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Harris family

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Harris-MacLean family papers

 Collection
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

James D. and Joseph W. Harris papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-HarrisJ
Abstract

Correspondence from James Duncan Harris and brother Joseph Whipple Harris of Massachusetts and New Hampshire to members of their family, mostly written while they were in military service in the 1860's. Also, a few letters James wrote from Chicago in the 1850's; letters concerning Joseph Harris's death in 1861 while serving in the United States Navy; a few historic family letters and a genealogical pamphlet.

Dates: 1824-1862

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Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Bankers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Business records -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Business records -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
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Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Correspondence -- Louisiana -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Panama -- 1851-1900 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1801-1850 1
Daybooks -- New Hampshire -- Newton -- 1851-1900 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- Iowa -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Families -- New Hampshire -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Hawaii -- Description and travel 1
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Lake Geneva (Wis.) 1
Logbooks 1
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources 1
Love-letters 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Medicine -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Mothers and sons -- United States -- Correspondence 1
New England -- Genealogy 1
Panama -- Description and travel 1
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Photograph albums -- 1851-1900 1
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Sanatoriums -- United States -- 20th century 1
Soldiers -- Louisiana -- Correspondence 1
Tintypes (prints) -- 1851-1900 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Upper class families -- Family relationships 1
Voyages and travels 1
Whaling -- New England -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Women college teachers 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 1
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