BAIRD, SAMUEL JOHN (1817-1893).  CORRESPONDENCE, 1861-63.  10 items.

Samuel Baird, a Presbyterian clergyman and author, was known for his study of the Presbyterian form of government.  These letters, written during his time as a pastor in Woodbury, N. J., discuss Baird's beliefs on the role of the clergy in the Civil War.

These items are photocopies of the originals in the Baird papers in the Library of Congress.

BAKER, IRA OSBORN (1853-1925).  PAPERS, 1870-1920.  .2 cu.ft.

The Ira Baker Papers focus on his Semi-Centennial History of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois.  The work was prepared by Professor Baker between 1920 and 1923 at the request of President David Kinley.  The manuscript contains a significant amount of material on the early history of the College of Engineering and the University of Illinois.  Baker, an 1874 graduate, was the longest-serving member of the Engineering faculty.  The correspondence included in this collection pertains to the publication and format of the history, a format description by the author, and instructions and lists of compositors.

This draft was secured through Marguerite Pease, who did editorial work on the manuscript in 1927-28 at the request of President Kinley, but it was never printed.  The University of Illinois Archives holds both earlier and later versions of this draft of the manuscript.  Much of this manuscript was reprinted in E. E. King, A History of the College of Engineering, 1868-1945, 2 vols. (Urbana, 1947).

BALDRIDGE, HENRY W (b. 1869).  DIARIES, CORRESPONDENCE, PAMPHLETS, AND RECEIPTS, 1875-94.  .4 cu.ft.

The Henry Baldridge correspondence includes personal letters from various young ladies in Macon County and Decatur, Ill., and business letters concerning Baldridge's activities as a salesman of Darby Gas Burners.   In his diaries, he discusses courtship, social behavior, church programs, town and school activities, and weather.

Lela E. Hoffman of Decatur donated the collection to the Survey in 1974.

BALL, WILLIAM.  SLAVE BILL OF SALE, 1803.  1 item.

On Jan. 22, 1803, William Ball of Frederick County, Va., sold a slave boy, Wilson, age 13, to James Powers, for 80 Pounds U.S. money.  The sale was witnessed by William Patton and Charles Bakley or Barkley.

Paul Hardin, University of Illinois Office of Instructional Resources, donated this item to the Survey in 1997.

BANCROFT-BLISS FAMILIES.  PAPERS, 1861-65.  2 folders (18 items).

The Bancroft-Bliss collection includes official and personal correspondence of Lt. Col. Alexander Bliss (1827-96), quartermaster of Volunteers and assistant quartermaster, U.S. Army, concerning the procurement, transportation, and distribution of supplies, and problems relating to promotions, pay, and rank.  One letter discusses plans for President Lincoln's railway transportation to Gettysburg in November 1863.  The collection also contains three letters to Bliss's mother, Mrs. George Bancroft, from friends.  Mrs. Bancroft, who became the historian's second wife in 1838, was the widow of Alexander Bliss, a junior law partner of Daniel Webster.  

The photocopies were made from the originals in the Bancroft-Bliss collection in the Library of Congress.

BARNES, JACOB H.  CORRESPONDENCE, BILLS, RECEIPTS, AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS, 1850-98.  .2 cu.ft.

Jacob H. Barnes was born in Virginia and later lived in New Castle, Pa., and Youngstown, Ohio.  He moved to Bement, Ill., where he worked as a carpenter, and also served as Piatt County Coroner and a school trustee for the town of Bement.

The collection includes fifteen letters, 1866-71, from Henry Brown to Barnes.  In the earliest letter, Brown instructs Barnes on how to travel to Bement from Youngstown, while later letters are written from Brown's homestead in Buffalo, Kansas, and urge Barnes to move to Kansas.  Brown's letters contain descriptions of the homesteading process, the growth of the area, the coming of the railroads, a buffalo hunt, and the weather.  The collection also includes numerous bills and receipts for taxes, merchandise, and labor.  In addition, it contains an 1863 certificate honoring Barnes as one of the "Squirrel Hunters" (a spontaneous Ohio militia that mobilized in 1862 when C.S.A. Gen. Kirby W. Smith moved toward Cincinnati), a draft notice and a subsequent exemption, and a certificate of election to the office of Coroner of Piatt County.

Chapin Barnes of Bement donated the collection to the Survey in 1977.

BARSTOW, WILSON (1830-69).  PAPERS, 1861-64.  1 folder (16 items).

This collection includes letters from Capt. Wilson Barstow to his sister, Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard (1823-1902), and her husband, Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1902).  Barstow was aide-de-camp to Gen. John A. Dix, who commanded the Middle Department and the Department of Virginia.  His sister was a novelist and poet, while Stoddard was a poet, essayist, and editor.  Barstow's letters allude to McClellan, Lincoln, and Hooker.

The correspondence is copied from the Wilson Barstow Papers in the Library of Congress.

BARTELS, LOUIS.  LETTER, 1919.  1 item.

During World War I, Louis Bartels served as a private in Co. D, 308th Machine Gun Battalion, 78th Division.  The 78th was composed largely of men from northern New York, New Jersey, and Delaware.  Bartels went "over the top" twice during the Meuse-Argonne offensive (Sept. 26 - Nov. 11, 1918), and was once slightly wounded by shrapnel.  He survived the war but died in 1920.

Bartels' letter of Jan. 15, 1919, written to his sister, relates his battle experiences, describes the Marigny, France area where he billeted, and discusses the discharge of his brother-in-law, Albert Kaufman.  The letter is valuable for its frank discussion of the horrors of trench warfare and its somber anti-war undertone.

Albert Kaufman of Champaign, Ill., donated this photocopy to the Survey in 1980.

BARTLETT, TRUMAN H.  CORRESPONDENCE, 1919.  1 folder (3 items).

The sculptor Truman H. Bartlett was an instructor in modeling at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for twenty-one years.

This collection includes three letters from Bartlett to Professor Robert Tait McKenzie, physician, sculptor, and Director of the Department of Physical Education at the University of Pennsylvania.  Two letters concern Bartlett's attempts to secure a copy of his book, Art Life of William Rimmer, for McKenzie.  The third letter discusses some of McKenzie's artistic endeavors.

The library acquired the letters in 1950.

BARTLEY, SAMUEL (1828-1909).  CORRESPONDENCE, 1857-90.  1 folder (22 items).

Samuel Bartley, a graduate of Delaware College (Ohio Wesleyan University) in Delaware, Ohio, taught school at Murphysboro, Ill., from 1858 to 1859, before becoming principal of a school in Ohio.  In 1870 he moved to Edgewood, Ill., to continue working as a school principal.  Bartley, an amateur botanist, later ran an experimental station on his farm for the College of Agriculture of the University of Illinois.  These letters indicate that he was helpful in setting up the first guides on insect and botanical boundaries in Illinois.  Correspondents include Thomas J. Burrill, Stephen A. Forbes, Robert Kennicott, I. A. Lapham, Cyrus Thomas, and George Vasey.

The collection contains photostats of letters which Anna Bartley Weaver loaned for copying to Walter B. Hendrickson of MacMurray College.  Professor Hendrickson in turn gave the copies to the Library in 1968.

BASSETT, MARK M.  REMINISCENCE, 1863-65.  1 item.

Mark Bassett, from West Point, Ill., served in Co. E of the 53rd Ill. Vol. Inf.  Enlisting as a sergeant on Jan. 1, 1862, Bassett was a first lieutenant when he was taken prisoner on July 12, 1863, during the Union assault on Jackson, Miss.  He escaped from Libby Prison on Feb. 9, 1864, but was recaptured four days later.  He later escaped from prison in Columbia, S. C., spending two months dodging Confederate patrols on his way back to Union lines.  He was discharged on Apr. 12, 1865.

Bassett's fourteen-page reminiscence gives a detailed account of his experiences in Confederate prisons and his escapes.

June Spaulding Weiderman of St. Augustine, Fla., with the assistance of Kathleen S. Spaulding of Champaign, Ill., gave a copy of the document to the Survey in 1993.

BATES, ERASTUS NEWTON (1828-98).  LETTERS AND OTHER MATERIALS, 1862-1904.  .5 cu.ft.

