Summary Information

Title: George Esterly Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1840-1914

Creator:

• Esterly, George, 1809-1893

Call Number: SC 1079; Micro 203; Micro 204

Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) and 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of George Esterly, a Wisconsin agricultural machinery inventor and manufacturer; including an autobiography, a genealogy of the Esterly family, and miscellaneous letters, deeds, and other papers. In the autobiography Esterly describes his migration from New York State to Michigan, his work there in logging camps, his purchase of farm land in Heart Prairie, Wisconsin, and his inventions of grain harvesting machinery such as the Esterly Twine Binding Machine. Also present are several drawings by Burton Esterly.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0203

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