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Contents List
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(Series 1)
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Series: Personal CorrespondenceScope and ContentsThe Personal Correspondence series is the most voluminous series and is subdivided into correspondence to C.P. Dorset, Nannie Dorset, Nannie Colwell, Marian Dorset, Helen and Bernard Dorset, and Malinda Hammer. Letters to each person are grouped by immediate family, extended family and friends. For example, letters to Nannie Colwell first include those from her parents and siblings, then those from aunts, uncles, and cousins from the Colwell, Dorset, and Hammer families, and finally the many letters from friends around the world. Some of the more interesting letters to Nannie are those from Alice Seymour MacHaffie, who lived most of her life in China. There are also letters to her mother, grandmother and aunt in La Crosse, which are very illustrative of the social life in La Crosse in the late 1900’s. The earliest letter is from 1850; they continue until 1965. The letters to C.P. Dorset are a small group of letters from Nannie Colwell and a few from other friends. The letters to Nannie Dorset are mostly from her children when they were away from home - at school or traveling. Nannie Colwell’s letters from Europe and China are most interesting. Helen’s letters have some very detailed accounts of university life. Letters from Nannie’s husband, Rev. Dorset, are very lively and informative about the life of a teacher and clergyman in Wisconsin and Texas. The letters to Marian Dorset are mainly from her father and her gentlemen friends, and include some pleasant love letters. In addition to the letters from her family, Helen Dorset’s letters are from her wide circle of friends and illustrate her many interests in life. Letters to Bernard contain a few from his father; the rest are from friends. The letters to Malinda Hammer are from her family and one distant cousin. The letters vary a lot in quality and interest. They are usually very formal in tone, as was the time period. At times however, the writer breaks through - some letters are very illuminating about the writer’s personality and attitudes.
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(Subseries 1.1)
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Subseries: Correspondence to Nannie Colwell
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Box 5
Folder 19
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Abernathy, C. A., 1876-1880
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Box 7
Folder 8
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Announcements and invitations, 1873-1949
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Box 7
Folder 9
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At home cards, 1911-1916
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Box 7
Folder 6
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Bills and receipts, 1867-1908
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Box 5
Folder 20
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Buffington, Joseph, 1871-1923
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Box 4
Folder 16
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Calhoun, Hal, 1870-1875
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Box 7
Folder 10
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Calling cards, undated
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Box 5
Folder 22
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Clarke, Will (and family), 1899-1931
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Box 5
Folder 21
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Clarkes, 1886-1937
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Box 5
Folder 2
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Clayland, Caroline Meredith and Margaret Meredith, 1887-1952
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Box 5
Folder 3
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Clayland, Margaret and Sarah Clayland Shaffer, 1926-1952
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Box 4
Folder 17
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Colwell, Amanda, 1869-1910
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Box 4
Folder 15
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Colwell, Margaret, 1872-1873
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Box 5
Folder 6
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Colwell relatives, 1922-1952
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Box 5
Folder 5
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Colwell, Rob, 1869-1871
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Box 4
Folder 19
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Crawford, Alex, 1867-1878
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Box 4
Folder 20
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Crawford, Madge, 1869-1887
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Box 4
Folder 18
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Crawford, Sallie, 1870-1900
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Box 4
Folder 14
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Dorset, Bernard, 1883-1929
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Box 4
Folder 5
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Dorset, C. P., 1867-1878
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Box 4
Folder 13
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Dorset, Helen, 1882-1900
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Box 4
Folder 12
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Dorset, Marian, 1878-1900
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Box 4
Folder 6-11
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Dorset, Nannie, 1879-1900
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Box 5
Folder 7
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Dorset relatives, 1950-1952
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Box 5
Folder 23
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Furstenburg, Ludwig (and family), 1885-1887
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Box 7
Folder 1-4
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General correspondence, 1869-1952
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Box 7
Folder 11
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Greetings, 1885-1952
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Box 5
Folder 9
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Hammer, Malinda, 1867-1899
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Box 5
Folder 8
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Hammer, Nany, 1866-1877
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Box 5
Folder 18
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Hammer relatives, 1867-1930
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Box 5
Folder 16
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Hammer, Wilson, 1872-1919
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Box 5
Folder 24
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Harries, W. H. (and family), 1883-1951
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Box 5
Folder 25
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Hatches, 1883-1897
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Box 5
Folder 26
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Howell, T. F., 1878-1880
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Box 5
Folder 28-29
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Lemon, Captain G., 1894-1896
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Box 5
Folder 30
