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Blatchford family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blatchford
Abstract Extensive collection of letters, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, writings, and genealogical research materials centering around Chicago lead manufacturer, Newberry Library founding trustee, and Christian social activist Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford, his wife Mary Williams Blatchford, their parents and grandparents, and the families of their children, especially son Paul Blatchford, but also daughter Amy Blatchford Bliss. Families represented most heavily include Blatchford, Williams, Bliss,...
Dates: 1777-1987; Majority of material found within 1839-1965

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

James and Josie Tomes travel collection

 Collection
Identifier: Maps-Tomes
Abstract

Collection of maps and travel ephemera related to the travels of James and Josie Tomes. Material covers Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, with most material on Europe and North America. Also includes material related to James Tomes’ genealogy research, much of which required travel in the United States and Europe.

Dates: 1928-2008; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

Mendicant ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Case-folio-HV4493 .N49
Abstract

Collection of printed poems, postcards, photographs, and other ephemera with appeals to the public by people who are blind, deaf, or with other physical disabilities, offered in exchange for a small donation. Geographic coverage is focused primarily on the United States but also includes Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Spain.

Dates: approximately 1850-approximately 2020

Paper specimen collection

 Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-TS1220-N49
Abstract

A collection of paper specimen sheets, catalogs, binding materials, and other advertising materials issued primarily by paper companies. Geographic coverage includes primarily the United States and continental Europe.

Dates: approximately 1900-ongoing; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2010

