Collection SC/050 - McClure-Stuart Family Papers

• Predominantly 1910s to 1940s (1793-1969) (Creation)

This collection consists extensively of the written correspondence and personal papers of the three generations of the McClure-Stuart family. Namely, the letters convey the conversations between groups like parent to child, sibling to sibling, and friend to friend showing one family tree, as it covers a date range spanning as early as the 1790s and ending in the late 1960s.

It contains a variety of letter types including greeting/holiday cards, postcards, business cards (ex. Quaker Oats Co. letterhead), social call cards, telegrams, wedding invites, geographical maps, posts from the war front, US Diplomatic event cards, photographs, newspaper clippings, party lists and recipes, notes of sympathy, and special keepsakes such as drawings, a pressed flower, and even clothing swatches displaying the history of the well-respected Lake Forest McClure-Stuart family.

Overall, the 2,260~ letter collection is split into three parts: 1) Boxes #1-4 Letters of Nathan Fellows Dixon (I and II), Harriet Dixon, and James G.K. & Phebe Ann (Annie) McClure, 2) Boxes #5-9 Letters of the McClure Children, Stuart Grandchildren, and Items of McClure-Stuart Memorabilia, and 3) Boxes #10-13 Letters from Assorted Friends to the McClure-Stuart Family.

An easy to read copy of the family tree appears at the beginning of this collection as JPEG image.

For more information, contact the Lake Forest College Archivist and consult the biographical sketches of the creators/main family members.

The system of arrangement for this collection is predominantly by date (MM/DD/YY) and by the writer of the letter over the three generations of the McClure-Stuart family tree.

If there is no date, the letter was placed with other no date letters, but other markers such as handwriting or personalized stationary could aid in later research pursuits. Also the individual creator summaries of the different family writers provided should be used by the researcher to avoid confusion and provide clarity overall.

The section of the collection labeled "Friends" covers the letters sent to various member of the immediate McClure-Stuart family, but Harriet Stuart (the original collector) is the overall recipient of the letters.

SlideShow of the McClure-Stuart Family by the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society: http://www.lflbhistory.org/gallery-mcclure-stuart-family

E-Book Link to a Detailed Description of Family Tree: https://books.google.com/books?id=5WE2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA340&dq=Nathan+Fellows+Dixon+II+family+tree&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib8NXLmbbTAhVO9GMKHfNWBzcQ6AEIJDAA#v=onepage&q=Nathan%20Fellows%20Dixon%20II%20family%20tree&f=false

Nathan Fellows Dixon Family Papers 1721-1938 Finding Aid at Brown University: http://library.brown.edu/riamco/xml2pdffiles/US-RPB-ms2006.04.pdf

• Stuart, Harriet (McClure) (Creator)
• Clarke, Annie (McClure) (Creator)
• Spencer, Harriet (Stuart) (Creator)
• Hart, Margaret (Stuart) (Creator)
• Stuart Jr., Robert D. (Bob) (Creator)
• McClure Jr., Nathan Fellows (Creator)
• McClure, Archibald (Creator)
• Stuart, R. Douglas (Creator)
• McClure Jr., James G.K. (Creator)
• McClure, Phebe Ann (Dixon) (Creator)
• Dixon, Harriet Palmer (Swan) (Creator)
• Dixon (II), Nathan Fellows (Creator)
• McClure, James G.K. (Elder) (Creator)
• Dixon, Nathan Fellows (Creator)