Manuscripts, American -- Illinois
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
William B. Andruss diary and commissions
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3002
Abstract
Diary, Mar. 10, 1855 - Apr. 3, 1856, and seven commissions and appointments to public office in Lee County, 1860-1877. Diary documents Andruss' daily activities, travel, photography business, and emigration via Bellevue, Mich., with his family to Amboy. Daily entries record illnesses, chores and jobs, visits with friends and relatives, church lessons, town and political meetings, and public lectures on such topics as temperance and slavery. Also mentioned are the names of photographic...
Dates:
1855-1876
Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Powellton, Ill.) minutes book
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-224
Abstract
Ledger of minutes from the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Powellton, Illinois, 1901-1906. The minutes record discussions concerning prohibition, suffrage, illegal gambling, and polygamy.
Dates:
1901-1906