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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of the Goodwin Family
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Inventory of the Goodwin Family Papers, 1802-1913
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, 2004. ©2004. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Collector | Goodwin, Paul |
| Title | Goodwin Family Papers |
| Dates | 1802-1913 |
| Extent | .5 cubic feet (1 box) |
| Abstract | Correspondence of the Goodwin family from New York and Chicago. Includes some business correspondence, business records, and military records. Primarily correspondence from Solomon Goodwin of New York, a builder for the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, and his son, Edward P. Goodwin, student at Amherst College, Mass., minister of First Congregational Church in Chicago, and Middle East traveler (1870). |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Goodwin |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 58 14 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Goodwin Family Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift of the Chicago Historical Society, 1964.
Processed by
Liora Cobin, 2003.
Access
The Goodwin Family Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Goodwin Family Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of the Goodwin Family
Originating in Rome, N.Y., members of this branch of the Goodwin family relocated to to Chicago in the 1860's.
Solomon Goodwin lived in Rome, N.Y., during the first half of the nineteenth century. He married Hannah (Noble) Goodwin and was a Verona County militia captain. He was a deeply religious man. Among his other work, Goodwin worked as a contractor and builder for the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, which was chartered in 1826 and opened for service on August 9, 1831.
Solomon and Hannah Goodwin's son, Edward Payson Goodwin, was born on July 31, 1832. Graduating in 1856 from Amherst College, he entered the ministry and married Ellen (often called Nellie) Maria Chamberlin in 1860. Three of their children survived into adulthood: Albert Payson Goodwin, Margaret Goodwin, and Paul Goodwin. Edward Payson Goodwin served as the Minister of First Congregational Church in Chicago, 1868-1900, and traveled frequently. In 1870 he journeyed to London, Marseilles, and the Middle East. Goodwin died in February, 1901, and was survived by his wife, who died in 1905.
Like his father, Albert Payson Goodwin attended Amherst College, but it does not appear that he successfully completed his education. Margaret Goodwin became a teacher and Paul Goodwin attended Princeton University, at least until his father's death.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Correspondence and some professional and financial records of the Goodwin family, 1802-1913.
Includes Solomon Goodwin's letters to his wife, Hannah, when he was traveling with the railroad company (1831-1833); letters to his son, Edward, who was studying at Amherst College (1851-1858); and records of some business transactions. Also includes some militia records (1828) and a few writings that may have been journal entries.
The papers also include letters of Edward Payson Goodwin to his father, Solomon (1851-1858); his wife Ellen, his young children (1869-1870), and his son Paul at Princeton (1899-1901). Among Edward Goodwin's letters are lengthy accounts of his travels during 1869-1870, including his trip to the Middle East. Of particular note is his description of Cairo. The collection also contains a valentine to Ellen (1854), and wedding cards from Edward and Ellen's wedding (1860). Also included is some of Edward Goodwin's professional writing (1883-1900), including a statement on the Spanish American War; genealogical inquiries (1891-1893); and letters from colleagues in the church, and the fifth president of Amherst College, Julius H. Seelye (1883-1889). There is also correspondence from friends and church colleagues of Ellen Goodwin, including letters from Mrs. Mary Bartlett.
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Arrangement
Arranged chronologically, followed by a few miscellaneous items and undated correspondence.
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Amherst College - Students
- First Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) - Clergy
- Goodwin family
- Goodwin, Edward Payson, 1832-1901
- Goodwin, Solomon
- Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road Company
- Princeton University - Students
- Seelye, Julius H. (Julius Hawley), 1824-1895
Subjects
- Cairo (Egypt) - Description and travel
- Chicago (Ill.) - History - 19th century - Sources
- Clergy - Illinois - Chicago - History - 19th century - Sources
- Correspondence - Illinois - Chicago
- Correspondence - New York (State)
- Family - Illinois - Chicago - Correspondence
- Family - New York (State) - Correspondence
- Husband and wife - United States - Correspondence
- Husband and wife - United States - Correspondence
- Manuscripts, American
- Middle East - Description and travel
- Parent and Child - Correspondence
- Religion
- Rome (N.Y.) - History - 19th century - Sources
- Spanish American War, 1898 - Public opinion
- Valentines - Specimens
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Container List |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Goodwin, Solomon - Correspondence and Records (includes militia records), 1806-1828 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Goodwin, Solomon - Correspondence and Records (while working for Mohawk and Hudson Railroad), 1831-1832 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Goodwin, Solomon - Correspondence and Records (while working for Mohawk and Hudson Railroad), 1833 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Goodwin, Solomon - Correspondence and Records, 1845-1850 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Goodwin, Solomon and Goodwin, Edward Payson- Correspondence (includes letters to and from Amherst College and a valentine, 1854), 1851-1858 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Goodwin, Edward Payson and Goodwin, Ellen - Correspondence, 1860-1868 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Goodwin, Edward Payson and Goodwin, Ellen - Correspondence (includes travel correspondence), 1869-1870 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Goodwin, Edward Payson and Goodwin, Ellen and Goodwin, Albert Payson - Correspondence, 1971-1877 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Goodwin, Edward Payson and Goodwin, Ellen - Correspondence (includes twentieth anniversary letter and theological letter), 1880-1882 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Bartlett, Mary to Goodwin, Ellen - Correspondence, 1881- | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Goodwin, Edward Payson and Goodwin, Ellen - Correspondence and Writing (includes correspondence with Julius H. Seelye, president of Amherst College, and a transcript of honoring ceremony), 1883-1889 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Goodwin, Edward Payson - Correspondence (includes genealogical inquiries and congratulatory resolution from Chicago ministers), 1891-1893 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Goodwin, Edward Payson - Correspondence and Writing (includes statement on Spanish American War), 1894-1898 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Goodwin, Edward Payson to Goodwin, Paul - Correspondence, 1899 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Goodwin, Edward Payson and Goodwin, Margaret - Correspondence (primarily to Paul Goodwin and Ellen Goodwin), 1900 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Goodwin, Edward Payson - Correspondence (primarily to Paul Goodwin and Ellen Goodwin), Jan. 7 - Feb. 15, 1901 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Goodwin, Paul and Goodwin, Ellen - Correspondence (primarily responses to death of Edward Payson Goodwin), Feb. 16, 1901-1913 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Miscellaneous - Birth Announcement to Goodwin, Ellen from Mr. And Mrs. Morse, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Miscellaneous - Bounty Land and Pensions Notice, mid-1800's | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Miscellaneous - Extract from Webster, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Miscellaneous - Goodwin, Edward Payson - Correspondence, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Miscellaneous - Goodwin, Edward Payson, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Miscellaneous - Goodwin, Ellen - Correspondence, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Miscellaneous - Goodwin, Paul - Correspondence and Envelopes | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Miscellaneous - Goodwin, Solomon - Auction Notice, 1855 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Miscellaneous - Goodwin, Solomon - Correspondence, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Miscellaneous - Newspaper Clipping - re Edward Payson Goodwin, 1939 | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Miscellaneous - Wedding Cards - Ellen M. Chamberlin and Edward Payson Goodwin, 1860 | |||||||||