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Edwards Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Edwards
Abstract
Letters, documents, photographs, and printed ephemera centering on John C. Edwards and Lydia Martin Edwards, and their immediate families, both of whom settled near Chicago in the 1840s.
Dates:
1800-1982; Majority of material found within 1847 - 1908
Harvey family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harvey
Abstract
Collection of letters, photographs, diaries, writings, business records, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago native and longtime Rand McNally employee Bennet B. Harvey, his wife Dorothy Wegener Harvey, their son Bennet B. Harvey, Jr., and their ancestors, many of whom were early Chicago settlers and involved in the development of the city. Families represented include Botsford, Chapin, Fisk, Gehrke, Harvey, and Wegener.
Dates:
1800-2007; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1984
Marsh-Roberts-Mack Family Papers
Collection
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 as...
Dates:
1706-1984; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1950
Woods Family Papers - Additions
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Woods-2
Abstract
Materials gathered and retained by Frank H. Woods Jr. relating to Henry Ruiter (originally Hendrick de Ruyter) of Canada and his Woods descendants. Includes Frank H. Woods’s correspondence and research notes for a biography of Henry Ruiter, notebooks with accounts, poetry and stories of his great-grandmother, Fanny M. Woods, and an account book of his great-grandfather, Elias Woods, Woods family deeds and receipts from Boone County, Illinois (1840s-1860s), and other miscellaneous early Woods...
Dates:
1842-1980
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- White, Fanny Woods, 1822-1893 1
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- Woods, Frank H. (Frank Henry), 1868-1952 1
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