Hambleton Family Papers, 1871-1932

Gift, Chalkley Jay Hambleton, 1986.

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

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Hambleton Family Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Jill Waycie, 2010.

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Wife of Chalkley Jay Hambleton (b. 1829) and mother of Chalkley Jay Hambleton (1881-1956), a real estate businessman in Chicago.

Three letters by Emma Lander Hambleton, wife of Chalkley Jay Hambleton, including one ten-page account of fleeing the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, written just one day after the fire ended. Two of the letters are written to Emma’s son, Chalkley Jay Hambleton, regarding the Hambleton ranch in California, one including a clipping. Also a letter by Vera Stock Wolfe about her father, conductor Frederick Stock, and pianists Vladimir Horowitz and Josef Hofmann.

Materials arranged alphabetically.

• Names
  • Hambleton, Chalkley J., 1881-1956
  • Hambleton, Emma Lander -- Correspondence
  • Murphy, Peggy Hambleton
  • Stock, Frederick, 1872-1942
  • Wolfe, Vera S.
• Geographic CoverageChicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
• Subject
  • Family Papers
  • Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
  • Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago