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Hotel Riverview Accounting records, Jun. 1887-Jan. 1894

 Series
Identifier: IC 9 H5.5

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

2 volumes in 2 folders.

Dates

  • Creation: Jun. 1887-Jan. 1894

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).

Biographical/Historical note

The Hotel Riverview, also known as the Riverview Hotel and Sanitarium, was built in 1887 in Kankakee, Illinois, by Emery Cobb. It was a resort hotel as well as a place for treating illnesses and addictions, using pure and healthful mineral waters from the Kankakee River. See also IC 1 W3.3, Welling In-Letters, under "C" for Cobb, Emery.

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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