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Collection Highlight - Daniel H. Burnham Photograph Albums
This year Chicago is celebrating the centennial of the Plan of Chicago, written by Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett. As the repository for the papers of both architects, the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries have been involved in many of the programs developed for the centennial. A very special event was the gathering of Burnham family heirs in April 2008 in the Libraries' Reading Room. On that occasion the Libraries received three photograph albums and some business papers from family members, as well as the loan of two silver loving cups that had been given to Burnham.
The photograph albums are important and fascinating additions to the Burnham archives offering rare images of the private Burnham, with his wife, his children, and his friends. For a complete description and finding aid for collection, click here.
We are deeply grateful to the Mardi Burnham LeGrow Family, Christy Burnham Laier, Kendall Morris, and the Hubert Burnham, Jr. Family for their generous gifts to the Burnham archives, and to George Wells III and Mardi Burnham Brayton for the loan of the loving cups, currently on view in the Reading Room.
Image: Photograph of Burnham family from the Daniel H. Burnham Collection (1934.1) at the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries. Front row: Daniel, Jr., Hubert and Margaret B. Back row: John, Ethel, Daniel and Roland Woodyatt |