Julia B. Newberry - Dower land improvement assessments, 1873-1882
Scope and Contents
From 1868 through the 1880s, the Walter L. Newberry estate was subject to considerable legal action in addition to routine probate filings. There was litigation by estate trustees (Skinner, Blatchford, and Bradley) and others regarding the setting off of a dower estate for Mrs. Julia Butler Newberry, the responsibility for improvement assessments on dower lands, the distribution of properties to collateral heirs, and the charitable gift provision of Julia Rosa Newberry's will.
This series contains printed legal documents and some manuscript documents regarding the administration and litigation of the Walter L. Newberry estate. The records include the will of Walter L. Newberry and other probate filings, dower estate and other litigation documents, and statements concerning the establishment of the Newberry Library.
Court records also located in the Newberry Estate Family Papers, Record Group 02/09/60.
Dates
- Creation: 1873-1882
Creator
- From the Collection: Newberry Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Newberry Library Archives are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Unprocessed records are available by appointment only. Advance notice is necessary, particularly for administrative files, so that files may be screened for personnel records that are removed when records are processed.
Files containing personal or confidential information about individuals (including individual files on members of the Board of Trustees, individual donor files and records reporting the donations of an individual, personnel records, payroll records, and individual accepted fellows files) are closed for 30 years.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org