Rance Crain attended Northwestern University from 1958-1960, graduating with a degree in Journalism from Medill. He was President of his family-owned publication company, Crain Communications, and served as editor-in-chief of Advertising Age and several other publications. The Papers include his columns for those publications as well as his notes and research, and span the period 1956-2015.

This series is one of a group that together represent the memoirs Col. Robert R. McCormick (1880-1955), editor and publisher of the Chicago tribune. These memoirs were originally presented as part of McCormick's weekly radio addresses, and were intended for eventual publication, but were never published. This series contains early published versions of each sections of the memoirs.

Colonel Robert R. McCormick's personal correspondence primarily for the years 1920-1955, as maintained by his secretaries.

Published biographies of Eleanor Medill Patterson ("Cissy" Patterson)