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Lemon, James, 1886-1896
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Box 5
Folder 31-33
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Lewis, Emma (and family), 1896-1901
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Box 6
Folder 1
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Lillian, 1927-1952
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Box 6
Folder 2
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McCord, Agnes, Cara Bennet, Margaret Cooper, and Ellen Carhart, 1900
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Box 6
Folder 3-8, 10
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MacHaffie, Alice, 1882-1913
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Box 6
Folder 9, 11
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MacHaffie, Alice and Marjorie MacHaffie Barker, 1908-1950
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Box 5
Folder 11
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Martin, Virginia Pike, 1869-1899
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Box 5
Folder 1
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Meredith, Eliza, 1868-1887
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Box 5
Folder 4
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Meredith, Nana and Alice Storing, 1951-1952
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Box 7
Folder 7
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Miscellaneous, undated
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Box 6
Folder 12
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Noonan, Eleanor, 1927-1952
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Box 5
Folder 10
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Pike, Hester, 1869-1896
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Box 6
Folder 13
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Pope, Marion Manville, 1897-1931
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Box 6
Folder 14
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Quintards, 1876-1879
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Box 7
Folder 5
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Requests for pecuniary assistance, undated
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Box 6
Folder 15
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Rivers, 1878-1903
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Box 6
Folder 16
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Schruch, M. and F., 1900-1924
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Box 6
Folder 17
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Seymor, Mrs., 1886-1908
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Box 6
Folder 18
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Shakelford, Maria, 1878-1930
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Box 5
Folder 17
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Sherwoods, 1883-1929
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Box 6
Folder 19
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Tourtellotte, 1899-1928
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Box 6
Folder 20
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Tucker, Hannah Painter and Maribel Tucker Merrill, 1886-1952
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Box 5
Folder 27
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Whitney, Lillie Lathrop and Mary Whitney Kingham, 1872-1950
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Box 5
Folder 15
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Woodford, Fannie and Mary, 1927-1951
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Box 5
Folder 14
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Woodford, Henry (in house), 1951
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Box 5
Folder 13
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Woodford, Henry, Jennie, and Sam, 1926-1952
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Box 5
Folder 12
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Woodford, S. H. and Georgie, 1869
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(Subseries 1.2)
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Subseries: Correspondence to Bernard Dorset
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Box 10
Folder 13
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Colwell, Nannie, 1885
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Box 10
Folder 12
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Dorset, C. P., 1893-1897
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Box 10
Folder 14
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General correspondence, 1896-1941
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(Subseries 1.3)
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Subseries: Correspondence to C. P. Dorset
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Box 1
Folder 1
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Colwell, Nannie, 1872-1878
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Box 1
Folder 2
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General correspondence, 1871-1886
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(Subseries 1.4)
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Subseries: Correspondence to Helen Dorset
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Box 9
Folder 16
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American Association of University Women (A.A.U.W.), 1926-1956
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Box 10
Folder 8
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At home cards, 1912-1915
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Box 10
Folder 9
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Christmas cards, 1938-1952
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Box 9
Folder 17
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Clarke, Will (and family), 1907-1914
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Box 9
Folder 8
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Colwell, Nannie, 1885-1928
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Box 9
Folder 11
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Colwell relatives, 1948-1965
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Box 9
Folder 10
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Dorset, Bernard, 1896-1919
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Box 9
Folder 22
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Dorset, Bernard medical books, 1945-1952
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Box 9
Folder 6
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Dorset, C. P., 1896-1897
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Box 9
Folder 9
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Dorset, Marian, 1896-1914
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Box 9
Folder 7
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Dorset, Nannie, 1897-1914
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Box 9
Folder 12
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Dorset relatives, 1899-1965
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Box 10
Folder 4-7
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General correspondence, 1897-1963
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Box 10
Folder 10
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Greeting cards, 1952-1953
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Box 9
Folder 18
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Harries, W. H., 1919
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Box 9
Folder 19
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Lillian, 1944-1953
