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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Scope Note: Coordinates: Lat: 41 51 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 41.8500 decimal degrees Long: 087 39 00 W degrees minutes Long: -87.6500 decimal degrees

Note: Located on post-glacial plain beside Lake Michigan, noted for extremes in climate. Site was visited by the French in the 17th century; it was a fur-trading post, then an Army post. It expanded greatly in the 19th century due to its strategic position; was a center of transportation and industry. Much of the city was destroyed by fire in 1871, and rebuilt. It is noted as the birthplace of an important architectural development, the steel-frame skyscraper.

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Art Institute of Chicago exhibition opening invitation, 1948-02-05

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-234
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Invitation for the opening of The Art Institute of Chicago's Alfred Stieglitz exhibition on 1948-02-02. Invitation is from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1948-02-05
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Claudia O'Keeffe, 1960-10-04

 Item — Box 3: Series 1
Identifier: RC.1999.1.95
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Claudia O'Keeffe while traveling.

Dates: 1960-10-04
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Claudia O'Keeffe Papers / Correspondence

Georgia O'Keeffe to Frances O'Brien, postcard, 1948-04-22

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Identifier: 2015.1.85
Dates: 1948-04-22
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Frances O'Brien Papers Relating to Georgia O'Keeffe / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Frances O'Brien

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-03-25

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-031
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Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1942-03-25
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-05-14

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-033
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1942-05-14
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-06-03

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-036
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Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot written while traveling.

Dates: 1942-06-03
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-06-04

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-037
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Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot written on the train.

Dates: 1942-06-04
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-11-30

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-039
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Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1942-11-30
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-12-10

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-041
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Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot including a photograph of an elephant and a man. O'Keeffe mentions creating her painting Kokopelli with Snow, 1942 (CR 1036).

Dates: 1942-12-10
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-12-14

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-042
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1942-12-14
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-12-21

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-043
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1942-12-21
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1942-12-31

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-045
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1942-12-31
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1943-10-31

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-082
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Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1943-10-31
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1943-11-16

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-085
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Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1943-11-16
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, probably 1944-02

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-096
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Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot including letter from Ananda Coomaraswamy.

Dates: probably 1944-02
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1944-02-13

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-098
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1944-02-13
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1944-02-25

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-100
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1944-02-25
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1944-03-31

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-103
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1944-03-31
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, undated

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-109
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Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: undated
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1945-02-03

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-131
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Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot including An American Place exhibition brochure with notes and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1945-02-03
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1945-04-20

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-142
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1945-04-20
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1947-05-25

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-215
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1947-05-25
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1947-12-24

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-224
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1947-12-24
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1948-02-07

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-235
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Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1948-02-07
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot, 1948-02-13

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Identifier: MS-GOMC-236
Overview

Letter from Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot.

Dates: 1948-02-13
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Archive / Correspondence / Georgia O'Keeffe to Maria Chabot

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