Born in Massachusetts in 1828, Erastus Newton Bates moved to Ohio in 1836, and later attended Williams College and Union Theological Seminary.  In 1859, after practicing law in Minnesota for three years, he moved to Centralia, Ill.  In 1862, he mustered into the 80th Ill. Vol. Inf. as a major.  Bates fought at the battle of Perryville in Oct. 1862, and was captured by Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry in May 1863.  Held in Libby Prison, he escaped for a brief time in Jan. 1864, but was quickly recaptured.  Illness prevented Bates from participating in the escape of 109 of his fellow officers from Libby on Feb. 9, and he was soon transferred to a prison in South Carolina.  Released in Sept. 1864, Bates returned to his regiment as lieutenant colonel in Jan. 1865, and was mustered out in June with the rank of brevet brigadier general of volunteers.  Following the war, Bates served a two-year term in the Illinois legislature before he was elected State Treasurer in 1869, a post he held until 1873.  As a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872, he supported the renomination of President Ulysses S. Grant.  After his retirement from public life, he moved to Minneapolis, Minn., where he died in 1898.  He is buried in Springfield, Ill.

The collection includes transcriptions of letters by Bates during the war, mainly letters to his wife and son; material relating to his military career; and other information collected by James Sturgill during an internship with the Macon County Conservation District in Decatur, Ill.  Sturgill arranged the collection, making it accessible through a table of contents listing 33 clusters of material.  He gave a copy to the Survey in 2003.  Brent Wielt, historian of the Macon County Conservation District, and Erin Meekhof Sturgill facilitated this gift.

BAYNTON, WHARTON, AND MORGAN.  PAPERS, 1757-99.  6 microfilm reels, 2 folders (24 items).

This collection relates to the activities in the Illinois Country of the Philadelphia mercantile firm of Baynton, Wharton, and Morgan.  It also documents the subsequent career of George Morgan.  The collection consists of 6 reels of microfilmed papers and 10 transcripts of correspondence not on film.  In addition, there are 14 photostats and transcriptions of items that are available on the film.

The letters discuss political events and trade in Illinois and the West during the British regime, the governing of frontier areas, the establishment of boundaries, and disputes with Native Americans.  Among the correspondents are Gen. Thomas Gage, George Morgan (writing from Kaskaskia), James Rumsey, and Lord Dunmore.  

The microfilm and typescripts were made from the originals in the Baynton, Wharton, and Morgan Papers in the Pennsylvania Division of Public Records.  See Guide to the Microfilm of the Baynton, Wharton, and Morgan Papers in the Pennsylvania State Archives (1967).  This collection is closely linked to the Survey's George Morgan Papers.

BEAL-CASEY FAMILY.  PAPERS, 1886-1940.  .5 cu.ft. 

Alvin Casey Beal was a professor of Agriculture at Cornell University and a noted expert on horticulture.  Born in Mt. Vernon, Ill., in 1897, Beal earned his master's and doctoral degrees at Cornell.  In 1899, he married Ervilla B. Lefever, a school teacher from Milmine, Ill.  The Beals had one child, Elizabeth Beal, a librarian, who also graduated from Cornell and received advanced degrees at Columbia University and Iowa State College.

The Beal-Casey papers contain diaries of Elizabeth and Ervilla Beal, correspondence and notes on the genealogies of the Beal and Casey families, and other family documents.  The collection also includes a Civil War certification of citizenship, various legal documents, and several diplomas.  One notable item is a letter of reprimand from the Piatt County School Board to Ervilla Lefever for neglecting attendance at summer institutes.

Elizabeth Beal owned the items in the collection until her death in 1973.  The papers passed through the Lefever family to Ann L. Skagenberg of Monticello, Ill., Ervilla Beals' great-grandniece.  Mrs. Skagenberg donated the papers to the Survey in 1989 and 1990.

BEAMAN, DAVID.  PAPERS, 1786-1885.  1 folder (31 items).

The Beaman Papers consists mainly of invoices, receipts, and deeds from Antwerp, Jefferson County, N.Y.  There are also two letters between David Beaman and his brother Hiram, living in LaBeouff, Erie County, Pa., that discuss farm production and prices. 

The papers belonged to Dean Charles M. Thompson of the University of Illinois College of Commerce, and were given to the Survey by his son, Joseph Thompson of Champaign, Ill.

BECKMAN, ARNOLD O.  FARM RECORDS, 1906-82.  .2 cu.ft.

Arnold Beckman's farm records include papers, abstracts of title, and title insurance data for farms in Sullivan Township, Livingston County, Ill.  Dr. Beckman donated the records to the University of Illinois in 1986.

BEERLI, ANNIS C.  PAPERS, 1932.  2 items.

Annis Beerli's letter of Feb. 19, 1932, and her notes, relate to her ancestors, including Col. Joseph Ball (George Washington's mother's grandfather) and the abolitionist John Brown.

BELL, JOHN (1797-1869).  PAPERS, 1860-61.  3 folders (17 items).

The materials in this collection concern the 1860 presidential candidacy of John Bell of Tennessee.  Included are correspondence between Bell and Alexander H. H. Stuart, who helped organize the Constitutional Union Party, Jeremiah Clemens, a Unionist from Alabama who attempted to prevent secession, and Washington Hunt, a former governor of New York State (1850-52) and Chairman of the Constitutional Union Convention which nominated Bell.  The collection also includes photocopies of two speeches, one, handwritten by Bell, concerning Kansas and the Missouri Compromise, and the other concerning the issue of secession in Texas.

The photostats in this collection were selected from the John Bell Papers, Library of Congress.

BELOTE, JAMES L (1833-63).  LETTERS, 1862-63.  1 folder (38 items).

James Belote, a member of the 19th Mich. Vol. Inf. during the Civil War, died of dysentery on Apr. 20, 1863.  In these letters to his wife, Belote comments on soldiering in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky.  Other letters discuss in some detail the battle of Thompson's Station near Franklin, Tenn., on Mar. 4, 1863, where the 19th Michigan guarded a rear bridge.

The transcripts were compiled by Michael B. Russell, Conesus Lake, N.Y., great, great grandson of Belote.

BENDER, LUCY (b. 1890).  PAPERS, 1936.  1 folder.

The Bender collection contains a description of the recovery work Lucy Bender did with Gallatin County records that had previously been missing.  There is also a twelve-page typewritten article entitled "A Brief History of Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois."

BERDAHL, CLARENCE A.  PAPERS, 1943-71.  .2 cu.ft.

Clarence Berdahl was born on June 12, 1890, in Baltic, So. Dak.  He began teaching at the University of Illinois in 1920, where he served as chairman of the Department of Political Science from 1935 to 1939.  In 1961 he became chairman of the Division of Social Science and Professor Emeritus. Professor Berdahl was a member of numerous professional organizations in the fields of political science and history, and wrote several books.

The collection contains correspondence regarding Berdahl's membership in the Democratic Federation of Illinois, 1957-68.  Several letters from then State Representative Paul Simon are included, as are materials related to Berdahl's resignation from the organization.    Berdahl had reacted negatively to a Federation news release which condemned the events at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.  In addition, the collection includes materials produced by the Federation and four folders of newspaper clippings, 1943-71, concerning the Federation and Illinois politics.

Clarence Berdahl donated the collection to the Survey in 1975 and 1977.  See also the Berdahl Papers in the University Archives.

BESAUCON, OCTAVE (d. 1905).  PAPERS, 1851-97.  .6 cu.ft. (109 items).

Octave Besaucon, of Oak Lawn Plantation, New Orleans, La., served in C.S.A. Gen. Braxton Bragg's bodyguard.  He later held various public offices in Jefferson Parish, La.  The Besaucon collection mainly contains newspaper clippings during the Civil War and Reconstruction.  There are also two poems, a letter of honorable discharge for a Confederate soldier, and the front page of the June 13, 1897, issue of the Chicago Tribune.

Florence Besaucon Clarke Michalek donated the collection to the Survey in 1969.

BESTOR, ARTHUR E. PAPERS, 1935-62. 13 cu.ft, 13 microfilm reels.  Finding Aid.

Arthur E. Bestor (1908- ) earned his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Yale. He taught history at Columbia, Stanford, and the University of Wisconsin before joining the faculty at the University of Illinois in 1947. While at Illinois he published his major works, Backwoods Utopias (1950) and Educational Wastelands (1953). In 1962, he left for the University of Washington where he served as professor of history until 1976.

After a brief interest in the early 1930s in Emerson, Thoreau, and Transcendentalism, Bestor turned his efforts to the study of American communitarianism. His dissertation examined the Fourierist movement in the 1840s, while Backwoods Utopias discussed its American Utopian antecedents, particularly Owenism. Backwoods Utopias was to be the first of three books on communitarianism in the United States. Although Bestor did not complete other volumes, he collected pamphlets and articles for the project.

