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Clay Judson Papers - Additions

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-JudsonC2
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of Chicago lawyer and civic leader, Clay Judson, including correspondence, mostly with family members; travel narratives of camping trips taken by Judson and his friends, chiefly in Wisconsin and Minnesota; materials relating to Judson’s experiences with the A.E.F. in World War I; and photographs of Judson and his family members, among which is an album of snapshots made while his father was stationed in Panama during the construction of the Gatun...
Dates: 1839-1960; Majority of material found within 1905 - 1926

Cole family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cole
Abstract New England and Chicago Protestant missionary family. Includes letters and family documents from John A. Cole, a civil engineer, active in the U.S. Christian Commission during the Civil War. After the war he worked with and educated freedmen, women, and children in Washington D.C. through the Lincoln Industrial Mission and the recently established Howard University. He met his wife, Julia A. Cole (née Alvord) through his work with the Lincoln Industrial Mission and Howard University, who...
Dates: 1842-1945; Majority of material found within 1854-1928

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

Everett family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Everett
Abstract Primarily correspondence of the Everett family, concerning family news and health issues, and also covering abolition, temperance, women's rights, rights of African-Americans, and moral reform. Printing, education, pioneer life, and religion are all discussed within the papers. Papers include materials of Robert Everett, the pastor of Welsh Congregationalist churches in Oneida County, NY, and publisher of Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd (The American Missionary), a...
Dates: 1794-1949; Majority of material found within 1838 - 1927

Harris-MacLean family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harris-MacLean
Abstract Letters, diaries, photographs, daybooks, ledgers, writings, genealogical material, and memorabilia detailing the life and travels of several wealthy Chicago families, mainly during the first three decades of the 20th century. The Harris family side is Norman Wait Harris, founder of the Harris Bank of Chicago, and his wife, Emma Gale Harris from New Hampshire, and their parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren. Other major related families represented include Gale, Bent, Lane, and...
Dates: 1784-1980; Majority of material found within 1880-1940

Hoffmann family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hoffmann
Abstract

Correspondence and documents relating to the immigrant Hoffmann family, especially John A. Hoffmann of Illinois and Franz Joseph Hoffmann in Dubuque, Iowa. By 1901, the family had established a feed and fuel company in Wilmette, Illinois.

Dates: approximately 1789-1901

Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers

 Collection
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

Lambert Tree papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tree
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, drafts, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings relating to Lambert Tree, Cook County lawyer, judge, politician, philanthropist, and U.S. diplomat in Belgium and Russia. The collection contains some Tree family material, commentary on the state of the Democratic Party under Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan, and numerous items related to Tree's social, political, philanthropic, and diplomatic activities.

Dates: 1821-1948; Majority of material found within 1821-1933

Lewis family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-LewisF
Abstract

Correspondence, documents, personal materials, genealogical research, and photographs of the Lewis and related families collected by Louise Lewis, sister of Chicago journalist Lloyd Lewis.

Dates: 1775-1977; Majority of material found within 1850-1950

Loren M. Knowles family papers

 Collection — Box: AV USB 1
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Knowles Family
Abstract Correspondence and transcriptions thereof, account and estate documents, government records (such as birth, marriage, and death certificates, documents, and letters), news clippings, genealogical research material, photographs, and compilation of information concerning the Knowles family and the related Adgate, Balzhäuser, Brewster, Christian, Cokenhour, Helvig, Hoyal, Hyde, Jackson, Kauffman, Klauder, Lamson, Michell, Oliger, Weigand, and other extended families, located primarily in New...
Dates: 1784-2015; Majority of material found within 1811-1961

Milo Kendall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kendall
Abstract

Vermont native who settled in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846 and practiced law there for over sixty years. Papers include extensive records of Kendall's legal practice, family correspondence, and real estate records.

Dates: 1798-1925; Majority of material found within 1845-1906

Rodgers Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rodgers
Abstract Correspondence, essays, financial and legal documents, genealogies, journals, newspaper clippings, and four photographs relating to the Rodgers family, descendants of Rev. John Rodger (1735-1812). The papers document the life of an American pioneer family in Virginia, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, New Mexico, and California, and cover topics such as farming life, homestead claims, politics, livestock and grain industries, and religion. There is an overland journal penned by Andrew Rodgers,...
Dates: 1773-1925; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1890

Samuel Eddy Barrett-Barrett Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-076
Abstract

Letters written by Samuel Eddy Barrett to his wife Alice Barrett while travelling throughout the Far East; one letter addressed to Zechariah Eddy from Barrett's father Samuel Barrett regarding the death of Eddy's brother; letters to Barrett's daughter Adela Barrett pertaining to an inheritance and property.

Dates: 1829-1948

Thomas Conolly papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Conolly
Abstract

Material collected by Thomas Conolly, decorative plasterer and handyman for fifty-two years at the Auditorium Building in Chicago, which consists mainly of autographs and autographed historical letters. Also, bookplates, clippings, miscellaneous memorabilia, a few items relating to the Chicago Civic Opera Company and the Auditorium Theater, several photographs and pictures, and a group of personal letters to Conolly.

