TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of the Steele and Winters Families
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Winters Family, 1863-2005
Subseries 1: Helen S. Winters Papers, 1912-2000
Subseries 2: Robert U. Winters, Jr. Papers, 1920-1974
Subseries 3: Winters and Related Family Members, 1863-2005
Series 2: Steele Family, 1860-2009
Subseries 1: Georgia B. Steele Papers, 1883-1970
Subseries 2: Steele and Related Family Members, 1860-2009
Series 3: Photographs, ca. 1880-1975
Series 4: Printed Materials, ca. 1880-ca. 1960
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Inventory of the Steele-Winters Family Papers, 1860-2009, bulk 1900-1970
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, 2011. ©2011. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Winters, Helen Steele, 1912-1999 |
| Title | Steele-Winters Family Papers |
| Dates | 1860-2009 |
| Dates | bulk 1900-1970 |
| Extent | 17 linear ft. (39 boxes, 2 oversize boxes) |
| Abstract | Correspondence, estate papers, family records, farm related accounts, diaries, cards, scrapbooks, yearbooks, oral histories, and photographs of the Steele and Winters families. Both families were early homesteaders and farmers in rural northwestern Illinois, settling in and around Bureau, Sangamon, and Winnebago Counties in Illinois in the early 1800s. Their extended families continue to live and farm in these areas to the present day. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Steele-Winters |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 26 15-16 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Steele-Winters Family Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, children of Helen Steele Winters, 2002, and Rosemary Coplan, 2006.
Processed by
Christina A. Reynen, 2006, and Lisa Janssen, 2011.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Access
The Steele-Winters Family Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Steele-Winters Family Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of the Steele and Winters Families
Pioneer families who settled and farmed in and around the Bureau County area of Illinois
Forrest G. Steele was born in 1882 in Dover, Illinois, the son of George and Eliza Hensel Steele, both of whose families had homesteaded in northwestern Illinois since the early 1800s. He married Georgia Mae Baker in 1909. Georgia M. Baker was born in 1884 in Tiskilwa, Illinois, to parents Amanda and John Wesley Baker. She attended De Kalb and Northwestern Universities and taught school for many years in the Dover area. After their marriage, Forrest G. and Georgia B. Steele took over the Steele family farm where they raised their children Forrest, Harold, Roger, Marion, and Helen.
Helen Florence Steele was born in 1912. She attended Illinois Woman's College (later McMurray College) for two years, and then transferred to the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana where she received a bachelor's degree. She studied art and later taught art in the Illioplois school system. She met her future husband Robert U. Winters, Jr. while at the University.
Robert Winters, Jr. also came from a farming family. Born in 1908, his parents were Robert Sr. and Minnie Putnam Winters, of Rosamond, Illinois. Robert Winters, Jr. studied agriculture at UIUC. Robert and Helen Winters married in 1935. Shortly after their marriage Robert Winters found work with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a public works program that was part of the New Deal. The Winters resided in Wisconsin at this time, traveling from camp to camp whenever Robert Winters was assigned. After the CCC, Robert Winters worked as a traveling salesman for farm equipment, taught high school agriculture, and over the years purchased and worked several farms in and around Shirland and Illiopolis, Illinois. He also served in the army during WW II, but never went overseas.
Robert and Helen Winters had six children, Raymond, Rosemary, Carol Sue, David, Cindy and Robert III. Robert Winters, Jr. died tragically in a tractor-train collision in 1978, Helen lived until 1999. Many members of their extended families continue to live and farm in northwestern Illinois to the present day.
The Steele-Winters information file, available in Special Collections, also contains an abundance of detailed genealogical information and family history compiled by the family.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Correspondence, photographs and other materials of the Steele-Winters family.
The Winters Family series contains materials of Helen S. Winters, including correspondence, school papers, artwork, and other personal items; Robert U. Winters, Jr. materials including correspondence, diaries, and other personal materials; Winters and related families materials, including correspondence and persional materials from the parents, brothers and sisters, and children of Robert U. Winters, Jr.
The Steele Family series contains materials of Georgia B. Steele including correspondence and personal materials; Steele and related family papers which includes materials pertaining primarily to the relatives of Georgia B. Steele, her parents, siblings, and children. This series also contains a signifcant amount of personal material pertaining to Harold Line's (who was married to Marion Steele) naval service and work at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Also of interest is a memoir written by Milred Anderson, a cousin of Helen Steele's, titled "My Experiences in the Working World" which describes her experiences traveling around the midwest looking for work during the 1950s.
The Photographs series contains many portraits of Robert U. Winters, Jr., Helen and family; photographs taken by Robert Winters, Jr. while working with the CCC in Wisconsin; snapshots and photos taken by Harold Line during military service and at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, family homes and farms, photos of the extended Steele and Winters families, and a photo album compiled by Helen Winters.
