Guide to the Walter P. Paepcke Papers 1912-1961 - The University ...

Great Books Foundation and helped create the ‘Great Books of the Western World’ series. This
subseries highlights some of Paepcke’s wartime contributions when he served as chairman of
the Community and War Fund of Metropolitan Chicago. This subseries also contains issues of
The Red Feather, a publication of Community and War Fund. Subseries 2 includes information
on Paepcke's service as director and trustee of the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Orchestral
Association and the Ford Foundation as well as the creation of the Fund for the Advancement
of Education, Inc. It also includes the Art Institute of Chicago, the Council for Financial Aid to
Education and WPP's involvement in the Bilderberg Meetings, including his attendance at the
1959 conference.
Subseries 3: Property Investments, includes information on Paepcke’s purchase and development
of farmland, between Somonauk and Sandwich, Illinois; and the management of his Perry Park
Ranch in Larkspur, Colorado.
Some of the topics mentioned in Series I, General Files include: Walter's wife, Elizabeth
(Pussy) Paepcke and children, Anina (Nina), Paula, and Antonia (Toni); business colleagues;
investments; relatives in Europe; effects of the Depression as well as WWII on his business and
personal life; farm in Sandwich, Illinois and dude ranch in Larkspur, Colorado, both of which
were developed to include experimental farming and breeding of animals; the development of
Aspen, Colorado; and the Goethe Festival.
Subseries 1: Personal Files
Box 1
Folder 1
Biographical data, 1913-1960
Box 1
Folder 2
Publicity, 1931-1957
Box 1
Folder 3
Publicity, 1958-1960, n.d.
Box 1
Folder 4
Speeches, 1928
Box 1
Folder 5
Speeches, 1936
Box 1
Folder 6
Speeches, 1937
Box 1
Folder 7
Speeches, 1942
Box 1
Folder 8
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