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Alexander & Howell
Collection — Box: 102
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 1709
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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.
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Alexander, Milton K.
Collection — Box: 165
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 2234
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Alexander Sympson Corps No. 70, Woman's Relief Corps
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC12
Overview
Founded in 1887 in Carthage, IL as the woman’s auxiliary to Alexander Sympson Post No. 455 of the Grand Army of the Republic in order to aid the Post in their efforts to aid and assist Civil War veterans and their families. The GAR was formed amidst the turmoil of Reconstruction in an effort not only to aid and assist the veterans who had fought for the cause, but also to affect political action for the veterans. Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson who had been a surgeon with the Fourteenth Illinois...
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Alexander, William
Collection — Box: 135
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 2086
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Alfred J. Henderson Papers
Collection
Identifier: BC277
Overview
Alfred Henderson, a MacMurray College (Jacksonville, Illinois) professor and one time chairman of the history and government department, was born in England, the son of Alfred W. and Alice Dalby Henderson, but became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1917. He was raised in Rochester, New York and worked for Eastman Kodak after graduating from high school. He then attended the University of Rochester where he received a B.A. and a M.A. and went on to earn his Ph.D. in history from Duke University....
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Alkire-Ross-Leach Family
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Identifier: MS-BC13
Overview
Families related by the marriages of two sisters, Addie Ross Alkire and Mary E. Ross Leach. Their widowed mother, Mary Houston Ross, brought her family from Ohio to Illinois in 1858. Addie Ross married James Y. Alkire, a farmer and physician of Sherman, Illinois, and Mary E. Ross married Adoniram Judson Leach, a farmer and teacher of Elkhart, Illinois. Addie and James had six daughters and Mary and Adoniram had two sons.Family correspondence, primarily between Addie Ross Alkire,...
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Allan, Sara A.
Collection — Box: 234
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 3062
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Allen, E. C.
Collection — Box: 251
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 3325
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Allen, Edward Richards
Collection — Box: 106
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 1773
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