The Printed Materials series contains a variety of calendars and greeting cards dating back to the late 19th century, including advertising calendars, Christmas, Easter, and Halloween cards, invitations, place cards, postcard books and Valentine cards which document virtually one hundred years of card history. The series also includes souvenir post cards from Chicago and the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. The Yearbooks and Scrapbooks series contains yearbooks from high schools and colleges attended by Helen Steele Winters and other family members including Illiopolis High School, Illinois Woman's College. Princeton High School, and the Univeristy of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Scrapbooks include those made by Georgia B. Steele of greeting cards and clippings, Helen Steele Winters, and other family members. Collection also contains 7 audio cassette tapes of family members reminiscing and singing old songs.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Winters Family, 1863-2005
- Subseries 1: Helen S. Winters Papers, 1912-2000
- Subseries 2: Robert U. Winters, Jr. Papers, 1920-1974
- Subseries 3: Winters and Related Family Members, 1863-2005
- Series 2: Steele Family, 1860-2009
- Subseries 1: Georgia B. Steele Papers, 1883-1970
- Subseries 2: Steele and Related Family Members, 1860-2009
- Series 3: Photographs, ca. 1880-1975. Box(es) 29
- Series 4: Printed Materials, ca. 1880-ca. 1960. Box(es) 30-31
- Series 5: Yearbooks and Scrapbooks, ca. 1900-1996. Box(es) 32-38
- Series 6: Audio Cassettes, 1978-1999. Box(es) 39
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Baker family
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
- MacMurray College -- Students
- Steele family
- Steele, Georgia Baker
- Winters family
- Winters, Helen Steele, 1912-1999 -- Family
- Winters, Jr., Robert Ulney, 1908-1978
Subjects
- Bureau County (Ill.) -- History
- Calendars -- Illinois
- Christian County (Ill.) -- History
- College students -- Illinois -- History
- Correspondence -- 1851-1900
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950
- Correspondence -- 1951-2000
- Courtship -- Illinois -- History
- Diaries -- Illinois -- 1901-1950
- Diaries -- Illinois -- 1951-2000
- Dover (Ill.) -- History
- Education -- Illinois -- History
- Families -- Illinois -- History -- Sources
- Farmers -- Illinois -- History
- Greeting cards
- Husband and wife -- Illinois -- Correspondence
- Illiopolis (Ill.) -- History
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Mason City (Iowa) -- History
- Mothers and daughters -- Illinois -- Correspondence
- Older people -- Care -- Illinois -- History -- 20th century
- Pana (Ill.) -- History
- Photographs -- 1901-1950
- Photographs -- 1951-2000
- Postcards
- Princeton (Ill.) -- History
- Rosamond (Ill.) -- History
- Rural families -- Illinois -- History
- Sangamon County (Ill.) -- History
- School yearbooks
- Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950
- Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000
- Shirland (Ill.) -- History
- Soldiers -- Illinois -- Bureau County -- History
- Tiskilwa (Ill.) -- History
- Travel literature -- Europe
- Valentines
- Winnebago County (Ill.) -- History
- Women teachers
- Women -- Education -- History
- Women college students -- Illinois
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Container List
Series 1: Winters Family, 1863-2005 |
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| The Helen S. Winters Papers contain correspondence, school papers, artwork, and other personal items. Letters to her mother Georgia B. Steele while Helen was in college are especially evocative of college life for a young woman in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Later letters deal with financial issues and hardships of rural family life faced by Helen Winters as she struggles with a somewhat transitory existence, raising six children with her husband Robert Winters, Jr. often away working. Robert U. Winters, Jr. materials include correspondence, diaries, and other personal materials. Letters between he and his future wife while he is away working for the CCC, and later while in Texas serving the army describe people and his surroundings in detail. The Winters and Related Families series contains correspondence and personal materials from the parents, brothers and sisters, and children of Robert U. Winters, Jr. | |||||||||||
| Organized in the following subseries: Subseries 1: Helen S. Winters Papers, 1912-2000; Subseries 2: Robert U. Winters Papers, 1920-1974; and Subseries 3: Winters and Related Family Members, 1863-2005. | |||||||||||