There are two distinct parts to the Illinois Historical Survey's Bestor collection: the communitarian photographic materials and the communitarian research materials. The pictorial materials include photographs and postcards showing sites and buildings of 30 communities as well as photocopies of portraits and maps. Bestor's research notes on communitarianism comprise the bulk of the collection. These include notes on individual communities, communitarian correspondence and periodicals, newspapers and pamphlets. Bestor's published and unpublished studies are also included. The Brook Farm materials have been microfilmed.

Bestor donated the collection to the Illinois Historical Survey in 1951 and 1979. Portions of "Phalanxes of Social Reform" (Series IV.A.), the sequel to Backwoods Utopias, may not be photocopied without the written permission of the Survey librarian. Bestor's personal and professional papers (19 - ) are held by the University of Illinois Archives. Additional papers are available at the University of Washington.

BIRKBECK, MORRIS (1764-1825).  PAPERS, 1774, 1805-25.  1 folder (4 items).

Morris Birkbeck was one of the founders of the English Settlement in Edwards County, Ill.  The Birkbeck Papers contains an original 1822 deed signed by Morris Birkbeck, selling a parcel of land in Edwards County to James Forest Jackson.  Also included is a photocopied 1774 letter from an M. Birkbeck (probably Morris' father) to "William and Ma: Fairbank," describing his travels through the colonies visiting friends, and some land he purchased in North Carolina.  In addition, the collection contains an annotated calendar of Morris Birkbeck correspondence, listing seventy-five letters, and a list of land tracts entered at the Kaskaskia Land Office by Morris Birkbeck, with a map detailing their locations.  

The photocopied letter was donated to the Survey by Nancy Thomas of Richmond, England, in 1960.  The calendar of letters was obtained by Walter Colyer in 1908 from Richard Birkbeck, Morris Birkbeck's grandson, and by the Survey in 1917 with Colyer's permission.  Colyer also obtained the list of land tracts from the Kaskaskia Land Office Book of Applications and Receipts.

BISHOP HILL COLONY, HENRY COUNTY, ILL.  CORRESPONDENCE, 1850.  1 folder (7 items).

Bishop Hill Colony, founded in 1846, was a fairly self-contained Swedish communitarian society, engaging in agriculture, linen weaving, and the production of woolen goods.

The correspondence, copied from originals in the Illinois State Historical Library, is published in Harry E. Pratt, "The Murder of Eric Janson, Leader of the Bishop Hill Colony," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 45 (Spring 1952), 55-69. 

BLAIR AND RIVES PAPERS.  LETTERS, 1860-61.  1 folder (2 items).

John C. Rives (1795-1864) and Francis P. Blair (1791-1876) were publishers of the Congressional Globe.  One letter, dated Dec. 3, 1860, describes the meeting of the last Congress before Secession; the other, dated Apr. 28, 1861, the military situation of Washington, D.C.

The letters were photocopied from the originals in the Blair & Rives collection in the Library of Congress.

BLISS, NEZIAH WRIGHT (1826-1910).  LEDGER BOOK, 1854-62.  1 vol.

This ledger was used by Neziah Wright Bliss to record weather statistics at Warsaw, Ill., from Aug. 1854 to Sept. 1856.  He also used the book as a diary, including recipes, garden and farm notes, and data on natural phenomena.

Bliss's son, Wyllys King Bliss, gave the ledger book to the Chicago office of the U.S. Weather Bureau in 1935, and it was subsequently transferred to the Springfield office, to the Illinois State Water Survey, and, in 1973, to the Illinois Historical Survey.

BLOXHAM, ALFRED.  LETTERS, 1843-47.  1 folder (14 items).

In this correspondence, Alfred Bloxham, a miller at Nashville, Ill., wrote to members of his family about financial, health, and family matters.  The collection also contains a letter, dated Jun 22, 1841, from H. H. Rasin of St. Louis, Mo., certifying Bloxham as a skilled miller.

BLOXSOM, G. W. (d. 1868).  LETTER, 1860.  1 item.

G. W. Bloxsom of Sydney, Ill., wrote to Joseph Sim on Mar. 10, 1860, regarding lands available for purchase in Champaign County.

Sylvia Renner Hadden of Urbana, Ill., donated the letter to the Survey.

BODEN, JOHN RIDGWAY.  REMINISCENCE, 1861-65.  1 item.

In "With the Third Iowa Cavalry," a copy of a 22-page account, John R. Boden recorded the Civil War experiences of an anonymous friend.  It relates incidents of army life, campaigns, and plundering in the South.

BONAR, SUE.  LETTER, 1865.  1 item.

On June 13, 1865, Sue Bonar, a school teacher in Oak Point, Iowa, wrote to Harry Lawrence, in Lexington, Ohio.  Lexington may have once been Bonar's home as she mentions several people there, but she also discusses school, weather, crops, and health.  

The Survey bought the letter in 1975.

BOND FAMILY.  PAPERS, 1853-1940.  .4 cu.ft.

Jehiel Bond (1842-1939) became a minister of the Religious Society of Friends after attending Spiceland Academy, Henry County, Ind.  Although he preached in meetings from eastern Illinois to eastern Ohio throughout his long career, he remained a member of the Dover Monthly Meeting, his family's meeting near Webster, Wayne County, Ind.  Bond married Anna Jane Marshall (1844-1940) on Apr. 26, 1866, under the care of the Flat Rock Meeting in Henry County, Ind., Anna's grandparents' meeting.  The Bond's had three children, Clara Etta, Seward Edgar, and Jennie Florence.  Jehiel Bond preached his last sermon on Apr. 26, 1938, on the occasion of his and Anna's seventy-second anniversary.

The Bond Family collection contains Jehiel and Anna's correspondence, mainly from the 1860s, to and from their parents, Levi and Lydia Williams Bond, and Evan and Gulielma Bond Marshall; and Jehiel's cousin, Elizabeth Bond ("Libbie" or "Lizzie").  Recurring themes in the correspondence include the weather, crops, and personal health.  There are occasional references to the Civil War and a few other national events, but the focus in mainly local and personal, mentioning births, marriages, and deaths, daily chores, trips to meeting, and visits of family and friends.  The collection also contains various ministerial, financial, genealogical papers, and obituaries.

Richard B. Haworth, great grandson of Jehiel and Anna Bond, donated the collection to the Survey in 1980.  

BORN FAMILY.  PAPERS, 1890-1915.  1 folder (19 items).

The Born Family collection contains personal records of John, Henry, and Ella Born, including bank books, insurance policies, leases, ledgers, and probate documents.

Ann Skagenberg of Monticello, Ill., donated the collection to the Survey in 1990.

BORNEMAN, HENRY S. (d. 1955).  PAPERS, 1840-49, 1891-1926.  1 microfilm reel.

Henry Borneman collected these 24 letters, typescripts, and clippings relating to Brook Farm and Fourierism.  Many of the letters are to John S. Dwight.  Also included is "Reminiscences of Brook Farm and its Founder: A Lecture Read at Waltham, Monday, March 26, 1900," written by Frank B. Sanborn of Concord, Mass., and published in American Transcendental Quarterly, 26 (Spring 1975).

The items in this collection were microfilmed in 1942 for Arthur E. Bestor, Jr., who gave them to the Survey in 1951.

BOSTON UNION OF ASSOCIATIONISTS.  RECORD BOOK, 1846-48.  1 microfilm reel.

The Boston Union of Associationists, an affiliate of the American Union of Associationists, was devoted to the propagation of Fourierism, with members including many participants in the Brook Farm Community.  The record book contains minutes of meetings and committees, lists of members, and the constitution of the organization.

The original is in the Harvard College Library.

BOSTWICK, ALANSON.  JOURNAL, 1839-41.  1 item.

This journal of schoolteacher Alanson Bostwick gives an account of his journey to and from Chicago during the summer of 1839, from his home in Winchester, Ill.  There is also an account of a trip, Oct. 19-Dec. 6, 1841, from New York to Springfield, Ill.  In addition to topographical descriptions, the author comments on cities, people, and weather he encountered on his trip. 

Bostwick's granddaughter, Caroline J. Tucker, of Minneapolis, Minn., donated the 20-page typescript of the journal to the Survey in 1918.

BOSWELL, N. C.  LETTER AND NOTES, 1898.  1 folder (2 items).

