Edward Wolner papers RG.04.01.48 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit June 17, 2015 Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Alexander M. Bracken Library 2000 W. University Avenue Muncie, Indiana, 47306 765-285-5078 [email protected] Edward Wolner papers RG.04.01.48 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Biographical Note / Historical Note / Administrative History......................................................................4 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4 Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 6 Series 1: Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper clippings, 1872-1963........................................................6 Series 2: Newspaper clippings, 1857-2008.............................................................................................6 Series 3: Henry Ives Cobb research materials........................................................................................ 7 Series 4: Book copies..............................................................................................................................9 Series 5: Correspondence, personal notes, and other research materials..............................................10 Series 6: Architectural photocopies and photograph CD's....................................................................14 - Page 2 - Edward Wolner papers RG.04.01.48 Summary Information Repository Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Title Edward Wolner papers Date 1950-2000 Extent 2.5 Cubic feet 4 boxes Language English Language of Materials Materials in English. Preferred Citation Edward Wolner papers, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries - Page 3 - Edward Wolner papers RG.04.01.48 Biographical Note / Historical Note / Administrative History Edward W. Wolner currently serves as a Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Ball State University. Prior to this, Wolner served as an Assistant Professor in the department of architecture and the Honors College, teaching architectural history and architectural theory. His most recent course was taught in the fall of 2012. Wolner earned his Ph.D from New York University, where he also taught. He subsequently taught at Brooklyn College and Ohio State University, before arriving at Ball State University. Edward Wolner published his first book, Henry Ives Cobb's Chicago: Architecture, Institutions, and the Making of a Modern Metropolis, in 2011. Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of journal and newspaper articles, original and scanned images, book copies, dissertation and thesis copies, material request forms and invoices, correspondence, and digital photographs and scans from Edward Wolner ranging from 1872 to 2008 regarding architectural history, the life and work of Henry Ives Cobb, and the northern Chicago region of Illinois. Arrangement This collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1: Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper clippings, 1872-1963 Series 2: Newspaper clippings, 1857-2008 Series 3: Henry Ives Cobb research materials Series 4: Book copies Series 5: Correspondence, personal notes, and other research materials Series 6: Architectural photocopies and photograph CD's Administrative Information Publication Information - Page 4 - Edward Wolner papers RG.04.01.48 Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research. - Page 5 - Edward Wolner papers RG.04.01.48 Series 1: Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper clippings, 1872-1963 Collection Inventory Series 1: Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper clippings, 1872-1963 Box Folder 1 1 Chicago and Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper clippings, copies, 1872-1963 1 2 Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper clippings, copies, 1880-1896 1 3 Chicago Tribune, Francis P. Owings newspaper clippings, copies, 1886-1889 1 4 Chicago Tribune, Chicago Title and Trust Building newspaper clippings, copies, 1890-1895 1 5 Chicago Daily newspaper clippings and request forms, copies, 1891 1 6 Chicago Daily newspaper clippings, copies, 1894 1 7 Chicago Daily Tribune, architectural newspaper clippings, copies, 1896-1897 Series 2: Newspaper clippings, 1857-2008 Box Folder - Page 6 - Edward Wolner papers RG.04.01.48 Series 3: Henry Ives Cobb research materials 1 8 Newspaper clippings, copies, 1872-1963 1 9 Newspaper clippings, copies, circa 1877-1992 1 10 Newspaper clippings, copies, 