Summary Information

Title: Nathaniel and Harriet Harmon Dexter Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1890-1977

Creators:

• Dexter, Nathanial Beach, 1892-1973
• Dexter, Harriet Harmon, 1897-1980

Call Number: Northland Mss H; PH 4005; PH 4006

Quantity: 3.6 cubic feet (9 archives boxes and 1 package); plus additions of 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (2 folders)

Repository:

This collection is managed jointly by the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Ashland Area Research Center. Housed at the Area Research Center, History Center and Archives, Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center / Ashland Area Research Ctr. (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers, 1914-1977, and photographs, 1890-1977, related to the careers, civic interests, and families of Nathaniel and Harriet Harmon Dexter, faculty members at Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin and leaders in the Presbyterian-Congregational Church and other community activities. Papers contain information on missionary teaching in China in 1923, settlement work in Ashland with Eastern European refugees in the 1950s, college teaching in Lebanon in 1961-1962, Northland College, small business development work in the Ashland area, efforts to develop local products, community activities, religious talks and manuscripts, the Dexter family genealogy, and other topics. Included is correspondence, diaries, subject files, manuscripts, and clippings. The photographs include portraits of Dexter and Harmon family members, snapshots recording family activities over many decades, and pictures of several events in the Chequamegon region of Wisconsin, 1900-1955.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-nort000h

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