This collection includes a typescript of a letter of Jan. 24, 1898 from N. C. Boswell of Neponset, Ill., to Dr. W. T. Hall of Toulon, Ill., sketching the lives of Martin and Perry Dukes, pioneers of Osceola Grove, Stark County, Ill.  It also includes a typescript of excerpts from the Cambridge, Illinois Chronicle of Nov. 9, 1899.

BOYLE, JOHN (b. 1830).  LETTER, 1848.  1 item.

Writing from Tremont, Ill., on Feb. 28, 1848, John Boyle included copies of affidavits from heirs of Maj. George Walls, claiming that he had received no pay or bounties for his service under George Rogers Clark in the American Revolution.

Wilbur Duncan of Decatur, Ill., donated the letter to the Survey in 1957.

BRACKEN, WILLIAM.  PAPERS, 1865, 1902.  1 folder (2 items).

The collection consists of William Bracken's army discharge from Co. A, 12th Ky. Cav., dated Sept. 7, 1865, and a tax receipt dated Jan. 18, 1902.

Robert E. Lawson of Villa Grove, Ill., donated these items to the Survey in 1983.

BREESE, SIDNEY (1800-78).  CORRESPONDENCE, 1839-69.  1 folder (12 items).

Sidney Breese was a U.S. Senator, 1843-49, and a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, 1857-78.  Three of the incoming letters are from William Martin of Alton, Ill., about business matters.  Among the outgoing correspondence is a June 14, 1869 letter to Myra Bradwell, who led the movement to open the legal profession to women in Illinois, in which Breese offers support in building the reputation and circulation of the Chicago Legal News.  Other outgoing correspondence includes eight letters, Feb.-Dec., 1843, to Pierre Menard, Breese's business agent and creditor, concerning business affairs.

Typescripts of these letters were obtained from Harry E. Pratt of Springfield, Ill., owner of the Martin letters, Gov. Henry Horner, owner of the Bradwell letter, and from the originals in the Menard collection in the Illinois State Historical Library.

BRIDGE, SERENO.  LETTERS, 1861-62.  1 folder (3 items).

Sereno Bridge of Elgin, Ill., served in Co. G, 15th Ill. Vol. Cav. as a private; he mustered in on Oct. 25, 1861 and mustered out Oct. 31, 1864.  The Company was attached to the 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf. during the time of these letters.

The three letters were written to his wife, Allisanny Stanley Winchester Bridge. The first is from Benton Barracks, Mo., commenting on the immoral, unhealthy, and dangerous conditions of camp life, with Union men being killed each night by unknown enemies.  The latter two were from Jackson, Tenn., when the Company formed part of the Third Brigade, Second Division, Army of the Tennessee.  On Sept. 4, 1862, he notes the dangers of scout duty, the uncanny war whoop of the 'secesh' soldiers when attacking, and the confusion of the battle in some detail.  On Oct. 25, 1862, he describes taking prisoners from amongst the town's professional class -- he debated slavery with the minister -- and the women's reactions.

Denise L. Stevenson of Goldfield, Iowa, donated the transcripts to the Survey in 1988 and retained the originals.

BRISBANE, ALBERT (1809-90).  PAPERS AND DIARY, 1830-32, 1841-1936.  4.3 cu.ft.

Albert Brisbane was a leading propagandist for Fourierist Socialism in the United States beginning in the 1840s.  The correspondence in this collection, primarily between Brisbane and his family, includes that of his second wife, Redelia Bates, and his son, Arthur (1864-1936).  Albert Brisbane's letters relate to social reform, particularly Fourierism, industrial democracy, religion, scientific theories, and inventions and patents.

The collection also includes papers relating to the case of Lodoiska M. Brisbane v. Albert Brisbane, 1883-85; drafts of books and articles by Albert Brisbane dealing with Fourierism; transcripts of Albert Brisbane's column on Fourierism in the New York Tribune, 1842-43; manuscript writings of Redelia Brisbane; clippings of Arthur Brisbane's newspaper work; and diaries of trips to Malta, Sicily, Calabria, and Naples (1830-31), and to Paris and Berlin (1831-32). 

Through the assistance of Arthur E. Bestor, Jr., the collection, except for the diaries, was donated to the Survey in 1950, by Seward Brisbane, grandson of Albert Brisbane.  The original diaries, in the Brisbane papers at Syracuse University, were microfilmed for the Survey as part of an exchange of materials in 1963-64.                                           

BROMWELL, HENRY PELHAM HOLMES (1823-1903).  LETTERS AND PAPERS, 1862-66.  1 folder (9 items).

Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell was a member of Congress, 1865-69, when he lived in Charleston, Ill.  He later moved to Colorado, where he continued in public service.  Among the original items in this collection is a Dec. 18, 1864 letter to Bromwell from Maj. James A. Connolly, "before Savannah," describing the march through Georgia and expounding on the anti-black actions of Gen. Jefferson C. Davis.  There is also a letter dated May 15, 1865 from W. S. Marshall, a constituent stationed in Vicksburg, Miss., telling Bromwell that Congress needs to take action to help ease racial tensions in the region.  In addition, there is also a deposition by Allan Pinkerton regarding Timothy Webster, one of his secret service operators, who was captured in Richmond, court-martialed by the Confederate Government, and executed in 1862.  Webster's 1841 marriage certificate, is included, as Bromwell was working to get benefits for Webster's widow.

Among the photocopies in the collection are an 1861 letter to Bromwell from his mother, an April 1865 letter from Bromwell describing arrangements in Springfield for Lincoln's funeral; and three 1865 letters to Bromwell from William H. Herndon, who asks assistance in his Lincoln research.  In addition, there is a copy of a letter from William Pickering on May 18, 1865, claiming Lincoln had planned on reappointing him as Governor of Washington Territory.

Originals were given to the Survey by Henry's daughter, Henrietta Bromwell of Denver.  Photocopies are from the Bromwell papers in the Library of Congress.

BROOK FARM COMMUNITY.  RECORD BOOK, 1841-47.  1 microfilm reel.

Material in the Brook Farm Community record book concerns the formation and government of the Brook Farm Phalanx.  The minutes from meetings and Board of Directors conferences discuss the establishment of the Community and weekly business issues.  Interspersed throughout the notes are drafts of the Constitution of the Community, with subheadings encompassing most phases of government and life at Brook Farm.  There is also a document from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts incorporating the Brook Farm Phalanx.

The Brook Farm record book is held by the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Mass.

BROOKS, FRANCIS J.  PAPERS, 1880-1980.  1 cu.ft.

Francis J. Brooks was a motion picture projectionist and local historian in Monticello, Ill.  This collection consists of Brooks's personal papers, including materials related to the motion picture industry, photographs of people and places taken in the period 1880-1910, and film of Arizona and Illinois.

The Piatt County Historical and Genealogical Society donated the collection to the Survey in 1987 and 1990.

BROWN, PAUL.  MANUSCRIPT, 1839.  1 microfilm reel.

Paul Brown, a radical pamphleteer, was a member of the New Harmony Community on which he had published an extensive account.  The microfilm contains "The Woodcutter or a Glimpse of the 19th Century at the West," a manuscript volume, evidently designed for publication, that contains 43 essays advocating social reform on extreme equalitarian principles.  The essays, which are partly autobiographical,  contain allusions to New Harmony are present in the work.  The 218-page manuscript is dated 1839, according to a reference note on page 96.  

The manuscript itself is in the Illinois State Historical Library.  See also Paul Brown, Twelve Months in New Harmony (1827).

BROWN, ROBERT CARLTON (1886-1959).  COLLECTION, 1919-42.  1 cu.ft.

Robert Brown was a radical writer who gathered materials for a history of cooperative movements.  In 1934, he circulated questionnaires to over 300 organizations in 20 different countries.  His book, Can We Cooperate? (1940), is partly autobiographical.

The collection contains files including a questionnaire, correspondence, printed materials, and clippings relating to over 142 cooperative organizations.  The questionnaires reveal the principles, objectives, land and financial holdings, membership, and practices of the different organizations.  In addition, there are approximately 200 questionnaires from other organizations which contain only minimal information such as name and location.

Beyond the general information provided in the questionnaires, the collection includes further information on Commonwealth College, in Mena, Ark., and the Newllano Colony, Vernon County, La.  The extra information on Commonwealth College includes several issues of the Commonwealth College Fortnightly, 1928-38, and three copies of  The Commoner (June, Nov.-Dec., 1939, and Apr. 1940).  The additional material on Newllano includes clippings from the Llano Colonist and manuscripts written by George Pickett, general manager of the colony.

