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La Crosse (Wis.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

"A La Crosse Mayor: Dr. Wendell Abram Anderson" Typescript

 Collection — Box MISC 41, Folder: 2
Identifier: MISC MSS 236
Abstract

Typescript of a paper written by La Crosse, Wisconsin resident and historian Mary C. Hardgrove Hebberd: "A La Crosse Mayor: Dr. Wendell Abram Anderson."

Dates: undated

Albert Hart Sanford Correspondence

 Collection — Box MISC 5, Folder: 5-6
Identifier: MISC MSS 040
Abstract

Correspondence between Albert Hart Sanford and descendants of Nathan Myrick and H. J. B. Miller as well as correspondence regarding A History of La Crosse, Wisconsin 1841-1900, which Sanford co-authored. Materials date 1948-1952.

Dates: 1948-1952

Albert Hart Sanford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS F
Abstract The papers consist of materials collected by Sanford, a history professor at the State College at La Crosse (now called the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse), during his tenure as president of the La Crosse County Historical Society and while he researched his book, The History of La Crosse 1841-1900, written in collaboration with Harry J. Hirshheimer.The collection is a subject file of La Crosse history and says nothing about Sanford’s life. The collection has been divided...
Dates: 1783-1943; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1927

Allie Wheeler Photograph Album

 Collection — Box MISC 32
Identifier: MISC MSS 220
Abstract

The Alice (Allie) Wheeler photograph album contain images of family members, and also includes images of: Lucy Edgar, Mrs. Lathrop, Mrs. A. T. Clinton, Jay Wilson, Mrs. William Listman, William Listman, Lily Lathrop, Lizzie Spires, Mrs. William R. Sill, Dr. Robert Hoegh, Angus Cameron, Alice Seymour, Mary Clark, and Helen Remick.

Dates: circa 1860s-1870s

Architectural Drawing for Proposed Christ Church Memorial Home for the Aged, La Crosse, Wisconsin

 Collection — Box MISC 57
Identifier: MISC MSS 256
Abstract

Proposed plans drawn by Shubert, Sorensen & Associates Architects of La Crosse, Wisconsin for a structure to be built around the Colwell-Dorset home located at 330 6th Street South. The proposed structure would become Christ Church Memorial Home for the Aged. This structure was never built, and the home was razed in 1966. Plans are dated November 3, 1959.

Dates: 1959 November 3

Big Muddy Bend

 Collection
Identifier: LP 0021
Dates: 1994-1995

Bill Bruring Films of Kerck Kelsey Presentations on Cadwallader C. Washburn and Oak Grove Cemetery

 Collection — Box MISC 55
Identifier: MISC MSS 257
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2004 June 24-25

Biographical Information on Peter and Emma (Van Sickle) Cameron as Compiled by the Fay Family and Myer Katz

 Collection — Box MISC 14, Folder: 5
Identifier: MISC MSS 132
Abstract

Photocopies of biographical information on Peter and Emma (Van Sickle) Cameron of La Crosse, Wisconsin, as compiled by the Fay family, descendants of Daniel Cameron, and local historical Myer Katz. Katz transcribed selected correspondence, 1845-1854, when it was in the possession of the Fay family of La Crescent, Minnesota. Contains one genealogical chart.

Dates: 1979

Black La Crosse: From Trading Post to Frontier Boomtown, 1850-1865

 Collection — Box MISC 15, Folder: 11
Identifier: MISC MSS 145
Abstract

"Black La Crosse: From Trading Post to Frontier Boomtown, 1850-1865," by Bruce Mouser. This writing was published in several issues of the La Crosse County Historical Society's publication Past, Present & Future during the years 1998 and 1999.

Dates: 1998-1999

Cameron Family Correspondence

 Collection — Box MISC 59, Folder: 3
Identifier: MISC MSS 277
Abstract Cameron Family correspondence consists of 42 handwritten letters written by Peter Cameron, Jane Cameron, Daniel Cameron, Catherine McVeen, Jane McPherson, D. Richardson, Angus Cameron, Walter McArthur, S. F. Pamerson and G. M. Elliott. Letters were written largely from Prairie La Crosse and its successor La Crosse, Wisconsin; Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; Galena, Illinois; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Minnesota; and La Crescent, Minnesota.Two sons of the Daniel Cameron, Sr., family,...
Dates: 1839-1859