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Box 9
Folder 20
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MacHaffie, Alice, 1900-1934
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Box 9
Folder 21
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MacMilan, Edna, 1899-1953
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Box 10
Folder 3
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Merrill, Maribel Tucker (and family), 1914-1954
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Box 9
Folder 23
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Noonan, Eleanor, 1948-1955
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Box 9
Folder 24
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Powell, Edith, 1947-1948
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Box 10
Folder 11
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Sympathy cards, 1952-1953
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Box 10
Folder 1
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Thompson, Tahlulah C., 1946-1954
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Box 10
Folder 2
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Thompson, Vernon (governor of Wisconsin), 1957
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Box 9
Folder 13
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Woodford, Henry and Jennie, 1905-1958
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Box 9
Folder 14
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Woodford, Henry Jr. and family, 1943-1965
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Box 9
Folder 15
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Woodford, Mary and Margaret Woodford Rieke (and family), 1948-1954
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(Subseries 1.5)
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Subseries: Correspondence to Marian Dorset
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Box 9
Folder 5
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At home cards, announcements, and invitations, 1911-1945
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Box 7
Folder 22
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Baker, Eva, 1902-1938
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Box 7
Folder 23
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Billy, 1929
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Box 7
Folder 15
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Colwell, Nannie, 1885-1907
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Box 7
Folder 18
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Colwell relatives, 1906-1911
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Box 7
Folder 24
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Colyer, Will, 1899
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Box 7
Folder 25
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David, Frank, 1891
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Box 7
Folder 17
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Dorset, Bernard, 1886, 1928
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Box 7
Folder 12-13
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Dorset, C. P., 1886-1902
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Box 7
Folder 16
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Dorset, Helen, 1886-1899
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Box 7
Folder 14
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Dorset, Nannie, 1896-1903
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Box 7
Folder 19
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Dorset relatives, 1907
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Box 8
Folder 1
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Eberling, Clarence, 1899-1901
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Box 9
Folder 4
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General correspondence, 1892-1949
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Box 8
Folder 2
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Goss, Peyton, 1891-1899
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Box 8
Folder 3
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Hill, Lewis, 1898-1899
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Box 8
Folder 4
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Holbeck, W. C., 1907
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Box 8
Folder 5
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Houston, Frank, 1901-1903
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Box 8
Folder 6
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Howard, Herbert, 1898-1899
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Box 8
Folder 7
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Kit, 1916-1917
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Box 8
Folder 8
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Lanscombe, Gaylord, 1900
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Box 8
Folder 9
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Latsch, John, 1903
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Box 8
Folder 10
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Linnell, W. M., 1906-1907
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Box 8
Folder 11
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Mills, Ward, 1904-1908
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Box 8
Folder 12
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Newell, Henri, 1906-1907
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Box 7
Folder 20
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Pike, Hester and Virginia Pike Martin, 1889
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Box 8
Folder 13
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Remicks, 1908-1949
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Box 8
Folder 14
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Robertson, Robbie and Mrs. Von Brause, 1907-1933
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Box 7
Folder 21
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Sherwood, Lenore, 1899
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Box 8
Folder 15
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Tucker, Maribel and S. A., 1907
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Box 8
Folder 16-18
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Weaver, Frank, 1896-1897
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Box 8
Folder 19-21
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Weston, Frank, 1891-1892
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Box 9
Folder 1-3
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Wood, John A., 1893-1902
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(Subseries 1.6)
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Subseries: Correspondence to Nannie Dorset
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Box 3
Folder 18
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Anderson, Samuel W., 1916-1928
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Box 3
Folder 24
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At home cards, 1901-1915
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Box 3
Folder 24
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Birthday cards, 1919-1932
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Box 1
Folder 5-20
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Colwell, Nannie, 1865-1912
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Box 3
Folder 8
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Colwell relatives, 1895-1933
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Box 2
Folder 13-17
Box 3
Folder 1-7
