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Title:
Harold Fowler McCormick Papers, 1892-1947
Creator: McCormick, Harold Fowler, 1872-1941 Quantity: 36.7 c.f. (91 archives boxes and 1 volume)
Call Number: McCormick Mss 1F; McCormick Mss 2F
Abstract: Papers of Harold Fowler McCormick, a Chicago industrialist with the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and the International Harvester Company; consisting of correspondence, notes, business records, appointment books, speeches, clippings, and printed items. These concern financial interests, civic groups, personal and family life, and his publicized peace plan during World War I. Of his business activities, the Belle City Malleable Iron Company is best documented. A small portion of the collection consists of papers of his daughter, Muriel, documenting her interest in postwar relief work, the theater, and Chicago grand opera.
Summary Information
• ... Harold Fowler McCormick Papers, ...
• ... : McCormick, Harold Fowler, 1872-1941: : ...
• ...old Fowler, 1872-1941: : McCormick Mss 1F; McCormick Mss 2F 36.7 c.f. (91 arc ...
• ...941: : McCormick Mss 1F; McCormick Mss 2F 36.7 c.f. (91 archives boxes and 1 ...
• ... Papers of Harold Fowler McCormick, a Chicago industrialist with the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and the Internation ...
• ... Papers of Harold Fowler McCormick, a Chicago industrialist with the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and the International Harvester Company; consisting of correspo ...
Biography/History
• ... Harold Fowler McCormick, son of Cyrus Hall (inventor of the reaper) and Nancy (Nettie) Fowler McCormick, was born ...
• ... Harold Fowler McCormick, son of Cyrus Hall (inventor of the reaper) and Nancy (Nettie) Fowler McCormick, was born in Chicago on May 2, 1872. He was educated at the University School of Chicago, ...
• ..., born 1905, who married Max Oser and died in 1947. Harold and Edith Rockefeller McCormick were divorced December 28, 1921. On August 11, 1922, he married Ganna W ...
• ...lifornia, he married Adah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Wilson of Idaho. Harold McCormick died October 16, 1941, in California. During the whole of his adult lif ...
• ...ck died October 16, 1941, in California. During the whole of his adult life, Mr. McCormick was a top executive of the International Harvester Company. He joined the McCormick Harve ...
• ...dult life, Mr. McCormick was a top executive of the International Harvester Company. He joined the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company immediately after his graduation from Princeton in 1895, and wa ...
• ...s death, he was chairman of the board. In addition to the Harvester Company, Mr. McCormick was interested in the Belle City Malleable Iron Company, whose plant near Chicago he acqui ...
• ...Belle City Malleable Iron Company, whose plant near Chicago he acquired in 1899. McCormick supported a variety of philanthropic causes and gave money to an enormous number of indivi ...
• ... personal needs. As a memorial to his son, he and his wife established in 1903 the John Rockefeller McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases in Chicago. He was all his life a Presbyterian and suppo ...
• ...yterian and supported religious institutions such as the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, the McCormick Theological Seminary, and Olivet Institute, a Presbyterian mission in Chicago. But of all ...
• ...umber of organizations trying to develop opera and orchestral groups in Chicago. McCormick was also interested in Chicago civic affairs and involved in various civic reform efforts. ...
• ...ns interested in civic betterment and in the Chicago Plan for urban development. McCormick's deepest involvement in politics came during World War I. In Switzerland when the war beg ...
• ...ench and other European officials and the U.S. Department of State. After the U.S. entered the war, McCormick served as a purchasing agent under General Charles G. Dawes of the Allied Expeditionary Fo ...
• ...shington to lay German peace proposals before President Wilson. Other aspects of McCormick's life include an early enthusiasm for automobiles in which he made several trips through ...
Scope and Content Note
• ...of the Class of 1895. The Harold F. McCormick Papers contain all the known extant papers of Mr. McCormick. They are sparse for the early ...
• ... The Harold F. McCormick Papers contain all the known extant papers of Mr. McCormick. They are sparse for the early 1920s but fairly complete otherwise. They are organized int ...
• ...ly complete otherwise. They are organized into two parts: Series 1F containing the papers of Harold McCormick, 1892-1947; and Series 2F consisting of brief papers of his daughter Muriel, 1920-1925. Se ...
