Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr. Donation Papers, 1880-1937


Summary Information
Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr. Donation Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1880-1937

Creator:
  • McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936
Call Number: McCormick Mss 5C

Quantity: 14.4 cubic feet (38 archives boxes)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Routine records of philanthropic donations by Chicago industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr. to a variety of organizations and individuals. Grouped by recipient, the files typically include a letter of appeal, McCormick's or his secretary's response, his secretary's letter enclosing the check, letters from the recipient thanking him for the money, and occasional correspondence between McCormick and his secretary on how much to give; all enclosed with a slip for each recipient identifying the subject with remarks on what the donation was for. The individuals McCormick gave to varied from people asking for a few dollars to large yearly donations. Organizations represented include those concerned with world peace, Native Americans, education, the Presbyterian Church of Chicago and the United States, women's and children's charities, and Chicago area philanthropies. Miscellaneous volumes in the series are donation record lists, dockets, financial record books, and YMCA International Committee subscription books.

Language: English

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Contents List
McCormick Mss 5C
Appeals
Box   1
A-I
Box   2
K-W
Paid
Box   3-7
9:1 - Princeton
Box   7
9:2 - Dr. J.G.K. McClure Life Insurance
Box   7
9:3 - Francis W. Parker School
Box   7
9:4 - St. James Episcopal Church, Chicago
Box   7-9
9:5 - YMCA
9:6 - Donations to individuals
Box   9
A-B
Box   10
C
Box   11
E-G
Box   12
H-L
Box   13
M-P
Box   14
R-T
Box   15
U-Z
Box   15-16
9:7 - Fourth Presbyterian Church
Box   16
9:8 - Western Society for Suppression of Vice
Box   16
9:9 - Grover Cleveland Memorial
Box   16-17
9:10 - McCormick Theological Seminary/Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Box   17
9:11 - Presbyterian Hospital of Chicago
Box   17
9:12 - Presbyterian Brotherhood
Box   17
9:13 - University Club of Chicago Building Fund
Box   17
9:14 - Pension Fund and Stock Selling Plan/Jekyll Island Club
Box   17
9:15 - Lake Forest University
Box   18
9:16 - Commercial Club of Chicago
Box   18
9:17 - Allendale Association
Box   18
9:18 - Chicago Evening Post “Preparedness” number
Box   18
9:19 - Hull House
Box   18
9:20 - City of Lake Forest
Box   18
9:21 - Fenger Memorial
Box   18
9:22 - Coe College
Box   18
9:23 - Carroll College
Box   18
9:24 - Lower North Community Council
Box   18
9:25 - First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest
Box   18
9:26 - Committee of Fifteen
Box   18
9:27 - Robert Bridges Fund
Box   18
9:28 - Citizen's Committee to Enforce The Landis Award
Box   18
9:29 - Church Extension Board of the Presbytery of Chicago
Box   18
9:30 - American Students Reconstruction Association
Box   18
9:31 - Religious Education Association
Box   19
9:32 - French Library in Chicago
Box   19
9:33 - American University Union in Europe
Box   19
9:34 - Anti-Saloon League of Illinois
Box   19
9:35 - North Central Improvement Association
Box   19
9:36 - Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago
Box   19
