MS 1025 - Virginia Uhlman Nader Papers

The papers of Virginia Uhlman Nader consist of approximately 50 linear feet and eleven bound volumes of letters, genealogical materials, and other documents as well as a collection of books, printed material, and photographs centered on the ancestors of Virginia Uhlman Nader, including the Uhlman, Millikin, and Baldwin families. The bulk of the collection exists in an extensive grouping of letters sent and received by various members of the family spanning the years from the 1860s-1998.

The agreement for transfer of these records to the Center for Archival Collections was arranged through the cooperation of Laurence C. Nader, on May 27, 2005, with an addition in March 2012. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection. Duplication may be permitted for the purposes of preservation and research. The register was initiated by Carrie Phillips, graduate student volunteer, in June 2005, with continued processing through 2008 by graduate students Mike Swanson and Steve Badenhop, and additional revisions by Marilyn Levinson, Curator of Manuscripts.

The Uhlman, Baldwin, Nader, and Millikin families are related through marriage and business ties. Brief biographies are included in this finding aid to assist researchers in identifying individuals appearing in correspondence and other documents. Information about those appearing in the list of related surnames below will be found with the biographies of their Baldwin family relations.

Index of Surnames

Covering more than 150 years, the combined family collection of the Uhlman, Millikin, and Baldwin families of Northwest Ohio presents a rich glimpse of the lives of an interconnected and influential family group, primarily through correspondence, but also with some financial, printed, and photographic material. Generally, the letters illustrate examples of the education, attitudes, and social lives of upper-middle- to upper-class college-age Ohioans from the turn of the 19th to the end of the 20th centuries.

As the material was organized when it was received, it is separated into the major family groupings of Uhlman, Millikin, and Baldwin, and within the groupings the letters are divided by recipient and sender. Because of the inter-related nature of the family correspondence, letters written by any individual family member might be found in groups from that individual or as a letter received by another.  For instance, some wartime correspondence written by Robert Uhlman to his sister Virginia might be in his letter series or hers, letters of Fannie Augusta Uhlman Baldwin with either the Uhlman or Baldwin sections, and even letters from Fred W. Uhlman in the correspondence of Charles W. Millikin. In addition, anyone trying to track events or topics, such as the oil industry or the Millkin Hotel, would need to check multiple places within the related family groups.

One other point to keep in mind is the use of similar names through generations and across the different families, so attention needs to be paid to which individual is being referenced such as Grace May Uhlman White, Grace Millkin Uhlman, Grace Virginia Baldwin Orwig, and Grace Virginia Uhlman Nader.

Uhlman/Nader Families

The earliest letters found in the collection are those written to H.C. Uhlman, his wife, and their children. The majority of this correspondence is letters written by their daughter, Fannie Augusta ("Gussie"), while she was away attending Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio. The letters from Gussie mention her travels between home and school, financial arrangements and school bills, social activities with her friends, and general daily activities. Gussie's handwriting is sometimes difficult to read, and the ink on some of the letters has faded over time to near illegibility. Envelopes are included with most of the letters. Additional letters associated with Fannie Augusta, including her courtship letters, are found in the Baldwin section of the collection.

The correspondence written to Fred W. Uhlman, Sr. is primarily from friends of Fred whom he presumably met during his time as a student at Adelbert College, Western Reserve University.  Many of the letters are from Fred’s Delta Upsilon fraternity brothers and mention arrangements for lodging at the fraternity house or other fraternity activities.  Other letters are from several female friends who resided in the Avon, Albany, and Rochester areas of New York and who Fred often visited with other friends.  Various letters to Fred had small rectangular cuts out of each document, usually at the top center of letterhead where an embossed emblem might have appeared.  Envelopes are included with most of the letters.

The early letters from Robert to his family cover the period when he was in school at Western Reserve Academy, in Hudson, Ohio and later Cranbrook.  More significant is a series of letters from 1945 while Bob was serving in the Pacific with the Marines.  Of particular note is Robert’s letter of August 7, 1945 (postmarked Aug. 11) with his reactions to the news about dropping the A-bomb on Japan.  In the immediate post-war period he was stationed in China during part of 1946 until discharged in mid-summer.   

There is a more extensive series of letters of Fred Jr., including some written from camp, many from college at Granville, Ohio (Denison University) where he was a member of Kappa Sigma, and a significant sequence during World War II.   Fred served in the Coast Guard starting in August 1942, and was posted at various duty stations in Port Arthur, Texas, New Orleans, La., Baltimore, Md., and Honolulu, where he served on the LST 69 at the time of an accidental explosion in the harbor which destroyed that vessel and several others on May 21, 1944.   

The largest series of letters are those from and to Virginia.  In addition to typical family correspondence there are numerous letters to her during and after the period of World War II.  Of particular note are series written by friends Allan Siebens while serving as Vice Consul in China in the immediate postwar period, from John Tedesco, starting in October 1949 while serving with the American Mission for Aid to Turkey, and from Alexander J. Nader (whom she later married).  His letters describe his activities while he was involved as an Orientation Officer with the U.S. Displaced Persons Commission after the war (as described in many letters, such as the letter of March 14, 1951, with another showing photos dated April 16, 1951).  