• ...peeches or Appointments), and within each subcategory arrangement is alphabetical by correspondent. McCormick family correspondence follows other correspondence. After this first chronological run is ...
• ...to Series 1F (chronological, by name, and by subject) are located in a separate archives box on the McCormick shelf in the Archives Reading Room. Series 2F is arranged by year. ...
• ... is arranged by year. Part I: Harold Fowler McCormick Papers, 1892-1947. 90 boxes and 1 volume With the ...
• ...ompany at Racine, Wisconsin, acquired in 1899, all business records are sparse. Correspondence with McCormick's financial agents does include references to his many Chicago properties, and to stock in ...
• ... to stock invested in Chicago enterprises, various railroads, and western mines. McCormick's correspondence also demonstrates his interest in a wide variety of civic activities and ...
• ...ovement and to locate the Naval Training Station; the Chicago Plan Commission; the John Rockefeller McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases, established by McCormick and his wife in 1902 as a memo ...
• ...o Plan Commission; the John Rockefeller McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases, established by McCormick and his wife in 1902 as a memorial to their son; the University of Chicago and its committ ...
• ...cattered letters concern reform movements in Chicago, Democratic Party finances and candidates, the McCormick Theological Seminary, Princeton University, Washington and Lee University, and the Young M ...
• ...nd Lee University, and the Young Men's Christian Association. The papers contain McCormick's letters, notes, a printed brochure, and reminiscences describing his peace plan, ...
• ...ue of Nations Association. Correspondence appears frequently with members of the McCormick family, particularly with his mother, his brother Cyrus, Jr., and his sister Anita, dealin ...
• ...ctors and clinics, especially in relation to arthritis or psychiatric treatment. McCormick's papers confirm his reputation as a patron of music, to which he gave organizational time ...
• ... is mirrored in the papers. Part II: Muriel McCormick Correspondence, 1920-1926. 1 box Series 2F consist ...
Contents List
Part I: Harold Fowler McCormick Papers, 1892-1947
series
• ... Part I: Harold Fowler McCormick Papers, 1892-1947: ... • ... 1892-1947: : McCormick Mss 1F ... Correspondence and Business Papers
subseries • ... 1 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 1 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 2 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 2 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 2 McCormick, Edith R.; Hamilton; R. Hall: ... • ... 2 McCormick, Stanley; Vance: ... • ... 3 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 3 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 3 McCormick, Nettie F. and Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 3 McCormick, Edith R.; John R.; Leander J.: ... • ... 4 McCormick, Stanley: ... • ... 5 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 5 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 5 McCormick, Dawson; Harriet C.; Harriet H.: ... • ... 5 McCormick, Nettie F.; R. Hall; Stanley: ... • ... 7 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 7 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 7 McCormick, Harriet H.-Robert S.: ... • ... 7 McCormick, Stanley: ... • ... 8 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 8 McCormick, Cyrus H.: ... • ... 8 McCormick, Carrie-Walter: ... • ... 9 January-June, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 10 July-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 10 McCormick, Elizabeth-Stanley: ... • ... 10 Business papers: McCormick Theological Seminary - Pearsons-Taft Land Credit Company: ... • ... 11 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 11 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 11 McCormick, R. Hall; Stanley: ... • ... 12 Hammond-Mary V. McCormick affairs: ... • ... 12 Mary V. McCormick Trustees-Neal: ... • ... 13 January-April, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 14 May-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 14 McCormick, Cyrus H.: ... • ... 14 McCormick, Elsie; Nettie F.; Ruth H.: ... • ... 14 McCormick, Stanley: ... • ... 15 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company-Merchants' Club: ... • ... 16 January-July, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 16 August-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 16 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 16 McCormick, Chauncey-Harriet: ... • ... 16 McCormick, Hedill-Stanley: ... • ... 18 Mackay-Stanley McCormick affairs: ... • ... 18 McCormick Theological Seminary-Quadrangle Club: ... • ... 18 January-May, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 18 June-August, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 19 Septeber-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 19 McCormick, Harold F. (automobiles) (also 1908 materials): ... • ... 19 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 19 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.-Stanley: ... • ...20 Higginson-McCormick Harvesting Machine Company: ... • ... 20 Mary V. McCormick affairs-Stewert: ... • ... 20 January-March, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 21 April-October, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 21 November-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 21 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 21 McCormick, Harold F.: Speeches: ... • ... 