Raymond R. Fairfield collection, 1863-1964.

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Raymond R. Fairfield collection, 1863-1964.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/610587541

Includes receipts; legal papers; family letters of A.C. Fairfield (1868-1871); University of Chicago program and flyers; copy of a the will of John Fairfield; sermon (1954) for the memorial of Mae Fairfield; a newsletter? entitled "The Lincoln" (23 Dec. 1924); genealogy of the Fairfield family; newspaper clippings; memorial book pages; Fairfield family ephemera (including invitations, official notice of transfer, and ID card for the Illinois State Normal University, Red Cross cards, YWCA cards, copy of photo-line blueprints for the Fairfield Windshield Heater (Harry E. Fairfield, inventor)); scrapbooks; and a sound recording of the Fairfield's 50th wedding anniversary.

.25 linear ft. box.

Mclean County Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7792052

Mclean County Historical Society Library

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Illinois State Normal University

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Fairfield, Mae Southland, 1871-1954

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University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Fairfield, John D., 1955-

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American National Red Cross

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American charitable organization. From the description of American National Red Cross records, 1906-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867267 Historical Note The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principals of the International Red Cross Movement. The Federal Charter states it is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable organizat...

Fairfield, Harry E.

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Young Women's Christian Associations of the U.S.A.

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Fairfield, A. C.

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Fairfield family.

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Fairfield, Raymond R., 1870-1964

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Son of A.C. Fairfield; shoe store manager and political leader who served terms on the Normal, Ill., City Council and ran for other local offices. His wife, Mae (Southland) Fairfield (1871-1954) worked in a number of positions in education in Illinois. They were long-time residents of Normal, Ill. From the description of Raymond R. Fairfield collection, 1863-1964. (Mclean County Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 610587541 ...