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Aiken, Sarah D.
Collection — Box: 119
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 1925
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Aikman, Samuel L.
Collection — Box: 195
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 2396
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Alan J. Dixon Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC744
Overview
Belleville police magistrate, 1949; assistant state attorney, St. Clair County, IL, 1950; member, Illinois State House of Representatives, 1951-1963; member, Illinois State Senate, 1963-1971, serving as a minority whip, 1964-1970; Illinois State Treasurer, 1971-1977; Illinois Secretary of State, 1977-1981; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1980; reelected in 1986 and served from January 3, 1981 to January 3, 1993; unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination in 1992. At the...
Dates:
1981 - 1992
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Albert Chipman (76th IL Infantry) papers
Collection
Identifier: BC114
Overview
Farmer from Yellowhead Township, Kankakee County, IL who served in Company H, 76th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. He was born in Canada. He came to Illinois and in 1849 he and Sophronia Joyner were married. They had two sons, Azel and Frank. He joined the Infantry in 1862 and was made 3rd Sergeant, Company H, of the 76th Regiment in August of 1862. His regiment served in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. They spent much time around Vicksburg. At the end of the war, Albert who...
Dates:
1862 - 1893; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1865
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Albert L. Davis Collection
Collection
Identifier: BC151
Overview
Collected newspaper and journal articles about the Spanish American War and the 3rd Illinois Infantry in which his son Clarence O. Davis, chief trumpeter, served in the Puerto Rican campaign. Albert was an undertaker in business with S.S. Christiansen in Joliet, Illinois. Albert was a photographer in Joliet after the war and eventually moved to Dublin, Indiana. The 3rd Illinois Infantry, under the leadership of Col. Fred Bennitt, arrived at Arroyo, Puerto Rico and joined the battle that...
Dates:
1898 - 1899
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Albert Louis Loud Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC423
Overview
Assistant engineer in the North Pole and Trans-Atlantic attempts by dirigible, 1909-1911. Loud was born in Virden, Illinois and was an assistant to his brother-in-law Melvin Vaniman, a photographer, engineer and inventor, who was also a Virden native. Loud accompanied Vaniman on Walter Wellman’s third attempt to reach the North Pole by dirigible in 1909 and his 1910 attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Loud also assisted Vaniman in trials for a second trans-Atlantic attempt, but retired from...
Dates:
1890 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1908 - 1912
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Albion (Ill.)
Collection — Box: 254
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 3397
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Albion (Ill.) Public School and Reading Room
Collection — Box: 262
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 3525
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Alexander & Howell
Collection — Box: 102
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 1709
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Alexander-Akerly (Ackerly) Family papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-SC13
Scope and Contents
Family correspondence written to Adeline Akerly (1834-1916), including 12 Civil War letters from her brother Ashley H. Alexander of the 12th Illinois Cavalry, Co. A. Ashley Alexander's letters describe life at Camp Butler, Springfield, Illinois and include brief descriptions of the engagement at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; as well as the battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg.
Dates:
Created: 1853 - 1876
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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