Summary Information

Title: Hans Crocker Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1836-1887

Creator:

• Crocker, Hans, 1815-1889

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 85

Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the 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.

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Scattered papers of a Milwaukeean active in Wisconsin economic development; consisting largely of quitclaims, property tax receipts, and financial records from Crocker's activities as a railroad receiver and an investor in land and other ventures. The papers include fragmentary correspondence, lists, and receipts on railroad business, debts and mortgages, and investments in City of Milwaukee bonds as well as on household and personal expenses. The bulk of the collection involves real estate transactions.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00085

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