Summary Information Katharine Martindale Family Papers
1699-1977
- Katharine Martindale Family
La Crosse Mss BD
20.4 cubic feet (51 archives boxes)
UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Papers collected and generated by Katharine Martindale (1890-1977), the last member of a family which settled in La Crosse, Wisconsin in the 1850s. After graduation from Smith College in 1912 Miss Martindale taught home economics for several years before returning permanently to La Crosse and carrying on the family insurance business. She spent the later years of her life researching and collecting family history and working to preserve the family home at 10th and Cass Streets (now listed in the National Register of Historic Places). The collection includes not only her own papers and those of her immediate family, but also those of her grandparents, great-parents, Vermont ancestors and others. The papers consist primarily of correspondence; business and financial papers; eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century estate settlements; legal documents; detailed eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Vermont farm records; and papers related to the Martindale home. Most of the correspondence is among family members and reveals the details of their daily lives: births, courtships, travels, college life, illnesses, deaths, family business matters, personal problems, and accounts of mundane activities such as washing, sewing, cooking, plowing, gardening, etc. The majority of the business and financial papers are the extensive records (circa 1850-1950) for the family's insurance firm, but there are also records from real estate, lumbering, and merchandising concerns. Further papers of interest are the school papers for various family members and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Congregational Church records from Tinmouth, Wallingford, and Benson, Vermont, as well as La Crosse.
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Scope and Content Note The Katharine Martindale Family papers chronicle the history and daily lives of an old and prominent La Crosse family and some of its early Vermont branches dating back to the late seventeenth-century. The origin of the Martindale family is somewhat confused, but the most reliable information (see copy of Kent and Martindale genealogies in the Genealogical Materials series) indicates that the earliest American ancestor of the Stephen Martindales was an Edward Martindale who came from Spitalfield, England, a district of London where most the inhabitants were weavers. He settled in Westfield, Massachusetts, in 1730; the first Stephen Martindale was his grandson. Stephen Martindale I, who is not represented in the collection, was born in 1759 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and married Huldah Smith in 1781. He died in Dorset in 1845. Setphen Martindale II, son of the above, the first Martindale whose papers are included in the collection, married Diantha Kent (who has no papers in the collection) in 1807; they had six children who are represented in the collection. The fifth of these was Stephen Martindale III, born in 1823 and the patriarch of the La Crosse Martindales. He married Katharine Jennette Howard who had ancestors on both her mother's and father's sides in the Revolutionary War. It is through her that some of the earliest and most interesting papers, those of the Howard family, came into the collection. She and Stephen III had three children: Anna Howard, Stephen IV, and Edward “Ned.” Stephen IV was born in La Crosse in 1859 and married Sophie Rosenblatt of Beloit, Wisconsin; they had three children: Henrietta, Katharine, and Stephen V. Katharine, the last La Crosse Martindale, is the principal figure in, and the donor of, the collection. Biographies of the above family members and others, and descriptions of their papers, are found below. The papers consist primarily of correspondence; business and financial papers; estate settlements; legal documents; detailed nineteenth-century farm records; and papers related to the Martindale home (now listed in the National Register of Historic Places) at 10th and Cass Streets in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The arrangement of the collection is principally in series delimited by individual family member or by groups of family members, although there are a few subject series at the end. The general arrangement of the family's papers from Stephen Martindale II through Katharine Martindale is in reverse order by generation. That is, the collection begins with the papers of the donor, Katharine Martindale, followed by her siblings, then her mother, then her father, Stephen Martindale IV. Stephen IV, in turn, is followed by his siblings, then his mother, then his father, Stephen III. The Martindale Family In-Laws and Distant Relatives are in approximate chronological order. In each of these series is found the outgoing letters; incoming correspondence from relatives, friends, and associates who do not have their own series; business and financial papers; estate papers; school papers; and other items generated by or directly related to that person. Exceptions to the above are notebooks, memorabilia, and some correspondence filed by subject. Although an attempt has been made to keep the ongoing correspondence of all family members who have their own series under their names, occasionally a file will comprise such a unity (for example estate papers) that correspondence from several persons who have their own series will be kept together. In these cases cross references have been made wherever possible. Arrangement within folders is chronological unless otherwise noted in the container list or elsewhere in the register. Throughout the collection original postcards have been separated from the papers because of their pictorial interest, but those containing substantive messages have been Xeroxed and will usually be found in separate folders in series pertaining to individual family members. Because of the complicated family relationships, the correspondence among family members is very complex. The researcher must keep in mind that it will usually be necessary to consult several files in order to bring the correspondence of two people together. For example, letters from Katharine Martindale to her nephew, Stephen VI, will be found in her correspondence, but his responses will be found in his correspondence. The genealogical chart and the container list should be consulted for details of the extremely complex and confusing family relationships. NB: The number designations for family members with the same name (for example Stephen Martindale I, Stephen Martindale II, Samuel Howard I, Samuel Howard II) were added by the Archives' processors to prevent confusion.
Administrative/Restriction Information Presented by Katherine Martindale, La Crosse, Wisconsin, and her estate, 1964, 1967, 1976, 1980. Accession Number: M64-122, M67-216, M76-451, M80-93
Processed by Kathryn Stallard, Mark Beatty, and Joanne Hohler, April 1980. Additions processed by La Crosse ARC assistant Gail Stensted, 1984.
Contents List La Crosse Mss BD Box
1 Folder
1 | Series: Genealogical Materials
: This folder contains miscellaneous genealogies for Martindales and related family branches compiled by different family members, copies of letters with considerable genealogical information, copies of several obituaries, and other sources of information about family history. Further information may be found under the Katharine Martindale subseries House and Contents, Historical Information; among her correspondence with various relatives; under the series Documents and Maps; under E.S.H. “Ned” Martindale, Genealogical Correspondence; and throughout the collection in general.
| | | Series: Katharine Martindale (1890-1977). Papers, circa 1896-1977Katharine Martindale, the last member of a long established, active and prominent La Crosse family, was born 6 January 1890 in La Crosse. She was the middle child of Sophie and Stephen Martindale IV. After graduation from La Crosse High School in 1908 she attended Smith College in Northhampton, Massachusetts, graduating in 1912. She then studied home economics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison from 1913 to 1915 before teaching, first at Baker University (Baldwin, Kansas, 1915-1916) and then at the University of Washington (Seattle, 1916-1917). In 1917 her mother had serious surgery, and Katharine returned home to live with her parents. Shortly thereafter she resumed her studies at the University of Wisconsin, earning her Master of Arts in home economics in 1921. Around this time she appears to have started working in her father's insurance business as an agent for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. After her father's death in 1923 Katharine carried on the business, becoming an agent for the Detroit Fire and Marine Insurance Company, which recognized her for twenty-five years of service in 1948. In 1950, she transferred her office to the Martindale home at 10th and Cass Streets so that she could be more attentive to her ailing mother. The fire insurance portion of her business was sold in January 1955 to the Holly Company, and Katharine became a certified life underwriter for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, the firm with which her father and grandfather had been primarily associated. She retired in 1969. Throughout her life Katharine was involved in the La Crosse community. Her family had been associated with the First Congregational Church since the mid-1800s, and Katharine herself was an active member until the time of her death. At various times she belonged to different clubs and social and cultural groups such as the La Crosse Country Club, the American Association of University Women, the La Crosse Garden Club, and the State Historical Society. During the 1950s she worked with several conservation groups to preserve certain wildflower areas for scientific study. Katharine had a longstanding interest in antiques, historical sites, old books, and family history. Toward the end of her life she was intensely interested in restoring and preserving the family home, which three generations of Martindales had occupied, and in distributing family furniture, jewelry, dishes, linens, and antiques. Shortly after her death, in La Crosse on 13 October 1977, the house was listed with the National Register of Historic Places, and it was later sold under a protective covenant. A copy of her obituary may be found in the series Genealogical Materials. Family correspondence consists of letters from Katharine to her parents, brother and sister, and her brother's children. Most of the correspondence is from Katharine to her parents and dates from 1908 to 1917, that is, from her college years to the end of her working years away from home. Katharine wrote home at least once a week, and the letters reveal many details about the daily life of a college girl and young working woman of the times. The only correspondence found here to her sister Henrietta is from the years Katharine was at Smith. All later correspondence to Henrietta as well as that to her husband and children is filed in the Henrietta Martindale Hyessa Wilson and Family series. The correspondence to Stephen V and his family concerns family matters and the distribution of furniture, china, linens, and other contents of the family home. The correspondence entitled Relatives and Friends consists of letters to Katharine (and sometimes to her mother as well) from friends and relatives who were frequent correspondents; arrangement is alphabetical by writer. There are occasional copies of Katharine's replies in some folders. Correspondence with relatives, especially Lois and Wallace Martindale, discusses family genealogy; the Laverty file contains information about the house and its original owners; and the folder for Jens Jensen, an associate of Frank L. Wright, includes his plans for developing Martindale property near the Indiana Dunes. The grouping Miscellaneous Friends and Acquaintances consists almost solely of incoming letters from persons with whom Katharine infrequently corresponded. Included are letters from college friends, expressions of sympathy, news regarding events in her friends' lives, thank you letters, and so forth. There is one slim folder of copies of Katharine's outgoing letters. Where last names are not given, first names determine alphabetical order. The second sub-series, Business Papers, 1914-1977, is divided into Insurance