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This collection contains business records from C.C. Daniels and Co., a corner store in Chicago, Illinois. The records include invoices and price lists from a variety of goods manufacturers and distributors in Chicago, printed advertisements, and handwritten inventories with notes from Daniels from 1871 to 1879.

This letter, written by the residents of Cahokia, Ill., was a rebuttal to accusations made by Father Pierre Huet de la Valiniere against Father Paul de St. Pierre. The letter, of which the Survey has an early translation, was read orally to Cahokia residents after high Mass on Apr. 22, ...

This collection contains records for the Cahokia Mounds Museum Society. Records include meeting minutes, advertisements, event fliers, newspaper clippings, newsletters in relation to the Cahokia Mounds Museum Society and other materials.

This collection contains records for the Cahokia Mounds Museum Society. Records include meeting minutes, advertisements, event fliers, newspaper clippings, newsletters in relation to the Cahokia Mounds Museum Society and other materials.

This collection contains materials relating to the effort of London entrepreneurs and their agents in Illinois to develop the site of Cairo. It includes a report about the site, sent from William Strickland and Richard C. Taylor in Philadelphia to John Wright in London on Dec. 13, 1838 [in oversize ...

This collection contains research copies of magazine and newspaper articles, books, reports, documents, photographs, and name indexes in both paper and digital formats related to the Cherry Mine disaster.

This collection contains research copies of magazine and newspaper articles, books, reports, documents, photographs, and name indexes in both paper and digital formats related to the Cherry Mine disaster.

This collection consists of one letter dated May 4, 1864, from a Civil War sutler named Sam to a "dear friend." Sam wrote from Camp Butler, a training camp located outside Springfield, Illinois.

The hospital at Camp Stotsenberg, Manila Province, Philippines, was built and furnished in 1900. The collection includes an 82-page journal, Mar.1900-July 1901, containing hospital reports, inventories, and correspondence of Asst. Surg. L. K. Graves. There are references to alcoholism and intestinal colic in camp as well as an isolated case ...

Lewis Campbell left Springfield, Ill., for the gold mines of California in 1849. His "Memorandum of my travels to California" provides a brief record for most days of his journey west between Mar. 26 and Sept. 18. He took note of the conditions of the route, the miles covered, and ...

Orin Shepherd Campbell was a practicing physician in Pike County, Ill. This collection contains three volumes of his business records (1836-1839, 1840-1844, and 1853-1857), and also several loose receipts and statements (1860-1865). The account books list the patient, the date of visit, the service rendered, and the fee charged. Of ...

This collection consists of photocopies and transcripts of correspondence and other documents found in various Canadian Archives and Depositories. Many of these materials were collected by the Illinois History Survey under the leadership of Clarence W. Alvord and Theodore C. Pease in the early twentieth century. The Survey collected the ...

This collection contains Cannon's personal copy of the Rules of the House of Representatives (1909). Cannon was the leading force in bringing the Veterans Administration Hospital (formerly a branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers) to Danville, Ill., in 1898. Cannon's photo album includes pictures of the hospital ...

Ida Levin Canter was a Jewish resident of Danville, Illinois. This collection contains her diaries and address books, as well as advertisements, visiting cards, and photographs.

Ida Levin Canter was a Jewish resident of Danville, Illinois. This collection contains her diaries and address books, as well as advertisements, visiting cards, and photographs.

This collection contains copied and original materials related to David Dudley Carlton, a Union soldier from Ohio. It includes materials relating to Carlton's Civil War service and his family life.

In 1850, James Carmichael (1849-1934) moved to Philadelphia, Penn., from Ireland with his family. Carmichael attempted to enlist in the Union Army in 1864, but was turned down by recruiting officers because of his obvious age. Carmichael later moved to Rochelle, Ogle County, Ill., where he farmed for much of his ...

