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Howard, Cy, 1915-1993.	Title: Cy Howard Papers, 1941-2005 (bulk 1941-1989) Quantity: 9.0 cubic feet (9 record center cartons) Call Number: M2021-033 Abstract: Papers of Cy Howard, writer, producer, director, and creator who worked in film, theater, television, and radio. Included are scripts and treatments, with best coverage for the radio and television versions of the programs Life with Luigi and My Friend Irma.
Theorin, Cynthia; Theorin, Lee	Title: Cynthia and Lee Theorin Papers, 1980-1996 (bulk 1982-1989) Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 1205 Abstract: Papers of Cynthia “Cindy” and Lee Theorin, documenting activism related to support for family farms, farmland preservation, faith-based advocacy of rural life, farm bill legislation, and other issues related to their involvement with Wisconsin Farm Unity Alliance (WFUA), Wisconsin Farm Conservancy (WFC), and other organizations.
Kukor, Cynthia M.; Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council.	Title: Cynthia M. Kukor Aldermanic Records, 1968-1977 Quantity: 2.0 cubic ft. (6 boxes) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 23 Abstract: Records of Common Council Alderwoman Cynthia Kukor, who served Milwaukee's 11th District from 1972-1979. Contains correspondence, reports, clippings, and photographs.
Jansky, Cyril M. (Cyril Methodius), 1870-1969	Title: Cyril M. Jansky Papers, 1888-1957 Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss VA Abstract: Papers of Cyril M. Jansky, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin. Correspondence, articles, speeches, lectures, and essays reflect Jansky's interest in public affairs and public utilities as well as his work in radio telegraphy. Correspondence with Gisbert Bossard concerns development of automatic signals for railroad crossings. Essays on the history of electricity were intended for publication as a book. Included also are manuscripts written by his sons, Karl, Nelson, and C. Moreau; materials on public utilities by J. A. Whitlow of the Oklahoma Public Service Company; and a volume of Jansky's personal accounts.
Jansky, Cyril Moreau, 1895-1975	Title: Cyril M. Jansky Papers, 1917-1974 Quantity: 6.0 c.f. (15 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 15 tape recordings, and 2 films Call Number: Mss 745; Audio 1202A; CA 857; AC 524 Abstract: Papers of Cyril Moreau Jansky, a radio pioneer and consulting engineer, consisting of correspondence and memoranda; minutes; interviews, speeches, and writings (some also in recorded form); reports; reference material; sound recordings, and films. Pertaining to his early career are blueprints and a thesis on his vacuum tube research, recorded interviews, and correspondence on reception of the signal of WHA, “the oldest station in the nation;” teaching notes from the University of Minnesota and correspondence concerning the development of radio by several Minnesota companies; minutes, reports, and correspondence (some with Herbert Hoover and Frank Kellogg) concerning radio conferences and the Radio Act of 1927; a transcript of testimony in support of his unsuccessful appointment to the Federal Radio Commission, and a diary of radio work in Great Britain during World War II. Records of Jansky & Bailey, consulting engineers, consist of incomplete administrative records and client reports by Jansky and others concerning station coverage and the marine uses of radio. Particularly extensive are reports and films concerning work for Lake Carriers Association. Also included is an extensive file of speeches and articles, financial and legal papers, information on various organizations and societies to which Jansky belonged, and miscellaneous family correspondence.
Adams, Cyrus C. (Cyrus Cornelius), 1849-1928	Title: Cyrus C. Adams Scrapbooks, 1884-1890 Quantity: .8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 14 Abstract: These scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings documenting worldwide travel, exploration, trade, and peoples. Cyrus C. Adams appears to have authored many of the articles and compiled these scrapbooks.
