Title: Baetz Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1828-1963

Creator:

• Baetz Family

Call Number: Green Bay Mss 134; PH Green Bay Mss 134

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 242 photographs (1 archives box)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the 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.

UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Personal and business papers of a Two Rivers, Wis. family which operated a local newspaper, The Two Rivers Reporter, the Baetz Printing Co., and the Baetz Land Co. The bulk of the collection consists of the personal papers of Arthur and Ella Estey Baetz and their children. This consists of correspondence, family newsclippings, programs and memorabilia relating to various schools and colleges attended, family recipes, a 1951 diary of Ella's, materials relating to the Baetz and Estey families, obituaries, and miscellaneous items. There are also scattered records relating to the newspaper, printing company, and rental property. Of particular interest, are letters written home by the four Baetz children including daughters Margaret and Gertrude who attended college, pursuing nursing careers, and son Arthur Byron who became Head of Printing and Binding at Northland College in Ashland. The letters written by both Margaret and Gertrude discuss nursing education, medical practice, college life, and their later work as registered nurses. There are also some letters written by Margaret while she served as a First Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. The Baetz photographs are primarily of family, but also include images of Stout Typographical Society field trips (Stout Institute, Menomonie, Wis.), World War II in the South Pacific, burning of the Baetz home, Northland College, and hospital and nursing scenes.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gb0134

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Wiley R. Pope, St. Paul, Minn., 1974. Accession Number: M83-033

Processing Information

Processed by Gayle Martinson, March 1997.

Green Bay Mss 134	Series: General
Box   1 Folder   1	Baetz Family, 1828, 1900-1954
Box   1 Folder   2	Baetz Land Co., 1937-1959
Box   1 Folder   3	Baetz Printing Company, 1928, 1939, undated
Box   1 Folder   4	Estey Family, 1907, undated
Box   1 Folder   5	Family Recipe Book, undated
Box   1 Folder   6	Family Recipes, 1936, n.d.
Box   1 Folder   7	Financial Journal, 1936-1937
Box   1 Folder   8	Legal Papers, 1857-1947
Box   1 Folder   9	Marriage of Ella Estey and Arthur Baetz, 1902, 1952
Box   1 Folder   10	Miscellaneous, 1908, 1956, undated
Box   1 Folder   11	The Two Rivers Reporter, 1927-1928, undated
	Series: Arthur Baetz	⇧
Box   1 Folder   12	Death, 1959
Box   1 Folder   13	Correspondence [Incoming and Outgoing], 1902-1929
Box   1 Folder   14	Arthur's Autograph Book, 1884-1937
	Series: Ella Estey Baetz	⇧
Box   1 Folder   15	Miscellaneous, 1896-1961
	Correspondence to Ella
Box   1 Folder   16	1887-1930
Box   1 Folder   17	1939-1959, undated
Box   1 Folder   18	Diary, 1951
Box   1 Folder   19	Ladies' Charitable Association, 1944-1945
	Series: Margaret Baetz O'Connor	⇧
Box   2 Folder   1	Miscellaneous, 1904-1962
Box   2 Folder   2	Correspondence to Margaret, 1927-1962
Box   2 Folder   3	Letters Home from Margaret, 1914, 1920-1946
Box   2 Folder   4	Margaret's Birthday Book, 1908-1919
	Series: Gertrude Baetz Brown	⇧
Box   2 Folder   5	Gertrude Baetz Brown, 1925-1930, 1951
Box   2 Folder   6	Correspondence to Gertrude, 1924-1928
	Letters Home from Gertrude
Box   2 Folder   7	1917-1927
Box   2 Folder   8	1928-1955
	Series: Arhtur Byron Baetz	⇧
Box   2 Folder   9	Miscellaneous, 1925-1949, 1963
Box   2 Folder   10	Letters Home from Byron, 1923, 1942-1951
	Series: Bernice E. Baetz Bixler	⇧
Box   2 Folder   11	Miscellaneous, 1923-1929, 1951
Box   2 Folder   12	Letters Home from Bernice, 1946-1955
PH Green Bay Mss 134	Series: Photographs Note: The images are labelled with the folder number and the letter, e.g. image 2c.	⇧
Folder   1 Images   a	Andreas Baetz and wife
Folder   2 Images   a-d	Arthur Baetz
Folder   3 Images   a-c	Arthur and Ella Baetz
Folder   4 Images   a-c	Augusta Baetz
Folder   25 Images   a-ee	Arthur and Ella Baetz family
Folder   5 Images   a-l	Ella Estey Baetz
Folder   6 Images   a-e	Arthur Byron Baetz at Northland College
Folder   7 Images   a-n	Arthur Byron Baetz, Jr. and family
	Arthur Byron Baetz, Stout Typographical Society field trip
Folder   8 Images   a-f	1948
Folder   9 Images   a-f	1949
Folder   10 Images   a-i	Bernice Baetz Bixler and family
Folder   11 Images   a-e	Bernice Baetz Bixler's daughters (Lynn, M. Hegar, and Bonnie)
Folder   12 Images   a-l	Emerson Baetz and family
Folder   13 Images   a-p	Gertrude Baetz
Folder   14 Images   a-q	Margaret Baetz and family
Folder   15 Images   a-c	Margaret's hospital photos
Folder   16 Images   a-d	Baetz home fire, Jan. 10, 1948
Folder   17 Images   a-g	Baetz family relatives
Folder   26 Images   a-h	Estey family
Folder   18 Images   a-e	Dr. Gallup family
Folder   27 Images   a-j	World War II South Pacific
Folder   19 Images   a-f	Buildings
Folder   20 Images   a-k	Places
Folder   21 Images   a-e	Identified people
Folder   22 Images   a-e	Children and other group scenes
Folder   23 Images   a-i	Unidentified people - Wisconsin photos
Folder   24 Images   a-aa	Unidentified people - Groups