Abstract: Joseph Cummings Chase (1878-1965) was an educator, writer, portrait and sketch artist. He and his wife, Cora, moved to Milwaukee in 1954 where he spent the last years of his life continuing to work on his art. Many of Chase's original works were auctioned at an estate sale to benefit the Red Cross after his passing, while other works of his still reside at the Smithsonian Institution. Chase was especially noted for his portraits of members of the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I and World War II. This collection contains: ephemera, correspondence, photographs, publications, scrapbooks, reproductions of portraits, information on his exhibits, sketches, illustrations and speeches.