Yawkey, Cyrus Carpenter, 1862-1943	Title: Cyrus Carpenter Yawkey and Aytchmonde Perrin Woodson Papers, 1887-1957 Quantity: 35.0 c.f. (78 archives boxes and 28 volumes) Call Number: Stevens Point Mss AG 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.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick Accounts Records, 1859-1896 Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (10 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss 6A Abstract: Business, family, and household account books, 1863-1896, kept by Chicago industrialist Cyrus McCormick and his wife, Nettie Fowler McCormick, and bills, receipts, and statements, 1859-1891. The account books contain entries showing speculation in railroads, mineral lands, and other properties. Order stubs for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company are present for 1880-1884. Check stubs, bills, receipts, and commercial account statements concern chiefly household expenses, clothing, and travel. Volumes 2-7 and 14-22 are from years in which the McCormicks lived in New York.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick Correspondence and Subject File, 1788-1939 Quantity: 96.6 c.f. (192 archives boxes and 50 card boxes) and 5 volumes Call Number: McCormick Mss 1A; McCormick Mss 2A; McCormick Mss 3A; McCormick Mss 4A Abstract: Papers of Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaper and a Chicago industrialist, comprising correspondence, memoranda, and letterbooks concerning the growth of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company in both the domestic and foreign fields, and dealing with McCormick's many other interests, particularly the Presbyterian Church and several charities; his activities as a member of the state and national Democratic party; and his investments, chiefly in Chicago real estate, railroads, and mines. Also included are deeds, contracts, investment proposals, and other documents. Some of the letters are to or from McCormick's wife Nettie Fowler, their son Cyrus Jr., and others associated with the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. The earliest dated items were written or received by Cyrus' father, Robert McCormick, and by other family members.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr. Donation Papers, 1880-1937 Quantity: 14.4 cubic feet (38 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss 5C 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.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick Legal Documents, 1860-1890 Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss 5A Abstract: Legal papers of Chicago industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick consisting of land titles, mortgages, leases, legal correspondence, land tax records, and sales records of reapers and mowing machines.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick Miscellaneous Record Books, 1848-1902 Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss 7A Abstract: A miscellaneous assortment of 25 unnumbered record books of industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick. Included are address and memo books; a Chicago Daily News complaint book, 1872-1874; a Princeton College record book of the Class of 1879 (1886-1887); an 1887 volume on the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of the Northwest; a volume on the Paris Exposition of 1900; a Walnut Grove inventory and other information on the Virginia estate, 1886-1888; receipt books; an employee time book, 1883; and a record of tenants and rentals, 1864-1865. Also present are extracts of court records in Virginia regarding Robert McCormick, Cyrus McCormick, and McCormick and Black.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., Business Papers--Real Estate and Trusts, 1897-1936 Quantity: 5.2 c.f. (13 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss 7C Abstract: Primarily monthly, quarterly, and annual statements of the income from real estate owned wholly or in part by Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., or administered by him as trustee or executor. Reports on trusts for Mary Virginia McCormick, Stanley McCormick, Elizabeth Morss, and Sarah E. Stickney are included here, as well as reports on the estates of Elizabeth McCormick and Nettie Fowler McCormick. In addition, a small number of reports are given on properties owned entirely by Harold McCormick, Stanley McCormick (before his property was placed in trust), or Anita McCormick Blaine. Besides real estate reports, more general financial reports by the trustees of Mary Virginia and Stanley are also included, along with legal documents appointing administrators of Stanley's property in 1906 and 1909. Also present are reports on the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., and material on the proposed additions to the Reaper Block in 1919.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., Correspondence, 1870-1936 Quantity: 120.6 c.f. (299 archives boxes, 4 index boxes, and 1 volume) Call Number: McCormick Mss 1C Abstract: Private and business correspondence of Chicago, Illinois industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., consisting of incoming and outgoing correspondence, copies of monthly financial records, annual reports, newspaper clippings, bulletins, photographs, copies of wills, and other legal documents. A wide variety of subjects is covered, including the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, investments, trusteeships and settlements of estates, charities and donations, membership in many societies, particularly in Chicago, and family affairs.