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Baker-Busey-Dunlap Family Papers
Pages
Kate Baker Busey Papers
1
I.
Correspondence
2
1. Sent
2-5
2. Family: Received
5-10
3. Others: Received
10-11
4. Unknown Correspondents
11
II.
Hampton Institute Materials
III.
Financial Materials and Legal Documents
11
11-12
IV.
Invitations and Announcements
12
V.
Newspaper Clippings
12
VI.
Address Book, Letter List and Notebooks
12
VII.
Photographs and CDVs
12-13
VIII.
Printed Materials
IX.
Writings
13-14
14
X.
Drawings and Illustrations (Oversize)
14
XI.
Scrapbook (Oversize)
George W. Busey Papers
14-15
I.
Correspondence: Received
Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Baker Papers
15-16
I.
Correspondence: Received
II.
Financial and Legal Documents
16
16-17
III.
Photographs
17
IV.
Scrapbook
17
V.
Writings
Dunlap Family Papers
17-18
I.
Ellen “Nellie” Dunlap Correspondence
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1. Sent
18-19
2. Received
19
II.
Ellen “Nellie” Dunlap Writings
19-20
III.
Hiram Dunlap Correspondence: Received
20
IV.
Hiram J. Dunlap Writings
20
V.
Hiram J. Dunlap Scrapbook (Oversize)
Box 1:
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Kate Baker Busey Papers
I. Correspondence
1. Correspondence--Sent, 1888-1920
Elizabeth Baker, July 7, Aug. 31, Sept. 2, Nov. 29, 1908,
Aug. 7 (2 postcards), 10, 1913.
Belle and Carrie, n.d.
Thomas M. Burns, Jan. 6, 1926.
Arthur Burnside (nephew), Oct. 9, 1919, Nov. 25, Dec. 7, 1925
Hannah Cordelia Burnside, “Delia,” (sister), Sept. 29, 1890
George W. Busey (husband), Jan. 18, Mar. 10, Apr. 5, Oct. 12,
1889, ca. Apr., 18, May 8, 10, 1890 (with enclosed letter,
Irene to George W. Busey, May 1, 1890), Mar. 21, 1905, Sept.
21, Oct. 2, 1911, Mar. 19, 1912 (with enclosed letter to
Jean), Jan. 15, 1914 (with enclosed letters regarding
property owned by Elizabeth Baker), Mar. 2, 10, 14, 20, 30,
1916, July 14, 1925, May 20, 1932 (with enclosed letter from
Jean Yntema).
Miss Connel, May 4, 1888. This letter contains a good
description of the Colorado River Agency.
Andrew Draper (president, University of Illinois), ca. May
1902.
Ellen Baker Dunlap, “Nellie,” (sister), Aug. 1868, Oct.
1888-Sept. 1890.
Hiram Dunlap (brother-in-law), Nov. 21, 1888, Jan. 29,
Mar. 31, 1890.
Minnie Elsamiller, Cincinnati, Ohio, n.d., (includes photos of
unidentified women).
Garreta and Jean (daughters), Sept. 17-18, 1920, n.d. This
last, undated, letter concerns the formation of the
Champaign-Urbana Alliance Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Mrs. Hay, May 16, 1912.
Herbert Kay Humphrey, n.d.
Anna Kunz, June 29, 1925.
Clay Lawrence, Aug. 11, 1926.
J. C. Madison, Dec. 1925.
W. P. Mesler, ca. Dec. 1898.
“My dear friend,” n.d.
Johannah Schubardt, Feb. 21, 1923.
Leonard A. Usina, Dec. 7, 1924.
2. Family Correspondence—Received, 1871-1933
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Ruth Baker Andrews, Mar. 6, 1915 (includes photographs), Jan.
21, 1916, July 30, Sept. 5, 1920 (with enclosed pamphlet on
the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), n.d. (letter
addressed to “Mother and Dad”).
Albert “Bertie” Baker (nephew), Dec. 31, 1884.
Clara E. Baker (cousin), Dec. 9, 27, 1891, Dec. 7, 1892.
Frank E. Baker (brother), May 1871-Mar. 1933.
Frank Baker, Jr. (nephew), Nov. 28, 1920.
Garrett H. Baker (father), Dec. 1875-July 1885 (includes undated
“spirit writings”).
Garrett H. Baker (nephew), Nov. 30, 1890, July 15, 1897,
Jan. 19, 1925.
Hattie Baker (sister-in-law), Dec. 20, 1891, Feb. 21, 1902, Aug.
29, 1920 (with enclosed letter, Ruth Baker Andrews to “Mother
and Father,” Aug. 15, 1920), June 26, 1922 (letter addressed
to Garrett H. Baker, Jr.), undated postcard, envelope with
newspaper clippings, addressed to Garrie H. Baker.
Jess E. Baker (nephew), Oct. 26, 1875 (letter addressed to “Mama
and Papa”), Feb. 1914-July 1919.
Jesse Baker (brother-in-law), Dec. 1, 1886, Mar. 29, 1888, Nov.
3, 1902, Feb. 6, 1908 .
Lizzie I. Baker (niece), Apr. 5, 1915.
Marion Baker (niece), Dec. 31, 1914, June 1, 1915.
Mary Elizabeth Baker, “Lizzie,” (sister), Sept. 1871-Jan.
1914 (16 folders).
Folder 1: Sept. 1871-Nov. 1883.
Folder 2: Sept. 1884-Oct. 1888.
Folder 3: Aug. 1889-June 1890.
Folder 4: July 1890-Dec. 1893.
Folder 5: Aug. 1894-Nov. 1900.
Folder 6: Jan. 1901-Dec. 1902.
Folder 7: Jan. 1903-Dec. 1904.
Folder 8: Feb. 1905-Dec. 1905.
Box 2:
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
9: Feb. 1906-Dec. 1906.
10: Jan. 1907-Oct. 1907.
11: Jan. 1908-Dec. 1909.
12: Feb. 1910-Nov. 1910.
