Paul V. B. Jones Papers, 1856-1964 | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Papers of Paul Van Brunt Jones (1882-1969), professor of history (1914-50); Samuel A. Hones (father); Jenny Van Brunt Jones (mother); Frida Haller Jones (wife); and Paul Haller Jones, '38 (son), artist, and Kinley Fellowship winner to Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (1941-42), including correspondence (1919-57), course and lecture notes, publications (1918-38), programs, clippings, photographs, drawings and financial records about music, art, and family health problems; Revolutionary War (1777-84); Civil War (1861-63); homeopathic medical education, practice and controversies (1856-87); European travel (1925, 1928-29, 1945-46); organizations involved in American neutrality (1938-41); World War II; preservation of German culture; social life in Urbana; the University Concert and Entertainment Board; and the genealogy and business affairs of the Van Brunt, Westervelt, Vreeland, Haller, and Jones families.