Mildred E. Carr, a British native, visited the United States between July 31, 1907, and Feb. 28, 1908. Her journal of this trip includes her observations on American people and places. She traveled across the country and into Canada in the company of her friend, Mary Eldridge, of Needham, Mass. ...

This collection contains the personal papers of Mary Turner Carriel and photographs of Henry Frost Carriel. Materials include personal correspondence, speeches and essays, photographs, and Mary Turner Carriel's presentation materials from the Sorosis Club.

William B. Goss, clerk of Carroll County, kept this 40-page estray book between 1839 and 1843, to record stray animals found in the county, and to document, through declarations of witnesses, their return to their owners. Among the missing animals were hogs, horses, and cows.

This receipt certifies that C. M. Carroll of St. Clairsville, Ohio, received two certificates of discharge from James Hall on Feb. 27, 1866. The certificates discharged Hall from the U. S. Army on Dec. 31, 1863, and Nov. 21, 1865.

This letter of Jan. 1, 1833, refers to a bill that Peter Cartwright proposed to introduce in the state legislature at Vandalia "to carry the State Seminary to Springfield."

The collection consists of a diary, a photograph, and two letters, mainly documenting the Civil War service of Jonathan A. Catlin in the Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

This collection contains material related to the restoration of the Cattle Bank, including flyers, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other items. Several nails taken from the structure and a tuft of horsehair found in the original plaster are also kept in the collection, as well as a report on the construction ...

This collection consists of a Swedish-language Bible owned by the Celander family of Moline, Illinois. The Bible contains photographs and ephemera inserted throughout its pages.

This collection consists of a Swedish-language Bible owned by the Celander family of Moline, Illinois. The Bible contains photographs and ephemera inserted throughout its pages.

This collection consists of issues of [i]Jewish Community Journal[/i], a periodical published by the Central Illinois Jewish Federation from 1968 to 1991. Under the tagline, "Serving Central Illinois," the [i]Journal[/i] updated its readers on local and international events, commented on social issues, and highlighted notable Jewish persons in contemporary scholarship ...

This collection contains 71 photographs taken by Kaufman & Fabry, the official photographers for Chicago's Century of Progress International Exposition. A majority of the photographs are professionally mounted and feature notes dating them between 1931 and 1933. Many of the photographs are exterior shots of the main exhibition buildings, but ...

This collection consists of over seventy postcards, predominantly depicting scenes and buildings from the “A Century of Progress International Exposition” in Chicago in 1934.

This collection consists of one volume of tickets and passes from the 1933-1934 Chicago World's Fair pasted onto 36 pages. The volume was compiled by Ernst Hertzberg & Sons, bookbinders in Chicago.

Addressed to Harry W. Chadwick of Urbana, Ill., this letter was written from Milan, Italy, by "coz Fred," who worked for the American Red Cross in Milan. The letter describes conditions in Italy as of Dec. 1, 1918, and a trip to call on the Countess Visconti, the King's aunt, ...

Sam Chamberlain, a volunteer attached to Gen. John E. Wool's army in the U.S.-Mexican War, wrote and illustrated a diary of his adventures, later published as [i]My Confession: The Recollections of a Rogue [/i](1956). This manuscript, the "Storming of Monterey," first appeared as an appendix in William H. Goetzmann's edition ...

This official history of the Champaign Business and Professional Women's Club was compiled in one volume in 1938, with 16 annual typescripts added from 1938 to 1953. Together they form a chronicle of the organization and its activities for 30 years. This collection is supplemented and updated by Through the Years ...

The collection contains exercise books, annual examinations, and graduation essays from Urbana schools as well as rural schools in Champaign County, 1877-93.  Representative work includes exercises in reading, spelling, grammar, history, geography, arithmetic, geometry, botany, physics, and drawing, done by students from primary grades through high school. The collection also ...

This collection contains the final reports of several Champaign County organizations obtained by the War Records Committee under the Champaign County Council of Defense as well as records of the Four Minute Men.

