Letter : Chicago, Ill., to Edward E. Ayer, 1899 Dec. 27.

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...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927

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Edward Everett Ayer (Nov. 16, 1841 -- May 3, 1927), businessman, bibiliophile and collector. In 1860 he joined an overland expedition to California. He stopped in Nevada, where he worked at a quarz mill in Silver City, but soon moved on to San Francisco. He remained there, working at a planing mill, until the outbread of the Civil War. He enlisted in the 1st Regiment of California Cavalry Volunteers, and was later transferred to the 1st Regiment of New Mexico Infantry. Ayer served in many posts ...

Huggins, E. L. (Eli Lundy), 1842-1929

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U.S. Army officer in the Civil War. From the description of E. L. (Eli Lundy) Huggins papers, 1862-1929. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122544073 Army officer, educator, and author. Born in Illinois, E.L. Huggins served 1861-1865 with the Second Minnesota Infantry and First Minnesota Artillery. He was appointed to the regular army in 1866, and retired in 1903 as a brigadier general after serving in numerous western posts. ...

Eastman, Mary Nancy, d. 1858.

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Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875

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American painter of Indians. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Brantz Mayer, 1852 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870713 American illustrator, painter, landscape artist, and army officer. From the description of Sketches, ca. 1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536311 U.S. army officer, topographical draftsman, and painter and illustrator of Indian life. An 1829 West Point gradu...

Eastman family.

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Eastman, Charles Alexander, 1858-1939

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Mixed Mdewakanton Sioux physician, writer and lecturer on Indian topics, and government employee. Born in 1858 in Minnesota of Jacob Eastman (Many Lightnings) and his mixed-blood wife, Mary Nancy Eastman, the daughter of painter Seth Eastman, Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) was raised in what is now North Dakota as a traditional Sioux, and later graduated from Dartmouth College (1887) and the Boston University School of Medicine (1890). He had a varied career, includ...