Summary Information
Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., Home Files
1873-1936
- McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936
McCormick Mss 8C
5.6 c.f. (14 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Letters and other papers which McCormick had kept in his home rather than in his office. The contents of many of the folders are fragmentary, and in effect supplement correspondence or records in other McCormick series. Many of the papers relate to organizations and educational projects, especially the YWCA and YMCA. Included are letters by, to, or about numerous members and relatives of the McCormick family, letters from personal friends, material relating to McCormick's patronage of musicians and musical events, and data on household expenses and maintenance; correspondence with the Rev. James G. K. McClure, president of Lake Forest College and president of the McCormick Theological Seminary, and his wife; and recollections of ten men employed by McCormick, Deering, and other agricultural implement manufacturers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
English
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Scope and Content Note
The Home Files consist of assorted letters and other papers which Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., had kept in his home rather than in his office. The contents of many of the folders are fragmentary, and in effect supplement correspondence or records in other McCormick series in the Historical Society's holdings.
The files are in two groups: Part 1 is the Original Collection and Part 2 are Additions received in the Archives in 1968. Each part is arranged alphabetically by name of person, organization, or topic.
Original Collection
Many of the papers relate to organizations and educational projects, mainly for women and girls, which were nominated in the early 1920's as prospective recipients of funds in memory of McCormick's first wife, Harriet Hammond McCormick (1862-1921). Correspondence and reports of Anne V. Whitson, Mrs. Mabeth H. Paige, and Mrs. Philip S. Post pertain mainly to the screening of these memorial proposals and to the distribution of memorial funds and books. Particularly extensive are the files on the activities of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in the United States and in China, Japan, and Hawaii.
Also included in the Home Files are letters by, to, or about numerous members and relatives of the McCormick family, letters from a few personal friends, material relating to McCormick's patronage of musicians and musical events, and considerable data on household expenses and maintenance. Correspondence with the Rev. James G. K. McClure, president of Lake Forest College and president of the McCormick Theological Seminary, and his wife, spans the years from 1892 to 1934. Numbering more than 300 letters, the McClure letters constitute the most notable file of correspondence in this series.
In the folder entitled International Harvester Club of Southern California are the recollections of ten men employed by McCormick, Deering, and other agricultural implement manufacturers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who were interviewed in California by Herbert A. Kellar in 1930.
Additions
In 1968, executors of the estate of Gordon McCormick, son of Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., sent several cartons of material which were added to these Home Files. The more extensive files in these additions are concerned with Anita McCormick Blaine, Harold McCormick, the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, and the Young Men's Christian Association.
Contents List
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Series: Original Collection
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Box
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Folder
1
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A
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Alice Home Hospital, Lake Forest, Ill., 1922-1924
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Box
1
Folder
3
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American Country Life Association, 1923-1924
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Box
1
Folder
4
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American Foundations for Social Welfare, 1924
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Anniversaries and birthdays
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Box
1
Folder
6
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B
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Blaine, Anita McCormick (Mrs. Emmons), 1922-1931
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Blaine, Emmons, Jr., 1918
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Blaine, Mrs. Emmons, Jr., 1921-1927
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Boys and Girls Club, 1923-1924
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Bremond d'Ars, Comtessede, 1923
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Box
1
Folder
12
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C
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Chicago Woman's Club, 1921-1923
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Christmas gifts, 1930-1935
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Box
1
Folder
15
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D
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Deru, Edouard, 1924-1926
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Douglas, Mrs. Elizabeth
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Housekeeper's expense accounts, 1923-1928
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Box
1
Folder
18
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Memoranda, 1922-1927
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Box
1
Folder
19
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E
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Box
1
Folder
20
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F
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Farm programs for women and girls, 1923-1925
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Foreign trips, 1877-1931
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Freund, Marya, 1923
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Box
2
Folder
4
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G
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Gaylord, Franklin A., 1917-1925
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Genealogy
: See also McCormick/Mss/AB, Box 43.