The collection contains lists of books originally purchased for the library, orders, invoices, bills, and receipts for acquisitions, 1895-1936. Also included are library reports, financial reports, insurance policies, cancelled checks, and some correspondence. Two ledgers list the books purchased with the Julia F. Burnham Fund and the daily register of ...

This scrapbook was used by the members of the Champaign Rotary Club to record club and community activities as well as individuals' careers and affiliations. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, programs, membership lists, photographs, correspondence, posters, flyers, and other items documenting the group's activities between 1976 and 1978.

The Champaign Urbana Jewish Federation (CUJF) is a non-profit organization that seeks to serve the needs of Jewish communities in Champaign-Urbana and beyond. This collection reflects CUJF’s charitable mission and its contributions to the Jewish community of Champaign-Urbana.

This collection is comprised of records from the Champaign-Urbana Area Home Economists (CUAHE) organization. The CUAHE sought to "provide a way for homemakers to keep up with new developments, to provide professional and social contacts for home economist homemakers, and to provide exchanges of ideas in different age groups and between other states and colleges" according to their purpose statement. Records include newsletters, minutes, reports, newspaper articles, program brochures, correspondence, and other materials.

This collection consists of photographs, primarily portraits, that appeared in the [i]Champaign-Urbana Courier[/i] (1877-1979) during its last 20 years of operation. The collection includes about 550 photographs, a small subset of those that would have been published during this time period, as well as a limited number of related newspaper clippings. The [i]Champaign-Urbana Courier [/i]was a daily newspaper that served Champaign County, Illinois.

This collection consists of administrative papers, minutes of meetings, and newsletters of the Peace Action group of Champaign-Urbana, Ill. The collection includes materials from several groups that were precursors to Peace Action, among them the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Nuclear War, the Illinois Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, and the C-U ...

The collection documents the actions and policies of the organization. It includes the organization by-laws, minutes of meetings, budget and committee reports, newsletters, and membership correspondence. Also in the collection are newspaper clippings, pamphlets, advertisements and announcements about group events, as well as peace publications of American Friends Service Committee, ...

George Chapin prepared this manuscript entitled "Military History of the University of Illinois, 1868-1923" in his position as secretary of the Committee on the Participation of the University of Illinois in the World War. This 1,119-page study describes the development of the military department of the University and the involvement ...

This collection contains two volumes of records, a ledger and a letterbook, from Sidney W. Chapman, dating from 1863 to 1866. Chapman worked for the New York Central Railroad in Chicago, Illinois, during this period, and later was a lumber merchant in Bushnell, Illinois.

The volumes in this collection are day books of a general store in Charles Town, Jefferson County, Va. (now W. Va.), documenting itemized lists of sales to various individuals. The first volume records the sale of dry goods, yard goods, clothing, and liquor, while the second volume shows sales of ...

Fred Charles (1872-1911), who was raised in Aurora and Austin (Chicago), Ill., received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Northwestern University. He taught biology first at Lake View High School in Chicago and then, 1899-1909, at the Northern Illinois State Normal School (Northern Illinois University). In 1909, he became assistant ...

Written in ink on this item are the words "Genuine piece / of / Charter Oak / Hartford [Conn.]." Affixed to the item is a label which adds that it was "Given to Laurel Goodman / in that city, in June 1857 / by Louis Lippoldt." Also written on the ...

In 1837, George W. Chase moved from Portland, Maine, to Dixon, Ill. By 1840 he was a clerk in the Lee County Circuit Court, and later served as the first County Recorder. Chase's papers, consisting mostly of letters, concern legislative matters in Springfield. In addition, several personal letters relate to ...

This collection contains a letter from Sophia May Chase (nee Ingraham) to her husband, Reverend Philander Chase, written in 1840.

The collection contains genealogical information on the Chatfield family as well as a transcript of a letter from Chatfield to his brother Robert on Jan. 3, 1843. The letter describes many of the activities involved in establishing a farm on the Midwestern prairie, and discusses produce prices, building his cabin, ...

