McCormick, L. Hamilton (Leander Hamilton), 1859-1934 |
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role
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Collector |
dates
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1859-1934 |
city
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Chicago |
state | IL | other cities | Hampshire, United Kingdom; |
sex
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M |
historical notes
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Collector, inventor, author businessman and son of Leander J McCormick a founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, in Chicago.
McCormick's collection included bronzes, paintings of the early English and Dutch Schools, old furniture and silver, enamels, rugs and armor.
Part of the collection was acquired while living in Endland, in 1887 he married Miss Constance Plummer of Canterbury, England, and lived in that country until 1917 when he returned to Chicago.
McCormick was a member of the Chicago, Casino, Onwentsia, Saddle, and Cycle Clubs.
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decades of activity | 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930
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Chicago History Museum Research Center |
[Scrapbook relating to schools in which he was interested, ca. 1875-1930]. |
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Loyola University, Chicago LOYOLA UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES |
Leander Hamilton McCormick Papers, 1874-1923 (bulk 1874-1893). |
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Chicago History Museum Research Center |
Leander Hamilton McCormick photograph collection, 1865-1927, bulk 1880-1920 |
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Kansas Historical Society 6425 SW 6th Avenue |
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