Sub-Series 1: Helen S. Winters Papers, 1912-2000 |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1-3 | Address books, ca. 1960s-1980s | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Artwork - childhood drawings, 1914-1920 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Artwork - childhood drawings and collages, ca. 1920 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Artwork - handmade greeting cards, ca. 1915-1920 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Artwork - illustrated books, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Artwork - portraits of Rosemary Winters (later Coplan), 1961, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Bank book, 1921-1929 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Birthday books, ca. 1920s-1940s | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Christmas cards and family Christmas letters, ca. 1950s-1992 | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Correspondence - to Anderson, Lula, 1912-1929, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Correspondence - to Baker, Amanda P., 1920-1936 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Correspondence - to Coplan, Rosemary, 1953-1964, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 15-16 | Correspondence - to Coplan, Rosemary and family, 1965-1997, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 17 | Correspondence - to Line, Marion Steele, 1930-1940 | |||||||||
| 2 | 18 | Correspondence - to Pierce, Lydia Steele, 1929, 1943 | |||||||||
| 2 | 19 | Correspondence - to Steele, Andrew, 1918-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 20-23 | Correspondence - to Steele, Forrest G. and Georgia B., ca. 1917-1935 | |||||||||
| 3 | 24-31 | Correspondence - to Steele, Forrest G. and Georgia B., 1936-1968, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 32-36 | Correspondence - to Winters, Robert U. Jr., 1934-1963, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 37 | Correspondence - to Wuertler, May, 1954, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 38 | Correspondence - to children and grandchildren, 1958-1983, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 39 | Correspondence - incoming miscellaneous, 1964-1993 | |||||||||
| 4 | 40 | Correspondence - greeting cards, ca. 1920s-1970s | |||||||||
| 4 | 41 | Correspondence - invitations, ca. 1920s-1940s | |||||||||
| 4 | 42 | Correspondence - re: death of Georgia B. Steele, 1968 | |||||||||
| 5 | 43-44 | Correspondence - re: death of Robert U. Winters, Jr., 1978 | |||||||||
| 5 | 45 | Death - obituaries and memorials, 1999 | |||||||||
| 5 | 46 | Death - will and estate, 1969-2000 | |||||||||
| 5 | 47 | Diaries, 1930-1935 | |||||||||
| 5 | 48 | Diplomas and certificates (See oversize box), 1925-1937 | |||||||||
| 5 | 49 | Health and geriatric care, 1999 | |||||||||
| 5 | 50 | Health - vaccination records of children, 1942-1955 | |||||||||
| 6 | 51 | Household inventories, 1953, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 52 | Memoir - "My Life" - photocopy of handwritten manuscript, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 53 | Methodist Church membership, 1953 | |||||||||
| 6 | 54 | Music and other event programs, 1925-1974 | |||||||||
| 6 | 55 | Notebooks, 1968-1995 | |||||||||
| 6 | 56 | Power of Attorney, 1990-1996 | |||||||||
| 6 | 57 | Princeton High School graduation, 1929 | |||||||||
| 6 | 58 | Recipes, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 59 | Sale of Knapp house to Shirland Methodist Church, 1984 | |||||||||
| 6 | 60 | School work - elementary school, ca. 1917-1920s | |||||||||
| 6 | 61-62 | School work - art classes, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 6 | 63 | School work - high school, 1928-1930 | |||||||||
| 7 | 64-65 | School work - high school, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 7 | 66 | School work - certificates of achievement, 1919-1925 | |||||||||
| 7 | 67 | Sunday school attendence records, 1920 | |||||||||
| 7 | 68 | Teaching - certificates and retirement, 1938, 1942 | |||||||||
| 7 | 69 | Travel diaries, 1963-1984 | |||||||||
| 7 | 70 | Travel - European cruise mementos, 1963 | |||||||||
| 7 | 71 | Trust, 1969-1989 | |||||||||
| 7 | 72 | University of Illinois, 1931-1934 | |||||||||
| 7 | 73 | Wedding, 1935 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 2: Robert U. Winters, Jr. Papers, 1920-1974 |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 8 | 74 | Clippings, ca. 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
| 8 | 75 | Correspondence - to Coplan, Rosemary (Winters), 1961-1974 | |||||||||
| 8 | 76 | Correspondence - to Marvin re: loan from Robert U. Winters, Sr., 1955 | |||||||||
| 8 | 77-83 | Correspondence - to Winters, Helen S., 1934-1942 | |||||||||