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Girl Scouts, 1921-1922
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Godchildren
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Gyler, Elsie - dockets, 1932-1934
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Box
2
Folder
10
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H
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Hammond, Bradley, 1921-1935
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Hammond, Edward A., 1928
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Hammond, Emily (Mrs. James Y.), 1921-1926
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Hammond, John Bancroft, 1928-1931
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Box
2
Folder
15
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Health education, 1920-1924
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Home economics education, 1921-1924
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Household disbursements
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Box
2
Folder
17
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1922
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Box
2
Folder
18
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1923
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Box
2
Folder
19
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1924
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Box
2
Folder
20
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1925
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Box
2
Folder
21
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1926
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Box
3
Folder
1
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1927
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Summaries, 1912-1926
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Housekeeper's file, 1923-1924
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Illinois Children's Home Aid Society, 1924-1931
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Box
3
Folder
5
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International Harvester Club of California, 1930-1931
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Box
3
Folder
6
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International Harvester Company
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Box
3
Folder
7
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J
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Johansen, Gunnar, 1931-1935
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Box
3
Folder
9
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K
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Box
3
Folder
10
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L
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Landscape beautification, 1931-1924
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Law - notes on history of law
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Box
3
Folder
13
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Leisure time programs and social welfare, 1922-1923
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Box
3
Folder
14
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M
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McClure, James G. K.
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Box
4
Folder
1
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1892-1906
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Box
4
Folder
2
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1906-1934
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Box
4
Folder
3
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McCormick, Alice (Mrs. Cyrus H., Jr.), 1927-1934 (chiefly YWCA)
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Box
4
Folder
4
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McCormick, Cyrus H., Sr.
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Box
4
Folder
5
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McCormick, Cyrus H., Jr. - illness, 1934, 1936
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McCormick, Gordon
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Box
5
Folder
1
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1924-1925
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Box
5
Folder
2
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1926-1934
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McCormick, Harriet Hammond (Mrs. Cyrus H., Jr.)
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Box
5
Folder
3
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1917-1920
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Memorial Funds, 1922-1924
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Memorial volumes, 1923
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Box
5
Folder
6
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YWCA Memorial
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Box
5
Folder
7
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McCormick, Harold F., 1921-1935
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Box
5
Folder
8
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McCormick, Mary Virginia, 1904-1934
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Box
5
Folder
9
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McCormick, Muriel, 1926-1929
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Box
5
Folder
10
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McCormick, Stanley, 1922-1928
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Box
5
Folder
11
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McCormick Family - miscellaneous correspondence
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Box
5
Folder
12
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McCormick-Goodheart, Leander, 1925-1928
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Box
5
Folder
13
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McCormick Historical Association
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Box
5
Folder
14
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McCormick Theological Seminary
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Box
5
Folder
15
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Mental health, 1921-1924
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Box
5
Folder
16
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Merrill-Palmer School and Foundation, 1921-1924
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Box
5
Folder
17
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Miscellaneous letters
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Box
5
Folder
18
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Music
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Box
5
Folder
19
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N
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Norton, Eunice, 1926-1927
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Nursing
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Education, 1921-1923
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Recreation, 1922-1923
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Box
6
Folder
4
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O
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Box
6
Folder
5
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P
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Paige, Mabeth H. (Mrs. James), 1921-1928
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Passports, 1926, 1931, 1935
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Payrolls-Huron St. and Walden, 1921-1928
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Box
6
Folder
9
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Perfilieff, Vladimir, 1922-1927
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Personal Office Dockets, 1925
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Box
6
Folder
11
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Pinkerton's Protective Patrol, 1922-1924
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Box
6
Folder
12
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Poetry and photographs (clippings)
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Box
6
Folder
13
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Post, Mrs. Philip S., 1921-1924
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Box
6
Folder
13A
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Princeton
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Box
6
Folder
14
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Pro Arte String Quartet, 1926
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Box
6
Folder
15
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Rockefeller (Laura Spelman) Memorial, 1921-1924
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Box
6
Folder
16
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S
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Box
6
Folder
17
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Sage (Russell) Foundation, 1921-1924
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Box
7
Folder
1
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St. James Episcopal Church, Chicago, 1921-1923
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Scharrer, Irene, 1926-1927
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Schmidlapp Bureau for Women and Girls, 1921-1924
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Social File, 1924
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Stock, Frederick H., 1924
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Sturgis, Mrs. Robert S., 1921-1925
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Box
7
Folder
7
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Sullivan, George H., 1921-1928
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Box
7
Folder
8
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Union League Club
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Box
7
Folder
8A
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Union Seminary
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Box
7
Folder
9
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Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago, 1928-1933
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Box
7
Folder
10
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W
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Box
7
Folder
11
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Walden, 1921-1924
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Box
7
Folder
12
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White-Williams Foundation, 1920-1922
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Box
7
Folder
13
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Whitson, Anne V., 1921-1927
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Wilson, Woodrow
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Box
7
Folder
14
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Letters, 1894, 1917
: See also McCormick/Mss/9C, Box 6.