This collection of records includes drawings of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, board meeting minutes from 1828 to 1919, and related legislation.

The Chester collection contains four letters, two of which are from the University of Illinois Department of Agriculture discussing experimental corn yields. Also included is a small notebook Chester used to record daily expenses for part of 1895-96. Other items in the collection are Chester's address on the purpose of ...

During July 1827, the citizens of Chicago felt vulnerable to an attack on their city and Fort Dearborn due to unrest among the Winnebago. At the request of Chicago's leading citizens, fifty soldiers from Vermilion County came to their aid, but the attack never came as peace was made with ...

These petitions were sent to Gov. John P. Altgeld in support of Dr. F. Scheuermann, president of the Chicago College of Midwifery. Scheuermann was seeking recognition of his college by the State Board of Health.

This collection contains an account book from an unidentified merchant filled with notes of consignment for the year 1866, as well as family expense records from 1873-1886. The account book records consignment of food items such as eggs, butter, chicken, beeswax, potatoes, turkey, geese, and rabbit for the year 1866. These ...

This collection contains a report from the Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination on the Cicero Riots of 1951. The report was compiled by Dr. Homer A. Jack.

This collection includes 31 items relating to the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, an interurban rail line connecting Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, along Lake Michigan. This rail line operated between 1916 and 1963. This collection is primarily composed of images that relate to bridges, construction plans, and trains.

This collection contains 122 photographs from various stages of the construction of the canal, depicting construction methods, machinery, and work crews.  The pictures, about 4 1/2" x 7  1/2", are mounted on cardboard and have become faded over the years.

This collection contains duplicate 163-page typescripts of George L. Childress' diaries from Jan. 1, 1862 through July 10, 1865. Childress, who served in Co. I, 66th Ill. Vol. Inf., recorded his daily life in the army. He described battles and skirmishes as well as camp life and marching. His unit ...

This collection consists of correspondence from Charles Chiniquy, John Carroll Power, and others to Edwin A. Sherman. Correspondence discussed subjects including Abraham Lincoln, the Roman Catholic Church, and research conducted by Chiniquy and Sherman, both of which culiminated in publications.

B. J. Cigrand (1866-1932), a dentist in Aurora, Ill., collected material regarding Abraham Lincoln and wrote brief articles about him. In 1931, he inscribed a proof copy of a title page of [i]Abraham Lincoln, Prophet and Patriot; Ancestry-Service; Critics Answered[/i] (1925) to Albert H. Griffith, a Lincoln collector in Fisk, ...

B. J. Cigrand (1866-1932), a dentist in Aurora, Ill., collected material regarding Abraham Lincoln and wrote brief articles about him. In 1931, he inscribed a proof copy of a title page of [i]Abraham Lincoln, Prophet and Patriot; Ancestry-Service; Critics Answered[/i] (1925) to Albert H. Griffith, a Lincoln collector in Fisk, ...

This collection contains records from Camp New Salem (Civilian Conservation Corps Co. 1683) in Petersburg, Illinois, as well as materials from two alumni organizations of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

This collection contains records from Charles Wesley Clabaugh (1900-1987) regarding his service in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1938 to 1975.

In this Aug. 30, 1846 letter, postmarked from Greenville, Ill., Jacob Clark of Bethel, Bond County, Ill., offers condolences for deaths in the family of his brother, John Clark of Tewksbury, Mass.

This collection consists of over 400 brochures, timetables, and other railroad ephemera items assembled by University of Illinois alumnus Roger C. Clark. Dozens of rail lines are represented, including Amtrak, Chicago & Northwestern, Illinois Central, Milwaukee Road, New York Central, Rock Island, Santa Fe, and Union Pacific. In addition to ...

This poll book records the votes of 26 citizens in Maysville, Clay County, Ill., for sheriff and coroner, tallied Apr. 14, 1827.

