Inventory of the Victor Lawson Papers, ca. 1860-1931, bulk 1885-1925


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Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen and Kelly Kress, 2006.

©2006.


Descriptive Summary of the Collection

Creator

Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925

Title

Victor Lawson Papers

Dates

ca.1860-1931

Dates

bulk 1885-1925

Extent

60 cubic ft. (137 boxes and 1 oversize box)

Abstract

Correspondence, reports, legal documents, contracts, and other materials pertaining to Victor Lawson’s life and career as a pioneering newspaperman and owner of the Chicago Daily News in early 1900s Chicago.

Language

Materials are in English.

Repository

Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections

Collection Call Number

Midwest MS Lawson

Collection Stack Location

3A 40 13-14; 3A 41 12-14


Administrative Information

Cite As

Victor Lawson Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Provenance

Gift of John S. Knight, 1946, additional gifts from Field Enterprises, 1961 and I. Norman Lawson, 1963.

Processed by

Amy Nyholm, 1947, Alison Hinderliter, Lisa Janssen, Kelly Kress, and Shannon Yule, 2006

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 Victor Lawson Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Victor Lawson 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.


Biography of Victor Freemont Lawson

Owner and publisher of the Chicago Daily News.

Victor Freemont Lawson was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 9, 1850. His father, Iver Lawson, was a Norwegian immigrant, a laborer who came to prosperity buying and selling real estate in Chicago during the mid 1800s. Little is known about his mother Melinda Nordvig but that she was also of Norwegian descent. His father eventually entered city politics, becoming a member of the city council in 1864. The family was active in Chicago’s first Norwegian Evangelical Church and lived in a large house at 1136 North Clark Street.

While still in grammar school, Victor asked his father’s permission to look for a job. Young Lawson found a position in the circulation department of the Journal, the first of many in his long career in the newspaper business. He attended Chicago High School on West Monroe Street, and later the Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts with the intention of attending Harvard, but due to poor health was unable to continue his academic studies and returned to Chicago.

After his Iver Lawson's death in 1872, he took over the administration of his father's estate, which included a Norwegian language newspaper called the Skandinaven. Another tenant in the same building as the Skandinaven was Melville E. Stone, who about to launch an as yet untested one-cent evening newspaper, the Chicago Daily News.

Stone’s Daily News struggled financially and Lawson stepped in with capital. He became publisher of the Daily News in 1876 retaining Stone as editor. Lawson headed the Chicago Daily News for the next twenty-nine years and made many innovations in the newspaper business that continue today including advancements in newspaper promotion, classified advertising, and syndication of news stories, serials, and comics. In addition, the Daily News employed some of the most notable writers and editors of the time, such as Henry Justin Smith, Charles H. Dennis, Ben Hecht, and Eugene Field.

Lawson also created a pioneering foreign news service, first through the Chicago Record and then in 1909 transferring it to the Daily News. The News had offices in London, Paris, Berlin and correspondents in Egypt, South Africa, and Japan. The service employed distinguished journalists such as Edward Price Bell, Paul Mowrer, Raymond Swing, and Junius B. Wood to report on world affairs and was vital in providing information on such major events as the Spanish-American War, the Russo-Japanese war, and World War I during Lawson’s tenure.

Lawson’s life and career encompassed many other facets. He was president of the then newly formed Associated Press, was active politically in endorsing local and national candidates, and was a member of the Chicago Commission on Race Relations, taking significant part in writing the critical report, “The Negro in Chicago,” following the race riots of 1919. He was also a generous philanthropist who gave substantially to such organizations as the Fresh Air Fund and the YMCA, and was a prominent member of Chicago’s New England Church.

Lawson married Jessie Strong Bradley, a society girl, on February 8, 1880. She suffered from ill health most of her adult life. They had no children and Jessie passed away on October 2, 1913. Lawson himself died suddenly of a heart attack at his farm in Green Lake, Wisconsin, on August 19, 1925.


Scope and Content of the Collection

Incoming and outgoing correspondence, reports, and clippings concerning the day to day running of the Daily News and Victor Lawson's personal fincances and residences in Chicago and Green Lake, Wisconsin.

Correspondents include noted Daily News reporters, managers, and editors such as, Charles H. Dennis, Walter Strong, Hopewell Rogers, Henry Justin Smith, Edward Price Bell, Paul Scott Mowrer, Raymond Swing, and Eugene Field. Daily News papers also include materials from the Daily News foreign service offices, newspaper syndication companies, advertisers, and the public. Also contains correspondence and financial records from other organizations which Lawson was associated with including the Associated Press, the Associated Newspapers, the Chicago Commission on Race Relations, and the City News Bureau of Chicago. There is a significant amount of material concerning the maintenance of his farm in Green Lake Wisconsin and his charitable financial giving. A small series of photographs contains photos of Victor Lawson througout his life, but is primarily made up snapshots of his brother Iver Lawson's family in San Diego.

Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.


