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Mss 453
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Part 1 (Mss 453): Original Collection, 1885-19432.6 cubic feet (7 archives boxes) The papers provide an incomplete overview of Thordarson's life, touching on his library, his inventions, and his business. The collection has little about Thordarson's accomplishments as an inventor and as a collector of rare books. Nor does the collection document Thordarson's association with the men of power and renown whose friendship he cultivated. The papers are arranged into eight series: CORRESPONDENCE, ROCK ISLAND, THORDARSON LIBRARY, INVENTIONS, BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS, EXHIBITIONS, PRINTED ARTICLES, and PERSONAL. The CORRESPONDENCE series is arranged by subject and then chronologically. The General Correspondence is almost exclusively related to Thordarson's business, but it is not possible from this file to get a picture of the significant developments in his business career. In one brief letter from Edward Bennett, a University of Wisconsin professor of electrical engineering in the 1930s, it is noted that Thordarson's company was taken over by the Burgess Company in the 1930s, however other letters concerning the business are less informative. Material on ROCK ISLAND is fragmentary. The Correspondence consists almost exclusively of letters to and from Thordarson relating to routine maintenance of the island. Filed here is the only evidence in the collection of Thordarson's close friendship with Chicago Mayor William “Big Bill” Thompson: a copy of a letter from Thordarson to Thompson dated 5 December 1924 in which Thordarson agreed to construct a cabin on Rock Island for Thompson's lifetime use. The Construction - Correspondence and Orders file concerning construction of the early log buildings and the later Icelandic-style stone buildings, is not extensive or substantive. Documents pertaining to the THORDARSON LIBRARY are likewise unrevealing. The Bibliographies in the collection may be a list of Thordarson's books. The Correspondence is primarily to and from people interested in visiting the library or in selling privately-owned books to Thordarson. There is little that documents Thordarson's important association with the Chicago book dealer Walter Hill or his friend J. Christian Bay, librarian of the John Crerar Library. Much of the material in this section consists of copies of drawings and poems in Old English from the library's collections. The INVENTIONS series is in the form of patents and patent applications, drawings and blueprints (usually unidentified), and notebooks in Thordarson's own hand about his experiments. The data in the notebooks is sketchy. There is no orderly set of records documenting Thordarson's personal business and financial affairs or those of the Thordarson Electric Manufacturing Company. The Bankbooks of the BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS series give only figures and do not indicate the company's sources of income or expenses. Payroll records are fragmentary lists of workers and wages paid. The Company Reports are scanty. Flyers are leaflets and information or instruction sheets; these concern company products, as do the Catalogues. Material relating to Thordarson's participation in two major EXHIBITIONS does not reveal much about the electrical inventions he exhibited there. There is very little documentation of a personal nature in the collection. The PERSONAL series offers virtually no information about Thordarson's wife, Juliana Fridriksdottir (Gilson) Thordarson or of their two sons, Dewey and Trygve. However, there are a number of letters from Thordarson's brothers, sisters, nieces, and nephews.
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Series: Correspondence
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Box
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Folder
1-9
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General, 1900-1943, undated
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Chicago, University of (especially with J. Paul Goode), 1920-1936
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Box
2
Folder
2-3
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Pacific Electric Metals Company, 1917-1919
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Box
2
Folder
4-5
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Pertaining to library, 1908-1941, undated
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Pertaining to Rock Island
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Box
2
Folder
6-8
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1907-1919
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Box
3
Folder
1
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1920-1942, undated
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Series: Rock Island
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Datebook for trips to Rock Island, 1928
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Construction - correspondence and orders, 1912-1943, undated
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Box
3
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4
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Architect's specifications for boathouse and casino
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Box
3
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5
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Contract for construction of log cabin for use by Chicago Mayor William “Big Bill” Thompson, 1924
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Box
3
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6
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Notebook of hours worked by laborers, 1930
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Series: Thordarson Library
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Box
3
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7
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Bibliographies (possibly of books in Thordarson Library); List of books sent for binding, 1931
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Correspondence and bills pertaining to library expenses
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Box
3
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9
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Copies of poems from library
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Miscellaneous papers
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Greeting cards sent to friends by Thordarson, 1919-1927, undated
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Printed poems and drawings from library
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Series: Inventions
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Patents
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Box
3
Folder
13
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United States Patents, Trademark and patent applications for Thordarson, 1905 March 14-1929 September 12, undated
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Box
4
Folder
1-2
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Foreign patents for Thordarson, 1914 November 17-1922 October 3
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Assignment of Thordarson patents, 1916-1917
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Patent applications by other inventors, 1880-1933
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Drawings and blueprints
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Charts, graphs, and tables pertaining to Thordarson inventions
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Notebook on experiments, 1904
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Notebook of mechanical drawings with notes on experiments, 1909 October-1911 March
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Datebook with mechanical drawings, wages and receipts, notes, and Thordarson calling card, 1912
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Datebook of mechanical drawings, wages paid, receipts, travel notes, 1913