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., Diaries, Appointment Books, Letterbooks, School Books, Memorial Volumes, 1875-1936 Quantity: 9.6 c.f. (19 archives boxes and 8 oversize volumes) Call Number: McCormick Mss 4C Abstract: Volumes dealing with both business and personal matters in the life of Chicago industrialist Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr. The diaries contain references supplementing the correspondence found in other McCormick series by recording contacts and comments often not found in letters. For example, Cyrus, Jr.'s detailed diary of disagreements and negotiations with his uncle and counsin, Leander J. and Robert Hall McCormick, appears for 1879, when the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company was agreed upon. McCormick's office staff also kept diaries and journals for him and both he and his staff recorded appointments. Letterbooks of particular interest are his traveling copy books which contain letters to his parents and other business associates, 1881-1885 and 1887. Other volumes include his personal health record, 1888-1894; school books from high school and Princeton University; congratulatory letters on the births of his children; condolences on the death of his wife and on his own death; printed musical compositions by McCormick; clippings concerning Cyrus McCormick, Sr.; and letterbooks touching on family history, the McCormick Theological Seminary, the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund, and the private letters of John R. Hoagland, 1884-1895.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., Historical Interest Documents, 1891-1928 Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss 9C Abstract: Documents representing the historical interests of Chicago industrialist Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr. Included is correspondence often carried on through his secretaries and generally with people or organizations involved in historical research and publications; reports; and articles from newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets pertaining to the harvester and diverse historical subjects. The subjects covered vary from archeological investigations at Sardis, Turkey, to the evolution of the McCormick reaper. A large part of the material is McCormick Historical Association reports, including Herbert Keller's weekly reports, 1916-1927. The last box contains photostats and typewritten copies of the Woodrow Wilson/Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., correspondence from 1891 to 1924.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., Home Files, 1873-1936 Quantity: 5.6 c.f. (14 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss 8C Abstract: 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.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., Letterpress Copy Books, 1891-1928 Quantity: 72 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: McCormick Mss 3C; Micro 1194 Abstract: Outgoing correspondence of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., president of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company (later International Harvester), 1884-1918, and chairman of the board, 1918-1935. The letters reflect external business conditions including the unsuccessful attempt in 1890 to combine with other companies to form the American Harvester Company; the successful consolidation with the Deering Harvester Company and other companies to form International Harvester; the role of J. P. Morgan and Company in effecting that consolidation; and problems attendant to the government's subsequent anti-trust suit. Internal operations such as plant expansions, introduction of new lines, and domestic and foreign marketing are also covered. Other topics include McCormick's personal investments; his service as trustee of Princeton University, 1889-1936; and his role as a member of the government's special diplomatic mission to Russia (the Root Commission) in 1917.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., Librarian's Files, 1900-1936 Quantity: 4.6 c.f. (12 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss 10C Abstract: Miscellaneous items kept by Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr.'s personal librarian. Composed of correspondence, telegrams, lists of artworks and catalogs of art for sale, articles, pamphlets, and reports of the library, the files attest to McCormick's interest in art, music, Princeton University, and rare books.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., Princeton University Board of Trustees Papers, 1903-1935 Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss 12C Abstract: Printed and typewritten reports of the various committees of the Princeton University Board of Trustees. Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., was a member of the Board although all of the material here included does not relate directly to him.