Papers are organized in the following series:

Series 1: Outgoing Correspondence, 1878-1926. Box(es) 1-90

Bound letterpress books and some loose correspondence from Victor Lawson to Chicago Daily News employees, business associates, friends, and colleagues.

Letterpress books are arranged alphabetically by type of correspondence and then chronologically. Some letterpress books are bound by stenographer's name causing some chronological overlap. A small amount of loose correspondence follows the letterpress books which is arranged alphabetically.

Series 2: Chicago Daily News, 1877-1925. Box(es) 91-110

Correspondence, clippings, reports, and other documents concerning the day to day functioning of the newspaper, as well as the Daily News foreign news service, labor issues, and fiancial matters. Folders with major correspondents such as Edward Price Bell, Walter Strong and Charles Dennis may contain a variety of materials, notes, reports and clippings, while many advertising and syndication companies' folders contain promotional materials. It would appear that virtually all correspondence in this series passed over Lawson's desk, whether written directly to him or to to others pertaining to specific issues. Letters, clippings and proofs are often marked with notes written by Lawson and replies from his staff including Charles Dennis, Walter Strong, Hopewell Rogers and his longtime secretary Wilhelmina Werner. Of potential interest are materials pertaining to labor disputes with news carriers and composing room employees as well as Lawson's concern with truth in advertising in regard to medical products.

Arranged alphabetically by name or topic with some legal sized reports and documents at the end of series.

Series 3: Subject Files, 1888-1925. Box(es) 111-116

Papers pertaining to organizations that Lawson was affiliated with professionally other than the Daily News including the Associated Press, Associated Newspapers, City News Bureau of Chicago, and the City Press Association of Chicago. The Associated Press materials contain correspondence between Lawson and his colleague Frank B. Noyes and trace the early development of the organization. Other records are made up largely of financial reports and minutes. There are several reports from the Chicago Commission on Race Relations written in part by Lawson who was a member of the Commission. These reports eventually made up the book The Negro in Chicago, a response to the race riots of 1919.

Arranged alphabetically by organization.

Series 4: Personal Files, 1873-1926. Box(es) 117-135

Materials related to Lawson's personal life, finances, and property. Correspondence includes letters from family and friends as well as requests for monetary contributions. Financial records include lists of Lawson's yearly charitable contributions and various investment reports. Properties folders contain materials detailing the construction of Lawson's home at 1500 Lake Shore Drive, and also records from his vacation property at Lone Tree Farm in Green Lake, Wisconson. Also of note are materials related to a feud with former Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson, and a biographical manuscript written by Ozara S. Davis of the Chicago Theological Seminary. There is a small series of items related to Lawson's wife, Jessie.

Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.

Series 5: Photographs, ca. 1860s-1931. Box(es) 136-137

Photographs of Victor Lawson as a teenager, young man, and adult. Most photographs are of Victor Lawson's brother Iver N. Lawson, his family, and their home in San Diego. Also included are a few photographs related to the Chicago Daily News, a photo of foreign correspondent Edward Price Bell inscribed to Victor Lawson, and a photo album of the Victor Lawson YMCA building.


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

Subjects


Container List

Series 1: Outgoing Correspondence, 1878-1926

Bound letterpress books and some loose correspondence from Victor Lawson to Chicago Daily News employees, business associates, friends, and colleagues.
Letterpress books are arranged alphabetically by type of correspondence and then chronologically. Some letterpress books are bound by stenographer's name causing some chronological overlap. A small amount of loose correspondence follows the letterpress books which is arranged alphabetically.

