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Chicago's highways, old and new, from Indian trail to motor road, by Milo M. Quaife, with an introduction by Joy Morton. (3.22580)

Date: 1923
Creator: Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959.
Type: Book
Extent: 278 p. front., plates, maps (part fold.), plan, facsims. 25 cm.

Chicago and the Old Northwest, 1673-1835 : a study of the evolution of the northwestern frontier, together with a history of Fort Dearborn (3.37666)

Date: 1913
Creator: Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959.
Type: Book
Extent: vii, 480 pages, [11] leaves of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm

1922/07/06: Joy Morton to Sterling Morton (3.92162)

Date: July 6 1922
Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Joy Morton to Sterling Morton. He is arranging a dinner party for Sterling and Howard to meet Dr. Darnell of General Electric. Because of the lack of rain he is convince that he has "to put in a water works for the Arboretum and a pretty extensive one." Dr. Quaife has written the first 3 chapters of a book about the early traffic before the railroad. Teletype orders for Chicago Police Department. Sending a Nebraska City News clipping telling of the gift of Arbor Lodge to the State of Nebraska for a botanical garden, and the residence as a Museum of Natural History.
Extent: 2 sheets

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