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Joan Wagner Beck (1923-1998), 1941-1954 Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/203
Abstract

Joan Wagner Beck (September 5, 1923-December 11, 1998) was a columnist and trailblazer at the Chicago Tribune, where she was the first woman with a regular column in the editorial or op-ed pages, the first woman in charge of a daily section and the first woman to serve on the paper’s editorial board.

Dates: 1941-1954

Records of the Associate General Counsel, Martha P. Mandel

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Identifier: 53/9
Abstract The Records of the Associate General Counsel consists of fifty-five boxes relating to Martha P. Mandel's time at Northwestern University--first as Assistant General Counsel, and then as Associate General Counsel. The first twenty-four boxes are correspondence files, contianing Mandel's communications with faculty, law firms, and other universities concerning her work. The rest of the collection consists of subject files. Examples of folder topics are: Civil Rights, Patents, and Real...
Dates: 1969-1993; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/2009

Owen L. Coon (1894-1948) Scrapbook

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Identifier: 31/6/74
Abstract

The Owen L. Coon Scrapbook began as a record of Coon's years at Northwestern University. Nearly half of the scrapbook does document Coon's college life between 1912 and 1919. However, the balance of the scrapbook is filled with clippings, photographs, and ephemera that precede and postdate Coon's Northwestern years—including items from Coon's youth in Rantoul and from his travels in Europe, as well as general Coon family photographs and memorabilia.

Dates: 1907-1962

Qudsia Khurshid Holozada Ahmad (1912-2009) Papers

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Identifier: 55/59
Abstract

Qudsia Ahmad (1912-2009), born in Palestine, was recognized as a poet and worked as a radio broadcaster for the Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS) before moving to the United States in January 1948. Residing in Forty Fort Pennsylvania, she was an active member of the local community and often lectured about Islam or Palestinian culture to educate the community on these topics.

Dates: 1912-2009

Harold (1926-2004) and Joan (1926-2015) Perkin Papers

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Identifier: 11/3/16/27
Abstract The papers of British social historians Harold and Joan Perkin fill 61 boxes and contain 6.28 megabytes of born-digital files. The collection documents their academic careers and personal lives in England and the United States, spanning dates 1905-2015, with bulk dates 1970-2015. Harold Perkin was one of the leaders in the British social history movement of the 1960s-1970s and a professor in the Department of History at Northwestern University from 1985 to 1997. Joan Perkin was a lecturer in...
Dates: 1905, 1930s-2015; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2015

Clarence L. Ver Steeg (1922-2007) Papers

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Identifier: 11/3/16/23
Abstract Clarence Lester Ver Steeg initially joined Northwestern as a Professor of United States History in 1950 and served as Dean of The Graduate School from 1975 to 1986. Ver Steeg was most well known for teaching American history courses. Aside from his teaching responsibilities, he was instrumental in expanding graduate education programs. As chairman of the Northwestern Faculty Committee to Plan and Build the New University Library, Ver Steeg played a crucial role in the development, design,...
Dates: 1927-2005

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Northwestern University Settlement (Chicago, Ill.) 11
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)--Administration 4
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)--Faculty 3
Vittum, Harriet E. (Harriet Elizabeth), 1872-1953 3
National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers 2
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Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 2
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Office of the President 2
Northwestern University Settlement (Chicago, Ill.)--Administration 2
Ahmad, Qudsia Khurshid Holozada, 1912-2009 1
Beck, Joan, 1923-1998 1
Clark, Lenora E. 1
Colegrove, Peter, 1817-1860 1
Community Fund of Chicago, inc. 1
Coon, Owen L., 1894-1948 1
Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917. Paysage avec fumé de cheminés 1
Garrison, Alice King, 1906-2002 1
Goodman family 1
Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 1
Mandel, Martha P., 1926-2007 1
Marcy family 1
Marcy, Elizabeth Eunice Smith, 1821-1911 1
Marcy, Oliver, 1820-1899 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)--Students 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)--Students--Societies and clubs 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Department of History 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Department of Natural History 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Graduate School 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Museum of Natural History 1
Northwestern University Settlement (Chicago, Ill.). Evanston Woman's Board 1
Northwestern University Settlement (Chicago, Ill.). North Shore Junior Board 1
Overboe, Doris 1
Palestine Broadcasting Service 1
Perkin, Harold James 1
Perkin, Joan 1
Rachwalski, Michael M. (Michael Matthew), 1901-1987 1
Rogers, Henry Wade, 1853-1926 1
Searle, Daniel C. 1
Trienens, Howard J. 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. Army. Students' Army Training Corps 1
Ver Steeg, Clarence L. (Clarence Lester), 1922-2007 1
Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago 1
Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891 1
Young Women's Christian Association (Northwestern University Chapter) 1
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