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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

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

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

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

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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Abolitionists -- 1850-1860 1
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American Civil War (1861-1865) 1
Antislavery movements 1
Antislavery movements -- Kansas 1
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Bureau County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chattel mortgages -- Illinois 1
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Children's writings, American 1
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Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
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Female friendship -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Free Soil Party (U.S.) 1
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Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Genealogical tables -- 1901-1950 1
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Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Homeopathy -- Methods 1
Homeopathy -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
India 1
Indiana -- Genealogy 1
Iroquois Indians 1
Italy -- Description and travel 1
Lahore (Pakistan) 1
Law -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
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Leases -- Illinois 1
Ledgers (account books) 1
Legal instruments -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Librarians -- Indiana 1
Madison County (Ind.) -- History 1
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
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Osawatomie, Battle of, Osawatomie, Kan., 1856 1
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Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
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Pendleton (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Pennsylvania -- Genealogy 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- 1951-2000 1
Poems -- 1851-1900 1
Practice of law -- Illinois -- Princeton -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Presbyterianism 1
Princeton (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Private presses -- New York (State) 1
Quaker abolitionists -- United States -- History 1
Quakers -- Genealogy 1
Quakers -- Indiana -- History -- 19th century 1
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Adams, Daniel W., 1821-1872 1
Alexander family 1
Alexander, Robert Spruel Crawford Aitcheson, 1819-1867 1
Alford family 1
American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1