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Box
7
Folder
15
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Papers about, autograph
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Box
7
Folder
16
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Workers' education for women, 1921-1924
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Series: Additions
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Box
8
Folder
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Adams, Cyrus H., 1885-1893
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Adams, J. C., 1882-1895
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Appointments accepted, 1882-1898
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Blaine, Anita McCormick
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Box
8
Folder
4
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1878-1886
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Box
8
Folder
5
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1887-1901, undated
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Box
9
Folder
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Blaine, Emmons, 1890-1891
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Blair, Edward (Princeton), 1887-1889
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Daniels, Jennie, 1878-1888, undated
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Davis, E. Parker, 1881-1898, undated
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Donaldson, J. B., 1888-1889, undated
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Donations, 1880-1897, undated
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Box
9
Folder
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Fowler, E. M., 1880-1888
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Gifts - requests and acknowledgments, 1882-1898, undated
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Hall, I., 1884-1885
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Box
9
Folder
10
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McCormick, (Mr. and Mrs.) Cyrus, Jr. (son of C. H. McCormick, Jr.), 1917-1932
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Box
9
Folder
11
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McCormick, Cyrus Hall, Sr., 1875-1884, undated
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Box
9
Folder
12
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McCormick, Edith Rockefeller, 1921
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Box
9
Folder
13
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McCormick, Elizabeth (Memorial Fund), 1908-1927
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Box
10
Folder
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McCormick, Fowler, 1924-1929
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Box
10
Folder
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McCormick, Gordon, 1915-1934
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Box
10
Folder
3
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McCormick, Harold F., 1885-1902
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Box
10
Folder
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McCormick, Harriet Hammond, 1881-1920, undated
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Box
10
Folder
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McCormick, Leander, 1884-1896
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Box
10
Folder
6
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McCormick, Mary Virginia, 1877-1896, undated
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Box
11
Folder
1
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McCormick, Nettie Fowler, 1882-1897, undated
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
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Box
11
Folder
2
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1877-1886
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Box
11
Folder
3
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1887-1901, undated
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Box
11
Folder
4
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McCormick Theological Seminary, 1881-1900
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Box
11
Folder
5
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Miscellaneous, expense accounts, 1891-1893, undated
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Miscellaneous, personal, 1877-1933
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Box
12
Folder
2
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Pepper, Mrs. Franklin B. (Rebecca) and daughter Anne, and Pratt, Mrs. Dorothy Falcon, 1921-1926, undated
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Box
12
Folder
3
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Presbyterian Church, Fourth, Chicago, 1885-1897
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Box
12
Folder
4
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Speeches, 1882-1946, undated
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Sullivan, George H., 1873-1898, undated
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Box
12
Folder
6
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University School, 1888-1889, undated
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YMCA
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Box
13
Folder
1
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1881-1883
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Box
13
Folder
2
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1884-1885
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Box
13
Folder
3
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1886-1887
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Box
13
Folder
4
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1888-1898, undated
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Box
14
Folder
1
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Miscellaneous, 1881-1901
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Box
14
Folder
2
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YWCA, 1919-1929
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