Papers and Personal Business Papers. The single folder of insurance papers primarily contains miscellaneous correspondence with insurance companies and copies of contracts. Some correspondence relates to Katharine's decision not to represent Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company immediately after her father's death. Personal Business Papers consist mostly of correspondence. The files for attorneys are for the most part letters to and from Katharine concerning her will and the eventual settlement of her estate; copies of her different wills are to be found in the folder labeled Wills and Testaments. Other files of interest are La Crosse County Medical Society, which contains information about area medical history; Midway Prairie Scientific Area and State Board for the Preservation of Scientific Areas; and Miscellany. The Midway file contains correspondence, clippings, articles, etc. about the preservation of the pasque flower and the establishment of the Midway Prairie Scientific Area. The Miscellany folder consists of correspondence to and from institutions and businesses and includes early correspondence with colleges and universities concerning teaching positions; orders to out-of-town merchants for shoes, clothing, and personal items; information requests and responses; correspondence with miscellaneous attorneys regarding legal matters and her will; and so forth. In her later years Katharine's major concerns and interests centered about the preservation and restoration of the family home and its contents. The sub-series House and Contents, 1919-1977, reflects her efforts in these endeavors and also reveals much about Katharine herself. The papers are divided into General and Subject sub-series. The former consists almost exclusively of correspondence and are arranged chronologically and alphabetically thereunder. The latter, which are in alphabetical order by subject, are made up primarily of correspondence. The correspondence in both General and Subject folders deals with repair and restoration of the house and its contents; identification of antiques and determination of their value; attempts to donate or sell antiques, books, and documents; and her efforts to settle the future of the house itself. This correspondence incidentally provides additional information about the Martindale family and local history. The Historical Information file is particularly noteworthy because it includes several histories written by Katharine of the home and family. The folder Bills and Receipts contains household bills, some of which reflect repairs done to the house and contents. The household bills of Stephen III and IV include similar items and they should be consulted for information about work done on the house prior to the early 1920s. Miscellany includes pamphlets, printed information, and a few samples which Katharine gathered to help her make decisions for her restoration projects. The series Maps and Documents should be consulted for the original deed to the house and several floor plans which appear to be for the home and other buildings on the lot at 10th and Cass. Katharine's School Papers, 1901-1929, include reports cards and program announcements from public school and college as well as course papers and materials from university classes which Katharine both took and taught. | | | Subseries: Personal Correspondence, circa 1896-1977 | | | Family | | | Sophie and Stephen Martindale IV (parents) | | Box
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2-8 | circa 1896-1915 | | Box
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1-3 | 1915-circa 1921 | | Box
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4 | Henrietta Martindale (sister), 1910-1911 | | Box
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5 | Stephen Martindale V (brother), 1909-1949 | | Box
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6 | Margaret “Peg” Martindale (brother's wife), 1948-1963 | | Box
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7 | Stephen Martindale VI (nephew), 1953-1971 | | | Relatives and Friends | | Box
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8 | Anderson, Mary, 1931-1947 | | Box
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9 | Butler, Agnes and John, 1966-1977 | | Box
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10 | Caldwell, Josephine, 1923-1971 | | Box
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11 | Eckhardt, Hattie Anderson, 1923-1947 | | Box
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12 | Edmunds, Christie “Eura,” 1923-1964 | | Box
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1 | Jensen, Jens, and The Clearing, 1924-1958 | | Box
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2 | Kellogg, Charles and Lena, 1963-1977 | | Box
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3 | Kellogg, Geraldine, 1957-1977 | | Box
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4 | Laverty family, 1953, 1955, 1965 | | Box
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5 | Martindale, Anna, 1912-1936 | | Box
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6 | Martindale, Mary and Lelia, 1957-1977 | | Box
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7 | Martindale, Lois and Wallace, 1923, 1965-1976 | | Box
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8 | McConnell, Barbara, 1969-1976 | | Box
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9 | Meyer, Joyce and Joseph, 1955-1977 | | Box
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10 | Meyer, Luther C., 1975-1977 | | Box
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11 | Orton, Joan, 1967-1968 | | Box
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12 | Russell, Ruth, 1952, 1964-1972 | | Box
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13 | Sanders, Harriet and Howard, 1966-1977 | | Box
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14 | Schilling, Janet Hansen, 1966-1976 | | Box
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15 | Smith, Gertrude, 1952-1977 | | Box
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16 | Steenbock, Harry, circa 1921-circa 1940 | | Box
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17 | Wilson, Dorothy Usher, 1968-1972 | | | Miscellaneous Friends and Acquaintances | | Box
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1 | Outgoing, 1950-1974 | | Box
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2-16 | Incoming, A-Z, 1900-1977 | | | Postcards | | Box
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1 | Outgoing, 1905-1940 | | Box
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2 | Incoming, 1903-1965 | | | Subseries: Estate Papers of Dr. Adolf Gunderson | | Box
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1 | Books, 1977-1978 | | Box
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2 | Correspondence, family, 1971-1978 | | Box
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3 | Correspondence, general, 1977-1978 | | Box
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4 | Furniture, 1977-1978 | | Box
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5 | House, disposal of property, 1977-1989 | | Box
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6 | Historic designation and renovation, 1967-1996 | | Box
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7 | Trust, 1972-1983 | | Box
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8 | Will and power of attorney, 1953, 1972-1977 | | | Subseries: Business Papers, 1913-1977 | | Box
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3 | Insurance, 1922-1973 | | | Personal | | Box
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4 | Edwards, Harner, McDonald & O'Flagherty, Attorneys, 1971-1972 | | Box
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5 | Hand, John B., Attorney, 1965-1971 | | Box
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6 | Holly and Company Insurance, 1946-1977 | | Box
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7 | Indiana property, 1924-1974 | | Box
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8 | La Crosse County Medical Society, 1934-1968 | | Box
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9 | La Crosse, National Bank of, 1923-1931 | | | La Crosse, State Bank of | | Box
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10 | Stocks and loans, 1959-1973 | | Box
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11 | Accounts, 1913-1977 | | Box
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12 | La Crosse Trust Company, 1959, 1972, 1974 | | Box
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1 | Massachusetts Mutual Insurance, 1922-1976 | | Box
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2 | Medical records, 1934-1977 | | Box
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3 | Midway Prairie Scientific Areas and State Board for the Preservation of Scientific Areas, 1948, 1951-1970 | | Box
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4 | Racine, First National Bank and Trust Company, 1954-1975 | | Box
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5 | Smith College, 1942-1975 | | Box
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6 | Steele, Smith, Kloss & Flynn, Attorneys, 1972 | | Box
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7 | Wills and testaments, 1953-1972 | | Box
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8 | Miscellaneous, 1915-1977 | | Box
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9-11 | Subseries: School Papers, 1901-circa 1928 | | | Subseries: House and Contents, 1919-1977 | | Box
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1-17 | General, 1921-1975 | | | Subject | | Box
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18 | Antiques (magazine), 1950-1951, 1960-1962, 1973 | | Box
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19 | Beloit College, 1968-1973 | | Box
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20 | Bills and receipts, 1919-1977 | | Box
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21 | Evans Storage Company, 1948-1951 | | Box
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1 | Heating and plumbing, 1943-1972 | | Box
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2 | Historical information | | Box
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3 | Jewelry, 1969-1975 | | Box
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4 | La Crosse, City of, 1957-1975 | | Box
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5 | Layland Painting, Decorating & Paperhanging, 1971-1975 | | Box
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6 | Plattsburgh broadside, 1969-1971 | | Box
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7 | Rental file, 1969-1976 | | Box
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8 | Vermont Historical Society, 1939-1972 | | Box
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9 | Visitors' register, 1960-1964 | | Box
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10 | Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, 1971-1977 | | Box
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11 | Wisconsin, Conservation Department, 1966-1968 | | Box
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12-13 | Wisconsin, State Historical Society, 1950-1977 | | | Wisconsin, University of | | Box
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14 | La Crosse, 1931-1976 | | Box
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15 | Madison, 1960-1975 | | Box
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1 | Other campuses | | Box
