Showing Collections: 1 - 8 of 8
Adams-Snyder Family Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-BC5
Abstract
Family from Springfield, Illinois, consisting of lawyers and farmers. James Adams (1783-1843) was Springfield's first attorney. His son, Lucian B. (1816-1882) was also an attorney and a justice of the peace. Lucian married Margery A. Reed (1824-1890) and had four children: Harriet L., Enola A., Eldora J., and James L. (1848-1931). James L. was a fruit farmer and truck gardener. He had two children from his first wife, Florence Roe; and two children from his second wife, Laura Snyder...
Dates:
Created: 1813-1989; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1982
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
C. Birchall Firm Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC90
Abstract
Bookbindery and bookstore in Springfield, Illinois (1855-1857). Proprietor Caleb Birchall opened his first Springfield store, Caleb Birchall & Co., in 1837. Later, he was partners with printer/bookbinder J.H. Johnson (dba Birchall & Johnson, 1837-1841), printer/bookbinder Ensley T. Goudy (dba Birchall & Goudy, 1841-1848), and druggist Thomas Jefferson Vance Owen (dba Birchall & Owen, 1848-1855). He sold his business to Solomon B. Wheelock and Enoch Paine (dba Wheelock, Paine...
Dates:
Created: 1796-1860; Other: Majority of material found in 1844-1858; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1951
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Dan W. Bannister Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC740
Scope and Contents
Consists of 1.00 cu ft. of letters, deeds, receipts, legal documents, financial papers, notes, federal tax records, real estate records, maps, newspaper clippings, book reviews, lists, and reports documenting Dan W. Bannister's time as President of Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA) (1995-1998), member of the Board of Directors (1998 - 2002) and general operations (1995-2002). The ALA side projects are also documented in files soliciting donations, promoting the ALA's electronic library and...
Dates:
Created: 1865-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1966; Other: Date acquired: 10/20/2006
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Elias H. Merryman letter
Collection — Box: 59
Identifier: MS-SC1037
Scope and Contents
Letter to Captain T.O. Duncan in Jacksonville regarding the proposed visit of the Springfield Company visiting the Jacksonville Company. Discusses all of the reasons why he doubts it will take place. Gives updates of occurrences in the regiment and asks the Captain to help him in making a visit possible.
Dates:
Created: September 6, 1838
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Henry Bascom Rankin Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC534
Abstract
Lincoln author, farmer, investor and banker, Henry Bascom Rankin, was the son of Amberry and Arminda Rogers Rankin. He studied law in the office of Abraham Lincoln and William Herndon, Springfield, Illinois, from 1856 to 1861, and came to know Abraham Lincoln.
Born in Athens, Illinois, Rankin lived in Petersburg, Jacksonville, and Springfield, Illinois. He married Alma Hurd in 1864, and they were the parents of Fred H., Albert H. and Emma (Mrs. Clayton J. Barber) Rankin.
Henry Rankin wrote...
Dates:
Created: ca. 1889-1927
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
James Adams estate document
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-SC4
Scope and Contents
Legal document regarding James Adams's (1783-1843) estate, in Sangamon County Probate Court.
Dates:
Created: 1846
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
John Armstrong letter
Collection — Box: 2
Identifier: MS-SC40
Scope and Contents
Consists of a letter by John Armstrong of Springfield, Illinois written to William Marsh, U.S. Consulate, Altona (Prussia), May 7, 1865. He informs Marsh of the death of Abraham Lincoln, gives details of funeral preparation in Springfield, and discusses business affairs and construction in the city.
Dates:
Created: 1865
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Sangamo Electric Company
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC562
Abstract
The Sangamo Electric Company was a manufacturer of electrical equipment (meters, time switches, capacitors, sonar equipment, and radio condensers and transformers). The company incorporated in 1899; the Springfield plant closed in 1978.
Dates:
Created: 1895-1972; Other: Majority of material found in 1897-1956
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Names
- Adams, James, 1783-1843 2
- Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) 2
- Abraham Lincoln Association 1
- Adams, Eldora J. 1
- Adams, Enola A. 1
- Adams, Harriet L. 1
- Adams, James L., 1848-1931 1
- Adams, Lucian B., 1816-1882 1
- Adams, Margery, 1897-1983 1
- Adams-Snyder Family 1
- American Federation of Labor 1
- Armstrong, John, 1814-1877 1
- Audubon Society 1
- Birchall, Caleb 1
- British Sangamo Company, Ltd. 1
- Bunn, Henry 1
- Bunn, Jacob, Jr., 1864-1926 1
- Cadillac Automobile Company 1
- Capitol Aviation Company 1
- Dan Bannister 1
- Edison-Swan Electric Company, Ltd. 1
- General Time Instrument Corporation 1
- Gothard Manufacturing Company 1
- Goudy, Ensly T. 1
- Gutmann, Ludwig 1
- Hamilton Watch Company 1
- Hamilton-Sangamo Company 1
- Herndon, William H. (1818-1891) 1
- Illinois Watch Company 1
- International Association of Machinists 1
- Lanphier, Robert C. (Robert Carr), 1878-1939 1
- Lincoln Meter Company, Ltd. 1
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
- Lincoln, Paul 1
- Lincoln-Herndon Law Office 1
- Marsh, William Henry 1
- Merryman, Elias H. 1
- Microsonic Company 1
- Mystic Sisterhood 1
- Oliver Electrical Manufacturing Company 1
- Owen, T. J. V. (Thomas Jefferson Vance) 1
- Protection Insurance Company 1
- Puzzlersâ League 1
- Rankin, Alma Hurd 1
- Rankin, Amberry 1
- Rankin, Arminda Rogers 1
- Rankin, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1837-1927 1
- Rankin, Henry Bascom 1
- Reed, Margery A., 1824-1890 1
- Rixon Electronics, Inc. 1
- Roe, Florence 1
- Sangamo Electric Company 1
- Sangamo-Weston, Ltd. 1
- Selco Employees Association 1
- Snyder, Enoch, 1820-1899 1
- Snyder, Laura, 1861-1941 1
- Snyder, Mary C., 1851-1941 1
- Springfield Watch Company 1
- Transitel Computer Support System 1
- United Telecommunications 1
- Westinghouse Electric Company 1
- Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation 1 ∧ less
∨ more