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Box 1B

 File — Box: 1B
Identifier: Box 1B
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH John Williston Cook was born April 20, 1844 in Oneida County, New York.  At the age of seven he came with his family to Illinois to settle on a farm in McLean County.  Graduating from the Illinois State Normal School in 1865, Cook accepted a position as principal of schools in Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois.  After one year at Brimfield, Cook returned to his alma mater to become a member of the faculty.  On August 26, 1867 he married...
Dates: created: 1862-1919

Report to the Board of Trustees, 1902

 File — Box: 1B, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH John Williston Cook was born April 20, 1844 in Oneida County, New York.  At the age of seven he came with his family to Illinois to settle on a farm in McLean County.  Graduating from the Illinois State Normal School in 1865, Cook accepted a position as principal of schools in Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois.  After one year at Brimfield, Cook returned to his alma mater to become a member of the faculty.  On August 26, 1867 he married...
Dates: created: 1902

Administrative Correspondence, 1899-1918

 File — Box: 1B, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH John Williston Cook was born April 20, 1844 in Oneida County, New York.  At the age of seven he came with his family to Illinois to settle on a farm in McLean County.  Graduating from the Illinois State Normal School in 1865, Cook accepted a position as principal of schools in Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois.  After one year at Brimfield, Cook returned to his alma mater to become a member of the faculty.  On August 26, 1867 he married...
Dates: created: 1899-1918