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Alma Schmidt Petersen papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Petersen
Abstract Correspondence of Alma Schmidt Petersen of Chicago to her parents (Emma Seipp Schmidt and Dr. Otto L. Schmidt) while on tours of European, Canadian and American spas and vacation sites, and at Mt. Vernon Seminary, 1913-1914. Also letters from various Seipp family members in Germany in 1914, and from a German soldier-admirer, 1914-1915. Topics include attitudes toward the impending war in Europe, the treatment of chronic illness, and the school and vacation experiences of a well-off young...
Dates: 1909-1988; Majority of material found within 1911-1985

Blatchford family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blatchford
Abstract Extensive collection of letters, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, writings, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago lead manufacturer, Newberry Library founding trustee, and Christian social activist Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford, his wife Mary Williams Blatchford, their parents and grandparents, and the families of their children, especially son Paul Blatchford, but also daughter Amy Blatchford Bliss. Families represented most heavily include Blatchford, Williams, Bliss,...
Dates: 1777-1987; Majority of material found within 1839-1965

Carlos W. Colby Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Colby
Abstract

Primarily correspondence (129 letters) of Illinois farmer and Civil War soldier Carlos W. Colby, written between 1862 and 1865, to his sisters, brother, brother-in-law, and niece, plus a dozen Civil War letters written by Colby’s future brother-in-law James Rowe. Also includes Colby’s reminiscences of his boyhood and his service in the 97th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, some family correspondence, genealogical material and a few photos.

Dates: 1821-1937; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1865

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

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

Morse-Keith Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Morse-Keith
Abstract

Papers centering around Charles Ansel Morse (1835-1894) who settled in Chicago in the early 1860s, establishing a wholesale clothing firm. The bulk of the collection consists of letters home to family in New Bedford, Mass. There are also calling cards of many early Chicago residents, genealogical documents, and a few photographs.

Dates: 1833-1938; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1872

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World War, 1914-1918 2
Ambrotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Bangor (Me.) 1
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Camp Butler (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Canada -- Description and travel 1
Central America -- Description and travel 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 1
Children's drawings -- France 1
Clinton County (N.Y.) -- History 1
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College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
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Gatun Locks (Panama) -- Photographs 1
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Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
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Jackson, Battle of, Jackson, Miss., 1863 (May 13) -- Personal narratives 1
Jerusalem -- Description and travel 1
Kennebunkport (Me.) 1
Kindergarten -- United States 1
Lead industry and trade 1
Ledgers (account books) 1
Legislators -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Licking County (Ohio) -- Genealogy 1
Licking County (Ohio) -- History 1
Middle West -- Description and travel 1
Military hospitals, American -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Sanatoriums -- Europe -- 20th century 1
Sanatoriums -- United States -- 20th century 1
Scrapbooks -- 1801-1850 1
Scrapbooks -- 1851-1900 1
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 1
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Adgate family 1
Adgate, Asa 1
American Mothers 1
American Tract Society 1
American University of Beirut 1
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Balzhäuser family 1
Bernard family 1
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
Blatchford, Frances L. (Frances Lord), 1866-1958 1
Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921 1
Blatchford, Paul, 1859-1925 1
Blatchford, Samuel, 1767-1828 1
Blatchford, Samuel, 1820-1893 1
Brewster family 1
Christian family 1
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 1
Cokenhour family 1
Colby family 1
Colby, Carlos W., 1837-1922 1
Crerar Manuscript Collection (University of Chicago. Library) 1
Daily Citizen (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1
Fortnightly of Chicago (Organization) 1
Fowler, Barbara Blatchford 1
General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.) 1
General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 1
Helvig family 1
Hirschberger, Fritz, Lieutenant 1
Hoyal family 1
Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Hyde family 1
Illinois College 1
Indian Rights Association 1
Jackson family 1
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 1
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 1
Kauffman family 1
Keith family 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
Lord family 1
Lord, Charles V. 1
Lord, Daniel Walker, 1800-1880 1
Lord, Mary Patterson 1
Michel family 1
Morse family 1
Morse, Charles Ansel, 1835-1894 1
Mount Vernon College 1
National Metal Trades Association (U.S.) 1
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America 1
New England Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 1
Oliger family 1
Petersen, Alma Schmidt, 1894-1989 1
Petersen, William F., 1887-1950 1
Rowe, James 1
Schmidt, Emma Seipp 1
Schmidt, Otto L. (Otto Leopold), 1863-1935 1
Small family 1
United States Christian Commission 1
United States Sanitary Commission. Chicago Branch 1
United States. Army. 2nd Motor Mechanics Regiment 1
United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 97th (1862-1865) 1
Weygand family 1
Williams family 1
Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior 1
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