Finding Aid for Harris Family Papers, 1853-66, 1870-75, 1890-1920 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Harris Family Papers, 1853-66, 1870-75, 1890-1920

ID: 26/20/26

Primary Creator: Harris, Benjamin Franklin (1868-1920)

Extent: 1.8 cubic feet

Arrangement: by type of material and chronological thereunder

Subjects: Agricultural History, Automobiles, Banking, Building Specifications, Champaign, Illinois, Farm Management, Methodist, Peerless Motor Cars, Public Utilities, World War I - Costs and Finances

Formats/Genres: Farm Accounts, Papers

Languages: English

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).

Agricultural History
Automobiles
Banking
Building Specifications
Champaign, Illinois
Farm Management
Methodist
Peerless Motor Cars
Public Utilities
World War I - Costs and Finances

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 6/26/1973; 7/2/1973

Other Note: 2 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2620026.pdf

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