Box Folder Contents
1 1 Advertising Agents, Sep. 1881-Dec.1884
1 2 Advertising Agents, Dec. 1884-Mar. 1885
1 3 Advertisers, Feb. 1882-Mar. 1885
2 4 Associated Press (includes some meeting minutes), Feb. 1882-Feb. 1893
2 5 Associated Press, Jan. 1893-1894
3 6 Associated Press, Sep. 1894-1895
3 7 Associated Press, Aug. 1895-Mar. 1897
4 8 Associated Press, Mar. 1897-Dec. 1899
4 9 Associated Press, Dec. 1899-Oct. 1901
5 10 Associated Press, Sep. 1900-Apr. 1901
5 11 City Press Association, Aug. 1890-Dec. 1894
5 12 Dewey (Harriet), Jan. 1880-May1892
6 13 Miscellaneous, Mar. 1880-Mar. 1885
6 14 Miscellaneous, May 1882-Sep.1883
6 15 Miscellaneous, Aug. 1993-Nov. 1884
7 16 Publishers, Dec. 1878-Feb. 1882
7 17 Publishers, Oct. 1883-Oct. 1884
8 18 Personal, Jan. 1878-Mar. 1880
8 19 Personal, Mar. 1880-Apr. 1890
8 20 Personal, Apr. 1890-May 1893
8 21 Personal, May 1893-Apr. 1896
9 22 Personal, Apr. 1896-Jul. 1898
9 23 Personal, Jul. 1898-Feb. 1900
9 24 Personal, Feb. 1900-Jul. 1901
9 25 Personal, Jul. 1901-Jul. 1903
10 26 Personal, Jul. 1903-Apr. 1905
10 27 Personal, Apr. 1905-Nov. 1906
11 28 Personal, Nov. 1906-Nov. 1907
11 29 Personal, Mar. 1907-Jul. 1908
12 30 Personal, Jul. 1908-Jun. 1909
12 31 Personal, Jun. 1909-Mar. 1910
13 32 Personal, Mar. 1910-Nov. 1910
13 33 Personal, Nov. 1910-Aug. 1911
14 34 Personal, Nov. 1911-Jul. 1912
14 35 Personal, May 1913-Mar. 1914
15 36 Personal, Mar. 1914-Mar. 1915
15 37 Personal, Mar.-Nov. 1915
16 38 Personal, Nov. 1915-Oct. 1916
16 39 Personal, Oct. 1916-Sep. 1917
17 40 Personal, Sep. 1917-Jun. 1918
18 41 Personal, Jun. 1918-Jun. 1919
18 42 Personal, Jun. 1919-Aug. 1920
19 43 Personal, Aug. 1920-Oct. 1921
19 44 Personal, Oct.-Nov. 1921
20 45 Personal, Nov. 1921-Feb. 1923
21 46 Personal, Feb, 1923-Jul. 1924
21 47 Personal (last letters are from Hopewell Rogers and others regarding Lawson's estate), Jul. 1924-Jan. 1926
22 48 General Business, Nov. 1877-Jul. 1878
22 49 General Business, Apr. 1881-1884
22 50 General Business, Feb.-Dec. 1882
23 51 General Business, Jan. 1883-Oct. 1884
23 52 General Business, Jul.-Oct. 1884
24 53 General Business, Oct.-Dec. 1884
24 54 General Business, Jan.-Mar. 1885
25 55 General Business, Nov. 1884-Feb. 1886
25 56 General Business, Jun.-Sep. 1885
26 57 General Business, Sep.-Nov. 1885
26 58 General Business, Mar. 1886-Jan. 1888
27 59 General Business, Jun. 1888-Mar. 1889
27 60 General Business, Mar.-Aug. 1889
28 61 General Business, Dec. 1888-Mar. 1889
28 62 General Business, Mar.-Aug. 1889
29 63 General Business, Aug.-Dec. 1889
29 64 General Business, Dec. 1889-May 1890
30 65 General Business, Aug. 1889-Jan. 1890
30 66 General Business, Jan.-Aug. 1890
31 67 General Business, May-Oct. 1890
31 68 General Business, Nov. 1890-Mar. 1891
32 69 General Business, Mar.-Jun 1891
32 70 General Business, Jun.-Aug. 1891
33 71 General Business, Aug. 1890-Jan. 1891
33 72 General Business, Jan.-Jul. 1891
34 73 General Business, Aug.-Sep. 1891
34 74 General Business, Sep.-Nov. 1891
35 75 General Business, Jul. 1891-Jan. 1892
35 76 General Business, Jan.-Dec. 1892
36 77 General Business, Nov. 1891-Feb. 1892
36 78 General Business, Feb.-Apr. 1892
37 79 General Business, Apr.-Jul. 1892
37 80 General Business, Jul.-Sep. 1892
38 81 General Business, Sep.-Oct. 1892
38 82 General Business, Oct. 1892-Jan. 1893
39 83 General Business, Dec. 1892-Sep. 1893
39 84 General Business, Sep. 1893-Sep. 1894
40 85 General Business, Jan.-Mar. 1893
40 86 General Business, Mar.-May 1893
41 87 General Business, May-Jul. 1893
41 88 General Business, Jul.-Oct. 1893
42 89 General Business, Oct.-Dec. 1893
42 90 General Business, Jan.-Apr. 1894
43 91 General Business, Apr.-Jul. 1894
43 92 General Business, Jul.-Sep. 1894
44 93 General Business, Sep. 1894-Jul. 1895