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Notebook of reference materials for electrical inventions, undated
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Photographs of Thordarson? inventions
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Box
5
Folder
2-3
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Blueprints and drawings
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Series: Business and Financial Records (Thordarson Electric Manufacturing Company)
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Articles of incorporation
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Financial records
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Bankbooks and ledgers
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Box
5
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5
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Northwestern National Bankbook, 1899 March-1900 August 8
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Box
5
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6
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Corn Exchange National Bankbook, 1906
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Box
5
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7
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Workmen's weekly timebook, 1910 February 26-May 14
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Continental and Commercial National Bankbooks
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Box
5
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8
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1915 September 2-1920 September 20
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Box
5
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9
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1917 June 20-1918 September 23
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Box
5
Folder
10
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1918 March 25-1920 September 8
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Box
5
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11
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Checkstubs, 1919 September 12-1920 March 10
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Box
5
Folder
12
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Ledger number 1, undated
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Payroll, lists of workers, labor costs, 1927, 1928, 1932, undated
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Box
5
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14
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Invoices, 1898-1942, undated
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Company reports
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Internal, 1898-1943, undated
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Box
6
Folder
2
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1942 Operations
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Box
6
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3
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Treasurer's Report, 1942
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Advisory engineering report by Bradshaw and Weil, Chicago, undated
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Box
6
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5
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Stock certificates, Western Meter Manufacturing Company
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Flyers
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Catalogs
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Box
6
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8
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Photographs and drawings of company products
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Series: Exhibitions
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Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915
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Box
6
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9
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Correspondence, 1913 August 8-1916 February 14, undated
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Box
6
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10
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Exhibit blueprints and printed material
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Box
6
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11
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New York World's Fair, 1939
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Series: Printed Articles
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Box
6
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12
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Related to library
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Box
6
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13
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Historical
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Box
6
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14
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By J. Christian Bay, 1918-1934
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Box
7
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1
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Scientific
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Series: Personal
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Correspondence, bills, birth certificate of wife, marriage license, memberships
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Childhood diary, 1885Icelandic
Photocopy
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Thordarson's John James Audubon painting, “English Pheasants Surprised by a Spanish Dog”
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Box
7
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5
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Correspondence from Thordarson relatives, 1903-1938, undated
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Box
7
Folder
6
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American Magazine biographical article on Thordarson, 1926 December
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Box
7
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7
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Newspaper clippings, 1915-1933, undated
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PH Mss 453
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Part 2 (PH Mss 453): Additions, undated
55 photographs and 2 drawings
: Photographs related primarily to the buildings built by Thordarson on Rock Island, including exterior images of the various buildings and the interiors of the boathouse and main lodge, in addition to portraits of Thordarson.
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PH 304
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Part 3 (PH 304): Additions, undated
58 photographs
: Additional photographs related primarily to the buildings built by Thordarson on Rock Island; including exterior images of the various buildings and the interiors of the boathouse and main lodge.
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PH 3374
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Part 4 (PH 3374): Additions, 1966
17 photographs
: Photographs of details on hand-carved furniture from the proposed Thordarson library to be built on Rock Island, photographed by Paul Vanderbilt, 1966.
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PH 6067
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Part 5 (PH 6067): Additions, circa 1960s
17 photographs and 17 negatives (2 folders)
: Black and white negatives and corresponding photographs, circa 1960s, of remodeling of a boathouse owned by Thordarson on Rock Island, Door County, Wisconsin.
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M89-209
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Part 6 (M89-209): Additions, undated
114 photographs and 169 drawings
: Photographs and drawings of Thordarson Electric products.
