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"The Great Pyramid of Egypt--The Mightiest Wonder on Earth" issue of O...

Printed issue (Nov. 1882) vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 161-168, with illustrations. By "The Editor." Published by Thomas Wilson, Chicago, Ill., and W. H. Guest, Pateroster Row, London, England. Illustrated with views of... More

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Community desig...

E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1867; Oct. 9-...

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"The Great Pyramid of Egypt--The Mightiest Wonder on Earth" issue of O...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Subject file; ...

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Decree in Knight v. Carter et al, [Law papers].

Appears to be in Lincoln's hand. Summary: Knight retained Lincoln and sued the heirs of Washington Carter to settle a partnership. Carter and Knight had been partners in selling land and livestock and in farmin... More

Carl Sagan's University of Chicago undergraduate notebook

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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois,...

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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois,...

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When the boys come back from Berlin

words by May Dawson Jordan ; music by Jessie Crosby Osborne. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Sta... More

"The Great Pyramid of Egypt--The Mightiest Wonder on Earth" issue of O...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Subject file; ...

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Bill in Chancery in Roll v. Lasswell, [Law papers].

Summary: Jacob Roll sold Lasswell thirty-one acres of timber land in Sangamon County, Illinois. Lasswell gave Jacob Roll several promissory notes but failed to pay. Jacob Roll and the administrator of Jacob Rol... More

Bill of Complaint in Miller v. Freeman & Freeman, [Law papers].

Summary: Miller purchased two tracts of land, one of forty acres and the other of eight acres, from Abram Freeman and Clarkson Freeman, partners in A. Freeman and Company, for $625. Miller gave Freeman and Free... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois,...

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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois,...

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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois,...

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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois,...

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Carl Sagan's University of Chicago undergraduate notebook

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Carl Sagan's University of Chicago undergraduate notebook

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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois,...

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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois,...

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Civil War envelope showing woman nursing soldier with message "Lovely ...

Addressed to Mrs. F. Behymer, Shelbyville, Illinois ; postmarked Richmond, Kentucky ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Amberman Postal History, Clifton Park, New York,... More

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Subject file; ...

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Subpoena in Chancery in Yocum et al. v. Yocum et al, [Law papers].

Summary: At the time of his death, Jacob Yocum owned 521 acres of land in Sangamon County, Illinois. Jacob Yocum's widow Mary Yocum had not yet received her dower. William Yocum and some of Jacob Yocum's other ... More

Decree in Ainslee v. Sattley et al, [Law papers].

In Lincoln's hand. Summary: Ainslee retained Logan and Lincoln and sued Dickerson and the minor heirs of Robert Sattley to convey to him a 1.08-acre lot in Rochester, Illinois. Dickerson purchased the lot from ... More

Enclosure: The Suffragist and the G.O.P. by Bertha Damaris Knobe

No suffrage demonstrations at Republican National Convention, Chicago, June 1908. Jane Addams and Mrs. Charles Henrotin unsuccessfully urge Resolutions Committee to adopt suffrage plank, Lucy A. Rice Clark beco... More

Carl Sagan's University of Chicago undergraduate notebook

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"The Great Pyramid of Egypt--The Mightiest Wonder on Earth" issue of O...

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1895

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Agreement in Harris v. Shaw et al, [Law papers].

Summary: In 1835, Harris donated twenty acres of land in Tremont, Illinois, to Tazewell County for the erection of the county courthouse. In 1849, the legislature authorized the removal of the county seat to Pe... More

Letter, Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White detailing the First Lady's l...

Reproduction number: A69 (color slide); LC-MSS-34140-41 (B&W negative) Lynching was undoubtedly the most terrible crime perpetrated by white supremacists against African Americans. From the late nineteenth cent... More

"The Great Pyramid of Egypt--The Mightiest Wonder on Earth" issue of O...

Carl Sagan's University of Chicago notebook

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"The Great Pyramid of Egypt--The Mightiest Wonder on Earth" issue of O...

Bill to Foreclose Mortgage in Sackett v. Miller & Miller, [Law papers]...

Summary: Sackett bought forty-eight acres of land in Menard County, Illinois, from William Miller for $400. William Miller gave Sackett a bond for deed, but Sackett refused the bond unless William Miller gave S... More

The round trip from the Hub to the Golden gate,

Susie Champney Clark was a Boston matron who visited California as a member of an organized rail tour forty years after the Gold Rush. The round trip from the Hub to the Golden gate (1890) describes that rail t... More

Civil War envelope showing eagle holding banner with message "Liberty"

Addressed to Chas. Claghorn, Homer, Champaign Co., Ill., from Geo. Claghorn, Fort Henry, Feb. 15, 1862; postmarked Illinois March 1, 1862; bears 3 cent and 1 cent stamps. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074)... More

Bill for Divorce in Graham v. Graham, [Law papers].