44 94 General Business, Sep.-Dec. 1895
45 95 General Business, Dec. 1894-Feb. 1895
45 96 General Business, Feb.-Apr. 1895
46 97 General Business, Apr.-Jun. 1895
46 98 General Business, Jun.-Aug. 1895
47 99 General Business, Jul. 1895-Feb. 1896
47 100 General Business, Aug.-Dec. 1895
48 101 General Business, Oct.-Dec. 1895
48 102 General Business, Dec. 1895-Feb. 1896
49 103 General Business, Feb.-Jun. 1896
49 104 General Business, Feb.-Mar. 1896
50 105 General Business, Mar.-Jun. 1896
50 106 General Business, Jun.-Aug. 1896
51 107 General Business, Jun.-Nov. 1896
51 108 General Business, Aug.-Oct. 1896
52 109 General Business, Oct.-Dec. 1896
52 110 General Business, Nov. 1896-Mar. 1897
53 111 General Business, Dec. 1896-Feb. 1897
53 112 General Business, Feb.-Apr. 1897
54 113 General Business, Mar. 1897-Jan. 1898
54 114 General Business, Apr.-Jun. 1897
55 115 General Business, Jun.-Aug. 1897
55 116 General Business, Aug.-Dec. 1897
56 117 General Business, Oct.-Nov. 1897
56 118 General Business, Nov. 1897-Jan. 1898
57 119 General Business, Jan.-Dec. 1898
57 120 General Business, Dec. 1898-May 1899
58 121 General Business, May-Dec. 1899
58 122 General Business, Dec. 1899-Mar. 1900
59 123 General Business, Apr.-Sep. 1900
59 124 General Business, Apr.-Dec. 1901
60 125 General Business, Dec. 1901-Jan. 1903
60 126 General Business, Jan. 1903-Jan. 1904
61 127 General Business, Jan.-Jul. 1904
61 128 General Business, Sep. 1904-Jul. 1905
61 129 General Business, Jun. 1905-Mar. 1906
62 130 General Business, Apr. 1906-May 1907
62 131 General Business, Jun. 1907-May 1908
63 132 General Business, May 1908-Mar. 1910
63 133 General Business, Mar. 1910-May 1911
64 134 General Business, May 1911-Feb. 1912
64 135 General Business, Feb.-Dec. 1912
65 136 General Business, Oct. 1912-May 1913
65 137 General Business, May 1913-Nov. 1914
66 138 General Business, Nov. 1914-Sep. 1915
67 139 General Business, Sep. 1915-Jan. 1916
68 140 General Business, Jan.-Jun. 1916
68 141 General Business, Aug.-Nov. 1916
69 142 General Business, Nov. 1916-Aug. 1917
70 143 General Business, Aug.-Oct. 1917
71 144 General Business, Oct. 1917-Jul. 1918
72 145 General Business, Jul.-Nov. 1918
73 146 General Business, Nov. 1918-Feb. 1919
74 147 General Business, Feb.-Sep. 1919
75 148 General Business, Sep.-Nov. 1919
76 149 General Business, Nov. 1919
77 150 General Business, Dec. 1919-Aug. 1920
77 151 General Business, Aug.-Oct. 1920
78 152 General Business, Oct. 1920-Jun. 1921
79 153 General Business, Jun.-Oct. 1921
80 154 General Business, Oct. 1921-Apr. 1922
81 155 General Business, Apr.-Oct. 1922
82 156 General Business, Sep.-Nov. 1922
83 157 General Business, Nov. 1922-May 1923
84 158 General Business, May-Sep. 1923
85 159 General Business, Sep.-Nov. 1923
86 160 General Business, Nov. 1923-Aug. 1924
87 161 General Business, Aug.-Nov. 1924
88 162 General Business, Nov. 1924-Jan. 1926
89 163 Advertising, 1899-1924
89 164 Associated Press related, 1909-1919
89 165 Chicago Herald, 1915, 1918
89 166 Dennis, Charles H., 1917-1923
89 167 Faye, Charles, 1893-1898
89 168 Faye, Charles, 1898-1899
89 169 Foreign News Service related, 1916-1924, n.d.
89 170 Fresh Air Fund related, 1917
89 171 General Business (sent from Lone Tree Farm), 1918
89 172 Hansen, Harry, 1919-1924
89 173 Lawson, Victor - notes, 1893-1925, n.d.
89 174 Miscellaneous External, 1717-1924, n.d.
90 175 Miscellaneous Internal, 1908-1924, n.d.
90 175a-d Notebooks containing carbons of handwritten letters, 1921-1923
90 176 Paper shortage related, 1917-1924
90 177 Rogers, Hopewell, 1912-1924, n.d.
90 178 Stone, Irving, 1896-1922
90 179 Story campaign, 1919-1923
90 180 Strong, Walter, 1917-1924, n.d.
90 181 Syndication related, 1917-1924, n.d.

