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Name and location of repository
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Date(s)
- 1850-1990 (Creation)
Extent
5 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lake Forest College Alumnus 1927, He participated in basketball, baseball and football. A double-major in physics and history, and a member of Phi Delta Theta.
Served in the US Navy and was the Director of the U.S. Chess Team Federation, Organizer of the Junior Class Tournament and president of the North Shore Chess League.
Received the Distinguished Service Award and an honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Lake Forest College.
Worked in Illinois Bell Telephone Co. as a business research administrator and had an Masters in Statistics from Northwestern University
Nephew to Cornelia Neltnor and Grandson to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Neltnor
Married to Muriel Barnes Asmann (d. 1965) and later Alice Thompson Asmann
Printed Author on subjects of Telephone History and Mathematics
Name of creator
Biographical history
Daughter of John Courtney (1841-1938) and Mary Eames (Kinney) Neltnor (1843-1935)
Sister to 6 Siblings and Member of the DAR
Aunt of Edwin Asmann and Wife of Frank Anthony, Civil Engineer
Prominent Elocutionist in the 1880s and 1890s
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The collection consists of photographs, correspondence (both original and photocopied versions), newspaper clippings, autographs, extensive travel scrapbooks and diaries, and various documents of biographical memorabilia detailing the lives of the Neltnor-Anthony family and then the life of the collector and family descendant, Edwin Asmann. Overall, the collection is a diverse assemblage, spanning over 100+ years of time, of a well-known West Chicago and also Lake Forest family and its preserved keepsakes.
The collection is split into four distinct series-
Series 1) Photographs of the Neltnor-Anthony and Asmann Familes (Box 1)
Series 2) Neltnor Family Papers (Box 2 and 3)
Series 3) Papers and Scrapbooks of Edwin Asmann (Box 3 and 4)
Series 4) 1883-1892 Travel Diaries of Oliver H. Perkins (a relation of Asmann’s second wife). (Box 5)
For more information, contact the Lake Forest College Archivist and consult the biographical sketches of the creators/main family members also provided on this page.
System of arrangement
The system of arrangement for this collection is predominantly by subject and by date (MM/DD/YY) when possible since many materials did not give exact dates or descriptions.
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Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
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Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Materials donated by Edwin Asmann, Lake Forest College Class of 1927, on October 18, 1987. He donated these documents of his early family (as nephew of Cornelia Neltnor Anthony) and his own life alongside the fan collection of his first wife Muriel Barnes Asmann (Class of 1931).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Women's Hand Fans collected by Muriel Barnes Asmann (1931 Alumnus), 1700s-1890s
Books Written by Edwin N. Asmann-Links Below
Lake Forest College Catalog: https://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-lfc/Search/Home?lookfor=Asmann%20Edwin%20N.&type=author&start_over=1
WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AAsmann%2C+Edwin+N.&qt=hot_author