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Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

A.C. McClurg & Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McClurg
Abstract

Correspondence, contracts, royalty statements, record books, a scrapbook, and other materials from the A.C. McClurg publishing company, which was established in Chicago in 1872.

Dates: 1873-1967; Majority of material found within 1910-1950

Daniel Lyman Chandler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-128
Abstract

Twelve letters of New Englander Daniel Lyman Chandler from Chicago, Illinois, and Ogden, Kansas, to his relatives,1855-1863, which describe life in Chicago and in the Kansas Territory. Also, two other letters from his nephew John and a woman named Elisabeth Hewins.

Dates: 1855-1866

Welling Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Welling
Abstract

Correspondence, writings and documents relating to Harriet W. Welling, her husband John P. Welling, and his father, John C. Welling. Harriet Welling material includes memoirs of her life in Chicago, and histories of Chicago clubs; John P. Welling material includes military records from his service in World War I.

Dates: 1899-1988