Circuit Court, Calumet County, Wisconsin, Civil Case Files, circa 1850-1976
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Summary Information
Title: Circuit Court, Calumet County, Wisconsin, Civil Case Files
Inclusive Dates: circa 1850-1976

Creator:
  • Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Calumet County)
Call Number: C2012/010; C2012/013; C2012/022; C2012/068

Quantity: 74.2 cubic feet (73 records center cartons and 3 archives boxes)

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:
Records relating to civil cases tried before the Circuit and County Court. Cases relate to civil suits and the files may include briefs, petitions, complaints, arguments, judgments, trial transcripts, and other documents. The court does not have the index to these records.

Note:

These records have been assigned Calumet Series 31.



Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-calu0031
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Arrangement of the Materials

This collection was received in multiple parts and is organized into 4 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

Related Material

Judgment Records (Calumet Series 28) contains the judgment volumes that each case references.

Circuit Court, Calumet County, Wisconsin, Cases Appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court (Calumet Series 30)

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Accession Number: C2012/010, C2012/013, C2012/014, C2012/022, C2012/068


Contents List
C2012/010
Part 1 (C2012/010): Original Collection, circa 1850-1976
Physical Description: 69.4 cubic feet (69 records center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Consists of all civil cases, 1850-1951 (boxes 1-55) and divorce cases only, 1952-1976. Note that the court started re-numbering cases starting with "1" in 1940. There are duplicate cases numbers for some cases #368-441 (boxes 11-13). There appear to be two unrelated cases with the same number.
Box   1
circa 1850-1882
Box   2
circa 1852-1871
Box   3
circa 1855-1868
Box   4
circa 1867-1879
Box   5
circa 1870-1886
Box   6
circa 1870-1886
Box   7
circa 1871-1879
Box   8
1877-1887
Note: Clerk's minutes and calendars, 75-79 and case files.
Box   9
Case numbers 4-162, 1880-1883
Box   10
Case numbers 165-303, 1883-1886
Box   11
Case numbers 306-388, 1886-1889
Box   12
Case numbers 389-414, 1889-1889
Box   13
Case numbers 415-472, 1889-1890
Note: Receipts for payments of awards, 1890.
Box   14
Case numbers 472-624, 1890-1895
Box   15
Case numbers 625-762, 1895-1898
Box   16
Case numbers 765-779, 1898
Box   17
Case numbers 780-875, 1895-1903
Box   18
Case numbers 876-916, 1903-1905
Box   19
Case numbers 917-991, 1905-1908
Box   20
Case numbers 993-1058, 1908-1911
Box   21
Case numbers 1059-1162, 1911-1916
Box   22
Case numbers 1163-1230, 1916-1918
Box   23
Case numbers 1235-1313, 1918-1920
Box   24
Case numbers 1318-1349, 1920-1921
Box   25
Case numbers 1350-1460, 1921-1921
Box   26
Case numbers 1461-1547, 1923-1924
Box   27
Case numbers 1548-1633, 1924-1925
Box   28
Case numbers 1634-1737, 1925-1926
Box   29
Case numbers 1738-1816, 1926-1927
Box   30
Case numbers 1817-1877, 1927-1928
Box   31
Case numbers 1878-1974, 1928-1929
Box   32
Case numbers 1981-2049, 1929-1930
Box   33
Case numbers 2050-2129, 1930-1931
Box   34
Case numbers 2130-2210, 1931-1931
Box   35
Case numbers 2211-2305, 1931-1932
Box   36
Case numbers 2306-2389, 1932-1932
Box   37
Case numbers 2390-2446, 1932-1933
Box   38
Case numbers 2449-2527, 1933-1933
Box   39
Case numbers 2528-2608, 1933-1934
Box   40
Case numbers 2610-2702, 1934-1935
Box   41
Case numbers 2703-2766, 1935-1935
Box   42
Case numbers 2767-2845, 1935-1936
Box   43
Case numbers 2847-2922, 1936-1937
Box   44
Case numbers 2924-3013, 1937-1938
Box   45
Case numbers 3015-3115, 1938-1939
Box   46
Case numbers 3116-3194, 1940-1940
Box   47
Case numbers 3195-3270, 1940-1940
Box   48
Case numbers 1-70, 1940-1941
Box   49
Case numbers 71-138, 1941-1942
Box   50
Case numbers 139-216, 1942-1945
Box   51
Case numbers 217-289, 1944-1947
Box   52
Case numbers 290-363, 1947-1948
Box   53
Case numbers 364-437, 1948-1949
Box   54
Case numbers 437-515, 1949-1951
Box   55
Case numbers 516-574, 1951
Box   56
Case numbers 576-1096, 1952-1960
Box   57
Case numbers 1102-1458, 1960-1965
Box   58
Case numbers 1461-1717, 1965-1967
Box   59
Case numbers 1718-1885, 1967-1969
Box   60
Case numbers 1887-2031, 1969-1970
Box   61
Case numbers 2032-3042, 1970-1971
Box   62
Case numbers 3043-3225, 1971-1972
Box   63
Case numbers 3227-3363, 1972-1973
Box   64
Case numbers 3372-3495, 1973-1974
Box   65
Case numbers 3496-3606, 1974-1975
Box   66
Case numbers 3607-3688, 1974-1975
Box   67
Case numbers 3691-3813, 1975
Box   68
Case numbers 3814-3986, 1975-1976
Box   69
Case numbers 3987-4126, 1976
Box   70
Case numbers 4128-4161, 1976
C2012/013
Part 2 (C2012/013): Additions, 1952-1976
Physical Description: 2.0 cubic feet (2 records center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Sample of every 20th civil case file, 1952-1976.
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Box   1
1952-1971
Box   2
1971-1976
C2012/022
Part 3 (C2012/022): Additions, 1854-1929
Physical Description: 1.8 cubic feet (1 records center carton and 2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous court records, 1854-1929.
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Box   1
Cases and documents filed with the court regarding acquisition of land railroads, 1871-1879
Scope and Content Note: Milwaukee & Northern Railroad papers, 1871-1875, include commissioner's reports of the land considered for acquisition including land description and amount compensated, a volume recording the same reports, 1871-1872; and other papers filed with the court, 1871-1875. In 1870 the railroad was authorized to run track due north of Milwaukee, east of Lake Winnebago, and then to De Pere and Green Bay. A different route was completed, running north from Milwaukee to Cedarburg, Manitowoc, and Green Bay with a branch line from Hilbert Junction to Menasha. This accession also includes the case of Emelie Pouquin v. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 1879, commissioner's report on land acquisition by the Appleton & New London Railroad, 1872.
Box   2
Land disputes such as discharge of mortgage, lands of infant heirs, and other papers regarding land, 1884-1929
Box   3
Miscellaneous court records, 1854-1921
Scope and Content Note: Voluntary assignments [to settle debts] including inventories, circa 1883-1921; orders for arraignment in County and Circuit Court, 1895-1921; and Justice Docket, 1854-1861.
C2012/068
Part 4 (C2012/068): Additions, 1935-1940
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Civil cases, 1935-1940.
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