The collection consists largely of Cleary's notebooks, school mementos, and correspondence regarding anti-Catholic sentiment, the Depression in central Illinois, and the daily administrative duties of Catholic priests. The collection also contains financial records and circulars from St. Edmunds.

A member of Co. I, 20th Ill. Vol. Inf., William Clemans served from Jan. 22, 1863, to July 16, 1865, participating in the battles of Vicksburg and Atlanta. This 29-page typescript is a narrative by Clemans briefly discussing his early life but focusing primarily on his war experiences.

In this invoice of May 4, 1831, James Clemens of St. Louis, bills Hoxsey & Gray, merchants of Carlinville, Ill., for clothing materials, sewing utensils, dry goods, and hardware.

This collection consists of two original letters sent from Governor DeWitt Clinton to Dr. John W. Francis. At the time the letters were written, DeWitt Clinton was Governor of New York and Dr. John W. Francis was a professor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. In the letters, ...

These copies of letters from Gov. James Glen of South Carolina to Gov. George Clinton of New York concern Native American affairs in the colonies. The originals are in the Clinton Papers of the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan.

Benjamin Coale came to Huntington, Ind., as a school teacher in 1845. He took up farming in 1846, but continued to teach for several more years. This volume includes account records for his farm and house as well as diary entries and lessons on spelling, copying, and algebra.

Benjamin Coale came to Huntington, Ind., as a school teacher in 1845. He took up farming in 1846, but continued to teach for several more years. This volume includes account records for his farm and house as well as diary entries and lessons on spelling, copying, and algebra.

This press pass, belonging to Chicago educator and journalist Margaret Jane Codd, contains daily admissions tickets to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition.

This collection contains the personal and professional papers, correspondence, photographs, music compositions, and artifacts of Sol Cohen, a violinist, composer, and educator from Urbana, Illinois.

James G. Coke directed the Office of Community Development at the University of Illinois from 1961 to 1965. The Office was funded by the Ford Foundation as part of an experiment to determine the feasibility of urban extension services. Coke studied three Illinois cities--Peoria, Rockford, and Springfield--to assess patterns of ...

The notes comprising this collection were used in preparation of that book, and for a chapter in volume 5 of the [i]Centennial History[/i]. They are almost entirely quotes from primary sources, mainly newspapers, and are organized chronologically, and by subject within each time period. The divisions are as follows: 1820-49, ...

This collection contains photostats and transcripts collected and used by Clarence Walworth Alvord in editing [i]Governor Edward Coles, [/i]Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, volume 15 (1920). The materials pertain to charges brought against Coles for his failure to give bond at the time of the manumission of slaves ...

This collection consists of photostats of the correspondence of former Vice President and U.S. Representative Schuyler Colfax.

In this volume, an unknown author in or near Philadelphia, Pa., compiled an incomplete list of political science and political economy professors by state. Also included is a list of names and local addresses of these professors.

Elizabeth Witt Collins was the widow of William Burrage Collins, for whose family the town of Collinsville, Ill., was named. In this letter of July 25, 1850, Collins, writing from Collinsville, asks Newton Bateman for the payment of a $40 loan from 1842.

The unknown compiler of this volume wrote on various subjects in fields of natural history, including chemistry and geology, but also extending to history, archeology, and mythology. His interests, although wide-ranging, emphasize British and especially Scottish topics. He took notes on his reading and prepared brief papers on many of ...

This collection includes various documents of the Confederate States of America. Among the items in the collection are requisitions, bids, receipts, and War Department warrants 1861-65; certificates for an election in May 1861 of a commissioner of public works in four Virginia counties; guard reports in Jan. 1864 from Confederate ...

Congregation Anshe Knesset Israel (Congregation Israel) was established as a Conservative Jewish congregation in 1915. This collection contains materials representative of the Danville congregation's synagogues, administration, members, liturgy, holidays, organizations, and events spanning its nearly 100-year history.

