Potter Palmer and Palmer estate papers, 1849-1920.

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Potter Palmer and Palmer estate papers, 1849-1920.

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Account books for personal expenses (1880-1916), account books for management of the Palmer estate (1904-20), other volumes, and correspondence and other papers, primarily concerning Potter Palmer's Chicago real estate investments and other business ventures. Includes a ledger from the Palmer House hotel (1894), an investment account book (1918) of his wife, Bertha Honore Palmer, and ca. 50 items concerning her Tiffany and Company purchases (1892-1920). The account books include a few notations relating to Mrs. Palmer's art purchases. Correspondence arranged in chronological order; Tiffany and other miscellaneous invoices filed after the correspondence folders. Microfilm reels: 1. Vols. 1-8; 2. Vols. 8-12; 3. Vols. 12-17; 4. Vols. 17-21; 5. Vols. 21-27.

ca. 10 linear ft. (ca. 1500 items and 27 v.)5 microfilm reels : neg. ; 35 mm. (Camera neg. of vols.).5 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (Reader copy).

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Tiffany and Company

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Tiffany and Company was was founded in 1837 by the jeweler Charles Lewis Tiffany. It started as a stationary and fine goods store and named "Tiffany, Young and Ellis" for its three founders. It changed its name in 1853 when Charles Tiffany took control and established the firm's emphasis on jewelry. In addition to jewelry, Tiffany supplied the Union Army with swords, flags and surgical implements during the Civil War and designed the "Tiffany Cross" Medal of Honor in 1919....

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Palmer, Bertha HonoreĢ, 1849-1918

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Social leader and philanthropist. Appointed President of the Board of the Worlds Columbian Exposition and went to Europe to represent the Fair and was particularly successful in Belgium and Italy. McKinley appointed her to a committee for the Paris Exposition and was later awarded the French Legion of Honor. At her death she left a million dollars to charity. From the description of Bertha M. H. Palmer letter to Samuel Sidney McClure [manuscript], 1891 Dec 18. (University of Virginia...