Irish-Preston family papers, 1832-1972.

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Irish-Preston family papers, 1832-1972.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56133744

The papers include biographical and genealogical notes related to various family members; volumes of diaries kept by Jane, Libby, and Josephine Irish and Ruth and Ella Preston; extensive correspondence between family members; letters written in shorthand from Jane to Elizabeth Irish; scrapbooks kept by Elizabeth, Josephine, Gilbert, and Jane Irish; newspaper clippings and biographical materials related to John P. Irish; family financial and business records; writings by Elizabeth, Jane and Ruth on various topics; penmanship and shorthand books belonging to Jane and Elizabeth; biographical information and correspondence related to Isaac Wetherby; physician's handbooks belonging to Charles Preston; account books, a journal and miscellaneous materials from Charles I. Preston; sketches and drawings by Ruth, Ella and Charles I. Preston; poems and plays by Ella Preston; a reminiscence of Rose Hill by Abbie Preston; photographs of family members; photographs of Iowa City and Davenport buildings and scenes.

9 linear ft.

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7717292

Iowa State Historical Society

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Irish's University Business College.

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Irish family.

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Irish, Jane, 1882-1963.

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Preston, Charles Irish, 1892-1977.

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Irish, Elizabeth, 1856-1952.

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Wetherby, Isaac Augustus, 1819-1904

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Wetherby was born in Rhode Island. He began painting portraits at the age of 15 and worked as a medical illustrator and a farmer before moving to Iowa City in 1854. He opened a photography studio in 1862, becoming the city's first professional photographer. Wetherby's career was given a boost by the Civil War when soldiers visited his studio to be photographed in their uniforms. In 1874 illness forced him to retire and turn his studio over to his son, although he continued painting. Wetherby's p...

Preston, Ella, b. 1888.

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Preston, Abbie, b. 1888.

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Irish, John P. (John Powell), 1843-1923

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John Powell Irish, editor, attorney, farmer, law-maker, humanitarian, and official, was born in Iowa City, Iowa, 1 January 1843. Irish was a school teacher and was admitted to the bar before he entered the field of journalism. He served in the Iowa state legislature (1869-1872) and in 1880 moved to California, where he was editor of the Times (Oakland) and the Alta California. In 1894 he was appointed naval customs officer of the Port of San Francisco. Irish also wrote, spoke and acted on behalf...

Rose Hill (Iowa City, Iowa)

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Preston, Charles, 1921-

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Charles Hicklen Preston, from Oskaloosa, Iowa, enrolled in the State University of Iowa Collegiate Department (later called the College of Liberal Arts) in 1866 and received his B.S. degree in 1869, the B.Ph. in 1870, the M.D. in 1873, and the M.A. in 1887. From the description of Charles H. Preston, 1867-1868. [1867-1868] (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 275168904 ...

Irish, Ruth Elizabeth, 1849-1938.

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Preston, Ruth Irish, 1859-1949.

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Preston family.

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Irish, Gilbert R., 1837-1911.

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