1880 1 11 Newspaper clippings, copies, 1891-1895, 1930 1 12 Newspaper clippings, 1892-1895 1 13 Newspaper clippings, copies, 1894-1930 1 14 Newspaper clippings, 1897-1930 1 15 Architectural newspaper clippings, 1900 1 16 Newspaper clippings, copies, 1903 1 17 Newspaper clippings, copies, 1989-1999 Series 3: Henry Ives Cobb research materials Box Folder 1 18 American Architect and Buildings News articles and photographs, copies, 1884 - Page 7 - Edward Wolner papers RG.04.01.48 Series 3: Henry Ives Cobb research materials 1 19 American Architectural History and other architectural photographs, copies, 1891-1893, 1969 1 20 Architects Club of Chicago and Chicago Athletic Association research materials and correspondence, 2006 1 21 Architectural invoices, correspondence and personal notes, 1803, 1897-1903, 2006 1 22 Articles, copies, and correspondence, 1797, 1881-1909, undated 1 23 E-mail correspondence, 2008-2009 1 24 "Henry Ives Cobb" and "Chicago" e-mail correspondence, 2008 1 25 The Inland Architect and News Record Index, copy, 1891-1896 1 26 Lake Forest newspaper clippings, copies, 1902 1 27 Library Architecture and the Library Journal, book copies and newspaper clippings, 1881-1891, 2008 1 28 Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other notes, 1892-1905, undated 1 29 Newspaper clippings, copies, and Tour Valley of Chicago brochure, 1893-1895 - Page 8 - Edward Wolner papers RG.04.01.48 Series 4: Book copies 1 30 Photocopy request forms with requested materials, 1887 1 31 Photocopy request forms with requested materials, 1887-1900 1 32 Photocopy request forms with requested materials, "America" copies, circa 1889-1891, 2006 1 33 Request forms with material, newspaper clippings (copies), and architectural photographs (copies), 1989, undated 1 34 Ron White e-mail correspondence, 2008 1 35 The University of Chicago Library - Special Collections Research Center request forms and invoices, 2006 Series 4: Book copies Box Folder 1 36 "A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Division of the Humanities in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts," copy, 1954 June 1 37 "A Thesis submitted to the Department of Art and Architecture and the Committee on the Graduate Division of Stanford University," 1964 June 1 38 "An Architectural Competition: A Capitol Offense," thesis, 1974/04/29 1 39 "An Architectural History of the Newberry Library," book copy, 1964 May - Page 9 - Edward Wolner papers RG.04.01.48 Series 5: Correspondence, personal notes, and other research materials 1 40 Book copies, 1961, undated 2 1 Book copies, 2004, undated 2 2 Book on historical Lake Forest, Illinois, 2000 2 3 "Building the South Side, Urban Space, and Culture in Chicago 1890-1919," book copy, 2004 2 4 "Chicago's Historic Prairie Avenue" book, 2008 2 5 Copies of books and other newspaper clippings, 1795, 1895 2 6 North Shore Chicago architecture, 2004 2 7 "The Pennsylvania Capitol, A Documentary History," book copy, 1987 2 8 "The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age," book copy, circa 1987 2 9 "The Postal Age" and "Industrial Relations in the Chicago Building Trades," book copies, 2006 2 10 "University of Illinois Press, Readers' Report Guide," 2002 Series 5: Correspondence, personal notes, and other research materials Box Folder - Page 10 - Edward Wolner papers RG.04.01.48 Series 5: Correspondence, personal notes, and other research materials 2 11 The American Architect and Building News newspaper clippings, other copied photographs, undated 2 12 Articles, newspaper clippings (copies) and other notes, 1972, undated 2 13 Articles and other research materials, undated 2 14 Bradley University materials, 1974-2004 2 15 Building blueprints, copies, undated 2 16 Charles E. Foster papers, photographs, copies, undated 2 17 Chicago Athletic Association and other newspaper clippings, copies, 1849-1985 2 18 Correspondence, requested materials (copies), and other notes, 2006-2009 2 19 Correspondence and other notes, 2007 2 20 Correspondence, 2008 2 21 Course descriptions and correspondence, 2008 2 22 E-mail correspondence and newspaper clippings, 2008 2 23 First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, IL. brochures, 1984, 1998 - Page 11 - Edward Wolner papers RG.04.01.48 Series 5: Correspondence, personal notes, and other research materials 2 24 First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, IL. research materials and correspondence, 1989 2 25 The Former Chicago Historical Society Building, Chicago Tribune newspaper clippings, copies, 1983, undated