Summary Information

Title: Horace S. Oakley Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1874-1938

Creator:

• Oakley, Horace Sweeney, 1861-1929

Call Number: Mss 417

Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Horace S. Oakley, an eminent Chicago lawyer, authority on municipal bonds, classical scholar, and patron of the arts. The collection documents his private life but scarcely touches on his professional work in law. Included are the personal correspondence of both Horace S. Oakley and his half-sister Mary O. Hawley, a subject file on the activities and interests of Oakley's life, a collection of printed material by or about Oakley, and a scrapbook from his student years (1881-1883) at the University of Michigan. The papers collected by Mary O. Hawley, as she continued to maintain contact with her brother's friends and associates, also form a significant part of the collection. The materials document Oakley's lifelong philanthropic interests including his relief work in Macedonia following World War I, his dedication to the arts in Chicago through involvement with the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Newberry Library, his interest in archaeology, and his retirement to Florence, Italy.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00417

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