Robert R. McCormick Charitable Trust. Philip F. Hampson - Arthur A. Schmon Correspondence

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 from its original conception in the fall of 1956 to the museum's dedication ceremonies held at Cantigny on August 19, 1960.

Most of the letters in the collection are related to this project; a small portion of the material reflects the regular ongoing business of the Trust. This is true particularly of the letters dating from 1961 until Mr. Schmon's death in March 1964.