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Howe-Barnard family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Howe-Barnard
Abstract Correspondence, diaries, personal and professional materials, and photographs of the Howe and Barnard families, early Chicago settlers. Included are the materials of Annie L. Howe, a missionary, teacher, and founder of Glory Kindergarten and Training School in Japan, her brother, Edward G. Howe, a science teacher who originated the practice of field trips in science classes, and Alice Lucretia Barnard, one of the first woman principals in the Chicago schools. Also contains Civil War letters...
Dates: 1826-1999; Majority of material found within 1880-1940

Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Metcalf
Abstract Letters, diaries, daybooks, scrapbooks, and business documents of Isaac Stevens Metcalf, a Bowdoin College graduate from Milo, Maine, Illinois Central Railroad division engineer, and Du Quoin, Illinois resident, his wife Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (originally of New Hampshire), their parents, and children. Included are many letters written from college, family letters, Illinois Central Railroad business correspondence with R.B. Mason and other records of railroad construction, and...
Dates: 1827-1955; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1897

Marsh-Roberts-Mack Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-MarshRM
Abstract Papers of the Marsh, Roberts, and Mack families, many members of whom were wealthy Chicago residents. Materials include correspondence, travel and personal diaries, business, property, and estate documents, genealogical materials, photographs, and other personal ephemera. Also contains materials from related families including letters and estate litigation of early Chicago pioneer Daniel Elston, who was related to the Marsh family via the marriage of Sarah Clark to George B. Marsh, as well...
Dates: 1706-1984; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1950

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Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
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Azores -- Description and travel 1
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Claims against decedents' estates 1
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Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
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Drawings (visual works) -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 1
Du Quoin (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
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Invoices -- Illinois -- 1851-1900 1
Kindergarten -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Kindergarten -- Japan -- History 1
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Kobe, Japan 1
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Male friendship -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Milo (Me.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Photograph albums -- Southwestern States -- 1901-1950 1
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Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Plats (maps) -- Washington Heights (Chicago, Ill.) -- 1885-1924 1
Railroad engineers -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Railroads -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Real estate business -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Rural families -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
School field trips -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century 1
School principals -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Science -- Study and teaching -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Science teachers -- United States 1
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives 1
Travel literature -- 1901-1950 1
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Upper class families -- Family relationships 1
Washington Heights (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- Sources 1
Wills 1
Women school principals 1
Women teachers -- History -- 19th century 1
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Barnard, Alice Lucretia, 1829-1908 1
Bernard family 1
Bethany Union Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921 1