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Howe-Barnard family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Howe-Barnard
Abstract Correspondence, diaries, personal and professional materials, and photographs of the Howe and Barnard families, early Chicago settlers. Included are the materials of Annie L. Howe, a missionary, teacher, and founder of Glory Kindergarten and Training School in Japan, her brother, Edward G. Howe, a science teacher who originated the practice of field trips in science classes, and Alice Lucretia Barnard, one of the first woman principals in the Chicago schools. Also contains Civil War letters...
Dates: 1826-1999; Majority of material found within 1880-1940

Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers

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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

Marsh-Roberts-Mack Family Papers

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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...
Dates: 1706-1984; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1950

Mary Sackett Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-038
Abstract

A journal kept by Mary Sackett when she and her family emigrated from New York state to Laona, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1841-1842, three numbers of a manuscript pioneer newspaper with original work done by members of an Illinois reading circle in 1849, a recipe for taffy, some penmanship exercises and two colored drawings. Also, photocopies of genealogical material relating to the Sackett family collected in 1945.

Dates: 1841-1945; Majority of material found within 1841 - 1849

Woods family papers - Additions

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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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Manuscripts, American 3
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 2
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Photographs -- 1851-1900 2
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Amateur journalism -- Illinois -- Laona (Township) 1
Autograph albums 1
Autographs -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Azores -- Description and travel 1
Boone County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Canal-boats -- New York (State) 1
Claims against decedents' estates 1
Coal mines and mining -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
College prose, American -- Maine 1
College students -- Maine -- Correspondence 1
Congregationalists -- United States 1
Correspondence 1
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) 1
Deeds -- Illinois -- 1852-1925 1
Deeds -- Illinois -- Boone County -- 1801-1850 1
Deeds -- Illinois -- Boone County -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1801-1850 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1951-2000 1
Diaries -- United States -- 1801-1850 1
Diaries -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Drawings (visual works) -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 1
Du Quoin (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Dwellings -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Dwellings -- Nebraska -- Lincoln -- Photographs 1
Education -- History -- 19th century 1
Faith -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Correspondence 1
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Families -- Maine 1
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Farm life -- Illinois -- Laona (Township) -- Diaries 1
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois -- Laona (Township) 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Genealogies (histories) 1
Illinois -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Invoices -- Illinois -- 1851-1900 1
Journals (notebooks) -- Illinois -- 1801-1850 1
Journals (notebooks) -- Northeastern States -- 1801-1850 1
Kindergarten -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Kindergarten -- Japan -- History 1
Kindergarten facilities -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Kindergarten facilities -- Japan -- History 1
Kindergarten teachers 1
Kindergarten teachers -- Training of 1
Kobe, Japan 1
Lake steamers -- Great Lakes (North America) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Landlords -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Laona (Ill.: Township) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Maine -- Genealogy 1
Male friendship -- United States -- Correspondence 1
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Missionaries -- Japan -- Correspondence 1
Missionaries -- Japan -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Mortgages -- United States -- History 1
Nebraska -- Genealogy 1
Niagara Falls (N.Y.) -- Description and travel 1
Northeastern States -- Description and travel 1
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Parent and child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Photograph albums -- Southwestern States -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- 1951-2000 1
Pioneers -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Plats (maps) -- Washington Heights (Chicago, Ill.) -- 1885-1924 1
Poems -- Illinois -- Boone County -- 1851-1900 1
Railroad engineers -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Railroads -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Real estate business -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Rural families -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
School field trips -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century 1
School principals -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Science -- Study and teaching -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Science teachers -- United States 1
Shoemakers -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century 1
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives 1
Tintypes (prints) 1
Travel literature -- 1901-1950 1
Travel literature -- Northeastern States -- 1801-1850 1
Travelers -- Azores -- Diaries 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
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Names
Barnard, Alice Lucretia, 1829-1908 1
Bernard family 1
Bethany Union Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921 1