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Title
Chicago fire [01 005]
Date Created
1860-1966
Place
United States
Subjects
Actors
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Authors
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Chicago
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Great Fire
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Ill.
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Photograph collections
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Politicians
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Portrait photography
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Soldiers
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Travel
Summary
Correspondence, writings, photographs, and miscellaneous material that Oliver Barrett kept which pertained to his relationship with Carl Sandburg, plus items added by Barrett's son, Roger. Letters (1925-1949) between Barrett and Sandburg deal mainly with their mutual interest in Abraham Lincoln and the books and projects Sandburg was working on, but also concern other personal, legal, literary, and historical matters. There is also correspondence between Roger Barrett and Herbert Mitgang, and others. There are a number of notes from Sandburg that apparently accompanied manuscripts he sent to Barrett, such as articles, a section of his one novel, Remembrance rock, drafts of portions of his Lincoln biography, and many poems. The photograph collection consists of over 600 stereographs - many of Civil War scenes and views of Chicago before and after the 1871 fire - apparently collected by both Sandburg and Barrett; over 100 cabinet photographs and a few cartes de visite of prominent 19th century literary figures, military officers, politicians, and actors. Also photographs of Sandburg and Barrett, and miscellaneous printed material including newspaper clippings, publicity broadsheets, and a few magazines containing Sandburg poems.
Biographical/Historical Note
Chicago lawyer, Abraham Lincoln collector, and Carl Sandburg's friend and attorney.
Extent
6 cubic ft. (9 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Format
Cabinet photographs
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Cartes-de-visite
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Photographs
Archival Collection Title
Oliver Barrett-Carl Sandburg papers
Rights Status
No Copyright - United States
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The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to
these terms and conditions.
Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
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Call Number
Midwest MS Barrett Sandburg
IIIF Resource Type
Manifest
IIIF Resource ID
https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZSJPMARU
Original File Name
991786448805867_midwest_ms_barrett_sandburg_bx_06_01_005
Unique identifier
NL11F68N
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