The gap in letters written to Virginia between 1952 and 1970 coincides to some extent with the period during which she was married to Alexander Nader and they were living in Beirut.  However, her activities during that period can be found fully described in her letters to her parents, usually signed with her nickname, Candy, which are full of accounts of life in Beirut with her young family. 

Later material to Virginia includes correspondence from Alexander Nader describing his various business endeavors around the world and features a series of letters around 1975 while he was in Beirut just as the Civil War was beginning. Glimpses of Virginia's many activities come out in her correspondence ranging from a series of letters from a Rev. Varghese in India, whom she visited on one of her trips, describing conditions there in the mid 1970s, a reference to serving as a French translator for Laotian refugees in her account of activities to the Smith College Alumni Association, a thank-you note with a description of her visit to Ft. Hood, Texas, where she "drove a tank", a series of notes from Bowling Green grade-school children thanking her for a talk she presented to their class about the Middle East, and a copy of another letter written by Virginia thanking Pan Am airline for the careful treatment of sons Jeff and Larry when they flew, unaccompanied, from Detroit to Beirut to visit their father. The series of correspondence related to the years in which Larry attended school at Choate in Wallingford, Conn. includes official communications from the school, invoices for school and transportation costs, and miscellaneous items such as orders for comic book subscriptions and pulp paperbacks for Larry.

A small but significant segment of the material related to Virginia Uhlman Nader is her travel materials, which document extensive travels throughout her life, both individually and with other members of her family. International tourism in the immediate post-war period was still the world of leisure-paced luxury where travel to Europe was often by means of the cruise lines such as Holland-America Line, Cunard, Matson, etc. Through the travels of Virginia and her mother Grace we have the typical "grand tour" type of European trip encompassing Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, and Switzerland. In the period after Virginia's marriage to Alexander Nader we also get a glimpse of both the tourist side of the Middle East, such as Giza, Luxor, and Baalbek, plus the more rural and small town views of Beirut, the Bekaa Valley and rural life in Lebanon, northern Syria, Damascus, and Baghdad. Later in life Virginia's travels took her to other exotic locations such as a safari tour of Africa, a trip to India, and also to Russia. The print material, which includes brochures, itineraries, menus, and other souvenir items are treated as subject files, divided by the various trips.

These travel-related items coordinate to a great extent with the photographs and films that she took on some of the trips. While a large proportion of the photographs, both loose and in albums, show various Uhlman and related family members, the segment of the graphic holdings that document Virginia's travels are of the greatest general interest. Consisting of travel slides and some 8mm amateur film, they illustrate her trips to locations in the Mediterranean and Middle East, with extensive views of such tourist areas of the Middle East as the Pyramids at Giza, Luxor, and the ruins at Baalbek, plus rural areas of Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, and other locations around the Mediterranean. Material from this period includes film of family activities, both in Lebanon and some in Northwest Ohio, such as a visit to the Toledo Zoo. Both the slides and film have been transferred to CDs and DVDs for viewing.

Additional material in the Uhlman part of the collection includes minor legal and financial files, such as deeds for Henry C. Uhlman property in Weston, Ohio, various family wills, and lease documents for the Macy's Building and the Millikin Hotel in downtown Bowling Green, Ohio. Unfortunately, the collection doesn't provide much in the way of financial or operational information on the hotel. The financial records are also of a scattered nature, with some business account books of the H.C. Uhlman store in Weston and the later Uhlman store chain; also some personal bank, memoir, stock, and cash books. In this grouping perhaps the one that has the most personal appeal is the household account book kept by Virginia Nader with entries on daily expenses, including those associated with the care of her mother Grace, allowances for the children, and sundries.

Millikin Family

Letters in the Millikin Family grouping are more limited in scope and include correspondence to William, Alice, Grace, Carrie, and Charles. Those letters to William H. Millikin are primarily business-related correspondence, many associated with the Millikin Hotel, the Oil Well Supply Company, property in Mexico, and family matters.

A longer series of letters written to Alice from her husband and children, include a number written by daughter Carrie from Mexico, presumably accompanying her father while he was there on business in late 1907 and early 1908. Another series of letters to Alice are from her son Charles, while visiting his father at their oil leases in Oklahoma.

Correspondence written to Grace and Charles Millikin covers the period from about 1906 until around 1920. In the letters written to Grace, while some are from her father while he was traveling on oil business, more are letters from Fred Uhlman during their courtship (many using her nickname "Wootz"), written as he travelled around to the stores of the dry-goods chain he was building. Later correspondence to Grace after the period when she was married to Fred Uhlman can be found in the Uhlman Family section of the collection. The grouping of letters to Charles Millikin start with the period when he was attending Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and continuing with a series of letters when he went into the oil drilling business with Fred W. Uhlman that also includes family news.

The family business operation of the Millikin Hotel, in Bowling Green, Ohio, is represented in a scattered fashion in various subject, legal, and financial files. While there are such items as printed articles, a history of the hotel when the property was sold, an operational summary as part of the estate of William H. Millikin, and some bills and receipts associated with expenses at the hotel, the collection is lacking substantial documentation as to the day-to-day operation. Similarly, the involvement of the Millikin family in various oil industry operations is represented in a minor way through miscellaneous documents such as cancelled checks, bills, and receipts in the financial files and a subject file on William Millikin's oil and gas operations that includes a map of the Osage-Cherokee Oil Field around Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Baldwin Family

The Baldwin aspect of the Virginia Uhlman Nader Papers revolves around the family of Albert Byron Baldwin who married Fannie Augusta Uhlman. This part of the collection contains approximately twenty-one linear feet of materials and spans from the late nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries. Over half of the collection contains correspondence while the remainder consists of subject files, legal documents, financial documents and printed materials along with over two linear feet of photographs.

