Addison Ballard papers
- Creator Names Ballard, Addison, 1823-1905.
- Title Addison Ballard papers [manuscript], 1871-1940.
- Physical description ca. 40 items (3 folders)
- Collection summary Real estate documents, letters, newsclippings, etc., primarily about lumber trade and real estate interests of Addison Ballard and Mary Ballard Derby of Chicago (Ill.). Includes letter from a friend inquiring about Ballard's lumber yard after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871; reminiscence in 1902 of a wolf hunt in 1843; items pertaining to Ballard's work as an alderman, including plan to create Grand Boulevard (1877); text of speech at the laying of the cornerstone of the Criminal Court Building, S.E. corner of Michigan Street and Dearborn Avenue (1892); and an appraisal of 1128 South Michigan Avenue in 1938.
- Finding Aids Note Unpublished finding aid available for eight items related to Ballard acquired long ago.
- Acquisition information The major portion of this collection was a gift of Mary Derby (1989.0575).
- Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include a Ballard scrapbook about forty niners and other materials cataloged separately.
- Names
- Ballard, Addison, 1823-1906.
- Derby, Mary Ballard.
- Cook County Criminal Courts Building (Chicago, Ill. : 1892- )
- Derby, Mary, donor.
- Subjects
- City council members Illinois Chicago 19th century.
- Fires Illinois Chicago.
- Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871.
- Lumber trade Illinois Chicago 19th century.
- Real estate investment Illinois Chicago.
- Wolf hunting
- Genre
- Correspondence. aat
- Speeches. aat
- Geographic coverage
- 1128 South Michigan Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)
- Chicago (Ill.) Commerce.
- Grand Boulevard (Chicago, Ill.)
- Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.