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Summary Information
Horace S. Oakley Papers 1874-1938
- Oakley, Horace Sweeney, 1861-1929
Mss 417
1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Horace S. Oakley, an eminent Chicago lawyer, authority on municipal bonds, classical scholar, and patron of the arts. The collection documents his private life but scarcely touches on his professional work in law. Included are the personal correspondence of both Horace S. Oakley and his half-sister Mary O. Hawley, a subject file on the activities and interests of Oakley's life, a collection of printed material by or about Oakley, and a scrapbook from his student years (1881-1883) at the University of Michigan. The papers collected by Mary O. Hawley, as she continued to maintain contact with her brother's friends and associates, also form a significant part of the collection. The materials document Oakley's lifelong philanthropic interests including his relief work in Macedonia following World War I, his dedication to the arts in Chicago through involvement with the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Newberry Library, his interest in archaeology, and his retirement to Florence, Italy. English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00417
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