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M97-130
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Part 7 (M97-130): Additions, circa 1906-1945
4.8 cubic feet (12 archives boxes), 1333 photographs, and 152 negatives (in 6 archives boxes, 1 negative box, and 1 oversize folder)
: Additions, circa 1906-1945, including business and personal correspondence, a small amount of family and biographical information, files concerning his library of rare books and his estate on Rock Island, and material about the Thordarson Electric Manufacturing Company (including correspondence, catalogs, manuals, et cetera). Also included are family photographs; images of Rock Island, Washington Island, and Door County; and Thordarson Electric product photographs. Included in the correspondence are some letters in Icelandic including 5 letters from poet Stephan G. Stephansson, dating from 1911-1915.
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Series: Correspondence, circa 1906-1943
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Box
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Folder
1
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A
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Acme Wire Company
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Allegheny Steel Company
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Aplin, Ben J.
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Box
1
Folder
5
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B
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Baker (G.A.) Company
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Bay, J. Christian (John Crerar Library)
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Bay State Sheet Copper Company
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Baldwinson, B.L.
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Belden Manufacturing Company
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Bertschinger, J.F.
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Brandson, Dr. B.J.
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Burger Boat Company
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Burgess, C.F. (Burgess Laboratories, Inc. and Burgess Battery Company)
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Box
1
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15
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C
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Central Scientific Company
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Century of Progress
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Box
1
Folder
18
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Chicago
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Box
1
Folder
19
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Chicago Norske Club
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Box
1
Folder
20
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Cleveland Tractor Company
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Colin B. Kennedy Corporation
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Box
1
Folder
22
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Commonwealth Edison Company
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Box
1
Folder
23
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Cory, Harvey
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Box
1
Folder
24
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Crane Company
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Box
1
Folder
25
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D
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Dahlstrom Metallic Door Company
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Dan-American Archives Society
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Darby and Darby (Attorneys)
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Dee (William E.) Company
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Delta Hardware Company
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Box
2
Folder
5
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1924-1926
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Box
2
Folder
6
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1927-1930
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Bills and Receipts, 1929
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Box
2
Folder
8
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D. Hill Nursery Company
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Door County, Wisconsin
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Elmhurst, Illinois
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Ernst Hertzberg and Sons
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Escanaba Hardware Company
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Box
2
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15
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Fair Store
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Box
2
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16
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Fenn, Dr. George
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Box
2
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17
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First National Bank of Chicago
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Box
2
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18
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Foley Greenhouse Manufacturing Company
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Box
2
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19
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Fredbloom, A.C.
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Freudenreich, William F.
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Box
3
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2
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Box
3
Folder
3
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General Accident Assurance Company, Inc.
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Box
3
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4
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General Electric
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Box
3
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5
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Geographic Society of Chicago - Anna Conwell
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Box
3
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6
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Goode, J. Paul
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Box
3
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7
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Goodman, John - Goodman Manufacturing Company
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Box
3
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8
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Goodrich Transit Company
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Good Roads Machinery Company
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Gothic Type - Letters
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Grimson, Judge Gudmundir
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Box
3
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13
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Gunnarson, Robert
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Box
3
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14
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Box
3
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15
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Hall, William L. (Patent Lawyer)
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Box
3
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16
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Hanson, Rasmus
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Box
3
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17
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Harris Brothers Company
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Box
3
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18
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H. Channon Company
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Box
3
Folder
19
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Heating and Ventilating Magazine - P.S. Fenster
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Box
3
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20
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Herrmann, U.J.
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Box
3
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21
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Hewett Grocery Company
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Box
3
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22
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Higgins, Dean
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Box
3
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High Potential Direct Current Generator
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Box
3
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24
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Hill, Walter M.
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Box
3
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25
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Hill-White Transit Company
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Box
3
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26
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Holand, H.R.
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Box
3
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27
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H.H. Hooker Glass and Paint Company
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4
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Hubbard, C.H. (Lighthouse Service)
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4
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2
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Box
4
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3
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Illinois Athletic Club
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4
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4
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Industrial Commission of Wisconsin
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4
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5
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Box
4
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6
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Jackson, Thorstina (Walters)
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4
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7
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Box
4
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8
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Kahlenberg Brothers Company
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4
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9
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Kahlmann, Karl W. (Taxidermy)
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Box
4
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10
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Kelly Brothers Nursery
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4
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11
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Knight, C.S.
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4
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12
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4
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13
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Lake Shore Athletic Club
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Box
4
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14
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Louer (W.B.) Company
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Box
4
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Ludowici-Celadon Company
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4
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4
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Mandel Brothers
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4
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Mann, George O.
