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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

Everett family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Everett
Abstract Primarily correspondence of the Everett family, concerning family news and health issues, and also covering abolition, temperance, women's rights, rights of African-Americans, and moral reform. Printing, education, pioneer life, and religion are all discussed within the papers. Papers include materials of Robert Everett, the pastor of Welsh Congregationalist churches in Oneida County, NY, and publisher of Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd (The American Missionary), a...
Dates: 1794-1949; Majority of material found within 1838 - 1927

Harris-MacLean family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harris-MacLean
Abstract Letters, diaries, photographs, daybooks, ledgers, writings, genealogical material, and memorabilia detailing the life and travels of several wealthy Chicago families, mainly during the first three decades of the 20th century. The Harris family side is Norman Wait Harris, founder of the Harris Bank of Chicago, and his wife, Emma Gale Harris from New Hampshire, and their parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren. Other major related families represented include Gale, Bent, Lane, and...
Dates: 1784-1980; Majority of material found within 1880-1940

Hoffmann family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hoffmann
Abstract

Correspondence and documents relating to the immigrant Hoffmann family, especially John A. Hoffmann of Illinois and Franz Joseph Hoffmann in Dubuque, Iowa. By 1901, the family had established a feed and fuel company in Wilmette, Illinois.

Dates: approximately 1789-1901

Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Metcalf
Abstract Letters, diaries, daybooks, scrapbooks, and business documents of Isaac Stevens Metcalf, a Bowdoin College graduate from Milo, Maine, Illinois Central Railroad division engineer, and Du Quoin, Illinois resident, his wife Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (originally of New Hampshire), their parents, and children. Included are many letters written from college, family letters, Illinois Central Railroad business correspondence with R.B. Mason and other records of railroad construction, and...
Dates: 1827-1955; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1897

Lewis family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-LewisF
Abstract

Correspondence, documents, personal materials, genealogical research, and photographs of the Lewis and related families collected by Louise Lewis, sister of Chicago journalist Lloyd Lewis.

Dates: 1775-1977; Majority of material found within 1850-1950

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

Milo Kendall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kendall
Abstract

Vermont native who settled in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846 and practiced law there for over sixty years. Papers include extensive records of Kendall's legal practice, family correspondence, and real estate records.

Dates: 1798-1925; Majority of material found within 1845-1906

Rodgers Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rodgers
Abstract Correspondence, essays, financial and legal documents, genealogies, journals, newspaper clippings, and four photographs relating to the Rodgers family, descendants of Rev. John Rodger (1735-1812). The papers document the life of an American pioneer family in Virginia, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, New Mexico, and California, and cover topics such as farming life, homestead claims, politics, livestock and grain industries, and religion. There is an overland journal penned by Andrew Rodgers,...
Dates: 1773-1925; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1890

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Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 4
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 4
Manuscripts, American 4
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 4
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Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 3
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Photographs -- 1851-1900 3
Photographs -- 1901-1950 3
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 2
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 2
Families -- Illinois 2
Farmers -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 2
Ledgers (account books) 2
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 2
Parent and child -- Correspondence 2
Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
Railroads -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Rural families -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 2
Slavery -- United States -- Public opinion 2
Abolitionists -- 1850-1860 1
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Abolitionists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Antislavery movements -- Kansas 1
Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Bureau County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Business records -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Canada -- Description and travel 1
Chattel mortgages -- Illinois 1
Chester County (Pa.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Children's drawings -- France 1
Children's writings, American 1
Clinton County (N.Y.) -- History 1
Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
Clippings -- 1951-2000 1
Coal mines and mining -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
College prose, American -- Maine 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
College students -- Maine -- Correspondence 1
Congregational churches -- Sermons 1
Congregational churches -- United States -- Clergy -- Correspondence 1
Courtship -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1801-1850 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1851-1900 1
Debtor and creditor -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Deeds -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Diaries -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- United States -- 1801-1850 1
Diaries -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Divorce -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Divorce suits -- Illinois 1
Dry-goods -- Illinois 1
Du Quoin (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Elections -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Faith -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families 1
Families -- Correspondence 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- Indiana 1
Families -- Iowa -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Maine 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- New Hampshire -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- New York (State) -- Oneida County -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Ohio 1
Families -- Ohio -- History -- Sources 1
Family farms -- Indiana -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Family farms -- Indiana -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Family farms -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Family farms -- Maine -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Farm life -- Kansas 1
Farmers -- Indiana -- Pendleton -- Diaries 1
Farmers -- Maine -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Female friendship -- Correspondence 1
Free Soil Party (U.S.) 1
Freedmen -- Correspondence 1
Freedmen -- Education -- Southern States 1
Freedmen -- United States 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Middle West -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Middle West -- Sources 1
Gatun Locks (Panama) -- Photographs 1
Genealogical correspondence 1
Genealogies (histories) 1
Genealogies (histories) -- Indiana 1
Genealogies (histories) -- Pennsylvania 1
Germans -- Illinois 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
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Language
English 8
German 1
 
Names
Adgate family 1
Adgate, Asa 1
American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1
American Missionary Association 1
American Mothers 1
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American Tract Society 1
Balzhäuser family 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Bowdoin College 1
Brewster family 1
Bryan, William Lowe, 1860-1955 1
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company 1
Christian family 1
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 1
Cokenhour family 1
Davidson family 1
DeWitt family 1
Downs family 1
Eleanor Association 1
Everett family 1
Everett, Robert, 1791-1875 1
Furber family 1
Fussell family 1
Fussell, Charles Lewis, 1840-1909 1
Gales family 1
Harris N.A. 1
Harris Trust and Savings Bank 1
Harris family 1
Harris, Emma Susan Gale 1
Harris, Muriel Bent 1
Harris, Norman Wait, 1846-1916 1
Harris, Stanley Gale 1
Helvig family 1
Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) 1
Hoffmann, Franz Joseph 1
Hoffmann, John Augustus 1
Hoyal family 1
Hyde family 1
Illinois Grand Trunk Railway Co. 1
Indiana University 1
Jackson family 1
Judson, Clay, 1892-1960 1
Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 1
Kauffman family 1
Kendall, Milo, 1819-1905 1
Kirkland, Wallace 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
Lane family 1
Lane, Clayton, 1895- 1
Lane, Dorothy Bent 1
Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1
Lewis family 1
Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912 1
Lewis, Lloyd, 1891-1949 1
Lewis, Louise, 1895-1986 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
MacLean, Annie Marion 1
MacLean, M. H. (Murdoch Haddon), 1872-1954 1
MacLean, Pearl Emma Harris 1
Mason, R. B. (Roswell B.), 1805-1892 1
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 1
McLean family 1
Metcalf family 1
Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam, 1829-1875 1
Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898 1
Michel family 1
New York Medical College and Hospital for Women 1
Oliger family 1
Putnam family 1
Putnam, John Milton, 1794-1871 1
Rich family 1
Rodger, John, 1735-1812 1
Rodgers, Andrew, 1789-1849 1
Rodgers, C. M. (Calvin Melancthon) 1
Rodgers, Eliza Paine 1
Rodgers, Isabel Ireland, 1830-1912 1
Rodgers, Mary Davidson, 1790-1879 1
Rogers family 1
Swain, Joseph, 1857-1927 1
Thomas family 1
Union Central Life Insurance Company 1
United States Christian Commission 1
United States. Army. 2nd Motor Mechanics Regiment 1
Weygand family 1
Yale University 1
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