Title: Wisconsin. Bureau of Engineering: Architectural Drawings for Wisconsin Parks in the WPA Period
Inclusive Dates: 1931-1952

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Bureau of Engineering

Call Number: Series 2424

Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (4 flat boxes)

Repository:

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.

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Abstract:

Blueprints, blue and black line prints, and original vellum drawings for state and national parks in Wisconsin built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Drawings include site plans and designs for buildings, furniture, signs and landscapes. Includes drawings for Terry Andrae State Park, Brunet Island State Park, Central State Nursery, Copper Falls State Park, Devils Lake State Park, Flambeau River State Forest, Governor Dodge State Park, Interstate State Park, Kettle Moraine State Park, Fort McNaughton State Camp, Merrick State Park, Nelson Dewey State Park, Northwest Fisheries, Pattison State Park, Peninsula State Park, Perrot State Park, Point Beach State Forest, Rib Mountain State Park, Hugo Sauer Nursery, Tomahawk State Park, Tower Hill State Park, and Trout Lake State Park.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser02424

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Generally alphabetical by name of state park.

The following University of Wisconsin Masters Thesis was based in part on this series of drawings: Ahlgren, Carol Ann, A Human and Landscape Architectural Legacy: the Influence of the Civilian Conservation Corps on Wisconsin State Park Development (1987).

Processing Information

Processed by Lee C. Grady, October 7, 1998.

Box   1	Miscellaneous parks and buildings
Box   1	Terry Andrae State Park
Box   1	Brunet Island State Park
Box   1	Central State Nursery
Box   1	Copper Falls State Park
Box   2	Devils Lake State Park
Box   2	Flambeau River State Forest
Box   2	Governor Dodge State Park
Box   2	Interstate State Park
Box   2	Kettle Moraine State Park
Box   2	Fort McNaughton State Camp
Box   2	Merrick State Park
Box   2	Nelson Dewey State Park
Box   3	Northwest Fisheries
Box   3	Pattison State Park
Box   3	Peninsula State Park
Box   3	Perrot State Park
Box   3	Point Beach State Forest
Box   3	Rib Mountain State Park
Box   3	Hugo Sauer Nursery
Box   4	Tomahawk State Park
Box   4	Tower Hill State Park
Box   4	Trout Lake State Park
Box   4	General (including Ranger and Comfort Stations)