Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900. Papers, 1865-1897.
9 cubic ft.
Correspondence, short autobiography, writings, articles, genealogy, books, clippings, photographs, and pictures relating to Dankmar Adler, Chicago architect and sometime partner of Louis Sullivan. Also other materials accumulated by Joan W. Saltzstein, Adler's greatgranddaughter, for her study of Adler and his numerous architectural projects, including the Auditorium Theater.
Subjects: Arts; Family
Call Number: Midwest MS Adler
Collection Stack Location: 3a 36 1
Finding Aids:
Selected catalog cards for small portion of collection in Miscellaneous Small Collections: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Main body of collection available by appointment only.
Alexander, Irene. Papers, 1960-1980.
1 cubic ft.
Clippings, correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials related to Irene Alexander. Alexander, a Chicago piano teacher, who was the deputy for Chicago cultural affairs under Mayor Richard M. Daley and was associated with Louis Sudler when he ran the television project "Artists' Showcase".
Subjects: Arts; Women
Call Number: Midwest MS Alexander
Collection Stack Location: 3a 28 3
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Allied Arts Corp. (Chicago, Ill.). Records, 1930-1970.
25 cubic ft.
Clippings, artist correspondence, box office records, concert programs, and photographs of the Allied Arts Corporation. Known as Zelzer Management until 1948, Allied Arts Corporation was run by Harry and Sarah Zelzer and was responsible for bringing many important musicians, dancers and other performing artists to Chicago.
Subjects: Arts; Dance; Music; Theater
Call Number: Midwest MS Allied Arts
Collection Stack Location: 3a 57 3-6
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Anderson, Donald M. Papers, 1941-1993.
20 cubic ft.
Correspondence, writings, graphic art (some original), calligraphic broadsides, and teaching materials of Donald Myers Anderson, a leader in the post-World War II revival of calligraphy in the U.S. and a professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1946 to 1982 as well as the author of two influential books on design and calligraphy.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS And
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 2-3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Artists Book Works (Organization). Records.
11 cubic ft.
Records, including information about students and instructors, financial records, exhibits, and examples of work.
Subjects: Arts; Clubs and Organizations; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Abw
Collection Stack Location: 3a 51 4-5
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Arts Club of Chicago. Records, 1892-1995.
92.5 cubic ft.
Incorporated in 1916, the Arts Club was developed with objectives of maintaining a clubhouse in Chicago that provided galleries and exhibition facilities to foster high standards of art and develop the arts community. Records include clippings, correspondence, exhibition flyers, photographs, and other miscellaneous material relating to the Arts Club of Chicago.
Subjects: Arts; Clubs and Organizations; Music; Theater
Call Number: Midwest MS Arts Club (formerly Ar)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 36 6-12
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Bannon, Laura. Collection of illustrations for children's books, 1939-1958.
1.5 cubic ft.
Chicago children's book illustrator and author. Original artwork for 7 books published by Houghton Mifflin, Albert Whitman & Company, etc.; included are charcoal sketches, pencil sketches, pen and ink drawings, and color illustrations.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Bannon
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Brickman, Morrie, 1917-1994. Cartoons, 1966-1985.
2 cubic ft.
American comic artist, who created the newspaper comic strip "Small Society," distributed by the King Features Syndicate, 1966-1999. The strip represented the views and reactions of ordinary people to politicians, and current political and cultural affairs. Brickman drew the cartoon without any assistance until 1986. Included are 60 original daily cartoon drawings, and 40 original Sunday strip drawings, and proofs of daily cartoons, 1966-1985, and Sunday cartoons, 1967-1983.
Subjects: Arts; Journalism
Call Number: Midwest MS Brickman
Collection Stack Location: 3a 37 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Burbank, E. A. (Elbridge Ayer), 1858-1949. Papers, 1897-1949.
2 cubic ft.
About 350 letters written mainly from the Oklahoma Territory, the Southwest, and the Dakotas by Elbridge Ayer Burbank to his uncle Edward E. Ayer, together with two scrapbooks containing incoming correspondence and miscellaneous clippings. Burbank, a painter and illustrator who studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, was commissioned by Edward Ayer in 1897 to produce a series of portraits of prominent Indian Chiefs.
Subjects: Arts; Indians and the West
Call Number: Ayer MS 120
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 25 1
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Drury, John, 1898-. John Drury - Marion Neville papers, 1860-1970.