The correspondence portion of the papers mainly focuses on Albert B. Baldwin, Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin, Henry A. Baldwin and Virginia Baldwin Orwig. There are also a few letters to the father of Albert Baldwin, Edward Baldwin, but they are mostly financial and market related. The correspondence to Albert is primarily between siblings James V. Baldwin and Harriet Baldwin Armstrong relating personal news and family matters between them. However, in his and his future wife's early correspondence from the late 1880s to mid 1890s there are a number of courtship letters between the two. Finally some other letters of interest in Albert's section of the collection are letters from his son, Henry, in the Student Army Training Corps (SATC) during World War I.

Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin's correspondence is a majority of the correspondence segment of the collection containing almost eight linear feet of materials. There are various letters from her father, Henry C. Uhlman, from the 1880s and 1890s discussing news from home, while Fannie was away at Western College. Other letters are from friends whom she met at college. A series of 1912 letters relate to an operation she had at Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. A vast majority of her letters, however, are from her children Henry and Virginia discussing personal news and family matters; most importantly during the Second World War. Her daughter Virginia, living in New York at the time, discusses some war related news and the employment activities of herself and her husband, while post-war letters from Virginia talk about her frequent trips abroad to places such as Cuba and Bermuda. There is also a large collection of Christmas cards from the 1920s to the 1960s found in Fannie's correspondence.

Son Henry Baldwin's correspondence includes in large part letters from his mother and sister discussing personal news and family matters. There are also letters from various girlfriends Henry had and also letters from his friend Roland Martin who was serving in France during World War I. Other interesting letters to note is one from October 1918 from his sister mentioning the outbreak of influenza in Bowling Green, while another to Henry in June 1929 talks about Fannie and Virginia's trip to Europe in a quest to find distant relatives. Virginia's letters are similarly from family members relating the news. One from her mother in July 1933 discusses her visit to the Chicago's World Fair. Other letters include correspondence from various suitors including her future husband Benton B. Orwig.

The subject files in the collection contain mostly school papers from Fannie, Henry and Virginia Baldwin. There are also hospital papers from Albert's stay in the Toledo Hospital and the Florida Sanitarium and Virginia's stay in the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan. Travel papers from Fannie and Virginia's 1929 trip Europe and Virginia's later trips to South America and the West Indies are also included in the subject files.

The literary productions include a brief dairy of Virginia's from 1917 to 1920 along with a travel log from her 1929 trip to Europe. School reports of Virginia's from the 1940s are also in this part of the collection along with notes taken by Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin on Shakespeare plays for discussion in the Shakespeare Round Table organization in Bowling Green.

A vast array of deeds and estate papers make up the legal documents portion of the collection. Deeds from the many speculative purchases made by Edward Baldwin along with the property deeds from Albert Baldwin are found in this part of the collection. Estate files exist for Edward Baldwin, Albert B. Baldwin, Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin and other members of the Baldwin family including Edward's brother-in-law Thomas W. Taylor. Abstracts of titles, agreements, depositions, insurance policies, mortgages, summons and the wills of Albert B. Baldwin and James V. Baldwin make up the rest of the legal documents.

The financial documents segment of the papers consists of bills and receipts of Edward Baldwin, Albert B. Baldwin, Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin and Henry A. Baldwin, most notable among these is a list of Liberty Bond purchases made by the family during World War I. There are financial summaries of the Baldwin family financial assets, income and liabilities along with income tax returns from Albert B. and Henry A. Baldwin. A ledger book kept by Virginia tracks stocks she bought, sold and held from the 1920s to the 1930s. Financial ledgers from Albert's business in Weston are found in the wrapped oversized items.

Brother-in-law to Albert B. Baldwin, Bolton S. Armstrong has a large collection of newspaper related clippings spanning from 1929 to his death in 1951 that track his business accomplishments and personal activities. There is also a memory book complied by Virginia Baldwin from 1920 to 1921 that includes news-clippings, programs, invitations, tickets, etc. The printed material portion of the collection contains miscellaneous items ranging from certificates to programs, including a large collection of invitations extended to the Baldwin family, mostly wedding invitations. The photographs in the collection are primarily family pictures of members of the Baldwin family and the family homes in Weston and Florida. The photographic items also include a large assortment of identified and unidentified pictures of friends in the collection along with school pictures.

UHLMAN FAMILY

CORRESPONDENCE

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO H.C. UHLMAN
1866-1910
Arranged chronologically
Letters written to Henry Caspar Uhlman or to the family with H.C. as the head of the family. The majority of the letters come from daughter Fannie Augusta while she was away at college.

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO MRS. H.C. UHLMAN
1882-1923
Arranged chronologically
Letters written to Melissa Hill Uhlman. The majority of the letters come from daughter Fannie Augusta while she was away at college.