| 9 | 84-86 | Correspondence - to Winters, Helen S., 1942-1963, n.d. | |||||||||
| 9 | 87 | Correspondence - to Winters, Robert U. Sr., 1943-1956 | |||||||||
| 9 | 88 | Correspondence - from children and grandchildren, 1949-1955 | |||||||||
| 9 | 89 | Correspondence - from fellow servicemen, 1943-1953 | |||||||||
| 9 | 90 | Correspondence - icoming miscellaneous, 1945-1974 | |||||||||
| 9 | 91 | Correspondence - greeting cards, 1950s-1970s | |||||||||
| 9 | 92 | Dance cards, ca. 1930s | |||||||||
| 9 | 93-94 | Diaries, 1926-1939 | |||||||||
| 10 | 95-99 | Diaries, 1940-1954 | |||||||||
| 11 | 100-104 | Diaries, 1955-1978 | |||||||||
| 12 | 105 | Death - estate finances, 1978-1981 | |||||||||
| 12 | 106 | Death - funeral, 1978 | |||||||||
| 12 | 107 | Death - memorials, 1978 | |||||||||
| 12 | 108 | Death - obituaries, 1978 | |||||||||
| 12 | 109 | Engineering drawings (See oversize box), 1933-1934 | |||||||||
| 12 | 110 | High school and college diplomas (See oversize box), 1922-1926 | |||||||||
| 12 | 111 | Illinois National Guard certificate of appointment to Brevet Captain (See oversize box), 1933 | |||||||||
| 12 | 112-113 | Income tax returns, 1941-1973 | |||||||||
| 12 | 114 | Livestock sales and animal breeding, 1920-1976 | |||||||||
| 12 | 115 | Loan made to Roger Steele, 1970-1979 | |||||||||
| 12 | 116 | Miscellaneous personal, 1933-1969 | |||||||||
| 13 | 117-119 | Notebooks, ca. 1930s-1950s | |||||||||
| 13 | 120 | Property mortgages, 1956-1978 | |||||||||
| 13 | 121 | Shirland, Illinois farm - financial statements, 1966-1978 | |||||||||
| 13 | 122 | Teachers' retirement statements, 1973-1978 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 3: Winters and Related Family Members, 1863-2005 |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 14 | 123 | Coplan, Ron - correspondence - to Coplan, Rosemary, 1964-1969 | |||||||||
| 14 | 124 | Coplan, Rosemary - address book, ca. 1980s | |||||||||
| 14 | 125 | Coplan, Rosemary - childhood drawing, ca. 1940s | |||||||||
| 14 | 126 | Coplan, Rosemary - correspondence - to Coplan, Ron and children, 1966-1973 | |||||||||
| 14 | 127 | Coplan, Rosemary - correspondence - to Steele, Georgia B., 1954-1964 | |||||||||
| 14 | 128-129 | Coplan, Rosemary - correspondence - to Winters, Helen, Robert, and family, 1961-1996, n.d. | |||||||||
| 14 | 130 | Coplan, Rosemary - correspondence - to Winters, Helen, Robert, and family - greeting and post cards, 1960s-1990s | |||||||||
| 14 | 131 | Coplan, Rosemary - correspondence - incoming, 1960-ca. 1980s | |||||||||
| 14 | 132 | Coplan, Rosemary - miscellaneous personal, 1943-ca, 1970s | |||||||||
| 14 | 133 | Coplan, Rosemary - music and theatre programs, Morrison High School, 1980s-1990s | |||||||||
| 14 | 134 | Graden, Ruth Winters "Aunt Birdie" - correspondence - to various family, 1954-1956 | |||||||||
| 14 | 135 | Huethe, Sarah Elizabeth (Winters) - correspondence - to Winters, Robert and Helen, 1945-1999 | |||||||||
| 14 | 136 | Huethe, Sarah Elizabeth (Winters) - death announcement, 2005 | |||||||||
| 15 | 137-138 | Kraft, Rebecca (Winters) - correspondence - to Winters, Helen, Robert and family, 1935-1999, n.d. | |||||||||
| 15 | 139 | Nelson, Cynthia (Winters) - correspondence, 1955-1999 | |||||||||
| 15 | 140 | Nelson, Cynthia (Winters) - miscellaneous personal, 1947-1993 | |||||||||
| 15 | 141 | Silverstein, S. J. "Sam" and Mitzi - correspondence, 1955-2002 | |||||||||
| 15 | 142 | Simon, Carol (Winters) - correspondence - to Coplan, Rosemary, 1958-1989 | |||||||||
| 15 | 143 | Simon, Carol (Winters) - correspondence - to Winters, Helen S., 1961-1999 | |||||||||
| 15 | 144 | Simon, Carol (Winters) - correspondence - to various family, 1950-1962, n.d. | |||||||||
| 15 | 145 | Simon, Carol (Winters) - high school play programs, 1970s-1980s | |||||||||
| 15 | 146 | Winters, David - correspondence - to various family, 1974-1994 | |||||||||
| 15 | 147 | Winters, David - greeting cards, high school theatre programs, 1980s-1990s | |||||||||
| 16 | 148 | Winters, Della - grammar book and school papers, 1893, 1897 | |||||||||
| 16 | 149 | Winters, Della - memorial book, 1951 | |||||||||
| 16 | 150 | Winters, Elizabeth M. - autograph book, 1866 | |||||||||
| 16 | 151 | Winters, Minnie P. - autograph book, 1889 | |||||||||
| 16 | 152 | Winters, Minnie P. - correspondence - to Winters, Robert Jr. and Helen, 1934-1953, n.d. | |||||||||
| 16 | 153 | Winters, Minnie P. - correspondence - to Wuertzler, May Winters, 1938-1954, n.d. | |||||||||
| 16 | 154 | Winters, Minnie P. - correspondence - incoming, 1917, 1920 | |||||||||
| 16 | 155 | Winters, Minnie P. - death and estate, 1954-1956 | |||||||||
| 16 | 156 | Winters, Minnie P. - diary, 1914 | |||||||||
| 17 | 157 | Winters, Raymond and family - correspondence, ca. 1980s-1999 | |||||||||
