Summary Information

Title: Jackson Kemper Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1787-1972

Creator:

• Kemper, Jackson, 1789-1870

Call Number: Wis Mss G; Micro 255; Micro 256; Micro 623; Micro 1094; PH 6584; File 1809 August 2

Quantity: 16.2 c.f. (14 archives boxes, 50 volumes, and 1 oversize folder), 4 reels of microfilm (35mm), 24 photographs, 1 lithograph, and 1 piece of ephemera in 1 archives box

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Papers, mainly 1801-1870, of Jackson Kemper, the first missionary bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church and the first bishop of Wisconsin, together with papers of the Relf-Poyntell family, to whom Kemper was related by marriage. The collection includes correspondence; church minutes; diaries primarily covering the post-1835 years as a missionary bishop; and lists of sermon subjects, marriages and baptisms performed, notes on religious subjects, and fundraising records pertaining to the General Theological Seminary. In addition, the collection includes biographical information about Kemper; photographs of and related to Kemper, Elizabeth Kemper Adams, and the Adams and Relf families; and the papers of Kemper's two wives, Jerusha Lyman and Ann Relf Kemper; his daughter, Elizabeth Kemper Adams; and various in-laws.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis0000g

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