Library (Chicago: American Library Association, 1969), 49–50. 42 Ralph G. Newman to Richard W. Crain, 20 November 1974. Earl F. Bartholomew GAR Papers, courtesy of Marilu Meyer. 43 Alex Ladenson, chief librarian of the CPL, to Earl Bartholomew, 16 August 1974. Earl F. Bartholomew GAR Papers, courtesy of Marilu Meyer. 44 Thomas A. Orlando, Treasures of the Chicago Public Library: An Exhibition of Notable Acquisitions, 1872–1977, assembled for the dedication of the Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall, October 1977 (Chicago: Chicago Public Library, 1977), 5. 45 Hand-written memorandum indicting the Library’s changing policies with regard to the GAR Memorial Association, n.d. Earl F. Bartholomew GAR Papers, courtesy of Marilu Meyer. 46 Evelyn L. Gill to the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Association of Cook County, February 1979. Earl F. Bartholomew GAR Papers, courtesy of Marilu Meyer. 47 Earl F. Bartholomew GAR papers, courtesy of Marilu Meyer. 48 The Special Collections Division consists of books, pamphlets, maps, broadsides, sheet music, theater programs, and other printed ephemera, literary and historical manuscripts, legal documents, photographs, prints, paintings, and artifacts. Among their collections are the books and artifacts of the GAR. 49 John A. Logan, General Order No. 11, May 5, 1868. The Grand Army of the Republic: America’s Legion of Honor (Grand Army of the Republic, n.d.), 11. Earl F. Bartholomew GAR papers, courtesy of Marilu Meyer. 50 “Dedicate G.A.R. Hall,” Chicago Tribune, December 30, 1898.
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