Edwin Lyman Lobdell family papers

  • Creator Names Lobdell, Edwin L. (Edwin Lyman), 1857-1936.
  • Title Edwin Lyman Lobdell family papers [manuscript], 1801-1936.
  • Physical description 3 v. and 218 p.
  • Collection summary
    • Typescripts and scrapbooks containing correspondence, articles, clippings, etc. by or relating to Chicago stockbroker Edwin L. Lobdell and the Lobdell family. Includes a scrapbook containing some correspondence with politically prominent men about the tariff, and U.S. relations with Russia, Ireland, and Mexico in the early 20th century; as well as items relating to Lobdell's trip to China, Russia, Japan, and the Hawaiian Islands in 1908; other travels; two speeches on the Prohibition Measure; documents (10 items) of the early 19th century involving his ancestors; and genealogy of the Lobdell family.
    • A second scrapbook includes a few articles written by Lobdell for the periodical of the Union League Club of Chicago. Unbound typescripts include information on "Common stocks as an investment" (1928, 79 p.); commentary on American financial crises in the years 1837, 1857, 1873, 1884, 1893, and 1929, and lesson learned from these events (ca. 1932, 19 p.); the wisdom of investment in the Chicago Traction Properties in light of their incipient consolidation (undated, 24 p.); and personal reminiscences upon Lobdell's business activities as well as biographical sketches of James A. Patten, Marshall Field, and various members of the Lobdell and Gere families. The collection also includes a bound typescript (83 p., undated) titled: Random Reminiscences by My Father, Edwin Lyman Lobdell, edited by his daughter, Adeline Pynchon, for his grandchildren, that chiefly describes Chicago over the years, business ventures, and European travel.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Mrs. Adeline Lobdell Pynchon (M1961.0304).
  • Finding Aids Note Finding aid available.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include publications by Lobdell cataloged separately.
  • Names
    • Lobdell, Edwin L. (Edwin Lyman), 1857-1936 Archives.
    • Pynchon, Adeline Lobdell Archives.
    • Gere family.
    • Lobdell family Archives.
    • Field, Marshall, 1893-1956.
    • Leiter, Levi Z. (Levi Ziegler), 1834-1904.
    • Patten, James A., 1852-1928.
    • Diamond Match Company.
    • Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943.
    • Pynchon, Adeline Lobdell.
    • Reitlinger, Nicholas A.
  • Subjects
    • Banks and banking Illinois Chicago.
    • Depressions 1929 United States.
    • Families Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Families Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Literature Illinois Chicago Societies, etc.
    • Local transit Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Street-railroads Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Stockbrokers Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Stockbrokers Illinois Chicago 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Commerce.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Intellectual life.
    • China Description and travel 20th century.
    • Ireland History.
    • Russia Description and travel 20th century.
    • United States Foreign relations 1901-1909.
    • United States Relations Mexico.
    • Hawaii Description and travel.
  • Genre
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Genealogies. aat
    • Reminiscences. aat
    • Scrapbooks. aat
  • Geographic name
    • United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
    • Great Britain England.
    • Japan Nikko.
    • Russia Moscow.
    • Russia St. Petersburg.