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VHS cassette recordings (made by Bill Bruring of the La Crosse County Historical Society) of presentations given by Kerck Kelsey: "The Evolution of a Flour Baron...Cadwallader C. Washburn" (June 25, 2004 at the Pump House Regional Arts Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin) and one at Oak Grove Cemetery (in La Crosse) on June 24, 2004. Also included is a program for the Pump House event.

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"C. C. Washburn's War Behind the Lines, 1862-1865" paper, written by Kerck Kelsey in 2004. The paper is based on Cadwallader Washburn's correspondence with his brother, Elihu, between January of 1862 and May of 1865. Washburn served as a general during the Civil War.

Abstract Records include those of La Crosse Public Library from 1885-2009, as well as its predecessor groups, the La Crosse Literary Association, 1867-1868, and the Young Men’s Library Association, 1868-1888. The public library was originally funded through a bequest of former Wisconsin governor Cadwallader C. Washburn, and was overseen by a private board until Dec. 1981 when the library became a city department.Records consist of board materials, such as minutes, annual reports,...

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Title abstracts for 612 Ferry Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1959-1979. This house was originally the residence of Cadwallader C. Washburn.

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,...

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Ancestry of the Washburn family (including Cadwallader C. Washburn), compiled by Charles E. Haas. Date ancestry was compiled is unknown.