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Inventory: Lewis-Bentley Papers

Box 1

Folders

1. Bentley (metal box) index sheet
2. Bentley - The Bentley-Lewis Story (with 5 1/4" computer disk - unknown format), 1990
3. Bentley - Anderton Bentley, 1845-1986
4. Bentley - Bentley research, Bradford, England, 1939-1985
5. Bentley - Cemetery pictures and negative (Woodlawn), 1966
6. Bentley - Ethel Bentley, 1842-1984
7. Bentley - James and James E. Bentley, 1898-1975
8. Bentley - Maps, n.d.
9. Bentley - Northrup, 1947-1972
10. Bentley - Pictures, Pocklington, 1947
11. Bentley - Research England (Barron & Beckett), 1972-1981
12. Bentley - Ship passenger list (Anderton Bentley), 1871
13. Bentley - Wedgwood, 1938

Box 2

Folders

1. A. L. Bentley Sr. (metal box) index sheet
2. Bentley - A.L. Bentley portraits, c1960
3. Bentley - Bentley Company, 1946-1979
4. Bentley - Condolences, 1972
5. Bentley - Death certificates, 1972
6. Bentley - Ellis Island, 1990
7. Bentley - Hill School, Houses, 1950-1989
8. Bentley - Obituary, 1972
9. Bentley - Pictures, 1914-1956
10. Bentley - Yale, 1953-1972
11. Bentley Company (metal box) index sheet
12. Bentley Company - Architectural drawing inventory (Toledo Public Library), 1982
13. Bentley Company - A Century of Service : the A. Bentley & Sons Co., 1975
14. Bentley Company - 201 Belmont Ave., 1960-1982
15. Bentley Company - Construction crew pictures (photocopies) from Mary Mott, c1900
16. Bentley Company - Depression chronology, 1983
17. Bentley Company - Dun & Bradstreet, 1931, 1982
18. Bentley Company - Forklifts, 1949
19. Bentley Company - Historic Toledo, 1921-1928
20. Bentley Company - Liquidation, 1982
21. Bentley Company - Map, 1862
22. Bentley Company - Nicholas Building construction photos, 1905
23. Bentley Company - Pamphlets, pictures, c1950-1980
24. Bentley Company - Secor Hotel, Camp Sherman, 1917-1970
25. Bentley Company - Thomas N. Bentley clippings, 1973-1982

Box 3

Folders

1. Bentley Pictures (metal box) index sheet
2. Bentley Pictures - Anderton Bentley, 1867-1955
3. Bentley Pictures - Bradford, Yorkshire, England postcards, n.d.
4. Bentley Pictures - Elizabeth Bentley, Ethel Bentley, 1883-1923
5. Bentley Pictures - James Bentley, James E. Bentley, 1887-1949
6. Bentley Pictures - Residences, 1883-1892
7. Bentley Pictures - Thomas Bentley, 1888-1940
8. Bentley Pictures - Woodgate, 30465 E. River Road, Perrysburg, Ohio, 1925-1989
9. Bentley Pictures - Woman, unidentified - daguerreotype (tarnished), c1860
10. Bentley Pictures - Copy prints used in The Bentley-Lewis Story, 1990

Box 4

Folders

1. Lewis (metal box) index sheet
2. Lewis - Churches, 1972-1978
3. Lewis - Chillicothe, n.d.
4. Lewis - Civil War, c1863-1985
5. Lewis - Defiance, 1904-1968
6. Lewis - Gaudern, 1977
7. Lewis - Lewis, 1955
8. Lewis - Perky, 1986
9. Lewis - Stewart, 1967-1978
10. Lewis Pictures (metal box) index sheet
11. Lewis Pictures - Abigail Perky Lewis, c1870
12. Lewis Pictures - Emma Lewis, c1880-1920
13. Lewis Pictures - Glendale College for Women, Glendale, Ohio, 1880-1892
14. Lewis Pictures - Katherine, c1880
15. Lewis Pictures - E.N. Lewis, c1863-1919
16. Lewis Pictures - Martin Perky, c1880
17. Lewis Pictures - Residences, c1890-1988
18. Lewis Pictures - Tombstones, 1988

