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Robert R. McCormick. Personal and business correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: I-23

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  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

Colonel McCormick's personal and business papers from 1904 to 1914 include correspondence from his days as alderman, president of the Chicago Sanitary District, and his early days as president of the Tribune Company

Dates

  • 1904 - 1914

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.

Extent

15 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Papers of Robert R. McCormick during his terms as Chicago alderman, president of the Chicago Sanitary District, and early days as president of the Tribune Company

Arrangement

Arrangement completed prior to receiving the collection from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Chicago Tribune Company, and Nexstar Media Group on January 10, 2020, accession #SPEC-2020-1.

Related Materials

See the index to the material, and other information on the collection, in file folder I-23 in the vertical file.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the McCormick family. Robert R. McCormick (1880-1955) personal and business correspondence
Author
Arranged by Harold Hutchings. Partially redone in 1981 by Lee Major. Input from typescript by Gary L. Strawn
Date
1981?
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Library Details

Library Details

Part of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Repository

https://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/mccormick-library/index.html
Contact:
Deering Library, Level 3
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Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-491-3635