Papers, 1889-1965
Numerous correspondence related to public utilities, municipal ownership of utilities, the building of Lake Springfield and the Springfield power system. Numerous letters from Carl D. Thompson, sectary of the Public Ownership League. Also letters from American Water Works Association, Illinois State Federation of Labor, National Government League and other such groups. Correspondence with Senators Paul Douglas, George W. Norris and Congressmen J. Earl Major and Walter Nesbit, Ira W. Fisk, Louis Fitz Henry, George A. Schilling, Francis Walker, George M. Link and Elizabeth Lindsay, wife of poet Vachel Lindsay re: dedication of Lindsay Bridge. Copies of Spaulding's letters to Frank W. Fries, Dwight H. Green, Harold Ickes, Kent Keller, David Lilienthal, Scott Lucas, Adrien Voisin, Wendell Wilkie, Franklin Roosevelt and others. Legal and financial documents for the city of Springfield and its power company and water works. Reforestation plans for lake area. 1902 water report for Springfield. Spaulding's diary, 1895 and 1912-1915. Orders for Spaulding orchard, 1890-1892. Some family correspondence and financial material
Archival Material, English, 1889
23.1 linear ft. (55 boxes)
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