30 cubic ft.
Personal and business correspondence and writings of John Drury and his wife, Marion Neville. Drury was a feature writer and reporter for the Chicago Daily News from 1926 to 1944, poet, and author of many books about Chicago; Neville was a Chicago Daily News columnist, author of children's books, and artist. Also includes Drury's work files, Neville's art and photographs, and Century of Progress memorabilia. Note: Tapes and transcripts for Drury's interviews are in the Chicago Daily News records.
Subjects: Arts; Journalism; Women
Call Number: Midwest MS Drury (formerly Dr)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 38 12-13
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Farnsworth, Edith. Papers, 1900-1977.
1.5 cubic ft. (3 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Correspondence, memoirs, photographs, and Italian poetry translations of Edith Farnsworth, a Chicago physician and owner of a Plano, Illinois, home designed by Mies van der Rohe. Farnsworth retired to Italy in the late 1960's.
Subjects: Arts; Women
Call Number: Midwest MS Farnsworth
Collection Stack Location: 3a 24 1
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Fischetti, John R. Papers, 1942-1995.
12 cubic ft.
1,120 original political cartoons by John Fischetti, mainly covering national and international issues, concentrated during the Nixon and Carter presidencies. Also clippings, photos and other memorabilia reflecting his life. Fischetti's cartoons appeared in the Chicago Sun, the New York Herald Tribune, the Chicago Daily News, and the Chicago Sun Times, and often highlighted political and human rights abuses.
Subjects: Arts; Journalism
Call Number: Midwest MS Fischetti
Collection Stack Location: 3a 39 12-13
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Gehr, Mary. Papers, 1828-1995, bulk 1948-1995.
4 cubic ft.
Sketchbooks, artwork and correspondence of Gehr, a Chicago printmaker and book illustrator best known for her illustrations of children's books.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Gehr
Collection Stack Location: 3a 53 6
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Goetz, John B., 1920-2006. Papers, 1961-1992.
0.5 cubic ft.
Correspondence and job files of Chicago book and magazine designer John B. Goetz. The largest part of the collection concerns his work on the award-winning translation of the Iliad by Richard Lattimore, illustrated by Leonard Baskin. There are also files on some of his freelance design projects.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Goetz
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 06
Finding aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Gookin, Frederick William, 1854-1936. Design papers, 1893-1912.
1.5 cubic ft.
Primarily drawings, sketches and finished art work created by Gookin, a banker, author, calligrapher, artist and authority on Japanese art. Gookin was also an early member of the Chicago Literary Club, and the collection contains art work created for the club's papers and yearbooks.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Mod MS Gookin
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 6
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Heaton, Harold R. Political cartoons, 1909-ca. 1913.
2 cubic ft. (3 flat boxes)
Sixty-one original political and editorial cartoons by Harold R. Heaton for the Chicago newspaper Inter-Ocean, drawn between 1909 and circa 1913. Most of the drawings are commentaries on corrupt Chicago politics of the period.
Subjects: Arts, Journalism; Politics and Government; Social Action
Call Number: Midwest MS Heaton
Collection Stack Location: 3a 39 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Holme, John Francis, 1868-1904. Drawings, 1901-1902.
0.2 cubic ft. (1 box)
16 items Humorous pen-and-ink drawings of various types of people done in the style of linoleum prints for New York publisher R.H. Russell, by illustrator and printer Frank Holme, and a printed list of the officers and stockholders of the Bandar Log Press, established by Holme.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Midwest MS Holme
Collection Stack Location: 3a 40 6
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Langley, Roy, 1909-1983. Papers, 1909-1981, bulk 1951-1961.
0.7 cubic ft.
Calligrapher and artist who studied at the School of the Art Institute, and who worked an art instructor in Iowa before becoming Director of the Sioux City Art Museum. Collection includes notes, course papers, photos, correspondence, and examples of Langley's work, including book jackets, menus, brochures, and certificates.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Lang
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 7
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Little Room (Chicago, Ill.). Records, 1898-1931.
1.5 cubic ft.
Early 20th century Chicago social organization of artists, writers, musicians, and architects that met weekly at the Fine Arts Club and included such individuals as George Ade, Henry Blake Fuller, Hamlin Garland, Anna Morgan, John T. McCutcheon, and Alice Gerstenberg. Includes documents concerning the organization and operation of the club, membership lists, and correspondence.
