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Archives related to: Field, Delia Caton, 1854-1937
| title | Catherine Eddy Beveridge Papers, 1703-2004, bulk 1870-1910 | repository | Newberry Library |
| description | Correspondence, personal materials, writings, and photographs of Chicago diarist, socialite and philanthropist Catherine Eddy Beveridge, and materials collected by her related to her family, including her husband Albert J. Beveridge, her parents Augustus and Abby Eddy, her brother Spencer Eddy, her grandfather Franklin Fayette Spencer, and her aunt Delia Caton Field. Catherine's genealogical research is also included, and three family albums she compiled. Catherine Eddy Beveridge was born into a wealthy, prominent Chicago family, and her writings, personal papers, and collected family materials document the rarefied social world she inhabited. Her grandfather, Franklin Fayette Spencer, founded a successful hardware business, her brother Spencer Eddy served in the diplomatic arena, and her aunt Delia Caton Field was a well known social leader in Chicago through her marriages to Arthur Caton and Marshall Field. The materials in the Catherine Eddy Beveridge papers reflect the affluent standard of living Catherine and her circle enjoyed, including lavish weddings and parties, handsome homes in the Prairie Avenue district of Chicago, and extended travel abroad. Insight into the lives of women is particularly vivid, illustrated by Catherine's descriptions of European shopping trips for custom-made fine clothing, and the inclusion of engagement books, guest lists, and menus reflecting the daily obligations of a prominent social leader and hostess such as Delia Caton Field. Biography of Catherine Eddy Beveridge Chicago diarist, socialite and philanthropist. Collection Call Number Midwest MS Beveridge Collection Stack Location 3a 37 10 |
| extent | 6 cubic ft |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Printed Materials Estate Papers Ephemera |
| access | The Catherine Eddy Beveridge Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III). |
| record source | http://www.newberry.org/collections/FindingAids/beveridge/Beveridge.html |
| finding aid | online and in repository |
| acquisition information | Gift of Albert J. Beveridge III. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:02 |
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| title | John Dean Caton Papers | repository | Library of Congress |
| description | The papers of John Dean Caton (1812-1875) span the period from 1826 to 1947 with the bulk concentrated in the period 1826-1895. Caton was the first lawyer who settled in Chicago and was an associate justice of the supreme court of Illinois from 1842 to 1864 and served as chief justice of that court in 1855 and from 1857 to 1864. For more than a generation he was in correspondence with lawyers and public men of his state including those prominent in its history. Caton’s papers consist of family, professional and legal correspondence, speeches, drafts of an unpublished memoir, other writings, and a scrapbook. The bulk covers Caton's activities as a lawyer in Chicago, as an associate and chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, 1842-1867, as chief stockholder and director of the Illinois and Mississippi Telegraph Company, 1849-1867, as an investor in western mines, as a stockholder and director of the Oneida Salt Company, the Illinois Starch Company, and other business enterprises, and as a traveler and contributor of articles relating to nature studies and to the bench and bar in Illinois. Included are Caton's own letters, those of his wife, Laura A. Caton, his brother, William P. Caton, and other members of his family. Other correspondents include Thomas Basnett, Sidney Breese, Thomas D. Catlin, Seldon Churchill, W. C. Churchill, Ezra Cornell, Austin C. French, Melville Weston Fuller, George H. Gatiss, L. Howell, Josiah Macy's Sons, James F. Joy, Norman B. Judd, Joel A. Matheson, Henry O'Riley, Hiram Sibley, Nathan Smith, E. D. L. Sweet, Samuel Hubbel Treat, Lyman Trumbull, Pinkney Houston Walker, Horace White, Norman Williams, and J. J. S. Wilson. |
| extent | 13.2 linear feet. |
| formats | Business Papers Legal Papers Personal Papers Correspondence Financial Records |
| access | Request in Manuscript Reading Room (Madison LM 101). Material stored offsite - advance notice of one to two business days required for retrieval. |
| record link | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011029 |
| record source | http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78015396 |
| finding aid | Online and in repository |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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| title | [Interior view of a room in Mrs. Marshall Field’s residence in Washington, DC, formerly known as the Pink Palace, currently the location of the Inter-American Defense Board] [graphic]. | repository | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division |
| description | Photograph shows tables, display cases of tableware, a bust sculpture (possibly of Mrs. Field or Catherine Spencer Eddy), paintings, and other furnishings. CALL NUMBER: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1989:200, no. 1 Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Electronic file info: digital file from b&w film copy neg. cph 3c39460 p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c39460 |
| extent | 1 photographic print |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Request in: Prints & Photographs Reading Room (Madison, LM337) |
| record source | http://lccn.loc.gov/2010651215 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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