Manuscript Collection Inventory
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Hiram Rutherford
Collection, 1815-98.
Box 1:
I.
Scrapbooks and Ledgers
A.
Scrapbooks
1.
2.
Scrapbook and ledger, 18l5-l8
Scrapbooks (2 v.)
Box 2:
B.
Ledgers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
II.
1840-50
1847-59
1850-54
1855-61
1862-65
1866-71
Medical School Notebook, 1836-38; and Medical Ledger, 1872
(1 microfilm reel)
Box 3:
III. Papers, l84l-48, 1868, 1870, 1879, 1896, 1898
A.
Correspondence of Hiram Rutherford
Hiram Rutherford to John J. Bowman (transcripts)
Mar. 10, 1841
July 14, 1841
Oct. 28, 1841
Apr. 27, l842
July 31, 1842
Nov. 24, 1842
Oct. 25, 1843
May 28, 1844
Nov. 24, 1844
2
June 24, l845
Oct. 14, 1845
June 20, 1846
Hiram Rutherford to Abner Rutherford, June 29, 1846
(transcript)
Hiram Rutherford to Unknown Correspondents (transcripts)
Nov.
Nov.
July
July
Oct.
Feb.
30, 1846
30, 1846
7, 1847
7, 1847
25, 1847
7, 1848
To Hiram Rutherford (transcripts)
Jan. 15, 1843, from Lucinda Rutherford
May 28, 1844, unsigned
Nov. 24, 1844, to Hiram Rutherford, care of Burke &
Co., Pittsburg [sic] [Pa.]; J. M. Stockwell,
Evansville, Ind.; J. McCullock, Clinton, Ind.
Mar. 1, 1896, from C. O. Ashmore
Jan. 7, 1898, from George E. Mason
B.
Correspondence concerning Thomas Gilkeson
Mar. 21, 1879, R. H. McFadden to Thomas Gilkeson
Affidavit of Hiram Rutherford concerning Thomas
Gilkeson [1879]
C.
Manuscript copy of “Jonas Bragg: A Personal Sketch, by
Dr. H. Rutherford” (includes original and photocopy)
D.
Newspaper Clippings, 1858-65 (13 items)
E.
Misc.
Notes, undated (3 items)
Clipping from Bible Society Record, Aug. 1868
Map of Illinois, A. H. Andrews & Co., 1870