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Allen Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Allen
Abstract Courtship letters of lawyer and Wisconsin statesman Gideon W. Allen and his future wife Annie Cox during the years of 1863-1865 in which they discuss current their political and religious beliefs, Allen's travels throughout Wisconsin while looking for work, and Cox's life as a woman in Madison, Wisconsin. Also an unfinished biography of renowned botanist Ruth F. Allen by Mabel Nebel, incoming correspondence of Ruth F. Allen, and other family correspondence, photographs, and personal...
Dates: 1862-1964

Alma Bunch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Bunch
Abstract

Mostly photographs of Chicagoan Alma Bunch and her family and friends, plus a small amount of memorabilia retained by Bunch. Also genealogical correspondence regarding the name "Bunch," written in the 1950s.

Dates: 1890-1985

Carlos W. Colby Papers

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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

Daniel S. Dickinson Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dickinson
Abstract Daniel S. Dickinson was a prominent Civil War politician from New York, a conservative Democrat who worked toward compromise before the war began. During the war, he sought to quash Union internal political disagreement and after the war he remained in politics. He was commended by the public and politicians on both sides of the conflict for his oratorical skills and genial manner. This collection is mainly composed of correspondence to that effect, as well as some letters on the subjects of...
Dates: 1799-1892; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1860

Edwards family papers

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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

Edwin R. Capron letters

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Identifier: VAULT-Graff-579
Abstract

The collection includes a letter from Capron's sister to her mother, a letter to Capron from his parents and one letter from Henry C. Barrett to Nannie and Cyrus Fairley, Camp Cleveland, Ohio, 29 December 1863. Written from Fort Kearney and Cottonwood Springs, Nebraska Territory. Also includes 12 envelopes and a daguerreotype portrait of Capron.

Dates: 1863-1866

Ernest A. Griffin family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Griffin Family
Abstract

Papers of family historian Ernest A. Griffin, proprietor of the Griffin Funeral Home on Chicago's south side, including family documents, photographs, audio/visual material, genealogical notes, and materials relating to the history of Camp Douglas (on which the funeral home stood) and Charles H. Griffin who served in a colored regiment during the Civil War. Also includes documentation of the funerals of prominent African Americans.

Dates: 1862-2007; Majority of material found within 1910-1995

Fairbank-Graham Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fairbank-Graham
Abstract Correspondence, personal and business materials, documents, diaries, writings, photographs, and maps of the Fairbank and Graham families. These families were connected by the marriage of Nathaniel Kellogg Fairbank, a prominent Chicago businessman, and Helen Beeckman Graham, daughter of East Coast industrialist John Andrew Graham. Collection also includes materials of the Carpenter family, through the marriage of Helen Fairbank and Benjamin Carpenter, and three generations of the Nathan S....
Dates: 1775-1980; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1920

George Deal Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Deal
Abstract

Fifty-five letters and fragments of letters from George Deal, Ohio Union soldier in the Civil War, to his wife Sarah Cole Deal. Also, photographs of Sarah and George Deal, photocopies of army service records, three Confederate bills, and a few genealogical notes made by Deal's grandson.

Dates: 1862-1975; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864

Henry W. Lawton scrapbook

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Identifier: VAULT-folio-Graff-2420
Abstract

Scrapbook made up of autograph letters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, maps, portraits, etc., all pertaining to Henry W. Lawton.

Dates: 1874-1900

Jesse Sherwood Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Sherwood
Abstract

Logs and mementos of Jesse Sherwood of Missouri and Chicago, who served as a surgeon’s steward during the Civil War on the gunboat USS Somerset. Includes 3 medals, his resignation letter, pension documents and information on the fate of the Somerset. Also, a folio album with photographs of Sherwood and his family, a carte de visite and a daguerreotype.

Dates: 1862-1931

Lutz-Chamberlin family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lutz-Chamberlin
Abstract Correspondence, writings, business and legal documents, photographs, clippings, genealogical materials, and postcard collection of members of the Chamberlin and Lutz families, ranging from the 1850’s to the 1990’s. The Chamberlin correspondence consists of George E. Chamberlin’s letters written when he was a student at Dartmouth and subsequently as an officer in the Civil War, plus letters of other Chamberlin family members, mostly through the 1860's. The Lutz correspondence consists of...
Dates: 1844-1992

Martin J. Feenan papers

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Identifier: VAULT-Graff-1302
Abstract

Includes ms. account of the Sully campaign against the Indians of the West, 1863-1865 (59 leaves.), written in 1920 from memoranda, notes and correspondence; ms. account of the Feenan genealogy (12 leaves), photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, documents, etc.

