Summary Information

Title: Cole, Counsell, Spear, and Pickering Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1885-1939, 2014

Call Number: M2014-075

Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box and 2 oversize folders) and 0.4 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box)

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:

Family papers for the Cole, Counsell, Spear, and Pickering families of Hustisford, Wisconsin, consisting of correspondence, photographs, and diaries. The family photos and correspondence principally document Alma "Allie" Cole Pickering, the daughter of Susan Spear Cole and her husband, Asa Cole. After moving to North Dakota, Alma Cole wrote a diary of the experience, which is included in the collection. Other materials include the Oconomowoc High School diploma of Alma's sister, Mary Marguerite "Miggie" Cole, and her commencement speech, her Chicago World's Fair diary (1893) describing the buildings and exhibits, an advertising broadside for the Hustisford Cheap Store, operated by John McRae and Rachel Spear McRae, and assorted family photographs.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2014075

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