| 17 | 158 | Winters, Raymond and family - miscellaneous personal, 1938-1990 | |||||||||
| 17 | 159 | Winters, Robert U. Sr. - estate, 1955-1956 | |||||||||
| 17 | 160 | Winters, Robert U. Sr. - memorials, 1957 | |||||||||
| 17 | 161 | Winters, Robert U. Sr. - wedding book, marriage certificate, 1906 | |||||||||
| 17 | 162 | Winters, Robert III - correspondence - to various family, 1956-1996, n.d. | |||||||||
| 17 | 163 | Winters, Robert III - miscellaneous personal, 1955-ca. 1980s | |||||||||
| 17 | 164 | Winters, William Q. and Elizabeth - marriage certificate, 1868 | |||||||||
| 17 | 165 | Winters, William Q. and Elizabeth - memorial cards, 1912, 1914 | |||||||||
| 17 | 166 | Winters, William Q. and Elizabeth - portraits (See oversize box), ca. 1880s | |||||||||
| 17 | 167 | Winters, William Q. - U.S. Army discharge, 1863 | |||||||||
| 17 | 168 | Winters, William W. - auction ledger and receipt, 1951 | |||||||||
| 17 | 169 | Winters, William W. - correspondence - incoming, 1950, n.d. | |||||||||
| 18 | 170 | Winters, William W. - Farmers Compendium Business Record, 1896-1928 | |||||||||
| 18 | 171 | Winters, William W. - journal pages, 1901, 1905 | |||||||||
| 18 | 172 | Winters, William W. - memorials, 1973 | |||||||||
| 18 | 173-174 | Winters Family - birth, death, graduation announcements, ca. 1920s-1990s | |||||||||
| 18 | 175 | Winters Family - clippings, ca. 1920s-1990s | |||||||||
| 18 | 176 | Winters Family - family tree (See oversize box), ca. 1980s | |||||||||
| 18 | 177 | Winters Family - miscellaneous, ca. 1920s-2004 | |||||||||
| 18 | 178 | Wuertzler, John W. - clipping, memorial, 1996 | |||||||||
| 18 | 179 | Wuertzler, May Winters - correpsondence, 1944-1957, n.d. | |||||||||
Series 2: Steele Family, 1860-2009 |
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| The Georgia B. Steele subseries contains correspondence and personal materials. Extensive correspondence with daughter Helen reveals a close mother-daughter relationship and details the hardships of rural family life in Illinois during the mid-20th Century. The Steele and Related Family subseries is made up of materials pertaining primarily to the relatives of Georgia B. Steele, her parents, siblings, and children. This series contains a signifcant amount of personal material pertaining to Harold Line's (husband of Marion Steele) naval service and work at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Also of interest is a memoir written by Milred Anderson, a cousin of Helen Steele's, titled "My Experiences in the Working World." The memoir chronicles her experiences traveling around the Midwest during the 1950s, looking for work and trying to build a life for herself on her own. | |||||||||||
| Organized in the following subseries: Subseries 1: Georgia B. Steele Papers, 1883-1970; and Subseries 2: Steele and Related Family Members, 1860-2009. | |||||||||||
Sub-Series 1: Georgia B. Steele Papers, 1883-1970 |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 19 | 180 | Aniversary scrapbook, 1944 | |||||||||
| 19 | 181 | Artwork - collage, hand made booklet, 1883, n.d. | |||||||||
| 19 | 182 | Autograph book, 1891-1901 | |||||||||
| 19 | 183 | Birth certificate (copy), 1963 | |||||||||
| 19 | 184 | Birthday book, 1907 | |||||||||
| 19 | 185 | Correspondence - to Baker Amanda, 1907-1937, n.d. | |||||||||
| 19 | 186 | Correspondence - to Coplan, Rosemary, 1955-1966 | |||||||||
| 19 | 187 | Correspondence - to Randall, Lida, n.d. | |||||||||
| 19 | 188 | Correspondence - to Steele, Andrew, 1952, n.d. | |||||||||
| 19 | 189 | Correspondence - to Steele, Forrest, 1909-1960, n.d. | |||||||||
| 19 | 190 | Correspondence - to Winters, Helen S., 1920s-1940s | |||||||||
| 20 | 191-195 | Correspondence - to Winters, Helen S., 1950s-1960s, n.d. | |||||||||
| 20 | 196 | Correspondence - to Winters, Helen S. - travel post cards, 1914-1970 | |||||||||
| 20 | 197 | Correspondence - to grandchildren, 1956-1962, n.d. | |||||||||
| 20 | 198 | Correspondence - to various family, 1917-1958 | |||||||||
| 20 | 199 | Correspondence - anniversary greetings, 1909, 1934 | |||||||||
| 21 | 200 | Correspondence - get well greetings while in hospital, 1920 | |||||||||
| 21 | 201 | Correspondence - congratulations re: birth of daughter Helen, 1912 | |||||||||
| 21 | 202 | Correspondence - sympathy letters re: death of Forrest Steele, 1960 | |||||||||
| 21 | 203 | Correspondence - incoming miscellaneous, 1903-1951 | |||||||||
| 21 | 204-207 | Diaries, 1904-1959 | |||||||||
| 22 | 208-210 | Diaries, 1955-1965, n.d. | |||||||||
| 22 | 211 | European cruise mementos, 1963 | |||||||||
| 22 | 212 | High school and college mementos, 1890-1908 | |||||||||
| 22 | 213 | Memorial card and program, 1968 | |||||||||
