Nabokov, Peter. Papers, 1970-1990.
7 cubic ft.
Research papers of author Peter Nabokov relating to his books, Indian Running and Native American Testimony anthologies.
Subjects: Indians and the West
Call Number: Ayer Modern MS Nabokov
Collection Stack Location: 3 60 5
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Nauvoo (Ill.). Icarian community documents, 1851-1869.
0.5 cubic ft.
Copies of letters and documents, largely in French, centering around Emile Baxter and his wife, Annette Powell Baxter, including twelve letters from Etienne Cabet, founder of the Icarian settlement in Nauvoo.
Subjects: Social Action
Call Number: Midwest MS Nauvoo (formerly Na)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 3
Finding Aids:
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Catalog cards: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Nebenzahl, Kenneth, 1927-. Records, 1961-1984.
62 cubic ft.
Records of Chicago bookseller Nebenzahl dating from 1961-84. Records include correspondence, stock, travel, and sales records.
Subjects: Business; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Midwest MS Nebenzahl
Collection Stack Location: 3a 57 12-14
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
New York (State). Treaties between the State of New York and the Oneida Nation, 1788-1811.
7 items.
Collection includes five treaties and two supporting documents, one indenture and one agreement, between New York State and the Oneida Nation for the cession of certain tribal lands, executed between 1788 and 1811. In these treaties the Oneida Indians eventually sold much of their reservation lands primarily held in Madison and Oneida counties, N.Y.
Microfilm copy also available at the Newberry Library, #2510.
Subjects: Indians and the West; Politics and Government
Call Number: artifact cage Ayer MS 428
Collection Stack Location: Artifact Cage
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Newberry, Julia Butler - SEE Slingluff, Jesse, collector. Julia Butler Newberry and family papers, 1800-1921.
Newberry, O. P. (Oliver Perry), 1831-1874. Papers, 1860-1895.
0.5 cubic ft. (1 box)
Mainly correspondence of Cameron, Mo., resident Oliver Perry Newberry, 1860-1867, primarily relating to his Civil War service in the Union army (Lieutenant, 13th Missouri Infantry; captain, Company I, 25th Missouri Infantry, Company I; major, 5th Missouri State Militia); and cabinet, carte-de-visite and a few tintype photographs of Newberry family and friends dating primarily from the 1880's.
Subjects: Civil War; Family
Call Number: Midwest MS Newberry
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 4
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Newberry, Walter Cass, 1835-1912. Papers, 1840-1908.
2 cubic ft. (9 boxes)
1st lieutenant, captain, Company E, 81st New York Regiment Volunteers, 1861-1863; major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, 24th New York Cavalry, 1864-1865. Correspondence, legal documents, and other documentation relating to the finances of Walter Cass Newberry and Henry Warner Newberry; correspondence, manuscripts, paperwork, and photographs related to the Civil War activities of the 24th New York Cavalry and Walter Cass Newberry's military history. Appendix to papers includes statements of Newberry's military record, and regimental rosters (including lists of those who died in action and of disease), a descriptive book (listing soldiers' names, ages, birthplaces, dates of enlistment, and remarks), and photographs of members of the 24th New York Cavalry.
Subjects: Civil War; Family
Call Number: Midwest MS Newberry WC (formerly Ne)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 3
Finding Aids:
Selected catalog cards: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Newberry, Walter Loomis, 1804-1868. Letters, 1833-1838.
19 items
Eighteen letters from businessman Walter L. Newberry to Lucius Lyon, the
Michigan Territory's Delegate to Congress (and later, Michigan's Senator), regarding local and national politics, property values in Chicago and Detroit, the prospects of Michigan statehood, and other issues. Collection also includes a $20 check on the Bank of Michigan, Detroit, dated Oct. 15, 1827, from Lyon to Newberry.
Subjects: Politics and Government
Call Number: VAULT Case MS E5.N422
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 35 1
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Newberry, Walter Loomis, 1804-1868. Estate records, 1852-1908, bulk 1868-1908.
47 cubic ft.
Estate records of Walter Loomis Newberry, Chicago real estate investor, banker and commission merchant, who provided for the creation of the Newberry Library in his will, include correspondence, litigation records, property distribution schedules, financial records and other documents concerning daily management of the estate for the Newberry family. Also documentation re: leasing, subdividing, improving and selling properties in Chicago.
Subjects: Family; Newberry Library; Women
Call Number: Archives 02/09
Collection Stack Location: 4a 6 5-8
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Guide to the Newberry Library Archives.
Newberry Library. Records, 1885-ongoing.
