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Cole family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cole
Abstract New England and Chicago Protestant missionary family. Includes letters and family documents from John A. Cole, a civil engineer, active in the U.S. Christian Commission during the Civil War. After the war he worked with and educated freedmen, women, and children in Washington D.C. through the Lincoln Industrial Mission and the recently established Howard University. He met his wife, Julia A. Cole (née Alvord) through his work with the Lincoln Industrial Mission and Howard University, who...
Dates: 1842-1945; Majority of material found within 1854-1928

John Drury-Marion Neville Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Drury-Neville
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, artwork, personal materials, and photographs of author and journalist John Drury, and his wife, journalist and painter Marion Neville.

Dates: 1860-1970

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

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

Trumbull Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Trumbull
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries and photographs of the Trumbull family of Chicago from 1876 until 1956. The collection gives candid insight into the lives of the young Trumbull sisters while studying music in Vienna through their letters home to Chicago. The most sizeable contribution of correspondence comes from prolific letter-writer Florence Trumbull, who wrote regularly to her sisters and mother, Mary Elizabeth Foster Trumbull, over the course of five decades.

Dates: 1876-1990; Majority of material found within 1876 - 1950

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Correspondence -- 1851-1900 4
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Photographs -- 1851-1900 3
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Correspondence -- 1951-2000 2
Diaries -- 1901-1950 2
Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
Sisters -- Correspondence 2
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 1
Alcoholics 1
Amateur arts 1
American Civil War (1861-1865) 1
Antislavery movements 1
Architecture -- Middle West 1
Architecture, Domestic 1
Authors, American 1
Benefactors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Bureau County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Chattel mortgages -- Illinois 1
Chester County (Pa.) -- History 1
Chesterton (Ind.) -- History 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
Children's writings, American 1
Christian education 1
Civil engineering 1
Clippings -- 1901-1950 1
Clippings -- 1951-2000 1
Conduct of life -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
Courtship -- Correspondence 1
Courtship -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Debtor and creditor -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Deeds -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Diaries -- 1851-1900 1
Divorce -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Divorce suits -- Illinois 1
Elections -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Ethnic neighborhoods -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Evangelistic work 1
Faith -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Correspondence 1
Families -- Indiana 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Family farms -- Indiana -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Family farms -- Indiana -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Farmers -- Indiana -- Pendleton -- Diaries 1
Food writing 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Genealogical tables -- 1901-1950 1
Genealogies (histories) -- Indiana 1
Genealogies (histories) -- Pennsylvania 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Historic buildings -- Middle West 1
Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
India 1
Indiana -- Genealogy 1
Iroquois Indians 1
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Lahore (Pakistan) 1
Law -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Leases -- Illinois 1
Ledgers (account books) 1
Legal instruments -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Librarians -- Indiana 1
Madison County (Ind.) -- History 1
Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Public opinion 1
Middle West -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
Missionaries 1
Music -- Instruction and study -- Austria -- Vienna 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
Parent and child -- Correspondence 1
Pendleton (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Pennsylvania -- Genealogy 1
Piano teachers 1
Poems -- 1851-1900 1
Poetry -- 1901-1950 1
Practice of law -- Illinois -- Princeton -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Presbyterianism 1
Princeton (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Quaker abolitionists -- United States -- History 1
Quakers -- Genealogy 1
Quakers -- Indiana -- History -- 19th century 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County -- History 1
Railroad accidents -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroad law -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroads -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Railroads -- Right of way -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroads -- United States -- Consolidation -- History 1
Real estate business -- Illinois 1
Real estate business -- Law and legislation -- Illinois 1
Rural families -- Indiana -- History 1
School prose, American -- Indiana 1
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Abercrombie, Gertrude, 1909-1977 1
Alford family 1
American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1
Barrows, Ella Cole 1
Bryan, William Lowe, 1860-1955 1