Van Steenwyk, Gysbert
Person
Dates
- Existence: ca. 1876-1967
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gysbert Van Steenwyk Jr. Book of Pressed Plant Specimens of the La Crosse, Wisconsin Area
Collection — Box: MISC 6, Folder: 5
Identifier: MISC MSS 046
Abstract
Book of pressed plant specimens from the La Crosse, Wisconsin area kept by Gysbert Van Steenwyk, Jr., 1890.
Dates:
1890
Van Steenwyk Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS G
Abstract
Papers of an early La Crosse, Wisconsin, banker and mayor, and of his family. Gysbert van Steenwyk, Sr. (1814-1902), who founded the Batavian Bank in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and was active in state and local politics. Van Steenwyk, a Dutch immigrant, served a term in 1873 as mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and also served in the Wisconsin state legislature as assemblyman in 1859 and senator 1879-1880. Other family members represented in the collection include Mariette Nichols van Steenwyk,...
Dates:
1828-1972