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO THE UHLMAN FAMILY
1898
A single letter written home by son Fred to his family.

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS BETWEEN GRACE UHLMAN AND JOHN C. WHITE
1899-1900
Letters between John C. White and Grace Uhlman (sister of Fred W. Uhlman, Sr.) before their marriage

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO MR. & MRS. JOHN C. WHITE
1905-1962
Letters to John C. White and Grace Uhlman White (sister of Fred W. Uhlman, Sr.)

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO FRED W. UHLMAN, SR.
1891-1918
Arranged chronologically
Letters written to Fred from friends and family describing everyday life. Special focus on college life and social events during this time period. Includes some printed material found in the envelopes

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO GRACE UHLMAN
1920, 1923-1924, 1926-1932
Arranged chronologically
Letters written to Grace Millikin Uhlman (Mrs. Fred W. Uhlman) from a variety of family members and friends. Letters from the period before her marriage can be found in the Millikin Family section of the collection

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO MR. & MRS. FRED W. UHLMAN, SR. FROM ROBERT AND FRED UHLMAN, JR.
1936-1948
Arranged by correspondent, then chronologically
Letters written to Grace Millikin Uhlman and Fred W. Uhlman from sons Robert M. Uhlman and Fred W. Uhlman, Jr. Includes series of war letters from 1945 from Robert, serving in the Pacific with the Marines, and Fred while serving with the Coast Guard

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO MR. & MRS. FRED W. UHLMAN, SR. FROM VIRGINIA
1934-1963
Arranged chronologically
Extensive correspondence, starting when Virginia was in boarding school at Kingswood School Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Smith, College, Morrow House in Northampton, Mass., when she was living in New York City, through to when she was married and living in Beirut, Lebanon; often signed by her nickname Candy

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO MR. & MRS. FRED W. UHLMAN, SR. FROM MISCELLANEOUS
1924, 1929-1983
Arranged chronologically
Letters, notes, and Christmas and other cards written to Grace Millikin Uhlman and Fred W. Uhlman from a variety of family members and friends; includes some letters to Grace from Fred when he was away from home and letters to her after his death, and condolence cards to the family after her death

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO FRED W. UHLMAN, JR. FROM MISCELLANEOUS
1928-1929, 1935, 1939, 1941-1946
Arranged chronologically
Letters from family members and friends, including an extensive series while he was serving in the Coast Guard in World War II at various duty stations in Port Arthur, Texas, New Orleans, La., Baltimore, Md., and Honolulu.

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO VIRGINIA UHLMAN NADER FROM MISCELLANEOUS
1927, 1930, 1932-1952, 1970-1989
Arranged chronologically
Letters from family members and friends, including while she was in boarding school at Kingswood School, Cranbrook, Michigan, and at Smith College, numerous Christmas cards, newsletters, and other minor correspondence. Letters written to her after the gap of the 1950s and 1960s include a series of letters from a Rev. Varghese in India (with an additional communication in Oct 1988 describing the Reverend's work)

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS FROM VIRGINIA UHLMAN NADER TO MISCELLANEOUS
1963-1968
Arranged chronologically
Carbon copies and handwritten drafts of correspondence sent by Virginia Uhlman Nader in response to inquiries, as reference letters, as notes of thanks, and to convey monetary gifts to various charitable endeavors.

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO VIRGINIA UHLMAN FROM ALEXANDER NADER AND HER CHILDREN
1951-1952, 1965, 1975-1994
Arranged chronologically
Letters from Alexander Nader, during period before their marriage in 1952, and after their divorce in 1961, describing early aspects of his career as an Orientation Officer with the U.S. Displaced Persons Commission, his various business endeavors around the world and personal interests later in life; also scattered letters from her sons Larry and Jeff during periods they are at camp and school covering family matters

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS/POSTCARDS TO LARRY NADER FROM MISCELLANEOUS
1962-1983
Arranged chronologically
Postcards, with a few letters, received by Larry Nader, both as part of school pen pal exchange projects and from Alexander Nader during his travels

CORRESPONDENCE - THANK YOU NOTES TO VIRGINIA UHLMAN NADER FROM SCHOOL GROUPS
1962, 1964
Arranged chronologically
Groups of thank you notes written by 4th and 6th grade school classes after having presentations by Virginia Uhlman Nader about such topics as life in the Middle East and Egyptian history (the pyramids and King Tut)

CORRESPONDENCE - VIRGINIA UHLMAN NADER MISCELLANEOUS RE: LARRY AND SCHOOLS
1971-1975
Arranged chronologically
Virginia Uhlman Nader outgoing and incoming correspondence, inquiries, and miscellaneous printed material related to Larry Nader, Choate School, camp, and other topics

CORRESPONDENCE - VIRGINIA UHLMAN NADER MISCELLANEOUS
1968-1994
Arranged chronologically
Mixed correspondence from organizations, family, and friends; includes certificates, clippings and printed material.

