Zion City (Ill.) records, 1890-1974, (bulk 1899-1907).

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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Zion Lace Industries.

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Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899

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American evangelist and publisher. From the description of Dwight L. Moody letter to Will Owen Jones [manuscript], 1898 June 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648018911 Dwight Lyman Moody was an American evangelist. Born in Massachusetts, he achieved some success in business in Chicago, where he became involved in Sunday school and later was a popular public speaker. Although not an ordained minister, he recruited Ira Sankey, and the two toured America and En...

Voliva, Wilbur Glenn, 1870-1942.

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Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion

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Church and religious utopian city in northern Illinois founded by John Alexander Dowie. Born in Edinburgh and educated at the University of Edinburgh, Dowie began his evangelical ministry in Australia, where his family had emigrated in 1860. In 1888 Dowie moved to San Francisco and later settled in Chicago, setting up a tabernacle at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. During the next seven years, Dowie founded the Christian Catholic Church (Protestant-Evangelical)...

Nation, Carry Amelia, 1846-1911

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Prohibition, women's-rights activist. Of the central United States; Texas; Medicine Lodge, Kan. From the description of Carry Amelia Nation papers 1870-1961 (bulk 1872-1909). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 571694573 ...

Dowie, John Alexander, 1847-1907

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Epithet: founder of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000575.0x000009 Clergyman. From the description of John Alexander Dowie papers, 1902-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009602 John Alexander Dowie attended the Australian National University, Canberra. From the guide to the John Dowie: Studies in New Zealand investment, 1965,...