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Dorset, Bernard, 1886-1928
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Box 1
Folder 3-4
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Dorset, C. P., 1872-1904
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Box 2
Folder 3-12
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Dorset, Helen, 1886-1927
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Box 2
Folder 1-2
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Dorset, Marian, 1886-1927
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Box 3
Folder 9
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Dorset relatives, undated
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Box 3
Folder 22-23
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General correspondence, 1872-1929
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Box 4
Folder 1
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Greeting cards, 1913-1927
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Box 3
Folder 10
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Hammer, Malinda, 1862-1907
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Box 4
Folder 3-4
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Invitations and announcements, 1878-1924
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Box 3
Folder 19
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MacHaffie, Alice, 1899-1928
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Box 3
Folder 11
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Martin, Virginia Pike, 1896
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Box 3
Folder 20
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Nobles, 1878-1881
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Box 3
Folder 17
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Rieke, Margaret Woodford, 1919-1928
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Box 3
Folder 12
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Sherwood, Kate Brownlee, 1883-1886
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Box 3
Folder 21
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Tucker, Anna, 1896
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Box 4
Folder 2
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Visiting cards, 1898
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Box 3
Folder 15
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Woodford, Fannie, 1919-1923
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Box 3
Folder 14
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Woodford, Henry and family, 1923-1929
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Box 3
Folder 16
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Woodford, Mary, 1919-1929
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Box 3
Folder 13
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Woodford, S. H., 1916-1923
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(Subseries 1.7)
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Subseries: Correspondence to Malinda Hammer
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Box 10
Folder 15
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Colwell, Nannie, 1885-1900
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Box 10
Folder 18
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General correspondence, 1850-1858
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Box 10
Folder 17, 19
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Hammer relatives, 1910-1911, 1918
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Box 10
Folder 16
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Laird, Mary Wilson, 1898-1910
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(Series 2)
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Series: Business CorrespondenceThe Business Correspondence series is divided into correspondence directed to Nannie Dorset and that directed to Nannie Colwell. The letters date from 1858 to 1952. Those to Nannie Dorset deal mainly with her real estate holdings in La Crosse. Nannie Colwell’s business correspondence concerns her as a legatee of the Lemon Estate, which began in 1896 and continued until her death. There are also papers from some Colwell family estates.
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(Subseries 2.1)
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Subseries: Correspondence to Nannie Colwell
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Box 12
Folder 15
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Canceled checks, 1899-1900
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Box 11
Folder 9
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Colwell, J. A., 1878-1879
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Box 12
Folder 13
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Colwell relatives' estates, 1882-1947
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Box 12
Folder 17
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Last will and testament, 1952
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Box 11
Folder 16-18
Box 12
Folder 1-12
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Lemon, Captain estate, 1896-1954
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Box 12
Folder 14
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Martin, Eben and Virginia Pike, 1902-1903
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Box 9
Folder 10-15
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Meredith, W. B., 1876-1923
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Box 12
Folder 16
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Miscellaneous, 1926-1950
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(Subseries 2.2)
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Subseries: Correspondence to Nannie Dorset
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Box 11
Folder 3-4
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Bliss, H. I., 1868-1876
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Box 11
Folder 5
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Bliss, H. I. accounts, 1864-1880
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Box 11
Folder 7
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Colwell, J. A., 1868-1878
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Box 11
Folder 6
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Howe and Tourtellotte accounts, 1880-1882
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Box 11
Folder 8
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Pension papers, 1874-1926
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Box 11
Folder 1-2
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Real estate papers, 1858-1898, undated
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(Series 3)
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Series: Genealogical InformationThe Genealogical Information series consists of family data, correspondence carried on with distant relatives, and answers to queries. There is information on the Dorset/Palmer family and the Hammer Family. The Hammer family lines are separated into Hammer/Otto/Brice and McClure/Fruit divisions. The interest in genealogy in the Dorset family began in the 1890’s when Malinda Hammer and Nannie Dorset and her three daughters joined DAR. Malinda Hammer wrote to many of the Hammer relatives during the 1890’s seeking further family information. Helen Dorset did more research later, mainly in the 1920’s and 1930’s, attempting to trace more family lines back to the Revolutionary period. There are copies of several letters written by relatives of the Hammer family, describing life in La Crosse in the early 1850's that are of historical interest.
