Summary Information
William Robert Mitchell Papers 1963-1987
- Mitchell, William Robert, 1949-1987
M88-028
10.5 c.f. (8 record center cartons, 2 archives boxes, 2 flat boxes, 2 card boxes, 1 photo box, and 1 oversize PH folder)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of William Mitchell of Madison, a librarian at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Library, an avocational genealogist, and a victim of AIDS. The collection primarily consists of Mitchell's extensive genealogical research materials on the Mitchell, Nault, Gaffney, and Holquist families, including research notes, copies of public records (birth, death, and marriage certificates), correspondence, published genealogies, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, and slides. To a lesser degree the collection documents Mitchell's personal life and his battle with the AIDS illness through financial records, insurance papers, information on his medical history, diary entries, and correspondence. English
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Scope and Content Note
While the given date range for the collection represents the period in which the creator conducted his research, the genealogical materials in the collection (particularly photographs) date from circa 1880 and include albums from 1910-1944.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by William R. Mitchell and the William R. Mitchell Estate via First Wisconsin Bank, Judith Neese, Trustee. Accession Number: M88-028
Contents List
M88-028
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Series: William Mitchell Personal Papers
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Medical background
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Box
1
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File I, December 1985
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Box
1
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Billings
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Box
1
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Complaint form
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Box
1
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Records, Dean Clinic, 1978-1986
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Box
1
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Income continuation, insurance
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Box
1
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Legal, summaries
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Box
1
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Legal
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Box
1
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Records, University of Wisconsin
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Box
1
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Hospital bills and health information
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Box
1
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Daily diary, 1986
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Box
1
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Library personnel file, work progress reports, et cetera
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Box
1
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Library situations
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Box
1
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Darth's health and guardianship (Mitchell's brother)
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Box
1
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Correspondence, personal, 1986-1987
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Box
1
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Passports, address books
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Series: Mitchell, Nault, Gaffney, and Holquist Genealogical Research Files
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Box
1
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Draft manuscript, unfinished Irish book
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Box
1
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Article index for unfinished Irish book
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Box
1
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Index, record of contacts
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Bound correspondence, vital records, 1963-1973
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Mitchell, part 1
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Box
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Volume 1, 1963-1968
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Box
1
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Volume 2, 1969-1973
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Nault
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Box
3
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Part II, volume I, bound correspondence, document, 1963-1968, introduction , 1971
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Box
2
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Part IIa, volume 2, 1969-1971
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Box
2
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Part IIb, volume 2, 1972-1973
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Gaffney
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Box
2
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Part IV, volume 1, 1963-1968, introduction , 1971
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Box
2
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Part IVa, volume 2, 1969-1972, introduction , 1974
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Box
2
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Part IVb, volume 2, 1973, introduction , 1974
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Holquist, part III
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Box
2
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Volume 1, 1963-1968, introduction , 1971
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Box
2
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Volume 2, 1969-1973
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Box
2
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The Holquist and Sandberg Families, 1980
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Box
2
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“Do You Need Help? In Climbing Your Family Tree?”, 1973
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Box
2
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“West Stockbridge, Massachusetts,” by E.B. Garnett, 1974
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Tree research notebooks
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Box
2
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A - censuses, Michigan, Canada, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Zion Lutheran Church, Marinette, interviews with George Coakley and Nell Love
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Box
2
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B - Mitchell, Shea, England, Ireland, Summer 1969, Iron Mountain, , 1970
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Box
2
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C - trips, Quebec, upper Michigan, 1970, Wisconsin Historical Society, interviews, , 1971
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Box
2
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D - genealogy
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Box
2
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E
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Box
2
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F - , 1973
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Box
2
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G, H - family tree research, 1974
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Box
2
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I
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Box
2
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J - Irish research
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Box
2
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K
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Box
2
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Unlabeled, genealogy
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Box
2
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Irish charts and vital records, locating aids
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Box
2
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Direct ancestors chart
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Box
2
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Index of correspondence, 1963-1978
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Other relations, charts, correspondence, documents, 1968-1984
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Box
2
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A-G, et cetera
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Box
2
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H-M, some manuscript
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Box
2
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N-R
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Box
2
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S-Z, et cetera, 1974-1983
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Box
2
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Sandberg photos, index, 1973
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Box
3
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Clues and information
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Box
3
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Cornwall, notes, maps, indexes
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Box
3
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Family tree correspondence, records, 1974-1976
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Box
3
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Holquist, Gaffney, family background
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Box
4
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English family members, correspondence and vital records, includes some personal ephemera, 1974-1981 4 folders
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Box
4
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French family members, correspondence, 1974-1986
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Box
4
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Swedish family members, correspondence and vital records, 1974-1981
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Box
4
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Irish family members, correspondence and vital records, 1974
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Box
4
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Will/directives, correspondence, genealogy
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Irish family members
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Box
5
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Correspondence, 1974-1957
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Box
5
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Correspondence, clippings, 1975-1977
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Box
5
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Correspondence, family records, manuscript of “The Dundon Family,” September 1977
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Box
5
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Personal ephemera and correspondence
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Memorabilia scrapbooks (contains news clippings and other ephemera)
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Box
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1920s-1942, Annell Holquist (mother), with index
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Box
6
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1934-1944
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Box
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1938, Annell Holquist, California trip, with index
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Box
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1942-1944, Annell Holquist, wedding announcement and cards, with index
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Box
6
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1963-1968
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Box
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1950s
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Box
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1965-1972
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Box
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Circa 1907, 1970-1986
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Box
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Copies of records, Catholic Almanac, Irish registries, census, et cetera
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Box
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“The Record of My Ancestry,” bound pedigree chart, 1963 : Contains some photographs.
