With the following exceptions, these papers were presented by Herbert R. Nelson, administrator of the Bancroft Estate, Richland Center, Wisconsin, March 11, 1959. However, the letters, 1879-1897, of Levi H. Bancroft were donated by Mrs. Gideon Benson, Richland Center, Wisconsin, November 8, 1955. The certificates of December 7, 1910 and April 15, 1920, were presented by Steve Fogo, Richland Center, Wisconsin, March 11, 1959.