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2 | Miscellany | | | Series: Henrietta Martindale Hyessa Wilson (1888-1962) and Family. Papers, 1896-1977: Henrietta, Katharine's elder sister, was horn 3 February 1888. After graduation from high school in La Crosse, she entered Smith College in 1907. Ill health forced her to withdraw temporarily, but she later returned and was graduated in 1913. She then did advanced work in biology or botany in Massachusetts in 1914 and at the University of Chicago in 1915-1916. At Chicago she became friends with several university intellectuals and with Jens Jensen, a landscape architect and associate of Frank Lloyd Wright. Henrietta became Jensen's research assistant and was inspired by him to try to develop family property near the Indiana Dunes where she lived from around 1916 until the early 1930s. Around 1917-1918 Henrietta also became involved in an effort to establish a camp near the Dunes for American Indian children. She met Dr. C. A. Eastman, [1] a well-known figure in the struggle for American Indian rights, by whom she had an illegitimate child, Bonno Hyessa, in 1919. After her father's death in 1923, arguments arose over the property settlement and Henrietta became estranged from her family. Around 1925 she married Paul Wilson, by whom she had two children, Dianna Hyessa Wilson (circa 1923) and Henrietta Martindale Wilson (circa 1929). Wilson was a social outcast who had trouble with the law, and the marriage further increased the distance between Henrietta and her family. In the early 1930s Henrietta lost the Indiana property and moved to California where she eventually (circa 1935) divorced Wilson. Henrietta remained in California the rest of her life, subsisting on welfare, charity, and the generosity of friends and relatives. She died on 28 October 1962. The papers in this series are almost exclusively correspondence. Henrietta's own papers fall into two main groups: Personal Correspondence, which includes incoming and outgoing letters, and Correspondence About Henrietta. The former reveals much about her personal life and activities, including her college and university years, her disintegrating family relationships, her often troubled emotional and physical health, her husband and children, and other of her personal interests. Correspondence about Henrietta is almost all to and from Katharine with friends, relatives, doctors, social workers, institutions, banks, and businesses. The letters reflect Katharine's and others' attempts to aid Henrietta: to pay her debts and taxes, improve her health, and provide the necessities of life for Henrietta and her family. The correspondence reveals that a number of distinguished intellectuals, such as Professor Ferdinand Schevill of the University of Chicago and the famous trial attorney Clarence Darrow (see 3 January 1926 letter), took an interest in Henrietta's well being. Also of note is a lengthy intimate personal history of Henrietta (January 1931) which Katharine wrote to a social worker in an attempt to help the social worker better understand Henrietta. The files for Henrietta's husband, children, and grandchildren contain letters to and from Katharine as well as a few letters to Sophie Martindale. The earlier letters are usually about personal family matters; the later letters, especially those with Henrietta M. Wilson Meuschke and her daughter Traci, concern Katharine's attempts to maintain family ties and to distribute family heirlooms. See also: Anna Martindale, Estate and Business Papers,
J. E. Higbee, Attorney | | | Henrietta Martindale Hyessa Wilson | | | Personal Correspondence, 1896-1966 | | Box
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3-10 | Family, 1896-1962 | | Box
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11 | Katharine Martindale, circa 1923-1963 | | Box
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12 | Friends, relatives, associates, 1910-1961 | | Box
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13 | Postcards, 1905-1919 | | | Correspondence about Henrietta | | Box
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1-2 | Friends and relatives, 1922-1966 | | Box
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3-4 | Doctors, social workers, institutions, 1927-1964 | | Box
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5 | Banks and businesses, 1930-1935 | | Box
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6 | School papers, 1907, 1910 | | Box
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7 | Paul Wilson (husband), 1926-1939 | | Box
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8 | Bonno Hyessa Fortier (daughter), circa 1927-1969 | | Box
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9 | Noel Fortrier (grandchild, daughter of Bonno), 1977 | | Box
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10 | Henrietta Wilson Meuschke (daughter), 1946-1977 | | Box
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11 | Traci Meuschke Costanzo (grandchild, daughter of Henrietta), 1966-1977 | | Box
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12 | Diana Wilson (daughter), 1938-1939 | | | Series: Stephen Martindale V (1893-1949) and Family. Papers, circa 1897-1975Stephen Martindale V was born 11 October 1893. After graduation from La Crosse High School he attended Hamilton College. His senior year was spent at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, but discontinued in order to enlist in the Ambulance Corps during World War I. After the war he worked for the American Relief Administration and traveled in Europe and Russia. Stephen returned briefly to La Crosse after his father's death to help settle the estate (see Stephen M. IV, Business Papers, Estate). In 1924 he had his own business called “On-a-Door Shoe Shelf Company” in New York City. This was liquidated in 1926, and Stephen worked for a liquor importing company in New York City and Chicago in the 1930s and 1940s. Around 1945 he moved back to La Crosse to join Katharine in the family business, but he encountered financial and other difficulties. Stephen was married at least twice, first to Joan Buckminster on 2 September 1918. This marriage ended after a few years, either by divorce or Joan's death. There is a 1924 Benson, Vermont land deed which names a Pauline K. Martindale as the wife of Stephen V, but there are no other references to her. He later married Margaret Miller with whom he had two children, Margot born in May 1930 and Stephen III born 10 September 1937. Stephen V died, apparently a suicide, in La Crosse on 8 July 1949. Stephen V's papers are mostly correspondence. The largest group of letters, those from Stephen to his parents and sisters, provide information about his youth, college years, personal life, work for the American Relief Administration, business activities, and family relationships. Correspondence with Friends, Relatives, and Associates and Postcards both include correspondence to and from Stephen. The former includes a few early letters to his Aunt, Anna Martindale, and miscellaneous business correspondence. The 1924 Benson, Vermont, land deed mentioned above is filed here. The folders for Stephen's wives and children contain correspondence from each of them to Katharine and Sophie Martindale and concern mundane family matters. Later correspondence reflects Katharine's attempts to maintain family ties and to give away furniture, antiques, and other items from the family home. | | | Stephen Martindale V | | | Personal Correspondence, circa 1897-1949 | | Box
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1-3 | Stephen and Sophie Martindale IV (parents), Henrietta, Katharine (sisters), 1897-1947 | | Box
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4 | Friends, relatives, and associates, 1913-1949 | | Box
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5 | Postcards, 1904-1912 | | Box
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6 | School papers, 1900-1913 | | Box
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7 | Joan Buckminster Martindale (wife), circa 1918-circa 1920 | | Box
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8 | Margaret Miller Martindale (wife), 1939-1973 | | Box
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9 | Margot Martindale Hawes Gillman (daughter), 1939-1972 | | Box
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10 | Stephen Martindale VI (son) and wife, 1942-1975 | | | Series: Sophie Rosenblatt Martindale (1861-1952). Papers, 1888-1952
: Sophie Martindale, wife of Stephen Martindale IV and mother of Katharine, Henrietta, and Stephen V, was born 19 February 1861 in Beloit, Wisconsin, where her family had a clothing manufacturing business. She married Stephen IV 30 October 1883 and moved to La Crosse where she lived until her death 30 July 1952. As a young woman she gave piano lessons and later was a member of the La Crosse Music Study Club. From early middle age she was frequently ill, and Katharine was her constant companion after her husband's death in 1923.
: Sophie's papers consist primarily of her letters to her husband and children and concern the details of her daily life: events attended, news about friends and family, daily chores accomplished, meals prepared, weather, etc. There are also some postcards and letters to Sophie from miscellaneous friends and relatives. Additional correspondence received at the Archives after the rest was organized is in Boxes 11A and 11B.
| | | Personal Correspondence, 1886-1952 | | Box
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1 | Stephen Martindale IV, 1888-1914 | | Box
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2 | Henrietta, Katharine and Stephen Martindale (children), 1894-1906 | | Box
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3-4 | Henrietta and Katharine, college years, 1908-19124 | | Box
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5 | Katharine, 1913-1938 | | Box
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6 | Katharine Howard Martindale (Mrs. S. Martindale III), 1886-1900 | | Box
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7 | Friends and relatives, 1897-1949 | | Box
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1-2 | Additional exchanges with friends and relatives, 1897-1922 | | | Additional exchanges by Sophie and Stephen IV with their children | | Box
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5-9 | 1913-1914 | | Box
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1-7 | 1915-1922 | | | Postcards | | Box
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8 | Outgoing, 1904-1912 | | Box
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9 | Incoming, 1908-1952 | | Box
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8 | Additional postcards, undated (mostly from the University of Chicago) | | | Series: Stephen Martindale IV (1859-1923). Papers, 1874-1932: Stephen Martindale IV was born in La Crosse 21 August 1859 and spent almost his entire life there. He was the son of Stephen Martindale III and Katharine Howard Martindale. Stephen was graduated from La Crosse High School, and later took both Bachelor of Arts (1880) and Master of Arts (1886) degrees from Beloit College. He also earned a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School 1886 and he later studied law in the office of M. P. Wing and C. C. Prentiss, La Crosse. After practicing law for a while with his brother in La Crosse, he joined his father's insurance business which he took over in 1906 when father died. Stephen became district manager of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and was active in the firm at the time of his death, 16 February 1923. Active in the First Congregational Church and business and social organizations, he was also well known as a cultured and scholarly man. Copies of his obituary are located in his estate papers and in the folder of Genealogical Materials. Stephen's Personal Correspondence is primarily to different members of his family and concerns his college years, the courtship of his wife, family business and personal matters, and descriptions of the events of his daily life. His letters to his wife are touching and eloquent as are those to his children. They reveal a devoted husband and a father who was earnestly committed to the education of his daughters at a time when relatively few women received higher education. Additional correspondence of Stephen and his wife Sophie with their children is listed with Sophie's papers above, in Box 11A and 11B. The Business Papers, which are extensive and contain Stephen IV's personal and insurance business papers, are subdivided into several categories reflecting Stephen's own organization. It should be remembered that Stephen was in business with his father and the 1906 beginning date for some of the business groupings is an arbitrary date determined by the death of Stephen III in that year. General Business Papers include correspondence to and from the different minor insurance companies which Stephen represented; commissions; collection notices; payments received; correspondence to and from clients about insurance matters; loan notes; legal documents including property deeds, quit claims, and contracts; correspondence concerning property and stock transactions on behalf of relatives; office maintenance bills and receipts; and a small amount of correspondence to and from schools, charities, and various associations. The papers are arranged in one chronological series. The papers for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Stephen's