13: Feb. 1911-Dec. 1911.
14: Mar. 1912-Dec. 1913.
15: Undated letters.
16: Sympathy letters regarding death of Mary Elizabeth
Baker, Dec. 1913-Jan. 1914.
May Baker (cousin), Nov. 27, 1883 (with enclosed letter to
Lizzie), Dec. 31, 1889, Dec. 22, 1891.
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S. F. Baker (uncle), Jan. 11, 29, 1892.
Sallie Maria Baker (stepmother), Aug. 1873-Nov. 1875
(includes undated letter addressed to Mr. Baker).
Virginia Baker (niece), Mar. 16, 1930.
Myra Besley (aunt), Dec. 29, 1918, Dec. 12, 1924.
Arthur Burnside (nephew), Oct. 29, 1908 (postcard addressed to
“Burnie”), Apr. 1912-Nov. 1925 (3 folders).
Folder 1: Oct. 1908, Apr. 1912-Sept. 1919.
Folder 2: Oct. 1919-Dec. 1920.
Folder 3: Jan. 1921-Nov. 1925.
Florence Burnside, May 1916-Jan. 1933.
George Burnside (brother-in-law), Sept. 1, 1890 (letter to
Burnside from Papa Lund), Nov. 5, 1890.
Hannah Cordelia Burnside, “Delia,” (sister), Aug.
1882-Dec. 1919 (7 folders).
Folder 1: Aug. 1882-June 1901.
Folder 2: Oct. 1901-Dec. 1902.
Folder 3: Apr. 1903-Dec. 1905.
Folder 4: Mar. 1906-Dec. 1907.
Folder 5: Jan. 1908-Dec. 1912.
Box 3:
Folder
Folder
Artimesia
George W.
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
6: Mar. 1913-Dec. 1919.
7: Undated letters.
Busey (mother-in-law), Sept. 9, 1908.
Busey (husband), Oct. 1887-May 1926 (12 folders).
1: Oct. 1887-Dec. 1888.
2: Jan. 1889-Feb. 1889.
3: Mar. 1889-Apr. 1889.
4: May 1889-Dec. 1889.
5: Jan. 1890-May 1890.
6: Oct. 1890-Mar. 1896.
7: June 1897-Dec. 1899.
8: Oct. 1900-Aug. 1906.
9: Feb. 1907-June 1914.
10: Mar. 1916-Mar. 1917.
11: Mar. 1918-May 1924.
12: Jan. 1925-May 1926.
Box 4:
Katherine Busey (sister-in-law), Mar. 23, 1909, Mar. 7, 1916.
Lillian Busey, Aug. 9, 1908.
Mary E. Busey, Dec. 9, 1891.
Hannah Keziah Clapp (aunt), July 1889-April 1908 (2 folders).
Folder 1: July 1889-Dec. 1905.
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Folder 2: Apr. 1906-Apr. 1908.
C. A. Crosswell (cousin), Feb. 20, 1882, n.d.
Sarah Jane Crosswell (aunt), Sept. 1881-Oct. 1911
(2 folders).
Folder 1: Sept. 1881-Mar. 1906.
Folder 2: Feb. 1907-Oct. 1911.
Elizabeth “Bessie” Dunlap (2nd wife of Hiram Dunlap),
July 1905-Jan. 1921.
Ellen Baker Dunlap, “Nellie,” (sister), Oct. 1883-Oct.
1891 (2 folders).
Folder 1: Oct. 1883-Nov. 1890.
Folder 2: Jan. 1891-Oct. 1891.
Hiram J. Dunlap (brother-in-law), Nov. 1883-May 1911 (2
folders).
Folder 1: Nov. 1883-Mar. 1893.
Folder 2: Apr. 1906-May 1919.
Nora Dunlap (sister-in-law), March 1884-July 1914.
Robert Dunlap (nephew), Apr. 1905-Sept. 1918.
Grace Morgan Glauner (niece), Mar. 21, 1922, June 24, 1923.
Chloe Hamilton (aunt), May 13, 1883, Apr. 25, Dec. 11,
1891, June 16, 1902.
Ella Hamilton (cousin), Dec. 30, 1901.
Anna Lathrop (cousin), Nov. 6, 1889.
Olive Lathrop (cousin), Jan. 23, 1903, Mar. 16, 1904, Sept. 9,
1906, 2 n.d.
Emma MacDowell (niece), Aug. 1916-Sept. 1925.
Augusta B. Morgan (sister-in-law), Feb. 28, 1905, Nov.
17, 1908, Nov. 26, 1925, Jan. 30, Oct. 20, 1929.
Carrie Stone (cousin), Dec. 6, 21, 1891, Nov. 15, 1899, May 11,
1919.
George Yntema (grandson), Oct. 25, 1933.
3. Others—Received, 1873-1933
Charles Adkins, Bement, Ill., Apr. 10, 1904.
William A. Aery, Hampton, Va., Jan. 3, 1914.
R. B. Anderson, Bushnell, Ill., Apr. 9, 1900.
Mrs. C. M. App, Urbana, Ill., Oct. 11, 1902.
Alice Armstrong (of the Hampton Institute), Dec. 20, 1891
(letter addressed to Margaret and refers to illness of Gen.
Samuel Chapman Armstrong, founder of Hampton), June 12, 1893,
Mar. 1, 1896.
M. Mabel Arnold, May 8, 1907.
Eugenie M. Bacon, Decatur, Ill., Feb. 8, 1910.
Anne Bahusen, Rock Island, Ill., Mar. 9, 1916.
Mrs. E. S. Baker, Palo Alto, Calif., Oct. 15, 1908.
Dr. Frank Baker, Washington, D.C., Oct. 28, 1902, May 24, 1908.
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Mabel Baldwin, n.d.
Adele S. Bartley, Dec. 7, 1880.
Lillie Barton, Apr. 22, 1890, May 16, 1891.
Alice E. Bentley, May 1887-Oct. 1931.
