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Summary Information
Smith Family Papers 1847-1990
Green Bay Mss 20; PH Green Bay Mss 20; M2002-010;
M2004-002
5.2 cubic feet (9 archives boxes and 3 flat boxes) and 137
photographs (1 archives box); plus additions of 0.9 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 1
oversize folder), and 990 photographs and 553 negatives (1 records center carton, 2 archives
boxes, 3 card boxes, 1 flat box and 1 oversize folder)
UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers documenting the life of multiple generations of the Smiths, a prominent De
Pere family: principally Dominicus Jordan, his son-in-law B.F. Smith, grandsons A.G. Wells
and Horace J. Smith, granddaughters Addie and “Lizzie” Smith, and great-grandson
Robert C. (Pete) Smith. Included in the papers are the records of Jordan’s general
store, the business interests of A.G. Wells, records relating to B.F. Smith’s interest
in the lumber industry, and Horace J. Smith’s work as an attorney. Correspondence
files are extensive and include letters from Addie and Lizzie while attending Rockford
Female Seminary in the 1880s, letters from Horace while he was a student at the University
of Wisconsin, and correspondence from all five of Horace’s children during their
service in World War II. In addition, the many photographs include individual and group
shots, pictures of the family home on Broadway, and photographs of the store. English
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