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Blatchford family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blatchford
Abstract Extensive collection of letters, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, writings, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago lead manufacturer, Newberry Library founding trustee, and Christian social activist Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford, his wife Mary Williams Blatchford, their parents and grandparents, and the families of their children, especially son Paul Blatchford, but also daughter Amy Blatchford Bliss. Families represented most heavily include Blatchford, Williams, Bliss,...
Dates: 1777-1987; Majority of material found within 1839-1965

Newberry Library Archives

 Collection
Identifier: NL-Archives
Abstract

The Newberry Library's institutional records, records of the Walter L. Newberry estate, personal papers of staff members and trustees, photographs, and publications that document the establishment and operation of the library, its growth and transformation over time, and its active participation in the cultural and intellectual life of Chicago and the nation. Also information on the Newberry family and property development in Chicago.

Dates: 1885-ongoing

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  • Names: Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 X
  • Names: Newberry Library. Board of Trustees X

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Administrative records 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Bangor (Me.) 1
Book collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Central America -- Description and travel 1
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Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
College students -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence 1
Congregationalists 1
Cookbooks -- 1801-1850 1
Cookbooks -- 1851-1900 1
Cooking, American -- History -- 19th century 1
Correspondence 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Dakota Indians -- Land tenure 1
Dakota Indians -- Missions -- South Dakota -- History 1
Diaries -- 1801-1850 1
Diaries -- 1851-1900 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Female friendship -- Correspondence 1
Golf clubs (Sporting goods) -- United States 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Oak Park 1
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 1
Industrialists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Jerusalem -- Description and travel 1
Kennebunkport (Me.) 1
Kindergarten -- United States 1
Lead industry and trade 1
Librarians 1
Libraries -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Library administration 1
Library architecture 1
Library buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Library statistics 1
Library trustees 1
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Oak Park (Ill.) 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
Philanthropists 1
Philippines -- Description and travel 1
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Photographs -- Guatemala 1
Photographs -- Jerusalem 1
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Rare book libraries -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Research libraries -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Sermons -- 1751-1800 1
Sermons -- 1801-1850 1
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Shipping -- Maine -- Bangor -- History 1
South America -- Description and travel 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
Travel guidebooks 1
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Upper class -- United States -- Social life and customs 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
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American University of Beirut 1
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 1
Blatchford, Frances L. (Frances Lord), 1866-1958 1
Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921 1
Blatchford, Paul, 1859-1925 1