Summary Information
Elda and Linda Schiesser Scrapbooks
1928-1973
- Schiesser, Linda
- Schiesser, Elda
M2006-066
1.8 c.f. (1 record center carton and 3 archives boxes) and 383 photographs (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Scrapbooks of Elda (Strahm) Schiesser and her daughter Linda Schiesser documenting the projects they completed as members of the Green County 4-H. Elda Schiesser's scrapbooks, 1928-1936, document her projects in sewing, canning, baking, interior decorating, gardening, and photography. Linda Schiesser's scrapbooks document her projects between 1957 and 1964, including food and nutrition, clothing, photography, home furnishing, junior leadership, and house plants; and her attendance at the National 4-H Club Congress in 1964 in Chicago as a nominee for the National Home Economics award. Additionally, there is a scrapbook detailing Linda’s activities as a member of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls-Mount Horeb Assembly (1957-1972).
English
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Scope and Content Note
Elda’s scrapbooks date from 1928 through 1936 and consist of photographs, sewing and stitching instructions, newspaper clippings, ribbons, and fabric samples documenting her projects in sewing, canning, baking, interior decorating, gardening, and photography. Also included is Elda’s scrapbook documenting her attendance at the National 4-H camp in Washington, D.C. (1936). Linda’s scrapbooks consist of photographs, fabric samples, paint samples, drawings, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards, State Fair daily programs (1964), Green County 4-H Club programs (1958-1962), ribbons, and other ephemera documenting her projects related to food and nutrition, clothing, photography, home furnishing, junior leadership, and house plants.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Linda Schiesser, New Glarus, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M2006-066
Contents List
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M2006-066
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Series: Linda Schiesser
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Album 1, 1957-1964
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Box
1
Folder
1-3
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8th year, 1964, pages 1-74
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Box
1
Folder
4-5
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7th year, 1963, pages 75-134
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Annual Programs, page 135
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Box
1
Folder
7-8
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6th year, 1962, pages 136-214
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Box
1
Folder
9-11
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5th year, 1961, pages 215-313
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Box
1
Folder
12-13
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4th year, 1960, pages 314-378
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Box
1
Folder
14-15
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3rd year, 1959, pages 379-451
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Box
1
Folder
16-17
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2nd year, 1958, pages 452-513
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Box
1
Folder
18
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1st year, 1957, pages 514-562
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Box
1
Folder
19-20
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Album 2, 4-H Handbook
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Box
1
Folder
21-21
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Album 3, National 4-H Club Congress, Chicago, 1964
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Box
4
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Order of the Rainbow for Girls, Mount Horeb Assembly, 1957-1972
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Series: Elda Schiesser
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Box
1
Folder
29
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Album 4, 1928
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Box
1
Folder
30
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Album 5, 1929
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Box
1
Folder
31
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Album 6, 1930
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Box
1
Folder
32
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Album 7, 1931
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Box
1
Folder
33-34
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Album 8, 1933
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Box
1
Folder
35-36
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Album 9, 1934
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Album 10, 1935
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Box
2
Folder
2-4
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Album 11, 1936
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Clothing the 4-H Girl Booklet
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Box
2
Folder
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Elda Strahm
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Box
3
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National 4-H Camp, Washington, D.C., 1936 June 18-24
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Oversize Folder
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Ida Schiesser, baptismal certificate, 1892
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Series: Photographs
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Box
5
Folder
1-3
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Album 1, 1957-1964
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Album 3, 1964
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Album 7, 1931
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Album 8, 1933
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Box
5
Folder
7
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Album 9, 1934
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Box
5
Folder
8-9
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Album 10, 1935
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Box
5
Folder
10
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Album 11, 1936
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Box
5
Folder
11
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Wedding Photographs
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Box
5
Folder
12
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Photographs depicting objects in the Wisconsin Historical Society museum collections
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Oversize Folder
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Officers of Mount Horeb Assembly No. 13, 1946-1973
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Oversize Folder
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4-H Club Camp, 1936, Washington, D.C., group photograph
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Oversize Folder
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Linda Schiesser, 1965, Congratulations National 4-H Club Winner poster
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