SUBJECT FILES

SCHOOL PAPERS - FANNIE A. UHLMAN
circa 1885
School notebook of Bible notes from when Fannie was attending the Western Female Seminary, also known as Western College at Oxford, Ohio (later a part of Miami University)

SCHOOL PAPERS - GRACE M. UHLMAN
1896-1897
Minor student schedule papers, programs from recitals, and a receipt from when Grace was attending the Oberlin Conservatory of Music

SCHOOL PAPERS - FRED W. UHLMAN SR.
1898-1901, n.d.
School papers, essays, grade cards, composition books, and other material from school work, ranging from Weston Public School and while attending Western Reserve

SCHOOL PAPERS - FRED W. UHLMAN JR.
1928-1929, 1933
Minor school papers, including an essay and grade card while attending Bowling Green Public School

SCHOOL PAPERS - ROBERT UHLMAN
1934-1935, n.d.
Handmade "Mothers Day" projects made while attending 3rd and 4th grade in Bowling Green, along with a Sunday School certificate

SCHOOL PAPERS - VIRGINIA UHLMAN
1938-1953
Various papers, notebooks, reports, and other material from school work done at Kingswood School/Cranbrook and at Smith College and later, including workbooks and reader from her Arabic language studies

TRAVEL MATERIALS
1948-1977, 1991-1992
Items associated with a various trips taken by Virginia and others in the family between 1948 and 1977, including tours of Europe, Africa, India, the Middle East and Russia, as well as all over the U.S including a rail tour of the west and visits to New England, the Worlds Fairs in New York and Montreal, and trips around the Midwest; often includes tour itineraries, shipboard material, promotional leaflets, maps, photos and postcards. Includes some unidentified travel accounts to Seattle and Poland

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
1953-1984
Subject files including material on the Wood County Hospital, and an appraisal of the Macy's Department Store Building (formerly Uhlman's) in downtown Bowling Green, and the historic district on West Wooster St.

ADDRESS/APPOINTMENT BOOKS
1941-1946, 1979-1980
Virginia Uhlman desk calendar inserts with notations of appointments and activities; also address-book pages, with loose photos found inside, from later period in the 1980s

FAMILY HISTORY/GENEALOGY
1917-1992
Topical subject files with collected genealogical and family information on the Uhlman, Millikin, Bruns, Kenworthy, Baldwin, Hill, and Bells families, collected by Virginia U. Nader

LITERARY PRODUCTIONS

AUTOGRAPH BOOK - GRACE MAY UHLMAN WHITE
1885-1913
Small autograph book from Weston, Ohio; includes autographs from her brother Fred, sister Gussie, and nephew Henry Baldwin

DIARY - VIRGINIA UHLMAN
1932
Entries written in a five-year diary, covering primarily one year when Virginia was around 10 years old

DIARY - VIRGINIA UHLMAN
Aug-Oct 1948
Travel diary kept on small notepads during a trip to Europe; includes loose bills, receipts, and correspondence related to the trip

JOURNAL - FREDERICK W. UHLMAN, SR.
1966
Journal entry, written in an old 1950 appointment book, on the occasion of his 85th birthday

ESSAYS - FREDERICK W. UHLMAN, SR.
1938?
Essay, "What is right?" Handwritten text of program presented at unknown event

SPEECHES/ARTICLES - FREDERICK W. UHLMAN, SR.
1938-1966
Various speeches presented at such organizations as the Town and Gown Club, and for unidentified publications, covering such topics as changes over the course of his lifetime, business, and local history

LEGAL FILES

DEEDS
1872-1906
Henry C. Uhlman property records, primarily in Weston, Ohio

WILLS
1955, 1974, 1983
Wills and estate documents for William Wilke, Fred Uhlman, Sr., and Grace Millikin

LEASES
1974, 1984
Leases for the Hotel Millikin & Macy's Bldg. (formerly Uhlman's Department Store) in Bowling Green, Ohio

FINANCIAL FILES

ACCOUNT BOOKS
1859-1968
Business account books of the H.C. Uhlman store in Weston and the later Uhlman store chain; also some personal bank, memoir, stock, and cash books, including the household account book kept by Virginia Nader with entries on daily expenses, allowances for the children, and sundries. One volume is oversized

INSURANCE POLICIES
1899-1902
Insurance papers issued to Fred Uhlman, Sr.

SCRAPBOOKS AND SCRAPBOOK MATERIAL

SCRAPBOOKS
1948-1989
Funeral registers, postcard scrapbooks, high school reunion material, and guest-books for visitors to the home of Fred and Grace Uhlman . Oversize items are wrapped and located at the end of the collection

PRINTED MATERIAL

PAMPHLETS/BROCHURES/PROGRAMS
1898-1994
Various printed items associated with family members educational background, including material on Western Reserve, Wallcourt School, Kingswood/Cranbrook, Smith College, and Denison University. Also some informational pamphlets on clubs and institutions with which Uhlman family members had an interest or association

NEWSLETTERS
1958-1993 (scattered)
Newsletters and flyers related to aspects of the Uhlman Store chain

CLIPPINGS
1927-1994, n.d.
Various articles about family social activities, civic events, business- related news, and obituaries with other family background

PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL

PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS
1858-1997
Photographs and some cased images of various Uhlman and related family members. Those without identification are sorted by family group

PHOTOGRAH ALBUMS
circa 1888-1901
Standard commercial albums, primarily belonging to H.C. & Melissa Uhlman, showing family and friends, some with identification; also includes album of Fannie Augusta Uhlman and Grace Uhlman