21 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 21 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.-Stanley: ... • ... 22 Lake Forest Estate-Stanley McCormick affairs: ... • ... 22 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 23 McCormick Theological Seminary-Simmons: ... • ... 23 January-March, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 23 April-July, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 23 August-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 24 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 24 McCormick, Harold F.: Speeches: ... • ... 24 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 24 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.-Walter B.: ... • ...24 Business papers: Alfred L. Baker & Company-McCormick Theological Seminary: ... • ... 25 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 25 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 26 McCormick, Harold F.: Speeches: ... • ... 26 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 26 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.-Robert R.: ... • ... 27 January-April, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ...27 May-July, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 27 August-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 27 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 27 McCormick, Harold F.: Speeches: ... • ... 27 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 27 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.-Nettie F.: ... • ... 28 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 28 McCormick, Harold F.: Speeches and drafts: ... • ... 28 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 29 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 29 McCormick, Harold F.: Speech: ... • ... 29 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 29 McCormick, Edith R.; Nettie F.: ... • ... 29 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 29 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.; Nettie F.: ... • ... 29 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 29 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 29 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 29 McCormick, Edith R.; Medill, Ruth H.: ... • ... 29 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 29 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.-Nettie F.: ... • ... 30 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 30 McCormick, Harold F. (Via Pacis mission): correspondence, notes ... • ... 30 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 30 McCormick, Nettie F.: ... • ... 30 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 30 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 30 McCormick, Cyrus, III-Vance C.: ... • ... 31 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 31 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 31 McCormick, Edith R.-Ruth H.: ... • ... 31 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 31 McCormick, Harold F.: Speeches, 1920-1921: ... • ... 31 McCormick, Nettie F.: ... • ... 31 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 31 McCormick, Nettie F.-T.F.: ... • ... 31 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 31 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 31 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 31 McCormick, Katherine D.: ... • ... 32 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 32 McCormick, Katherine D.: ... • ... 32 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 32 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 32 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 32 McCormick, Harold F.: Speeches, 1928: ... • ... 32 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 32 McCormick, Cyrus III; W.C.: ... • ... 34 Malinoff-McCormick Historical Association: ... • ... 35 McCormick Historical Association-Nelson: ... • ... 36 January-March, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 36 April-June, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 36 July-September, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 37 October-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 37 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 37 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 37 McCormick, Alice H.-Morgan S.: ... • ... Belle City Malleable Iron Company - Nettie F. McCormick Estate: ... • ... Article: “The Development of the Study of Human Relations,” by Harold F. McCormick: ... • ... 39 McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases-McCormick Historical Association: ... • ...39 McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases-McCormick Historical Association: ... • ... 39 McCormick Historical Association-National Tuberculosis Association: ... • ... 40 January-April, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 41 May-October, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 41 November-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 41 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 41 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 41 McCormick, Alice H.-Ruth H.: ... • ... 44 January-April, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 44 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 45 May-September, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 45 October-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 45 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 45 McCormick, Chauncey-Vance: ... • ... 48 Lake of the Woods Lodge - McCormick, Edith R.: ... • ... 48 McCormick, Edith R. (continued): ... • ... 