960 cubic ft
Includes the Newberry Library's institutional records, records of the Walter L. Newberry estate, personal papers of staff members and trustees, photographs, and publications that document the establishment and operation of the library, its growth and transformation over time, and its active participation in the cultural and intellectual life of Chicago and the nation. Also information on the Newberry family and property development in Chicago.
Subjects: Newberry Library
Call Number: Archives
Collection Stack Location: 4a 6-15
Finding Aids:
Catalog records to the series level: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Guide to the Newberry Library Archives.
Newberry Library. Office of the Collection Development Librarian. Hall, Frederick A.H. - Bibliographer's subject files, 1949-1983, bulk 1962-1972.
1 cubic ft.
Librarian and specialist in Latin American and Iberian history and literature, who served in a variety Newberry Library positions from 1955 to 1972. Files concern the management of the Greenlee Collection, collection development, the Graff Collection searching and sale projects, and Hall's studies at the University of Texas.
Subjects: Newberry Library
Call Number: Archives 08/03/01
Collection Stack Location: 4a 10 14
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Guide to the Newberry Library Archives.
Newberry Library. Office of the Collection Development Librarian. Richard Colles Johnson correspondence and bibliographer's subject files, 1963-1973.
2 cubic ft.
Newberry library reference librarian and bibliographer of American history and literature, 1963-1999, who also worked part-time on the Writings of Herman Melville project. Johnson's records consist of memoranda and correspondence (with collectors, booksellers, and presses) pertaining to acquisitions, monthly reports, and special projects files.
Subjects: Newberry Library
Call Number: Archives 08/03/02 (Bibliographer's Subject Files)
Archives 08/03/40 (Correspondence File)
Collection Stack Location: 4a 10 14
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Guide to the Newberry Library Archives.
Newcomb, John Bearss, 1824-1896. Papers, 1737-1896, bulk 1837-1896.
3.5 cubic feet (7 boxes)
Correspondence and personal material of John Bearss Newcomb, Elgin, Illinois schoolmaster and businessman. Also extensive genealogical records of the Newcomb Family, daybooks and miscellaneous legal and business items. Historical items relating to the town of Elgin, Illinois in the 19th century and some Civil War records.
Subjects: Civil War; Family
Call Number: Midwest MS Newcomb
Collection Stack Location: 3a 57 9
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Online.
Newman, M. W. (Morton William), 1917-2001. Papers, 1917-2002.
5 cubic ft. (7 boxes, 2 oversize boxes)
Works, correspondence, personal materials, and memorabilia of Chicago newspaper editor, reporter, and critic M. W. "Bill" Newman. Newman worked for the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times, and was editor of Inland Architect magazine from 1969 to 1980. He also wrote art criticism occasionally for the Chicago Tribune and various magazines.
Subjects: Journalism
Call Number: Midwest MS Newman
Collection Stack Location: 3a 57 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Niemann family. Papers, 1825-1960.
1 cubic ft.
Baptismal, marriage, confirmation, teacher's, naturalization, death, and other certificates of the German-American Niemann family of Chicago. Also probate documents, newspaper clippings, tax bills, World's Columbian Exposition ephemera, and other memorabilia.
Subjects: Family
Call Number: Midwest MS Niemann
Collection Stack Location: 3a 35 2
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Nieminski, John, 1929-1986. Papers, 1900-1995.
26 cubic ft.
Editor of Baker Street Miscellanea, and author and editor of several works regarding Arthur Conan Doyle, Vincent Starrett, and mystery magazines. Nieminski's papers consist of notes, clippings, magazines, etc., relating to the topics of his works.
Subjects: Literature
Call Number: Midwest MS Nieminski
Collection Stack Location: 3a 35 6-8
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Niffenegger, Audrey. Papers, 1990-
1 cubic ft.
Chicago book artist and novelist. Typescript drafts of The Time Traveller’s Wife and other works; related sketches, drawings, correspondence, and ephemera; press clips and other biographical information.
Subjects: Literature; Printing History and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Niffenegger
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 11
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Norris, Hoke. Papers, 1934-1977, bulk 1956-1977.
9 cubic ft.
Journalist for the Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Daily News, and author of novels and short stories, who focused on the Civil Rights Movement, adoption records, feminism, and the protests and marches in Chicago and the South during the 1960's. Norris' papers consist of his works and newspaper columns, correspondence, two scrapbooks, and a few other personal papers.
Subjects: Journalism; Literature; Social Action
Call Number: Midwest MS Norris (formerly No)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Norton, John. Papers, 1804-1816, bulk 1804-1810.
