Papers, 1836-1914 (bulk 1880-1914).

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. In the 19th century it was the largest and most important of American missionary organizations and consisted of participants from Protestant Reformed traditions such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and German Reformed churches. Before 1870, the ABCFM consisted of Protestants of several denominati...

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Newberry, Walter Loomis, 1804-1868

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Estate distribution schedules were produced to make an assessment of the worth of the Newberry estate and to divide the estate evenly between Walter Newberry's heirs and the new "free public library" (Newberry Library). A Cook County court decision determined that the estate would be assessed as of the death date (Dec. 9, 1885) of Newberry's widow, Julia Butler Newberry. From the description of Distribution schedules, 1885-1892. (Newberry Library). WorldCat r...

Skinner, Mark, 1813-1887

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Bradley, William, 1816-1900

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Newberry, Julia Butler, 1818-1885.

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Poole, William Frederick, 1821-1894

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Librarian of the Newberry Library. From the description of Letter : Chicago, to Sarah K. Bolton, Cleveland, 1890 Oct. 24. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 550365576 American librarian and bibliographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chicago, to Mr. Ford, 1887 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617952 Historian, librarian, and first Librarian of the Newberry Library. Born in Massachusetts in 1821...

Carlton, W. N. C. (William Newnham Chattin), 1873-1943

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Librarian and author, third Librarian of the Newberry Library, 1909-1920. Born in England, Carlton moved in 1882 to the United States for his schooling. Prior to Carlton's tenure at the Newberry, he served as librarian at Trinity College, Conn. While at the Newberry, Carlton reorganized and systemized all library procedures; he abandoned the Rudolph Indexer catalogue, revived the card catalogue, and started using Library of Congress cataloguing for the collections. In 19...

Chicago Academy of Sciences.

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Cobb, Henry Ives, 1859-1931

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Newberry Library. Board of Trustees

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In 1887, the Newberry Library was started by Newberry estate trustees E. W. Blatchford and W. H. Bradley. On April 13, 1892, the Library was organized under Illinois law with a governing board of thirteen trustees, who met April 25, 1892, and formally accepted the Charter of Incorporation. The new Board took seriously its role as delineated in the Bylaws to administer the Library and oversee book selection. Originally elected for life, the self-perpetuating Board met mon...

Cheney, John Vance, 1848-1922

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Author and librarian. From the description of Papers of John Vance Cheney, 1862-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80582296 American author and librarian. From the description of Papers of John Vance Cheney, 1848-1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685645 John Vance Cheney, author and librarian, grew up at Dorset, Vermont, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He found legal work irksome, however and moved to California. From 1873...

Chicago Manual Training School

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The Chicago Manual Training School was conceived by members of the Chicago Commercial Club in 1882. It opened two years later at the corner of Michigan and Roosevelt Avenues. The Chicago Manual Training School was the only independent institution of its kind when it opened. Along with Washington University’s Manual Training School in St. Louis, it was the most influential in the country. Influenced by educational movements in late 1870s and 1880s America, the school’s fo...

Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914

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Chicago lead manufacturer, Newberry Library founding trustee, and Christian social activist Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford, and his family. From the description of Blatchford family papers, 1777-1987, bulk 1839-1965. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 46765442 Early Chicago manufacturer, executor of the Walter L. Newberry estate, and first President of the Newberry Library Board of Trustees, 1892-1914. Moving to Chicago in 1853, Blatchford quickly ...

Blatchford family.

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Chicago theological seminary

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Newberry, Mary Louisa, 1845-1874.

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