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Maher Ahmad (1950-  ) Papers

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Identifier: 31/6/104
Abstract Maher Ahmad (B.A. 71, M.F.A. 74) is a highly successful production designer who has worked in theater, television, and film from Chicago to New York City to Hollywood.  The Maher Ahmad Papers consist of material relating to his early life and general education, but primarily focuses on his work as a designer for the theater.  The bulk of the collection is production design materials including set, lighting, and costume designs.  Ahmad's teaching notes for the numerous theatre-related classes...
Dates: 1962-1992; Other: Date acquired: 01/10/2010

Anti-Vietnam-War Strike Materials

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Identifier: 31/6/88
Abstract

The Anti-Vietnam War Strike Materials Collection comprises a diverse assortment of documents and other materials relating to the University-wide strike that took place over a seven day period in May of 1970. The collection of newspaper clippings, press releases, flyers, and memos records the events of the strike and its aftermath through the summer and fall of 1970.

Dates: May 6 - 12, 1970

Records of A&O Productions

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Identifier: 31/6/75
Abstract The records of A&O Productions fill 39 boxes and 1 oversized folder, spanning the years 1970-2012. The bulk of the records consist of production records for the events organized during those years. A&O (Activities and Organizations) Productions is Northwestern University’s major student-run programming board. On the A&O website (March 14, 2003), the group defines itself as “a non-profit undergraduate student group at Northwestern University. …[The] mission is to enrich the lives...
Dates: 1968 - 2012

Architectural Drawings: Elevations, Floor Plans, and Details

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Identifier: 7/1/18
Abstract

This collection of architectural drawings of Northwestern University buildings, dating between 1932 and 1965 contains elevations, floor plans, alternate drawings, and measurement & detail alterations. The drawings represent most of the buildings present on the Northwestern campus around the mid 1950s, including houses.

Dates: 1932-1965

Black Experience at Northwestern Collection

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Identifier: 31/6/167
Abstract

Materials in this expanding collection pertain to the experience of African American students and faculty at Northwestern University. The documents included in this collection are university reports about African American students, articles on race and higher education, reproductions of student newspapers discussing race relations on-campus and materials concerning the 1968 Bursar’s Office Takeover. This collection also includes biographical subject files.

Dates: 1870 - 2017

Brodfuehrer Family Scrapbook

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Identifier: 31/6/105
Abstract

The scrapbook, compiled by NU alumnus Oscar Brodfuehrer (1912) vividly documents student life at Northwestern University, circa 1912-17, and also includes family and travel photographs.

Dates: 1912-1917; Other: Date acquired: 11/05/2012

Records of the Citizens for 65

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Identifier: 55/44
Abstract

The records detail many of the issues and events associated with Gregory Coffin’s superintendency of Evanston’s Community Consolidated School District 65 and the contentious 1970 School Board election that determined his tenure.

Dates: 1953-2003

Rufus C. and Helen Palmer Dawes Collection, 1870-1941

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Identifier: MS84
Abstract The Rufus C. and Helen Palmer Dawes Collection documents both family life and civic activities of Rufus and Helen between 1870 and 1941. They moved to Evanston from Ohio in 1898 and remained active in community, business and social affairs until their deaths. Highlights include Rufus’s work for his brother Charles G. Dawes in assisting with the Reparation Commission’s plan for German economic recovery and payment to the Allies after World War I; and serving as president of the 1933-1934...
Dates: 1870 - 1941; Other: Majority of material found within 1887-1939

Deering Library Construction Photographs

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Identifier: 75/9/3
Abstract The series consists of four binders of black and white photographs documenting the construction process and the newly finished structure of the Charles Deering Library at Northwestern University. With two or three exceptions, all photographs were taken by the Chicago Architectural Photographing Company. The photographs document each state in the building's construction, from bare ground to completed but windowless exterior; and show the completed building (both general views, and...
Dates: 1931-1933

Exhibit Photographs: History of Fisk Hall and the Medill School of Journalism

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Identifier: 75/16/1
Abstract This series is comprised of thirty-one mounted photographs of various views of Fisk Hall and other subjects associated with the Medill School of Journalism. The photographs formed an exhibit on the history of Fisk Hall and the Medill School of Journalism that was presented by members of the University Archives staff in Fisk hall in 1989. The photographs, filling one standard-size archival box are arranged by format: there are eight 3″x5″ photographs, thirteen 5″x8″ photographs, and thirteen...
Dates: 1898-1989

Frank Galati (1943-2023) Papers

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Identifier: 20/68
Abstract

The Frank Galati Papers fill 38 boxes and span the years 1948-2006; the bulk of the papers date between 1965 and 2005. The papers consist mostly of scripts and other notes from the plays he wrote, directed or in which he acted. Biographical files include personal information about Galati and his family. They also include resumes (Box 1, Folder 1), drafts of speeches he made (Box 1, Folder 6) and materials from awards he received and workshops he attended (Box 1, Folder 7).