Series 2: Chicago Daily News, 1877-1925

Correspondence, clippings, reports, and other documents concerning the day to day functioning of the newspaper, as well as the Daily News foreign news service, labor issues, and fiancial matters. Folders with major correspondents such as Edward Price Bell, Walter Strong and Charles Dennis may contain a variety of materials, notes, reports and clippings, while many advertising and syndication companies' folders contain promotional materials. It would appear that virtually all correspondence in this series passed over Lawson's desk, whether written directly to him or to to others pertaining to specific issues. Letters, clippings and proofs are often marked with notes written by Lawson and replies from his staff including Charles Dennis, Walter Strong, Hopewell Rogers and his longtime secretary Wilhelmina Werner. Of potential interest are materials pertaining to labor disputes with news carriers and composing room employees as well as Lawson's concern with truth in advertising in regard to medical products.
Arranged alphabetically by name or topic with some legal sized reports and documents at the end of series.

Box Folder Contents
91 182 Adair, Andrew to Lawson and Strong, 1917-1924
91 183 Adrian Daily Telegram (1 letter), 1924
91 184 Advertising - classified advertising survey, completed survey forms, correspondence, 1918
91 185 Advertising - medical products - correspondence, notes, reports regarding truth in medical product ads, 1881-1924
91 186 Advertising - correspondence between H. Rogers, Lyons and Bougher regarding use of blanks for counter ads, 1917
91 187 Advertising - correspondence regarding regulations on unskilled labor want ads, 1918
91 188 Advertising - correspondence between H. Rogers, Shryock, Strong, notes by Lawson reports regarding display ads, 1922
91 189 Advertising - correspondence between Lawson, Bougher, Woodward regarding use of outline type, 1918
91 190 Advertising - correspondence regarding "In Memorium" notices, 1918
91 191 Advertising - correspondence, notes by Lawson regarding United States Service Bureau requests on language, 1918
91 192 Advertising - promotional and ad copy, 1917-1924
91 193 Advertising - miscellaneous reports, notes (see also Reports and Documents - Advertising at end of this series), 1916-1924
91 194 Affleck, B. F. - 1 letter with notes by Lawson and Dennis, 1924
91 195 Allen, Harlan and Elizabeth - correspondence and column "Your Job and Other Fellows," 1923
91 196 American Association of Foreign Language Newspapers, 1918
91 197 American Consular Service, 1919-1920
91 198 American Expeditionary Forces - letter to Harry Hansen with note by Dennis, 1919
91 199 American Newspaper Publishers Association (including H. N. Carey, Chicago Local), correspondence and contracts regarding labor, news carriers, and the typographical union, 1912-1924
91 200 American Protective Tariff League (Wilber F. Wakeman), 1924
91 201 American Red Cross to Leroy Vernon (also letter from Vernon to Lawson), 1917
91 202 Arizona Republican (Dwight B. Heard), 1924
91 203 Armour Fertilizer Works - 1 letter, 1923
91 204 Art Department - correspondence regarding salaries at other newspapers and report on findings, 1922
91 205 Arthur Young & Company - report, "Appraisal of Comparative Values of Chicago Newspapers," 1918
91 206 Atlas Club - 1 letter, 1918
91 207 Award of Distinguished Service (for advertising), mock-up of booklet, n.d.
92 208 Babcock, William H. to Walter Strong, 1923
92 209 Babson, Roger - correspondence, clippings, 1923-1924
92 210 Baker, George H., 1924, n.d.
92 211 Baker Packing Co., 1917-1918
92 212 Bancroft, Edgar A. (Scott, Bancroft, Martin & Stephens Law Offices), 1921
92 213 Barbours Advertising Rate Sheets - correspondence from Woodrow, Rogers, notes by Lawson, 1919
92 214 Barnum, Richard L. to E. G. Nichols, financial editor, 1919
92 215 Belgo Export & Co. Limited - correspondence and contract, 1917, 1921
92 216 Bell, Edward Price, 1914-1921
92 217 Bell, Edward Price, Feb.-Aug. 1922
92 218 Bell, Edward Price, Sep.-Dec., 1992
92 219 Bell, Edward Price, Jan.-Jun. 1923
92 220 Bell, Edward Price, Jul.-Dec. 1923
92 221 Bell, Edward Price, Jan.-Jun. 1924
93 222 Bell, Edward Price, Jul.-Dec. 1924
93 223 Bell, Edward Price, 1925
93 224 Bell, Edward Price - London office lease, 1913
93 225 Bell Syndicate, 1917-1918
93 226 Bell Syndicate, 1919
93 227 Bell Syndicate, 1920
93 228 Bell Syndicate, 1921
93 229 Bell Syndicate, Jan.-Jun. 1922