SLIDES
1953, 1955, 1968
Travel slides, primarily of trips to locations in the Mediterranean and Middle East (including Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria). Slides also transferred to a CD for viewing

FILM
1952-1968
Primarily 8mm amateur film of travel locations and family events; includes extensive views of such areas of the Middle East as the Pyramids at Giza, Luxor, and the ruins at Baalbek, rural areas of Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, and other locations around the Mediterranean. Also includes film of family activities, both in Lebanon and some in Northwest Ohio, such as a visit to the Toledo Zoo. Transferred to DVDs for viewing

MILLIKIN FAMILY

CORRESPONDENCE

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO WILLIAM H. MILLIKIN
1903-1907, 1919, 1926, 1929
Arranged chronologically
Scattered business-related correspondence associated with the Millikin Hotel, the Oil Well Supply Company, property in Mexico, and family matters; includes one photocopied letter from W.H. Millikin to "My dear boy"

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO MRS. W.H. MILLIKIN
1885, 1893, 1897, 1904, 1906-1910
Arranged chronologically
Extensive personal correspondence to Mrs. William H. Millikin (Alice Delphine Davie Millikin) from family and friends, including letters from her children (Carrie, Mary, Grace, and Charles), her mother, and husband William

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS FROM MRS. W.H. MILLIKIN TO DAUGHTER CARRIE WILKE
1907-1908, 1911, n.d.
Arranged chronologically
Photocopies of correspondence from Mrs. William H. Millikin (Alice Delphine Davie Millikin) to her daughter, Carrie Millikin Wilke

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO GRACE MILLIKIN
1906, 1908-1911, 1913-1917
Arranged chronologically
Letters written to Grace, some from her father while he was traveling on oil business, but primarily letters from Fred Uhlman. Letters often use her nickname Wootz. Correspondence to Grace after the period when she was married to Fred Uhlman can be found in the Uhlman Family section of the collection

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO CAROLINE MILLIKIN AND MARY MILLIKIN (MRS. ROSS PARKER)
1905, 1911
Arranged chronologically
Minor business and personal correspondence

CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS TO CHARLES W. MILLIKIN
1907, 1910-1912, 1918-1921, 1931
Arranged chronologically
Correspondence from family and friends, some using his nickname, "Set", starting with the period when he was attending Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and continuing with a series of letters when he went into the oil drilling business with Fred W. Uhlman that also includes family news

CORRESPONDENCE - MISCELLANEOUS
1873-1924
Arranged chronologically
Minor correspondence of unknown connection written to Mary Barnes, and to members of the Hill Family

SUBJECT FILES

SUBJECT FILE - CHARLES MILLIKIN MILITARY DISCHARGE
1918
Paperwork supporting discharge from the army on grounds of family responsibility

SUBJECT FILE - SCHOOL PAPERS
Circa 1900-1911
Arranged by name and then chronologically
School papers, composition books, and other material from school work done by Grace and Charles Millikin. Includes a small work-assignment diary from Grace's piano lessons

SUBJECT FILE - MILLIKIN HOTEL
1904, 1919, 1928-1931, 1965-1994
Arranged chronologically
Minor correspondence, articles, insurance papers, and history of the Millikin Hotel as related to sale of property

SUBJECT FILE - OIL AND GAS
1903-1906, n.d.
Minor correspondence, bills, receipts and notes related to William Millikin's oil and gas operations; includes a map showing the Osage- Cherokee Oil Field around Bartlesville, Oklahoma

SUBJECT FILE - DAVIE FAMILY GENEALOGY
1983
Family genealogical information about the Millikin and Uhlman family compiled by Virginia Uhlman Nader

LEGAL DOCUMENTS

WILLIAM H. MILLIKIN ESTATE
1931-1945
Millikin Hotel operation summary, and documents of the Special Mexican Claims Commission related to the estate of William H. Millikin

PROPERTY RECORDS
1900-1909
Minor lease, mortgage, and quit claim papers

LIFE INSURANCE
1903-1906
Minor receipts and correspondence related to policies held by William H. Millikin

PAUL M. DAVIE TRUST
1933, 1941
Papers related to the distribution of oil revenues in a trust document which includes the children of William H. Millikin as beneficiaries

COURT ACTIONS
1904, 1906
Summons from a Kansas case for recovery of money, and receipt from unidentified Wood County case for settlement in favor of W.H. Millikin

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION CASE
1955
Papers related to the claim of the estate of Earl Barritt against the Millikin Hotel

LEGAL PAYMENT
1907
Note to Bowling Green attorney, J.W. Grabiel, in payment of services requested by Alice Millikin for drafting an anti-expectorating ordinance for presentation to City Council

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS

W.H. MILLIKIN BANK STATEMENTS/CHECKS
1899-1906
Sampled cancelled checks and bank account passbooks from Peru, Kansas, Cleveland, Oklahoma, Bowling Green, Ohio and Scio, Ohio dealing with various business interests and expenses of William H. Millikin

GRACE MILLIKIN BANK STATEMENTS/CHECKS
1912-1914
Sampled cancelled checks and bills with local Bowling Green businesses and individuals associated with Grace Millikin

