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Barlow Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-041
Abstract

A small collection of material relating to two men, both named William Barlow, possibly father and son. Consists of letters, a poem, a notebook of a sermon and a draft of an address to the American Institute in Washington, D.C. by Reverend William Barlow; correspondence from William Barlow the younger to Matilda Richards Barlow, and an undated, unidentified cabinet photo of two women.

Dates: 1816-1851

Boyce-Gilbert family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Boyce
Abstract

Reproductions of diaries, correspondence, photographs, and genealogical information about the Boyce-Gilbert family, beginning with the diary of Le Roy Boyce, a Cortland, New York native and successful Chicago drugstore owner. Collection also includes diaries from Simeon Leonard Boyce beginning in 1869 and Elizabeth Boyce Gilbert beginning in 1910. Collection contains an extensive family tree documenting the genealogy until 1898, and biographical sketches of Boyce family members.

Dates: 1831-2000

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

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

George Frederick Augustus Ruxton papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-folio-Graff-3614
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, manuscript notes, drafts, copies, etc., mostly relating to Ruxton's travels in America.

Dates: approximately 1839-1948

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

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

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

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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Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
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Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Barrington (Ill.) 1
Bookplates 1
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Business records -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 19th century 1
Businesspeople -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Canada -- Description and travel 1
Carpentersville (Ill.) 1
Chester County (Pa.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 1
Children's drawings -- France 1
Clergy -- New York (State) 1
Clinton County (N.Y.) -- History 1
Clippings -- 1801-1850 1
Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
Clippings -- 1951-2000 1
Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
Correspondence -- 1751-1800 1
Cortlandt (N.Y. : Town) -- Genealogy 1
Cosmetics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Courtship -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Courtship -- New York (State) -- Correspondence 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1801-1850 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- Normal -- 1801-1850 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- Normal -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- Normal -- 1901-1950 1
Drugstores -- United States 1
Dry-goods -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Faith -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
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Families -- Iowa -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- New Hampshire -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Ohio -- History -- Sources 1
Family farms -- Indiana -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Family farms -- Indiana -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Farmers -- Indiana -- Pendleton -- Diaries 1
Female friendship -- Correspondence 1
Gatun Locks (Panama) -- Photographs 1
Genealogical correspondence 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Genealogies (histories) -- Indiana 1
Genealogies (histories) -- Pennsylvania 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 -- History -- Sources 1
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 1
Husband and wife -- New York (State) -- Correspondence 1
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Illinois -- Genealogy 1
Illinois -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Indiana -- Genealogy 1
Iroquois Indians 1
Lake Geneva (Wis.) 1
Ledgers (account books) 1
Legislators -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Librarians -- Indiana 1
Licking County (Ohio) -- Genealogy 1
Licking County (Ohio) -- History 1
Logbooks 1
Love-letters 1
Love-letters -- Illinois 1
Madison County (Ind.) -- History 1
Medicine -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Middle West -- Description and travel 1
Migration, Internal -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century 1
Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Mothers and sons -- United States -- Correspondence 1
New England -- Genealogy 1
Opera -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Parent and child -- Correspondence 1
Pendleton (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Pennsylvania -- Genealogy 1
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Adgate family 1
Adgate, Asa 1
American Institute of the City of New York 1
American Mothers 1
American Tract Society 1
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Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Balzhäuser family 1
Barlow family 1
Beatty, Harry W. 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Boyce family 1
Boyce, Helen, 1875-1920 1
Boyce, Le Roy Merrick, 1810-1849 1
Boyce, Simeon Leonard, 1850- 1
Brewster family 1
Bryan, William Lowe, 1860-1955 1
Campanini, Cleofonte 1
Carter, Thomas Butler, 1817- 1
Chicago Civic Opera (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chicago Relief and Aid Society 1
Christian family 1
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 1
Cokenhour family 1
Conolly, Laura Houghton 1
Conolly, Thomas, 1856-1945 1
Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940 1
Cornell University 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 D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library) 1
Fussell family 1
Fussell, Charles Lewis, 1840-1909 1
Gales family 1
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 1
Gilbert family 1
Gilbert, Elizabeth Boyce, 1892- 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
Harte, Bret, 1836-1902 1
Helvig family 1
Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) 1
Howton, Arthur 1
Hoyal family 1
Hyde family 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
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
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, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
MacLean, Annie Marion 1
MacLean, M. H. (Murdoch Haddon), 1872-1954 1
MacLean, Pearl Emma Harris 1
Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950 1
Marshall Field & Company 1
McLean family 1
Michel family 1
Oliger family 1
Order of the Eastern Star 1
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 1
Ross, Charles 1
Ruxton, George Frederick, 1820-1848 1
Smithsonian Institution 1
Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh), 1859-1933 1
Swain, Joseph, 1857-1927 1
Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928 1
Thomas family 1
Union Central Life Insurance Company 1
United States. Army. 2nd Motor Mechanics Regiment 1
Vassar College 1
Weygand family 1
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