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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

Clay Judson Papers - Additions

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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

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Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Children's drawings -- France 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
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Scrapbooks -- 1801-1850 1
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Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 1
Sermons -- 1751-1800 1
Sermons -- 1801-1850 1
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Shipping -- Maine -- Bangor -- History 1
South America -- Description and travel 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
Tourists -- Canada -- Correspondence 1
Tourists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Travel guidebooks 1
Travel literature 1
Travelers -- Europe 1
Travelers -- Middle West 1
Travelers' writings, American 1
Upper class -- United States -- Social life and customs 1
Women travelers -- Europe -- Correspondence 1
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American University of Beirut 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