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Box 4

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Dawes family, including Dawes/Gates family lullaby Gen. R.R. Dawes clippings Photos of Capt. William Palmer (), grandfather of Helen Palmer Dawes and Dr. Robert Briggs (), grandfather of Helen Palmer Dawes, both with genealogies written on verso Family photo Charles C. Dawes Photo of unidentified house (Sherman avenue?), 1787, 1785/1867, 1867, approximately 1870, approximately 1947

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 18
Identifier: Folder 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Rufus C and Helen Palmer Dawes Collection contains family photographs and correspondence from 1870-1941; various diaries kept by Helen or Rufus between 1888 and 1941; scrapbooks made between 1901 and 1928; and material on the Century of Progress exposition. Topical files kept by Mrs. Dawes on her various interests and activities include material on the Woman's Club of Evanston and her war work during 1914-1918. Published books and pamphlets have been cataloged with volumes found in the...
Dates: 1787, 1785/1867, 1867, approximately 1870, approximately 1947