This photograph—likely taken in the mid-1940s—depicts the bar mitzvah of Ted Ross at Congregation Beth Jacob, held at the congregation’s synagogue on the property of Julius Wides between Murphysboro and Carbondale, Illinois. This item illustrates the religious practices of Murphysboro-Carbondale’s Jewish community in the mid-twentieth century.

The Conkey family papers contain the financial records of Otis M. and Morton Conkey, 1856-1899, including bills, receipts, and promissory notes for freight charges, taxes and merchandise; a memorandum book of accounts due O. M. Conkey and Sons; a notebook listing purchases and expenses; and correspondence with banks and commission ...

On Jan. 28, 1828, Sherman Converse sent a confidential circular to distinguished American artist, poets, and novelists asking for their participation in a volume of Biographical Sketches of American Artists. The volume was proposed for the expressed purpose of increasing public awareness of, and interest in, the nation's artists. This ...

This 160-page manuscript cook book, for which there is no title page, contains recipes which are arranged by category. Each category is introduced with a watercolor illustration, and there is an index for the recipes of all 13 categories: soups; sauces; fish; poultry and game; meats; entrees; vegetables; pickles; catsup; ...

This collection consists of the account book for the medical practice of Dr. Vaughn B. Corey in Quincy, Illinois, from 1860 to 1870.

This collection contains the personal papers of Carlton J. Corliss. Materials include correspondence, notes, photocopies of Abraham Lincoln's correspondence and court reports, and printed materials such as newspaper clippings and postcards related to Abraham Lincoln and the Illinois Central Railroad.

This collection consists of two parts. Part I includes photocopies of contemporary documents related to the League, such as administrative files, correspondence, and agricultural legislation and publications. These materials were collected in 1990 from the home of Finley Foster, a League founder, by Lynnita Sommer, for a paper in Mark ...

This collection consists of James M. Cornelius’s research material on the house Hickory Hill and its builder John Hart Crenshaw. Cornelius was hired by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency to research Crenshaw’s reputation as a kidnapper and illegal slaver.

In 1828, five Corrie brothers from Scotland and England settled in Wabash County, Ill. One of these was Robert Corrie (1779-1863) who, with his wife Sarah (1785-1864), maintained an active correspondence with other members of the family, particularly those who remained in England. The correspondence was continued by their children: ...

This collection contains an 1846 account book, owned by John A. Mitchell, containing lists of [i]Courier [/i]subscribers and personal financial accounts. Abraham Lincoln's 1846 subscription is recorded in this volume.

This collection consists of student papers written for history courses offered at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The collection is comprised of more than 475 course papers written by University of Illinois students between 1962 and 1984. The papers mainly discuss topics related to Illinois history and immigration. Many of ...

Alice Cozine taught English and American history at Coffeen High School in East Saint Louis, Ill. This grade record book contains students' names and grades, attendance records, a short bibliography of topical magazine articles, and the cast list of a school play.

This collection contains the transcribed personal letters of Clarence Lincoln Crabbs, a University of Illinois alumnus and engineer.

This collection consists of correspondence addressed to or relating to Reverend William Crain and his family, financial records such as receipts and promissory notes, and other materials such as legal documents and a typed family history, dating from 1829-1859.

This collection contains fifty-eight photographs of the Roughton, Cramer, and Carver families.

The manuscript in this collection, "The Southern Frontier in Queen Anne's War," was written by Verner Crane, a history faculty member at the University of Michigan. Sent to Clarence W. Alvord on Dec. 3, 1918, it was published in the[i] American Historical Review[/i], Apr. 1919. The collection also includes three ...

George T. Crawford represented Westmoreland County at the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1837. The collection includes excerpts from Crawford's speech proposing (unsuccessfully) that a governor's veto be overridden by a three-fifths rather than a two-thirds vote of the legislature. The collection also includes letters written to Crawford and drafts of his ...

W. T. Craycroft, an agent of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, wrote these letters to Henry Abbot concerning Abbot's insurance policy. Craycroft and Albion Pease were managers of the insurance company's office in Kansas City, Mo.