93 230 Bell Syndicate, Aug.-Dec. 1922
94 231 Bell Syndicate, Jan.-Mar. 1923
94 232 Bell Syndicate, May-Dec. 1923
94 233 Bell Syndicate (includes some promotional materials), Jan.-Mar. 1924
94 234 Bell Syndicate, Apr.-Dec., 1924
94 235 Bell Syndicate (includes some promotional materials), 1925
94 236 Bentley, Dr. Charles E., 1917
94 237 Better Government Association of Chicago & Cook County, 1924-1925
94 238 Bickel, Karl A. (United Press Association), 1924
94 239 Blad, Valdemar - 1 letter, 1920
94 240 Board of Local Improvements - assessment contract, 1909
94 241 Booth, George G. (Detroit News), 1918
94 242 Boston Globe, 1917-1918
94 243 Boston Herald, 1919
94 244 Boston Traveler (Howard Breck), 1917-1919
94 245 Bougher, L. J. (also to Woodward, see also Strong and Advertising folders), 1917-1922
94 246 Bowne, Louis, n.d.
94 247 Boyer & Moody Financial Brokers, 1918
94 248 Brested, Charles, 1923-1924
94 249 Bridgeman, H. L. (Brooklyn Standard Union), 1924
94 250 Bridgewater, I. P., 1924
94 251 Briggs, George C., 1923
94 252 Brooksl, Leonard R., 1914-1920
94 253 Brown, Constantine, 1923-1924
94 254 Brown, Cyril, 1921
94 255 Brown, Edgar G., 1923
94 256 Brown, Edward S., 1917, 1919
94 257 Buck, Clarence F., 1918
94 258 Buffalo Better Business Commission, 1924
94 259 Buffalo Commercial, 1918
94 260 Buffalo Evening News, 1901-1925
94 261 Builders Association of Chicago, 1919
94 261a Burgess, Thorton W. - correspondence, notes regarding running Burgess "Bedtime Stories" in Chicago Daily News, 1919
94 262 Burnham, Daniel H. to Walter Strong , 1923
94 263 Burquist, William H., 1925
94 264 Burroughs, J. Isadore - 1 letter regarding death of Wilhelmina Werner, 1923
94 265 Business Department (James Baley), 1919
94 266 Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1919
95 267 Calendars - 2 memorandum calendars containing appointments and notes written by Lawson, 1988-1889
95 268 Call, Edward P. (Daily Club, New York Times), 1908-1911
95 269 Carson Pirie Scott & Co., 1917
95 270 Carter, James S., 1924
95 271 Chalmers, William J., 1918
95 272 Chappell, F. A., 1918-1924
95 273 Chmarzynski, J., 1918
95 274 Chicago American (and Chicago Evening American), 1917, 1924
95 275 Chicago Airport to Walter Strong, 1922
95 276 Chicago Association of Commerce, 1919
95 277 Chicago Board of Supervising Engineers - reports and memoranda regarding the "Unified Operation of Surface and Elevated Lines," 1914
95 278 Chicago Committee for Armenian & Syrian Relief , 1918
95 279 Chicago Community Trust - correspondence and report, 1923-1924
95 280 Chicago Home Rule League, 1924
95 281 Chicago Jewelers' Association, 1925
95 282 Chicago Law & Order League, 1919
95 283 Chicago Oil Burner Association, 1925
95 284 Chicago Plan Commission, 1922
95 285 Chicago Post Office, 1918
95 286-289 Chicago Tribune - correspondence, clippings, promotional items, reports, 1916-1925
95 290 Circulation promotional pamphlet, 1883
95 291 Citizens' Association of Chicago, 1917
95 292 Citizens' Committee on South Water Street Assessment - correspondence, reports, memos, 1922-1925
95 293 "City Employee Who Knows But Fears to Talk," letter regarding city corruption, 1923
95 294 City of Chicago Council Chamber, 1917, 1921
95 295 Civic Federation of Chicago, includes paper by Douglas Sutherland, 1921
95 296 Collier's, 1924
95 297 Columbia Phonograph Company, 1918
95 298 Committee for the Application of Forestry Society of American Foresters , 1920
95 299 Consolidated Press Association, 1921-1924
95 300 Consolidated Water Power & Paper Company - contract, 1922
95 301 Constitutional Convention - State of Illinois, 1920
95 302 Cooke, Edmund Vance, 1917, 1922
95 303 Cooke, George A., 1925
95 304 Cools, G. Victor - letter and unsolicited manuscript, 1925
95 305 Cowles, W. H., 1917
95 306 Coxe, H. Cleveland, 1917
95 307 Cox Multi-Mailer System, 1918
95 308 Craig, John - memo to Mr. Beitler, 1924
95 309 Crane Packing Company, 1920
95 310 Curtis, A. W. - 1 telegram and note from C. Dennis on Japanese forces, n.d.
96 311 Daily Jewish Courier, 1917
96 312 Daily Oklahoman, 1918
96 313 D'Arcy Advertising Company - estimate for poster, 1922
96 314 Davis Dry Goods Company - correspondence, clipping, notes, 1924
96 315 Day, Stephen A., 1919
96 316 Decker, A. R. - correspondence regarding Chicago Daily News Rome office, 1923-1924
96 317 Dennis, Charles H., 1908-1918
96 318 Dennis, Charles H., 1919
96 319 Dennis, Charles H., 1920-1921
96 320 Dennis, Charles H., Jan.-Jun. 1922
