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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

Lamb Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lamb
Abstract Mainly papers of Joseph and Hannah Talbot Lamb, who relocated from Stoughton, Mass. to Lake County, Ill., in 1839. Consists of Hannah Talbot’s record of deaths, 1812-1841, and Joseph Lamb’s 1839 seven-page diary of his trip from Stoughton to Lake County. Also, a book of his shoemaking business accounts, as well as farming and general accounts, 1831-1859, which includes a grid-plan of his orchard listing many varieties of mid-nineteenth century apples; documents relating to the U.S. post...
Dates: 1812-1931

McNally family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McNallyF
Abstract Letters, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, cemetery records, wills, and obituaries of several generations of the family of Andrew McNally I of Chicago, founder of the Rand McNally Co., a publishing firm specializing in cartography. There is much material concerning Andrew McNally I, his Chicago home, and especially his Windermere Ranch in what became La Mirada, California, including the ranch's olive oil plant and McNally's efforts to promote settlement in the area. Also extensive materials...
Dates: 1788-2002; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1993

Thomas Mather Papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT folio Graff-2707
Abstract

Letters, diaries, account book, map and biographical sketch, most in connection with Mather’s activities as one of three commissioners appointed by the government to survey and mark a route from Missouri to Santa Fe in 1825.

Dates: 1825-1886

Waller Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Waller
Abstract

Primarily letters of the Waller family, a wealthy, large, educated family from Kentucky, and later Chicago, pertaining mainly to matters of family activity, family devotion to one another, and especially health. Also included are a family genealogy, biography, and letters from Henry Clay and P.G.T. Beauregard. Related family: Alexander

Dates: 1803-1938; Majority of material found within 1803 - 1888

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Diaries -- 1801-1850 4
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Central America -- Description and travel 2
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 2
Diaries -- 1851-1900 2
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Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 2
Manuscripts, American 2
Account books -- Illinois -- 1801-1850 1
Altadena (Calif.) 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Apple growers -- Illinois -- Lake County -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Apples -- Varieties -- Illinois -- Lake County 1
Bangor (Me.) 1
Brothers -- Correspondence 1
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Cities and towns -- California -- Growth -- History -- 20th century 1
Citrus fruit industry -- California 1
College prose, American -- New York (State) 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 -- 1851-1900 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Dakota Indians -- Land tenure 1
Dakota Indians -- Missions -- South Dakota -- History 1
Dreams -- Religious aspects -- Sources 1
Estates (Law) -- United States -- Cases 1
Europe -- Description and travel 1
Families -- Correspondence 1
Families -- Illinois -- Lake County -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Kentucky -- 19th century 1
Family trusts -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Farm life -- Illinois -- Lake County -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Farmers -- Illinois -- Lake County -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Fathers and daughters -- Family relationships 1
Fathers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Fathers and sons -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Female friendship -- Correspondence 1
Female friendship -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Golf clubs (Sporting goods) -- United States 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Gurnee (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Oak Park 1
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 1
Industrialists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Italy -- Description and travel 1
Jerusalem -- Description and travel 1
Kennebunkport (Me.) 1
Kindergarten -- United States 1
La Mirada (Calif.) -- History -- Sources 1
Lake County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Land use -- California -- History 1
Land use -- California -- Los Angeles -- Maps 1
Lead industry and trade 1
Manuscript maps -- Southwestern States 1
Memoirs -- 1851-1900 1
Mexico -- Description and travel 1
Missionaries -- Arab countries 1
Missionaries -- South Dakota 1
Moving images -- 1951-2000 1
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century 1
New York (State) -- Genealogy 1
New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories 1
Oak Park (Ill.) 1
Olive oil industry -- California 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
Petroleum industry and trade -- California -- History 1
Philanthropists 1
Philippines -- Description and travel 1
Photograph albums -- 1851-1900 1
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- Colombia 1
Photographs -- Colorado 1
Photographs -- Ecuador 1
Photographs -- Grand Canyon 1
Photographs -- Guatemala 1
Photographs -- Jerusalem 1
Photographs -- Panama 1
Photographs -- Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.) 1
Plays (performing arts compositions) -- 1851-1900 1
Postcards 1
Postmasters -- Illinois -- Lake County -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Ranch life -- California 1
Santa Fe National Historic Trail 1
School prose, American -- Kentucky 1
Sermons -- 1751-1800 1
Sermons -- 1801-1850 1
Sermons -- 1851-1900 1
Shipping -- Maine -- Bangor -- History 1
Shoemakers -- Massachusetts -- Stoughton 1
Sisters -- Correspondence 1
Slave bills of sale -- Specimens 1
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Names
Adams, Daniel W., 1821-1872 1
Alexander family 1
Alexander, Robert Spruel Crawford Aitcheson, 1819-1867 1
American University of Beirut 1
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 1
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Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
Blatchford, Frances L. (Frances Lord), 1866-1958 1
Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921 1
Blatchford, Paul, 1859-1925 1
Blatchford, Samuel, 1767-1828 1
Blatchford, Samuel, 1820-1893 1
Clark family 1
Clark, Emmons, 1827-1905 1
Crerar Manuscript Collection (University of Chicago. Library) 1
Fowler, Barbara Blatchford 1
General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.) 1
General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1
Illinois College 1
Indian Rights Association 1
Lamb family 1
Lamb, Hannah Talbot, 1812-1885 1
Lamb, Joseph, 1808-1871 1
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 1
Lord family 1
Lord, Charles V. 1
Lord, Daniel Walker, 1800-1880 1
Lord, Mary Patterson 1
Mather, Hannah G. Lamb 1
Mather, Thomas, 1794-1853 1
McNally family 1
McNally, Andrew, 1836-1904 1
McNally, Andrew, 1909- 1
National Metal Trades Association (U.S.) 1
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America 1
Neff, Wallace, 1895-1982 1
New England Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 1
Rand McNally and Company 1
Reeves, Benjamin H. 1
Santa Fe Road Commission 1
Sibley, George Champlin, 1782-1863 1
United States Christian Commission 1
United States Sanitary Commission. Chicago Branch 1
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1863) 1
Vilas family 1
Waller family 1
Waller, James B. (James Breckinridge), 1817- 1
Waller, William S. 1
Weisiger family 1
Wickliffe, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1819-1895 1
Williams family 1
Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior 1
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