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John Blew collection on Wright Howes, Zoe Howes, and U.S.IANA

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blew
Abstract

Correspondence, genealogical research, photographs, interviews, writings, and other materials related to the lives and careers of Wright and Zoe Howes, their families, and Wright Howes' bibliographical work U.S.IANA. Materials were compiled by John Blew, a Chicago lawyer and book collector who became interested in the life of Wright Howes through his use of Howes' U.S.IANA.

Dates: 1790s-2012; Majority of material found within 1870-1999

Mendicant ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Case-folio-HV4493 .N49
Abstract

Collection of printed poems, postcards, photographs, and other ephemera with appeals to the public by people who are blind, deaf, or with other physical disabilities, offered in exchange for a small donation. Geographic coverage is focused primarily on the United States but also includes Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Spain.

Dates: approximately 1850-approximately 2020

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Accidents 1
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Armitage, Walter J. 1
Axelrod, Mark 1
Bach, Ed. 1
Blew, John 1
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889 1
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Brockton (Mass.). Police Department 1
Campbell, Robert, active 20th century 1
Carlier, Emile 1
Carver, Art 1
Chambers, John, 1850- 1
Chapellerie du Jockey Club 1
Cole, Chick 1
Commonwealth Rescue League (Upton, Mass.) 1
Covert, Geo. L. 1
Edwards, V., Cap. 1
Filip, František, 1904-1957 1
Fithen, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1882-1940 1
Folk, L. M. 1
Freemasons. Medina Lodge, No. 336 (Medina, N.Y.) 1
Graff, Everett D. (Everett Dwight), 1885-1964 1
Graff, William W. 1
Guild of the Brave Poor Things 1
Harriss, Daniel E. F. P. 1
Hemmerlé, Emile 1
Holler, Jeanette 1
Holmes, Julian (Lyricist) 1
Howes, Wright 1
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Clinton Lodge, No. 98 (Lock Haven, Pa.) 1
January, J. W. 1
Johnston, Clarence A. 1
Kaak, Willy, 1890- 1
Karchmar, Jacob 1
Kennedy, Willie, 1884- 1
Krÿnberg, A. 1
Lampérière, G. 1
Lentini, Frank A., 1889-1966 1
Ligue des Droits du religieux ancien combattant 1
McKeown, Frank 1
Minnen, A. v. d. 1
Modern Woodmen of America 1
Mougenel, J. 1
Myers, Ray R. (Raymond Robert) 1
National Institute for the Blind (London, England) 1
Paillot, Georges 1
Pineda, Ricardo 1
Pinto, Geo. E. 1
Pouliquen, Marie 1
Rosin, François 1
Ryan, J. C. 1
Sanders, Charles E. 1
Sellers, W. J. 1
Selvaggio, Marc S. 1
Shaw, R. G. 1
Shell, John, 1788- 1
Sine, L. D., 1828 or 1829- 1
Smith, R. 1
Souslin, Alonzo, 1860- 1
Stevens, F. B. 1
Takkenberg, C. 1
Tennant, Wm. (William) 1
Thompkins, Ralph D. 1
Thomson, Ann E. Leak, 1839-1899 1
Tucker, W. D. 1
Unthan, C. H. 1
Urgence cardiaque Viviane (Organization) 1
Vaillancourt, Fred E. 1
Ventura, Antonio 1
Wells, James M. 1
White, Arthur T. 1
Williams, W. C. 1
Wilson, Lauren 1
Yanney, J. B., 1853- 1
Young Helpers' League (Great Britain) 1
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