Patterson Family. Kirkland & Ellis records
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Scope and Contents
This collection of papers, created and maintained by the Chicago Tribune's law firm, Kirkland & Ellis, reflects the firm's handling of various matters for members of the Patterson family. Although much of this material is tangentially concerned with the McCormick-Patterson Trust, these papers deal not with the management of the trust itself, but rather with the family's ownership of shares in the Trust, and its alottment of proceeds from the Trust. The collection also includes information about the family's dealings with the firm in matters not related to the Trust. Much of the activity recorded here is utlimately related to the result of the divorce of Alice Higinbotham Patterson and Joseph Medill Patterson ("10080-W-7. Alice Higinbotham Patterson vs. Joseph Medill Patterson"), and concerns their three daughters Josephine, Elinor and Alicia.
Dates
- 1919 - 1952
Creator
- Kirkland & Ellis (Firm) (Organization)
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. This collection is stored off-site and requires two business days advance notice for retrieval. Please contact the McCormick Library at specialcollections@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3635 for more information or to schedule an appointment to view the collection.
Extent
3 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection of papers, created and maintained by the Chicago Tribune's law firm, Kirkland & Ellis, reflects the firm's handling of various matters for members of the Patterson family. Although much of this material is tangentially concerned with the McCormick-Patterson Trust, these papers deal not with the management of the trust itself, but rather with the family's ownership of shares in the Trust, and its alottment of proceeds from the Trust. The collection also includes information about the family's dealings with the firm in matters not related to the Trust. Much of the activity recorded here is utlimately related to the result of the divorce of Alice Higinbotham Patterson and Joseph Medill Patterson ("10080-W-7. Alice Higinbotham Patterson vs. Joseph Medill Patterson"), and concerns their three daughters Josephine, Elinor and Alicia.
Arrangement
The materials were originally housed in a series of large expanding folders; these folders typically contained a mixture of loose materials and sub-folders. Each such expanding folder was labeled with a classification number (of uncertin meaning) assigned by the law firm, plus typed and/or handwritten information. (The relevant portions of the expanding folders have been preserved.) The expanding folders show evidence of curation by various hands over the time of their use.
The arrangement of materials in this finding aid reflects the order in which they were found: first by the classification number written on each large expanding folder, then by sequential numbers assigned to folders with the same classification number, and finally by sub-folders (when present).
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.
General
The names of persons found in these papers can vary with time. (For example, Elinor Patterson Mark and Elinor Patterson Baker are the same person.) The names attached to a given item are the names appearing in the item; they have been filled out as necessary to make identification of information about a given individual less uncertain.
Processing Information
Formerly assigned the temporary identifier XI-385.
- Title
- Guide to the Patterson Family. Kirkland & Ellis records
- Author
- Gary L. Strawn
- Date
- 2021-08-06
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Library Details
Part of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Repository
Deering Library, Level 3
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-491-3635
specialcollections@northwestern.edu