Platt R. Spencer papers, 1827-1951, bulk 1850-1900.

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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Spencer, Platt R. (Platt Rogers), 1800-1864

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Teacher and originator of Spencerian penmanship. From the description of P. R. Spencer letter : Geneva, Ohio, to A. H. Webster, 1855 Sept. 12. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 173260178 Penmanship teacher and business school co-founder, of Geneva, Ohio. From the description of Miscellanea, [late 18--]-1976 (bulk [late 18--]). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70953287 From the description of Letter, 1852 Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

United States. Army. Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865)

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Mussey, Ellen Spencer, 1850-1936

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Spencer, Robert C. (Robert Closson), b. 1829.

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Sloan, Sarah Spencer, 1832-1923.

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Spencer, Harvey Alden, b.1838.

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Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...

Spencer, P. R., Jr.

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Mussey, R. D. (Reuben Delevan), 1833-1892

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Reuben D. Mussey, a journalist, served in the regular army and as a recruiter of black troops during the Civil War. He was one of President Andrew Johnson's secretaries April-November 1865, and later became a Washington, D. C. lawyer. From the description of Letter, July 14, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 144570675 ...

Spencer, Persis Duty, 1806-1862.

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Muzzy family.

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Spencer, H. C. (Henry Caleb)

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Spencer, Lyman Potter, 1840-1915

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Artist, soldier, and calligrapher. From the description of Lyman Potter Spencer papers, 1856-1914 (bulk 1863-1896). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981928 Biographical Note 1840, May 11 Born, Geneva, Ohio 1861 Attended Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio ...

Spencer, Warren Platt.

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Sloan, Percy H. (Percy Haydn), 1867-

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Sloan family.

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Mussey, Persis Ellen Spencer, 1850-1936.

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Duncanson, Robert S., 1821-1872

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Robert S. Duncanson (b. 1817, New York; d. 1872), black American professional painter. From the description of Duncanson, Robert S., 1821-1872 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10568039 The first African American artist to achieve international acclaim, painter Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872) settled in 1840 in Cincinnati. Sponsored by anti-slavery groups, Duncanson traveled widely in Canada and Europe during the 1860s, exhibiting and selling his pai...

Spencer family.

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Sloan, Junius R., 1827-1900

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American portrait and landscape painter Junius Sloan was born on March 10, 1827, in Kingsville, Ohio. His parents were Drusilla Luce, a maker of straw bonnets, and Seymour Sloan, a blacksmith and toolmaker; the couple had eight children, of whom Junius was the second born. For several years, he worked as an itinerant painter of portraits, signs, and houses. Even after he married Sara Spencer (daughter of Platt R. Spencer, founder of the Spencerian method of penmanship), he continued to be on the...