W.H. MILLIKIN PROPERTY TAX RECEIPTS
1903-1906
Arranged chronologically
Receipts for taxes on property in Wood and Hardin Counties, Ohio

W.H. MILLIKIN MISCELLANEOUS FINANCIAL
1904-1907
Miscellaneous promissory notes, notices of delivery of goods, and a small memo book with entries listing the value of oil sold from the Berger lease in Oklahoma

W.H. MILLIKIN BILLS AND RECEIPTS
1902-1916
Sampled selection of itemized bills and receipts for household and personal expenses for grocers, meat markets, florists, glassware, hardware dealers, automobile costs, and for expenses related to the Millikin Hotel

CHARLES W. MILLIKIN CHECK STUBS
1910-1911
Sampled selection of checkbook stubs giving information on purchases, primarily while attending school at Denison in Granville, Ohio

PRINTED MATERIAL

BOOKLETS
1899-1914
Miscellaneous printed booklets, prospectus brochures, programs and cards from Denison University, newsletters, and blank stationery

POSTCARDS
n.d.
Unmailed blank postcards, with cards of Tampico, Mexico from William H. Millikin, and blank novelty and scenic cards collected by Grace Millikin

PHOTOGRAPHS

GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES
1899-1900, n.d.
Glass plates primarily related to Fred W. Uhlman, Sr. during his years at Western Reserve University). A few broken or cracked plates were copied onto a CD and then discarded

BALDWIN FAMILY

CORRESPONDENCE

CORRESPONDENCE - ALBERT BYRON BALDWIN
1884-1931
Arranged Chronologically
Letters to Albert B. Baldwin from family and friends discussing personal news and family matters, along with courtship letters between him and Fannie Augusta Uhlman.

CORRESPONDENCE - FANNIE AUGUSTA UHLMAN BALDWIN
1886-1963
Arranged Chronologically
Letters to Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin from family, mostly children Henry and Virginia, and friends about personal news and family matters, along with courtship letters between Fannie and Albert Baldwin, and a large assortment of Christmas cards

CORRESPONDENCE - HENRY ALBERT BALDWIN
1900-1960
Arranged Chronologically
Letters to Henry A. Baldwin from friends and family, mostly mother Fannie and sister Virginia, that discusses family matters and personal news.

CORRESPONDENCE - GRACE VIRGINIA BALDWIN ORWIG
1917-1982
Arranged Chronologically
Letters to Virginia Baldwin Orwig from friends and family, mostly mother Fannie and brother Henry, that discusses family matters and personal news.

SUBJECT FILES

HOSPITAL DOCUMENTS - ALBERT B. BALDWIN
1926
Documents related to Albert Baldwin's illness from the Toledo Hospital and the Florida Sanitarium and Hospital

WESTERN COLLEGE - FANNIE A. UHLMAN
1888-1892; 1901-1956
Papers and documents related to Fannie Uhlman's studies at Western College and post-graduation alumni activities

SCHOOL PAPERS - FANNIE A. UHLMAN
1880s-1890s
School papers related to Fannie A. Uhlman while attending school in Weston, Wesleyan Theological Seminary and Western College

TRAVEL DOCUMENTS - FANNIE A. UHLMAN BALDWIN
1929
Documents connected to Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin's overseas trip with her daughter Virginia in 1929 including itinerary and passport

FUNERAL - FANNIE A. UHLMAN BALDWIN
1963
Memorial service book for the funeral of Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin along with sympathy telegrams and memorial service cards

MISCELLANEOUS - FANNIE A. UHLMAN BALDWIN
1910s-1960s
Personal documents related to her hospitalization, the liquidation of the Cleveland Trust Company, and memberships materials related to the American Association of University Women and the First Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green, Ohio.

SCHOOL PAPERS - HENRY A. BALDWIN
1910s-1950s
Papers related to Henry Baldwin's academic career in Weston, the University of Michigan and Ohio State University, along with the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Ohio State

SCHOOL PAPERS - VIRGINIA BALDWIN ORWIG
1910s-1940s
Papers related to Virginia Baldwin Orwig's academic career in Weston, Western College and Barnard College

HOSPITAL - VIRGINIA BALDWIN
1925
Materials connected with Virginia's admission and stay at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan

TRAVEL DOCUMENTS - VIRGINIA BALDWIN ORWIG
1923; 1929; 1938-1939; 1951
Documents related to the travels of Virginia Baldwin Orwig including St. Lawrence Seaway, Europe, West Indies, South American and Cloister Sea Island

MISCELLANEOUS - VIRGINIA BALDWIN ORWIG
1930s-1940s
Dog pedigree breeding charts and a war ration book

MISCELLANEOUS
Recipes and miscellaneous unknown school papers

LITERARY PRODUCTIONS

SHAKESPEARE NOTES - FANNIE A. UHLMAN BALDWIN
n.d.
Notes taken by Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin on various Shakespeare play for discussion in the Shakespeare Round Table group of which she was a member

CIGARETTE & DRINK RECORD - HENRY A. BALDWIN
1933
Daily record book kept probably by Henry A. Baldwin on the number of cigarettes and drinks he had per day

DIARIES - VIRGINIA BALDWIN
1917-1920
Two small brief diaries kept by Virginia Baldwin in which she reported family news and reflected personally about events

