Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Foster McGaw papers document McGaw's life between 1908 and 1986 and fill 95 boxes. They are divided into three subseries: Personal Files, Philanthropic Records, and Financial Records. The papers illuminate both McGaw's personal concerns and, to a lesser extent, his business affairs, although these areas sometimes overlap. McGaw's personal interests centered largely on philanthropy and politics. The largest component of the papers is comprised of personal correspondence: McGaw was a...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Foster McGaw papers document McGaw's life between 1908 and 1986 and fill 95 boxes. They are divided into three subseries: Personal Files, Philanthropic Records, and Financial Records. The papers illuminate both McGaw's personal concerns and, to a lesser extent, his business affairs, although these areas sometimes overlap. McGaw's personal interests centered largely on philanthropy and politics. The largest component of the papers is comprised of personal correspondence: McGaw was a...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Northwestern University Photographs Collection was created by University Archives staff from a variety of sources, and originally served as an internal reference collection. Organized by topic, the photographs found here document people, events, buildings, and activities at Northwestern University from the institution's founding up through present day. Formats found here are primarily photographic prints, but also include some negatives, transparencies, and earlier formats such as...

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This series contains information about individual buildings on the Chicago campus of Northwestern University, and other individual Chicago buildings

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The records, comprising eleven boxes, are the administrative files of David Mintzer, who became Vice President for Research and Dean of Science on July 1, 1973, succeeding Walter S. Owen. The bulk of the records date from Mintzer's assumption of the office through 1976, with a small amount of material covering the period of his transition from Dean of the Technological Institute to the vice presidency.The records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, grant applications and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Doris Overboe Papers fill five boxes and one card-file, and document her involvement with the Northwestern University Settlement Association (NUSA) and –the bulk of the materials—her research into the life of Harriet Vittum, long-time Head Resident at the Settlement. Although almost all of the research material consists of photocopies of original documents available elsewhere, the files provide leads and information about Vittum's life, and also reflect Overboe's research methods....

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This series contains information about individual buildings on the Chicago campus of Northwestern University, and other individual Chicago buildings

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Northwestern University Library Painting and Artifact Collection contains paintings, prints, artifacts, sculptures, ceramics, and more that have been displayed within Deering and University Libraries. Items are mostly undated and were acquired individually by the library either for display or in some cases as part of an acquired collection over several decades.Artifacts found here include items acquired through purchase or donation intended to be decorative in nature for...

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The Northwestern University Video Cassette Collection currently contains more than 5000 VHS, Betamax, and U-matic videocassettes documenting university events between the late 1970s and early 2000s, although some earlier footage has been transferred from film. Topics found here include sports, lectures, theatre and music productions, interviews, convocations, ceremonies, and other programs and footage documenting Northwestern students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

Scope and Contents Military personnel (Capt. Edward G. Parker; Staff Sgt. Walden Wagner; most names not visible; one shirtless, with a cross on a chain around his neck); serviceman, woman and children; people weaving mats; women doing embroidery(?); people making clothes(?); nuns; schoolchildren; person playing a fretted instrument with 8 strings; laundry; minibus, with people hanging onto the back; people crossing a wooden bridge over a stream, a long building with tile roof in the background; market; people...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains information about individual buildings on the Chicago campus of Northwestern University, and other individual Chicago buildings

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains information about individual buildings on the Chicago campus of Northwestern University, and other individual Chicago buildings