49 McCormick General: Automobile Club of Southern California, Charity, Christmas, Old Settlers' Dinner, ... • ... 49 Bust of C.H. McCormick: ... • ... 49 Mary Virginia McCormick Affairs: ... • ... 49 McCormick Historical Association: ... • ... 49 McCormick - Rochefeller New Testament: ... • ... 49 Nettie Fowler McCormick Biographical Association: ... • ... 50 N.F. McCormick Biographical Association - Purman: ... • ... 50 January-March, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 51 April-July, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 51 August-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 51 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 52 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 52 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 52 McCormick, Alice - William G.: ... • ...54 Lasaref - McCormick Christmas: ... • ... 55 McCormick Historical Association: ... • ... 55 McCormick Virginia Celebration: ... • ... 55 Nettie Fowler McCormick Biographical Association: ... • ... 55 McCormick Biography - Ott: ... • ... 57 January-March, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 57 April-September, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 57 October-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 57 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 58 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 58 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 58 McCormick, Alice H. - Robert R.: ... • ... 61 H.F. McCormick Christmas gifts - Mutual Life Insurance Company: ... • ... 62 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 62 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 62 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 63 McCormick, Allister - William G.: ... • ... 65 Kitching - Harold F. McCormick: ... • ...65 Harold F. McCormick - Mecker: ... • ...65 Nettie F. McCormick Biographical Association: ... • ... 67 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 67 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 67 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 68 McCormick, Alice H. - Gordon: ... • ... Article: “A Short Story of Grand Opera in Chicago,” by McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 70 Green, McCormick Foreman's Club, International Harvester Company: ... • ... 70 Death of Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., Blaine - Goodspeed: ... • ... 71 Death of Cyrus H. McCormick, Gorton, Lloyd - Smith: ... • ... 71 Death of Cyrus H. McCormick, Scott - Mary V. McCormick affairs, Blaine: ... • ...1 Death of Cyrus H. McCormick, Scott - Mary V. McCormick affairs, Blaine: ... • ... 71 Mary V. McCormick affairs, Christmas - Stanley McCormick affairs, Morrell: ... • ... Mary V. McCormick affairs, Christmas - Stanley McCormick affairs, Morrell: ... • ... 71 Stanley McCormick affairs, Meyers - Trieb: ... • ... 73 January-May, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 73 June-September, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 73 October-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 74 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 74 McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr.: ... • ... 74 McCormick, Alice - William G., II: ... • ... 78 Martin - McCormick, Harold F. - Christmas: ... • ... 78 McCormick, Harold F. - Morrell: ... • ... 79 January-May, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 80 June - September, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 80 October-December, McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 80 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 81 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... Speech: “Thirty Years in the Harvester Building,” by McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 81 McCormick, Alice - Robert H.: ... • ... 81 Atwood - McCormick-Goodhart: ... • ... 81 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 81 McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 81 Speeches and drafts, by McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... Via Pacis by Harold F. McCormick: ... Bound Volumes
subseries • ... 1911: : Manuscript: Invention of McCormick Reaper by R.H. Parkinson: ... • ... : Reminiscences of Woodrow Wilson by Harold F. McCormick: ... • ... 1925: : Manuscript: The Invention of the McCormick Reaper by Cyrus Bentley: ... • ... Undated: : Insurance Plan for Harold F. McCormick: ... Clippings
subseries • ... 1917-1920: : Clippings, regarding McCormick, Edith R.: ... • ... 1918-1919: : Clippings, regarding McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 1926-1929: : regarding McCormick, Harold F.: ... • ... 1927: : regarding Muriel McCormick; Ganna Walska: ... • ... 1928: : regarding McCormick, Ganna Walska: ... • ... 1929-1930: : regarding McCormick, Ganna Walska: ... • ... 1931: : regarding Harold F. McCormick Divorce: ... • ... 1931: : regarding Edith McCormick; H.F. McCormick; Oser family: ... • ... 1931: : regarding Edith McCormick; H.F. McCormick; Oser family: ... • ... 1931: : regarding McCormick, Fowler: ... • ... 1931: : regarding McCormick, Ganna Walska: ... • ... 1931: : regarding McCormick, Muriel: ... • ... 1932: : regarding McCormick, Edith R.: ... • ... 1932, 1934: : regarding Hubbard, Muriel McCormick: ... • ... 1933-1934: : regarding McCormick, Edith R.: ... • ... 1934: : regarding Ganna Walska, Fowler McCormick; H.F. McCormick: ... • ... 1934: : regarding Ganna Walska, Fowler McCormick; H.F. McCormick: ... Part II: Muriel McCormick Correspondence, 1920-1926
series
• ... Part II: Muriel McCormick Correspondence, 1920-1926: ... • ... 1920-1926: : McCormick Mss 2F ... |