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Eden-Martin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Eden
Abstract

Papers pertaining to the family of Illinois U.S. Representative John R. Eden (1826-1909). The majority of the material primarily concerns John R. Eden’s daughter Rose, her husband Ivory J. Martin, and their children. The papers also contain correspondence and material relating to the Taylor and Pifer families, who were the in-laws of Rose and Ivory’s son, Robert W. Martin. (Robert Martin married Ruth Pifer, daughter of Hattie Taylor and Finley Pifer).

Dates: approximately 1827-1961

Eden-Martin family papers - Additions

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Eden-2
Abstract

Letters of Ivory J. Martin of Sullivan, Illinois, to his daughter Olive Eden Martin, while she was a student at the University of Illinois, and later when she lived and taught in LaSalle, Illinois. Also includes a few letters to Olive from her mother, Rose Eden Martin, siblings, and friends. The letters are published in R. Eden Martin’s 2017 book, As Ever: The Letters of I. J. Martin to His Daughters: Olive Eden Martin and Mabel Martin George.

Dates: 1905-1941

Endicott Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Endicott
Abstract

Correspondence, photographs, and other miscellaneous material pertaining to the Endicott family and relatives of the Redden, Castle, and Smith families. These families lived primarily in the towns of Greenville, Stubblefield, and Villa Ridge, Pulaski County, Illinois. Topics discussed in the correspondence include marriage, domestic life, illness, and religion. Miscellaneous items include an account book, a paper written about dairy farming, and calling and greeting cards.

Dates: 1868-1986

Frances Wells Shaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-ShawF
Abstract

Papers of Frances Wells Shaw of Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois, wife of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Bulk consists of material related to the frequent domestic and international travels of Frances Shaw during the first half of the 20th century. Includes her diaries, travel materials and memorabilia, and photographs. Also includes correspondence to and from Frances Shaw and her daughters, plus the diaries of her brother-in-law, Charles T. Atkinson.

Dates: 1866-1976; Majority of material found within 1925-1937

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

Monroe family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Monroe-Family
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia from the Monroe family of Chicago. Correspondence is primarily from Henry Stanton Monroe (Chicago attorney), his daughters Harriet Monroe, Dora Monroe Root (and her architect husband John Wellborn Root), and Lucy Monroe Calhoun, and their children. Topics include the births of children, travel, Poetry Magazine, and life in Chicago including Oscar Wilde's 1882 Chicago visit. Also contains World War II and post-war correspondence between William...
Dates: 1868-1949

Steele-Winters Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Steele-Winters
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.

Dates: 1860-2009; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1970

Winterbotham-Shaw Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-Shaw
Abstract Correspondence, documents and miscellaneous items relating to the families of Rue Winterbotham Shaw and Alfred Phillips Shaw. Includes letters of Rue W. Shaw and Alfred P. Shaw to their son Joseph W. Shaw, correspondence to and from Theodora Winterbotham Brown and letters of other Winterbotham family members. Also, three large folder-notebooks of miscellaneous genealogical material amassed by Theodora Winterbotham Brown regarding the history of the Winterbotham, Baldwin and Rosencrans...
Dates: 1909-1991

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Correspondence -- 1851-1900 6
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 5
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 4
Photographs -- 1901-1950 4
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Families -- Illinois -- History -- Sources 3
Photographs -- 1951-2000 3
Families -- Illinois 2
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 2
Moultrie County (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 2
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 2
Sullivan (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 2
Account books -- Illinois -- 1801-1850 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Art museums -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Bureau County (Ill.) -- History 1
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Business records -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Calendars (documents) -- Illinois 1
Canada -- Guidebooks 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Christian County (Ill.) -- History 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
College students -- Illinois -- History 1
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
Courtship -- Illinois -- History 1
Courtship -- United States 1
Courtship -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Cruise ships -- Guidebooks 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1801-1850 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1851-1900 1
Deeds -- Illinois 1
Diaries -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1901-1950 1
Diaries -- Illinois -- 1951-2000 1
Dover (Ill.) -- History 1
East Asia -- Guidebooks 1
Education -- Illinois -- History 1
Europe -- Guidebooks 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Iowa -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- New Hampshire -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Farm life -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Farm life -- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Farmers -- Illinois -- History 1
Farmers -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Farmers -- Illinois -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Fathers and sons -- Correspondence 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Greeting cards 1
Husband and wife -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Illiopolis (Ill.) -- History 1
Japan -- Guidebooks 1
Lake Forest (Ill.) -- History 1
Lake Geneva (Wis.) 1
Logbooks 1
Love-letters 1
Mason City (Iowa) -- History 1
Medicine -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Mothers and daughters -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Mothers and sons -- Correspondence 1
Mothers and sons -- United States -- Correspondence 1
New England -- Genealogy 1
Older people -- Care -- Illinois -- History -- 20th century 1
Pana (Ill.) -- History 1
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Photograph albums -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Postcards 1
Postcards -- 1901-1950 1
Princeton (Ill.) -- History 1
Pulaski County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Pulaski County (Ill.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Rosamond (Ill.) -- History 1
Rural families -- Illinois -- History 1
Sanatoriums -- United States -- 20th century 1
Sangamon County (Ill.) -- History 1
School yearbooks 1
Scrapbooks -- 1880-1900 1
Scrapbooks -- 1901-1950 1
Scrapbooks -- 1951-2000 1
Scrapbooks -- United States 1
Shirland (Ill.) -- History 1
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Bureau County -- History 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
Tiskilwa (Ill.) -- History 1
Title companies -- United States 1
Travel diaries -- 1901-1950 1
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Names
Eden-Martin family 2
Shaw family 2
Arts Club of Chicago 1
Atkinson, Charles Thomas, 1864-1943 1
Atkinson, Martha Wells, approximately 1868-1935 1
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Baker family 1
Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Brown, Theodora Winterbotham 1
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985 1
Eden family 1
Eden, John R. (John Rice), 1826-1909 1
Eleanor Association 1
Endicott family 1
Endicott, Louis E., 1869-1939 1
Gales family 1
Georgetown Visitation Academy (Washington, D.C) 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
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978 1
Hill School (Pottstown, Pa.) 1
King, Frances Theodora 1
Kirkland, Wallace 1
Lane family 1
Lane, Clayton, 1895- 1
Lane, Dorothy Bent 1
MacLean, Annie Marion 1
MacLean, M. H. (Murdoch Haddon), 1872-1954 1
MacLean, Pearl Emma Harris 1
MacMurray College 1
Martin family 1
Martin, Ivory John, 1859-1953 1
Martin, Olive Eden, 1887-1968 1
McCutcheon, Evelyn Shaw 1
McLean family 1
Monroe family 1
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 1
Monroe, Henry Stanton 1
Monroe, William Stanton 1
Pfeiffer family 1
Root, John Wellborn, 1850-1891 1
Shaw, Alfred Phillips 1
Shaw, Frances Wells, 1872-1937 1
Shaw, Joseph Winterbotham, 1935- 1
Shaw, Rue Winterbotham 1
Steele family 1
Steele, Georgia Baker 1
Taylor family 1
Union Central Life Insurance Company 1
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 1
Winterbotham family 1
Winters family 1
Winters, Helen Steele, 1912-1999 1
Winters, Robert Ulney, Jr., 1908-1978 1
Yale University 1
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