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Jonathan Blanchard Papers
Collection — Box: microfilm
Identifier: RG-02-001
Abstract
The Jonathan Blanchard Collection is a diverse gathering of items covering the family of Wheaton College's first president. Ranging from the scribblings of grandchildren to a petition for the abolition of slavery, they illuminate Blanchard in many roles: Minister, College President, Abolitionist, Anti Secretist, Reformer, lecturer, and head of a large family. Jonathan Blanchard's life in both the public and private realm is detailed. In addition to the biographical interest of the materials,...
Dates:
Created: 1808-2018; Majority of material found within 1808 - 1893
Found in:
Buswell Library Special Collections
Selima Blanchard Allen Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-101
Scope and Contents
The Selima Blanchard Allen materials form a collateral collection to the papers of her brother, Jonathan Blanchard. Included are correspondence, diaries, account books, scrapbooks, and personal items ranging in time from 1836-1892.The correspondence spans the dates 1836-1892, with the greatest number of items dated between 1839 and 1853. Thus the main body of Selima's papers falls during a period which is often sparsely covered in the Jonathan Blanchard Papers. Since many of the...
Dates:
Created: 1836-1892; Other: Majority of material found in 1848-1892
Found in:
Buswell Library Special Collections
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- Abolitionists -- Illinois. 1
- Abolitionists -- Ohio. 1
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- Abolitionists. 1
- African Americans. 1
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- Amusements -- Religious aspects. 1
- Catholic Church. 1
- Christian biography -- United States. 1
- Congregationalism. 1
- Essays 1
- Evangelistic work. 1
- Financial Records 1
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- Freemasonry 1
- Freemasonry -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
- Freemasons. 1
- Literary societies. 1
- Memorabilia 1
- Methodism 1
- Missions -- 19th century. 1
- Mormon Church 1
- Mormonism. 1
- Mormons 1
- Mormons -- United States. 1
- Presbyterianism 1
- Prohibition 1
- Revivals. 1
- Sabbatarians 1
- Sabbath -- Biblical teaching. 1
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- Secret societies 1
- Secret societies -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. 1
- Secret societies -- United States. 1
- Sermons 1
- Sermons, American -- Manuscripts. 1
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- Teachers -- Illinois -- Whiteside County -- Diaries. 1
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