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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of the Cartwright Family
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Inventory of the Cartwright Family Papers, 1877-1982
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, 2007. ©2007. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Cartwright family |
| Title | Cartwright Family Papers |
| Dates | 1877-1982 |
| Extent | 1.5 cubic feet (3 boxes) |
| Abstract | Three generations of an Ohio family that moved to Evanston, Ill., in the early 20th century and whose members were primarily journalists, including Charles Merritt Cartwright (Chicago Tribune and Chicago Inter-Ocean editor), Stanley Levering Cartwright (Chicago Tribune reporter and editor of the National Underwriter), and Ruth Russell, Stanley's wife (feature editor for the Chicago Daily News). Papers include biographical information, correspondence, photographs, clippings of Charles Merritt Cartwright's articles for the Inter-Ocean, and articles written by Ruth and Stanley Levering Cartwright. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Cartwright |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 28 1 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Cartwright Family Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Acquired through the Newberry Library Book Fair, 2002.
Processed by
Emily Calkins, 2007.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Access
The Cartwright Family Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Cartwright Family Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of the Cartwright Family
Three generations of a family that originated in Ohio and moved to Evanston, IL, whose members were primarily journalists, particularly insurance journalists.
The earliest documented progenitor represented in the collection is Seth Levering Cartwright, who served in the Union Army. His sons, Charles Merritt and James O., both worked in insurance journalism. Charles, an 1894 Princeton graduate, worked briefly for the Chicago Tribune and then as insurance editor for the Chicago Inter-Ocean before helping to establish the successful insurance journal, Western Underwriters Magazine (later National Underwriter), from which he retired in 1947. Charles, commonly known as C.M., was well known and respected in the insurance journalism industry. James was the circulation editor at National Underwriter until his retirement in 1949. Charles’ son Stanley Levering Cartwright (known as Levering), also a Princeton graduate (1926) was a reporter for the Chicago Tribune before becoming assistant managing editor of the National Underwriter. He married Ruth Russell, a feature editor and writer at the Chicago Daily News. At Charles’ death in 1951, Levering was the executive editor of the National Underwriter.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous documents of the Cartwright family, 1862-1982.
Includes several scrapbooks of newspaper clippings authored by or collected by members of the Cartwright family, including a book of clippings on Princeton, insurance columns and opinion pieces by C.M. and Levering Cartwright, and a recurring column featuring short stories about contemporary women by Ruth Russell Cartwright; a travel scrapbook with a number of photographs of Levering and Ruth Russell Cartwright; three ledger books originally belonging to Horace P. Keys who had a hardware and lumber business in Waynesville, Ohio; a few photographs, pieces of correspondence, loose clippings, and miscellaneous documents.
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Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the type of document.
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Cartwright, C.M. (Charles Merritt), 1869-1951
- Cartwright, Ruth Russell
- Cartwright, Seth Levering
- Inter ocean (Chicago, Ill.)
- National Underwriter publication
- Princeton University -- Students
Subjects
- Account books -- Ohio -- Waynesville -- 1877-1916
- Insurance
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois
- Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc.
- Scrapbooks -- 1895-1931
- Travel literature -- 1927-1931
- Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Clippings (3 items), 1951-[1980] | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence (7 items) (includes related clippings), 1947-1980 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Documents: C.M Cartwright-Testimonial booklet (1 item), 1942 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Documents: C.M and Kathryn Cartwright, Levering Cartwright-trust documents (6 items), 1953-1982 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Documents: Ruth Russell Cartwright-Illinois Press Association Certificate (1 item), 1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Documents: Seth Levering Cartwright-Union Army Certificate (1 item-Xerox copy), Aug. 18, 1862 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Ledger books (1 item), 1877-1882 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Ledger books (1 item), 1887-1902 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Ledger books (1 item), 1912-1913 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Ledger books (1 item), 1914-1916 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Photographs: C.M. and Kathryn Cartwright (4 items), n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Photographs: Levering Cartwright (1 item), 1920 | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Scrapbooks: C.M Cartwright, Inter-Ocean articles (1 item), 1895-1896 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Scrapbooks: C.M. Cartwright-Princeton (1 item), 1894-1902 | |||||||||
| 3 | 15 | Scrapbooks: Levering and Ruth Russell Cartwright-articles (2 items), 1928-1930 | |||||||||
| 3 | 16 | Scrapbooks: Levering and Ruth Russell Cartwright-"Seeing American First" travel scrapbook (1 item), 1927-1931 | |||||||||