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Alphabetical list of Springfield, Illinois citizens or "snow birds"
Collection — Box: 83
Identifier: MS-SC1453
Scope and Contents
List of people living in Springfield, Illinois during the winter of 1830/31 during the "deep snow". Lists name of adult males, wife and children if any, date of settling in Springfield, lot where located and occupation. The list was compiled by Z.A. Enos.
Dates:
Created: Undated
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
ALPLM, Center for Digital Initiatives Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 01-10-001
Scope and Contents
Includes hard drives holding JPG, TIFF, and PDF scans made by Center for Digital Initiatives staff. Contents include scans of images from the Audiovisual department's photography collection used to populate Chronicling Illinois; scans from the Manuscripts department's Yates Family Papers; scans of the newspapers the Sangamo Journal and the Old Soldier; scans of sheet music; and other ALPLM-held...
Dates:
Created: 2012-2015; Other: Date acquired: 12/15/2016
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Alton (General Merchandise) Store
Collection — Box: 155
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 2191
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Alton & Sangamon Railroad Co. stock certificate
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 25
Scope and Contents
Certificate for 2 shares of railroad stock issued to John C. Crowder, June 17, 1853. Springfield, Illinois, stock subscription book raising funds for the railroad's construction, opened May 20, 1847. Abraham Lincoln signed for 2 shares, certificate no. 85.
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Alton Spectator subscription book
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-SC23
Scope and Contents
Consists of a bound volume contianing a list of subscribers to the Alton Spectator newspaper, giving local, state and out-of-state names.
Dates:
Created: 1836
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO Local 566
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC16
Abstract
Founded in 1896, under instruction of the American Federation of Labor as an organization for the butcher workmen of America with its headquarters in Chicago, Ill. During post World War II, under the leadership of Secretary-Treasurer Patrick Gorman, the union grew steadily. In 1951 the union merged with the United Leather Workers International Union, in 1955 with the Stockyard Association of America and the International Fur and Leather Workers Union of the United States and Canada, and in...
Dates:
1942 - 1965
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Amanda Benton Smith, "A short sketch of the trials of Mrs. Robert F. Smith at the killing of the Smiths, the Mormon's Prophet"
Collection — Box: 81
Identifier: MS-SC1434
Scope and Contents
Reminiscence of her experiences fleeing the town with her children after the Smiths were killed and the town was fearful of reprisal from the Mormons in Nauvoo. Handwritten copy and typescript.
Dates:
Created: Undated
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Amasa Stevens Booth papers
Collection
Identifier: BC65
Abstract
Wagon and carriage maker in Springfield, Illinois in partnership with his father, Albert, until his death in 1873, then in partnership with Alex McCosker (1835-1918) who was married to his sister, Mary Ester Booth (1840-1909). Born in Exeter, Maine in 1836, the son of Albert (1813-1873) and Hannah (Stevens) Booth. The family came to Illinois around 1840 and settled on a farm about seven miles from Springfield. In 1854, the family moved to Springfield and Albert started his carriage and wagon...
Dates:
1848 - 1897
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Amass, Edwin
Collection — Box: 155
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 2190
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Amelia Roberts journal
Collection — Box: 72
Identifier: MS-SC1278
Scope and Contents
Descriptive diary of trip by waterways through Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Travels to Charleston, Pekin, Peoria, and to Spoon River. Attends some social activities. Describes a storm and finding a boat wreck while on the river, how helpful the husbands are to wives in the west and several encounters with Indians. Returned to New York via Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Buffalo and on to New York. Includes typed transcript.
Dates:
Created: 1835
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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