Records, 1852-1908 (bulk 1868-1908)

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, Julia Butler, 1818-1885.

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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 ...

Newberry family.

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Skinner, Mark, 1813-1887

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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...

Bradley, William, 1816-1900

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