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Carpenter family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Carpenter Family
Abstract

Genealogical information, correspondence, photographs, and other mementos of the Carpenter family, and other related families including Snow, Isham, and Manierre.

Dates: 1813-1947

Ernest A. Griffin family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Griffin Family
Abstract

Papers of family historian Ernest A. Griffin, proprietor of the Griffin Funeral Home on Chicago's south side, including family documents, photographs, audio/visual material, genealogical notes, and materials relating to the history of Camp Douglas (on which the funeral home stood) and Charles H. Griffin who served in a colored regiment during the Civil War. Also includes documentation of the funerals of prominent African Americans.

Dates: 1862-2007; Majority of material found within 1910-1995

Goodman family papers

 Collection
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

Harvey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Harvey
Abstract

Collection of letters, photographs, diaries, writings, business records, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago native and longtime Rand McNally employee Bennet B. Harvey, his wife Dorothy Wegener Harvey, their son Bennet B. Harvey, Jr., and their ancestors, many of whom were early Chicago settlers and involved in the development of the city. Families represented include Botsford, Chapin, Fisk, Gehrke, Harvey, and Wegener.

Dates: 1800-2007; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1984

Marsh-Roberts-Mack Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-MarshRM
Abstract Papers of the Marsh, Roberts, and Mack families, many members of whom were wealthy Chicago residents. Materials include correspondence, travel and personal diaries, business, property, and estate documents, genealogical materials, photographs, and other personal ephemera. Also contains materials from related families including letters and estate litigation of early Chicago pioneer Daniel Elston, who was related to the Marsh family via the marriage of Sarah Clark to George B. Marsh, as well...
Dates: 1706-1984; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1950

Rodgers Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rodgers
Abstract Correspondence, essays, financial and legal documents, genealogies, journals, newspaper clippings, and four photographs relating to the Rodgers family, descendants of Rev. John Rodger (1735-1812). The papers document the life of an American pioneer family in Virginia, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, New Mexico, and California, and cover topics such as farming life, homestead claims, politics, livestock and grain industries, and religion. There is an overland journal penned by Andrew Rodgers,...
Dates: 1773-1925; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1890

Winterbotham-French family papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-French
Abstract Correspondence, personal materials, diaries, financial and estate documents, genealogical research, and photographs of the Winterbotham and French families who were united by the marriage of John R. Winterbotham III and Chloe T. French. Papers include correspondence pertaining to Chloe Tyler French's work at Mathieson Alkali Works, courtship letters between Seth B. French and Mary Tyler Duffy, and letters and photographs of Hilah French, an aunt of Chloe Tyler French, who served at a Red...
Dates: 1850-2005; Majority of material found within 1900-1950

Winterbotham-Shaw Family Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Winterbotham-Shaw
Abstract Correspondence, documents and miscellaneous items relating to the families of Rue Winterbotham Shaw and Alfred Phillips Shaw. Includes letters of Rue W. Shaw and Alfred P. Shaw to their son Joseph W. Shaw, correspondence to and from Theodora Winterbotham Brown and letters of other Winterbotham family members. Also, three large folder-notebooks of miscellaneous genealogical material amassed by Theodora Winterbotham Brown regarding the history of the Winterbotham, Baldwin and Rosencrans...
Dates: 1909-1991

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 7
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Upper class families -- Family relationships 2
African American business enterprises -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
African American families -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
African American families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century 1
African Americans -- History 1
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century 1
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Art museums -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Autochromes (photographs) 1
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Autographs -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
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Long Island (N.Y.) 1
Love-letters -- United States -- 20th century 1
Mackinac Island (Mich.) -- History 1
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Massachusetts -- Genealogy 1
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Middle West -- Genealogy 1
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Millinery -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
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Names
Winterbotham family 2
American Red Cross 1
Arts Club of Chicago 1
Botsford family 1
Brown, Theodora Winterbotham 1
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Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 1
Carpenter family 1
Carpenter, Benjamin, 1809-1881 1
Carpenter, George A., 1867-1944 1
Carpenter, Harriet Isham, 1869-1948 1
Civil War Round Table (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Clark, Robert R., 1834-1907 1
Davidson family 1
Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1886-1970 1
Dewey, Ken 1
Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985 1
Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975 1
Elston, Daniel, 1790-1855 1
Fisk family 1
French family 1
Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Goodman family 1
Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer, 1883-1918 1
Graff, Marjorie Sawyer Goodman, 1914-2009 1
Griffin Funeral Home (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Griffin family 1
Griffin, Ernest A., 1912-1995 1
Griffin-O'Neal, E. Dawn 1
Harvey family 1
Harvey, Bennet B. (Bennet Botsford), 1903-1998 1
Heyerdahl, Thor 1
Illinois. Constitutional Convention (1969-1970) 1
Isom family 1
J. H. Winterbotham & Sons 1
Jones, Mary Alice, 1898-1980 1
Latin School of Chicago 1
Lawrence, Robert H., 1935-1967 1
Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1
Mack family 1
Mack, Katherine Eleanor Roberts, 1910-1999 1
Manierre family 1
Marsh family 1
Marsh, Bertha S., 1860-1945 1
Marsh, Marshall S., 1856-1925 1
Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc. 1
Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980 1
Rand McNally and Company 1
Roberts family 1
Roberts, George R., 1885- 1
Roberts, Katherine Marsh, 1885-1932 1
Rodger, John, 1735-1812 1
Rodgers, Andrew, 1789-1849 1
Rodgers, C. M. (Calvin Melancthon) 1
Rodgers, Eliza Paine 1
Rodgers, Isabel Ireland, 1830-1912 1
Rodgers, Mary Davidson, 1790-1879 1
Rogers family 1
Shaw family 1
Shaw, Alfred Phillips 1
Shaw, Joseph Winterbotham, 1935- 1
Shaw, Rue Winterbotham 1
Snow family 1
Snow, George W., 1797-1870 1
United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 28th (1861-1866) 1
Wagner family 1
Wellesley College 1
Winterbotham, Chloe T., 1922-2012 1
Winterbotham, J. H. 1
Winterbotham, John R., 1919-1995 1
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