9 items (1 box).
Addresses and correspondence of John Norton, schoolmaster, interpreter, Mohawk chief, army officer, and author; also known as Teyoninhokarawen, with speeches and petitions of the Grand River Indians, chiefly dating 1804-1810.
Also available on microfilm at the Newberry Library.
Subjects: Indians and the West
Call Number: VAULT oversize Ayer MS 654
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 50 1
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Nuzum, Ruth. Ruth Nuzum - Malcolm Cowley Research Collection, ca. 1930s-1990s.
9 cubic ft.
Ruth Nuzum was a book collector from Boulder, Colorado. She began corresponding with Malcolm Cowley in 1979, and through the mail became friends with him and his wife Muriel. Collection is primarily photocopies of articles, letters, reviews, and other material by or related to Malcolm Cowley.
Subjects: Literature; Women
Call Number: Midwest MS Nuzum
Collection Stack Location: 3a 38 9
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Online.
Oakley, Horace Sweeney. Papers, 1880-1929.
6 cubic ft.
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, works, photographs, diaries, clippings, and other mementos of this Chicago lawyer and philanthropist. Oakley was Deputy Commissioner of the American Red Cross mission to Greece in 1918-19 and was also involved in the creation of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. He was also a trustee of the Orchestral Association of Chicago, the Civic Music Association, and the Newberry Library. Correspondents include Jane Addams, Walter Damrosch, Robert Lovett, Potter Palmer, Lessing Rosenthal, Ralph F. Seymour, Frederick Stock, Walter Strong, and Mrs. Theodore Thomas, plus a file on the Wayfarers vocal group.
Subjects: Music; Newberry Library
Call Number: Midwest MS Oakley (formerly Oak)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 2-3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Manuscript Card Catalog and NUCMC 67-1963.
Catalog cards: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Summary and photocopies of catalog cards: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Selected authors of letters: Database of Names in Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
O'Brien, Howard Vincent, 1888-1947. Papers, 1894-1948.
8 cubic ft.
Author and Chicago Daily News literary editor and columnist, best known for the popular column "All Things Considered" and his World War I diary, Wine, Women and the War, published anonymously. Collection includes his works in manuscript, newspaper columns, correspondence (some with Al Capone, Clarence Darrow, Edna Ferber, Frank Knox, George Barr McCutcheon, H.G. Wells, and other notables), photographs, scrapbooks, and other mementoes.
Subjects: Journalism; Literature
Call Number: Midwest MS O'Brien (formerly Ob)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
O'Connor, William Van. William Faulkner collection, 1925-1953.
58 items (6 folders)
Mainly newspaper and magazine clippings concerning William Faulkner and John Faulkner assembled by Professor William Van O'Connor of the University of Minnesota and the Oxford Eagle of Oxford, Mississippi, plus a few letters written by Faulkner associates to O'Connor.
Subjects: Literature
Call Number: Midwest MS 141
Collection Stack Location: 3a 35 3
Finding Aids:
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
O'Donnell, May, 1906-2004. Papers, 1934-1996.
0.2 cubic ft.
Material relating to the career of modern dancer May O'Donnell, consisting of advertising and announcements, articles, reviews, programs and photographs. Also a few miscellaneous items, some of which relate to O'Donnell's husband, musician Ray Green.
Subjects: Dance; Women
Call Number: Dance MS O'Donnell
Collection Stack Location: 3a 48 11
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
O'Hara, John Myers, 1870-1944. Papers, 1908-1943.
1 cubic ft.
Chicago lawyer and stockbroker, and notably a writer of poetry, prose, and literary translations. O'Hara's papers consist of incoming correspondence, 1910-1942, mainly from poet Sara Teasdale, 1908-1914 (263 letters), and manuscript copies of his own works, 1935-1943.
Subjects: Literature; Women
Call Number: Midwest MS O'Hara (formerly Oh)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Ohio Company (1786-1796). Records, 1787-1800, bulk 1787-1793.
35 items (0.5 cubic ft.)
Minutes, correspondence, accounts, receipts, powers of attorney, and lists of Ohio Company agent Benjamin Heywood, a former Continental Army officer and Worcester, Mass. resident. The Ohio Company was formed by Revolutionary War officers to raise capital for acquisition and settlement of federal lands northwest of the Ohio River. Lands were settled slowly, but in 1788 the firm was successful in founding Marietta, Ohio under the leadership of Rufus Putnam. The records include, among other things, subscriber lists detailing military service and correspondence with company treasurer Richard Platt.