major business concern, comprise a separate grouping arranged in chronological order. These papers, which reveal the business's daily operation, include dividend sheets for policies; contracts; commissions; notes and correspondence to and from the general agent about clients, policies, selling tips, policy decisions, business trends, etc.; correspondence from the home office; and memoranda from the medical department concerning applicants or policy holders. The Bank Papers contains cancelled checks, account statements, loan notices, and bank books from several La Crosse banks. The Personal Insurance Papers are the policies and related materials for Stephen's own life insurance. Stephen purchased numerous policies from different companies which he used for loan collateral in his other financial dealings. Stephen IV's Tax Returns, provide further information about his income for almost every year from 1911 to 1924. Included are La Crosse city, Wisconsin state, and federal tax receipts, correspondence, assessments, earning statements, and tax return forms. The tax settlement which Stephen V made for the year of Stephen IV's death is filed here. The Business Literature consists of printed materials sent to Stephen IV by all of the different insurance companies he represented. It continues a similar grouping found under Stephen III and offers a representative sample over a long time period of the forms and materials used in the daily operations of insurance businesses. There are form letters from home offices and general agents, rate comparison tables and booklets, agent instruction manuals, dividend illustrations, advertisements, and a sampling of blank insurance forms. These last items are undated and therefore filed at the end of the subseries. The vast majority of the Stephen IV Estate Papers are from 1923 to 1924 when Stephen V was estate administrator. The very late papers concern a trust Stephen IV established for his wife. The General Papers mainly contain correspondence to and from Stephen V with Stephen IV's insurance business companies, clients, debtors, and creditors. There is also considerable correspondence from Stephen V to relatives (Anna and Ned Martindale, Estelle Rosenblatt, Robert Roberts, Francis Rausch, Edward Hill) with whom Stephen IV had complex bank stock and land deals. The correspondence of those relatives should be consulted for their letters to Stephen V. Other materials are bills, receipts, personal insurance papers, and later correspondence between Sophie and Katharine Martindale and the La Crosse Trust Company, which handled the estate from late 1924, and others. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company folders primarily contain Stephen V's and Katharine's correspondence and business dealings with the firm in order to settle their father's daily business affairs and a dispute concerning their renewing his commissions for themselves. Bank Papers result from accounts which Stephen V established to settle the estate. The Miscellaneous folder contains an obituary, funeral records, and a few other items. Household Bills and Receipts, 1906-1923, are arranged in chronological order. Since Stephen IV and his family lived in the same house as Stephen III, the 1906 beginning date was arbitrarily determined by the death of Stephen III, whose series should be consulted for earlier bills and receipts. Also, the 1923 ending date was established by the death of Stephen IV; later household bills and receipts will be filed in Katharine's series. Most of the bills and receipts are from La Crosse, but some come from Chicago, Minneapolis, and as far away as New York. They provide detailed information about the daily lives of a family during the period and are for such expenditures as food, clothing, furniture, appliances, home improvements, druggist supplies, medical costs, automobile expenses, membership fees, magazine and newspaper subscriptions, charitable donations, household operating expenses, and so forth. The above information is supplemented by household expense records found in the series Martindale Notebooks. School Papers include numerous undated compositions and exercises, report cards, tuition and other receipts for his Beloit College days, and a commencement program. | | | Subseries: Personal Correspondence, 1874-1923 | | Box
12 Folder
10-11 | Stephen and K. Martindale III (parents) E. S. H. “Ned” and Anna Martindale (brother and sister), 1874-1923 | | Box
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1 | Sophie R. Martindale (wife), 1883-1921 | | Box
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2 | Henrietta Martindale (daughter), 1910-1918 | | Box
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3 | Katharine Martindale (daughter), 1895-1923 | | Box
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4 | Stephen Martindale V (son), 1902-1917 | | Box
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5 | Friends and relatives, 1883-1923 | | Box
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6 | Postcards, 1904-1908 | | | Subseries: Business papers, 1889-1953 | | | General | | Box
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1-11 | 1906 April-1922 June | | Box
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1-3 | 1922 July-1923 November | | Box
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9-10 | Additional business papers received in the Archives after the materials were organized, 1908-1912 | | | Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company | | Box
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4-8 | 1906 March-1910 December | | Box
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1-8 | 1911 January-1919 December | | Box
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1-6 | 1920 January-1923 May | | Box
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1 | 1923 June-November | | | Bank papers | | | Cancelled checks | | Box
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2-5 | 1906 February-1915 December | | Box
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1-2 | 1916 January-1923 November | | Box
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3 | Account statements and loan notices, 1910 October-1923 November | | Box
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4 | Bank books, 1898 March-1923 November | | | Personal insurance papers | | Box
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5-6 | 1889 June-1909 December | | Box
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1-2 | 1910 January-1923 October | | Box
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3 | Tax returns, circa 1907-1923 December | | | Estate | | Box
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1-3 | General, 1923 November-1953 October | | Box
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4-5 | Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1923 November-1932 May | | | Bank papers | | Box
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6 | Cancelled checks and deposit slips, 1923 November-1924 May | | Box
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7 | Account statements, 1923 November-1924 May | | Box
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8 | Bank books, 1923 November-1924 July | | Box
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9 | Miscellaneous, 1923 November-1926 June | | Box
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1-6 | Subseries: Household bills and receipts, 1906 February-1923 November | | Box
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7 | Subseries: School papers, 1874-1880 | | | Series: Anna Martindale (1857-1937). Papers, 1868-1953
: Anna Martindale, sister of Stephen IV, was born 4 December 1857. She attended Wellesley College in the late 1870s and later, around 1888, studied art in New York City at the Academy of Design. Shortly before the death of her parents Anna moved to the Los Angeles, California, area where she lived close to the home of her aunt, Adella Howard Cantwell, and nephew, George Cantwell, until her death. Anna Martindale never married; she died on 13 February 1937.
: Anna Martindale's Personal Correspondence is almost all to family members and relatives, and details the events of her daily life from childhood on. Her letters from Wellesley, New York, and the West Coast are interesting for the portrait they show of an educated and relatively independent young woman of the time and for her descriptions of college life, New York City, and her travels. Anna's Business Papers are somewhat confused as was the state of her affairs. The General business file consists of tax and utility bills for land owned in La Crosse, correspondence relating to shares she owned in a Racine, Wisconsin bank and a few miscellaneous items. J. E. Higbee of La Crosse was Anna's attorney from 1923 on, and the folders labeled with his name are his files which were eventually turned over to Katharine Martindale and kept by her. Higbee handled virtually all of Anna's business affairs including the settlement of her estate. His files, distinguished by two hole punches at the top of each sheet, include the following: correspondence to and from Stephen V, Anna's brother Ned, and others concerning Stephen IV's estate, Higbee's handling of Ned's funeral arrangements, rental payments made to Anna on her share of family property, a 1935 will, and correspondence between Higbee and family members involved in the settlement of Anna's estate. The files of correspondence between Katharine and George Cantwell concern Anna's finances, property holdings, and estate settlement--especially in relationship to Henrietta, her principal heir. Included in Cantwell's file are some letters from his wife, Margaret. The Estate file, which appears to have been assembled by Katharine, includes bills related to funeral expenses, a list of Anna's investments and possessions, correspondence from banks about Anna's holdings, correspondence between Katharine and attorneys in an attempt to reach a final settlement of Anna's estate, a newspaper obituary, and miscellaneous items. Anna's School Papers consist of two composition notebooks from Wellesley and a few small watercolors.
| | | Personal Correspondence, 1868-1936 | | Box
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1-2 | Stephen and Katharine H. Martindale III (parents), 1868-1888 | | Box
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3 | E. S. H. “Ned” Martindale (brother), 1874-1924 | | Box
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4-5 | Stephen Martindale IV (brother), 1906-1923 | | Box
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6 | Katharine (niece) and Sophie (sister-in-law) Martindale, 1921-1936 | | Box
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7 | Stephen Martindale V (nephew), 1923-1924 | | Box
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8 | Friends and relatives, 1889-1914 | | Box
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9 | Postcards, 1905-1925 | | | Business papers, 1891-1948 | | Box
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10 | General, 1891-1936 | | Box
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1-2 | J. E. Higbee, Attorney, 1923-1942 | | Box
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3 | Katharine Martindale to G. Cantwell, 1935-1939 | | Box
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4 | G. Cantwell to Katharine Martindale, 1933-1948 | | Box
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5 | Estate, 1937-1953 | | Box
24 Folder
6 | School papers, 1878-1879 | | | Series: Edward Seymour Howard “Ned” Martindale (1861-1924). Papers, 1870-1924
: Edward Martindale, who was known as Ned, was born 23 November 1861. He was plagued with eye problems as a youth but eventually managed to study law, first with the firm of M. P. Wing and G. C. Prentiss of La Crosse, later at the University of Virginia Law School at Charlottesville. He practiced law in La Crosse for a while, with Edwin C. Crane at one time and with his brother Stephen IV around 1890. In the late 1880s and perhaps again later he traveled in the southeastern United States and along the Atlantic Seaboard selling books for law book publishers. Around 1892 he seems to have opened his own law firm in Washington, D.C., and from around 1905 to 1907 he appears to have been practicing in Connecticut. From 1909 to 1921 he had a law practice in Duluth, Minnesota. In 1921 he moved back to Washington, D.C., where he was at the time of his self-inflicted death on 28 February 1924. Ned Martindale never married.
