Martin A Ryerson

Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
1897/00/00	Mr and Mrs Martin A Ryerson purchase the Bonnie Brae estate on Lake Geneva.	Home		Bonnie Brae	Linn
1905/00/00	As a member of the "tree committee" for the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Ryerson is instrumental in obtaining the services of the Olmsted Brothers landscape firm to design the observatory grounds.	Member		Yerkes Observatory	Williams Bay
1932/08/11	Ryerson dies in his lakeside home at the age of 75. Upon his death, his entire estate was dissolved.	Died		Bonnie Brae	Linn
1933/00/00	Martin A Ryerson wills his art collection to the Art Institute of Chicago.	Benefactor		Art Institute of Chicago	Chicago
1933/00/00	Ryerson will leaves $6 million to be divided equally among the Art Institute, Field Museum and University of Chicago. Ryerson and his wife, Carrie, agreed that one-tenth of the estate would go to her and the rest to charity.	Benefactor		Field Museum of Natural History	Chicago