Collection Overview
Title: Harris Family Papers, 1853-66, 1870-75, 1890-1920
ID: 26/20/26
Creator: Harris, Benjamin Franklin (1868-1920)
Extent: 1.8 cubic feet
Arrangement: by type of material and chronological thereunder
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Papers of Benjamin Franklin Harris II '1887-89 (1868-1920) and Newton M. Harris '1890-92 (1872-1953), sons of Henry H. Harris ( -1914) and grandsons of Benjamin F. Harris (1811-1905), including financial account books of Benjamin F. Harris for 1853-66; farm accounts for 1886-1910; financial records for 1893-1910; utilities records for 1898, 1905, and 1909; photographs from 1902-07; First National Bank in Champaign plans and specifications from 1871, and 1909-10; First Methodist Church Building Fund Records for 1906-07; correspondence and financial documents with the Peerless Motor Car Company, Chicago Motor Car Supply Company and Marshall Field & Co. from 1909-10; business and political speeches and clippings of Henry H. and Benjamin F. Harris II from 1890-1902; papers of Newton M. Harris from 1902-10; "The Banker-Farmer" (1916); "Home and Progress" (1916-20); and World War I loan, savings and military training literature (1917).