96 321 Dennis, Charles H., Jul.-Aug. 1922
96 322 Dennis, Charles H., Sep. 1922
96 323 Dennis, Charles H., Oct.-Dec. 1922
96 324 Dennis, Charles H., Jan.-Jul. 1923
96 325 Dennis, Charles H., Aug.-Sep. 1923
96 326 Dennis, Charles H., Nov.-Dec. 1923
96 327 Dennis, Charles H., Jan.-Jun. 1924
96 328 Dennis, Charles H., Jul.-Sep. 1924
96 329 Dennis, Charles H., Oct.-Dec. 1924
96 330 Dennis, Charles H., 1925
96 331 Dennis, Charles H., n.d.
96 332 Des Moines Capital, 1918
96 333 Detroit News to W. Strong, 1924
96 334 Dewey, Harriet, 1918
96 335 Dibbles & Manierre Real Estate - correspondence and map of downtown, 1910-1915
96 336 Digby, Bassett, 1918-1919
96 337-338 Doubleday, Page & Co. - correspondence, promotional items, 1902-1924
96 339 Dunbaugh, Harry J., 1917
97 340 Earl, Edwin T., 1918
97 341 Eddy, Sherwood - manuscript "The Fate of Poland," n.d.
97 342 Edison Company - correspondence and contract, 1907
97 343 Editor & Publisher (see also oversize for copy of magazine with cover story on Lawson), 1916-1920
97 344 Edward J. Hargrave Secret Service - invoice, 1922
97 345 Egger, E. R. - dispatches from Japan, 1923
97 346 Emporia Gazette, 1924
97 347 E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918, 1923
97 348 Erikson, Jens, 1922-1923
97 349-354 Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia) - correspondence (much from William McLean), clippings, sales stats, 1916-1925
97 355 Evening Journal, 1918-1919
97 356-361 Evening Star (Washington D.C.), 1899-1925
97 362 Evening Sun, 1924-1925, n.d.
97 363 Every Evening, 1918
97 364 Ewing, Robert (Daily States), 1918
98 365 The Fair - correspondence regarding radio sponsorship, 1922
98 366 Farson, Negley, 1925
98 367 Fay, Charles Norman, 1923-1924
98 368-370 Faye, Charles M. - correspondence, clippings, receipts, notes, 1897-1908
98 371 Fergus, Robert C., 1918
98 372 Field, Eugene - correspondence, poems, hand-drawn portrait, and memorial, 1886-1895, 1925
98 373 Walter Fisher (also Fisher, Boyden, Kales & Bell) - correspondence, clippings, contracts, clippings, pamphlet, 1911-1925
98 374 Florence Rose Fashions (Florence B. Rose), 1916
98 375 Ford, Francis M., n.d.
98 376 Foreign Language Information Service, 1925
98 377 Foreign Press Services, 1919
98 378 Foreman, Colonel Milton J., 1913
98 379 Foreign News Service - reports, 1917, 1923-1924
98 380 Fort Work Star-Telegram, 1918
98 381 The Forum, 1924
98 382 Fourth Estate, 1917
98 383 Frank Seaman Incorporated, 1918
98 384-386 Fresh Air Fund - correspondence, clippings, reports, 1888-1923
98 387-391 The Fun Shop (syndicated news feature) - correspondence, reports, clippings, bulletins, 1924-1925
99 392 Garfield Fireproof Storage Co., 1924
99 393 Georgian American, 1918
99 394 George Matthew Adams Service, 1920
99 395 G. H. Mead Co., 1917
99 396 Giles, William R. (foreign dispatch on Japanese control of press), 1919
99 397 Glickley, Albert, 1925
99 398 The Globe (Boston), 1918
99 399 The Globe (New York), 1917-1919
99 400 Goodwin Morrow Goodwin, 1918
99 401 Gordon-Van Tine Co., 1918
99 402 Green, Mary Pomeroy, 1921
99 403 Guerin, Judge Henry (Superior Court of Cook County), 1918
99 404 Halsey, E. W., 1918
99 405 Handy, W. M. (Department of the Interior), 1919
99 406 Hansen, Harry, 1918-1922
99 407 Hapgood, Norman, 1918
99 408 Hard, William, 1918
99 409 Hartman Furniture & Carpet Co., 1922
99 410 Hayner, Fred A. - 1 letter, 1919
99 411 Hays, Will H. (Republican National Committee), 1919
99 412 Hearst, W. R. (also Hearst Newspapers), 1917-1924
99 413 Hebb, Richard D., 1918
99 414 Hecht, Ben - correspondence regarding Hecht's dismissal from Chicago Daily News, 1922
99 415 Heymann, Walt. C., 1924
99 416 H. F. Henricks Agency, 1924-1925
99 417 Holerth Cartoon Service, 1919
99 418 Holly, F. M. - correspondence regarding syndication of Edgar Wallace's Green Archer stories, 1924
99 419 Holway, Chester, 1925
99 420 Hotel Touraine, 1918
99 421 Hough, Clarence, 1925
99 422 Houston Post, 1924
99 423 Hunt, J. T., 1922, 1925
99 424 Illinois Agricultural Association, 1921
99 425 Illinois Bell Telephone Company (previously Chicago Telephone Co.), 1908-1921
99 426 Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1917
99 427-430 Illinois Merchants Loan & Trust Company - correspondence, forms, statements (some items pertain to Lawson's personal finances), 1903-1925
99 431 Illinois Society of Colonial Dames of America, 1924
100 432 Information Bureau - correspondence to and from regarding the service, 1916-1919