: Ned's Personal Correspondence is exclusively outgoing to family and relatives. Ned was particularly eloquent, literate, and interested in politics, places, and current events--all of which are reflected in his correspondence. His letters contain colorful descriptions of places he visited, people he met, discussions he had, political events in the nation's capital, and so forth. Of particular interest perhaps are his reflections on conditions in the South and Southeast in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. His Business Papers include receipts, business cards, money orders, life insurance papers, and one miscellaneous clipping of a letter he sent to the editor of the Duluth News Tribune. Genealogy Correspondence consists of letters about family history between Ned and various Martindales, many of whom were quite distantly related. The Estate papers contain letters and telegrams about Ned's death and. the circumstances surrounding it as well as life insurance papers. Additional papers received at the Archives after the rest was organized is in Box 24A.
| | | Personal Correspondence, 1875-1924 | | Box
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7 | Stephen and Katharine H. Martindale III (parents), 1875, 1882-1905 | | Box
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8 | Anna Martindale (sister), 1879-1924 | | Box
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1 | Stephen Martindale (brother) and family, 1885-1924 | | Box
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2 | Postcards, 1913-1923 | | Box
25 Folder
3 | Business papers, 1870-1924 | | | Additional Business papers | | Box
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1-2 | Business correspondence, 1893-1898 | | Box
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3 | Business records, especially Briggs Lock-Joint Bricks | | Box
24A Folder
4-9 | Law cases handled, 1892-1897 | | Box
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10 | Catalogs of publishing firm for which he was agent | | Box
24A Folder
11 | Miscellaneous manuscripts and undated material | | Box
25 Folder
4 | Genealogy correspondence, 1894-1895 | | Box
25 Folder
5 | Estate, 1924-1925 | | | Series: Katharine J. Howard Martindale (1827-1905). Papers, circa 1850-1906
: Katharine Howard Martindale, wife of Stephen III and mother of Stephen IV, Ned, and Anna, was born in Benson, Vermont, 18 October 1827 into an old established New England family. She was educated at the Castleton Seminary in Vermont and the Emma Willard Academy in Troy, New York. In 1855 she moved to La Crosse as the young bride of Stephen III, the first La Crosse Martindale. She was an early member of the First Congregational Church in which she was active until old age. It was Katharine who in 1868 or 1869 purchased the Martindale home at 10th and Cass Streets with the inheritance from her father's estate. She died 19 December 1905 at the age of 79.
: The largest group of Katharine's papers consists of lively and articulate letters to various family members. These generally concern family matters, daily life, travels, etc. There is one folder of correspondence to Katharine from miscellaneous friends and relatives. The Business Papers include correspondence with and notices from banks concerning her holdings tax receipts, fire insurance policies for the house, and a few other items. The Miscellany folder contains a number of poems written to Katharine, an 1899 report on kindergartens, and a newspaper obituary.
| | | Personal Correspondence, 1850-1904 | | Box
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6 | Stephen Martindale III (husband), 1856, 1868-1900 | | Box
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7 | Stephen Martindale IV (son) and family, 1877-1900 | | Box
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8 | E. S. H. “Ned” and Anna Martindale (son and daughter), 1874-1896 | | Box
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9 | Howard family, 1866, 1880-1901 | | Box
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10 | Friends and relatives, 1850-1904 | | Box
25 Folder
11 | Business papers, 1858-1906 | | Box
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12 | Miscellany, circa 1850-1905 | | | Series: Stephen Martindale III (1823-1906). Papers, 1836-1906: Stephen Martindale III, who is considered the patriarch of the Wisconsin Martindale's, was horn at Tinmouth, Vermont, 9 June 1823 and grew up in Wallingford, Vermont. He attended school in Wallingford and later in Manchester, Vermont at the Burr Seminary. In 1847 he was graduated from Middlebury College, his father's alma mater. His brother-in-law, Daniel Roberts, in Manchester and the Hon. Harvey Button in Wallingford tutored him in law and he later graduated from the National Law School of Ballston Spa, Now York, in 1849. In the same year he joined his older sister, Lucinda, and her husband, I. M. Hill, in Racine, Wisconsin. Here he worked for the Durand and Hill Company in their lumber and real estate interests and in 1850 opened a “Select School for Young Gentlemen.” In 1854 Stephen moved to La Crosse. Here and in Black River Falls he was involved in lumbering and merchandising with I. M. Hill and A. W. Pettibone for approximately five years. In the fall of 1866 he returned with his family to Vermont, probably to help settle his father-in-law's estate. Returning to La Crosse in the spring of 1869, he became partial owner of the C. R. Montague Insurance firm which he probably worked for prior to his 1866 departure from La Crosse. Later he became manager and full owner, and the firm's name was changed to the S. Martindale Agency, the fire and life insurance business which Stephen IV and Katharine later operated. Stephen III was a loan and real estate agent as well as an insurance agent. Like his wife, he was active in the First Congregational Church of La Crosse. He died on 9 February 1906. Stephen III's Personal Correspondence, which is outgoing except for two folders, deals with college experiences, family matters, personal business transactions with family members and friends, and the ordinary affairs of daily life. The correspondence to Stephen from W. W. Webb and miscellaneous friends, relatives, and associates concerns the same matters. Included here is a letter signed by Booker T. Washington requesting a donation to the Tuskegee Institute. Business Papers comprise the largest group of papers in Stephen III's series. The General business papers, which are arranged chronologically by month, trace much of Stephen's business career. There are receipts, orders, and manifests from the different firms for which he worked as well as for his own businesses, and papers related to his insurance company. The latter document his insurance business and dealings with different companies including Northwestern Mutual. There are letters to and from home offices, district agents, policy holders, and insurance boards and associations; doctor's forms; receipts; accounts; policies; contracts; etc. Other papers found among the General business papers are deeds, contracts, loan notes and related correspondence, and miscellaneous correspondence concerning Stephen's other scattered interests, especially his land dealings. It should be noted that from around 1885 on Stephen IV was working with his father and therefore some of the papers are his. The two can sometimes be distinguished when Stephen III is addressed as “Esquire” and Stephen IV as “Junior.” Since this is not always reliable, Stephen III's and IV's papers are arbitrarily divided by the 9 February 1906 death of Stephen III. The Martindale-Pettibone Company papers include receipts for goods and services, bills, loan notes, correspondence, lists of financial obligations and taxes, deeds, contracts, legal documents, and other papers related to the company's lumber and land interests. There is also a reprint of an 1848 article about the Black River Valley which briefly discusses the company's history. Business Literature and Bank Papers generally contain the same types of materials as these same divisions in Stephen IV's papers. Estate Papers include receipts for funeral expenses and debts, telegrams, and papers concerning the final settlements for both Stephen III and his wife, who preceded him in death by less than two months. Household Bills and Receipts reflect the daily life of a moderately well-to-do family during the last half of the nineteenth-century. There are bills and receipts for food, furniture, appliances, clothing, material and notions, home improvements, druggist and medical supplies and expenses, food and board for horses, coal, ice, lamp oil, subscriptions to magazines and newspapers, membership dues for societies and churches, and other expenses. School Papers date mostly from Stephen's years at Wallingford and at the Burr Seminary. Included are numerous essays and compositions on such topics as patriotism, the influence of education on society, intemperance, the pleasures of memory, hospitality, and many others. There are also debate papers, Greek exercises, handwriting exercises, copies of poems and selected prose passages, translations, a letter of recommendation, bills, receipts, and miscellany. These papers, complimented by his correspondence from these years, provide an interesting account of the activities and pursuits of a student during the period. | | | Personal Correspondence, 1836-1906 | | Box
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13 | Katharine H. Martindale (wife) and children, 1875-1900 | | Box
25 Folder
14 | Cephas Martindale (brother), 1868 | | Box
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15 | Lucinda Martindale Hill (sister) and husband, 1849-1872 | | Box
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16 | Huldah Martindale (sister), 1847 | | Box
25 Folder
17 | Howard family (in-laws), 1843-1863-1890 | | Box
25 Folder
18 | Roberts family (in-laws), 1858-1899 | | Box
25 Folder
19 | W. W. Webb (friend and business associate), 1862-1905 | | | Miscellaneous friends and relatives | | Box
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1 | Outgoing, 1845-1901 | | Box
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2 | Incoming, 1836-1906 | | | Business papers, 1847-1906 | | | General | | Box
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3-10 | 1847-1879 | | Box
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1-8 | 1880-1897 | | Box
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1-6 | 1898-1906 February | | Box
28 Folder
7 | Martindale-Pettibone Company, 1854 June-1863 March | | Box
28 Folder
8-9 | Business literature, 1873-1905 | | | Bank papers | | Box
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1-2 | Cancelled checks, 1882-1906 February | | Box
29 Folder
3-4 | Bank books, 1874-1906y | | Box
29 Folder
5 | Estate papers, 1906 February-1906 July | | | Household bills and receipts | | Box
29 Folder
6-8 | 1847-1872 | | Box
30 Folder
1-7 | 1873-1890 | | Box
31 Folder
1-3 | 1891-1906 January | | Box
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4-6 | School papers, 1837-1848 | | | Series: Brothers and Sisters of Stephen Martindale III. Papers, 1837-1957
: Stephen Martindale III had one brother and four or five sisters: Cephas, Lucinda, Huldah, Angeline, and Caroline are represented in the collection. A fifth sister, Hattie, is listed on a family tree which Stephen III probably constructed and she is also mentioned in a letter from Isabelle Martindale, but there is no other evidence of her. Cephas Kent Martindale was born 20 October 1825 and died 18 September 1870. He attended Middlebury College for three years but was graduated from either Hamilton or Williams College in 1848. He then studied medicine in Wallingford, Vermont with Dr. William C. Fox whose daughter, Harriet, he married in 1856. In 1851 he received a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Geneva Medical College, Geneva, New York and began a practice in Salem, New York. By 1856, however, he was in La Crosse where he bought a lot just west of a duplex which the Stephen III Martindale's shared with Stephen III's business associate's family, the Pettibones. Cephas built an American Gothic cottage and lived there until his death. In 1860 he purchased half interest in the George Howard drug store in La Crosse and from 1860 until his death ran “C. K. Martindale Druggist and Apothecary.” Lucinda Martindale was born in 1820 and died in 1906. She married Israel Munson Hill, co-owner of the Durand and Hill Company for which Stephen III worked, and lived in Beloit, Wisconsin for most of her life. Huldah Martindale was born in 1817 and died in 1905. Never marrying, she apparently lived with or near different family members, especially Lucinda, during her life. Angeline Martindale was born in 1814. Her date of death is uncertain, but she was quite ill in 1885. She married Charles R. Mattoon, a minister, college president, and farmer, and they lived in different areas of the Midwest. Caroline Martindale was born 22 June 1811 and died 29 June 1886. She married Daniel Roberts, a member of a prominent Vermont family of lawyers and politicians. Because her papers are so few, they are filed with the Roberts' family papers (see below).