9:37 - Moody Church Young Women's Home
Box   19
9:38 - National Civic Federation
Box   19
9:39 - Chicago Sunday Evening Club
Box   19-20
9:40 - Donations in the name of Harriet Hammond McCormick
Box   20
9:41 - Chicago Tuberculosis Institute/Lake Country T.B. Society
Box   20
9:42 - University of Chicago
Box   20
9:43 - National Child Labor Committee
Box   20
9:44 - Summer Vacation School - John Spry School
Box   20
9:45 - McCormick School
Box   20
9:46 - Art Institute of Chicago
Box   21
9:47 - The Berry School
Box   21
9:48 - Endowment Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund
Box   21
9:49 - Macalester College
Box   21
9:50 - Bell Telephone Memorial Association
Box   21
9:51 - Convalescent Home for Women and Children
Box   21
9:52 - University of Dubuque/German Theological School of the Northwest
Box   21
9:53 - Albert Lea College
Box   21
9:54 - Gipsy Smith meetings
Box   21
9:55 - Hastings College Endowment Fund
Box   21
9:56 - The Ravinia Company
Box   21
9:57 - United Charities of Chicago
Box   21
9:58 - Field Museum of Natural History
Box   21
9:59 - Hotchkiss School
Box   21
9:60 - Grand Opera Fund
Box   21
9:61 - Chicago Bureau of Public Efficiency
Box   21
9:62 - Young Men's Club of Lake Forest
Box   21
9:63 - Interlaken School, La Porte, Indiana
Box   21
9:64 - Perkiomen Seminary, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania
Box   21
9:65 - Neighborhood Settlement House, Pierre, South Dakota
Box   22
9:66 - Waldensian Missions - Angelini/Waldensian Church - Rome
Box   22
9:67 - Child Welfare Exhibit
Box   22
9:68 - Home for Convalescing omen and Children - Grove House
Box   22
9:69 - Industrial School for Young Women in Servia
Box   22
9:70 - Evangelical Union of South America
9:71 - American National Red Cross
Box   22
General
Box   23
A-N
Box   24
O-W
Box   24
9:72 - Illinois College
Box   24
9:73 - Men and Religion Forward Movement
Box   24
9:74 - Susquehanna Avenue Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
Box   24
9:75 - Ridgefield School Association
Box   24
9:76 - Dr. Grenfell's Work in Labrador
Box   24
9:77 - International Aviation Meet
Box   24
9:78 - Water Carnival and Naval Review, Chicago
Box   24
9:79 - Bellevue College, Bellevue, Nebraska
Box   24
9:80 - Chicago Association of Commerce
9:81 - Civic Federation of Chicago
Note: No file is present for this group.
Box   25
9:82 - Hampton Institute
Box   25
9:83 - Olivet Institute
Box   25
9:84 - Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Box   25
9:85 - Chicago Peace Society - Guarantee Fund
Box   25
9:86 - Lincoln University, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
Box   25
9:87 - Berea College
Box   25
9:88 - Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society
Box   25
9:89 - Glenwood Manual Training School
Box   25
9:90 - St. Luke's Hospital, Boise, Idaho
Box   25
9:91 - Arden Shore Association
Box   25
9:92 - Lake Placid School
Box   25
9:93 - Dodge, Cleveland H.
Box   26
9:94 - Huron College
Box   26
9:95 - Work of E.C. Mercer
Box   26
9:96 - The World in Chicago
Box   26
9:97 - La Francaise
Box   26
9:98 - Community House
Box   26
9:99 - XV International Congress on Hygiene and Demography
Box   26
9:100 - Westminster College
Box   26
9:101 - Olympic Fund
Box   26
9:102 - Pennington School, Pennington, New Jersey
Box   26
9:103 - Winona Assembly and Summer School Associations
Box   26
9:104 - Presbyterian Churches, Washington, D.C.