100 433 Inman, Walter M. (includes correspondence regarding labor disputes with carriers), 1818
100 434 Insull, Sam, 1920
100 435 "Insurance Scheme" - correspondence regarding selling insurance via the newspaper, 1922-1923
100 436 International Chamber of Commerce, 1925
100 437-440 International Paper Company - correspondence, reports, clippings, 1913-1925
100 441-442 International Printing Pressmen & Assistants' Union of North America - correspondence, clippings, contracts, booklets, 1901-1924
100 443 Inter-Racial Council, 1919
100 444 James, F. S. C., 1925
100 445 Japan Society of Seattle, 1925
100 446 Jas. H. Matthews & Co., 1918
100 447 Jenkins, C. Francis, 1924
100 448 Jewish People's Institute, 1925
100 449 John Crerar Library, 1917
100 450 John N. Wheeler, Inc., 1917
100 451 Jones, George, 1920
100 452 Jordan, Elizabeth, 1918
100 453 Jorgensen Jr., J., 1924
100 454 J. Rowland Mix, 1918
100 455 Kaufman, Herbert (Department of the Interior), 1919
100 456 Keeley, James, 1918
100 457 Kelley, William V., 1918-1920
100 458 Kelly, D. F.. 1919-1924
100 459 Kelly, J. F., 1917-1922
100 460 Kimberly-Clark Company - contracts, 1923
100 461 Kalveness, E., 1918
100 462 Kohlsaat, Herman H., 1893, 1918-1919
100 463 Krogness, George C. (Pacific Coast rep for Chicago Daily News), correspondence, clippings, 1921-1925
101 464 Labor - correspondence, reports, flyer relating to labor issues, 1920-1923, n.d.
101 465 Lambert and Feasley, Inc. Advertising, 1924
101 466 Lamont, T. W., 1918
101 467 Landis, Reed G., 1919
101 468 Langland, James, 1917
101 469 Larkin, John , 1921
101 470 Law Enforcement Department regarding Anti-Saloon League, 1920
101 471 Leach, Paul R. - correspondence, copy of speech, investigative report on the Ku Klux Klan, 1918-1923, n.d.
101 472 Levine, Louis, 1922
101 473 Literary Digest (S. S. McClure), 1921, 1923
101 474 Logan, Frank G., 1919
101 475 Lunliffe-Owen, J., 1917
101 476 MacKenzie, F. A. (foreign correspondent), 1923
101 477 Mann, Margaret, n.d.
101 478-479 Marshall Field & Company - correspondence, clippings, reports, ad proofs, notes, 1901-1924
101 480 Marsh & McLennan Insurance (previously Marsh Ullmann & Co.), 1900-1916
101 481 Marvel Transposing Disc, 1918
101 482 Mason Tire & Rubber Co., 1924
101 483 McAndrew, William (Board of Education), 1924
101 484 McClatchy, V. S. (Sacramento Bee), 1918-1924
101 485 McClure Newspaper Syndicate - correspondence, promotional items, 1917-1924
101 486 McCormick, Medill, 1917
101 487 McKinney, William Ayer, 1917-1922
101 488 Meggy, Percy R., 1918
101 489 Memphis Chamber of Commerce, 1920
101 490 Merrill, C. V. to Walter Strong, 1923-1924, n.d.
101 491 Metzgar, A. D., 1915-1917
101 492 Military Intelligence Association, 1925
101 493 Militia of Mercy, 1918
101 494 Minneapolis Journal, 1918
101 495 Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, 1917
101 496 Moderwell, Hiram K., 1921
101 497 Molloy, Walter F., 1924
101 498 Moltzau, Arne, 1923-1924
101 499 Montsier, Robert, 1919
101 500 Moreland Advertising Company to J. B. Woodward, 1918
101 501 Morrison Hotel, 1921
101 502 Motes, Isaac H., 1924
101 503 Mowrer, Edgar, 1917-1921, n.d.
101 504-505 Mowrer, Paul Scott (includes many letters and notes from C. Dennis regarding the operation of the London office), 1916-1923, n.d.
101 506 Mullett, Mary B. - correspondence and manuscript with revisions and notes by Lawson, 1918
101 507 Mulroy, James W., 1925
101 508 Munroe, Fayette S., 1918
101 509 Murphy, Theresa, 1924
102 510 Nash, P. A., 1924
102 511 National Bureau of Advancement, 1919
102 512 National Committee for Constructive Immigration Legislation, 1919
102 513 National Committee of Patriotic Societies, 1918
102 513a National Crime Commission, Oct. 26, 1925
102 514 National Geographic Society, 1924
102 515 National Newspaper Service, 1917
102 516 NEA Service, Inc., 1924
102 517 "The Negro in Chicago," 1917
102 518 Nelson, Frank G., 1915
102 519 Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1917-1918
102 519a The Newspaper Maker, Mar. 28, 1896
102 520 New York Evening Mail Syndicate, 1918
102 521-524 New York Evening Post - correspondence, promotional items, notes, 1901-1925
102 525 New York Talking Machine Co., 525
102 526 New York Times, 1918
102 527 New York Tribune, 1917, 1923
102 528 New York World, 1917-1922
102 529 Nielsen, L. A., 1919
102 530 Nordlander, Mrs. E., 1924
102 531 North American, 1918
102 532 North American Newspaper Alliance, 1924
102 533 North Central Association, 1924
102 534 Nyando Pulp & Paper Corporation, 1918
102 535