1870-1920
Description:
Primary sources that document the Gilded Age and Progressive era, including personal and business papers of key industrialists; records of rail, steel and oil corporations; material on labor disputes, politics and progressivism; and rich visual content on fashion, material culture and architecture. Highlights include personal correspondence and holograph manuscripts from author Edith Wharton, records and drawings from the architecture firm McKim, Mead and White, and political satire and cartoon collections.