TRAVEL LOG - VIRGINIA BALDWIN
1929
Travel log kept by Virginia Baldwin about her and her mother's trip to Europe and the sites and activities they did there

SCHOOL REPORTS - VIRGINIA BALDWIN ORWIG
1941-1942
Arranged Chronologically
School reports written by Virginia Baldwin Orwig while at Barnard College in New York covering subjects of economics, politics and business

LEGAL DOCUMENTS

ABSTRACT OF TITLE
1877-1909
Title abstracts of property purchased by Edward Baldwin

AGREEMENTS
1872-1918
Articles of agreements between Edward Baldwin and other members of the Baldwin family between them and contracting parties

DEEDS
1861-1947
Property deeds of lands purchased by Edward Baldwin, Albert B. Baldwin, Virginia Baldwin Orwig, other members of the Baldwin family, Taylor family and other deeds from previous owners passed along with the property

DEPOSITIONS
1871; 1891; 1930
Depositions given by Edward Baldwin, Thomas W. Taylor and Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin

ESTATES
1903-1992
Estate papers related to Edward Baldwin, Thomas W. Taylor, Albert B. Baldwin, James V. Baldwin, Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin, Mildred Kelly Baldwin and Virginia Baldwin Orwig

INSURANCE POLICIES
1902-1962
Various insurance policies - fire, home, auto, etc. - purchased by Edward Baldwin, Albert B. Baldwin, Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin and Henry A. Baldwin

MORTGAGES
1914; 1947
Mortgages taken out and related to Edward Baldwin and Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin

SUMMONS
1875-1891
Summons issued against Edward Baldwin for money entitled to the claimant

WILL
1926
Last will and testament of Albert B. Baldwin

MISCELLANEOUS
1871-1947
Affidavits, Leases, Real Estate License Application and Trader's Certificate related to the Baldwin family

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS

BILLS & RECEIPTS
1870s-1950s
Bills and Receipts from Edward Baldwin, Albert B. Baldwin, Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin and Henry Baldwin including detailed statements about World War I Liberty Bond purchases

BONDS
1921-1923
Bonds deposited by Albert B. Baldwin for membership on the Weston Village Board of Education

BANK BOOKS
1924-1952
Bank books for accounts held by Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin, Henry A. Baldwin and Virginia Baldwin Orwig

FINANCIAL SUMMARIES
1910s-1950s
Financial summaries complied for income tax purposes of the Baldwin family financial assets

INCOME TAX RETURNS
1919-1952
Income tax returns for Albert B. Baldwin and Henry A. Baldwin

LEDGERS
1888-1924
Financial ledgers kept by Albert B. Baldwin, Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin and Henry A. Baldwin; including in oversized wrapped items Albert B. Baldwin's accounts, business and accounts payable ledgers

STOCK RECORDS
1920s-1930s
Records of stocks purchased, held and sold by Henry A. Baldwin and Virginia Baldwin

SCRAPBOOKS/NEWSCLIPPINGS

NEWSCLIPPINGS - BOLTON S. ARMSTRONG
1929-1951
Newsclippings related to the life and activities of Bolton S. and Harriet Baldwin Armstrong

NEWSCLIPPINGS - BALDWIN FAMILY
1920s-1970s
Newsclippings related to various members of the Baldwin family, mostly Albert B. Baldwin, Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin, Henry A. Baldwin and Virginia Baldwin Orwig

SCRAPBOOK - VIRGINIA BALDWIN
1920-1921
Virginia Baldwin memory book including newsclippings, programs, invitations, tickets, etc.

MAPS, CHARTS, DIAGRAMS, GRAPHS, LISTS, ETC.

MAPS - HENRY A. BALDWIN
n.d.
Plat map of Henry A. Baldwin property in Weston Township, Wood County, Ohio

PRINTED MATERIAL

INVITATIONS
1889-1944
Baldwin family invitations to commencements, weddings and other various social events

MISCELLANEOUS
1869-1957
Miscellaneous printed material including a 50 cent fraction currency note, 1940 census form, Virginia's baptismal certificate, resorts booklet, identification cards, Kappa Sigma Fraternity certificate, Owl Club and stock certificates

PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL

POSITIVE PRINTS - BALDWIN FAMILY
Arranged Alphabetically
Photographs of members of the Baldwin family including Bolton S. Armstrong, Harriet Baldwin Armstrong, Albert B. Baldwin, Almira Church Baldwin, Andrew E. Baldwin, Edward Baldwin, Fannie A. Uhlman Baldwin, Harriet Taylor Baldwin, Henry A. Baldwin, James V. Baldwin, Virginia Baldwin Orwig and Baldwin residences and travel Pictures and Harriet Baldwin Armstrong photo albums; some items are oversized

POSITIVE PRINTS - MISCELLANEOUS IDENTIFIED
Photographs of identified individuals and families including the Hill family, Merry family, Rose family, Taylor family, Wright family, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity at Ohio State University and the Phi Delta Theta Sorority

POSITIVE PRINTS - MISCELLANEOUS UNIDENTIFIED
Photographs of unidentified children, men, women, families and places; some items are oversized

NEGATIVES - BALDWIN FAMILY/MISCELLANEOUS
Negatives of Baldwin family pictures and other miscellaneous identified and unidentified pictures

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