| 22 | 214 | Miscellaneous personal, 1896-1942 | |||||||||
| 22 | 215 | "Mom's Mutterings in Public" - typed collection of speeches and introductions, 1960 | |||||||||
| 23 | 216 | Notebooks, 1933-1944, n.d. | |||||||||
| 23 | 217 | Recipes from the Wyanet, Illinois M. I. Club, 1909 | |||||||||
| 23 | 218 | School papers, ca. 1890s | |||||||||
| 23 | 219 | Wedding, 1909 | |||||||||
Sub-Series 2: Steele and Related Family Members, 1860-2009 |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 24 | 220 | Anderson, Lula - correspondence, clippings, 1912-1979 | |||||||||
| 24 | 221 | Anderson, Mildred - correspondence - to Coplan, Rosemary, 1961-2001 | |||||||||
| 24 | 222 | Anderson, Mildred - correspondence - to Line, Harold and Marion, 1996 | |||||||||
| 24 | 223-225 | Anderson, Mildred - correspondence - to Winters, Helen S., 1959-1999, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 226 | Memoir (self-published) - "My Experiences in the Working World," 2000 | |||||||||
| 24 | 227 | Baker, Amanda M. - correspondence - to Steele, Georgia B., 1906-1915 | |||||||||
| 24 | 228 | Baker, Amanda M. - correspondence - to Winters, Helen S., ca. 1910s-1928 | |||||||||
| 24 | 229 | Baker, Amanda M. - correspondence - incoming miscellaneous, 1910-1937 | |||||||||
| 24 | 230 | Baker, Amanda M. - death, memorials, 1936 | |||||||||
| 24 | 231 | Baker, John W. - correspondence - outgoing miscellaneous, 1886-1911 | |||||||||
| 24 | 232 | Baker, John W. - correspondence - from Severt, E. J., 1906-1911 | |||||||||
| 24 | 233 | Baker, John W. and Amanda - marriage certificate (See oversize box), 1882 | |||||||||
| 24 | 234 | Baker, John W. - obituaries, 1911 | |||||||||
| 24 | 235 | Baker family - family register (See oversize box), ca. 1870s | |||||||||
| 24 | 236 | Brokaw, Clydia - correspondence - to Baker, Amanda M. and Georgia Steele, 1906-1915 | |||||||||
| 24 | 237 | Brokaw, Nellie - correspondence - to Baker, Amanda M., 1914-1935, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 238 | Brokaw, Nellie - correspondence - to Steele, Georgia B., 1909-1946, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 239 | Brokaw, Nellie - correspondence - to Winters, Helen S., 1913-1944, n.d. | |||||||||
| 24 | 240 | Brokaw, Nellie - correspondence - miscellaneous, 1885-ca. 1910s | |||||||||
| 25 | 241 | Findley, Florence - correspondence - to Steele, Georgia B., 1905-1956 | |||||||||
| 25 | 242 | Findley, Florence - miscellaneous personal, 1964-1994 | |||||||||
| 25 | 243 | Findley, William N. - correspondence - to Winters, Helen S., 1991-1999 | |||||||||
| 25 | 244 | Findley, William N. - miscellaneous personal, 1979-2001 | |||||||||
| 25 | 245 | Findaly, William N. - Reminiscences of childhood near Dover, Illinois and travel from 1920s to the 1960s (photocopy), 1995-1997 | |||||||||
| 25 | 246 | Findaly family - miscellaneous, 1964-2007 | |||||||||
| 25 | 247 | Heaton, Minerva Anderson - correspondence - to various family, 1931-2006 | |||||||||
| 25 | 248 | Hensel and related families - clippings, 1940s-1970s | |||||||||
| 25 | 249 | Holman, Vera Randall, 1910-1925 | |||||||||
| 25 | 250 | Agricultural writings, 1915, 1976 | |||||||||
| 25 | 251 | Line, Harold - Alexis Community High School & FFA chapter class reunions, 1979-1999 | |||||||||
| 25 | 252 | Line, Harold - legal and financial papers, 1937-1973 | |||||||||
| 25 | 253 | Line, Harold - miscellaneous personal, 1933-1999 | |||||||||
| 25 | 254 | Line, Harold - resumes, biographical sketches, n.d. | |||||||||
| 25 | 255 | Line, Harold - University of Illinois - mementos, alumni news, 1932-1995 | |||||||||
| 25 | 256 | Line, Harold - University of Illinois senior thesis, 1939 | |||||||||
| 25 | 257 | Line, Harold - U.S. Department of Agriculture - employment, 1932-1977 | |||||||||
| 26 | 258-259 | Line, Harold - U.S. Naval Service, 1943-1952 | |||||||||
| 26 | 260 | Line, Keith and Ken - miscellaneous mementos, 1972-1993, n.d. | |||||||||
| 26 | 261 | Line, Marion Steele - correspondence - to various family, 1932-2005, n.d. | |||||||||
| 26 | 262 | Line, Marion Steele - miscellaneous personal, 1915, ca. 1920s | |||||||||
| 26 | 263 | Pake, Cornelius R. and Frances - correspondence and poems, 1896-1938 | |||||||||
| 26 | 264 | Pake, Edwin and M. R. - correspondence, 1922, n.d. | |||||||||
| 26 | 265 | Pake, Samuel J. - correspondence - to Amanda Baker, 1894-1896 | |||||||||
| 26 | 266 | Pierce, Lydia Steele - correspondence - to various family, 1913-1969 | |||||||||
| 26 | 267 | Pierce, Lydia Steele - correspondence - postcards - to various family, 1900-1954 | |||||||||
| 26 | 268 | Pierce, Lydia Steele - death and estate, 1969 | |||||||||
| 26 | 269 | Pierce, Lydia Steele - hand-sewn animal cards, n.d. | |||||||||