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Box
5
Folder
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Marsh and McLennan (Insurance)
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Box
5
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Marston, Annie G. (C.H. Thordarson's First School Teacher)
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Box
5
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Mc
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5
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4
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McCauley, Captain Charles
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Box
5
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5
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Mid-West Tractor and Equipment Company
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Box
5
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6
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Memorial of Leif Erikson in America
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Box
5
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Miscellaneous Correspondence
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Box
5
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8
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Museum of Science and Industry
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5
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9
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5
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10
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National Geographic Society
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5
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11
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National Grocer Company
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Box
5
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12
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Nelson, Anton
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5
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13
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New-Way Motor Company
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Box
5
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14
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New York Athletic Club
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5
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15
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New York Public Library
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5
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16
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Nurseries
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5
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5
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Box
5
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20
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Sawyer-Stoll Timber Company
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5
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21
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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
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5
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Box
5
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23
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Thompson, William Hale
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Box
5
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24
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Thordarson, Dewey C.
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Box
5
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25
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Thordarson Relatives
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Box
5
Folder
26
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Thordarson, Theodore
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Box
5
Folder
27
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Thordarson, Trig
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Box
5
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28
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Thordarson, William
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Box
5
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W-Z
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Box
5
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30
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William J. Burns International Detective Agency
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Box
5
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Williams, H.G.
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Series: Personal Papers
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Box
6
Folder
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Account Book, 1926-1928
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Box
6
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2
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Bills, 1911-1932
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Clubs and Societies - Membership and Stocks
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Box
6
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Icelandic Letters, 1910-1943
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Stephansson, Stephan G.
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Box
6
Folder
5
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1911 April 1
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Box
6
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5
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1914 January 17
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Box
6
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5
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1914 April 30
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6
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5
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1914 August 24
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Box
6
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5
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1915 May 3
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Stephansson, Ulga (wife of Stephan)
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6
Folder
5
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1933 December 11
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Box
6
Folder
5
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1937 September 29
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Box
6
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5
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1940 March 2
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Benediktson, Rosa S. (daughter of Stephan)
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Box
6
Folder
5
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1941 February 17
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Box
7
Folder
1-2
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Icelandic Letters, 1910-1943
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Medical Bills, 1934-1935
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Miscellaneous Papers
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Receipts, et cetera, 1912-1930
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Taxes, 1918-1935
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Box
7
Folder
7
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Thordarson Family Tree Information
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Box
7
Folder
8
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Chester H. Thordarson Funeral, 1945
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Sympathy Letters, et cetera - Julia Thordarson
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Julia Thordarson Estate, 1948-1959
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Series: Thordarson Library
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List of Priced Books in Thordarson Library
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Box
8
Folder
3
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1934
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Box
8
Folder
4
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1935
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Bibliography
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Box
8
Folder
6
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Icelandic Books
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Box
8
Folder
7-8
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Booksellers, Miscellaneous - Bills, et cetera
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Box
8
Folder
9
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Correspondence - Booksellers - Unsorted, 1916-1943
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Correspondence - Booksellers
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Box
9
Folder
1
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A.C. McClurg and Company
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Bernard Quaritch Ltd.
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Brentano's, Inc.
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Charles T. Powner Company
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Dr. George Engelke
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Henry George Fiedler
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Box
9
Folder
7
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G.A. Baker and Company
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Box
9
Folder
8
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G.W. Sheldon and Company
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Henry Sotheran and Company
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Box
9
Folder
10-21
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Walter M. Hill - Bills, 1904-1933
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Box
10
Folder
1-3
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Walter M. Hill - Bills, 1936-1943
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Box
10
Folder
4-8
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Walter M. Hill - Correspondence, 1904-1933
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Box
10
Folder
9
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Robert Riviere and Son
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Box
10
Folder
10
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Wilfred M. Voynich
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Box
10
Folder
11
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Frank Walters
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Box
10
Folder
12
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Wheldon and Wesley, Ltd.
