Pond Family Papers 1841-1939

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Pond Family Papers 1841-1939

Ann Arbor, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois family. Correspondence of Elihu B. Pond, editor of Michigan Argus, his sons, Chicago architects, Irving Kane and Allen Bartlit Pond, founders of firm of Pond & Pond, and other family members; include materials concerning family affairs, architectural projects, Jane Addams and the work of Hull House, European travels, politics especially as relates to period of the Civil War and the election of 1896; also photographs, architectural drawings and other visual materials.

9.6 linear ft. (13 boxes), 2 outsize drawers, and 1 microfilm roll

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SNAC Resource ID: 6389298

Bentley Historical Library

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