Box 5

Folders

1. Topical - Anderton Bentley notebook, 1837-1972
2. Topical - Anderton Bentley notebook (duplicate), 1837-1972
3. Topical - Bentley Family notebook, 1990
4. Topical - Bentley Descendants and Sources notebook, 1978
5. Topical - Lewis Family notebook, 1989
6. Topical - Bentley-Lewis duplicate, 1989

Box 6

Folders

1. Topical - Bentley photo collection of promenent Toledo businessmen - Introduction 1948-1953
2. Photo and biographical sketch - Norval B. Bacon
3. Photo and biographical sketch - Rufus H. Baker
4. Photo and biographical sketch - Louis E. Beilstein
5. Photo and biographical sketch - T.P. Brown
6. Photo and biographical sketch - Clarence Brown
7. Photo and biographical sketch - Thomas B. Campbell
8. Photo and biographical sketch - Elmer H. Close
9. Photo and biographical sketch - Frank R. Coates
10. Photo and biographical sketch - Frank Collins
11. Photo and biographical sketch - Henry L. Doherty
12. Photo and biographical sketch - Peter Donnelly
13. Photo and biographical sketch - John H. Doyle
14. Photo and biographical sketch - Edward O. Fallis
15. Photo and biographical sketch - Edward Ford
16. Photo and biographical sketch - George R. Ford
17. Photo - Rathbun Fuller
18. Photo and biographical sketch - Charles Gardner
19. Photo - David H. Goodwillie
20. Photo and biographical sketch - William A. Gosline
21. Photo - Edward B. Green
22. Photo and biographical sketch - Lawrence C. Grosh
23. Photo and biographical sketch - Payl Heyman
24. Photo and biographical sketch - Alfred Koch
25. Photo and biographical sketch - Albion E. Lang
26. Photo and biographical sketch - Edward D. Libbey
27. Photo and biographical sketch - John McCaffery
28. Photo and biographical sketch - McLain
29. Photo - Edward J. Marshall
30. Photo and biographical sketch - George S. Mills

Box 7

Folders

1. Photo and biographical sketch - C.O. Miniger
2. Photo and biographical sketch - George W. Netcher
3. Photo and biographical sketch - Charles L. Reynolds
4. Photo and biographical sketch - Sheldon C. Reynolds
5. Photo and biographical sketch - Williard F. Robinson
6. Photo and biographical sketch - Horton C. Rorick
7. Photo and biographical sketch - Arthur J. Secor
8. Photo and biographical sketch - Marshall Sheepy
9. Photo and biographical sketch - Henry J. Spieker
10. Photo and biographical sketch - A.L. Spitzer
11. Photo and biographical sketch - C.A. Spitzer
12. Photo - George Stevens
13. Photo and biographical sketch - David L. Stine
14. Photo - Noah Swayne
15. Photo and biographical sketch - H.L. Thompson
16. Photo and biographical sketch - T.H. Tracy
17. Photo and biographical sketch - John A. Waite
18. Photo and biographical sketch - F.R. (Fritz) Walker
19. Photo and biographical sketch - Charles H. Whittingham
20. Photo and biographical sketch - J.N. Willys
21. Photo and biographical sketch - Morrison (Mott) W. Young
22. James Bentley, 1871-1931 (composite photo) 1931
23. Toledo. Published by Brown, Eager & Hull (views) c1910

Box 8

Folders

1. Topical - Bentley Sources and Continuing Research - Barron & N.E. Geneal. Society 1943-1986
2. Topical - Bentley Sources and Continuing Research - Morris, 1984-1986
3. Topical - A.L. Bentley, Jr. Research - Peter, 1972-1989
4. Topical - A.L. Bentley Research - Yale, 1919, 1970, 1973

