Summary Information

Title: Hercules Louis Dousman Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1830-1911

Creator:

• Dousman, Hercules L. (Hercules Louis), 1800-1868

Call Number: Mss 623; PH 6477

Quantity: 15.2 c.f. (38 archives boxes) and 19 lithographs

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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

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Abstract:

Papers of Hercules Louis Dousman I (1800-1868), Hercules Louis Dousman II (1848-1886), and Nina Sturgis Dousman (circa 1856-1930), successive heads of a prominent Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, family. The elder Hercules Dousman came to Prairie du Chien in 1826 as agent for the American Fur Company, and in 1843 he erected a large mansion, “Villa Louis.” The strength of the collection is its documentation of the family's financial affairs and extensive business interests. The papers consist primarily of incoming correspondence, legal documents, and various financial records: bills and receipts, tax records, bank and stock statements, cancelled checks, and bookkeeping records. Also included are materials relating to the activities of the younger Hercules Dousman as an art collector and owner of a stock farm for blooded trotting horses.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00623

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