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Summary Information
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Records 1869-1983
- Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
Mss 429; Micro 1095
5.0 c.f. (13 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of a Wisconsin organization founded in 1870 to foster research and publication in the arts, sciences, and letters. Included are incomplete minutes, officers' correspondence, receipt and expenditure ledgers and other financial records, membership directories, and subject files relating to special activities such as anniversary celebrations, and management of the bequest of Harry Steenbock. General correspondence covering the period 1869-1956 includes letters from John W. Hoyt, founder and first president, to Increase A. Lapham; and papers of Edward A. Birge as president. Additional files includes papers of officers Lowell Noland, Walter E. Scott, Charles Van Hise, and others. English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00429
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