Box 9

Folders

1. Bentley Family Bible, 1845-1980

Box 10

Folders

1. Lewis Family Bible, 1874-1980
2. Anderton Lewis Bentley - Funeral Memorial Album, 1972

Box 11

Folders

1. Bentley, Hilda G. The Bentley-Lewis Story (worksheets from printer) 1990

Box 12

Folders

1. Bentley, Hilda G. The Bentley-Lewis Story (proof sheets/negatives) 1990

Box 13

Folders

1. E.N. Lewis Ledger, 1899-1902
2. Thomas Bentley Silhouettes, 1873-1933 (Album of family sketches with photos), 1933
3. Wedding Album, Lawrence Chamberlain Bentley/Mary Mercer Wright, 1963

Box 14

Folders

1. Cased image, unidentified woman (ambrotype), c1850
2. Cased image, unidentified woman (ferrotype), c1865
3. Small framed oval (Mother, married Nov. 5, 1867), 1867?
4. Small framed oval (Mary Collins and Elizabeth Robson Bentley), 1863
5. Carte-de-visites (Harriet Robeson), c1870
6. Carte-de-visites (Alfred Spencer), c1870
7. Carte-de-visites and cabinet cards (Ellison), c1870
8. Carte-de-visites and cabinet cards (Horner), c1870-1894
9. Cabinet cards (Miscellaneous Bentley connections), c1887-1900
10. Carte-de-visites (Miscellaneous, some with identification), c1870
11. Cabinet cards (Miscellaneous, some with identification), c1880-1900
12. File cards, Bentley Family relations (basic genealogical information), n.d.

Box 15

Folders

1. Book of Common Prayer (belonged to Kathryn Lewis Bentley), 1899
2. Pocket Bibles (belonged to Anderton Bentley and to Ethel Bentley), 1832, 1886
3. Pocket Hymnal (belonged to Brandon Lewis), 1879
4. Devotional prayer book (inscribed to Sarah Jane, front pages missing), 1785
5. Pocket memo book (A. L. Bentley's?), 1939-1944
6. Bible (belonged to Brandon Lewis), 1839

Box 16

1. Austin, R.C. Family Pedigree and History. [S.l. : s.n.], 1971. (Blank book)
2. Banks, Charles Edward. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976.
3. County of Williams, Ohio: Historical and Biographical. Evansville, Ind. : Unigraphic, 1975 (reprint of Chicago : Battey & Co., 1882)
4. Delta Psi. Members of the Fraternity of Deta Psi. Stonington, Conn. : Delta Psi, 1967.

Box 17

1. The Dial. Pottstown, Pa. : Hill School, 1920.
2. Doane, Gilbert H. & Bell, James B. Searching for Your Ancestors. 5th ed. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1980.
3. Doolittle, Tilton Edwin. History of the Class of Nineteen Hundred Twenty-Four, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University. New Haven, Conn. : Class Secretaries Bureau, 1924.
4. Family History is Fun. Laconia, N.H. : Gibbs Publishing Co., 1978. (Blank book)
5. Hotten, John Camden, ed. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants, Religious Exiles...1600-1700. Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976.
6. Yale University. Yale 1924-24S Class Directory. [New Haven, Conn.]: Alumni Officers Bureau, 1968.
7. Westin, Jeane Eddy. Finding Your Roots. Los Angeles : J.P. Tarcher, 1977.

Flat Box 18

1. Initial seal, letters KL
2. Tortoise-shell hair comb
3. Mother-of-pearl shirt stud, worn by James, brother of Anderton Bentley
4. Shirt studs and Toledo High School graduation pin (1889)
5. Carved ivory tablet, with two panels of names penciled on
6. Autographed paper scrol (1928-1953)
7. Slip of paper with information on locket that "Father brought with him from England in the Spring of 1871" (no locket in the box)
8. Metal name press (for imprinting Bentley on concrete work, such as a sidewalk?)
9. Framed pencil drawing of Jack Crowley (1837)

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