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C. Morton Stewart papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0648
Abstract
C. (Charles) Morton Stewart (1829-1900) was a prominent businessman in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as President of the Board of Trustees at Johns Hopkins University. These papers include several speeches by Stewart and a scrapbook of condolences sent to the family of Stewart after his death in 1900. The collection spans circa 1890 to 1900.
Dates:
circa 1890-1900
Found in:
Special Collections
Edward E. Ayer typescript memoir
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0719
Abstract
Edward Everett Ayer (1841-1927) was an American business magnate, best remembered for the endowments of his substantial collections of books and original manuscripts to the Newberry Library and Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He had over time built an immense fortune out of supplying timber to the 19th century's fast-growing railroad industry. The collection contains a bound volume of a memoir written by Ayer, titled Reminiscences and Travels of Edward E....
Dates:
circa 1924
Found in:
Special Collections
Francis T. King reminiscences
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0322
Abstract
Collection consists of a holographic manuscript (14 pages) of Francis T. King spanning the years 1826-1843, along with a typescript translation.
Dates:
1826-1843
Found in:
Special Collections