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Elvira Sheridan Badger papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Badger
Abstract Six personal diaries and one diary fragment kept by Elvira Cecelia Sheridan Badger of Kentucky and Illinois, spanning the years 1859 through 1903. Also popular antebellum piano music compiled and bound for Badger before her marriage. Facsimile of notebook kept by Alpheus Shreve Badger about his move to Chicago and the subsequent freedom of his slaves in 1852. Diary entries concern the daily lives of a well-to-do family, including their 1861 move to Chicago, Illinois. Sentiment in Kentucky...
Dates: 1859-approximately 1930; Majority of material found within 1859-1878

Goodman family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman Family
Abstract

Papers, letters, photograph albums, cards, genealogical materials, diaries, and travel memorabilia from the family of Marjorie Sawyer Goodman Graff, daughter of playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, and her mother, Marjorie Robbins Hopkins.

Dates: 1795-2003; Majority of material found within 1880-1995

Harris-MacLean family papers

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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

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Sheet music -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- 1801-1850 1
Theater -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Theater programs -- 1901-1950 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
Upper class families -- Family relationships 1
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Whaling -- New England -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Badger family 1
Badger, Alpheus C. 1
Badger, Alpheus Shreve 1
Badger, Elvira Cecelia Sheridan, 1832-1911 1
Bent family 1