Lawrence Laird Sutherland papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Lawrence Laird Sutherland papers
- Identifier
- BMRC.CHM.SUTHERLAND
- Repository
- Chicago History Museum
- Language
- English
- Size
- 2.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1929-1988
- Creator
- Sutherland, Lawrence Laird, 1897-1988
Scope and Contents note
Audits and other financial records, annual meeting material, and tenant correspondence pertaining to Sutherland's ownership and management of the Rowan Trees Hotel (500 W. Englewood, Chicago) for over fifty years. Also includes some personal materials of Sutherland, including greeting cards and correspondence received from relatives and some narrative family history material.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 June 7 by Andrew Steadham.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of John J. Ellis