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MC18. Donner-Hill Family Papers, 1890-1982

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC-18

Scope and Contents

A Sangamon County family based in Loami. Descendants of the historically significant Donners whose 1846 emigrant trip to California ended tragically in the Sierra-Nevada Mountains.

Photographs, news clippings, memorial books, correspondence, recipes, a scrapbook, and a diary documenting family relationships, reunions, trips, personal events, and group activities in the lives of the Donners descending from Irven and Emma Martin Donner, and of the Hill family, as related to this branch of the Donners. Among the topics included are late nineteenth-century camping, train, and steamboat trips; the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition; interior and exterior views of an early twentieth-century schoolhouse and class; and, a 1920-21 St. John's Nursing School graduation with related social activities.

Dates

  • Created: 1890 - 1982
  • Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1982

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

None

Extent

0.33 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

Alphabetical

Source of Acquisition

Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bridges

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Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
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