Leonard family
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles S. Leonard papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Leonard
Abstract
Civil War military service documents of Charles S. Leonard, 31st Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, together with correspondence and forms relating to Leonard's efforts to correct his service record and obtain military pension and bounty payments. Also genealogical notes, possibly relating to Leonard's attempt to qualify for the Society of Mayflower Descendants, a deed for the sale of 160 acres in Norton County, Kan. and a few newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1862-1897
Henry Kitchell Webster papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Webster
Abstract
Correspondence and drafts and typescripts of works of Illinois novelist and short story writer, Henry Kitchell Webster, an Evanston native who had a highly successful literary career in the early decades of the twentieth century. Includes examples of the range of Webster’s published writings as well as extensive correspondence with literary agents and publishers, family, friends, fans, businesses and organizations. Also, miscellaneous documents and memorabilia, and one box of genealogical...
Dates:
1880-1932; Majority of material found within 1900-1932
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- American literature -- Illinois -- Evanston 1
- Authors, American -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
- Bounties, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
- Deeds -- Kansas -- Norton County -- 1851-1900 1
- Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
- Hack writers 1
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Kansas -- Norton County 1
- Literary agents -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Manuscripts, American 1
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 1
- Military pensions -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
- Publishers and publishing -- Correspondence 1
- Screenwriters -- United States 1
- Serialized fiction -- United States 1
- Soldiers -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Women in the book industries and trade 1 + ∧ less
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