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Box 13
Folder 11
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Bray, Helen Pollock, 1901-1924
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Box 13
Folder 10
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Correspondence of miscellaneous family members, 1894-1896
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Box 13
Folder 12
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Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Newside Cemetery, 1922-1924
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Box 13
Folder 1
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Dorset addresses of relatives, undated
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Box 13
Folder 2
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Dorset family data, undated
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Box 13
Folder 4
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Dorset notes and rough drafts, undated
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Box 13
Folder 3
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Dorset replies to queries, 1918-1958
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Box 13
Folder 13
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Fruit, Lucretia P., 1894-1896
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Box 13
Folder 17
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General genealogy, 1909-1956
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Box 13
Folder 5
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Hammer-Otto-Brice family data, undated
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Box 13
Folder 7
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Hammer-Otto-Brice notes and rough drafts, 1911-1916
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Box 13
Folder 6
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Hammer-Otto-Brice replies to queries, 1893-1958
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Box 13
Folder 8
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McClure-Fruit family data, undated
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Box 13
Folder 9
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McClure-Fruit replies to queries, 1896-1958
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Box 13
Folder 19
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Miscellaneous DAR papers, 1928-1958
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Box 13
Folder 18
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Miscellaneous genealogy, undated
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Box 13
Folder 14
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Roberts, Katherine, 1925-1931
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Box 13
Folder 15
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Smith, Frances E., 1924-1953
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Box 13
Folder 16
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Smith, Orrin F., 1926-1936
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(Series 4)
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Series: Miscellaneous RecordsThe Miscellaneous Records series contains papers about some family members, such as Bernard Dorset’s school papers and letters of sympathy written on the death of J. T. Crawford, one of Nannie Colwell’s uncles. There are several diaries of trips taken by family members, the most complete being that of Nannie Colwell’s first trip to Europe in 1878. There are also notes made by Helen Dorset on her work with the Red Cross and plans made to convert the Dorset family home into a home for the elderly. There are several folders of Helen Dorset’s college notes while at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and Columbia University. Lastly is a folder on Lillian Kosanda who graduated in 1887 and taught in the La Crosse school district. These are mainly related to her teaching in the area.
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Box 15
Folder 6
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Clippings of family, undated
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Box 14
Folder 5
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Colwell, Nannie travel log to Europe, 1878, 1885
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Box 14
Folder 1
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Colwell, Wilson, 1860s
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Box 14
Folder 2
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Crawford, J. T., 1862
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Box 14
Folder 3
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Dorset, Bernard, 1896
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Box 14
Folder 6
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Dorset, Bernard diaries, 1893
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Box 14
Folder 8
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Dorset, Bernard financial record, undated
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Box 14
Folder 4
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Dorset, C. P., 1872-1930
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Box 14
Folder 14
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Dorset, Helen, undated
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Box 14
Folder 15
Box 15
Folder 1-4
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Dorset, Helen college notes, undated
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Box 14
Folder 9
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Dorset Home for the Aged, 1960-1965
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Box 14
Folder 13
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Dorset, Marion, undated
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Box 14
Folder 7
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Dorset, Nannie travel log to Vancouver, 1899
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Box 15
Folder 5
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Kosanda, Lillian teaching miscellany, undated
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Box 14
Folder 10-12
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Red Cross papers, 1951-1958, undated
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