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Shaw family

 Family

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Cole family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cole
Abstract New England and Chicago Protestant missionary family. Includes letters and family documents from John A. Cole, a civil engineer, active in the U.S. Christian Commission during the Civil War. After the war he worked with and educated freedmen, women, and children in Washington D.C. through the Lincoln Industrial Mission and the recently established Howard University. He met his wife, Julia A. Cole (née Alvord) through his work with the Lincoln Industrial Mission and Howard University, who...
Dates: 1842-1945; Majority of material found within 1854-1928

Frances Wells Shaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-ShawF
Abstract

Papers of Frances Wells Shaw of Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois, wife of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Bulk consists of material related to the frequent domestic and international travels of Frances Shaw during the first half of the 20th century. Includes her diaries, travel materials and memorabilia, and photographs. Also includes correspondence to and from Frances Shaw and her daughters, plus the diaries of her brother-in-law, Charles T. Atkinson.

Dates: 1866-1976; Majority of material found within 1925-1937

Shaw Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-148
Abstract

Twelve letters and a receipt relating to the Shaw family of Jacksonville, Illinois. Letters detail agricultural, business, family, religious and social matters of mid-nineteenth century Illinois. Related family names are Roberts of Fair Haven, Massachusetts, and Bird of Portland, Maine.

Dates: 1837-1849

Winterbotham-Shaw Family Papers

 Collection
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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Correspondence -- 1901-1950 3
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 2
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 2
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
American Civil War (1861-1865) 1
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Antislavery movements 1
Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Art museums -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Canada -- Guidebooks 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
Christian education 1
Civil engineering 1
Conduct of life -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Correspondence -- Illinois -- 1801-1850 1
Correspondence -- Illinois -- 1851-1900 1
Cruise ships -- Guidebooks 1
Diaries -- 1901-1950 1
East Asia -- Guidebooks 1
Europe -- Guidebooks 1
Evangelistic work 1
Families -- Illinois 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Fathers and sons -- Correspondence 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Genealogical tables -- 1901-1950 1
India 1
Jacksonville (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Japan -- Guidebooks 1
Lahore (Pakistan) 1
Lake Forest (Ill.) -- History 1
Missionaries 1
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Mothers and sons -- Correspondence 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs -- 1951-2000 1
Poems -- 1851-1900 1
Postcards -- 1901-1950 1
Presbyterianism 1
Topographic maps -- 1901-1950 1
Travel diaries -- 1901-1950 1
Travel guidebooks -- 1901-1950 1
United States -- Guidebooks 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Upper class -- United States -- Social life and customs 1
Upper class families -- United States 1
Women missionaries 1
Women travelers -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Writings (documents) -- 1851-1900 1
Writings (documents) -- 1901-1950 1
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