) is an art critic and painter from, Chicago, Ill. From the description of Oral history interview with Harold Haydon, 1988 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646396953 Harold Haydon (1909-1994) was an artist, professor, and art critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. From the description of Harold Haydon papers, 1918-1988. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713342004 b. 1909; d. 1994. From the description of Arti...

Friends of the Chicago Public Library.

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Weiss, Edward H. (Edward Huhner), 1901-1984.

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Edward H. Weiss (1901-1984) was a Chicago artist and chairman of the adverting agency Edward H. Weiss & Company (formerly known as Weiss and Geller; later known as Lee King and Partners). He was especially well-known for his portrait paintings of famous people. From the description of Edward H. Weiss papers, 1949-1985 (bulk 1960-1985). (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 712673782 ...

National Endowment for the Humanities

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Edward H. Weiss & Company.

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