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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

Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers

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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

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Coal mines and mining -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
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Du Quoin (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Manuscripts, American 1
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Mothers and sons -- United States -- Correspondence 1
New England -- Genealogy 1
Photograph albums -- 1851-1900 1
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Railroad engineers -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Railroads -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Rural families -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Sanatoriums -- United States -- 20th century 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Upper class families -- Family relationships 1
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Whaling -- New England -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Women college teachers 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 1
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Bent family 1
Bent, Clara Ames Wingate 1
Bent, George Payne, 1854-1930 1
Bowdoin College 1
DeWitt family 1