The collection also contains Brown's general correspondence, 1918-42, along with newspaper clippings, photographs, bibliographies, and notes, mostly relating to his book.  There are also several manuscript drafts of Can We Cooperate? and a copy of Ernest S. Wooster's Communities of the Past and Present (Newllano, La: Llano Colonist, 1924) included in the collection.

Robert Brown sold the collection to the Survey in 1951.

BROWN, WILLIAM H.  BUSINESS RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE, 1882-1901.  1 vol., 1 folder (13 items)

William Brown was a businessman in Heyworth, McLean County, Ill., during the late nineteenth century.  The collection includes Brown's ledger of individual business accounts, 1882-1901, primarily recording the sale of beef;  other business records; and several letters.

The collection was purchased by the Survey in 1974.

BRYAN AND MORRISON.  BUSINESS RECORDS, 1800-57.  8 microfilm reels.

This collection consists primarily of business records and correspondence of the firm of Bryan and Morrison.  Guy Bryan, the firm's senior partner, was a Philadelphia Quaker who had connections with a number of prominent Philadelphia merchants including George Logan, Peter Muhlenberg, and Chandler Price.  By 1790, Bryan operated a successful wholesale dry goods firm in Philadelphia and had decided to expand his operation into the West.  Bryant's nephew, William Morrison, was given this responsibility, becoming one of the most prominent merchants and traders in the upper Mississippi River Valley.

The records for the firm's main branch at Kaskaskia include three daybooks dating 1805-8.  The collection also contains two ledgers and two daybooks for the Cahokia branch, 1800-25.  In addition, there are numerous other ledgers and daybooks from various businesses throughout Illinois and Missouri, and letters between Morrison and James O'Hara, a glass manufacturer.

The collection includes microfilm of original records in the Chester Public Library (4 reels), the Illinois State Historical Library (2 reels), the Chicago Historical Society (1 reel), and the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (1 reel).  It was used as the basis for John Leslie Trevebaugh, "Merchant on the Western Frontier: William Morrison of Kaskaskia, 1790-1837" (Ph.D. diss., University of Illinois, 1962).

BRYANT, ARTHUR (1803-82).  LETTER, 1830.  1 item.

Arthur Bryant, writing to his brother John William Bryant from Jacksonville, Ill., on Dec. 30, 1830, describes the agricultural conditions in Bureau County.  Having just arrived in the region to farm, he elaborates upon the types of soil, crops, weather conditions, and prices for agricultural goods.

This typescript of Bryant's letter was made from the original in the Bureau County Historical Society Museum, Princeton, Ill.

BURNHAM FAMILY.  CLIPPINGS, 1894-97.  1 folder (16 items).

The clippings of the Burnham family mainly concern the deaths of Julia F. and A. C. Burnham, and the public institutions they supported-- Burnham Hospital and the Burnham Athenaeum.

See also the Champaign Public Library and Burnham Athenaeum Collection.

BURR, AMOS SHELTON (1848-1911).  PAPERS, 1880-1961.  2 cu.ft.

Amos Shelton Burr was born in Bridgeport, Conn. in 1848, and came to Bement, Ill., in 1880 as a representative of the Bodmans of Massachusetts.  Although he was trained as a lawyer and banker,  Burr purchased Thornton Farm, in Piatt County, and developed it into one of central Illinois' show places by employing such methods as drainage and the use of fertilizer.  In 1882, Burr married Sydney Amelie Compton of Rapides Parish, La., and eventually became the owner of the Amelie Plantation.

The collection includes legal documents, tax papers and ledgers which concern the Illinois property, the Amelie Plantation, and some land in Arapahoe County, Colo.  In addition there are inventories and papers from the trust set up under the will of Burr, and a few papers and a copy of the will of Burr's sister, Carrie.

Burr's daughter, Mary Burr Brown, married Lloyd Warfield Brown, who farmed near Jacksonville, Ill.  The Browns leased farms and land in Illinois from Julia Carter (wife of W. C. Carter) and Julius Strawn, farm magnates in Morgan County.  In addition to the papers on their Illinois property, the collection includes a series of correspondence and documents that deal with properties in Louisiana and Colorado.

The entire collection was acquired in 1970 through Roberta Scouffas as a gift from Amelia Blyth, of Bement, Ill., niece of Ellen Burr Simpson, Burr's daughter.

BUSCH, ALVINA.  ART HISTORY BOOK, 1888.  1 item.

Alvina Busch was a school teacher in Champaign County in the late nineteenth century.  This volume is her notebook from an art history class she took as a student in Pennsylvania.  The fly page shows her address as Ogontz, Pa., but little else is known about her.

The notebook contains her lecture notes from the course, including sections on color, Florentine art, the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Correggio, and Michelangelo, and the Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and Venetian schools.

BUSEY, SAMUEL T.  PAPERS, 1851-1898.  135 Items.  1.35 cu. ft.  Finding Aid.

The collection is divided into two lots reflecting the acquisition of the material at two different times, from different donors. 

Lot 1 (38 items) consists primarily of letters to Samuel T. Busey of Urbana, Illinois, from family members and associates. Nearly half of the letters date from the Civil War, in which Busey was Lt. Col. of the 76th Illinois Volunteers.  There are no letters by Busey, and only one letter from the front (no. 21).  The last few letters are, as indicated, from Louise Romine in Denver to Elizabeth Busey, her grandmother and Samuel T. Busey's mother.

 Civil War topics covered include politics, emancipation, conscription, homefront conditions, and regimental rivalries. Many of the letters give a glimpse into daily life in Illinois during the period, touching on education, recreation, courtship, and horse trading. 

The material in Lot 1 was acquired with general funds for the Illinois Historical Survey, University of Illinois Library, from The Coin Place, Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1992. 

Lot 2 (97 items) consists of photocopies of (1) personal correspondence to Samuel T. Busey (25 items, the first unnumbered, 1857-67), the nature and topical scope of which is similar to the correspondence in Lot 1; (2) business papers (46 items, 1856-65), including letters, bills, and receipts; and (3) official papers (26 items, 1860-64), including some pre-war legal matters and official war correspondence and ordnance reports. All 97 items in Lot 2 are photocopies. 

The photocopies that make up Lot 2 were acquired in 1995 for the Illinois Historical Survey through the good offices of Tim Talbott of the Early American Museum, Mahomet, Illinois.

BUTTLES, M. R.  ACCOUNT BOOK, 1852-73.  1 vol.

Leather goods, agricultural and practical implements, and livestock are the main categories of goods included in this store account book.  The accounts are for customers, most of whom lived in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

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CAHOKIA CITIZENS.  LETTER, 1784.  1 item.

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 a transcript, was read orally to Cahokia residents after high mass on Apr. 22, 1784.  Because of this conflict, and other incidents, the residents refused to accept de la Valiniere as "Vicar General of Illinois."

CAIRO CITY AND CANAL COMPANY.  PAPERS, 1838-42.  5 items.

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.  Also included in the collection are two stock shares for the Cairo City and Canal Company (1839), a printed prospectus of the company (1841), and a receipt issued to assigners of the estate of Wright, for Illinois Improvement Bonds (1842).  

These papers were purchased in London in 1918.

CAMP STOTSENBERG HOSPITAL.  PAPERS, 1900-1.  3 items.

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 of bubonic plague.  The collection also includes a deposit slip and a New York Sun clipping reporting the comments of Lt. John J. Kennedy regarding the Filipino conception of government. 

The Library acquired the collection in 1942.

CAMPBELL, ORIN SHEPHERD.  ACCOUNT BOOKS, PAPERS, 1836-57, 1860-65.  .6 cu.ft.

Orin Shepherd Campbell was a practicing physician in Pike County, Ill.  This collection contains three volumes of his business records and also several loose receipts and statements, 1860-65.  The account books list the patient, the date of visit, the service rendered, and the fee charged.  Of particular note, is the 1853-57 volume, which documents Campbell's partnership with John T. Hodgen, who later became a notable St. Louis surgeon, and who served as President of the American Medical Association and of the American Surgical Association.

With the assistance of Paul F. Grote, Jr., Almarina Grimshaw Grote of Pittsfield, Ill., granddaughter of Dr. Campbell, donated the collection to the Library in 1939.

CANNON, JOSEPH GURNEY (1836-1926).  PHOTO ALBUM, BOOK, 1898-1909.  2 vols.

