Blatchford family papers, 1777-1987, bulk 1839-1965.

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

Indian Rights Association

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Zitkala is the Indian name for Gertrude Bonnin, 1876-1938. From the guide to the National Council of American Indians records, 1926-1938, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The Indian Rights Association was organized in Philadelphia in 1882. The early leaders of the association, including Herbert Welsh, sought to protect the interests and general welfare of the Indians. Through its monitoring and lobbying activities with executive agencies and Congress, the association, in i...

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...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Lord, Daniel Walker, 1800-1880

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Merchant, shipbuilder, and politician, of Kennebunkport, Me. From the description of Daniel Walker Lord journal, 1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982722 From the description of Daniel Walker Lord correspondence, 1828-1840. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977742 Merchant, shipbuilder, and politician; of Kennebunkport, Me. From the description of Daniel Walker Lord correspondence, 1816-1845. (Maine Historical Society Library...

Fowler, Barbara Blatchford.

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Lord family.

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United States Christian Commission

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Blatchford, Paul, 1859-1925.

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United States Sanitary Commission. Chicago Branch

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Climax Prairre, now called Climax, is located in Kalamazoo County (Mich.). Skinner (Sept. 13, 1913-Sept. 16, 1887) was the city attorney for Chicago, 1839-1840, a member of the Ill. legislature, 1846-1847, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Cook County, Ill.), 1851-1853. He married Elizabeth Magill Williams in 1841. The Skinner School in Chicago was named in his honor. He founded numerous early Chicago relief and aid societies and the Chicago Library Association. The Chicago [Northwestern] ...

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, Frances Lord.

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Blatchford family.

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National Society of the Colonial Dames of America

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(Mrs. James Starr, Jr. was the president of the PA chapter and chair of the National Committee for the Preservation of Existing Records) From the description of National Society of the Colonial Dames of America records, 1848-1918. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 232362062 A national organization, founded in 1891, composed of women who are descended from an ancestor who came to reside in an American colony before 1750 and whose services were rendered...

Blatchford, Mary Emily Williams, 1834-1921.

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Illinois College

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National Metal Trades Association (U.S.)

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Lord, Mary Patterson

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Williams family.

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General Society of Mayflower Descendants

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General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.)

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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...

Blatchford, Samuel, 1767-1828

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American university of Beirut

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Previously known as the Syrian Protestant College and earlier as the St. Paul's Institute. From the description of Records of the American University of Beirut, 1895-1958, n.d. (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702132151 The American University of Beirut is located in Beirut, Lebanon and was built under a charter from the state of New York. The American University of Beirut was first opened as the Syrian Protestant College in 1866 i...

New England Church (Chicago, Ill.)

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Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior

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Blatchford, Samuel, 1820-1893

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Court reporter for the U.S. Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit. From the description of Samuel Blatchford items, 1882-1885. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936680 Judge From the guide to the Samuel Blatchford letters, 1848-1849, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Blatchford served as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1882-1893). From the description of Letters of Samuel Blatchford, 1870, 1...

Crerar Manuscript Collection (University of Chicago. Library)

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Lord, Charles E.

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