Subjects: Arts; Clubs and Organizations
Call Number: Midwest MS Little Room (formerly Li)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 11
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
May, Don, 1911-1993. Commercial design and professional papers, 1939-1982.
35 cubic ft.
Commercial design work and professional papers of May, a designer and art director for several Chicago-based publications. May later moved his practice to California where he became a regional painter as well as a designer.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS May
Collection Stack Location: 3a 54 12-13
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
McCormick, Chauncey, 1884-1954. Papers, 1888-1954.
6 cubic ft. (10 boxes)
Letters, souvenirs, photographs, clippings, and a few cartoons of Chicagoan Chauncey McCormick, president of the Art Institute, founder and chairman of the art exhibit at the Century of Progress, philanthropist active in child welfare groups and organizations for the blind, and Republican Party activist during the 1930's to 1950's. Correspondence concerns business, civic, philanthropic, and political activities, and there are extensive files relating to McCormick's World War I service with the American Expeditionary Force in France and his direction of Polish food relief under Herbert Hoover.
Subjects: Arts; Politics and Government; Social Action
Call Number: Midwest MS McCormick (formerly Mc)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 10
Finding Aids:
Selected catalog cards: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney) 1870-1949. Papers, 1834-1996, bulk 1889-1950.
87 cubic ft.
Political cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, and illustrator. McCutcheon, dean of cartoonists in his time, was active in social and civic affairs, and was the Tribune's front page attraction for decades. In addition to over 500 original cartoons and drawings, and vast numbers of published newspaper cartoons in scrapbook volumes, McCutcheon's papers contain extensive correspondence, photographs, travel diaries, WWI items, and materials relating to his Caribbean island.
Subjects: Arts; Journalism
Call Number: Midwest MS McCutcheon (formerly McC)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 5-9
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Middleton, R. Hunter (Robert Hunter), 1898-. Papers, 1920-1985.
103 cubic ft.
The papers include a broad range of personal files of prominent Chicago type designer, lettering artist, printer and craftsman, Robert Hunter Middleton, including diaries and notebooks, original art for design works, correspondence, and personal financial records. There are also extensive files for organizations Middleton founded or led, including the Society of Typographic Arts, the Ludlow Typograph Co., Cherryburn Press, Apprentice House, the Typophiles, ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale).
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Mid
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 8-11
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
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.
Palette and Chisel Club (Chicago, Ill.). Records, 1895-1976.
3 cubic ft.
Club founded in Chicago in 1895 with the objectives of fostering growth in the visual arts, providing space for artists to work, and enriching the community through programs of art education. Founding member, Charles J. Mulligan, was an assistant to Chicago sculptor Lorado Taft who rented part of his studio to the fledgling organization. Records include exhibit registers and scrapbooks containing photographs and clippings of the Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts.
Subjects: Arts; Clubs and Organizations
Call Number: Midwest MS Palette
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 31 1
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Modern Manuscripts information file available.
Renison, Paula Gerard. Dance sketches, 1938-1939.
0.1 cubic ft.
Sketch pages of dancers, probably made during rehearsals and performances at the Auditorium Theater, 1938-1939. Renison taught at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee and at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
Subjects: Arts; Dance; Women
Call Number: Dance MS Renison P
Collection Stack Location: 3a 48 13
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Round Table sketchbooks, 1931-1933.
0.3 cubic ft. (1 box)
Two manuscript sketchbooks created by artists, commentators, poets, newspapermen, and other writers who were members of a small and informal Chicago club, the Round Table, documenting the social and political climates in Chicago and the United States during the Great Depression. In addition to Renier Wyers, club members included James A. Barnes, Finney Briggs, William L. Griffin, Henry Hammer, Edmond Hayes, Eugene Murdock, Edwin Prehm, Kurt Stein, Lowell H. Truettner, and E. C. Woodward.
Subjects: Arts; Journalism
Call Number: Midwest MS Wyers
Collection Stack Location: 3a 44 3
Finding Aids:
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Inventory: Online.
Rubovits, Norma, 1919-. Papers, 1966-1998.
16 cubic ft.
Chicago paper marblerer who first began marbling in the mid-1960s while studying bookbinding with Chicago binder Elizabeth Kner. Rubovits was interested primarily in marbling as an art form, showcased her work in numerous exhibits. The papers consist of announcement, press releases, clippings, prospectuses, and articles relating to exhibits of her work; correspondence; materials of the history and techniques of marbling. There are also 1,600 specimen sheets of marbled paper made by Rubovits or other artists.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Rubo
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 11-12
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Salter, George, 1897-1967. Papers, 1919-1967.
ca. 50 cubic ft.