Box   26
9:105 - General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches
Box   26
9:106 - Poetry - A Magazine of Verse
Box   26
9:107 - City Club of Chicago
Box   26
9:108 - League to Enforce Peace
Box   26
9:109 - Third Presbyterian Church - Chicago
Box   26
9:110 - Chicago Day Nursery and Half Orphan Asylum
Box   26
9:111 - City Homes Association
Box   26
9:112 - Home for Destitute Crippled Children
Box   26
9:113 - American Branch - Shakespeare International Alliance
Box   26
9:114 - Eugene Field Memorial Fund
Box   26
9:115 - Lake County Farm Improvement Association
Box   26
9:116 - University of Illinois
Box   27
9:117 - Woodrow Wilson
Box   27
9:118 - Chicago Law and Order League
Box   27
9:119 - Civil Service Association of Chicago
Box   27
9:120 - Chicago Christian Industrial League
Box   27
9:121 - City of Lake Forest
Box   27
9:122 - Legal Aid Society of Chicago
Box   27
9:123 - Jamestown College, North Dakota
Box   27
9:124 - Boy Scouts of America
Box   27
9:125 - Illinois Naval Reserve
Box   27
9:126 - Federal Churches of Christ in America
Box   27
9:127 - Citizens' Terminal Committee - Chicago
Box   27
9:128 - Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Box   27
9:129 - Chicago Lying-In Hospital
Box   27
9:130 - Oklahoma Indian Fund
Box   27
9:131 - Daily News Fresh Air Fund
Box   27
9:132 - American Society for the Excavation of Sardis
Box   27
9:133 - Arnold Arboretum
Box   27
9:134 - Virginia Churches
Box   27
9:135 - Bureau of Public Welfare of Cook County
Box   27
9:136 - Father Dorney Memorial
Box   27
9:137 - American Indian Institute
Box   27
9:138 - Illinois National Guard
Box   27
9:139 - National Foreign Trade Council
Box   28
9:140 - Regina College
Box   28
9:141 - Mount Royal College
Box   28
9:142 - Lawrence Hall
Box   28
9:143 - Navy - All Pledges
Box   28
9:144 - Park Ridge School for Girls
Box   28
9:145 - Smithsonian Institute
Box   28
9:146 - Christopher House Settlement
Box   28
9:147 - State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Box   28
9:148 - Tariff Commission League
Box   28
9:149 - Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
Box   28
9:150 - Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
Box   28
9:151 - The Cliff Dwellers
Box   28
9:152 - Henry Baird Favill Memorial
Box   29
9:153 - Dr. Samuel Willard Memorial
Box   29
9:154 - Immigrants Protective League
Box   29
9:155 - Chicago Orphan Asylum
Box   29
9:156 - Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Home and Hospital
Box   29
9:157 - Military Training
Box   29
9:158 - University of Virginia YMCA/Ford Automobile for Dr. Charles W. Kent
Box   29
9:159 - Ponte Nova Industrial School, Castro, Brazil
Box   29
9:160 - McCormick Works
Box   29
9:161 - Illinois Society for Prevention of Blindness
Box   29
9:162 - Chicago Council of Social Agencies
Box   29
9:163 - Vocational Supervision League
Box   29
9:164 - Roanoke College
Box   29
9:165 - The Dunes Pageant Association
Box   29
9:166 - Forest Preserve
Box   29
9:167 - Fargo College
Box   29
9:168 - Alice Home Hospital
Box   29
9:169 - Dry Chicago Federation
Box   29
9:170 - Halifax Relief Fund
Box   29
9:171 - League for National Unity
Box   29
9:172 - American Protection League
Box   29
9:173 - Committee on Marriage and Divorce
Box   29
9:174 - American Social Hygiene Association
Box   29
9:175 - Board of Missionary Preparation
Box   29
9:176 - Iroquois Club
Box   29
9:177 - Illinois Society for Mental Hygiene
Box   30
9:178 - Lake County Law and Order League
Box   30
9:179 - Off-the-Street Club
Box   30
9:180 - Everett Literary Society
Box   30
9:181 - Ravenswood Hospital
Box   30
9:182 - George Junior Republic, Chino, California
Box   30
9:183 - Lafayette College
Box   30
9:184 - National Service Commission of the Presbyterian Church
Box   30
9:185 - National Security League
Box   30
9:186 - United States Employment Service
Box   30
9:187 - Northwestern University Dental School
Box   30
9:188 - Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church