Dates: 1864-1920

Oliver Barrett-Carl Sandburg papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Barrett-Sandburg
Abstract Correspondence between Oliver R. Barrett, lawyer and collector of Abraham Lincoln material and poet Carl Sandburg, primarily pertaining to the interest of both men in Lincoln, plus a few other letters of Oliver Barrett and his son Roger; numerous brief undated notes from Sandburg to Barrett and work notes on Lincoln's biography by both men; copies of several articles and numerous poems by Sandburg; miscellaneous printed items relating to Sandburg, his work and his public appearances; and...
Dates: approximately 1860-1966

Oliver Perry Newberry Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Newberry
Abstract

Mainly correspondence of Cameron, Missouri resident Oliver Perry Newberry, 1860-1867, primarily relating to his Civil War service in the Union army; and cabinet, carte-de-visite and a few tintype photographs of Newberry family and friends dating primarily from the 1880's.

Dates: 1860-1895

Orville E. Babcock Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Babcock
Abstract Orville E. Babcock was American brevet Brigadier General, Aide-de-Camp to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, and Private Secretary to Grant during his presidency, 1869-1877. Collection is primarily correspondence relating to Babcock’s military career, service as private secretary to Ulysses S. Grant during his presidency, role in the Whiskey Ring trials of 1875-1876, and private life. Collection also contains newspaper clippings, photographs, military service records and miscellaneous...
Dates: 1849-1947; Majority of material found within 1884 - 1898

Woolson family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Woolson
Abstract

Letters, scrapbooks, photographs, diaries, clippings, and genealogical materials concerning the Woolson family of New Hampshire, Ohio, and Chicago.

Dates: 1856-1950; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1910

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Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library) 3
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 2
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
Allen, Annie Cox, 1840-1895 1
Allen, Gideon W., 1835-1912 1
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Allen, Ruth F., 1879-1963 1
American Medical Association 1
Babcock, Orville Elias, 1835-1884 1
Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895 1
Barrett, Henry C. 1
Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950 1
Barrett, Roger 1
Bates family 1
Botta, Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch), 1815-1891 1
Bouck, William C., 1786-1859 1
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 1
Bright, Jesse D. (Jesse David), 1812-1875 1
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 1
Bunch family 1
Bunch, Alma, 1891-1986 1
Bunch, Richard 1
Campbell family 1
Capron family 1
Capron, Edwin R. 1
Carpenter family 1
Carpenter, Helen Graham, 1868-1945 1
Carter, Robert Goldthwaite, 1845-1936 1
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 1
Catlin, George, 1796-1872 1
Chamberlain family 1
Chamberlin, George E. 1
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 1
Civil War Round Table (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 1
Clinton, George W. (George William), 1807-1885 1
Colby family 1
Colby, Carlos W., 1837-1922 1
Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888 1
Courtney, Lydia L. D. 1
Courtney, Samuel G. 1
Daily Citizen (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1
Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864 1
Dartmouth College 1
Davis, N. S. (Nathan Smith), 1817-1904 1
Davis, N. S. (Nathan Smith), 1858-1920 1
Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1886-1970 1
De Freitas, Helen 1
Deal family 1
Deal, George, approximately 1825-1864 1
Dickinson, Daniel S. (Daniel Stevens), 1800-1866 1
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887 1
Edwards family 1
Edwards, John C., 1836-1908 1
Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975 1
Epworth League (U.S.) 1
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 1
Fabens, Joseph Warren, 1821-1875 1
Fairbank, Nathaniel Kellogg, 1829-1903 1
Fairbanks family 1
Fairfield, John, 1797-1847 1
Fairley, Cyrus 1
Fairley, Nannie 1
Feenan family 1
Feenan, Martin J. 1
Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893 1
Flegler family 1
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 1
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 1
Graham family 1
Graham, John Andrew, 1808-1883 1
Griffin Funeral Home (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Griffin family 1
Griffin, Ernest A., 1912-1995 1
Griffin-O'Neal, E. Dawn 1
Hale, John P. (John Parker), 1806-1873 1
Hartnell family 1
Harvard Law School 1
Hatch, Davis 1
International Medical Congress 1
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 1
Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876 1
Joyce, John A. (John Alexander), 1842-1915 1
Krum, Chester, 1840- 1
Kwong, Ki Chiu 1
Lawrence, Robert H., 1935-1967 1
Lawton, Henry Ware, 1843-1899 1
Lincoln Park Zoo 1
Lutz family 1
Lutz, Adeline Louise 1
Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857 1
Marshall Field & Company 1
McCook, Edward M. (Edward Moody), 1833-1909 1
Mitgang, Herbert 1
Mount Savage Iron Company 1
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 1
Nebel, Mabel, Dr. 1
Newberry, Cornelia Perry 1
Newberry, Lydia Elizabeth 1
Newberry, O. P. (Oliver Perry), 1831-1874 1
Newberry, Walter Cass, 1835-1912 1
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