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Box 1

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Contains 14 Results:

Table of Contents and List of Illustrations

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Chapter 1: Father and Mother and Early Chicago

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Chapter 2: Chicago Schooling -- Years at Yale -- The Law Institute

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Chapter 3: First Law Partnership -- Other Partnerships -- Celebrated Cases

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Chapter 4: Iroquois Theater Fire Litigation -- Defense of Judge Grosscup

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Chapter 5: Defense of the Packers

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Chapter 6: War-Time Prohibition and the Eighteenth Amendment

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Chapter 7: Attitude Toward Public Questions

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Chapter 8: Mr. Mayer's Activities in the World War

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Chapter 9: Sisal Litigation -- Constitutional Convention -- Mr. Mayer's Sudden Death

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Chapter 10: Tributes, Appraisals, Funeral

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Chapter 11: Domestic Life -- Letters to Members of His Family

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: Folder 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Chapter 12: Levy Mayer Hall, Mrs. Mayer's Gift to Northwestern University -- Conclusion

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927

Illustrations: Proofs

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: Folder 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist of a typescript draft, with minor editorial revisions and corrections, of Masters' biography of Chicago attorney Levy Mayer (1858-1922). The book, Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (New Haven, 1927), was Masters' first full-length biography. Mayer's widow, Rachel, copyrighted the book and published it in a limited edition of 1,500 copies wrote the biography in consideration of a significant payment from the Mayer family and as a gesture...
Dates: ca. 1927