Sadie Bery, Jan. 6, Dec. 16, 1883.
Emma J. Besore, Ocean Springs, Miss., Dec. 23, 1913.
Marion G. Bird, Oak Park, Ill., Mar. 6, 1916.
Minnie E. Blose, Danville, Ill., Feb. 3, 1910.
Samuel Blumenthal, Cobden, Ill., Sept. 23, 1881.
Edna Madison Bonser, Leonia, N.J., July 7, 1919, July 9, 1931,
n.d.
C. J. Bowen, Delphi, Ind., Apr. 28, 1893.
Alina E. Braucher, Dec. 22, 1905, Dec. 20, 1920.
Alice C. Bryan, Apr. 7, Dec. 10, 1905.
J. W. Bryan, Washington, D.C., Dec. 1913.
Amy Buchanan, Jacksonville, Fla., July 8, Aug. 15, Sept. 21,
1916.
Mrs. W. T. Burford, Hinsdale, Ill., Feb. 21, 1919.
May Louisa Butler, June 3, 1902.
C. Caldwell, Aug. 17, 1917.
Carrie Campbell, Urbana, Ill., Mar. 5, 1893, July 23, 1906.
John W. Campbell, June 1873-Sept. 1881 (2 folders).
Folder 1: June 1873-Dec. 1874.
Folder 2: Jan. 1875-Sept. 1881.
Robert A. Campbell, St. Louis, Oct. 15, 1880
Alice I. Caskey (Psychic Endeavor Society), Kansas City, Mo.,
Oct. 18, 1927, Apr. 11, 1928, Apr. 22, 1932.
Mrs. Ebbert L. Cavenee, Champaign, Ill., Jan. 22, 1932.
Edward S. Clark, Chicago, Oct. 31, 1892.
Kate F. Clark, Cobden, Ill., June 17, July 30, Aug. 13, 1882,
Feb. 25, 1887.
Sadie E. Coe, Evanston, Ill., n.d.
E. Comer, Logansport, Ind., Sept. 24, 1890.
Gertrude Connell, Manette, Wash., May 4, 1924.
Louis H. Cornish, New York City, Mar. 25, 1904.
Sarah C. Currell, Crossnore, N.C., July 27, 1922
George Ella Currier, San Diego, Calif., July 6, 1900.
Ella Dakin, Feb. 9, 1887.
Box 5:
Janette Copeland Dalziel (Hampton Institute), Aug.
1886-Dec. 1888.
J.J. Davis, Stockbridge, Mass., Nov. 24, 1884 (addressed to
Frank and Hattie).
Mabel Day, Jan. 20, 1915.
Fanny Wright Dimmick, Apr. 1883-July 1932. Some of this
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correspondence relates to Walter N. Dimmick, Fanny Wright’s
husband. Dimmick, a former chief clerk of the San Francisco
Mint, was convicted in 1901 of having embezzled $30,000 from
the mint. This folder also contains an undated, typed
manuscript by an unknown author offering a defense of
Dimmick.
Mrs. Oliver B. Dobbins, n.d.
Mrs. L. Dougan, Mar. 24, 1909.
Andrew S. Draper (president, University of Illinois), May 27,
1902.
Marion Dunlap, Furth, Bavaria, Sept. 12, 1890.
Althea M. Durstine, Joliet, Ill., May 5, 1909.
Esther Earle, Dec. 1890-Jan. 1933.
Irene Eppstein, ca. Dec. 1891.
Caroline A. Fale, Northampton, Mass., July 13, 1886.
Henry L. Fay, Mar. 5, 1892.
C. McCoy Franklin, Crossnore, N.C., Sept. 4, 1922.
Helen Freeman, Oct. 26, Nov. 16, 1915, Feb. 10, 1916.
Marjory French, Feb. 1890-Dec. 1913.
Jennie Fullenwider, Nov. 15, 1933.
Mary E. Gage, Washington, D.C., Mar. 20, 1908.
Carolyn Geisel, Lithia, Ill., Aug. 19, 1906.
Ida B. Gillson, Wilmette, Ill., Sept. 26, 1911.
Carrie M. Goodrich, Cobden, Ill., Jan. 1907.
Theodore Goodrich, Cobden, Ill., Apr. 26, Nov. 1, 1931, Dec. 27,
1932.
Sister Grace S. B., Apr. 5, 1916.
Isabel Graham, Crossnore, N.C., n.d.
Alice Halsey, New York City, Dec. 30, 1928.
Mary R. Hamlin, Hampton, Va., Mar. 10, 1889.
Esther Harding, Haifa, Palestine, Mar. 25, 1931.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Harris, Bremerton, Wash., Jan. 31, 1914
(letter addressed to Mrs. Burnside).
Mary E. Haworth, Decatur, Ill., Sept. 13, 1904.
Elizabeth Hay, Dec. 1908-May 1926.
Lula Hay, Furth, Bavaria, Dec. 8, 1891.
Miriam P. Hay., Boston, Mass., Dec. 25, 1918.
Helen M. Heffernan, Jan. 1, 1910.
Emily K. Herron, Hampton, Va., Oct. 27, 1919.
Ellen Louise Higbey, Chicago, Feb. 18, 1904 (with enclosed
report of Chicago Penny Savings Society).
Mary Tracy Horne, Berkeley, Calif., Sept. 20, 1917.
Mrs. L. M. Howard, Newark, Ohio, n.d.
L. F. Howe (Hampton Institute), Dec. 1888-June 1890
Irma Hubbard, Crossnore, N.C., Sept. 13, 1923.
Moses Hull, St. Louis, Sept. 24, 1904.
Willard J. Hull, Chicago, Mar. 1904.
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Herbert Kay Humphrey, Schenectady, N.Y., Nov. 1, 1911, Mar. 8,
1914.
Zula Frye Hunter, Kankakee, Ill., Oct. 20, 1902.
Illinois Congress of Mothers, Oct. 1902-Feb. 1909.
Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, n.d. (includes
bulletins, brochures, and postcards).
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs, Feb. 1901-Aug. 1902.
Annie B. Ingram, Jacksonville, Fla., July 14, 1917.
Edmund J. James (president, University of Illinois), Sept.
2, 1907.
A. J. Jutkins, Savoy, Ill., Mar. 2, 1887.
Margaret Kenwill (Hampton Institute), Feb. 1887-May 1891.
Olive Kerry, July 10, 1927.
Belle Norton Laemmle (wife of brother of Carl Laemmle, founder
of Universal Pictures), Mar. 5, 23, 1905, Feb. 24, 1909, Apr.
2, 1929.
Bess Lafesley, Crossnore, N.C., July 24, 1922.
Dorothy N. Law, Dixon, Ill., Mar. 10, 16, 1904.
Clay Lawrence, Feb. 1914-June 1915, regarding will and estate of
Mary Elizabeth Baker.
Miriam Lawrence, Nov. 27, 1903, July 28, 1922.
Camilla Leach, Bryn Mawr, Penn., May 28, 1890.
The Light of Truth Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., Jan. 19, 1905.
J. C. Madison, Jacksonville, Fla., May 17, 1918, Mar. 17, 1920,
Dec. 7, 1925.
Julia C. Mann, Sept. 1880-Dec. 1932 (2 folders).
Folder 1: Sept. 1880-Feb. 1893.
Folder 2: June 1905-Dec. 1932.
Box 6:
Laura Mann, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 9, 1922.
Miriam M. Marble, South Pasadena, Calif., n.d.
Mrs. F. M. Marriott, Mar. 23, 1909.
J. H. Marshall, Weston, Ill., Nov. 20, 1885.
Emma Maxfield, Urbana, Ill., Nov. 10, 1906.
Sallie J. McCall, Oct. 16, 1913, Oct. 9, 24, 25, 1921.
Catherine Waugh McCulloch, Nov. 1, 1917, Oct. 10, 1918, May 1,
1920.
Kate McMullen, Evanston, Ill., Oct. 14, 1902.
Carrie Mesler, Cobden, Ill., Dec. 5, 1881, Jan. 3, 8, 21, 1887,
Oct. 6, 1888.
John Mesler, Cobden, Ill., Nov. 7, 1886
Mary Mesler, Cobden, Ill., Nov. 7, 1886, n.d.
W. P. Mesler, Cobden, Ill., Nov. 13, Dec. 8, 1898, Jan. 2, 1899.
A. J. Miller, Urbana, Ill., Feb. 18, 1887.
Allie Miller, Cobden, Ill., Jan. 16, 1887.
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Isabella D. Mitchell, Cobden, Ill., July 2, 1930.
Marie F. Mitchell, Feb. 8, 1882, May 1, 1890.
Muskegon Knitting Mills, June 27, 1910
Anna Muss, Champaign, Ill., Sept. 30, 1913.
Ivy D. Neal, Ferriday, La., May 26, 1919.
“Nesy,” Aug. 7, 1906 (written from Battle Creek Sanitarium,
addressed to “Puppy” Busey)
W. C. Newman, Port Orchard, Wash., Feb. 2, 1914.
Juliet O’Hearn, Berlin, Wis., Aug. 26, 1901.
Mary O’Hearn, Sept. 19, 1901
Alicia A. Oldfather, Tokyo, Japan., Feb. 2, 1917.
P. M. Olin, Dec. 31, 1906.
Lillian Packard, Auburndale, Mass., Sept. 29, 1913.
Jessie Page, Jan. 27, Feb. 5, 1916.
George Parker, Wenona, Ill., Aug. 20, 1887, Mar. 25, 1888.
Maud Parker, Parker, Ariz., Oct. 11, 1889.
Mary L. Parsons, Mar. 1905-Mar. 1933.
Emily B. Pearson, n.d.
Imogen and Mary Pierce, Chicago, Oct. 26, 1921.
Mary E. Pierce, May 1880-Dec. 1927.
Johnnette Pierik, Aug. 30, Dec. 14, 1926, Mar. 4, 1928.
Cora Polk, Mar. 29, 1904.
Helen Potter, New York City, Sept. 8, 1877.
Jean S. Putnam, Urbana, Ill., Jan. 13, 1921.
E. Reynolds, Philadelphia, Nov. 28, Dec. 26, 1886.
John L. Rich, Iola, Kan., Nov. 11, 1920.
Ella Dunlap Risser, Kankakee, Ill., Oct. 21, 1902, Feb. 3, June
21, 1904.
Cora K. Roach, Feb. 9, 1910.
Kate Romine, Danville, Ill., Mar. 1909.
M. E. Rose, Bridge Hampton, N.Y., Mar. 24, Apr. 4, Oct. 10,
1887.
Mrs. Sale, Urbana, Ill., Oct. 13, 1905.
Mrs. M. V. Sharp, Mar. 20, 1924.
Josie Skehan, June 5, 1882, Mar. 23, 1898.
“Mother” Skehan, Ocean Springs, Miss., May 10, 1911.
Anna Sleight, South Jacksonville, Fla., March 1918-Jan. 1923 (2
folders).
Folder 1: Mar. 1918-May 1919.
Folder 2: June 1919-Jan. 1923.
Mrs. G. M. Smith, South Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 23, 1916.
Horace J. Smith, Dec. 1885-Aug. 1888.
R. Smith, South Jacksonville, Fla., Apr. 21, 1916.
Mary M. Spaulding, Villa Ridge, Ill., Jan. 30, 1887, July 23,
1897, Jan. 13, 1914, Mar. 18, 1916.
S. Cecil Stanton, Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 20, 1887.
Mary Steenrod, Crossnore, N.C., July 24, 1922.
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Kate F. Stockham, Mar. 22, 1893, Sept. 11, 1915, Apr. 4, 1916,
Sept. 23, 1917, Dec. 5, 1923.
Carrie V. Stoddard, Champaign, Ill., Mar. 4, 1893.
