Ballou (Sylvester A.) Papers

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Table of contents

Box 1

Correspondence.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically

Box 2

Diaries, speeches, poems, photographs.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically

Photograph of Hannah (Allen) Ballou. HM 51270 1852

Reproduction print of portrait drawing of [Sylvester Allan Ballou]. HM 51271 [Before 1861

Scope and Contents

With negative of print

Ballou, Julia Hills (Barnard). Diary. HM 51207 1865-1866, 1873

Ballou, Sylvester Allen. "Men-Ancient Israelites had their day of regency" [Decoration Day address]. HM 51218 Between 1849 and 1861

Scope and Contents

4 p. in pencil, incomplete. Also: typewritten copy.

Ballou, Sylvester Allen. "A bachelor sat in his easy chair" [poem]. HM 51194 Between 1850-1899

Scope and Contents

Manuscript, 2 p. Also: typewritten copy.

Ballou, Sylvester Allen. Decoration Day address given at Joliet. HM 51219 1897

Scope and Contents

Manuscript and typewritten copy.

Ballou, Sylvester Allen. Decoration Day speech. HM 51220 [1874-1899]

Scope and Contents

2 p. typescript. Also: carbon copy.

Print of a group portrait of the Ballou family, Naperville, Illinois. HM 51274 [Before 1887].

Scope and Contents

With handwritten description of Ballou homestead on verso.

Ballou, Sylvester Allen. [Free Masonry: address]. HM 51223 [Approximately 1895?]

Scope and Contents

Manuscript, 12 pp.

Ballou, Sylvester Allen. Hudibrastic [poem]. HM 51195 [Between 1850-1899]

Scope and Contents

1 p. in pencil. On verso: "After Watts" poem. Also: typewritten copy of "Hudibrastic."

Ballou, Sylvester Allen. Know Thyself [essay]. HM 51196 [Between 1874-1899?]

Scope and Contents

2 p. typewritten.

Ballou, Sylvester Allen. Notebook with clippings related to politics. HM 51222 1892 September

Scope and Contents

Naperville, Illinois.

Ballou, Sylvester Allen. "On old Long Island's sea gert shore" [poem]. HM 51197 [Between 1850-1899]

Scope and Contents

1 p. in pencil. With a word game on verso. Also: typewritten copy of poem.

Ballou, Sylvester Allen. [Poems sent to newspaper for publication]. HM 51198 1872-1905

Scope and Contents

Typewritten copies, 9 p. Signed Charley Michigan, Maggie Michigan, Sempronius Scroggins, and Truthful Bill.

Ballou, Sylvester Allen. The Seasons [poem]. HM 51199 1891 February 8

Scope and Contents

3 p. in pencil. Also: typewritten copy.

Box 3

Biographical materials.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically

Research materials on Sylvester Allen Ballou's years in the California Legislature collected by Eleanor (Beckman) Martin. FAC 1081 1854-1860

Scope and Contents

Xerox copies of 24 pieces.

Army record of Sylvester Allen Ballou. FAC 1080 1862-1867

Scope and Contents

Xerox copies, 17 pieces. Also: Xerox copy of Morgan Ballou's army record. Made from originals in the National Archives, not to be reproduced.

Beckman, Mary [Eloise] (Ballou). The Life and Times of Sylvester Allen Ballou and his two wives Julia Barnard & Eliza Anne Norton. HM 51244 1938 August 22

Scope and Contents

1 volume. Also: typewritten copy and notes made by Sylvania Allen (Beckman) Warner.

Simpson, Elizabeth (Barnard) Nichols. [Biographical notes on Julia Hills (Barnard) Ballou and Sylvester Allen Ballou]. HM 51263 1938 September 6

Scope and Contents

Handwritten, 8 p. Also: typewritten comments and a letter from Elizabeth (Barnard) Nichols Simpson to Sylvia Allen (Beckman) Warner.

[Martin, Eleanor (Beckman)] Sylvester Allen Ballou. Chronology. FAC 1079 [Approximately 1968]

Scope and Contents

Xerox copy of typewritten document, 26 p. Also: chronology for Sylvester Allen Ballou, 1860-1866, 3 p. carbon copy of typescript document.

Martin, Eleanor (Beckman). Notebook with information pertaining to Sylvester Allen Ballou. HM 51267 [Approximately 1968]

Scope and Contents

1 volume

Biographical material relating to Sylvester Allen Ballou, collected by Eleanor Beckman Martin. HM 51268 [Approximately 1968]

Scope and Contents

37 pieces.

Ephemera

Scope and Contents

5 pieces. 3 clippings, fragment of undated letter; and fragment of letter with child's drawing on verso.

Maps and xerox copies of newspaper clippings.

Scope and Contents

12 pieces.

Box 4

Ballou, Isaac Albee. Ledger. HM 51265 1836-1868

Scope and Contents

1 vol. containing accounts from Brecksville (Ohio) and Ballou family genealogy.

Box 5

Scrapbook with Ballou family genealogy. HM 51266 [Approximately 1870-1933?]

Box 6

[FACSIMILE] Printed copies of Leadville, Colorado, maps, including 1879 topographical map.

Scope and Contents

5 maps.

Conditions Governing Use

Not to be reproduced.

Box 6

[FACSIMILE] Photographic reproductions of assorted pages from the Plumas Argus between September 17, 1857 and September 27, 1860.

Scope and Contents

18 pages.

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