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James E. Burr Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-102
Scope and Contents
The James E. Burr Collection primarily documents the imprisonement of George Thompson, Alanson Work, and James E. Burr while students at the Mission Institute (Quincy, Illinois) during the 1840s. Primary source documents include newsclippings, court transcripts, and original correspondence while Clyde S. Kilby's research cards and notes from the 1950s provide additional background material. In recent years, new research has begun by Wheaton alumna Marcia Daniels and is regularly updated in a...
Dates:
Created: 1841-2008; Other: Date acquired: 1959
Found in:
Special Collections
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:
Wheaton College Archives
Owen Lovejoy Family Papers
Collection — Container: Books
Identifier: SC-170
Dates:
Created: 1811-1864; Other: Date acquired: 2006
Found in:
Special Collections
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