: The papers of Stephen Martindale III's brothers and sisters are predominately correspondence and business papers. The correspondence, which is usually to Stephen III and his family, concerns everyday family matters and family business interests such as land sales and estate settlements. Some correspondence, especially that of Charles Mattoon and Cephas K. Martindale, occasionally reflects social and political events and attitudes of the times. The business papers include quit-claims, mortgages, land deeds, tax receipts, bills, estate papers, and other records. Of special interest are the papers of the Durand and Hill Company, an early Racine/La Crosse firm with interests in property, real estate, and wholesale groceries and domestic goods. The articles of partnership are among the papers.
| | | Cephas Kent Martindale and family | | | Cephas Kent Martindale | | Box
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7 | Correspondence, 1841-1869 | | Box
31 Folder
8 | Business and estate papers, 1854-1875 | | Box
31 Folder
9 | Miscellany | | | Harriet “Hattie” Fox Martindale Emerson (wife) | | Box
31 Folder
10 | Correspondence, 1856-1923 | | | Isabelle “Belle” Martindale (daughter) | | Box
31 Folder
11 | Correspondence, 1933-1957 | | | Lucinda Martindale Hill and Family | | | Lucinda Martindale Hill | | Box
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1 | Correspondence, 1861-1906 | | Box
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2 | Business papers, 1862-1905 | | | Israel Munson Hill (husband) | | Box
32 Folder
3 | Correspondence, 1856-1866 | | | Business papers | | Box
32 Folder
4 | General, 1847-1863 | | Box
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5-6 | Durand and Hill Company, 1847-1873 | | | Isaac B. Munson (nephew of I. M. Hill?) | | Box
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7 | Correspondence and land grants, 1854-1875 | | | Edward “Ned” Hill (son) | | Box
32 Folder
8 | Correspondence, 1872-1937 | | | Huldah Martindale | | Box
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1-2 | Correspondence, 1841-1904 | | Box
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3 | Business papers, 1862-1884 | | | Angeline Martindale Mattoon and family | | | Angeline Martindale Mattoon | | Box
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4 | Correspondence, 1856-1880 | | | Charles Nash Mattoon (husband) | | Box
33 Folder
5 | Correspondence, 1837-1885 | | | Angeline Mattoon Caldwell (daughter) | | Box
33 Folder
6 | Correspondence, 1900-1908 | | | Francis C. Mattoon Rauch (daughter) and family | | Box
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7 | Correspondence, 1864-1924 | | | Caroline Martindale Roberts (see Roberts family papers, Miscellaneous Roberts) | | | Series: Stephen Martindale II (1787-1847), 1806-1850
: Stephen Martindale II was born 25 November 1787 in Dorset, Vermont. The earliest Martindale represented in the collection, he fought as did his father in the War of 1812. After preparing for college with Reverend William Jackson of Dorset, he attended Middlebury College. He received a Bachelor of Arts in 1806 and a Master of Arts in 1810. According to Middlebury College alumni records he was principal of the Academy of West Dorset from 1807 to 1814, after which he studied for the ministry. In 1818 he was ordained and installed in the Congregational Church of Tinmouth, Vermont, where he remained until 1832. At that time he was called to the neighboring church of Wallingford where he preached until his death on 8 March 1847. In 1807 Stephen II married Diantha Kent, daughter of an innkeeper at whose establishment the declaration of independence of the state of Vermont was signed (see 6 October 1952 letter from Isabelle Martindale).
: Stephen II's outgoing Correspondence contains a few letters to Stephen III and to friends and business associates. The incoming file contains letters from friends and associates and includes an 1828 request to become a regimental chaplain, an 1824 epistle about joining a temperance society, a request to join the faculty of a school, a letter critical of his business methods, an invitation to join the Cliosophic Society, and correspondence related to business matters. The Business Papers contain receipts, bills, notes, quit- claims, deeds, and the estate papers of a Dr. Ebenezer Ingersoll whose estate Stephen II settled. These papers as well as those from Stephen's own estate include receipts, notes, wills, itemized lists of possessions and their values, and accounts of expenses incurred in settling the estates. Together, the business and estate papers provide detailed information from the period about the value of property, tools, household items, etc., and about business transactions. School Papers consist of two daily expense records, a Middlebury College commencement announcement, and a blank pledge of financial support for the college. Miscellany contains a list of books from Stephen II's library and a few unidentified pieces found among his papers.
| | | Correspondence, 1807-1845 | | Box
33 Folder
9 | Outgoing, 1828-1842 | | Box
33 Folder
10 | Incoming, 1807-1845 | | | Business papers, 1808-1847 | | Box
33 Folder
11 | Receipts, bills, notes, miscellaneous, 1814-1847 | | Box
33 Folder
12 | Legal documents, 1808-1846 | | Box
33 Folder
13 | Dr. Ebenezer Ingersoll (d. 1825) estate, 1822-1838 | | | Estate, 1847-1850 | | | School papers, 1806 | | | Miscellany | | | Series: Martindale In-Laws and Distant Relatives. Papers, 1699-1960This series contains the papers of the following families: Howards, Meekers, Aikens, Roberts, and Rosenblatts. The Howard Family papers, 1699-1960, are perhaps the most historically important papers in the collection because of their completeness and the extensive time period they cover. The papers came into the collection through Mrs. Stephen Martindale III who was the daughter of Major E. S. Howard. The Howards lived in Benson, Vermont, for many generations and appear to have been prosperous and well-educated farmers and active members in the community. As a result of the Howards' long standing and involvement in the area, their papers are of potential interest to genealogists and local historians. The papers for family members before Major E. S. Howard consist of legal documents, estate papers (including those for one Elijah Rising whose estate Samuel Howard III executed) and business and farm papers. The estate papers for Samuel Howard III also include those for Samuel Howard IV who died in the same year. Among the business, farm, and estate papers are land deeds, quit-claims, surveys, mortgages, wills, probate records, property inventories, tax records, bills, receipts, and other papers which reveal not only the names and business affairs of numerous Benson residents but also the value of land, farm and household properties, labor and so forth. Beginning with Major E. S. Howard, who was also a horse breeder and trader, the papers include correspondence as well as legal documents, estate papers and more complete and detailed business and farm records. The non-correspondence consists of the same types of materials as those found in the earlier Howard papers, but is complimented by notebooks, circa 1826-circa 1899, which contain detailed farm records. Daybooks and account records covering over fifty years reveal how much milk, fruit, livestock, and other items sold for; how much labor such as one half day's work was worth; and the price of groceries, household goods, lumber, mill use, farming tools, etc. There is also a composition book, an autograph book, an inventory of household contents, and a book containing a record of the deaths in Benson from 1893-1898. The correspondence of the separate family members is primarily outgoing to various Martindales from Stephen III and family to Katharine Martindale herself, and it concerns family and Benson news and business matters. There is also correspondence among various Howards and some correspondence to Howards from miscellaneous friends and relatives. The letters of Daniel Howard, an 1858 Middlebury College graduate, contain correspondence including at least one letter which reflects the events of the Civil War. Other papers of special interest among the Howard family papers are those of Timothy Watson, apparently an in-law whose estate E. S. Howard settled. His papers extend from 1784 to 1850 and contain correspondence, deeds, contracts, bills, receipts, quit-claims, surveys, adoption and guardianship agreements, a license to manufacture leather, an 1815 town meeting record concerned with acquiring arms, and estate papers. The names of many Benson area residents appear in the papers. The Rumsey Family papers contain correspondence and items of genealogical interest. General information about the Howard family may be found in the genealogy folder at the beginning of the collection and on the genealogical chart. The Meeker Family papers, 1817-1859, consist of correspondence among various Meekers and their relatives and in-laws and miscellaneous business papers, primarily from 1824-1827. The family is related through Anna Meeker Howard, wife of Major E. S. Howard and daughter of Daniel Meeker. There are some accounts, deeds, estate records, bills, and receipts among the business papers, but the majority of the papers--and by far the most interesting--are the letters from J. D. Meeker who settled in Ohio in the early 1820s. His letters home to Vermont vividly describe his travels, early Ohio settlements and their problems, the trials of establishing a business in relatively unsettled areas, and a lively and detailed account of General LaFayette's unexpected visit to Marietta when his boat sank in the Ohio River during his 1824 grand tour of America. The Aiken Family was connected to the Martindales and Howards through Katharine Howard Martindale's (Mrs. Stephen Martindale III) sister Harriet “Hattie” Ann Howard, who married James E. Aiken in 1846. The early Aikens lived in Chicago, but later members of the family settled in Colorado. The Aiken papers, 1852-1960, are virtually all correspondence, primarily to Martindales, from Stephen III and family through Katharine, and to the Howards. The letters discuss weather, family matters such as births, deaths, illnesses, accomplishments, events of daily life, and family business affairs, especially loans, stocks, and property transactions. There are occasional references to matters of general social, political and economic interest. The Roberts Family was related to the Martindales through the sister of Stephen III, Caroline, who married Daniel Roberts. Both Daniel and his son Robert were prominent Vermont lawyers, sharing a practice in Burlington. Daniel Roberts, who graduated from Middlebury, was a judge, state bank commissioner, and city attorney of Burlington at different times. Robert Roberts was a member of both the Vermont House and Senate and the mayor of Burlington for a number of years. The papers, 1847-1939, are primarily correspondence but also contain some business papers and records such as deeds, mortgages, bills, receipts, copies of court documents--including a summons and a complaint against Martindale and Pettibone by Daniel Roberts. The correspondence is mostly to Stephen III's family and descendants. There are also some letters to the Howards and a few others written by the Roberts to each other. The correspondence pertains to the usual personal family matters such as births, deaths, illnesses, travels, events of daily life and to family business affairs, especially La Crosse area property which Stephen III bought and managed for the Roberts. There are occasional references to broader social, political, and economic issues. Among the “Miscellaneous Roberts” are two Carolines, “Carries,” whose correspondence must be distinguished. One is Mrs. Daniel Roberts; the other is her daughter. The Rosenblatt Family is connected to the Martindales through Sophie Rosenblatt Martindale, wife of Stephen IV and daughter of Heinemann and Mary Rosenblatt. Most of the family lived in Beloit where Sophie's father owned H. Rosenblatt and Sons, a company manufacturing overalls, shirts, pants and leather coats. The papers, 1890-1949, consist of correspondence and estate papers, primarily generated by Sophie's father and brothers and sisters. The correspondence, which is mostly outgoing to Sophie and her children, concerns events of daily life such as birthdays, illnesses, travels, and family news as well as family business matters. Estate papers include correspondence among concerned family members and to and from lawyers, receipts, bills, inventories, and probate papers. The estates of Estelle and Lillie, Sophie's sisters, were merged because they died within a year of each other and the settlement of their estates was done more or less simultaneously by the heirs. | | | Subseries: Howard family papers, 1699-1960 | | | Samuel Howard I | | Box