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., Private Financial File, 1880-1937 Quantity: 15.6 c.f. (39 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss 6C Abstract: Financial records of Chicago industrialist Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr. composed of correspondence; pamphlets; telegrams; legal documents including trust agreements, contracts, powers-of-attorney, and deeds of gift; clippings; reports; and financial agreements; dealing with McCormick's private financial affairs, bank loans, gifts, McCormick Harvesting Machine Company related liquidations and finances, the McCormick Historical Association, politics, salaries, and family correspondence relative to Harold F., Mary Virginia, Harriet Hammond, and Nettie Fowler McCormick, and Anita McCormick Blaine.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1859-1936	Title: Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., Subject File, 1840-1942 Quantity: 55.0 c.f. (138 archives boxes and 1 package) Call Number: McCormick Mss 2C Abstract: Papers consisting of correspondence, speeches, articles, maps, telegrams, newspaper clippings, financial statements, accounts, and receipts, reports, and bulletins relating to the business and personal interests of Chicago industrialist Cyrus McCormick, Jr. The papers concern McCormick family activities and estates, the International Harvester Company, United States-Russian relations, and organizations and investments involving McCormick. Included are materials on the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund and its financing of open air schools; minutes and other records from McCormick family conferences; information on the estates of Harriet Hammond McCormick and Nettie Fowler McCormick, and on the affairs of Stanley R. McCormick; correspondence, reports, and minutes of the McCormick Theological Seminary; correspondence and records on Princeton University and the Young Men's Christian Association; information on Russia in general and on the 1917 Root Commission; and records of many financial investments, especially the Beaver Cove Lumber and Pulp Company, Ltd., a major investment in the timber industry on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Philipp, Cyrus, 1898-1981	Title: Cyrus L. Philipp Papers, 1921-1954 Quantity: 9 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 53; Micro 1087 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1928-1952, of a Wisconsin industrialist, Republican Party leader, and son of Governor Emanuel L. Philipp. The files consist almost entirely of correspondence concerning Philipp's activities as chairman of the Republican State Central Committee (1934-1938), national committeeman (1944-1952), and leader in the Milwaukee County Republican Committee. The files deal with policy, fundraising and finances, and rivalries between various Republican Party leaders. Also included are materials on Philipp's support of the gubernatorial campaign of Walter Kohler, Sr., in 1930 and ongoing work in behalf of the presidential aspirations of Robert A. Taft. The political correspondence includes numerous exchanges with state leaders such as A. M. Brayton, William J. Campbell, John B. Chapell, Thomas Coleman, George L. Gilkey, F. L. Gullickson, Julius Heil, C. L. Kolb, Alvin O'Konski, Henry Ringling, Edward A. Samp, F. J. Sensenbrenner, George Vits, and J. Pierpoint Wood. A small number of files concern Philipp's extensive philanthropic involvements in behalf of the Citizens Bureau of Milwaukee, the Family Welfare Association of Milwaukee, and other Milwaukee organizations. Only a few letters pertain to his business activities; these relate to his work in association with his father during the early 1920's.
Woodman, Cyrus, 1814-1889	Title: Cyrus Woodman Papers, 1833-1889 Quantity: 28.0 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 206 volumes) Call Number: Wis Mss M Abstract: Papers of Cyrus Woodman, a resident of Mineral Point, Wisconsin and Cambridge, Massachusetts, consisting of bound volumes of personal and general business letters, letterpress copies of letters sent, and correspondence for several business enterprises with which Woodman was connected. Six volumes of correspondence and accounts, 1840-1844, deal with Woodman's services in northern Illinois for the Boston and Western Land Company. In 1844 he settled at Mineral Point and joined with Cadwallader C. Washburn in operating a real estate office. The firm entered public lands for settlers, located military warrants, acted as agent between eastern landholders and western purchasers, and also invested in and managed its own extensive agricultural, timber, and mineral lands. A great portion of the correspondence deals with these transactions, which centered at first in western Wisconsin, and spread to Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and other states. As an individual or as a member of this firm, Woodman expanded his activities into allied operations: lumbering on the Saginaw, the upper Wisconsin, the Black, and other rivers; mining in southwestern Wisconsin; establishing the Mineral Point Bank; and investing in railroad stock. From 1862 to 1864 he managed for the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal Company its grant of pine lands in lower Michigan, and around the year 1870 he superintended the building of the Burlington and Missouri Railroad to Lincoln, Nebraska. In addition to business affairs, Woodman's correspondence contains his and his friends' expressions of opinion on banking, railroads, politics, contemporary events, and his own personal and family affairs.