Summary: Almira Graham retained Lincoln and Herndon and sued James Graham for divorce on the grounds of cruelty and adultery with Amanda Kelly. She also requested custody of their one child. Almira Graham claim... More

Remarks at Dedication Ceremonies at the Haitian Pavilion, World's Colu...

Carl Sagan's University of Chicago notebook

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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois,...

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Judge's Docket in Gundy v. Gundy, [Law papers].

Summary: Joseph Gundy and John Gundy entered into the business of selling hogs and cattle in the fall of 1847, and decided to dissolve the partnership in December 1848. Joseph Gundy sued John Gundy in a chancer... More

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...

Editorial in Illinois State Journal on appointing Southerners to cabinet

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...

Telegram reporting Illinois election results

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...

Telegram concerning Chicago convention

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: W...

Illinois Politics

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: I...

Petition recommending marshal

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: I...

Petition requesting enlargement of Gen. Fremont's command

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: E...

Public opinion in Illinois regarding Fremont's proclamation

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: W...

Military preparations in Illinois

E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1861; June 1-...

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E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1864; Nov. 19...

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E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1869; Feb. 3-...

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E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1874; Aug. 2-...

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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois,...

Various song texts, several of labor songs from Michigan

Documentation - Audio Tape Logs - Carl Fleischhauer, Chicago Ethnic Ar...

Fieldworkers Carl Fleischhauer and Rebecca Browning's handwritten and typed summaries of recordings of Iberus Hacker (AFC 1981/004: AFS 20773a, AFS 20773B, and AFS 20774a, sequence pages 2-13), Holly Highfill a... More

Reports and Products - Fieldworkers - Beverly Robinson, Chicago Ethnic...

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Reports and Products - Fieldworkers - Richard March, Chicago Ethnic Ar...

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Reports and Products - Final Report - Ukrainian, Chicago Ethnic Arts P...

Segment of the final report, incorporated in the full report at call number AFC 1981/004: Box 13, Folder 229.

E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1880, Feb. 12...

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Letter, Roger Brooke Taney to Caleb Cushing thanking Cushing for his s...

Reproduction number: A25 (color slide; pages 1 and 2); A26 (color slide; pages 3 and 4) Dred Scott v. Sanford, 19 How. 393, was decided by the United States Supreme Court on 6 March 1857. Scott (1809-1858), a s... More

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...

Telegram concerning Chicago convention

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: C...

Petitions requesting permission to remove squatters

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: I...

Printed General Order

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: H...

Support Fremont

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: R...

Telegram concerning conscription in Illinois

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: D...

Cotton trade at Cairo, Illinois

E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1868; Feb. 8-...

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E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1869; Feb. 27...

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E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1870; July 29...

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E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1874; Aug. 2-...

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E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1877, Oct. 3-...

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E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1881; Feb. 5-...

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Documentation - Audio Tape Logs - Shifra Epstein, Chicago Ethnic Arts ...

Fieldworker Shifra Epstein's handwritten notes for her sound recordings, sequence pages 2-9.

Reports and Products - Final Report - Latino, Chicago Ethnic Arts Proj...

Segment of the final report, incorporated in the full report at call number AFC 1981/004: Box 13, Folder 229.

Fieldnotes - Chungmoo Choi, Chicago Ethnic Arts Project

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Documentation - Audio Tape Logs - Elizabeth Mathias, Chicago Ethnic Ar...

Fieldworker Elizabeth Mathias's typed summaries of her interview recordings; list of the recordings, sequence page 3; summaries, sequence pages 4-20; logs for open-reel recording of Pasquale Sottile are include... More

E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1880, Feb. 12...

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Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: W...

Chicago convention

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...

Report with Map

E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1860; Jan. 1-...

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Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: W...

Military preparations in Illinois

E. B. Washburne Papers: Bound volumes, letters received; 1861; Mar. 21...

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Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: E...

Public opinion in Illinois regarding Fremont's proclamation

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: I...

Copy of telegram protesting suppression of the Chicago Times; with copy of telegram from Isaac N. Arnold to Lincoln, June 4, 1863

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...

Substitute clause of the Conscription Bill

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Subject file; ...

Telegram from Cornelia D. Bingham to F. W. Booth, June 17, 1902

Documentation - Audio Tape Logs - Carl Fleischhauer, Chicago Ethnic Ar...

Documentation - Audio Tape Logs - Philip George, Chicago Ethnic Arts P...

Fieldworker Philip George's typed notes for his audiocassette recordings, sequence pages 3-22; notes on open-reel recordings related to his fieldwork, sequence pages 23-35.