Frank R. Grover papers

Collection

Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Grover

Staff Only

Scope and Content of the Collection

Correspondence, manuscript and typewritten, by amateur historian Frank Grover to and from members of Antoine Ouilmette’s family inquiring into the ethnicity of Ouilmette. Grover was compiling information about Ouilmette for an address that was later published by the Chicago Historical Society as Some Indian Land Marks of the North Shore. Two copies of the published address are included, one has manuscript annotations by Grover and I.J. Martell, grandson of Antonie Ouilmette. The collection also includes typewritten questions by Grover with manuscript answers by I.J. Martell.

Dates

Creation: 1905-1908

Creator

Grover, Frank R., 1858-1919 (Person)

Language

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The Frank R. Grover papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Frank R. Grover papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections at reference@newberry.org.

Biography of Frank R. Grover

Frank Reed Grover was born on a Cook County, Illinois farm in 1858. The family later moved to Evanston, Illinois, where Grover would attend high school as well as Northwestern University. He worked as a lawyer in Chicago while continuing to be involved in Evanston affairs, including the incorporation of Evanston as a city in 1892. Grover was also an amateur historian and a charter member of the Evanston Historical Society, with a particular interest in the Potawatomi Indians, who had built trails and settlements on the land that became Evanston.

Biography of Antoine Ouilmette

Antoine Ouilmette, a fur trader and early resident of the Chicago region, moved to Chicago in July 1790, where he met and married Archange Marie Chevalier, a French-Potawatomi woman. He was involved in the signed of the Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1829) and the Treaty of Chicago (1833) that ceded land to the United States, for which his family received compensation. The village of Wilmette, Illinois, was named in his honor.

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence, manuscript and typewritten, by amateur historian Frank Grover to and from members of Antoine Ouilmette’s family inquiring into the ethnicity of Ouilmette. Also includes two copies, one with annotations, of Grover's Some Indian Land Marks of the North Shore.