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Box
8
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Ancestry index, index to tree research notebooks
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Box
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Index of numbered negatives : Contains some negatives.
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Box
10
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Family portraits, snapshots, and negatives, circa 1890-1980s
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Series: Photographs
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Slide trays with indices, 1969-1981 : Slide trays 9, 10, 12, and 13 were not received.
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Box
11
Tray
1-2
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Trips to England, Ireland, 1969, 1973
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Box
11
Tray
3
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Marinette, University of Wisconsin campus, Canada trip, House on the Rock, Spring Green, Christmas, Villa Louis, 1969-1970
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Box
11
Tray
4
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Upper Michigan, Milwaukee Zoo, Christmas, Illinois excavation, Aztalan, Peninsula State Park, 1970-1971
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Box
11
Tray
5
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Upper Michigan, Marinette, Madison and University of Wisconsin campus; trip to Liberty, Missouri; Menomonee River study, 1971-1972
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Box
12
Tray
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Menomonee River study, Marinette landmarks, St. Paul, teaching days, trips to Madison, and in Minnesota, Summer 1972 - January 1973
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Box
12
Tray
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Christmas, Greenway Cross, University of Wisconsin campus, Williamsburg Way, Kansas City trip, Darth's Graduation (high school), Quebec trip, 1972-1975
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Box
12
Tray
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Quebec Trip, University of Wisconsin campus, Christmas, Guy Hicks visit, building 7501 Kenyon Drive, Art Jaehnke's, Detroit hockey, visiting Jim and Holly, Great America, 1975-1977
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Box
12
Tray
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Great America, Seattle, Christmas, Providence and Boston, Russian Easter, Art's wedding, cousin Bob's wedding, oldies of Gail and Erich, inside and out of 7501 Kenyon, June 1977 - May 1979
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Box
12
Tray
14
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House, Darth's visit, Mineral Point, Wisconsin; Faribault, Minnesota; reunion trip, 7404 Old Sauk, Halloween, condo, May 1979-1981
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Photograph albums, circa 1877-1987
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Box
13
Volume
1
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Annell Holquist - portraits, friends, family, vacations, clippings, 1912-1941
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Box
13
Volume
2
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Holquist, Swanson, Sandberg, formal and informal family portraits, 1877-1983
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Box
13
Volume
3
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Sweden trip, family snapshots, buildings, pre-1935, 1979-1985
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Box
13
Volume
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Family, friends, interiors, Christmas, parties, Madison, Dane County Farmers' Market, 1980s
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Box
13
Volume
5
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Family, friends, interiors, at work, wedding, Christmas, paintings, new house in Middleton, 1970s-1980
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Box
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Volume
6
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Gaffney, Holquist, portraits of family, Marinette street scenes, religious memorabilia, boats, ships, circa 1900-1979
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Box
13
Volume
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Informal family portraits, buildings, classmates, interiors, gravestones, Menomonee River, Lake of the Clouds, Lake Superior, University of Wisconsin campus and military, California trip, Badlands, Christmas, 1939-1969
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Box
14
Volume
8
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Informal portraits of friends and family, Michigan, gravestones, interiors, Christmas, 1970s-1980s
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Box
14
Volume
9
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Mitchell home and children, 1946-1958
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Box
14
Volume
10
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Gail Mitchell - family, friends, Christmas, parties, events, 1950s-1960s
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Box
14
Volume
11
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Nault, Mitchell, portraits, Gail's wedding, circa 1890-1971
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Box
14
Volume
12
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Formal portraits, circa 1870
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Box
14
Volume
13
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Holquist, Gaffney, portraits, buildings, interiors, California, cars, boats, circa 1880-1937
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Box
15
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Family snapshots Nitrate negatives
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Oversize PH Folder
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Portrait of an unidentified man
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