Dates: 1800-1944

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 8
Photographs -- 1901-1950 5
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 4
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 4
Manuscripts, American 4
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Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 4
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 4
Photographs -- 1851-1900 4
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 3
Correspondence -- 1751-1800 3
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 3
Photographs -- 1951-2000 3
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Families -- Illinois 2
Farmers -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 2
Genealogies (histories) 2
Illinois -- Genealogy 2
Ledgers (account books) 2
Parent and child -- Correspondence 2
Railroads -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Rural families -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Slavery -- United States -- Public opinion 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Abolitionists -- 1850-1860 1
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Abolitionists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Ambassadors -- Belgium 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
American Civil War (1861-1865) 1
Antislavery movements 1
Antislavery movements -- Kansas 1
Art patronage -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Autographs (manuscripts) 1
Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Barrington (Ill.) 1
Bookplates 1
Bureau County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Business records -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Canada -- Description and travel 1
Carpentersville (Ill.) 1
Chattel mortgages -- Illinois 1
Chester County (Pa.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Children's drawings -- France 1
Children's writings, American 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 -- Personal narratives 1
Christian education 1
Civil engineering 1
Clinton County (N.Y.) -- History 1
Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
Clippings -- 1951-2000 1
Coal mines and mining -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
College prose, American -- Maine 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
College students -- Maine -- Correspondence 1
Conduct of life -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
Congregational churches -- Sermons 1
Congregational churches -- United States -- Clergy -- Correspondence 1
Cosmetics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Courtship -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Courtship -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1801-1850 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1851-1900 1
Debtor and creditor -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Deeds -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Diaries -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- United States -- 1801-1850 1
Diaries -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Diplomats -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Divorce -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Divorce suits -- Illinois 1
Dry-goods -- Illinois 1
Du Quoin (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Elections -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Evangelistic work 1
Faith -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families 1
Families -- Correspondence 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- Indiana 1
Families -- Iowa -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Maine 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- New Hampshire -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- New York (State) -- Oneida County -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Ohio 1
Families -- Ohio -- History -- Sources 1
Family farms -- Indiana -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Family farms -- Indiana -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
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Language
English 13
German 1
 
Names
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
Adgate family 1
Adgate, Asa 1
Alford family 1
Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902 1
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American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1
American Missionary Association 1
American Mothers 1
American National Red Cross 1
American Tract Society 1
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Balzhäuser family 1
Barnard, Harry, 1906-1982 1
Barrett family 1
Barrett, Samuel Eddy, 1834-1912 1
Barrows, Ella Cole 1
Beatty, Harry W. 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Bowdoin College 1
Brewster family 1
Bryan, William Lowe, 1860-1955 1
Campanini, Cleofonte 1
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 1
Christian family 1
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 1
Cokenhour family 1
Cole family 1
Cole, John A. (John Adams), 1838-1932 1
Cole, Julia Alvord, 1847-1934 1
Conolly, Laura Houghton 1
Conolly, Thomas, 1856-1945 1
Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940 1
Davidson family 1
DeWitt family 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Downs family 1
Dufau, Jenny 1
Edwards family 1
Edwards, John C., 1836-1908 1
Eleanor Association 1
Epworth League (U.S.) 1
Everett family 1
Everett, Robert, 1791-1875 1
Fleming family 1
Fleming, Daniel Johnson, 1877-1970 1
Fleming, Elizabeth Cole 1
Forman Christian College (Lahore, Pakistan) 1
Furber family 1
Fussell family 1
Fussell, Charles Lewis, 1840-1909 1
Gales family 1
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 1
Harris N.A. 1
Harris Trust and Savings Bank 1
Harris family 1
Harris, Emma Susan Gale 1
Harris, Muriel Bent 1
Harris, Norman Wait, 1846-1916 1
Harris, Stanley Gale 1
Harrison, Carter H. (Carter Henry), 1825-1893 1
Harte, Bret, 1836-1902 1
Helvig family 1
Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) 1
Hoffmann, Franz Joseph 1
Hoffmann, John Augustus 1
Howard University 1
Howton, Arthur 1
Hoyal family 1
Huggins, E. L. (Eli Lundy), 1842-1929 1
Hyde family 1
Illinois Grand Trunk Railway Co. 1
Indiana University 1
Jackson family 1
Johnson, Herbert M. 1
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 1
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 1
Kauffman family 1
Kendall, Milo, 1819-1905 1
Kirkland, Wallace 1
Klauder family 1
Knowles family 1
Knowles, Beatrice Michell 1
Knowles, Hannibal 1
Knowles, Julia Adgate 1
Knowles, Loren M. 1
Knowles, Sarah E. Clark 1
Lamson family 1
Lane family 1
Lane, Clayton, 1895- 1
Lane, Dorothy Bent 1
Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1
Lewis family 1
Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912 1
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 1
Lewis, Louise, 1895-1986 1
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 1
Lincoln Industrial Mission 1
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