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Business Activities Series 1:

 

Records of the Lamb Knitting Machine Company Chicago, Illinois Subseries 1:

Box 1, Folder 1

Publications

Scope and Contents note

Catalogs, price lists, instruction manuals, 50th anniversary commemorative pamphlets, scrapbook of advertisements, business cards, newspaper articles, etc.
Box 1, Volume 1-16

Account books 1868-1927

Scope and Contents note

(Journal 1872-73 also contains a Catalog of library, Jan. 1, 1875, updated 1882).
Box 2, Folder 2

Correspondence 1879-1893

Physical Description: 7 items
Box 2

Advertisements and Flyers from Rival Knitting Machine Companies.

Physical Description: 13 items
Box 2

Newspaper Clippings and Articles on Knitting Machines.

Physical Description: 4 items
 

Records, Cosmic Publishing Company Subseries 2: 1885-1895

Box 2

Account Books

Physical Description: 2 volumes

Scope and Contents note

2 volumes.
Box 2

By-laws and Minutes of Meetings

Physical Description: 1 volume
 

Records, Western Society For Psychical Research Subseries 3:

Box 2

Constitution

Physical Description: 5 bound volumes

Scope and Contents note

Attendance book of council, council records, membership list, cash book.
Box 2, Folder 3

Correspondence

Physical Description: 4 items
 

Records, Chicago Philosophical Society Subseries 4:

Box 2, Folder 3

Programs

Physical Description: 5 items
Box 2, Folder 3

Flyers, etc

Physical Description: 3 items
 

Records, National Letter Return Association Subseries 5:

Box 2, Folder 4

Correspondence

Physical Description: 2 items

Scope and Contents note

2 items.
Box 2, Folder 4

Accounts

Physical Description: 14 leaves
Box 2, Folder 4

Notebook

Scope and Contents note

Includes charter, constitution, minutes, etc.
Box 2, Folder 4

Newspaper clippings

Box 2, Folder 4

Flyers and 1 Book of Ready Return Stamps

Box 2, Folder 4

Article on the NLRA circa 1965

 

Personal Papers Series 2:

Box 2, Folder 5

Account books Subseries 1: 1865-1909

Physical Description: 21 volumes
 

Scrapbooks Subseries 2:

Physical Description: 9 bound volumes
Box 2

European Tour 1894

Box 2

British post cards circa 1902

Box 2

Newspaper clippings 1871-1889

Scope and Contents note

Clippings by and about J.E. Woodhead.
Box 2

Composition Books and Diaries Subseries 3: 1856-1858

Box 2

Composition Books and Diaries

 

Personal Correspondence: Originals and Manuscript Copies Subseries 4:

Box 3, Folder 6

Anon.-C

Physical Description: 30 items
Box 3, Folder 7

D - R

Physical Description: 23 items
Box 3, Folder 8

Sa - Sz

Physical Description: 20 items
Box 3, Folder 9

Stoddard, J.L. Undated- 1892

Physical Description: 26 items
Box 3, Folder 10

Stoddard J.L. 1893-1914

Physical Description: 34 items
Box 3, Folder 11

T - Woodhead, Howard

Physical Description: 26 items
Box 3, Folder 12

G. Woodhead, John E. - Z

Physical Description: 12 items
Box 3, Folder 13

Personal Correspondence (A-Z): Photostat Copies Subseries 5:

Physical Description: 39 items
Box 3, Folder 14

Biographies and documents Subseries 6: 1861-1865

Physical Description: 51 items
 

Ephemera Subseries 7:

Box 3

Greetings and Business cards

Physical Description: 33 items
Box 3, Folder 15

Clippings, Publications and Memorabilia of the Children of J.E. Woodhead.

 

Photographs and negatives Subseries 8:

Box 3, Folder 16

Negatives

Physical Description: 21 items
Box 3, Folder 16

Photographs -- Family and Friends

Physical Description: 18 items
Box 3, Folder 17

Photographs -- Actors, Actresses, Tourist Spots and Unidentified Subjects

Physical Description: 44 items
Box 3, Folder 20

Manuscripts of poems by J.L. Stoddard Subseries 9:

Physical Description: 5 items
 

Programs -- Theater and Lecture Subseries 10:

Box 3, Folder 21

Stoddard Lectures 1879-1897

Physical Description: 76 items
Box 3, Folder 22

Theater Programs and Miscellaneous Lecture Tickets

Physical Description: 9 items
 

Newspaper and Magazine clippings Subseries 11:

Box 3, Folder 18

Articles by and about James Davie Butler

Physical Description: 12 items
Box 3, Folder 18

Articles by and about John L. Stoddard

Physical Description: 12 items
Box 3, Folder 19

Articles by J. E. Woodhead

Physical Description: 6 items
Box 3, Folder 19

Miscellaneous clippings

Physical Description: 41 items
 

World's Columbian Exposition and World's Congress Auxiliary, Chicago Series 3: 1893

Box 4, Folder 23

Correspondence Subseries 1:

Physical Description: 37 items

Scope and Contents note

World's Congress Auxiliary, Committee on weights, measures, coinage, etc., J.E. Woodhead, secretary.
 

