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Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968
Lenox Riley Lohr papers, 1911-1968.
Correspondence, notes, office memoranda, minutes of meetings, legal and financial records, annual reports, lists, charts, maps, catalogs, articles, speeches, essays, clippings, photos, programs, daily calendar and appointment books, printed material, and other papers, relating to Lohr and his family, expecially his uncle, John Philip Sousa. Includes material on Lohr's career in the Army Corps of Engineers (1916-29); his term with the Century of Progress (1929-35); his presidency of NBC (1936-40), the Museum of Science and Industry (1940-68), and the Chicago Railroad Fair (1948-49); his activities as head of the Illinois Civil Defense Agency (1950-53), the Higher Education Committee of Illinois (1954-59), and the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority, Chicago (1955-57); his membership and participation in professional societies and civic and charitable organizations; and his hobbies and personal interests in antique automobiles, silent and classic motion pictures, coins, and firearms.
General manager of the Century of Progress International Exposition, president of the National Broadcasting Company, president of the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, and president of the Chicago Railroad Fair.
Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968
Illinois Commission of Higher Education
Jane Addams Peace Fund Committee
Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Ill.)
National Broadcasting Company
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 Chicago, Ill.)x -- Officials and employees.
Automobiles -- Collectors and collecting.
Coins -- Collectors and collecting.
Exhibitions -- United States -- Illinois.
Firearms -- Collectors and collecting.
Hobbies.
Annual reports. aat
Charts. aat
Financial records. aat
Legal documents. aat
Lists. aat
Maps. aat
Memorandums. aat
Minutes. aat
Notes. aat
Sousa, John Philip -- Records and correspondence.
Chicago (Illinois) Railroad Fair -- Officials and employees.
Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority (Chicago, Ill.) -- Officials and employees.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
AIP-ICOS
University of Illinois at Chicago. Richard J. Daley Library. MC 234, 801 S. Morgan, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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