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  • Collection ID 1986.0247
  • Creator Names McLean, Clara Elizabeth Hollis, 1896-1985
  • Title Clara Elizabeth Hollis McLean photograph collection [graphic].
  • Dates 1860s-1970s, bulk 1910s-1950s.
  • Physical description
    • 8 albums (734 photographs) : b&w ; 28 x 35 cm. (11 x 13 3/4 in.) or smaller.
    • 215 photographic prints : b&w ; 30 x 36 cm. (11 1/2 x 14 in.) or smaller.
    • 49 photographic prints : col. ; 9 x 13 cm. ( 3 1/2 x 5 in.) or smaller.
    • 2 photographic prints : hand col. ; 5 x 8 cm. ( 1 3/4 x 3 in.)
    • 43 photographs : cabinet card ; 14 x 22 cm. ( 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.) or smaller.
    • 23 photographs : carte de visite ; 7 x 11 cm. (2 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
    • 3 photographs : tintype ; 10 x 7 cm. (3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
    • 22 negatives : b&w ; 7 x 13 cm. ( 2 3/4 x 5 in.) or smaller.
    • 1 drawing : pencil work ; 5 x 8 cm. (1 3/4 x 3 in.)
  • Access and usage restrictions Advance appointment required to consult color materials in cold storage. Also, to examine the tintypes, it is necessary to make an advance appointment by email to Research@chicagohistory.org or by U.S. mail to the Research Center. Tintypes may be handled only by conservation staff of Chicago History Museum.
  • Collection summary Visual materials relating to Clara Elizabeth Hollis (Mrs. Kirk McLean) and family of Chicago and Winnetka. Subjects include family trips to ranches in Colorado, Wyoming, and Arizona (1900s-1920s); Clara and friends at Bryn Mawr College (ca. 1917-18); family portraits; and Clara and (second) husband Baxter McLean on their ranch in Tucson, Arizona. Also includes albums of Union soldiers from the Civil War and an album of photographs of the Palmer House hotel (1925) given to the hotel's manager, Henry L. Hollis.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Henry L. Hollis family photograph collection (1989.0307) and the Grannis family papers.
  • Finding Aids Note Container list available (1986-247-1 and 1986-247-2).
  • Acquisition information Gift of Uri B. Grannis, Jr., 1986 (1986.0247).
  • Names
    • Hollis, Henry L. Portraits.
    • McLean, Clara Elizabeth Hollis, 1896-1985 Portraits.
    • McLean, Baxter. Portraits.
    • Palmer House (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Bryn Mawr College.
  • Subjects
    • Hotels Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Families Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Children Clothing & dress Illinois Chicago.
    • Children Clothing & dress Arizona.
    • Children Clothing & dress Colorado.
    • Children Clothing & dress Wyoming.
    • Women Clothing & dress Illinois Chicago.
    • Women Clothing & dress Arizona.
    • Women Clothing & dress Colorado.
    • Women Clothing & dress Wyoming.
    • Recreation Arizona. lctgm
    • Recreation Colorado. lctgm
    • Recreation Wyoming. lctgm
    • Ranches Arizona. lctgm
    • Ranches Colorado. lctgm
    • Ranches Wyoming. lctgm
    • Horses Arizona. lctgm
    • Horses Colorado. lctgm
    • Horses Wyoming. lctgm
    • Cowboys Arizona. lctgm
    • Cowboys Colorado. lctgm
    • Cowboys Wyoming. lctgm
    • Horseback riding Arizona. lctgm
    • Horseback riding Colorado. lctgm
    • Horseback riding Wyoming. lctgm
    • Domestic life Illinois. lctgm
    • Domestic life Arizona. lctgm
    • Entertaining Arizona. lctgm
    • Students Pennsylvania. lctgm
    • Soldiers United States. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
    • Estes Park (Colo.) Pictorial works.
    • Colorado Pictorial works.
    • Tucson (Ariz.) Pictorial works.
    • Arizona Pictorial works.
    • Winnetka (Ill.) Social life and customs.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs.
    • Pennsylvania Study and teaching.
  • Genre
    • Interior views. aat
    • Snapshots. gmgpc
    • Portrait photographs. gmgpc
    • Photograph albums. gmgpc
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
    • Dye coupler photographic prints. gmgpc
    • Cabinet photographs. gmgpc
    • Cartes de visite. gmgpc
    • Film negatives. gmgpc
    • Pencil works. gmgpc
    • Tintypes. gmgpc
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