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1 | Documents (copies), 1699 | | | Anna Seymour Howard (Mrs. Samuel Howard II) | | Box
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2 | Estate, 1807, 1822-1830 | | | Samuel Howard III | | | Business papers | | Box
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3-4 | Bills and receipts, 1784-1830 | | Box
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5 | Documents and miscellany, 1784-1830 | | Box
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6 | Elijah Rising Estate, 1810-1815 | | Box
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7 | Estate, 1826-1835 | | | Jennette Currie Howard (Mrs. Samuel Howard III) | | Box
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8 | Estate, 1832-1851 | | | Erastus Howard (son of Samuel and Jennette Howard) | | Box
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9 | Estate, 1825-1826 | | | Nancy Howard (daughter of Samuel and Jennette Howard) | | Box
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10 | Business papers, 1830-1857 | | | Edward Seymour Howard I, Major (son of Samuel and Jennette Howard) | | Box
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11 | Personal correspondence, 1808-1863 | | | Business papers | | Box
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12 | Correspondence, 1846-1863 | | Box
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1-4 | Bills, receipts, miscellany, 1816-1864 | | Box
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5-6 | Documents, circa 1799-1863 | | Box
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7 | Wisconsin school land sales, 1854-1858 | | Box
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8 | Estate, 1863-1880 | | | Anna Meeker Howard (Mrs. E. S. Howard I, Major) | | | Correspondence | | Box
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1 | Outgoing, 1866-1885 | | Box
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2 | Incoming, 1863-1889 | | Box
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3 | Business papers, 1864-1889 | | Box
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4 | Estate, 1890-1892 | | | E. S. Howard II (son of Anna and E. S. Howard I) | | | Correspondence | | Box
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5 | Outgoing, 1866-1900 | | Box
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5 | Incoming, 1870-1901 | | Box
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7 | Business papers, 1858-1902 | | | Daniel Meeker Howard (son of Anna and E. S. Howard I) | | Box
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8 | Correspondence, 1858-1866 | | Box
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9 | Business papers, 1854-1866 | | Box
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10 | Estate, 1866-1877 | | Box
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11 | Miscellaneous, 1858, 1866 | | | Adella “Dell” Howard Cantwell (daughter of Anna and E. S. Howard I) and family | | | Adella Howard Cantwell | | Box
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12 | Correspondence, 1865-1933 | | | Thomas Cantwell (husband) | | Box
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13 | Correspondence and business papers, 1868-1897 | | | George Cantwell (son), see Anna Martindale, Business papers | | | Mary J. Cantwell (Cantwell in-law?) | | Box
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15 | Correspondence, 1875-1904 | | | Miscellaneous Howard Family | | Box
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1 | Correspondence, 1853-circa 1860s | | | Howard in-laws and relatives | | | Timothy Watson (Meeker/Rumsey in-law) | | Box
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2 | Correspondence and miscellany, 1812-1849 | | Box
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3 | Business papers, 1784-1850 | | | Meeker family (Mrs. E. S. Howard I was the daughter of Daniel Meeker) | | Box
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4 | Correspondence and miscellaneous business papers, 1817-1859 | | | Rumsey Family (Mrs. E. S. Howard I was the daughter of Anna Rumsey Meeker) | | Box
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5 | Correspondence, 1846-1863 | | | Julia Kellogg I and II (niece and grandniece? of E. S. Howard I) | | Box
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6 | Correspondence, 1901-1960 | | | Howard family notebooks | | Box
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7-9 | circa 1828-circa 1866 | | Box
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1-2 | circa 1866-circa 1899 | | Box
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1-2 | Daybooks (oversize), 1826-1869 | | | Subseries: Aiken family papers, 1852-1942 | | | Edward H. Aiken (father of James E. Aiken) | | Box
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3 | Correspondence, 1855-1864 | | | James E. Aiken (husband of Harriet A. Howard, sister of Katharine Howard Martindale) | | | Outgoing correspondence | | Box
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4 | Stephen Martindale III and family, 1856-1902 | | Box
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5 | E. S. Howard I, 1852-1863 | | Box
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6 | Miscellaneous Howards, 1863-1897 | | | James H. Aiken (son of James E. and Harriet Aiken) | | Box
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7 | Correspondence, 1901-1903 | | | Miscellaneous Aikens | | Box
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8 | Correspondence, 1857-1942 | | | Subseries: Roberts family papers, 1847-1939 | | | Daniel Roberts (husband of Caroline, sister of Stephen Martindale III) | | Box
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1-2 | Correspondence, 1847-1899 | | Box
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3 | Business papers, 1856-1918 | | | Robert Roberts (son of Daniel and Caroline Roberts) | | Box
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4 | Correspondence and business papers, 1870-1939 | | | Miscellaneous Roberts | | Box
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5-6 | Correspondence, 1859-1939 | | Box
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7 | Business papers, 1880-1881 | | | Subseries: Rosenblatt family papers, 1890-1949 | | | Heinemann Rosenblatt (father of Sophie R. Martindale IV) | | Box
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8 | Correspondence and estate papers, 1897-1929 | | | Emma Rosenblatt (sister? of Sophie R. Martindale IV) | | Box
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9 | Correspondence, 1891-1910 | | | Lillie Rosenblatt (sister of Sophie R. Martindale IV) and husband | | Box
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10 | Correspondence, 1890-1921 | | | Estelle “Stella” Rosenblatt (sister of Sophie R. Martindale IV) | | Box
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1 | Correspondence, 1906-1924 | | Box
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2-3 | Estate (includes Lillie's), 1923-1930 | | | Isaac “Ike” Rosenblatt (brother of Sophie R. Martindale IV) | | Box
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4 | Correspondence, 1890-1949 | | | Moses Rosenblatt (brother of Sophie R. Martindale IV) and son, Harold | | Box
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5 | Correspondence, 1917-1929 | | | Series: Martindale Family Notebooks, circa 1825-circa 1870This series contains notebooks of all sizes generated by different Martindales from Stephen II through Stephen V and Katharine. The notebooks form a separate group because of their physical size and difficulties in exactly identifying which Martindale kept the notebooks. Furthermore, some notebooks were kept by more than one person and were used for more than one purpose. An attempt has been made to arrange the notebooks according to the principal family member who produced them, but users should remember that identifications are not certain. Each notebook's owner(s), contents, and dates are provisionally indicated in pencil on the inside cover or on the first page. Oversized notebooks are identified as above and kept together in a separate large box which must also be examined in order to bring together all notebooks by one person. The notebooks include Stephen II's parish notes and records; later Martindales' business records and accounts for insurance companies, for other companies worked for or associated with, and for personal business affairs; household records and accounts; cashbooks; memoranda; an 1864 La Crosse poll list; La Crosse land abstracts; collections of notable quotations; diaries; autograph books; address books; scrapbooks; and others. One oversized scrapbook contains newspaper clippings which provide genealogical and personal information about Martindale relatives. | | Box
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6 | Stephen Martindale II, circa 1825-circa 1848 | | | Stephen Martindale III | | Box
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7-8 | circa 1833-circa 1850s | | Box
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1-3 | circa 1850s-circa 1860s | | Box
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1-5 | circa 1860s-circa 1890s | | Box
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1-2 | circa 1890s-circa 1905 | | Box
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3-4 | Stephen Martindale IV, circa 1873-circa 1926 | | Box
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5 | E.S.H. “Ned” Martindale, circa 1875-1916 | | Box
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6 | Anna Martindale, late 1800s | | Box
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1 | Katharine Howard Martindale, circa 1844-circa 1899 | | Box
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2 | Sophie R. Martindale, circa 1876-early 1900s | | Box
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3-4 | Katharine Martindale, circa 1903-circa 1971 | | | Miscellaneous and unidentified Martindales | | Box
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5 | General | | Box
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5 | Oversized | | Box
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1-2 | Scrapbooks, late 1800s-early 1900s | | Box
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3-7 | Stephen Martindale III and Stephen Martindale IV insurance account books, 1859-1923 | | | Series: Congregational Churches, 1820-1977
: The papers of the First Congregational Churches at Tinmouth and Wallingford, Vermont, where Stephen II was minister, consist of church receipts, a notice of his appointment at Tinmouth, lists of subscribers and amounts pledged or owed, an 1846 annual report, and an undated list of articles for the formation of one of the churches. The Howard branch appears to have collected the records for the First Congregational Church at Benson, Vermont. Included are lists of subscribers and amounts pledged or owed, correspondence and related materials concerning the purchase of a bell, notices of withdrawal of membership, pew assignments, financial records, and other papers. The papers from the First Congregational Church of La Crosse were kept by different Martindales from Stephen III to Katharine. There are early subscription records, receipts, annual reports, pew records, several speeches by Stephen III concerned with the history of the church, correspondence, pamphlets, 1971 copies of the constitution and bylaws, and other papers.
