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Wordsworth Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS192
Overview
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) began the English Romantic movement with their publication of Lyrical Ballads in 1798. His youngest brother, Christopher Wordsworth (1774-1846), received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a renowned scholar, and Master of Trinity in 1820. Christopher’s third son, also Christopher (1807-1885), was an English bishop in the Anglican Church, and became known...
World War I: Alumni and Faculty War Service Record Cards
Collection
Identifier: 0/20/5
Abstract
This series consists of record cards documenting the World War I-era military service of Northwestern University alumni and some faculty. The cards typically record for each individual many of the following categories of information: name, Northwestern class (if applicable), dates of birth and admission to and withdrawal from school, name of parent or guardian, permanent address, war service (postings, promotions, combat duty), and military addresses.
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
World War I: U.S. Army Training School Trainee Records
Collection
Identifier: 0/20/3
Overview
This series consists of U.S. Army Training School records documenting the training of individuals at Northwestern. Taking the form of pre-printed index cards or certificates completed for each student enrolled in Training School courses, the records typically include the following information: student's full name, permanent address, course and dates of study, and course rating. Also noted are ratings for aptitude in occupational categories and, occasionally, physical ratings as well as other...
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
World War I: War Service Record Cards
Collection
Identifier: 0/20/4
Abstract
The series consists of war service records for regularly and nominally-enrolled Northwestern students who served in the military or trained for military duty during the time of World War I.
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
World Wars I and II, Records of
Collection
Identifier: 46/2
Abstract
The Records of World Wars I and II fill two archival boxes and span the years 1914 to 2005. The records are divided into WWI and WWII with the majority of the records relating to WWII. Records document both activities during the Wars and commemorative activities postwar and include information about both general programs and specific individuals. World War I: Alumni, faculty & students in military service files span 1914 to 1919. They consist of honor rolls and lists of alumni...
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
World's Columbian Exposition Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: 31/6/154
Abstract
Three scrapbooks, compiled by residents of Evanston, Illinois, document the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in clippings, images, and souvenir items.
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
James C. Worthy (1910-1998) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 12/1/14
Abstract
James Carson Worthy, businessman, professor, and public servant, was born January 8, 1910 in Midland, Texas. After growing up in the southern Chicago suburb of Glenwood, Illinois, Worthy entered Northwestern University's College of Liberal Arts in 1929 as an Austin Scholar. The James C. Worthy Papers fill 53 boxes and 25 bound volumes, spanning the years 1932 to 1999. The bulk of the records consist of correspondence, speeches, reports, and published or unpublished papers. A substantial...
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Richard Wright Black Power Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS51
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of the original typescript for Black Power. It contains corrections, additions, and deletions, including long holograph passages. Much of the material in this draft was never published, so it is significant for documenting Wright’s original intentions in recording his experiences in Ghana. Besides the typescript, there are some fifty pages of material perhaps intended as a supplement to the book. Included are an interview with...
Thomas Wright Scrapbooks on William Blake
Collection
Identifier: MS 166
Abstract
Thomas Wright was born May 16, 1859 in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. He was educated at Buxton College, a boys' school in Buxton, Derbyshire, and married Angelina Edwards on January 1, 1884. He was the principal of Cowper School in Olney, which he founded himself in 1882 at the age of 23. The Thomas Wright Scrapbooks on William Blake consists of eight scrapbooks containing clippings, correspondence, several bibliographies and catalogs, writings, and a photograph. Items are primarily...
Elizabeth Augusta Wrightson Collection of Annotated Bel Canto Vocal Music
Collection
Identifier: Wrightson
Overview
The Elizabeth Augusta Wrightson Collection consists of 135 arias and other songs chiefly from Italian operas of the bell canto style Approximately 100 contain detailed performance markings including ornamentation, expression marks and cadenzas.
Found in:
Music Library
Lawrence T. Wyly (1893-1981) Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 22/4/3
Abstract
In 1938 Wyly came to Northwestern University as an assistant professor of civil engineering. He was promoted to associate professor in 1941. The Lawrence T. Wyly Papers fill eighteen boxes including five dropfront storage boxes and are arranged in ten subseries: biographical materials, correspondence, army-related materials, teaching files, administrative files, research and consulting files, professional societies files, papers presented at professional meetings, publications, and...
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Elizabeth Wysor (1908-2000) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 19/3/13
Abstract
Elizabeth Wysor was an American opera singer and educator. She was educated at the Juilliard School in New York, Staatliche Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich, Germany, and Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria. She sang leading contralto roles throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe (operas by Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky), and also performed many times for the United States armed forces in hospitals, on USO tours, and for the Red Cross. The...
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Young Alumni Council General Files
Collection
Identifier: 32/1
Abstract
This series comprising the files of the Young Alumni Council, an organization supported by the Department of Alumni Relations, includes the records of the Council's executive committee and various other committees between 1971 and 1975. The bulk of the records span the years 1973 to 1975.
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Quentin Young Papers
Collection
Identifier: 31/6/107
Abstract
Northwestern alumnus Dr. Quentin Young advocated for progressive policy reform in medicine throughout his career. His Papers fill 47 boxes, and document his life and the organizations he founded or was affiliated with.
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Roland A. Young (1910-1977) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 11/3/22/9
Abstract
The Roland A. Young papers fill thirty-five boxes and are arranged in nine subseries: biographical materials, education files, correspondence, teaching files, research files, professional organizations files, law practice files, speeches, and publications.
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Records of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Northwestern University Chapter
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 31/6/59
Abstract
The Northwestern University YWCA records document the activities and operation of the organization. The collection fills one archival box, one small and two large drop front boxes and spans the years 1901-1962, with the bulk of the records dating between 1940 and 1950. The records consist of a variety of formats of books and scrapbooks, falling into two categories: Histories and Records, and Scrapbooks. ...
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Records of Zeta Phi Eta
Collection
Identifier: 31/6/70
Abstract
Zeta Phi Eta, the first professional Communications fraternity at Northwestern University for students of the School of Oratory (later the School of Communication)., was founded in 1893 and continues as a national professional organization today. Records spans the dates 1890-1992, with the bulk of the material dating between 1965-1985, and include historical material related to the Northwestern University chapter as well as materials relating to the national leadership.
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Charles N. Zucker (1945- ) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 31/6/27
Abstract
Zucker took a Ph.D. in history from Northwestern in August, 1972. The topic of his doctoral dissertation was The Free Negro Question: Race Relations in Ante-Bellum Illinois, 1801-1860. Zucker's papers fill four boxes and date largely from the term of his studies at Northwestern. Included are extensive course, lecture, and reading notes, syllabi, bibliographies, examinations, and other curricular materials.
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
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