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Head family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-HeadFH
Abstract
Family papers from multiple generations of the Head family. Includes letters from the 1860s-1870s from the Utah Territory from Franklin Harvey Head, later a trustee of Newberry Library. Also includes Francis M. Knight letters from WWI. Thomas C. Fischer letters from WWII. and materials about the Perkins and Durkee families.
Dates:
1860-1957
Howe-Barnard family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Howe-Barnard
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, personal and professional materials, and photographs of the Howe and Barnard families, early Chicago settlers. Included are the materials of Annie L. Howe, a missionary, teacher, and founder of Glory Kindergarten and Training School in Japan, her brother, Edward G. Howe, a science teacher who originated the practice of field trips in science classes, and Alice Lucretia Barnard, one of the first woman principals in the Chicago schools. Also contains Civil War letters of...
Dates:
1826-1999; Majority of material found within 1880-1940
Milo Kendall Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kendall
Abstract
Vermont native who settled in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846 and practiced law there for over sixty years. Papers include extensive records of Kendall's legal practice, family correspondence, and real estate records.
Dates:
1798-1925; Majority of material found within 1845 - 1906
Waller Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Waller
Abstract
Primarily letters of the Waller family, a wealthy, large, educated family from Kentucky, and later Chicago, pertaining mainly to matters of family activity, family devotion to one another, and especially health. Also included are a family genealogy, biography, and letters from Henry Clay and P.G.T. Beauregard. Related family: Alexander
Dates:
1803-1938; Majority of material found within 1803 - 1888
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- Head, Franklin H. (Franklin Harvey), 1832-1914 1
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- Howe, Annie Lyon 1
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- United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1866). Company K 1
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- Waller, James B. (James Breckinridge) 1
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