| 26 | 270 | Pierce, Lydia Steele - high school diploma (See oversize box), 1922 | |||||||||
| 26 | 271 | Randall, Lida - correspondence - to various family, 1880-1913 | |||||||||
| 26 | 272 | Schaller, Miriam Findley - correspondence, memorial, 1992-2000 | |||||||||
| 26 | 273 | Schoenerman, Marie "Mina" Randall - correspondence - to various family, 1907-1926 | |||||||||
| 27 | 274 | Steele, Andrew - correspondence - to Steele, Georgia B. and Helen, 1912-1954 | |||||||||
| 27 | 275 | Steele, Charles D. and Meda - correspondence to Steele, Georgia B., 1911-1953 | |||||||||
| 27 | 276 | Steele, Forrest G. - correspondence - to Steele, Georgia B., 1908-1944 | |||||||||
| 27 | 277 | Steele, Forrest G. - correspondence - to various family, 1907-1956 | |||||||||
| 27 | 278 | Steele, Forrest G. - correspondence - incoming miscellaneous, 1891-1960 | |||||||||
| 27 | 279 | Steele, Forrest G. - correspondence - birthday greetings, 1955 | |||||||||
| 27 | 280 | Steele, Forrest G. - estate, 1960-1974 | |||||||||
| 27 | 281 | Steele, Forrest G. - memorials, 1960 | |||||||||
| 27 | 282 | Steele, Forrest G. - writings and miscellaneous personal, ca. 1900-1955 | |||||||||
| 27 | 283 | Steele, George and Dorothy - correspondence - to Winters, Helen S., 1967-1996 | |||||||||
| 27 | 284 | Steele, Harold and Margery - correspondence - to various family, ca.1940s-1999 | |||||||||
| 27 | 285 | Steele, Harold - clippings and miscellaneous personal, 1975-2009 | |||||||||
| 27 | 286 | Steele, Henry D. and Alta - correspondence - to various family, 1908-1951 | |||||||||
| 27 | 287 | Steele, Henry D. - "Midnight Musings of a Medical Man - self-published booklet, 1926 | |||||||||
| 27 | 288 | Steele, Henry D. - wedding book, 1894 | |||||||||
| 27 | 289 | Steele, John A. and Hattie - correspondence - to Steele, Forrest G. and Georgia B., 1930-1941 | |||||||||
| 27 | 290 | Steele, Roger and family - correspondence, 1935-2006, n.d. | |||||||||
| 27 | 291 | Steele, Susan - correspondence - incoming miscellaneous, 1912. 1914 | |||||||||
| 28 | 292 | Steele family - calling cards, ca. 1900 | |||||||||
| 28 | 293-294 | Steele family - obituaries - Bureau County News, 1940s-1990s | |||||||||
| 28 | 295 | Steele family - land deed, Tiskilwa, Illinois (See oversize box), 1860 | |||||||||
| 28 | 296 | Steele family - "Reminiscing" - transcription of interviews with Harold Steele, George Steele, and Marion Line, 2009 | |||||||||
| 28 | 297 | Steele family - miscellaneous, 1912-1994, n.d. | |||||||||
Series 3: Photographs, ca. 1880-1975 |
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| This series contains many portraits of Robert U. Winters, Jr., Helen and family. Also includes photographs taken by Robert Winters, Jr. while working with the CCC in Wisconsin, and while in the Army in Camp Hood, Texas, snapshots and photos taken by Harold Line during military service and at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, family homes and farms, photos of the extended Steele and Winters families, and a photo album compiled by Helen Winters. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 29 | 298 | Baker, Amanda G., 1913, n.d. | |||||||||
| 29 | 299 | Coplan, Rosemary and Ron, ca. 1940s-1990s | |||||||||
| 29 | 300 | Line, Harold snapshots and photos taken during military service and at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1940s-1970s | |||||||||
| 29 | 301 | Line, Marion Steele, 1916-1917, 1989 | |||||||||
| 29 | 302 | Steele, Forrest, Georgia and children, 1910-1943 | |||||||||
| 29 | 303 | Steele family and friends in automobiles, ca. 1912 | |||||||||
| 29 | 304 | Steele, George and family, 1910-1912, n.d. | |||||||||
| 29 | 305 | Winters, Helen S. - childhood snapshots, 1910s-1920s | |||||||||
| 29 | 306 | Winters, Helen S. - high school graduation, 1929 | |||||||||
| 29 | 307 | Winters, Helen S. - 50 year reunion - Princeton High School, 1975 | |||||||||
| 29 | 308 | Winters, Helen S., 1990s | |||||||||
| 29 | 309 | Winters, Robert U. Jr., 1940s-1970s | |||||||||
| 29 | 310 | Winters, Robert U. Jr. and Helen at CCC Camps: Camp Sawyer and Moose Lake, WI, and Army Camp Hood, Texas, 1935-1945 | |||||||||
| 29 | 311 | Winters, Robert U. Jr. & Helen and children, 1937-ca. 1960s | |||||||||
| 29 | 312 | Winters, Robert U. Jr. and Helen - wedding, 1935 | |||||||||
| 29 | 313 | Winters, Robert U. Jr. and Helen - honeymoon in Dunes State Park and Ontario, 1935 | |||||||||
| 29 | 314 | Winters, Robert U. Jr., Helen and family on Illiopolis farm, and other Illinois farms, 1930s-1940s | |||||||||
| 29 | 315 | Steele and Winters families - miscellaneous family members, ca. 1920s-1970s | |||||||||
| 29 | 316 | Steele and Winter families - group portraits, ca. 1900-1950s | |||||||||