Box   30
9:189 - Passavant Hospital
Box   30
9:190 - Woman's Committee Council of National Defense
Box   30
9:191 - National Board of the Young Women's Christian Associations
Box   30
9:192 - American Church in Paris
Box   30
9:193 - American Hospital of Paris
Box   31
9:194 - Washington and Lee University
Box   31
9:195 - American College of Surgeons
Box   31
9:196 - North Shore Protective Association
Box   31
9:197 - American Memorial Hospital, Rheims
Box   31
9:198 - Illinois State Committee for the National Celebration of Constitution Day
Box   31
9:199 - Cook County Sunday School Association
Box   31
9:200 - Champion, Michigan, Churches
Box   31
9:201 - Bronze Memorial Tablet at West Point for General Barry
Box   31
9:202 - United States Training Corps
Box   31
9:203 - Military Highway
Box   31
9:204 - Southern Sociological Congress
Box   31
9:205 - Chicago Historical Society
Box   31
9:206 - American Academy in Rome
Box   31
9:207 - Chicago Urban League
Box   31
9:208 - Illinois Governor's Committee
Box   31
9:209 - Blackburn College
Box   31
9:210 - Chicago Policlinic and Henrotin Hospital
Box   31
9:211 - Community Service of Chicago
Box   31
9:212 - Interdenominational Committee
Box   31
9:213 - Girl Scouts
Box   31
9:214 - Old People's Home
Box   31
9:215 - Great Lakes Naval Training Station - Bible Class Work
Box   31
9:216 - St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Clinic, New York
Box   31
9:217 - Beaux Arts Society of New York
Box   31
9:218 - Scottish Old People's Home
Box   31
9:219 - Presbyterian Church at Ojai, California
Box   31
9:220 - Washington Syndicate
Box   32
9:221 - Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the Northwest
Box   32
9:222 - National League of Women Voters / Illinois/Michigan League of Women Voters
Box   32
9:223 - Girls' Friendly Society - Chicago Lodge
Box   32
9:224 - Chicago Woman's Club
Box   32
9:225 - Lincoln Institute of Kentucky
Box   32
9:226 - National Budget Committee
Box   32
9:227 - Infant Welfare Society
Box   32
9:228 - Travelers Aid Society of Chicago
Box   32
9:229 - Sulgrave Institute
Box   32
9:230 - North American Indian Fund
Box   32
9:231 - St. Mary's - By the Sea
Box   32
9:232 - Alliance Francaise for “Mme Curie Fund”
Box   32
9:233 - Civic Music Association of Chicago
Box   32
9:234 - American Legionnaires of France
Box   32
9:235 - Illinois Vigilance Association
Box   32
9:236 - Nutrition Clinics for Delicate Children
Box   32
9:237 - Physiatric Institute, Morristown, New York
Box   32
9:238 - Southwestern Presbyterian Sanatorium
Box   32
9:239 - Mt. Holyoke College
Box   32
9:240 - English Speaking Union
Box   32
9:241 - Salisbury Normal and Industrial Institute
Box   32
9:242 - American Farm School at Salonica
Box   32
9:243 - Deerfield Presbyterian Church
Box   32
9:244 - Apollo Musical Club
Box   32
9:245 - Legislative Voters League of Illinois
Box   32
9:246 - Utica Normal and Industrial Institute
Box   33
9:247 - College of Idaho
Box   33
9:248 - Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
Box   33
9:249 - American Association of Hospital Social Workers
Box   33
9:250 - American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Box   33
9:251 - Chicago Crime Commission
Box   33
9:252 - Chicago Colored Theatre
Box   33
9:253 - American Institute of Sacred Literature
Box   33
9:254 - American School for Girls, Scutaria, Constantinople
Box   33
9:255 - Children's Memorial Hospital
Box   33
9:256 - Boys' Brotherhood Republic
Box   33
9:257 - Indian Rights Association
Box   33
9:258 - Presbyterian Church - Board of Home, Foreign, and National Missions
Box   33
9:259 - Chicago Association of Day Nurseries
Box   33
9:260 - Better City Council Committee
Box   33
9:261 - Juvenile Court Work / Juvenile Protective Association / Citizens Anniversary Commission
Box   33
9:262 - First Methodist Church of Lake Forest
Box   33
9:263 - America Legion in Illinois
Box   33
9:264 - Central Council for Nursing Education
