Robert Dewey Bristol papers, [ca. 1894-1932].

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Robert Dewey Bristol papers, [ca. 1894-1932].

Manager of the Bancroft Company in Chicago and New York. The papers relate primarily to the publication of the Book of the Fair and the Book of Wealth. Include correspondence with Hubert Howe Bancroft and his wife and children, and with Francis B. Graves, Edward H. Mitchell and Charles O. Richards; biography of Bristol by his wife, Theresa (Hall) Bristol; miscellaneous records of the Bancroft Company in Chicago, 1894-1896, and in New York, 1896-1923; and clippings, some re the Bancroft family.

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