Summary Information

Title: Reuben Gold Thwaites Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1843-1960

Creator:

• Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913

Call Number: Wis Mss VJ; Micro 2025; PH 780; PH 810; M94-176; Negative Series WHi(T53)

Quantity: 8.0 cubic feet (15 archives boxes, 3 flat boxes, and 3 card boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), and 37 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Reuben Gold Thwaites, a historian and superintendent of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1887-1913, together with papers of his son, geologist Fredrik (or Frederick) Turville Thwaites and Fredrik's wife Amy Mueller Thwaites, his father-in-law Henry Turvill, and other relatives. Reuben Gold Thwaites' papers chiefly consist of correspondence and drafts and notes for speeches and articles on American and Wisconsin history. There are also notes for travel that became the subject of writings including a journey by boat down the Fox, Ohio, Rock, and Wisconsin Rivers; a trip by bicycle through Virginia; and notes about travel in Great Britain and Ireland. The correspondence is chiefly professional in nature, covering Thwaites' writing career and relations with other historians and professional organizations. Also included are notes taken during classes with William Graham Sumner, Francis A. Walker, and others; detailed household account books, 1882-1929; house plans and elevations drawn by William Schuchart; and photographs of Colorado scenes. The fragmentary papers of Reuben's wife Jessie Turvill Thwaites include diaries and records relating to a history study club organized by Anna Sheldon. The papers of Frederick T. Thwaites consist of diaries, account books, personal correspondence exchanged with his wife Amy Mueller Thwaites, and professional correspondence related to the Geology Department of the University of Wisconsin and the U.S. Geological Survey. Henry Turvill Sr., a Madison area farmer, and several of his sons are represented by diaries and account books.

Note:

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000vj

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