Corp. Edward W. Crippin, who served in Co. C, 27th Ill. Vol. Inf., kept this diary throughout much of his service in the Civil War. The nearly daily entries begin in Aug. 1861, describing training camp life in Cairo, Ill. As the war progressed, Crippin documented the actions of his ...

In this transcript, written on Dec. 21, 1768, George Croghan denies that he and William Trent are still indebted to Jeremiah Warder and David Franks from Philadelphia, Pa.

This collection contains facsimile reproductions of letters sent to and from Don Francisco Cruzat, Spanish Commandant of St. Louis. The first letter, dated 1780, is an appeal written to Cruzat by the inhabitants of Post Vincennes, located in what is now Indiana. In their letter, the citizens of Post Vincennes ask ...

This collection consists of a letter from United States Senator Shelby Cullom to Senator Boies Penrose requesting his support of a resolution to approve the site and design of the Lincoln Memorial.

This collection consists of correspondence and other papers belonging to Shelby Cullom, a prominent Illinois politician during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The collection contains forty-six letters, two proclamations, and three certificates. The correspondence, from Cullom's years as a congressman, governor, and senator, includes requests for appointed positions, and a letter to Isaac Arnold, on Mar. 19, 1883, in which Cullom reports on a stirring speech delivered by Stephen A. Douglas to ...

Karl Culmann, a German engineer, traveled through the United States and England, 1848-50, keeping a journal of his observations. Culmann gave particular attention to American bridges, canals, water-works, industrial machinery, steamboats, and other innovations. In 1973, Max Steinhaus of Beverly Hills, Calif., gave to the Survey his translation of passages ...

Clara Culver Culbertson, a native of Carlisle, Pa., taught school in Mount Holly Springs, Md., before marrying Dr. Samuel D. Culbertson in 1866. The material in the collection includes a number of Civil War letters written by Clara's brother, Joseph E. Culver, who served in the 39th Pa. Vol. Inf. ...

This collection is comprised of records from the Cunningham Children's Home, located in Urbana, Illinois. Records include ledgers, correspondence, reports, yearbooks, minutes, newsletters, photographs, newspaper articles, and other materials.

This six-page transcript is from a May 1914 interview of Cunningham by Frances Morehouse. Among the people and topics discussed are Shelby M. Cullom, abolitionism in Champaign County, David Davis, John M. Palmer, John T. Stuart, and the founding of the University of Illinois.

This collection contains personal papers of various members of the Cunningham, Miller, Creamer, and Housh families, as well as records of their business activities. A. P. Cunningham's papers include diaries and letters from his service as a sergeant and second lieutenant in Co. G, 76th Ill., and papers concerning a ...

This collection consists of a letter from Josiah S. Currey to Evarts B. Greene and a newspaper clipping, both of which are related to Currey's 1908 address given to the Illinois State Historical Society.

This collection includes a dozen pencil sketches by Mrs. H. S. Currie of historic buildings in Kaskaskia, Ill. Mrs. Currie "spent twenty years of [her] life in Kaskaskia," but was living in Pueblo, Colorado, by the early 1900s. Mrs. Currie accompanied each sketch with information on the histories and residents of ...

These letters to Henry B. Curtis (b. 1799), a lawyer in Knox County, Ohio, primarily concern legal issues involving claims to land and money. There are also two personal letters to Curtis from his brother, Joseph Eaton, of Scott County, Ill.

James Burrill Curtis (1822-98) and his brother, George William Curtis (1824-92), were students at the school that formed part of the Brook Farm Community, West Roxbury, Mass. In these letters to his father, George, Curtis discusses family matters, financial issues, and his life at Brook Farm.

This collection contains one letter from Reverend Lathrop Willis Curtis addressed to his brother, Reverend Otis Freeman Curtis.

This collection consists of the autobiography of Cyrus Emery of Prophetstown, Illinois.