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Postcards 3
Advertisements 2
Greeting cards 2
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Printed ephemera 2
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United States 2
Upper class -- United States -- Social life and customs 2
Accidents 1
Advertising 1
Alms boxes 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Bangor (Me.) 1
Begging 1
Begging poems 1
Blind 1
Blotting papers (Paper) 1
Book cloth (textile material) 1
Bookbinding 1
Bookbinding -- Materials 1
Broadside poems 1
Broadsides 1
Brochures 1
Canada -- Guidebooks 1
Central America -- Description and travel 1
Charitable giving 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Clippings 1
Coated papers (Paper) 1
College students -- Connecticut -- Correspondence 1
College students -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence 1
Concert programs 1
Congregationalists 1
Cookbooks -- 1801-1850 1
Cookbooks -- 1851-1900 1
Cooking, American -- History -- 19th century 1
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Cover papers (Paper) 1
Cruise ships -- Guidebooks 1
Currency papers (Paper) 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) -- 1851-1900 1
Dakota Indians -- Land tenure 1
Dakota Indians -- Missions -- South Dakota -- History 1
Deaf 1
Diaries -- 1801-1850 1
Diaries -- 1851-1900 1
Diaries -- 1901-1950 1
Direct mail 1
East Asia -- Guidebooks 1
Embossed papers (Paper) 1
Envelopes 1
Europe 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Europe -- Economic conditions -- History -- Sources 1
Europe -- Guidebooks 1
Europe -- Social conditions -- History -- Sources 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
Female friendship -- Correspondence 1
Foil papers (Paper) 1
France 1
Germany 1
Golf clubs (Sporting goods) -- United States 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Handmade papers (Paper) 1
Homeless persons 1
Homelessness 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Houses -- Illinois -- Oak Park 1
Husband and wife -- Correspondence 1
Industrialists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Itineraries 1
Japan -- Guidebooks 1
Jerusalem -- Description and travel 1
Kennebunkport (Me.) 1
Kindergarten -- United States 1
Lake Forest (Ill.) -- History 1
Lead industry and trade 1
Letterheads 1
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 1
Maps 1
Marbled papers (Paper) 1
Missionaries -- Arab countries 1
Missionaries -- South Dakota 1
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Oak Park (Ill.) 1
Pamphlets 1
Paper -- Sample books 1
Paper -- Specimens 1
Paper industry 1
Papermaking 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
People with disabilities 1
Philanthropists 1
Philippines -- Description and travel 1
Photograph albums -- 1901-1950 1
Photographs 1
Photographs -- Colombia 1
Photographs -- Colorado 1
Photographs -- Ecuador 1
Photographs -- Grand Canyon 1
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Language
German 3
French 2
Czech 1
Danish 1
Dutch; Flemish 1
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Names
American University of Beirut 1
Andrews, Nelson, Whitehead (Firm) 1
Armitage, Walter J. 1
Atkinson, Charles Thomas, 1864-1943 1
Atkinson, Martha Wells, approximately 1868-1935 1
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Axelrod, Mark 1
Bach, Ed. 1
Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914 1
Blatchford, Frances L. (Frances Lord), 1866-1958 1
Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921 1
Blatchford, Paul, 1859-1925 1
Blatchford, Samuel, 1767-1828 1
Blatchford, Samuel, 1820-1893 1
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889 1
Brockton (Mass.). Police Department 1
Campbell, Robert, active 20th century 1
Carlier, Emile 1
Carver, Art 1
Chambers, John, 1850- 1
Champion International Corporation 1
Chapellerie du Jockey Club 1
Cole, Chick 1
Commonwealth Rescue League (Upton, Mass.) 1
Covert, Geo. L. 1
Crane (Firm) 1
Crerar Manuscript Collection (University of Chicago. Library) 1
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.) 1
Edwards, V., Cap. 1
Filip, František, 1904-1957 1
Fithen, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1882-1940 1
Folk, L. M. 1
Fowler, Barbara Blatchford 1
Fox River Paper Co. 1
Freemasons. Medina Lodge, No. 336 (Medina, N.Y.) 1
General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.) 1
General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1
Gilbert Paper (Firm) 1
Graff, William W. 1
Guild of the Brave Poor Things 1
Harriss, Daniel E. F. P. 1
Haskins, Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1897-1978 1
Hemmerlé, Emile 1
Holler, Jeanette 1
Holmes, Julian (Lyricist) 1
Illinois College 1
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Clinton Lodge, No. 98 (Lock Haven, Pa.) 1
Indian Rights Association 1
January, J. W. 1
Johnston, Clarence A. 1
Kaak, Willy, 1890- 1
Karchmar, Jacob 1
Kennedy, Willie, 1884- 1
King, Frances Theodora 1
Krÿnberg, A. 1
Lampérière, G. 1
Lentini, Frank A., 1889-1966 1
Ligue des Droits du religieux ancien combattant 1
Lord family 1
Lord, Charles V. 1
Lord, Daniel Walker, 1800-1880 1
Lord, Mary Patterson 1
McCutcheon, Evelyn Shaw 1
McKeown, Frank 1
Mead Paper Company 1
Minnen, A. v. d. 1
Modern Woodmen of America 1
Mougenel, J. 1
Myers, Ray R. (Raymond Robert) 1
National Institute for the Blind (London, England) 1
National Metal Trades Association (U.S.) 1
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America 1
Neenah Paper (Firm) 1
New England Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Newberry Library 1
Newberry Library. Board of Trustees 1
Newberry Library. John M. Wing Foundation 1
Paillot, Georges 1
Pineda, Ricardo 1
Pinto, Geo. E. 1
Pouliquen, Marie 1
Process Materials Corporation 1
Rosin, François 1
Ryan, J. C. 1
S.D. Warren Company 1
Sanders, Charles E. 1
Sellers, W. J. 1
Selvaggio, Marc S. 1
Shaw family 1
Shaw, Frances Wells, 1872-1937 1
Shaw, R. G. 1
Shell, John, 1788- 1
Sine, L. D., 1828 or 1829- 1
Smith, R. 1
Souslin, Alonzo, 1860- 1
Stevens, F. B. 1
Strathmore Paper Company 1
Takkenberg, C. 1
Tennant, Wm. (William) 1
Thompkins, Ralph D. 1
Thomson, Ann E. Leak, 1839-1899 1
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