Lorado Taft (sculptor), Chicago, Oct. 15, 1915.
Bess S. Taylor, Chicago, Aug. 13, 1918.
Kate Thing, Cobden, Ill., May 9, 1882, Nov. 9, 1883, Mar. 7,
Apr. 5, 1893.
Levi Thing, Aug. 1881-Apr. 1883.
Harry F. Thurston, Chicago, Aug. 22, 1902.
Rebecca Tykociner, Dec. 1927, Sept. 1, 1931
Unitarian Society of the University of Illinois, Mar. 1907.
A. B. Upshaw (acting commissioner of Indian affairs), July 26,
1888 (letter addressed to Rep. Joseph Cannon and concerns
Kate Baker’s possible appointment as clerk of Colorado River
Agency).
Leonard A. Usina, Dec. 1920-Feb. 1921.
C. E. Vandever (U.S. Indian agent), Parker, Ariz., Mar. 12,
1889.
Abbott L. R. Waite, July 1886-May 1887.
Lucy Waite, Aug. 14, 1889.
Louise Waldron, Daytona, Fla., Feb. 22, Mar. 29, 1916.
Minnie E. Walrod, Paola, Kan., June 19, 1889.
E. N. L. Walton, West Newton, Mass., Oct. 6, 8, 1885.
Georgie Ward, Jan. 13, 1882, Jan. 22, 1932.
Mrs. J. F. Watkins, Mar. 18, 1911
Karl N. Watkins, Waco, Tex., Mar. 4, 1918.
Mary Almeida Wheeler (Hampton Institute), July 1886-Jan.
1892.
Celia Whelpley, Cobden, Ill., Feb. 5, 1905.
Frank L. Whelpley, Cobden, Ill., June 17, 1891
L. C. Whelpley, Cobden, Ill., June 17, 28, 1897, regarding death
of Garrett H. Baker.
Helen White, July 1875, June 1914-July 1920.
Roy C. Wilhelm, June 15, 1927, Sept. 10, 1931.
Ward W. Williams, Chicago, July 21, 1928.
John Wilson, Urbana, Ill., Sept. 13, 1906.
J. S. Worcester, Northampton, Mass., June 10, 23, 1886.
E. G. Wright, Chicago, Aug. 5, 1882.
Jessie Wright, Forest Glen, Md., Jan. 6, 1926.
Mary Wright, Cobden, Ill., Jan. 8, 1886.
Mary T. Wright, Menomonie, Wis., Feb. 25, 1928.
4. Unknown Correspondents
Abbie, Greeley, Col., Aug. 1871.
Alice, Dec. 4, 1881, Aug. 28, 1882.
Calista, Dec. 18, 1878. Describes wedding of Mary Elizabeth
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“Lizzie” Baker.
Carrie, Greeley, Col., Oct. 1871.
Clara, 1922.
Della, n.d.
Frances, n.d.
Hettie, Ocean Springs, Miss., Apr. 4, 1893.
Jennie, Boston, Aug. 17, 1927.
John, Sept. 10, 1894.
Lucy, Ripon, WI, n.d.
Owen and Marjorie, Crossnore, N.C., 1920.
R. K., Alma, Mich., Aug. 17, 1921 [letterhead of Republican
Truck Sales Corporation].
Mac, Swanton, Vt., June 23, 1923.
[Marie?], Bogalusa, La., Nov. 3, 1923.
Unsigned, Cairo, Ill., Mar. 1, 1876.
Unsigned, writing from the “home,” 2615 Indiana Ave., Chicago,
Feb. 8, 1905
Celia W., Virden, Ill., Mar. 28, 1918.
Box 7:
II. Hampton Institute Materials, 1884-1928
The Alumni Journal, Mar. 1891, June and July 1891.
The Armstrong League of Hampton Workers Newsletter, July 30,
1920, Nov. 1, 1923, Oct. 20, 1925, 1927, Nov. 1, 1928.
Catalogue of the Hampton Institute, 1885-86.
Grade Book, 1885-86. This book, kept by Kate Baker, contains
grades for juniors in the night school at Hampton.
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute Annual Reports,
1879-80, 1884-85.
Public Meeting in Behalf of Negro and Indian Education,
pamphlet, Nov. 19, 1884.
Sermon by the Rev. Mark Hopkins at the Dedication of the
Memorial Church at Hampton, Va., pamphlet, 1886.
“The Strike at Hampton,” Hampton Institute Press Service, Oct.
28, 1927.
Southern Workman and Hampton School Record, June 1890.
III. Financial Materials
Account Books, 1871-95.
Bank Books, 1896-1900.
Marriage Certificate, George W. Busey and Kate F. Baker, May 14,
1890.
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IV. Invitations and Announcements
Invitations, 1885-1908 (includes marriage announcement of George
W. Busey and Kate F. Baker, May 14, 1890).
Box 8:
Invitations, 1909-23.
V. Newspaper Clippings
Clippings, 1870s-1890s (4 folders). These clippings are mostly
undated but appear to be primarily from the 1870s-1890s.
Most of the clippings are of poems but a few shed light on
the career of Kate Baker. In one clipping, a correspondent
of The Inter Ocean (Chicago) writes that “Miss Kitty is
cultivating one of the sweetest voices that we have ever
listened to.” In another, Kate Baker is mentioned as having
taught wood carving at the Illinois Industrial University.
VI. Address Book, Letter List, Notebooks
Address Book, 1906.
Letter List, n.d.
Class Notebook, n.d. Subjects covered include algebra, botany,
geometry, and grammar.
Pocket Notes for Talks, n.d. Talk topics include “The Relation
of the Home and Parents to the School and Teachers,” “How to
Teach Children to Be Economical,” and the Russo-Japanese War.
Box 9:
VII. Photographs and CDVs
These photographs and CDVs are mostly undated but appear to be
from the 1860s-1870s. Most of the images are of unidentified
persons who evidently have some connection with the Baker
family. There are also CDVs of Benjamin Butler, John C.