| 29 | 317 | Steele and Winters families - family homes and farms, 1930s-1970s | |||||||||
| 29 | 318 | Unidentified portrait of man (See oversize enclosure), ca. 1880s | |||||||||
| 29 | 319 | Photograph album - Winters, Helen S. - college years, friends, mementos, also wedding and early married years, 1920s-1940s | |||||||||
Series 4: Printed Materials, ca. 1880-ca. 1960 |
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| This series contains a variety of calendars and greeting cards dating back to the late 19th century, including advertising calendars, Christmas, Easter, and Halloween cards, invitations, place cards, postcard books and Valentine cards which document virtually one hundred years of printed history. The series also includes souvenir post cards from Chicago and the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 30 | 320 | Bridge cards, 1940s-1960s | |||||||||
| 30 | 321-322 | Dance cards, 1930s-1940s | |||||||||
| 30 | 323 | Calendars - advertising / promotional, 1880s-1930s | |||||||||
| 30 | 324 | Flyers, 1914, n.d. | |||||||||
| 30 | 325 | Greeting cards - anniversary, 1940s | |||||||||
| 30 | 326 | Greeting cards - birthday, 1940s-1950s | |||||||||
| 30 | 327-328 | Greeting cards - Christmas, 1890s-1930s | |||||||||
| 30 | 329 | Greeting cards - Easter, 1890s-1920s | |||||||||
| 31 | 330 | Greeing cards - Halloween, 1910s-1920s | |||||||||
| 31 | 331 | Greeting cards - Thanksgiving, 1913-1919 | |||||||||
| 31 | 332-335 | Greeting cards - Valentines, 1910s-1950s | |||||||||
| 31 | 336 | Greeting cards - wedding, 1930s-1960s | |||||||||
| 31 | 337 | Greeting cards - miscellaneous, 1950s-1960s | |||||||||
| 31 | 338 | Place cards, 1930s-1950s | |||||||||
| 31 | 339 | Postcards - Century of Progress, 1933 | |||||||||
| 31 | 340 | Postcards - Chicago / Illinois 1930s-1950s | |||||||||
| 31 | 341-342 | Postcards - Northern Europe, Russia, 1960s | |||||||||
Series 5: Yearbooks and Scrapbooks, ca. 1900-1996 |
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| Yearbooks from high schools and colleges attended by Helen Steele Winters and other family members including Illiopolis High School, Illinois Woman's College. Princeton High School, and the Univeristy of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Scrapbooks include those made by Georgia B. Steele of greeting cards and clippings, Helen Steele Winters, and other family members. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically with scrapbooks following yearbooks. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 32 | 343-346 | Honoegoah Community High School - "The Mack," 1958-1961 | |||||||||
| 33 | 347-349 | Illiopolis High School - "The Pirate Log," 1952-1957 | |||||||||
| 33 | 350 | Illinois Woman's College - "The Illiwoco," 1931 | |||||||||
| 33 | 351 | MacMurray College - "The Illiwoco," 1932 | |||||||||
| 34 | 352 | Northwestern University - "Syllabus," 1906 | |||||||||
| 34 | 353 | Pana Township High School - "The Panorama," 1926 | |||||||||
| 34 | 354-355 | Princeton High School - "The Tiger," 1926-1929 | |||||||||
| 35 | 356-357 | University of Illinois - "The Illio," 1931-1932 | |||||||||
| 36 | 358-359 | University of Illinois - "The Illio," 1933-1934 | |||||||||
| 37 | 360-361 | Scrapbooks - Steele, George Baker, ca. 1900, ca. 1940s | |||||||||
| 37 | 362 | Scrapbook - Winters, Della, ca. 1890s | |||||||||
| 37 | 363-364 | Scrapbook - Winters, Helen S. ca. 1930s-1940s | |||||||||
| 37 | 365 | Scrapbook - Winters, Helen and Jessica Peterson - Girl Scouts "You and Me" scrapbook (See oversize box), 1996 | |||||||||
| 38 | 366 | Scrapbook - Anderson, Mildred - family history with photos, 1990 | |||||||||
| 38 | 367-368 | Scrapbooks - Steele, Georgia B. - greeting and post cards, advertising cards, ca. 1900 | |||||||||
| 38 | 369 | Scrapbooks - Winter, Helen S. - 80th birthday book created by Cindy and Dan Nelson, 1992 | |||||||||
Series 6: Audio Cassettes, 1978-1999 |
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| Audio cassette tapes of family members reminiscing on family history and one cassette of Mildred Anderson singing. Interviewer and recorder are unknown. Information was gleaned from writing on cassette tapes. | |||||||||||
| Box | Cassette Number | Contents | |||||||||
| 39 | 1 | Aunt May and Aunt Elizabeth, Aug. 1997 | |||||||||
| 39 | 2 | Memories of WWII (by person uknown), Jul. 1997 | |||||||||
| 39 | 3 | Shirland U.M.C. Anniversary, n.d. | |||||||||
| 39 | 4 | Anderson, Mildred singing old songs, Jun. 4, 1983 | |||||||||
| 39 | 5 | Findley - Myers, Feb. 9, 1997 | |||||||||
| 39 | 6-8 | Mom with brothers and sister, Apr. 30, 1999 | |||||||||
| 39 | 9-10 | September 12, 1978 (no other info) | |||||||||