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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

Dean family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dean
Abstract Correspondence, sermons, deeds, wills, and estate inventories of three generations of the Dean family of Connecticut and Illinois. Includes many letters from Lucretia Mason Dean and her daughter Lucretia Dean Gore, whose husband was a Congregational minister. Also letters between a young Lucretia Mason Dean her cousins and Hitty, Lucy, and Betsey Bond before her marriage to Reverend Darius Gore, regarding courtship and other issues. Additional topics include religion, illness, death, and...
Dates: 1779-1893

Harris-MacLean family papers

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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

Höfeln Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Höfeln
Abstract

Chiefly letters from Germany to Charlotte Fischer, both before and after her emigration to Illinois in 1851 and her marriage to Andreas von Höfeln in 1852. Also includes correspondence with their son, Alexander Andrew Heflin, who worked for railroads in Kansas, and between Heflin and his wife, teacher Jessie Beathard Heflin.

Dates: 1831-1897

Hoffmann family papers

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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

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

Thomas Butler Carter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-127
Abstract

Letters dating 1831 to 1898 from Thomas Butler Carter to his cousin Aaron Carter in New Jersey, which give descriptions of Carter’s personal and business life in Chicago, plus a few other letters. Also includes a typescript of Carter’s autobiographical sketch of his life in Chicago (1889), six studio photographic portraits, and several miscellaneous documents.

Dates: 1831-1898

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Photographs -- 1851-1900 2
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
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Business records -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 19th century 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Canada -- Description and travel 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Children's drawings -- France 1
Clergy -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
Congregationalists -- Illinois -- Sermons 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1801-1850 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1851-1900 1
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Gatun Locks (Panama) -- Photographs 1
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Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
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Mothers and sons -- United States -- Correspondence 1
New England -- Genealogy 1
Oregon National Historic Trail -- History 1
Oregon Territory -- History -- Sources 1
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Sources 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
Parent and child -- Correspondence 1
Photograph albums -- 1851-1900 1
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Rockbridge County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
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Rural families -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Rural women -- United States 1
Sanatoriums -- United States -- 20th century 1
Scrapbooks -- 1801-1850 1
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Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 1
Sermons -- Illinois -- 1801-1850 1
Sermons -- Illinois -- 1851-1900 1
Slavery -- United States -- Public opinion 1
Tazewell County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
Travelers -- Europe 1
Travelers -- Middle West 1
Travelers' writings, American 1
Upper class families -- Family relationships 1
Virginia -- Politics and government -- Sources 1
Voyages and travels 1
Warren County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Washington (Ill.) 1
Watertown (Conn. : Town) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Whaling -- New England -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Whitman Massacre, 1847 1
Windham County (Conn.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Women college teachers 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 1
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Language
English 6
German 2
 
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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Bond family 1