Fremont, and Seth Prince.
VIII. Printed Materials
The Book-World. New York: John B. Alden, 1884.
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Busey’s Bank. Advice to Bank Patrons. Chicago: C. W.
Fairrington, 1902.
Campbell, Helen. Household Economics: Syllabus of a Course of
Twelve Lectures. Madison, Wisconsin: Tracy, Gibbs and Co.,
1895.
Catalogue of the Acme Copying Co. Chicago: J. C. Drake, 1887.
A Catalogue of Books Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Riverside Press, n.d.
Chicago Kindergarten Institute. Chicago: Gertrude House, 1907.
Fortnightly Club, 1903-1904. Urbana, Ill., 1903.
Galesburg Kindergarten Normal School. Galesburg, Ill.: The
Wagoner Printing Company, 1899.
Judson, Lowell B. Picking, Packing and Marketing the Apple.
University of Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin
No. 54 (May 1906): 1-35.
An Institution for the Care of the Sick. Urbana, Ill.: The
Urbana Memorial Hospital Association, n.d.
“List of [Women’s] Clubs,” n.d.
“List of Common Words Spelled in Two or More Ways,” Simplified
Spelling Board Circular No. 2 (Mar. 21, 1906): 1-12.
McCulloch, Catherine Waugh. The Woman Suffrage Law. Evanston,
Ill., ca. 1913.
The N.C.R. 12:14 (July 15, 1899).
A New Era in Manufacturing. Dayton, Ohio: National Cash Register
Company, 1899.
National Spiritualists’ Association, program, Fourteenth Annual
Convention, Oct. 16-19, 1906
A Plain Talk About the Kindergarten. Springfield, Mass.:
Milton Bradley Co., n.d.
San Francisco, “Burns the Hawkshaw,” June 29, 1912.
“The Soul’s Journey (In Three Parts),” n.d., includes
inscription from “Lizzie” B. Gow to Mrs. Jameson, Apr. 5,
1877
Teachers’ and Citizens’ Association, Urbana, program, 1904-5,
1905-6.
University Choral Society, concert program, Jan. 17, 1901.
University of Illinois School of Citizenship, program,
Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 1923.
Walter E. Dewey Co. Genuine Photogravure and Etching.
Riverton, N.J.: The New Era, n.d.
IX. Writings
Carving Department Report, Hampton Institute, n.d.
Club Papers, n.d. (Subjects include Commodore Perry, Early
Education of Indians, Newfoundland, Parks, and Polar
Expeditions.)
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“Comparative Achievements of Men and Women,” n.d.
Daughters of the American Revolution “Alliance” Chapter—Meeting
Introductions, n.d.
Genealogy of the Clapp Family, n.d.
“Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute,” n.d.
Personal Reminiscences of Hampton Institute, n.d. (Only two
pages of the draft are extant.)
Poem Transcriptions, n.d.
Box 10:
X. Drawings and Illustrations (Oversize)
These drawings and illustrations are undated but appear to
primarily be from the 1870s and 1880s. Many of the sketches
were evidently rendered by Kate Baker and the objects
depicted include human anatomy, flowers, and facial features.
There are also commercial illustrations as well as two pencil
drawings by Kate’s sister Elizabeth signed “L. B. Gow.”
(Elizabeth’s first husband was David Gow.)
Box 11:
XI. Scrapbook (Oversize)
This scrapbook contains mostly undated newspaper clippings
ca. 1870s-1880s. It includes a notice of the death of Sallie
Maria Baker, Kate Baker’s stepmother, marriage announcements
of Cobden, Ill., acquaintances, a Champaign Times item
telling of Kate’s work as a wood carving instructor, a
composition book, and copies of The Alumni Journal (of the
Hampton Institute) and the Urbana Weekly Courier.
Box 12:
George W. Busey Papers
I. Correspondence
1. Correspondence--Received, 1888-1931
Albert D. Baker, Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 27, 1905, Oct. 17, 1909.
Jess E. Baker, Seattle, Wash., Jan. 8, Feb. 1, 1914, Feb. 1, 24,
1915, Feb. 7, Nov. 17, 1917, Oct. 1, 17, 1918.
Lizzie Baker, Seattle, Wash., Aug. 23, 1907.
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Myra Besley, Waukegan, Ill., Dec. 12, 1924.
Herbert W. Blaney, Urbana, Ill., Mar. 23, 1915.
Arthur Burnside, South Jacksonville, Fla., July 3, 1920.
George Burnside, South Jacksonville, Fla., Mar. 13, 1909.
Hannah “Delia” Burnside, South Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 3, 19,
1916.
Artimesia Busey (mother), Urbana, Ill., n.d.
Mary E. Busey, Wahington, D.C., Jan. 19, 1892.
William N. Butler, Cairo, Ill., Dec. 1, 1903.
Coochaway, Parker, Ariz., Apr. 2, 1890.
Elizabeth Dunlap, Cologne, Germany, n.d.
Ellen “Nellie” Dunlap, Furth, Bavaria, Aug. 21, 1891.
Hiram Dunlap, June 29, Nov. 27, 1890, Aug. 21, Dec. 2, 1891,
Jan. 5, 1906, Jan. 9, Feb. 5, 1907, Feb. 26, 1908.
Robert Dunlap, Kankakee, Ill., Dec. 23, 1912, Dec. 24, 1916.
Edward F. Dunne, Chicago, Ill., Nov. 3, 1912.
Henry George, Parker, Ariz., Jan. 10, 1889.
Herbert LaDue, Hollywood, Calif., July 17, 1923.
Clay Lawrence, Seattle, Wash., Dec. 27, 1918.
Julia C. Mann, Seattle, Wash., Sept. 27, 1931.
Marian, Grand Hotel Estrade, Portugal, n.d.
James Burt Miner, Shennington, Wis., Sept. 15, 1904.
Mittendorf and Kiler, Champaign, Ill., July 1, 1910.
