Summary Information

Title: Merle Eugene Curti Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1908-2000

Creator:

• Curti, Merle Eugene, 1897-1996

Call Number: Mss 24; Micro 584; Micro 445; Audio 460A; PH 3591; M2006-092

Quantity: 30.8 c.f. (77 archives boxes), 7 tape recordings, 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 2 photographs (1 folder); plus additions of 8.4 c.f. and 1 photograph

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, 1908-2000, of Merle Eugene Curti, a University of Wisconsin history professor (1942-1967), including correspondence, speeches, drafts and notes for publications, and other materials. Widely known for his publications, Curti won a Pulitzer Prize for The Growth of American Thought (1943). His study of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, The Making of an American Community (1959), pioneered the use of statistical information in the writing of local history.

Language: English, Japanese, Spanish

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00024

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