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Ephraim C. Dawes papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dawes
Abstract

Letters, diaries, scrapbooks and writings of Dawes and others, miscellaneous personal and military items, relating to Dawes’s service in the United States Civil War as adjutant and major in the 53rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Also material relating to his historical interests and his subsequent activities in the rail and coal industries in the Midwest.

Dates: 1836-1905; Majority of material found within 1855-1895

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

Melville E. Stone papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stone
Abstract

Correspondence and other materials pertaining to the life and work of Melville E. Stone, founder and editor of the Chicago Daily News and general manager of the Associated Press.

Dates: 1815-1954; Majority of material found within 1890-1929

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

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Correspondence -- 1901-1950 3
Diaries -- 1851-1900 3
Manuscripts, American 3
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 2
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Diaries -- 1901-1950 2
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 2
Photographs -- 1851-1900 2
Photographs -- 1901-1950 2
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Amateur journalism -- Ohio -- Warren -- Specimens 1
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 -- Personal narratives 1
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Businessmen -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chester County (Pa.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- To 1950 1
Clippings -- 1801-1850 1
Clippings -- 1851-1900 1
Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
Coal mines and mining -- Middle West 1
College students -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Correspondence -- 1751-1800 1
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Faith -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Illinois 1
Families -- Indiana 1
Family farms -- Indiana -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Family farms -- Indiana -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Farmers -- Indiana -- Pendleton -- Diaries 1
Farmers -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Foreign correspondents 1
Foreign news 1
Freedmen -- Correspondence 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Middle West -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Genealogies (histories) -- Indiana 1
Genealogies (histories) -- Pennsylvania 1
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 1
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 1
Illinois -- Politics and government -- Sources 1
Indiana -- Genealogy 1
Iroquois Indians 1
Jackson (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 -- Personal narratives 1
Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Librarians -- Indiana 1
Madison County (Ind.) -- History 1
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Middle West -- Correspondence 1
Middle West -- Genealogy 1
Middle West -- Rural conditions -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Middle West -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources 1
News agencies 1
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Newspaper publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Newspapers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Oregon National Historic Trail -- History 1
Oregon Territory -- History -- Sources 1
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Sources 1
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Pendleton (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Pennsylvania -- Genealogy 1
Photographs -- 1951-2000 1
Physicians -- Ohio 1
Quaker abolitionists -- United States -- History 1
Quakers -- Genealogy 1
Quakers -- Indiana -- History -- 19th century 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County -- History 1
Railroads -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Rockbridge County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Rockbridge County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Rural families -- Indiana -- History 1
Rural families -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Rural women -- United States 1
School prose, American -- Indiana 1
Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 1
Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 -- Personal narratives 1
Slave bills of sale -- Specimens 1
Slavery -- United States -- Public opinion 1
Society of Friends 1
Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence 1
Syndicates (Journalism) -- United States 1
Teachers -- Indiana -- History 1
Travelers -- Europe -- Diaries 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
United States -- Politics and government 1
Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 -- Personal narratives 1
Virginia -- Politics and government -- Sources 1
War wounds -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Warren County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Whitman Massacre, 1847 1
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Associated Press 1
Blackman, George Curtis, 1819-1871 1
Bryan, William Lowe, 1860-1955 1
Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 1