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Blatchford family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blatchford
Abstract Extensive collection of letters, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, writings, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago lead manufacturer, Newberry Library founding trustee, and Christian social activist Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford, his wife Mary Williams Blatchford, their parents and grandparents, and the families of their children, especially son Paul Blatchford, but also daughter Amy Blatchford Bliss. Families represented most heavily include Blatchford, Williams, Bliss,...
Dates: 1777-1987; Majority of material found within 1839-1965

Catherine Eddy Beveridge papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Beveridge
Abstract

Correspondence, papers, and diary of Catherine Eddy Beveridge, and also correspondence, papers, photographs and genealogical information collected by Catherine Eddy Beveridge related to her family.

Dates: 1703-2004; Majority of material found within 1870-1910

Frances Wells Shaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-ShawF
Abstract

Papers of Frances Wells Shaw of Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois, wife of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Bulk consists of material related to the frequent domestic and international travels of Frances Shaw during the first half of the 20th century. Includes her diaries, travel materials and memorabilia, and photographs. Also includes correspondence to and from Frances Shaw and her daughters, plus the diaries of her brother-in-law, Charles T. Atkinson.

Dates: 1866-1976; Majority of material found within 1925-1937

Waller Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Waller
Abstract

Primarily letters of the Waller family, a wealthy, large, educated family from Kentucky, and later Chicago, pertaining mainly to matters of family activity, family devotion to one another, and especially health. Also included are a family genealogy, biography, and letters from Henry Clay and P.G.T. Beauregard. Related family: Alexander

Dates: 1803-1938; Majority of material found within 1803 - 1888

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Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 3
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 2
Diaries -- 1801-1850 2
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Upper class -- United States -- Social life and customs 2
Upper class -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 2
Ambrotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Bangor (Me.) 1
Brothers -- Correspondence 1
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Canada -- Guidebooks 1
Central America -- Description and travel 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
College students -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence 1
Congregationalists 1
Cookbooks -- 1801-1850 1
Cookbooks -- 1851-1900 1
Cooking, American -- History -- 19th century 1
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Cruise ships -- Guidebooks 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Dakota Indians -- Land tenure 1
Dakota Indians -- Missions -- South Dakota -- History 1
Diaries -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
East Asia -- Guidebooks 1
Europe -- Guidebooks 1
Families -- Correspondence 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- Kentucky -- 19th century 1
Fathers and daughters -- Correspondence 1
Fathers and daughters -- Family relationships 1
Fathers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Fathers and sons -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Female friendship -- Correspondence 1
Female friendship -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Genealogical correspondence -- Connecticut 1
Genealogical correspondence -- Massachusetts 1
Genealogy -- Connecticut 1
Genealogy -- Massachusetts 1
Golf clubs (Sporting goods) -- United States 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Hardware -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Oak Park 1
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 1
Industrialists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Italy -- Description and travel 1
Japan -- Guidebooks 1
Jerusalem -- Description and travel 1
Kennebunkport (Me.) 1
Kindergarten -- United States 1
Lake Forest (Ill.) -- History 1
Lead industry and trade 1
Legislators -- United States 1
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 1
Missionaries -- Arab countries 1
Missionaries -- South Dakota 1
Mothers and daughters -- Correspondence 1
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Oak Park (Ill.) 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
Philanthropists 1
Philippines -- Description and travel 1
Photograph albums 1
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- Colombia 1
Photographs -- Colorado 1
Photographs -- Ecuador 1
Photographs -- Grand Canyon 1
Photographs -- Guatemala 1
Photographs -- Jerusalem 1
Photographs -- Panama 1
Photographs -- Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.) 1
Postcards 1
Postcards -- 1901-1950 1
School prose, American -- Kentucky 1
Sermons -- 1751-1800 1
Sermons -- 1801-1850 1
Sermons -- 1851-1900 1
Shipping -- Maine -- Bangor -- History 1
Sisters -- Correspondence 1
Slave bills of sale -- Specimens 1
Slavery -- United States -- Public opinion 1
Socialites -- United States -- Biography 1
Socialites -- United States -- Diaries 1
South America -- Description and travel 1
Tintypes (prints) 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
Travel diaries -- 1901-1950 1
Travel guidebooks 1
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Names
Adams, Daniel W., 1821-1872 1
Alexander family 1
Alexander, Robert Spruel Crawford Aitcheson, 1819-1867 1
American University of Beirut 1
Atkinson, Charles Thomas, 1864-1943 1
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Atkinson, Martha Wells, approximately 1868-1935 1
Barrows, John Henry, 1847-1902 1
Bartlett, Helen Birch, 1884-1925 1
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 1
Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 1
Beveridge family 1
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 1
Beveridge, Catherine Eddy, 1881-1970 1
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
Blatchford, Frances L. (Frances Lord), 1866-1958 1
Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921 1
Blatchford, Paul, 1859-1925 1
Blatchford, Samuel, 1767-1828 1
Blatchford, Samuel, 1820-1893 1
Chapin family 1
Colton family 1
Cornell family 1
Crerar Manuscript Collection (University of Chicago. Library) 1
Eddy family 1
Elwell family 1
Field, Delia Caton, 1853-1937 1
Field, Marshall, 1834-1906 1
Fowler, Barbara Blatchford 1
General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.) 1
General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1
Gifford family 1
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978 1
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. 1
Holder family 1
Illinois College 1
Indian Rights Association 1
King, Frances Theodora 1
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 1
Lord family 1
Lord, Charles V. 1
Lord, Daniel Walker, 1800-1880 1
Lord, Mary Patterson 1
McCutcheon, Evelyn Shaw 1
National Metal Trades Association (U.S.) 1
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America 1
New England Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 1
Pynchon family 1
Shaw family 1
Shaw, Frances Wells, 1872-1937 1
Sheldon family 1
Spencer family 1
Spencer, Franklin Fayette, 1817-1890 1
United States Christian Commission 1
United States Sanitary Commission. Chicago Branch 1
Waller family 1
Waller, James B. (James Breckinridge), 1817- 1
Waller, William S. 1
Weisiger family 1
Wickliffe, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1819-1895 1
Williams family 1
Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior 1
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