The Patterson Family Papers consists of newspaper clippings; Joseph Medill Patterson's research notes about the Patterson family; obituaries; and photographs of members of the Patterson family, the staff of the Chicago Tribune, and World War I. The collection also contains a number of correspondences (type and handwritten letters, telegraphs, and typescripts) between members of the Patterson family. Of note is the large number of letters sent from Joseph Medill Patterson to his mother, Elinor Patterson (née Medill), while he was attending the Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts, dated 1891-1893. These letters discuss his day-to-day doings, make frequent mention of his homesickness and desire to leave the school, and show the extremely tight-knit relationship Patterson had with his mother. The entire collection spans a range of dates from 1825 to 1953.
Patterson, Joseph Medill, 1879-1946Original correspondence; 46 letters
Original correspondence; contains written story by Alicia. Also contains typescript of letter.
Original correspondence; 3 letters
Original correspondence; 1 letter, sent from Pasadena, California
Original correspondence; 1 letter, with envelope. Includes typescripts of letter
Original correspondence; 46 letters, including telegrams
Original correspondence; 49 letters
Original correspondence; 36 letters
Original correspondences; 19 letters, 2 drawings
These typescripts relate to the correspondences in Boxes 1-3.
Correspondence - Transcripts; 1 letter (2 copies)
Correspondence - Typescripts; 2 letters
Corespondence - Typescript; 1 letter
5 typescripts of articles: "A Letter to the Editor," Collier's (1912-05-06); "Sunday News" (1922-12-10); "Prize Contest Announcement," Liberty Magazine (1924-05-10); "Our Name is Liberty," Liberty Magazine (1924-05-10); "Hate War but Prepare Against It," Liberty Magazine (1924-05-17); "Capital and Capitalists," (1924-05-24); "Courage," Liberty Magazine (1924-09-20); "Snobishness," Liberty Magazine (1924-09-27); "I Don't Learn to Fly or it's Tough to be Fifty," Liberty Magazine (1928-12-08); "Tax the rich," Liberty Magazine (1929-02-09); "The world does not owe us a Living," Liberty Magazine (1930-11-01); "Ely of Wisconsin," The World Today/Hearst's (undated)
Typescripts of 7 articles
Includes letters from Burton Rascoe