Subjects: Business
Call Number: VAULT Ayer MS 3091
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 26 1
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Ayer Manuscripts information file available.
Olshansky, Eugene. Photographs, 1935-1986, bulk 1935-1941.
0.5 cubic ft. (1 box)
Photographs of productions staged by the Original Ballets Russes (aka the Ballet Russes du Col. W. de Basil) and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo between 1935 and 1941, taken by Chicago businessman and balletomane Eugene Olshansky. Also, two operatic portraits, a few personal photographs, and several pieces of ephemera.
Subjects: Dance; Photographs
Call Number: Dance MS Olshansky
Collection Stack Location: 3a 48 11
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Olson, Christina, b. 1881. Papers, 1891-1918.
1 cubic ft.
Material relating to Chicago dancer Christina Olson, who at the age of twelve performed as a Turkish dancer in the Turkish Theater at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893. Includes music school diploma, hand-written documents concerning her employment and performances, her marriage certificate and a two photographs. Also, three items relating to the Exposition - a general ticket of admission, her passbook and a program for the Turkish Theater.
Subjects: Dance; Women
Call Number: Dance MS Olson
Collection Stack Location: 3a 48 12
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Onderdonk, William Holmes. Autograph letter collection, 1839-1885.
18 items (1 vol.)
Autograph letters of eminent Americans, including literary figures (James Fenimore Cooper, James Russell Lowell, C. W. Field, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Bret Harte, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, Samuel Clemens, etc.).
Subjects: Literature
Call Number: Vault Case MS Y228.05
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 35 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Orland, Henry, 1918-. Papers, 1913-2000.
1.5 cubic ft.
Music manuscripts, reel-to-reel tapes, radio scripts, correspondence, clippings, and programs of this Midwestern composer, critic, educator, and conductor. Orland was a literary and music critic for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the musicology journal Music and Man; he also served as program director for Northwestern University's radio station, WNUR, and for the program "Facets of Music" for KFUO in St. Louis (tapes of which appear in the collection). His compositions include symphonies, concertos, songs, and other works.
Subjects: Journalism; Music
Call Number: Midwest MS Orland (formerly Orl)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 23 2; 3a 41 1
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Orr, Carey, 1890-. Political cartoons, 1915-1937.
16 items (1 oversize box)
American editorial cartoonist, who started working for the Chicago Tribune in 1917, and who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1960. Orr's political cartoons appeared on the front page for more than forty-six years. Orr material at the Newberry includes a small collection of sixteen original political cartoons dating from his early career, concerning World War I, the Depression, crime in Chicago, and free speech.
Subjects: Arts; Journalism
Call Number: Midwest MS Orr
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Ott, Bertha. Papers, 1915-1930.
1 cubic ft.
Business papers (including box office records), photographs, correspondence, programs and other materials of this Chicago concert impresario. Ott was secretary to the impresario F. Wight Neumann for 20 years; she continued his work after his death in 1924, managing concerts at the Auditorium, Playhouse, and a variety of other venues. Correspondence primarily regards Neumann's death and Ott's assumption of the job. Season announcements and some sheet music are also present.
Subjects: Music; Women
Call Number: Midwest MS Ott
Collection Stack Location: 3a 30 12
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Otterström, Thorvald, 1868-1942. Papers, 1926-1952.
0.2 cubic ft.
Manuscript, photostat, and printed music, correspondence, programs, and photographs of this Danish-born Chicago composer. Otterström was a prolific composer and arranger who worked in a variety of styles, including African-American and Native American songs. The correspondence is from Otterström to Mrs. Albert Heller on topics of mutual interest. Another collection of Otterström's musical manuscripts is cataloged separately.
Subjects: Music
Call Number: Midwest MS Otterström
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Overton, George W. Papers, ca. 1950-2004.
2 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
Chicago lawyer, and political and social activist who helped start the American Foundation for Political Education in the late 1940's, WTTW in the late 1950's, and the Openlands Project in 1963. During the 1960's Overton also represented residents threatened by the proposed development of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Papers include correspondence (some with Adlai Stevenson), photographs, awards, and materials relating to Openlands, the American Foundation for Political Education, and his legal practice.
Subjects: Social Action
Call Number: Midwest MS Overton
Collection Stack Location: 3a 35 4
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Oxley, Thomas Jefferson, d. 1857. Letters, 1850-1853.
5 items.
Physician and politician. Oxley's letters to his family describe his overland journey to California, his difficulties and delights of living in California and the details of operating a medical practice, particularly in Columbia, California.
Subjects: Indians and the West
Call Number: VAULT folio Graff 3151
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 40 5
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
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