Marsh-Roberts-Mack family papers, 1706-1984, bulk 1850-1950.

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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Roberts family.

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Roberts, George R., b. 1885

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Elston, Daniel, 1790-1855.

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Mack family.

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Marsh, Marshall S. 1856-1925.

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Three prominent Chicago families involved in the insurance, lumber, and manufacturing businesses. The Marsh family came to Chicago when George B. Marsh, of Genesse County, New York moved here with wife Sarah in 1854. Marsh was involved in lumber and manufacturing businesses. Sarah Clark Marsh was a member of the Clark family of which Clark Street in Chicago is named, and also related by marriage to Daniel Elston, an early Chicago settler, alderman, and namesake of Elston...

Roberts, Katherine Marsh, 1885-1932.

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Mack, Katherine Eleanor Roberts, 1910-1999.

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Marsh family.

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Marsh, Bertha S., 1860-1945.

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Clark, Robert R., 1834-1907.

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