E. P. Poindexter, Parker, Ariz., Mar. 29, 1890. Addressed to C.
Lewis, this letter concerns George W. Busey’s alleged actions
while Indian agent.
John E. Rickards (Montana governor), Helena, Mont., Sept. 17,
1896.
R. H. Rountree, Kingston, N.C., Sept. 11 (with enclosed letter,
George W. Nock to Rountree, Aug. 13, 1888), 18 (with enclosed
letter, Nock to Rountree, Sept. 7, 1888), Nov. 26, 1888.
Sister M. Julia, of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Apr. 3, 1889
(with enclosed letter, Anna Fuell to George W. Busey, Mar. 3,
1889).
T. D. Stone, Green Lake, Wis., Mar. 29, 1904.
Leonard Usina, South Jacksonville, Fla., July 16, 1919.
J. C. Ware, Mahomet, Ill., Dec. 17, 1891.
Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Baker Papers
I. Correspondence
1. Correspondence--Received, 1866-1913
Margaret Jeanette “Jean” Busey, Dec. 9, 1908, Aug. 9, 1913.
John W. Campbell, Omaha, Neb., Dec. 6, 1887.
Mrs. Chapel, Seattle, Wash., May 22, 1909.
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Hannah Keziah Clapp, Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 4, 1906.
County Treasurer, Seattle, Wash., May 21, 1913.
D. Appleton and Company, Oct. 3, 1866, Feb. 12, 1867 (includes
book contract for The Children of the Frontier).
J. L. Davenport (U.S. Commissioner of Pensions), Oct. 16, 1911
(with enclosed Certificate of Service of Jesse E. Baker,
dated Jan. 7, 1901).
Hiram Dunlap, Furth, Bavaria, Dec. 3, 1891.
Ernest Ebert (cashier, Citizens Bank of Bremerton, Wash.), Nov.
24, 28, 1913.
Marion Garland, South Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 22, 1913.
Clara Graham, Brownsville, Wash., Dec. 8, 1913.
W. S. Harris, Manette, Wash., Apr. 17, July 10, Oct. 14, 1913.
Ida A. Keene, Seattle, Wash., May 10, July 23, Dec. 16, 1908,
Oct. 24, 1912.
Alexander J. Magee, Manette Wash., Dec. 24, 1913.
Manette-Rochdale Company, Manette, Wash., Oct. 30, 1913.
Julia C. Mann, June 12, 1907, Sept. 4, 23, 1908.
Mr. and Mrs. Mehner, May 16, 1910.
S. Migliavacca (president, Citizens Bank of Bremerton, Wash.),
Aug. 19, Oct. 19 (with enclosed bank account statements,
money orders, and receipts), Dec. 22, 1913.
Adelle Parker, Seattle, Wash., May 30, 1908, Dec. 9, 1913.
Mary Tracy, San Diego, Calif., Oct. 5, 1908.
II. Financial and Legal Documents
Bank Account Book, 1913.
Last Will and Testament, Feb. 13, 1913.
Real Estate Mortgage, Oct. 23, 1914.
III. Photographs [contained in paper bag labeled “Lizzie’s
Photos”]
Cabinet of Curiosities, Keams Canyon, Arizona
Cloudscape
Eva Baker
Frank Baker
Jesse Baker
Jesse and Ruth Baker (2)
[
] Baker
Hattie Baker
Ruth Baker (3)
Garreta Busey (8)
Garreta and Jean Busey (2)
Hiram Jesse Busey
Jean Busey (2)
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Kate Baker Busey (2)
“Delia” Burnside (1)
Hiram J. Dunlap
Robert H. Dunlap
Aunt Eliza
Alice Halsey
George Mesler
“Norfolk Baby” (2)
“Old Steve,” Keams Canyon, Ariz.
“Our House”
Mrs. Howard Slaussen
Unidentified Persons (9)
IV. Scrapbook
“Lizzie” Baker compiled this scrapbook of newspaper clippings
documenting her editorial efforts in behalf of suffrage in
Washington State, 1909-1910. She then sent this scrapbook to
her sister Kate Baker Busey. “They (the newspaper clippings)
may not seem of so much importance to you now,” Lizzie wrote
to Kate, “but I feel sure that the work of this arduous year
in the State of Wash. will be a useful reminder at some
future day—at least to your girls—of what the women of 1910
did that they might come into their own as I feel sure in the
evolution of things they will.”
V. Writings
American Women and Education, n.d.
“Considerations for Woman in the Measure of a Nation’s
Progress,” n.d.
Box 13:
“The English Suffragettes,” n.d.
“An Outline Sketch of the Russio-Japanese War,” n.d.
Talk on the “Sphere of Women,” delivered before Woman Suffrage
Association of Union County, Ill., Jan. 10, 1871 (with
enclosed notes).
“Woman and the Ballot,” 1910.
Dunlap Family Papers
I. Ellen “Nellie” Dunlap Correspondence
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1.
Correspondence--Sent
Hattie Baker, June 26, 28, 1890.
Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Baker, Nov. 25, 1890.
Hannah Cordelia “Delia” Burnside, Feb. 11, 1891.
Joseph Cannon, Dec. 12, 1888.
Emeline Dunlap, Mar. 16, 1891.
Hiram Dunlap, July 31, Aug. 1, 9, 10, 1890.
Nora Dunlap, Mar. 14, 15, 1891.
2. Correspondence--Received
Albert “Bertie” Baker, Greeley, Colo., Jan. 31, Mar. 25, July
28, Dec. 22 (addressed to “Garrie” Baker), 31, 1889, Oct. 5,
1890.
Clara Baker, Keokuk, Ia., Mar. 20 (with enclosed letter from
Aunt Wiltha), May 11, Sept. 10, 1890.
Frank Baker, Greeley, Colo., Dec. 23, 1889, Feb. 9, 1890
Garrett H. Baker, Greeley, Colo., Jan. 31, Dec. 30, 1889
Hattie Baker, Greeley, Colo., Jan. 3, May 12, 1889, Feb. 13,
1890.
Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Baker, Feb. 10, Nov. 29, 1888,
Mar. 4, 11 (with enclosed letter, Jesse Baker, Mar. 10,
1889), 17, 19, 27, Apr. 6, 1889 (with enclosed letter, Eugene
Baker, Mar. 20, 1889), Feb. 14, Apr. 11, May 23, July 10, 18,
Dec. 8, 1890.
Hannah Cordelia “Delia” Burnside, Mar. 14, Nov. 21, Dec. 2, 9,
1888, Jan. 6, 1889, Jan. 6, 23, Feb. 2 (with enclosed letter
from “Lizzie” Baker, Dec. 28, 1889), Nov. 4, 1890.
Sarah Crosswell, Jan. 20, 1889, June 15, 1890.
Fannie Dunlap, Savoy, Ill., Mar. 9, 24 (includes letter from
Lela Dunlap, Mar. 15, 1890), 29, May 18, 1890.
Helen Dunlap, Champaign, Ill., Aug. 20, 1890.
Hiram Dunlap, July 28, July 30, Aug. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10,
12, 1890.
Marion Dunlap, Kankakee, Ill., Feb. 19, Apr. 16, 1890.
Nora Dunlap, Savoy, Ill., Jan. 11, 1889, Jan. 23, Feb. 23, Mar.
16, Apr. 6, 1890.
Melissa M. Harris, Champaign, Ill., Mar. 7, 1890.
Ella Hamilton, Berlin, Wis., Apr. 29, 1890.
Rutherford B. Hayes, Fremont, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1888 (with enclosed
letter, Nellie Dunlap to Mrs. Hayes, Dec. 6, 1888).
Jessie Hess, Dec. 29, 1890.
Emma MacDowell, South Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 8, 15, 1889, Jan.
3, 1890.
L. M. Morrow, Champaign, Ill., Jan. 1, 1890.
William H. Musselman, Breslau, Germany, n.d.
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Margaret Redelings, Feb. 27, Mar. 13, Dec. 26, 31, 1890.
Ella Dunlap Risser, Kankakee, Ill., Apr. 9, Dec. 14, 1888, Mar.
31, Dec. 12, 1890.
Eva Dunlap Risser, Kankakee, Ill., Dec. 14, 20, 26, 1888, Mar.
3, 1890.
H. R. Shearer, Visalia, Calif., Jan. 9, 1889.
Mary Sherburne, Chicago, Mar. 30, 1889.
Mary L. Snyder, n.d.
Carrie H. Stone, Ripon, Wis., Apr. 13, Oct. 12, 1890.
Mrs. S. Wolf, Elberon, N.J., n.d.
II. Ellen “Nellie” Dunlap Writings
Description of the Netherlands.
“The Passion Play,” Oct. 10, 1890, manuscript of an article that
appeared in Champaign County Gazette.
III. Hiram Dunlap Correspondence
1. Correspondence--Received
Sallie Maria Baker, July 23, 1863.
George W. Busey, Urbana, Ill., June 13, Nov. 9, 1890.
Joseph Cannon, Washington, D.C., Mar. 12, 1889, June 16, 17,
1890.
Emeline Dunlap (mother), Jan. 30, Mar. 2, 14 (with enclosed
letter, Eva Dunlap Risser, Mar. 11, 1890), May 9 (with
enclosed letter, Ella Dunlap Risser, n.d.), July 1 (with
enclosed letter, Oscar Dunlap, June 13, 1890), Aug. 10, Nov.
7, 1890.
Henry M. Dunlap, Savoy, Ill., May 8, 1890.
Merton Dunlap, Paxton, Ill., Jan. 31, Feb. 19, Mar. 1, 1890.
N. H. Edwards, Berlin, Germany, Dec. 5, 1890.
George W. Gere, Champaign, Ill., June 18, 1890.
W. A. Heath, Champaign, Ill., Jan. 9, Feb. 27, 1890.
Charles Holt, Kankakee, Ill., Jan. 20, 1890.
A.E. Hotchkiss, Santa Cruz, Calif., Oct. 23, 1888.
Tipton Lindsay, Visalia, Calif., Jan. 7, 1890 (with enclosed
letter, D. W. Madden, Dec. 10, 1889).
F. O. [McLain?] to Joseph Cannon, Jan. 14, 1890, regarding
allowance to Hiram Dunlap for clerk hire.
W. H. Munhall (editor, Champaign Daily Gazette), Jan. 13, 19,
Feb. 13, Mar. 21, 1890.
T. J. Redelings, Heidelberg, Germany, Dec. 21, 1890.
Ella Dunlap Risser, Feb. 13, May 13, June 23,
1890.
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A. H. Van Cleve, Berlin, Germany, Mar. 16, Apr. 2, July 7, Dec.
16, 1890.
Woodbury Brothers, New York City, Dec. 23, 1889.
IV. Hiram J. Dunlap Writings
“Characteristics of a Great Foreign City,” n.d.
“A Summer Trip in the Eifel Mountains in Germany,” ca. 1908
“A Trip to England and Scotland by the Buseys and Dunlaps,” ca.
1908
Box 14:
V. Hiram J. Dunlap Scrapbook (Oversize)
Hiram J. Dunlap was a writer and editor for the Champaign County
Gazette, 1875-90. Dunlap served as a U.S. consul at Breslau,
Germany, in 1890-91 and as a U.S. commercial agent at Furth,
Bavaria, 1891-93. (Between 1905 and 1915 he would again
serve as a U.S. consul, this time in Cologne, Germany.) The
Hiram J. Dunlap Scrapbook consists mostly of clippings of
articles Dunlap penned while in Germany conveying his
impressions of that country. The scrapbook also contains
notices of Hiram Dunlap’s appointment to Germany and an
obituary of Ellen “Nellie” Dunlap as well as several loose
items, including a copy of a purported message of “Emelina”
Dunlap “given through the mediumship of Mrs. Maggie Waite.”