First Division Museum at Cantigny

Abstract This collection contains correspondence related to the development of the First Division Museum at Cantigny, Robert R. McCormick's estate in Wheaton, Illinois. Letters between Philip F. Hampson, then director of the Robert R. McCormick Charitable Trust, and Arthur A. Schmon, president and general manager of The Ontario Paper Company and one of the original five trustees under the will of Colonel McCormick, reflect the thinking and planning of those involved in the establishment of the museum...