Prominent German-American calligrapher and one of the most admired designers of book jackets in the U.S. Papers consist chiefly of art work, correspondence, contracts, and printed materials relating to design projects executed in New York. There are also: a small file of correspondence with American and German colleagues (some in German), most notably Walter Brudi, Kurt Schauer, E.F.H Schneidler, and Jeanyee Wong; drafts of articles by Salter; papers relating to curriculum at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art; files of the Book Jacket Designers Guild which Salter founded; 184 German book jackets designed by Salter; files of articles about Salter; and letters of condolence to his widow, Agnes Salter.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Salt
Collection Stack Location: 3a 53 8-12
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Shaw, Rue Winterbotham, 1906-1979. Papers, ca. 1930-1970.
1.0 cubic ft.
Letters and notebooks to/from Rue Winterbotham Shaw, past president of the Arts Club of Chicago, reflecting her mid-20th century life in Chicago and involvement in the arts. Also includes three notebooks of genealogical material on the Winterbotham, Baldwin, and Rosecrans families. Also includes letters from Anthony Burgess and Jean Dubuffet, and postcards from Alexander Calder.
Subjects: Arts; Family; Women
Call Number: Midwest MS Shaw
Collection Stack Location: 3a 44 9
Finding Aids:
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Authors of letters and documents: Database of Names in Manuscript Collections Notebook.
Stobie, Charles Stewart, 1845-1931. Papers, 1866-1902.
9 items (1 box)
Artist's journal, essay, photographic portrait, and letter of Charles S. Stobie, a western artist and Indian scout who was raised in Baltimore and Chicago, and eventually settled in Chicago. The journal, kept at the Ignacio Ute Agency, Oct.1900, and May-Aug., 1902, contains sketches of Ute and Navajo Indians, glossaries of Ute and Spanish words, a list of agency employees, and store accounts. The collection also contains several single drawings and an essay about the Ute scalp parade of 1866.
Subjects: Arts; Indians and the West
Call Number: Ayer MS 834
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 25 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Storrs family. Papers, 1787-1960, bulk 1900-1960.
7.5 cubic ft.
Letters, memorabilia, journals, clippings, and photographs pertaining to John H. B. Storrs (1885-1956), a Chicago-based Cubist painter and sculptor most famous for the statue of Ceres atop the Chicago Board of Trade, and his wife Marguerite Deville Chabrol Storrs (1881-1959), a successful fiction and non-fiction writer who used the pseudonym "Marc Debrol." Also included is a folio manuscript dating to the French Revolution, detailing people alive at the time, possibly related to the Deville Chabrol family.
Subjects: Arts; Family; Literature; Women
Call Number: Midwest MS Storrs (formerly Stj)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 42 8
Finding Aids:
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Tallmadge, Abby Louise. Papers, 1860-1952.
1 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
Evanston, Illinois sister of Chicago architect Thomas Eddy Tallmadge, who spent much of her life researching and writing about Jane Austen. Abby Tallmadge's papers include correspondence from fellow Austen scholars, a few manuscript copies of her scholarly work, a family scrapbook and printed material relating to the architectural work of her brother, Thomas Eddy Tallmadge.
Subjects: Arts; Literature; Women
Call Number: Midwest MS Tallmadge (formerly T)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 43 5
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Torn, Jerry. Dance sketches and memorabilia, 1981-1984.
2 cubic ft.
Artist Jerry Torn graduated from the University of Iowa and taught at Loyola University. His collection includes graphite drawings, photographs, and audiocassette interviews with dancers Greg Begley, Randy Duncan, and Rory Foster.
Subjects: Arts; Dance
Call Number: Dance MS Torn
Collection Stack Location: 3a 48 5
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Woods, Frank H. (Frank Henry), 1905-1980. Papers, 1890-2000, bulk 1935-1980.
9 cubic ft. (19 boxes)
Material relating to the life and career of businessman and philanthropist Frank H. Woods, Jr., of Chicago, including family, business, personal and philanthropic-related correspondence and general files, clippings, memorabilia and photographs.
Subjects: Arts; Business; Family
Call Number: Midwest MS Woods F.
Collection Stack Location: 3a 44 11-12
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Online.
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