Joseph Gurney Cannon was a leading figure in U.S. politics during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  He represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives for a total of 46 years, between 1873 and 1923, and served as Speaker of the House from 1903 to 1911.  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 and its occupants, employees, surrounding grounds, and events.  The buildings and grounds were later adapted for use by the Danville Area Community College.

The Survey purchased the album in 1970.

CARLTON, DAVID DUDLEY (b. 1841).  DIARY, WAR RECORDS, REMINISCENCES, PHOTOGRAPHS, 1861-65, 1915, 1947, 1974.  7 items.

David Dudley Carlton was born near Mantua, Ohio, and joined the 42nd Ohio Vol. Inf. as a teamster in Sept. 1861.  From Dec. 20, 1861, to July 30, 1863, Carlton kept a diary, regularly sending portions home to his father, Epaphro Carlton, to be re-copied in ink.  Carlton, after he was mustered out in Nov. 1864, added a brief epilogue summarizing his final year in the war.  The 142-page diary, of which the Survey has a copy, describes camp life, illnesses, weather conditions, other units, and skirmishes and battles, including Cumberland Gap, Tazewell, Champion Hill, and Vicksburg.  The collection also contains an 1864 original muster-out roll for Co. A of the 42nd Ohio; a typescript of Carlton's Certificate of Service; a photograph and negative of Carlton and his wife on their 50th anniversary in 1915; and a photocopy of the 1947 reminiscences of Karl S. Carlton, David's son.

Items in the collection were donated, or made available for copying, by Karl E. Gardner, grandson of David Dudley Carlton, and associate dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of Illinois, in 1973 and 1976.  In 1974, Gardner supplemented the collection with Carlton family genealogical materials and a typescript of his recollections of his grandfather.

CARMICHAEL, JAMES.  MANUSCRIPT, 1924-32.  1 vol.

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 life.  Between 1924 and 1932, Carmichael used this volume to record his recollection of his life.  The volume features 175 pages of handwritten notes by Carmichael.  A facsimile of the journal, entitled Recollections of James Carmichael was published in 2001 [UIUC: 630.92 C212c].  

CARR, MILDRED E.  JOURNAL, 1907-8.  1 vol.

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.  Their stops included New York City, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Chicago; Duluth, Minn.; and Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, Port Arthur, Winnipeg, Banff, and Lake Louise, Canada.  They also visited several places in California, including San Francisco, Stanford University, Mt. Tamalpais, Vallecito, Sierre Madre, Monterey, and Santa Barbara.  In addition, they saw  the Grand Canyon and Painted Desert in Arizona; and visited Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Mount Vernon, before sailing from New York.  Some of Carr's observations are particularly enlightening.  She described Chicago, for instance, as "a hazy, smoky, Birmingham."

Carr's journal contains a 111-page diary, 198 photographs, and 33 postcards.  One photograph depicts a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Washington Senators on Aug. 16, 1907.  Also included are two letters to Carr, including one from Eldridge in which they plan their trip; a folding map of the Nipigon River in the province of Ontario; a table of railroads rates; a playbill for "The Jesters," performed at the Empire Theater in New York; and an envelope of Balsam Pine Needles from Nipigon.

This volume was purchased in 1976 from Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles.

CARRIEL, MARY TURNER (1845-1928).  PAPERS, 1864-1927.  .5 cu.ft.

Mary Turner Carriel was the daughter of Jonathan Baldwin Turner and wife of Henry Frost Carriel, Superintendent of the Jacksonville State Hospital.  She was the first woman to serve on the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, from 1897 to 1903.

The collection mainly reflects Carriel's involvement in Jacksonville women's organizations.  She was active in the Sorosis Club, and the collection includes meeting minutes and notes for her presentations on literary, art history, and travel topics.  In addition, the collection contains several items relating to her work in organizing the Women's Columbian Exposition Club in Morgan County.

Carriel's travel diaries are also a significant part of this collection, as she traveled through Europe in 1910, and through South America in 1912-13.  Brief correspondence mainly deals with the preparation and marketing of her biography of her father, The Life of Jonathan Baldwin Turner (1911).  In addition, the collection contains genealogical information which she gathered.

The collection also contains a brief diary kept by her son, Charles A. Carriel, documenting his work with the YMCA in South Dakota and Chicago in 1908.

The material in this collection was formerly in the Survey's Jonathan Baldwin Turner collection.

CARROLL, C. M.  RECEIPT, 1866.  1 item.

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.

CARROLL COUNTY, ILL.  ESTRAY BOOK, 1839-43.  1 vol.

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.

CARTWRIGHT, PETER.  LETTER, 1833.  1 item.

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."

R. Allan Stephens of Springfield, Ill., gave this photostat to the Survey in 1936.

CATLIN, JONATHAN A.  COLLECTION, 1860-83.  1 folder.

This collection contains a diary, a photograph, and two letters, mainly documenting the Civil War service of Jonathan A. Catlin, Co. G, 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.  Throughout the war, Catlin recorded his experiences in the diary, periodically commenting on battles and skirmishes in the Western theater of the war.  Catlin's diary also contains a few entries on his life before and after the war.  Other items in the collection include an undated photograph of Catlin, taken in Quincy, Ill., and a letter that he wrote from Corinth, Miss., on Aug. 7, 1863, describing the execution of a Confederate spy.  The collection also contains a Jan. 14, 1883, letter about family matters from Jane Van Horn of Churchville, Bucks County, Penn., to her cousins in Illinois.

The collection was bought from Charles Apfelbaum by the Rare Book and Special Collections Library in 1997, and transferred to the Illinois Historical Survey in 2004.

CATTLE BANK, CHAMPAIGN, ILL.  COLLECTION, 1982-83.  1 folder (19 items).

In 1856, the Grand Prairie Bank of Urbana, Ill., opened a branch in West Urbana (now Champaign).  The directors constructed a brick building for the branch, which was completed in 1858.  After two months, the branch dissolved into the Cattle Bank, which only survived until 1861.  From 1865 to 1971, the building held a mineral water manufactory and several grocery stores.  After fire gutted the structure in 1971, developers slated it for destruction.  However, a listing on the National Register of Historic Places led to plans to restore the building, a project completed in 1983.  The Cattle Bank is the oldest commercial building in Champaign County.  In 2001, after serving a number of tenants, the building became the Champaign County Historical Museum.

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 and history of the building by Professor Bruce M. Hannon of the University of Illinois, who gave the collection to the Survey.

CENTURY OF PROGRESS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, KAUFMAN & FABRY PHOTOGRAPHS, 1931-33.  .7 cu.ft.

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 indicating they were taken between 1931 and 1933.  Many of the photographs are exterior shots of the main exhibition buildings, but there are a few interior photographs as well.  In addition, several of the photographs show evidence of recent construction.

Albert H. Nemoede, a 1941 graduate of the U. of I. School of Architecture, collected these photographs.  After his death they came to the Art and Architecture Library, which gave them to the Survey in 1993.

CHADWICK, HARRY W. (b. 1857).  LETTER, 1918.  1 item.

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, as thanks for his work with the Italian Red Cross.

John W. McLure of Champaign, Ill., donated the letter to the Survey in 1968.

CHAMBERLAIN, SAMUEL E. (1829-1908).  MANUSCRIPT, 1846.  1 item. 

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 My Confession: The Recollections of a Rogue (1956).  This manuscript, the "Storming of Monterey," first appeared as an appendix in William H. Goetzmann's edition of My Confession (1996).

The manuscript, 20 pages long, is a clean copy of an earlier draft, with the narrative breaking off on Sept. 21-22, 1846, just before the Mexicans in Monterrey capitulated to the American army.  At the top of the first page is Chamberlain's watercolor vignette of Monterrey as seen by the approaching American army.  However, while Chamberlain's manuscript and painting are detailed and convincing, Chamberlain, who was only 16 at the time, was reportedly in San Antonio with the 1st U.S. Dragoons during the battle, and not fighting with the Texas Rangers at Monterrey, as he claims.

The Survey received the manuscript in 1996 from the estate of Elise B. Morton through the assistance of John D. Valentine, of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, attorneys at law, St. Louis.

CHAMPAIGN BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB.  RECORDS, 1923-53.  1 folder (1 vol., 16 items).

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 with the Champaign-Urbana Business and Professional Women's Club, 1912-1993 (1993).

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILL., CEMETERY SURVEY.  RECORDS, 1858-1983.  .7 cu.ft.

