Results
1 to 12 of 19 Digital Images shown
1 to of 12 Archival Collections shown
Alice Judson Ryerson Hayes Papers, 1934-2006
Daily journals, travel journals, sketchbooks, writings, and other papers of Chicago writer Alice Judson Ryerson Hayes, who founded and ran Ragdale, a retreat for writers, musicians, and artists, at her family's Lake Forest estate designed by her grandfather, Howard Van Doren Shaw. Dating from 193...
Chapin Hall for Children records, 1867-1984.
Correspondence, minutes of meetings, 1867-1958, admission and dismissal ledgers, financial records, case files, and other records of the organization, which provided day-care services for working mothers and served as a temporary shelter for dependent children and as an orphanage. The Chicago Nur...
Frances Wells Shaw Papers, 1866-1976
Papers of Frances Wells Shaw of Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois, wife of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Bulk consists of material related to the frequent domestic and international travels of Frances Shaw during the first half of the 20th century. Includes her diaries, travel materials and me...
Laflin family papers
Family papers, including correspondence (1869-1949) and diaries (1890-1907) of Josephine Knowland Laflin of Chicago and Lake Forest ( Ill.), relating to schooling genealogy, illness, death, servants, theatrical and literary figures, such as Julian Street and George Gibbs, travel in Europe and the...
Laflin family photograph collection, 1870-1939.
Family photograph collection of the Laflin family of Chicago and Lake Forest, including Matthew, George H., Louis E., Louis E., Jr., and Josephine Knowland.
Shaw-Wells family papers, 1792-1977
Correspondence, diaries, articles, poems, short stories, plays, clippings, mementos, estate documents, and other family papers of Chicago (Ill.) author Frances Wells Shaw and her husband, architect Howard Van Doren Shaw, and of their parents, daughters, other relatives, and ancestors. Topics incl...
Sterling Morton correspondence with his daughter Suzette
Correspondence between Suzette Morton Hammill and her father Sterling Morton, mostly written while she was a teenager and young woman studying at The Master's School (Dobb's Ferry, New York), at Vassar College, and in Paris (1927-1943). The collection also includes Sterling Morton's correspondenc...
Sterling Morton papers
Correspondence, speeches, articles, travel journals, passports, scrapbooks, and other papers of Sterling Morton, a Chicago industrialist and resident of Lake Forest (Ill.), and Santa Barbara (Calif.), chiefly relating to Morton's businesses, philanthropies, family, and his conservative views on U...
Sylvia Shaw Judson Haskins papers, 1897-1981.
Correspondence (1897-1981), travel notes, postcards (1920-1975), writings, lectures, research files, and other personal papers of Sylvia Shaw Judson Haskins, a Chicago area sculptor. Also included are various images (boxes 16 & 17) compiled by Haskins.
Waldo M. Allen papers, 1891-1957
The papers of Waldo M. Allen consist largely of letters concerning his family, written by him, by his older brother Calvin Durand Allen, his parents Elisha Hubert and Janet E. (Durand) Allen, and other relatives. Some of the correspondence pertains to the interests and activities of Waldo Allen...
Wells-Shaw family photograph collection, [ca. 1870-1929 (bulk 1880-1899)]
Cartes de visite albums include portraits of Chicago area residents, members of the Wells, Shaw, and Searls families. Photoprint albums show a house party for Martha Wells at Lake Geneva (Wis.). Includes group portraits of guests, a horseback riding excursion, scenes of the lake and local railroa...
Winterbotham-French Family Papers, 1850-2005
Correspondence, personal materials, diaries, financial and estate documents, genealogical research, and photographs of the Winterbotham and French families who were united by the marriage of John R. Winterbotham III and Chloe T. French. Papers include correspondence pertaining to Chloe Tyler Fren...