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Head family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-HeadFH
Abstract

Family papers from multiple generations of the Head family. Includes letters from the 1860s-1870s from the Utah Territory from Franklin Harvey Head, later a trustee of Newberry Library. Also includes Francis M. Knight letters from WWI. Thomas C. Fischer letters from WWII. and materials about the Perkins and Durkee families.

Dates: 1860-1957

Henshaw family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Henshaw
Abstract

Materials primarily originating from Edward Henshaw (1844-1925) documenting the Henshaw family descended from Joshua Henshaw, who settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts about 1653. Includes manuscript and typescript writings, correspondence, genealogy notes, photographs, and the Henshaw coat of arms.

Dates: 1861-1925

Howe-Barnard family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Howe-Barnard
Abstract Correspondence, diaries, personal and professional materials, and photographs of the Howe and Barnard families, early Chicago settlers. Included are the materials of Annie L. Howe, a missionary, teacher, and founder of Glory Kindergarten and Training School in Japan, her brother, Edward G. Howe, a science teacher who originated the practice of field trips in science classes, and Alice Lucretia Barnard, one of the first woman principals in the Chicago schools. Also contains Civil War letters...
Dates: 1826-1999; Majority of material found within 1880-1940

Milo Kendall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kendall
Abstract

Vermont native who settled in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846 and practiced law there for over sixty years. Papers include extensive records of Kendall's legal practice, family correspondence, and real estate records.

Dates: 1798-1925; Majority of material found within 1845-1906

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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Azores -- Description and travel 1
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Chattel mortgages -- Illinois 1
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Courtship -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Debtor and creditor -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Deeds -- Illinois -- 1852-1925 1
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Divorce -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Divorce suits -- Illinois 1
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Female friendship -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Genealogies (histories) 1
Genealogy -- Massachusetts 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Illinois -- Genealogy 1
Italy -- Description and travel 1
Kindergarten -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
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Kindergarten facilities -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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Kindergarten teachers 1
Kindergarten teachers -- Training of 1
Kobe, Japan 1
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Law -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Leases -- Illinois 1
Ledgers (account books) 1
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
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Missionaries -- Japan -- Correspondence 1
Missionaries -- Japan -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Mortgages -- United States -- History 1
Parent and child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Plats (maps) -- Washington Heights (Chicago, Ill.) -- 1885-1924 1
Practice of law -- Illinois -- Princeton -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Princeton (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Railroad accidents -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroad law -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroads -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Railroads -- United States -- Consolidation -- History 1
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Scrapbooks 1
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Slave bills of sale -- Specimens 1
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Speeches 1
Temperance -- United States -- Public opinion 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public opinion 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Public opinion 1
Upper class -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Washington Heights (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- Sources 1
Washington and Lee University -- History 1
Women -- Correspondence 1
Women -- Education -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Women -- England -- Correspondence 1
Women -- England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Women -- Kentucky -- Correspondence 1
Women -- Kentucky -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
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Names
Adams, Daniel W., 1821-1872 1
Alexander family 1
Alexander, Robert Spruel Crawford Aitcheson, 1819-1867 1
American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1
Barnard, Alice Lucretia, 1829-1908 1