Winterbotham-French family papers, 1850-2005, bulk 1900-1950.

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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Winterbotham, John R., 1919-1995.

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John H. Winterbotham III was a banker and real estate agent. His wife, Chloe T. French came from the East Coast, daughter of financier Seth B. French. John R. Winterbotham Sr. and Joseph Winterbotham were both prominent Chicago financiers. John R. Winterbotham III was the son of John R. Winterbotham, Jr., the president of J. H. Winterbotham & Sons, a mortgage company founded by his uncle Joseph Winterbotham, and was the grandson of banker John R. Winterbotham of Ohio...

J.H. Winterbotham & Sons.

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Winterbotham family.

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Winterbotham, John R.

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Winterbotham, Chloe T., b. 1922.

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Winterbotham, J. H.

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Mathieson Alkali Works

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French family.

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American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...