Summary Information

Title: Sherwin H. Gillett Papers and Photographs
Inclusive Dates: 1880s-1964 (bulk 1910-1961)

Creators:

• Gillett, Sherwin H.
• Gillett, Lorin

Call Number: PH 3589; PH 2627; WHi(G5); WHi(G51); M85-213

Quantity: 3084 negatives in 30 negative boxes; plus additions of 0.2 cubic feet, 73 prints, and 195 negatives

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:

Photographs made by Sherwin Gillett, an itinerant photographer who traveled throughout southwestern Wisconsin from 1910 to 1935. His photographs document businesses, celebrations, small town life, disasters, farms, and tourism locations. The collection documents daily life in Wisconsin during the early twentieth century. In particular, it shows how changes, such as the development of the automobile, affected the built environment.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Reference prints are available for a portion of the processed negatives.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph03589

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