Box   33
9:265 - Buena Vista College
Box   33
9:266 - Police Department
Box   34
9:267 - Fisk University
Box   34
9:268 - Better Homes in America
Box   34
9:269 - League of Nations Non-Partisan Association
Box   34
9:270 - North China Union Language School - Beijing
Box   34
9:271 - Jefferson Hospital Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Box   34
9:272 - Rockford College
Box   34
9:273 - American Country Life Association
Box   34
9:274 - Women's National Farm and Garden Association
Box   34
9:275 - Wild Flower Preservation Society of America
Box   34
9:276 - Beulah Farm, Vienna, Ohio
Box   34
9:277 - Minute Men of the Constitution
Box   34
9:278 - Illinois Birth Control League
Box   34
9:279 - Moro Educational Foundation
Box   34
9:280 - Oxford College for Women
Box   34
9:281 - British Old Peoples Home in Illinois
Box   34
9:282 - Our World Weekly
Box   34
9:283 - Presbyterian Training School
Box   34
9:284 - Archaeological Institute of America
Box   34
9:285 - Chicago League for Hard of Hearing
Box   34
9:286 - Robbins Congregational Church
Box   34
9:287 - National Information Bureau
Box   34
9:288 - American Forestry Association
Box   34
9:289 - Actors Equity Association
Box   34
9:290 - Hope Bible School
Box   34
9:291 - Brussels Church Building Fund, Brussels, Belgium
Box   34
9:292 - Baron d'Estournelles de Constant
Box   34
9:293 - St. Athanasius' School, Brunswick, Georgia
Box   34
9:294 - Hanover College
Box   34
9:295 - National Committee on Boys & Girls Club Work
Box   34
9:296 - Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Box   34
9:297 - International Club of Geneva
Box   34
9:298 - National Society of Penal Information
Box   34
9:299 - Grant Post, G.A.R.
Box   35
9:300 - Day Servant's Hostel, London
Box   35
9:301 - Union League Foundation for Boy's Clubs
Box   35
9:302 - Mercersburg Academy
Box   35
9:303 - Women's and Children's Hospital
Box   35
9:304 - L'Ecole Stainte Lydie
Box   35
9:305 - The Moslem World
Box   35
9:306 - First Dunboe Presbyterian Church, Ulster, Ireland
Box   35
9:307 - Harvester Choral Society
Box   35
9:308 - Northern Bible Society
Box   35
9:309 - Yankton College
Box   35
9:310 - Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Box   35
9:311 - Harvard Botanic Garden
Box   35
9:312 - William Tennent's Log College
Box   35
9:313 - American Mission to Lepere
Box   35
9:314 - Chicago Chamber Music Society
Box   35
9:315 - National League of American Pen Women
Box   35
9:316 - Linwood Presbyterian Home for Convalescent and Employed Women, Arkansas City
Box   35
9:317 - City of Chicago
Box   35
9:318 - Tusculum College
Box   35
9:319 - Cite Universitaire (in Paris)
Box   35
9:320 - Billings Polytechnic Institute
Box   35
9:321 - National Council on Religion in Higher Education
Box   35
9:322 - Hall of Fame
Box   35
9:323 - Allahabad Agriculture Institute
Box   35
9:324 - Association House
Box   35
9:325 - International Chamber of Commerce in Paris
Box   35
9:326 - Chicago Latin School for Girls
Box   35
9:327 - Kobe College, Kobe, Japan
Box   35
9:328 - Lincoln University
9:329 - Unassigned
Box   35
9:330 - American Opera
Box   35
9:331 - Chicago Daily News “Neediest Families Fund”
Box   35
9:332 - Provident Hospital and Training School
Box   35
9:333 - Orchestral Association
Box   35
9:334 - Oakhaven Old People's Home
Box   36
9:335 - Chicago World Court Committee
Box   36
9:336 - Fairhope Educational Foundation
Box   36
9:337 - Bowen Country Club
Box   36
9:338 - International Missionary Council/Agricultural Missions
Box   36
9:339 - Lake Forest Day School
Box   36
9:340 - World Peace Day Celebration
Box   36
9:341 - San Marcos Pass
Box   36
9:342 - Northwestern Music School
Box   36
9:343 - Garibaldi Institute
Box   36
9:344 - Foundation for Architecture
Box   36
9:345 - Mid-States Charity Dog Show
Box   36
9:346 - Voters Non-Partisan Association
Box   36
9:347 - Michigan Conservation Commission
Box   36
9:348 - Farmer's Federation Inc.
