Abstract: Papers of Yawkey, a Wausau, Wisconsin, lumberman and paper mill executive, and of Woodson, his son-in-law, concerning their various companies and business enterprises. Yawkey's first business, Yawkey and Lee Lumber Company, was succeeded by the Yawkey Lumber Company, and investments in numerous firms in twenty states and two Canadian provinces followed. Yawkey and Woodson were members of the loosely organized “Wausau Group” of investors, who had investments in timber tracts, lumber and paper manufacturing, land and real estate, utilities and power companies, oil and gas exploration firms, newspapers, insurance and finance companies, and mining operations. Most records date from 1920 to 1945. The collection includes correspondence, primarily of a business nature, records of the companies in which Yawkey and Woodson invested or held administrative positions, and material on lands and leases owned, particularly in Wisconsin and Oregon. The companies file includes correspondence and related material, a variety of financial records, maps of property and timber tracts, records of timber and of timber cruises, stock and tax records, assay and production reports, and leases and other legal documents.

Abstract: Papers of Chicago philanthropist Anita Blaine, received from her granddaughter in 1971, composed of diaries, some of her most private correspondence, information relating to her own estate and those of her husband and son, and papers of her husband and son.

Abstract: Records of the office which handled the interests of descendants of Chicago industrialist Cyrus H. McCormick, Sr. The McCormick Estates office dealt with business and legal matters for the family; managed their many income-producing properties; reported on all financial transactions in behalf of the two incompetent children, Mary Virginia and Stanley; did the bookkeeping for a variety of trusts and syndicates set up by the McCormicks; handled securities in the form of stocks and bonds; gave accountings of notes and loans; and frequently rendered aid to family members regarding private matters. After the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's merger into the International Harvester Company in 1902, the McCormick Estates office took on further responsibilities. Although all manufacturing was taken over by International Harvester, the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company under its own name continued to receive payments for products previously purchased on credit (until 1910) and to administer a pension system for employees (until 1922). McCormick Estates staff served as advisors and accountants for the Company in these interests as well as for individual members of the McCormick family.

Abstract: Personal papers of Herman Runge, a Milwaukee area marine enthusiast who collected information about vessels and other facts on the Great Lakes. Contains correspondence, photographs, and statistical data.