Scope and Content Note

The papers of the Ira Miltimore family, 1838-1963, contain correspondence, account books, clippings, photographs, legal papers and genealogical materials. The account books, kept by Captain Miltimore's wife, Margaret, contain records of income and expenses with occasional diary entries and many enclosures. The account books cover the years 1881-1889, 1897-1899, when some members of the family moved to South Dakota. The other materials have been collected in notebooks by a descendant, Hazel S. Elmslie.

Volume 1 includes:

• Biographical material on Ira Miltimore and his family
• Letters between Ira Miltimore and Margaret B. King during their engagement from July 1838 to October 1839
• Letters from Ira Miltimore and his son Claron while serving during the Civil War
• Lists of sources of information about Ira Miltimore and early Chicago
• Notes and memoranda taken from the account books of Margaret B. Miltimore (see volume 3-4)
• Genealogical charts
• Biographical papers entitled “The Early Miltimore's” and “Alonzo Edward Miltimore”

Volume 2 includes:

• Original letters between Ira Miltimore and Margaret B. King during their engagement from July 1838 to October 1839
• Original letters from their son Claron during the Civil War
• Legal papers of Ira Miltimore
• Photographs of members of the Miltimore family
• Newspaper clippings containing biographical sketches of Ira and Dell Miltimore, accounts of the deeds and accomplishments of members of the Miltimore family, and historical information about early Chicago

Volume 3 includes:

• Monthly records of income and expenses
• Receipts and correspondence concerning income and expenses
• Copy of a lease and papers concerning the claiming of a homestead
• Memoranda containing personal and family news, similar to diary entries

Volume 4 includes:

• Monthly records of income and expenses
• Receipts and correspondence concerning income and expenses
• Memoranda containing personal and family news, simliar to diary entries