IHLC MS 459
Beal-Casey Family
Papers, 1886-1940
Manuscript Collection Inventory
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Beal-Casey Family
Papers, 1886-1940.
Contents
I.
Correspondence .................................................. 1
II.
Diaries ......................................................... 1
III. Genealogy ....................................................... 1
IV.
Newspaper Clippings ............................................. 2
V.
Papers .......................................................... 2
VI.
Publications .................................................... 2
VII. Diplomas, Certificates, and Other Documents ..................... 2
Box 1
I.
II.
Correspondence
1.
Alvin C. Beal to Genealogical Correspondents, 1920-1924
2.
American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association,
Philadelphia, to Elizabeth Beal, Sept. 9, 1911
3.
Clyde L. Casey, Mt. Vernon, Ill., to Elizabeth Beal,
Jan. 17, 1937
4.
Genealogical Correspondents to Alvin C. Beal, 1919-1934
5.
Allen B. Martin, Monticello, Ill., to Ervilla Lefever,
Feb. 24, 1893
6.
Dorothy Willis, Albany, Ore., to Ann L. Skagenberg,
Sept. 22, 1980
Diaries
7.
Elizabeth Beal Diary, Aug. 13 to Sept. 28, 19??
[circa 1912-1920]
8.
Elizabeth Beal Diary, 1929
9.
Ervilla Beal Diary, Feb. 5 to May 5, 1904
10.
Ervilla Beal Diary, June 20, 1904 to July 10, 1907, "1910"
III. Genealogy
11. Beal [Biehl] family
12.
Casey Family--Bibliography
13.
--Family Names
2
IV.
14.
--Narratives
15.
--Notes, Part A
16.
--Notes, Part B
17.
--Notes, Part C
18.
--Notebooks
Newspaper Clippings
19. Miscellaneous Clippings
Box 2
V.
VI.
Papers
20. Certification of Citizenship, Louis Beal, Jan. 4, 1862
21.
Cyclopedia of American Biography form, Alvin C. Beal, 1929
22.
Lists of Publications and Offices Held, Alvin C. Beal, n.d.
23.
Will, William Beal, 1931
Publications
24. Publications of Alvin C.
Beal, 1916-1917, 1927
VII. Diplomas, Certificates, and Other Documents
1.
[Item transferred to Cornell University Archives, Feb. 1990]
2.
Oversize
3.
[Item transferred to Cornell University Archives, Feb. 1990]
Piatt County, Ill., Common School Certificates (7),
Ervilla Lefever, 1886-1889
4.
Piatt County, Ill., School Teacher Certificates (8),
Ervilla Lefever, 1890-1895
5.
University of Illinois Diploma, Alvin C. Beal, 1892
6.
Illinois State Militia Commission, Alvin C. Beal, 1897
7.
University of Illinois Military Scholarship, Alvin C. Beal,
1897
8.
Illinois State Commission to the Farmers' National Congress,
Alvin C. Beal, 1897
9.
Marriage License, Alvin C. Beal and Ervilla Lefever, 1899
10.
Birth Certificate, Anne Elizabeth Beal, 1903 (1941 copy)
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11.
Cornell University Diplomas, Alvin C. Beal (2), 1903, 1911
12.
Illinois State Florists Association Life Membership, Alvin
C. Beal, 1908
13.
American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association,
Membership, Anne Elizabeth Beal, 1911
14.
Ithaca, N.Y., High School Certificates (2 photocopies) and
Diploma, Anne Elizabeth Beal, 1916, 1917, 1920
15.
D.A.R. Memberships, Ervilla and Anne Elizabeth Beal, 1922
16.
Pi Alpha Xi Certificate, Alvin C. Beal, 1923
17.
Cornell University Diplomas, Anne Elizabeth Beal (2),
1924-1925
18.
Columbia University Diploma, Anne Elizabeth Beal, 1928
Box 2 (cont.)
19. Iowa State College Diploma, Anne Elizabeth Beal, 1940