Papers, 1856-1922.

University of Wisconsin

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The University of Wisconsin-Extension promotes continuing education and lifelong learning by providing statewide access to university resources and research to the people of Wisconsin. Its four divisions are continuing education; cooperative extension; entrepreneurship and economic development; and broadcast and media innovations. From the guide to the University of Wisconsin Extension Program Reports, 1960-1969, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898

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Best known for her leadership (1879-1898) of the influential Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Willard also supported and often spearheaded a wide variety of social reforms, including woman suffrage, economic equality, and fair labor laws. Willard gained an international reputation through her speeches and publications. She was the first woman to be honored with a statue in the U.S Capitol building, and her Evanston home was one of the first house museums to in the country. ...

Tanner, James, 1844-1927

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James R. Tanner (April 4, 1844 – October 2, 1927) was an American soldier and civil servant. He is best known for having lost both his legs below the knee at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Serving during the rest of the war as a government stenographer, he was present at the death of Abraham Lincoln and took notes that are the most comprehensive record of the events of the President's assassination. He later served as the United States Commissioner of Pensions, and helped reorganize and incorpor...

Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1813-1916.

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Logan, John A., Mrs., 1838-1923

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Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan, wife of U.S. Congressman and Union General John A. Logan, and well known author. From the description of Mrs. John A. Logan correspondence with S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1887, 1898. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 763312775 Wife of Civil War General Logan from Jackson County, Illinois who also served in the U.S. Senate. From the description of Letters, 1884, 1890, 1894. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). Worl...

Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Cheney, Charles Edward, 1836-1916

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Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952

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Lawyer and U.S. secretary of the interior. From the description of Harold L. Ickes papers, 1815-1969 (bulk 1933-1951). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980130 Harold Ickes (1874-1952) was a United States administrator and politician. He served as Secretary of the Interior for 13 years, from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and afterwards he became a syndicated columnist writing on political topics. From the guide to the Harold Ickes ...

United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 49th (1864-1865)

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McElroy, John, 1846-1929

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Editor of the National Tribune in Washington, D.C. who had served in the 16th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War and wrote several books on that war. Osborn H. Oldroyd, from Ohio, was a collector of Lincoln artifacts and memorabilia who came to Springfield, Illinois in 1884 and lived in the Lincoln home, making it a museum, until the state bought it in 1893. He then moved his museum to Washington, D.C. to the house where Lincoln died. He sold his collection to the government in 1925 for $50,...

Reed, Myrtle, 1874-1911

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Petrie, W.M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), 1853-1942

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English author and Egyptologist. From the description of W.M. Flinders Petrie Letters, 1883-1884. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 33347177 W.M. Flinders Petrie was born in Kent, educated at home by his well-educated parents, and showed an interest in antiquities. He began his career with studies of English sites, notably Stonehenge, 1880, then went to Egypt where he became the major figure in exploration of the pyramids. He was Professor of Egyptology at the University...

Chetlain, Augustus Louis, 1824-1914

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Chetlain was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His parents were Swiss, and they came to the United States by the way of Canada. As an infant, he was taken to Galena, Illinois. He studied at local schools in Galena and later became a clerk. In 1852, he started a career in business, and by 1859, he had become wealthy. He sold his business in the U.S. and traveled in Europe. Upon returning, Chetlain participated in the 1860 presidential campaign. When the American Civil War began in 1861, Chetlain ch...

Thompson, William Hale, 1869-1944

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Reformed Episcopal Church

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Fallows family.

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McVeagh, Franklin, 1837-1934.

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Reed, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Armstrong), 1842-1915

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Boston University

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Huntington, W. E. (William Edwards), 1844-1930.

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Fallows, Samuel, 1835-1922

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Illinois Wesleyan University

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Wisconsin. Department of Public Instruction

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The Department of Public Instruction is under the direction of the State Superintendent, an office created by Article X, Sec. 1, of the Wisconsin Constitution and originally established on August 16, 1848. The constitution provides that "The supervision of public instruction shall be vested in a state superintendent and such other officers as the legislature shall direct; and their qualifications, powers, duties and compensations shall be prescribed by law..." The Depart...

Rogers, Henry Wade, 1853-1926

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Professor of law at University of Michigan and President of Northwestern University. From the description of Henry Wade Rogers papers, 1873-1920. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422829 Henry Wade Rogers was born in 1853 in Holland Patent, near Utica, New York. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1874, and from the law school in 1877. He practiced law in Minneapolis, and then New Jersey, until 1882, when he returned to the University o...

Jones, Jenkin Lloyd, 1843-1918

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Minister, pacifist. Pastor, All Souls Church, Chicago, Illinois. Secretary, Western Unitarian Conference, 1874-1884. Founder, Unity magazine, 1878. Founder, Abraham Lincoln Centre, 1905. Chairman, Committee of Administration, Henry Ford Peace Expedition. From the description of Papers, 1861-1932 (inclusive), 1888-1901 (bulk). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52246354 Jenkin Lloyd Jones, born in Wales in 1843, was brought to the United States ...