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Catherine Wolfe Donohue Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS113
Abstract

Catherine Wolfe Donohue, who contracted radium poisoning while an employee of the Radium Dial Company in Ottawa, Illinois, was part of the class action suit against the company. This collection consists of a scrapbook created by the Donohue family.

Dates: 1936 - 1957; Other: Majority of material found within 1936 - 1939

Ed Paschke (1939-2004) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 11/3/4/7
Abstract Edward Francis Paschke (1939-2004) was an American painter and educator. He lived most of his life in Chicago, Illinois, and was affiliated with a group of artists known as the Chicago Imagists. Paschke’s work is often confrontational and utilizes bright, neon colors and central figurative elements. He borrows imagery from pop culture to create surreal, emotional landscapes that evoke the violent, sinister, and sexually charged undercurrents of the human experience. The Ed Paschke Papers...
Dates: 1950-2005