Printed Material Subseries 2:

Box 4, Folder 24

Invitation, Programs, and Tickets

Physical Description: 15 items
Box 4, Folder 24

Advertisements and Souveniers

Physical Description: 38 items
Box 4, Folder 25

Other Conventions and Expositions Subseries 3:

Physical Description: 5 items

Scope and Contents note

Programs, tickets, memorabilia
Box 4

J.E. Woodhead, Bookman Series 4:

 

Catalogs of the J.E. Woodhead Library Subseries 1:

Box 4, Folder 26

Typescript catalog prepared by USC 1950

Physical Description: 225 leaves
Box 4, Folder 27

Manuscript Catalogs Prepared by J.E. Woodhead 1859-1883

Physical Description: 8 volumes
Box 4, Folder 27

Catalog of Art Works

Physical Description: 1 bound volume
Box 4, Folder 28

Disiderata and purchase lists Subseries 2: 1883-1908

Physical Description: 140 items
 

Correspondence Subseries 3:

 

Book dealers and publishers

Box 4, Folder 29

A-D

Physical Description: 39 items
Box 4, Folder 30

E

Physical Description: 83 items
Box 4, Folder 31

F - L

Physical Description: 18 items
Box 4, Folder 32

M - Q

Physical Description: 38 items
Box 4, Folder 33

R - Z

Physical Description: 46 items
 

Reciepts and invoices from Book Dealers and Publishers

Box 5, Folder 34

A - B

Physical Description: 80 items
Box 5, Folder 35

C - Francis Edwards

Physical Description: 113 items
Box 5, Folder 36

Ee - Ez

Physical Description: 54 items
Box 5, Folder 37

F - L

Physical Description: 31 items
Box 5, Folder 38

M - McClurg's 1888

Physical Description: 97 items
Box 5, Folder 39

McClurg's, 1889 - Mz 1889

Physical Description: 77 items
Box 5, Folder 40

N - Z

Physical Description: 101 items
Box 6, Folder 41

Correspondence and Invoices from Express Agents and Custom House Brokers

Physical Description: 11 items
Box 6, Folder 41

Caxton Club Correspondence

Physical Description: 12 items
Box 6, Folder 42

Book and Illustration Advertisements , Prospectuses and Catalogs Subseries 4:

Physical Description: 61 items
Box 6, Folder 43

Notes and articles on Woodhead and his library Subseries 5:

Physical Description: 44 leaves
Box 6, Folder 44

Newspaper Clippings on Bibliographic and Literary Topics Subseries 6: 1888-1957

Physical Description: 40 items
Box 6, Folder 45

Lists Relating to Extra-illustrating Projects: Longfellow and Byron Subseries 7:

Physical Description: 44 leaves
 

Miscellany Series 5:

Box 6, Folder 46

Calendars Subseries 1: 1870-1; 1871-3; 1895-2; 1904-2

Physical Description: 8 items

Scope and Contents note

1870 (1); 1871 (3); 1895 (2); 1904 (2)
Box 6, Folder 47

Pamphlets Subseries 2:

Physical Description: 17 items
Box 7, Folder 48

Magazine Issues Subseries 3:

Physical Description: 7 items
Box 7, Folder 49

Correspondence Subseries 4: 1949

Physical Description: 13 items

Scope and Contents note

Grace Woodhead Zeiss and The Wisconsin State Historical Society
Box 7

J.E. Woodhead Collection Bookplates Subseries 5:

 

Historical Documents Subseries 6:

Box 7, Folder 50

Notorial documents

Scope and Contents note

a. 33 x 14.5 cm, parchment , dated 6 May Anno regni Regis Henricic Sexti
b. 33 x 14 cm, parchment , dated 14 Aug Anno regis Henrici Sexti No. 533/9
Box 7, Folder 50

18th Century American Script

Physical Description: 5 items

Scope and Contents note

a. 8 dollar note, State of Massachusetts Bay, #14878, dated 5 May 1780, 9 x 7 cm
b. 6 shilling note, Colony of Massachusetts Bay, #441, May 25,1775, 15 x 7 cm
c. Ticket, Massachusetts semi-annual State lottery, #24720, March 2,1790, 11 x 6.5 cm
d. 10 pound reciept, State of Massachusetts Bay, #2973, Oct 10,1778 , 23.5 x 15 cm
e. Letter transmitting 18th century money to Woodhead
Box 7, Folder 50

List of soldiers who died at Andersonville, Georgia July 1, 1865

Physical Description: 24 pages
Box 7, Folder 51

Unidentified Notebook and Manuscripts Subseries 7:

Physical Description: 4 items
 

Duplicates Subseries 8:

Box 7, Folder 52

Stoddard Lectures

Physical Description: 51 items
Box 7, Folder 53

Miscellaneous

Physical Description: 28 items
Box 7, Folder 54

Photographs and Materials for the Woodhead Bookplate Subseries 9:

Physical Description: 21 items

Scope and Contents note

Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Woodhead, the Woodhead Library. Materials for the Woodhead Bookplate.
Collection Contents
Business Activities
Records of the Lamb Knitting Machine Company Chicago, Illinois
Records, Cosmic Publishing Company
Records, Western Society For Psychical Research
Records, Chicago Philosophical Society
Records, National Letter Return Association
Personal Papers
Scrapbooks
Composition Books and Diaries
Personal Correspondence: Originals and Manuscript Copies
Ephemera
Photographs and negatives
Programs -- Theater and Lecture
Newspaper and Magazine clippings
World's Columbian Exposition and World's Congress Auxiliary, Chicago
Printed Material
J.E. Woodhead, Bookman
Catalogs of the J.E. Woodhead Library
Correspondence
Miscellany
Historical Documents
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