During the 1930s, County Surveyor Godfrey Sperling completed a survey of Champaign County cemeteries, under the authority of the Champaign County Board of Supervisors.  The collection includes materials used and created by Sperling during this project, including lists of soldiers' graves in various cemeteries, records sheets of the State of Illinois Military and Naval Department, a plat of Mount Hope Cemetery (Champaign), and a plat book of the county with cemeteries indicated.  In addition, the collection contains two journals concerning Champaign County war veterans, recording their name, service, G. A. R. post, date of death, and burial place.

Fonda D. Baselt and Josephine F. Moeller made copies of Sperling's maps from the collection, which they used, along with other sources, to update his survey in Cemeteries of Champaign County, Illinois: A Location Guide with Plat Maps (1984).  Their notes for this book are included in this collection.

The Champaign Public Library donated Sperling's work to the Survey in 1960.

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILL., COUNCIL OF DEFENSE.  REPORTS, 1919.  .2 cu.ft.

After World War I, the Champaign County Council of Defense collected county war records from the Champaign County Council of Defense, the County Fuel Administration, the War Camp Community Service, the Cooperating Committee on Tuberculosis War Problems, the Food Production and Conservation Committee, the Liberty Loan Committee, and the Champaign County Four Minute Men.  The collection contains the final report of the Council of Defense as well as work records of the Four Minute Men.

Marguerite Jenison (Pease), who directed the work of the War Records Section of the Illinois State Historical Library, 1920-24, donated the materials to the Survey.

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILL., SCHOOLS.  PAPERS, RECORDS, 1877-93, 1921-41.  8.8 cu.ft.

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 includes diverse administrative records of the superintendent's office, 1921-41.

CHAMPAIGN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND BURNHAM ATHENAEUM.  RECORDS, 1882-1936.  2 cu.ft.

The Champaign Public Library and Burnham Athenaeum was located at 306 W. Church Street in Champaign.  The building was named for Albert C. Burnham who, in 1895, donated the site and $15,000 for the construction of a new public library.  The neo-classical, fireproof building was the design of architect Julius A. Schweinfurth.  It served as the city library until 1978.

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 magazines borrowed from the library in 1896.

CHAMPAIGN ROTARY CLUB.  SCRAPBOOK, 1976-78.  1 vol.

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 scrapbooks contains newspaper clippings, programs, membership lists, photographs, correspondence, posters, flyers, and other items documenting the group's activities between 1976 and 1978.

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA COURIER.  PHOTOGRAPHS AND CLIPPINGS, 1930, 1956-78.  .6 cu.ft.

The Champaign-Urbana Courier, originally the Champaign County Herald, was published from 1877 to 1979.  This collection consists of over 500 photographs that appeared in the Courier during its last 20 years of operation.  Series I contains 193 photographic prints, mainly of Illinois political figures such as Alan J. Dixon, Neil Hartigan, Otto Kerner, Richard Ogilvie, Charles Percy, Paul Simon, Adlai Stevenson III, and James R. Thompson, but also including Robert M. Hutchins and John Philip Sousa.  There are also numerous newspaper clippings along with the photographs, most notably for Paul H. and Emily Taft Douglas.  Series II consists of 349 photographic plates.

The Champaign County Historical Archives of the Urbana Free Library donated the collection to the Survey in 1987 and 1999.

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA PEACE COUNCIL.  PAPERS, 1951-66.  .2 cu.ft.

The Champaign-Urbana Peace Council was formed in 1950 to promote "world peace through just and democratic means."  Affiliated with local churches and such national groups as the Federation of Reconciliation, American Friends Service Committee, and CARE, the group was supported by voluntary contributions.  With 93 members by 1960, the Council sought to improve community awareness of world affairs by sponsoring lectures, seminars, and study groups.  One of its most significant contributions was its International Student Hospitality Program, which organized a host family program for foreign students attending the University of Illinois.  The members also offered free English classes for foreign students and their families.  Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the Peace Council advocated civil rights legislation, the admission of China into the United Nations, and a nuclear test ban.  It deplored the activities of the House Un-American Activities Committee and U.S. intervention in Cuba.  By 1965 the Council was actively protesting the Vietnam War.

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, the World Peace Study Mission, the Greenwich Village Peace Center, and Promoting Enduring Peace, Inc.

CHAPIN, GEORGE.  PAPER, 1923.  .4 cu.ft.

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 of students and faculty in the Spanish-American War and in World War I.  One chapter covers the activities of University women during the war.  Also included are a preface and appendices which give enrollment figures for the military department and summaries of the department's activities in 1920.

For another copy of Chapin's work, and for related materials, see the papers of the Committee of the History of the Participation of the University in W.W. I in the University Archives.

CHARLES TOWN DAY BOOKS.  RECORDS, 1804-05, 1808-16.  2 vols.

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 yard goods, grain, milk products, liquor, and hardware.  The second volume also contains several contracts and receipts for the rental of houses and rooms, signed by various renters and countersigned by Rebecca Ann Frame.

The journals were acquired in 1941.

CHASE, GEORGE W.  PAPERS, 1841-53.  13 items.

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 properties owned by Chase.  By 1846, however, there is evidence of a severe drinking problem that culminated in Chase's return to Maine.  In 1851, he was issued a document calling for his appearance in Probate Court in Portland, to judge whether the court needed to appoint a guardian to monitor his drinking.

The collection was acquired in 1954.

CHATFIELD, JOHN.  COLLECTION, 1843.  1 item.

Born about 1811 in Surrey, England, John Chatfield was a sailor who jumped ship in New York harbor in 1841 and made his way westward to Illinois.  One of DeKalb County's first settlers, Chatfield became a wealthy farmer and land owner, and Republican party member.  He died in 1890.

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, and purchasing split rails and a flock of sheep.  He also mentions the weather, as the winter his neighbors considered harsh seemed only "moderate" to an Englishman.  Chatfield concludes by encouraging emigration to Illinois.

Florence Houghton Marshall of DeKalb, Ill., edited the letter, and gave a copy to the Survey.

CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE CANAL COMPANY.  RECORDS, 1828-1919.  1 microfilm reel.

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

The original records, which are held by the Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington, were microfilmed by the Delaware State Archives, Dover, in 1960.  Ralph D. Gray donated the microfilm to the Survey in 1962.

CHESTER, EZRA E. (b. 1837).  CORRESPONDENCE, NOTEBOOK, AND PAPERS, 1895-1912.  1 folder (15 items).

Ezra E. Chester was born near Columbus, Ohio, in 1837.  In 1857, he moved to Champaign County, Ill., where he bred shorthorn cattle and grew seed corn.  He served as a member of the State Board of Agriculture, the Illinois Board of World's Fair Commissioners, the Illinois Farmer's Institute, and several breeders associations.  For nine years he was director of the University of Illinois agricultural experiment station, and he was mayor of Champaign in 1895-96.

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 the Corn Growers Association, three pamphlets on his seed corns, and a corn planting plan.

The University Archives transferred the collection to the Survey in 1975.

CHICAGO CITIZENS.  LETTER, 1827.  1 item.

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 the Winnebagoes.  This copy of an Aug. 5, 1827 letter was signed on behalf of the citizens of Chicago, and addressed to "Capt. Morgan and the Officers and Soldiers under his command," thanking them for assistance during the threat of attack.  John Kinzie, James Kinzie, Russell E. Heacock, David Hale, Gurdon S. Hubbard, Stephen J. Scott, and Jean Baptiste Beaubien signed the letter.

CHICAGO COLLEGE OF MIDWIFERY.  PETITIONS, 1896.  1 folder (4 items).

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.

The Survey purchased the collection in 2001.

CHICAGO COMMISSION MERCHANT.  ACCOUNT BOOK, 1866-84.  1 vol.

This account book records consignments of food items, such as eggs, butter, lard, turkey, geese, and rabbit, for various individuals, probably small business owners, during 1866.  It also records family expenses and summaries for 1873-84.

The Survey purchased the volume in 1969.

CHICAGO SANITARY AND SHIP CANAL.  PHOTOGRAPHS, 1889-1900.  .5 cu.ft.

In the late nineteenth century, untreated sewage and the diseases it caused were among Chicago's most serious problems.  To remedy this, the city built a canal to connect Lake Michigan to the rivers of the Mississippi Basin, in an effort to reverse the flow of the Chicago River and wash sewage downstream to be treated naturally.  The canal would also reduce flooding and furnish inland navigation facilities.  In 1889, the Illinois legislature created the Sanitary District of Chicago to supervise the construction of the canal, which was completed in 1900.

This collection contains 122 photographs from various stages of the construction of the canal, depicting construction methods, machinery, and work crews.  

