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Archives related to: McCormick, Chauncey, 1884-1954
| title | Chauncey McCormick Papers, 1888-1954. | repository | Newberry Library |
| description | Letters, souvenirs, photographs, clippings, and a few cartoons of Chicagoan Chauncey McCormick, president of the Art Institute, founder and chairman of the art exhibit at the Century of Progress, philanthropist active in child welfare groups and organizations for the blind, and Republican Party activist during the 1930's to 1950's. Correspondence concerns business, civic, philanthropic, and political activities, and there are extensive files relating to McCormick's World War I service with the American Expeditionary Force in France and his direction of Polish food relief under Herbert Hoover. |
| extent | 6 cubic ft. (10 boxes) |
| formats | Correspondence Ephemera Photographs Clippings |
| access | Collection open for research. Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice. Audiovisual materials include sound recordings, video recordings, and motion picture film. Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the materials requested can be made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Audiovisual Specialist for further information. |
| record source | http://www.newberry.org/collections/artsabstracts.html |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:59 |
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| title | Chauncey McCormick papers, 1917-1954. | repository | Hoover Institution |
| description | Reports, correspondence, orders, printed matter, phonorecords, and photographs, relating to relief work in Poland and political and economic conditions in Poland at the end of World. Historical and Biographical Notes Member, United States Food Administration mission to Poland, 1919. |
| extent | 1 ms. box, 1 roll, 3 phonorecords |
| formats | Correspondence Postcards Administrative Records Clippings Printed Materials |
| access | Collection open for research. Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice. Audiovisual materials include sound recordings, video recordings, and motion picture film. Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the materials requested can be made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Audiovisual Specialist for further information. |
| record source | http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu/oac |
| finding aid | Preliminary inventory. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:58 |
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