Lew Allen Chase papers, 1820-1955 (bulk 1894-1927).

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Lew Allen Chase papers, 1820-1955 (bulk 1894-1927).

Scattered correspondence, including nine letters between Chase and James Cochran on southern and northern attitudes toward Blacks, letters of his mother Delia to Clara and Mary Noyes, and thirteen letters of the Chase-Beach family; genealogical papers; manuscript of "Personal Recollections of the Civil War" by Delia Chase; and scrapbook concerning Wilbert B. Hinsdale, Northern Michigan University, the Michigan School for the Blind in Lansing, and the Chase family. Correspondents include: James B. Angell, Harriet Bates, Alberta Chase, Cornelia Chase, George W. Chase, Edna Ferber, Archibald MacLeish, Thomas Mann, Ambrose M. Shotwell, Shirley W. Smith, Isabel Van Tyne, and Alexander Woolcott.

1 linear ft. and 1 oversize folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7364007

Bentley Historical Library

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