The photographs are duplicates of items in the larger collection at the Chicago Historical Society, and were transferred from the Engineering Library of the University of Illinois to the Survey in 1982.

CHILDRESS, GEORGE L.  DIARY, 1862-65.  .2 cu.ft.

This collection contains a photocopy of George L. Childress' 163-page diary.  Childress, a member of the 66th Ill. Vol. Inf., recorded his daily life in the army.  Fighting mostly in Mississippi, Childress describes battles and skirmishes as well as camp life and marching.  He also recorded a list of items that he purchased while on duty, and their individual prices.

The diarist's son, E. M. Childress, loaned the original to the Survey in 1913 for copying, making possible a typescript of the document.

CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.  COLLECTION, 1934-36, 1980-86.  75 items.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1933 both as a means to provide jobs and training for unemployed young men, and to increase, preserve, and restore the nation's resources.  CCC members were organized in para-military camps of two hundred men each and were engaged in over two hundred types of conservation projects.  At its peak in 1935, over 500,000 enrollees lived in 2,650 camps across the nation.  Congress abolished the CCC in 1942.

The CCC collection is divided into four parts.  Part I relates to CCC Co. 1683, Camp New Salem, Petersburg, Ill., and contains correspondence, programs, and nine issues of the camp newspaper.  Parts II and III contain material on two CCC alumni organizations: the Brotherhood of Ex-CCCers, and the National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni.  Part IV contains slides of a photographic exhibit on the CCC and other New Deal organizations, including images of Camp New Salem.

The collection was donated to the Survey by Eugene Runyan in 1980, and by Albert Kaufman, Jr., and Andy M. Kmetz in 1981-82, all of Urbana or Champaign, Ill.  The exhibit slides were contributed by Professor Carl V. Patton, Department of Urbana and Regional Planning, University of Illinois.

CLABAUGH, CHARLES WESLEY.  PAPERS, 1946-75.  11.4 cu.ft.

Charles W. Clabaugh was born in Coles County, Ill., in 1900.  He graduated from Lerna High School in 1919, and from Eastern Illinois State Teachers College in 1923 with a degree in Education.  He remained in Coles County where he taught school and joined a business firm.  In 1926, he moved to Champaign where he continued in business, establishing his own firm, the Champaign Weather Strip Company, in 1934.  Clabaugh was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1938, and was re-elected for a total of 18 consecutive terms.  He declined to run for re-election in 1974.  During his legislative career Clabaugh devoted much attention to education, both elementary and secondary, as well as to the University of Illinois.  He served on, or chaired, the Education Committee, the School Problems Commission, the House Financing of Education Study Committee, the Elementary and Secondary Education Committee, and the Steering Committee of the Education Commission of the States.  In addition, Clabaugh was instrumental in establishing the General Assembly's scholarship program in 1957.

This collection contains legislative papers, correspondence, personal and social papers, and printed materials relating to Clabaugh and the General Assembly.  The personal and social papers include a biographical sketch; speeches and articles; business records; European travel brochures; and newspaper clippings and editorials on elections, legislative politics, and Clabaugh's retirement.  The legislative papers, arranged chronologically, are primarily from the 78th General Assembly (1973-74) and deal largely with the education committees.  There are also copies of bills, summaries of action on bills by the General Assembly and the Governor, and information sheets pertaining to issues under discussion.  The correspondence is also mainly from the 78th General Assembly, and reflects constituent sentiment on the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion, no-fault insurance, 19 year-old drinking age, the Environmental Protection Agency, and gun control.  There is also a small amount of material on the 79th General Assembly, along with extensive genealogical information compiled by Clabaugh, covering his ancestors and those of his wife, focusing on the surnames Clabaugh, Zimmerman, Carmack, and Richardson.

Clabaugh donated the collection to the Survey in 1975 and 1976. 

CLARK, JACOB (b. 1814).  LETTER, 1846.  1 item.

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.

CLAY COUNTY, ILL.  POLL BOOK, 1827.  1 item.

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

The two-page document was loaned to the Survey for copying in 1953.

CLEARY, FRANK A.  PAPERS, 1911-1935.  .9 cu.ft.

Frank A. Cleary of Momence, Ill., graduated from St. Viator College, Bourbonais, Ill., in 1911 and became a priest in 1914.  He was the pastor of St. Edmunds Church, Watseka, Ill., and of St. Joseph's Church, Crescent City, Ill., 1928-35.  In 1934, Cleary was appointed Consultor of Peoria Diocese.

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.

Richard K. Lindstrom of St. Joseph, Ill., donated the collection to the Survey in 1984.

CLEMANS, WILLIAM (1847-1934).  MEMOIRS, 1863-65.  1 item.

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.

The Survey acquired the document in 1965.

CLEMENS, JAMES, JR.  INVOICE, 1831.  1 item.

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.

CLINTON, DE WITT (1769-1828).  LETTERS, 1823-24.  2 items.

Writing to Dr. John W. Francis, professor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, on July 26, 1823, and June 28, 1824, Gov. DeWitt Clinton discusses the manuscript of his memoirs, and comments briefly on politics and the outbreak of yellow fever in New York.

These letters were attached to the Survey's copy of David Hosack's Memoir of DeWitt Clinton (1829).  This copy is inscribed "Presented by the author to the New York Athenaeum, 1829."

CLINTON, GEORGE (c.1686-1761).  LETTERS, 1750-52.  1 folder (5 items).

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.

COALE, BENJAMIN.  RECORD BOOK, 1845-58.  1 vol.

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.

COHEN, SOL B.  PAPERS, ca. 1870-1988.  29.5 cu.ft.

Sol B. Cohen was a violinist, composer, and educator.  He was born in Urbana, Ill., on Jan. 11, 1891, the son of Nathaniel H. Cohen, a prominent Urbana cigar manufacturer, and Addie Bernstein Cohen.  During the early 1900s, Cohen studied the violin with Emile Sauret in Chicago, Jeno Hubay in Budapest, and Ottokar Sevcik in Prague, in addition to studying music composition with Max d'Ollone in Paris.  He made his solo violin debut in Chicago in 1911, after which he played in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and joined the faculty of Peoria Musical College.  After serving in World War I, Sol settled in Los Angeles, where he wrote scores for movies, performed live and for radio broadcasts, served as the musical director for the Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn Ballet, and performed with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. He published a number of songs with Katherine Bainbridge under the name "Andre Vaneuf."  Sol sojourned at the MacDowell Colony during the 1940s, where he became good friends with Marion MacDowell.  Returning to Illinois later in life, Cohen taught music at a variety of schools, including Champaign Centennial High School, and taught music and the violin privately in the Champaign-Urbana area.

The correspondence in the collection is extensive for all periods, and includes Katherine Bainbridge, Marion Bowen, Josephine Curtis, Josephine Dale, Gertrude Hoover and her daughters, Anne Marie Osberg, May Ulrich, and Laura Evangeline Lovett Murphy.  International correspondents include Sisy Beringer and Erzsi Guthi.  The correspondence from Charles Wakefield Cadman, Ruth St. Denis, Artie Mason Carter (of the Hollywood Bowl), and Marion MacDowell is particularly significant, as are letters from Max Frankel, Emma Goldman, Max Kaplan, William Maxwell, John Cowper Powys, Abram Leon Sachar, and Sara Teasdale Filsinger.  Local correspondents include Garreta Busey, Jean Busey Yntema, and Boris and Lillian Katz.  In addition, there is substantial undated correspondence between Cohen and his brother Julius, and several letters written from the Western Front during World War I, many of which were published in local newspapers.

Cohen's diaries are also extensive, especially for the period from 1950 to 1980, and the collection also contains  essays, fiction, and the manuscript for his Years of Pilgrimage: Memoirs of an American Musician (1982), which end with his experiences in Los Angeles.  In addition, there are five boxes of Cohen's manuscript music, from complete works to fragments; a few of Cohen's published musical works; and numerous published works by Cadman and other composers.  The collection also includes a large number of photographs, documenting the Cohen family at nearly every age, with many friends appearing as well.  Other materials include royalty statements, performance programs, clippings, a handful of recordings, a small collection of books, a film featuring Cohen, and his World War I uniform.

Sol B. Cohen donated the collection to the Survey in 1980.

COKE, JAMES G.  REPORTS, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, INTERVIEW SUMMARIES, 1961-64.  4 cu.ft.

James G. Coke directed the Office of Community Development at the University of Illinois from 1961 to 1965.  The Office was funde