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Charles Henry Ray papers


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    Dorothy Culp. Charles H. Ray and the Chicago Tribune

    Manuscripts

    A collection of approximately 437 items from 1826 to 1950, it consists of the professional, political, and personal correspondence and papers of Charles Henry Ray; chiefly letters addressed to him. Included are letters discussing family news; Ray's studies of medicine in New York; the whaling voyage from 1841 to 1843 onboard the New Bedford whaler Newton; early medical practice in Illinois; business affairs; the Chicago Tribune; the Chicago Evening Post; his involvement in the trade with the South during the Civil War. Also, contemporary politics, including the Republican party, the Lincoln presidency and the Civil War. Correspondents include Levi Ray, Jane Yates Per Lee Ray, Julia Annah Clark Ray, Harvey Hubbard, William M. Fenton, Serranus Clinton Hastings, Tench S. Fairchild, Charles S. Hempstead, James Wilson Grimes, Joseph Medill, Henry Martyn Smith, Lyman Trumbull, Elihu Benjamin Washburne, Horace White, and others. Also included are newspaper clippings of the obituaries of Charles H. Ray, and photographs and portraits of Ray and his second wife. The collection also includes additional family and political letters and a manuscript of "Charles H. Ray and the Chicago Tribune."

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    1851-1861

    Manuscripts

    A collection of approximately 437 items from 1826 to 1950, it consists of the professional, political, and personal correspondence and papers of Charles Henry Ray; chiefly letters addressed to him. Included are letters discussing family news; Ray's studies of medicine in New York; the whaling voyage from 1841 to 1843 onboard the New Bedford whaler Newton; early medical practice in Illinois; business affairs; the Chicago Tribune; the Chicago Evening Post; his involvement in the trade with the South during the Civil War. Also, contemporary politics, including the Republican party, the Lincoln presidency and the Civil War. Correspondents include Levi Ray, Jane Yates Per Lee Ray, Julia Annah Clark Ray, Harvey Hubbard, William M. Fenton, Serranus Clinton Hastings, Tench S. Fairchild, Charles S. Hempstead, James Wilson Grimes, Joseph Medill, Henry Martyn Smith, Lyman Trumbull, Elihu Benjamin Washburne, Horace White, and others. Also included are newspaper clippings of the obituaries of Charles H. Ray, and photographs and portraits of Ray and his second wife. The collection also includes additional family and political letters and a manuscript of "Charles H. Ray and the Chicago Tribune."

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    1835-1848

    Manuscripts

    A collection of approximately 437 items from 1826 to 1950, it consists of the professional, political, and personal correspondence and papers of Charles Henry Ray; chiefly letters addressed to him. Included are letters discussing family news; Ray's studies of medicine in New York; the whaling voyage from 1841 to 1843 onboard the New Bedford whaler Newton; early medical practice in Illinois; business affairs; the Chicago Tribune; the Chicago Evening Post; his involvement in the trade with the South during the Civil War. Also, contemporary politics, including the Republican party, the Lincoln presidency and the Civil War. Correspondents include Levi Ray, Jane Yates Per Lee Ray, Julia Annah Clark Ray, Harvey Hubbard, William M. Fenton, Serranus Clinton Hastings, Tench S. Fairchild, Charles S. Hempstead, James Wilson Grimes, Joseph Medill, Henry Martyn Smith, Lyman Trumbull, Elihu Benjamin Washburne, Horace White, and others. Also included are newspaper clippings of the obituaries of Charles H. Ray, and photographs and portraits of Ray and his second wife. The collection also includes additional family and political letters and a manuscript of "Charles H. Ray and the Chicago Tribune."

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    1862-1871

    Manuscripts

    A collection of approximately 437 items from 1826 to 1950, it consists of the professional, political, and personal correspondence and papers of Charles Henry Ray; chiefly letters addressed to him. Included are letters discussing family news; Ray's studies of medicine in New York; the whaling voyage from 1841 to 1843 onboard the New Bedford whaler Newton; early medical practice in Illinois; business affairs; the Chicago Tribune; the Chicago Evening Post; his involvement in the trade with the South during the Civil War. Also, contemporary politics, including the Republican party, the Lincoln presidency and the Civil War. Correspondents include Levi Ray, Jane Yates Per Lee Ray, Julia Annah Clark Ray, Harvey Hubbard, William M. Fenton, Serranus Clinton Hastings, Tench S. Fairchild, Charles S. Hempstead, James Wilson Grimes, Joseph Medill, Henry Martyn Smith, Lyman Trumbull, Elihu Benjamin Washburne, Horace White, and others. Also included are newspaper clippings of the obituaries of Charles H. Ray, and photographs and portraits of Ray and his second wife. The collection also includes additional family and political letters and a manuscript of "Charles H. Ray and the Chicago Tribune."

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    Nellie Ray Combs papers

    Manuscripts

    There are four novels represented in this collection: Her Pseudonym, His Pedigree, Josiah Kotchum, and No. 8 4th Floor Rear. The correspondence ranges from 1897 to 1921 and includes letters from publishers, either rejections or offers to publish at Combs' expense. The lecture titled "Eve" by Vida A. B. Combs is about the promotion of women's suffrage and women's equality. There are also typescripts of short stories by Vida R. B. Combs, Vida Earle, Vida E. Dalby, and Eirskins Ray of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Sierra Madre. The collection also includes notes and ephemera.

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    Vida Earle-Eirskins Ray

    Manuscripts

    There are four novels represented in this collection: Her Pseudonym, His Pedigree, Josiah Kotchum, and No. 8 4th Floor Rear. The correspondence ranges from 1897 to 1921 and includes letters from publishers, either rejections or offers to publish at Combs' expense. The lecture titled "Eve" by Vida A. B. Combs is about the promotion of women's suffrage and women's equality. There are also typescripts of short stories by Vida R. B. Combs, Vida Earle, Vida E. Dalby, and Eirskins Ray of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Sierra Madre. The collection also includes notes and ephemera.

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