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Box
10
Folder
13
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Catalogue Data (Books)
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Box
10
Folder
14
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Rare Book Catalogues
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Box
10
Folder
15
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Christmas and New Year Greetings
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Box
10
Folder
16
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Guest Book - Thordarson Library
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Box
10
Folder
17
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Clipping, 1931
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Series: Rock Island
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Box
10
Folder
18
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Rock Island Historical Materials and State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1912-1918
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Account Book, 1926
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Box
11
Folder
2
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Specs for Buildings, Blueprints, Insurance Information
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Tom Guinen - Correspondence, 1913-1920
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Rock Island Correspondence, 1929-1944
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Box
11
Folder
5
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Rock Island Tax Receipts, et cetera
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Carving Tracings
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Box
11
Folder
7
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Rock Island - Editorial Mementos
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Box
11
Folder
8
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Guest Book - Rock Island
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Series: Thordarson Electric Manufacturing Company
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Box
11
Folder
9
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Correspondence, et cetera, 1912-1943
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Box
11
Folder
10
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Sympathy Letters, 1945
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Thordarson-Meissner TV Replacement Guide
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Box
12
Folder
2
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General and Cost Accounting Practice, 1929
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Box
12
Folder
3
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Catalogues, Manuals, et cetera
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Box
12
Folder
4
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Transformers
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Notebooks
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Series: Photographs
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Box
13
Folder
1
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Photos - Family
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Rock Island
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Box
13
Folder
2
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Rock Island Buildings
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Rock Island - General
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Box
13
Folder
4
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Rock Island, et cetera - Negatives
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Box
13
Folder
5
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Door County
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Box
13
Folder
6
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Washington Island
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Box
13
Folder
7
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The First Girls Part to Rock Island, 1927 September 7
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Box
13
Folder
8
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Photos from “Rock Island Correspondence”
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Box
13
Folder
9
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Rock Island - General
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Box
14
Folder
1-5
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Rock Island - General (continued)
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Box
15
Folder
1
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Pottawatomie Island Photo Book
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Thordarson Electric Manufacturing Company
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Box
15
Folder
2
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Products
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Box
16
Folder
1-3
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Products
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Box
17
Folder
1-2
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Products
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Box
17
Folder
3
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Products - Colored Photos
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Box
17
Folder
4-5
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Products
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Box
18
Folder
1-3
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Products - Colored Photos
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Box
18
Folder
4
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Electric Manufacturing Company - Interior
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Box
18
Folder
5
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Photos of Books
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Box
18
Folder
6
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Army-Navy Production Award - Thordarson Lake Shore Club, 1943 April 20
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Box
19
Folder
1
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Rock Island Map
Glass negative
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Box
19
Folder
2
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St. Martin Island Map
Glass negative
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Oversize Folder
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Thordarson Direct Current Transformer
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Oversize Folder
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Large Photographs
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M2011-060
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Part 8 (M2011-060): Additions, 1880-1944
0.7 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder), 338 photographs, and 65 negatives in 1 archives box and 2 negative boxes
: Additions, 1880-1944, consisting of business and personal correspondence, notably with Gene McDonald of the Zenith Radio Corporation, poet Lárus Sigurjónsson, and Chicago Mayor William “Big Bill” Thompson. Also included are miscellaneous financial papers, Thordarson Electric Manufacturing Company product booklets, and Thordarson's personal daybooks, and exposition programs. Photographs relate primarily to the construction of buildings on Rock Island, and glass plate negatives depict Thordarson Electric Manufacturing Company products and some portraits.
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Correspondence with Booksellers, 1905 October-1944 October
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Thordarson Electric Manufacturing Company
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Correspondence, 1914-1921
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Products, 1916-1917
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Correspondence with War Production Board, 1915-1944
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Expositions, 1904-1933
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Financial Papers, 1898-1944
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Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Family, 1901-1943English
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Family, 1880-1944Icelandic
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Box
1
Folder
8
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First School Teacher (Mrs. Marston), 1918-1922
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Friends, 1886-1943
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Gene McDonald, 1923-1947
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Box
1
Folder
11
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U.J. “Sport” Herrman, 1929-1939
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Mayor William Thompson, 1929-1938
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Travel Passports and Daybooks, 1911 August-1929 June
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Order of the Falcon, 1917-1941
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Poetry (Lárus Sigurjónsson and others), 1932-1941
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Oversize Folder
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Blueprints
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Photographs
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Rock Island
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Boats
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Boathouse
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Dewey's House
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Friends and Guests
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Greenhouse
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Log Cabin Lodge
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Mayor Thompson's Cabin
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Other Buildings (Cookhouse, Machine Shed, et cetera)
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Stone Pillars
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Thordarson and Friends
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Thordarson's Library in Chicago
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Box
4
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Glass Plate Negatives
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Box
5
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Glass Plate Negatives and Acetate Negatives
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