Box   36
9:349 - Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Box   36
9:350 - Centennial
Box   36
9:351 - American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Box   36
9:352 - Presbyterian Church of Florence, Italy
Box   36
9:353 - Institute of Pacific Relations
Box   36
9:354 - Fireside Home for Girls
Box   36
9:355 - Lake Forest Garden Club
Box   36
9:356 - Twentieth Century Fund
Box   36
9:357 - Family Altar League
Box   36
9:358 - World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches
Box   36
9:359 - Bishop of Gibraltar/Church at Taormina
9:360 - Unassigned
Box   36
9:361 - La Chorale Francaise of Chicago
Box   36
9:362 - Citizens Reconstruction Organization
Box   36
9:363 - Illinois Cricket Association
Box   36
9:364 - First Baptist Church, Lake Forest, Illinois
Box   36
9:365 - When Chicago was Young
Box   36
9:366 - Junior League - Chicago
Box   36
9:367 - Farm Foundation
Box   36
9:368 - Chicago Friends of Music
Box   36
9:369 - Stratford Hall (Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation)
Box   36
9:370 - Chicago High School Teachers Association
Box   36
9:371 - Chicago Bar Association
Box   36
9:372 - Chicago Boys Club
Box   36
9:373 - Social Week Exhibits
Box   36
9:374 - Jusserand Memorial Committee
Box   36
9:375 - Lake Forest Women's Club
Box   37
9:376 - Century of Progress
Box   37
9:377 - Point Lobos Association
Box   37
9:378 - American Coalition
Box   37
9:379 - Camp Fire Girls
Box   37
9:380 - Chicago Artists
Box   37
9:381 - The Century of the Reaper
Box   37
9:382 - Sullivan Memorial
Box   37
9:383 - Industrial Relations Counselors Inc.
Box   37
9:384 - Institute of Medicine of Chicago
Box   37
9:385 - First Methodist Episcopal Church
Box   37
9:386 - National Probation Association
9:387 - Unassigned
Box   37
9:388 - The Near North Side Property Owners Association
Box   37
9:389 - The Co-Ordinators
9:390-9:399 - Unassigned
Box   37
9:400 - Cyrus Hall McCormick Post of the American Legion
Box   37
9:401 - Pine Mountain Settlement School
Box   37
9:402 - French Club - Fordham University
Box   37
9:403 - Constitution Educational Association
Box   37
9:404 - Community Church of Big Bay
Box   37
9:405 - Harvester Club of Southern California
Box   37
9:406 - Lafayette Memorial Committee
Box   37
9:407 - Good Will Farm
Box   37
9:408 - May Ball Committee
Box   37
9:409 - Wilberforce University
Box   37
9:410 - Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Box   37
9:411 - Virginia History Committee
Box   37
Miscellaneous
Box   38
Donation record lists
Box   38
Donation dockets
Box   38
Donation authorizations
Box   38
Volume   1
Donation record book, circa 1921-1937
Box   38
Volume   2
Donation and financial record book, circa 1890-1915
YMCA International Committee subscription books
Box   38
Volume   3
1880-1897
Box   38
Volume   4
1881-1897