Dates: 1948 - 2014; Other: Majority of material found within 1965 - 2005

Records of the General Faculty Committee

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Identifier: 4/5/1
Abstract On April 8, 1939 it was recommended that a standing committee be created to represent the several faculties and Senate before the Board. Further, it recommended that the committee be democratically elected from the four upper academic ranks of the faculty, that its first task would be to consider the revised statutes and that it should be called the General Faculty Committee. The General Faculty Committee was then authorized by the Senate "to consider any matters of general university policy...
Dates: 1939-1977

Glass Plate Negatives

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Identifier: 75/55/1
Abstract

The photographs in this collection, 5x7" glass plate negatives, date from the early years of the twentieth century. Most are of the Northwestern University campus and its surrounding area including some photographs of individuals either affiliated with Northwestern or living in Evanston, Illinois.

Dates: 1900-1910

Iva Grace Howard Glazebrook (1899-1988) Scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 31/6/83
Abstract

The materials in the Iva Grace Howard Glazebrook scrapbook date between 1917 and 1920 and document her social life at Northwestern University. Images in the scrapbook include postcards, candid photographs, and figures cut out from photographic prints. They focus mostly on Howard's social environment as well as the scenery on campus.

Dates: 1917-1920

Alexander Hesler Photograph Collection

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Identifier: 75/55/4
Abstract

Over 150 photographic prints (mostly 4x6 cabinet size, mounted on cardstock) taken by noted Evanston, Illinois, photographer Alexander Hesler, dating circa 1870-1887 and depicting Northwestern University faculty, students, and buildings. The collection includes 2 copies of the published volume Photographic Views of Picturesque Evanston (1887).

Dates: 1870-1887

Clark Titus Hinman (1819-1854) Papers

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Identifier: 3/1
Abstract

Methodist minister Clark Titus Hinman was elected the first President of Northwestern University in 1853, but died before the University opened in 1855. This artificial collection consists of biographical material and correspondence postdating his life; there is also one original sermon.

Dates: 1846-1976

Eric R. Lund Papers

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Identifier: 31/6/171
Abstract American journalist Eric R. Lund was born to Swedish immigrants on November 1, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. Lund attended Northwestern University 1942-1949 (B.S. in journalism). Lund worked primarily at the Evanston review and Chicago daily news. After the latter paper ceased publication, Lund undertook a number of research and editing projects. The Eric R. Lund papers cover Lund’s ancestry and life, including both his...
Dates: 1900 - 2006

Map of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, compiled and drawn from latest records and actual surveys and published by Theodore Reese, civil engineer and surveyor, Evanston ; G.W. Terry, map colorer & mounter.

 Collection — Oversize: 1
Identifier: 49/1
Abstract

Wall map of Evanston, compiled, drawn, and published by Theodore Reese, circa 1876. 132 cm x 113 cm (44" x 50")

Dates: 1868-1872; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2006

Mary Stevenson Marshall scrapbooks, 1904-1908, 1914-1929, 2017, and undated

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Identifier: 31/6/235
Abstract

Collection includes the scrapbooks documenting musical events and performances dating from 1904 to 1929 and held largely within greater Chicago as well as in Berlin, Germany, involving or attended by Mary Stevenson Marshall.

Dates: 1904-1908; 1914-1929; 2017 and undated

Joseph W. Miller (1906-1979) Papers

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Identifier: 52/3
Abstract

The Joe Miller Papers are contained in five boxes and span the years 1924-1979. The collection contains biographical information, materials relating to his early life in Ottumwa, Iowa, and two important events in his Northwestern career: the 25th Waa-Mu show in 1956, and Miller's retirement in 1975. Two scrapbooks complete the collection.

Dates: 1924-1979

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