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Frank Blackwell Mayer diaries
This record forms part of the Chicago’s Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource project funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art. For this project, the Archives surveyed archival repositories throughout the Chicago region to identify art-related materials contained in their holdings. While the Archives of American Art does not own any of the materials described herein, information about those materials and links to the original repositories have been included when available.
Descriptive Summary
The collection consists of 3 volumes of a diary kept by Mayer, beginning May 7, 1851, documenting his trip from Baltimore to Traverse des Sioux, Minn., and concluding July 18, 1851, the day that treaty negotiations began. Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library).