Blatchford family papers - additions, 1841-1947, bulk 1870-1914.

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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Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

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At only 27, the ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a precocious appointment that suited a precocious scientist. Born into a well to do family in Reading, Pa., and raised in Carlisle, Baird acquired an interest in natural history even prior to enrolling at Dickinson College at age 13. Although he was not an outstanding student, he was unusually committed to his course in life, keeping meticulous notes of ...

Blatchford, E. W. (Eliphalet Wickes), 1826-1914

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Chicago lead manufacturer, Newberry Library founding trustee, and Christian social activist Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford, and his family. From the description of Blatchford family papers, 1777-1987, bulk 1839-1965. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 46765442 Early Chicago manufacturer, executor of the Walter L. Newberry estate, and first President of the Newberry Library Board of Trustees, 1892-1914. Moving to Chicago in 1853, Blatchford quickly ...

McCormick Theological Seminary

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Chicago Academy of Sciences.

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Andover Theological Seminary

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Princeton theological seminary

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Chicago theological seminary

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Blatchford family.

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Winchell, Rensselaer, 1818-1902.

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Winchell family.

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Belfield, Henry H. (Henry Holmes), 1837-1912

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Educator. A.B., Iowa College, 1858. A.M., Griswold College, 1861; and Iowa College, 1868. Ph. D., Iowa College, 1878. Principal and superintendent of public schools, Dubuque, Iowa. Principal at various public schools, Chicago. Director, Chicago Manual Training School, 1883-1903. Dean of Technology Course, University of Chicago Laboratory High School, 1903-1908. From the description of Family papers, 1844-1967 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 40935165 ...

Chicago Manual Training School

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The Chicago Manual Training School was conceived by members of the Chicago Commercial Club in 1882. It opened two years later at the corner of Michigan and Roosevelt Avenues. The Chicago Manual Training School was the only independent institution of its kind when it opened. Along with Washington University’s Manual Training School in St. Louis, it was the most influential in the country. Influenced by educational movements in late 1870s and 1880s America, the school’s fo...