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Ashworth, Edward F. James L. Gillis collection, 1899-1957.

Title: James L. Gillis collection, 1899-1957.

Pictures, personal papers and clippings of former State Librarian James Louis Gillis.

ArchivalResource: 2 manuscript boxes ; 15 1/2 x 12 x 3 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/456566744 View

William Kent family papers, 1768-1961

Title: William Kent family papers 1768-1961

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, topical files, biographical files, scrapbooks, and other material relating to William Kent's businesses, political activities, and family. The papers document his activities as a municipal reformer in Chicago and Northern California; his interests in conservation, recreation, and public control of water power; his campaigns for election to Congress; his service in the U.S. House of Representatives and on the U.S. Tariff Commission; and his business interests in cattle ranches in Nebraska and Nevada. The papers also include materials relating to the activities of Kent's wife, Elizabeth Thacher Kent, Mrs. Kent's family, and the Kent children and grandchildren. Papers of Elizabeth Thacher Kent document her interests in women's suffrage, the Equal Rights Amendment, and international peace and her participation in the National Woman's Party and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

ArchivalResource: 35 linear feet (85 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0309 View

Waterhouse, A. J. (Alfred James), 1855-1928. Alfred James Waterhouse papers, 1890-1944.

Title: Alfred James Waterhouse papers, 1890-1944.

The Alfred James Waterhouse papers, 1890-1944 contain, primarily, correspondence from and to Waterhouse. Of note are letters to and from his daughter, Ruth Waterhouse Bush, detailing their estrangement and reconciliation. Other correspondents include Harry E. Bush, Edmund Vance Cooke, Mary Garden, Charles K. McClatchy, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Also included are writings by Waterhouse (poems and an undated manuscript with title "The Women - Heaven Bless Them") and news clippings regarding his poems, his career, and obituaries upon his death. The collection also includes a small group of correspondence and papers by his second wife, Lillian F. Hines Waterhouse.

ArchivalResource: 1 box, 1 volume (.5 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/456434089 View

William Kent family papers, 1768–1961

Title: William Kent family papers, 1768–1961

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, topical files, biographical files, scrapbooks, and other material relating to William Kent's businesses, political activities, and family. The papers document his activities as a municipal reformer in Chicago and Northern California; his interests in conservation, recreation, and public control of water power; his campaigns for election to Congress; his service in the U.S. House of Representatives and on the U.S. Tariff Commission; and his business interests in cattle ranches in Nebraska and Nevada. The papers also include materials relating to the activities of Kent's wife, Elizabeth Thacher Kent, Mrs. Kent's family, and the Kent children and grandchildren. Papers of Elizabeth Thacher Kent document her interests in women's suffrage, the Equal Rights Amendment, and international peace and her participation in the National Woman's Party and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

ArchivalResource: 35 Linear Feet (85 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0309 View

Kent, William, 1864-1928. William Kent family papers, 1768-1961.

Title: William Kent family papers

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, topical files, biographical files, scrapbooks, and other material relating to William Kent's businesses, political activities, and family. The papers document his activities as a municipal reformer in Chicago and Northern California; his interests in conservation, recreation, and public control of water power; his campaigns for election to Congress; his service in the U.S. House of Representatives and on the U.S. Tariff Commission; and his business interests in cattle ranches in Nebraska and Nevada. The papers also include materials relating to the activities of Kent's wife, Elizabeth Thacher Kent, Mrs. Kent's family, and the Kent children and grandchildren. Papers of Elizabeth Thacher Kent document her interests in women's suffrage, the Equal Rights Amendment, and international peace and her participation in the National Woman's Party and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

ArchivalResource: 35 linear ft. (85 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0309 View