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6 | Tinmouth and Wallingford, Vermont, 1825-1847 | | Box
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1 | Benson, Vermont, 1820-circa 1850 | | Box
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2-3 | La Crosse, Wisconsin, circa 1856-1977 | | | Series: Documents and Maps, 1699-circa 1949
: Documents and maps are divided into four groups: Deeds, Diplomas, Maps and Architectural Drawings, and Miscellany. Each of the four groups has been assigned a letter (A, B, C, and D respectively). Every document or map is then assigned a letter according to the group it falls into and a number which indicates both its relative chronological order and its folder order. The number also corresponds to the description number in the Documents and Maps Appendix. Deeds are primarily oversized deeds and copies of deeds which would not fit in conventional folders and pre-1710 deeds which have been encapsulated for preservation. Most of the early deeds are from the Howard family; later ones are mostly from Stephen III and are for La Crosse properties. Diplomas include those for Martindales from Stephen II through Stephen V and Katharine. There are also two diplomas for Daniel Howard. Among the Maps and Architectural Drawings are several maps and plans for the Indiana Dunes property and several undated plans for Martindale buildings and residences. Miscellaneous documents include early 19th century proclamations by the Governor of Vermont, an 1828 appointment of Stephen II as a regimental chaplain, marriage licenses, certificates of bar admittance for Stephen IV, several large, hand drawn family trees for the Howards and early Martindales, and others.
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1 | Deeds, 1699-1916 | | Box
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2 | Diplomas, 1806-1921 | | Box
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3 | Maps and architectural drawings, circa1855-circa 1949 | | Box
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4 | Miscellany | | | Series: Miscellany and Memorabilia
: Found here are items saved by the Martindales and their relatives such as copies of poems, handmade greeting cards, business cards for Ned, Stephen IV, and Katharine, club membership cards, programs, calling cards, and so forth. There are also old newspapers, advertisement flyers and pamphlets, a Japanese print, an old leather document pouch, a Shaker cookbook, Confederate bills, and others.
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Appendix: Deeds, Diplomas, Maps and Architectural Drawings, and Miscellaneous Documents Lists - A1. Henry Howard to his son Samuel Howard. July 31, 1699, Hartford, New England.
- A2. Abraham Roove to Samuel Howard. July 31, 1699, Hartford, New England.
- A3. Ellenar Willett to Samuel Howard. August 5, 1699, Hartford, New England.
- A4. Elizabeth Darrow to Samuel Howard. january 27, 1706/7, Hartford, New England.
- A5. Abraham Hall to Stephen Martindale. 1853, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
- A6. Series of copies of deeds both to and from Martindale and Pettibone concerning Lots 9 and 10 of Block 11 in the Stevens Addition in La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1854-1865.
- A7. Copies of deeds to Daniel Roberts, et al. Stephen Martindale as his personal representative in all. 1855, 1856.
- A8. Albert W. Pettibone to Stephen Martindale. 1857. Lot 10, Block 11, Stevens Addition, La Crosse, with east half of the Duplex.
- A9. Series of copies of deeds abstracting the property lots 17, 18 and south half of 19, Block 12 of Overbaugh and Burns Addition, La Crosse. 1856-1868. (Otherwise known as 10th and Cass Streets)
- A10. Series of copies of deeds concerning Lot 8, Block 11, Stevens Addition, La Crosse. Cephas Kent Martindale's acquisition and later sale of his estate, 1858-1854.
- A11. Thomas P. Laverty to Katharine H. Martindale. 1868. Lots 17, 18 and south half of 19, Block 12, Overbaugh and Burns Addition, La Crosse.
- A12. Daniel Roberts (by Stephen Martindale) to Duncan D. McMillan. 1873. N 1/2, NW 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4, Sec. J, T15N, R7W, Lot 1, Rublee and Gilletts Addition, La Crosse.
- A13. Lucinda K. M. Hill to Anna Martindale. 1891. Copy. N 1/2, NW 1/4, Sec. 33, T16N, R7W.
- A14. Anna Martindale to City of La Crosse. 1916. Copy. N 1/2, NW 1/4, Sec. 33, T16N, R7W.
- B1. Stephen II, Middlebury College, Bachelors, 1806
- B2. Stephen II, Middlebury College, Masters, 1810
- B3. Stephen III, Middlebury College, Bachelors, 1847
- B4. Daniel M. Howard, Castleton Seminary, 1854
- B5. Daniel M. Howard, Middlebury College, Bachelors, 1858
- B6. Stephen IV, La Crosse High School, 1876
- B7. Anna Martindale, La Crosse High School, 1877
- B8. Stephen IV, Beloit College, Bachelors, 1880
- B9. Stephen IV, Beloit College, Masters, 1886
- B10. Stephen IV, University of Wisconsin, Bachelor of Law, 1886
- B11. Katharine Martindale, La Crosse High School, 1908
- B12. Katharine Martindale, Smith College, Bachelors, 1912
- B13. Stephen V, La Crosse High School, 1913
- B14. Katharine Martindale, University of Wisconsin, Masters, 1921
- C1. Township 20 North, Range 4 West. Jackson County (mostly Manchester Township), hand-drawn. circa 1855(?)
- C2. Key to the lot numbers with legal descriptions and acreage amounts for Jackson County, Township 19 North, Range 5 West, Sections 19, 20, 29 and 30. 1889
- C3. County of Jackson, Town of Melrose, Township 19 North, Range 5 West. River and lots hand drawn onto a standard grid. 1889
- C4. Township 19 North, Range 5 West, Sections 19, 20, 29 and 30. Hand-drawn showing river, partial lots and acreages. 1891
- C5. North end map of Porter County, Indiana. Crayon highlights of property owners, including Martindale land and Indiana Dunes State Park. 1927
- C6. Sheet 301, Porter County, Indiana, Township 37 North, Range 5 West. Plat map shows property owners including Martindale. 1937
- C7. Map of Indiana property owned by Martindale showing contours and possible sub-division plans. 1949.
- C8. Copy of C7
- C9. Copy of base map, showing contours, used for C7
- C10. Floor plan for a carriage house. Hand-drawn, circa 1880
- C11. Chimney plan for residence of Mr. Stephen Martindale. undated
- C12. Second story plan, residence of S. Martindale. undated
- C13. Map of Benson, Vermont (Perch Pond Area). R. D. Hall, Surveyor. undated
- D1. Joseph Addison, Copy. 1714
- D2. Vermont Governor Proclamation, Day of Fasting and Prayer, 1821
- D3. Vermont Governor, Appointment of Rev. Stephen Martindale II as Chaplin of 2nd Regiment, 1828
- D4. Anna Meeker and Timothy Watson, marriage license, copy made in 1828, 1823
- D5. Vermont Governor Proclamation, Day of Thanksgiving, 1828
- D6. Vermont Governor Proclamation, Day of Fasting and Prayer, 1830
- D7. Vermont Governor Proclamation, Day of Thanksgiving, 1834
- D8. Second copy of D7 above
- D9. Vermont Governor Proclamation, Day of Fasting and Prayer, 1835
- D10. Vermont Governor Proclamation, Day of Thanksgiving, 1836
- D11. Vermont Governor Proclamation, Day of Fasting and Prayer, 1838
- D12. Vermont Governor Proclamation, Day of Fasting and Prayer, 1841
- D13. Vermont Governor Proclamation, Day of Thanksgiving, 1846
- D14. Vermont Governor, Appointment of Edward S. Howard as Justice of the Peace for Rutland County, 1847
- D15. Genealogy of the Martindale Family, showing descendants from Edward Martindale (1670-1763) and John Martindale (b. August 24, 1676). Hand-drawn, 1870
- D16. Genealogy of the Howard Family. Hand-drawn by Stephen Martindale III, circa 1850-1900
- D17. Stephen III, elected Justice of the Peace for 4th Ward, La Crosse, 1871
- D18. Stephen IV, and Sophie Rosenblatt, marriage license, 1883
- D19. Stephen IV, Certificate of Bar Admittance, 6th Judicial Circuit, Wisconsin, 1884
- D20. Stephen IV, Certificate of Bar Admittance, Supreme Court, Wisconsin, 1886
- D21. Stephen IV, Certificate of Bar Admittance, Western District of Wisconsin, U.S., 1886
- D22. Simeon Smith, father-in-law of Stephen I, genealogical trace of Revolutionary War action from journals of 1777-1779, printed letter, 1897
- D23. Katharine Martindale, La Crosse High School Admission, 1904
- D24. Stephen IV, Lincoln Farm Association membership, 1909
- D25. Stephen IV, Alpha Omega Fraternity membership, 1909
- D26. Katharine Martindale and A. R. Lienlokken, acting as the S. Martindale Insurance Agency, Agents of the Detroit Fire and marine Insurance Company, 1924.
Notes:
[1] : See also the Carlos Montezuma Papers at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
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