Summary Information

Title: Eugene Walter Leach Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1842-1851, 1898-1938

Creator:

• Leach, Eugene Walter, 1857-1938

Call Number: Parkside Mss 6; PH 700-PH 702; PH 706-PH 711

Quantity: 4.6 cubic feet (10 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 1113 photographs and 26 lithographs (5 archives boxes and 6 folders)

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Library/Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Parkside; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers of Eugene Leach, a Racine, Wisconsin, historian and curator of the Racine County Museum, including an unpublished manuscript, “The Story of Racine County--History.” The collection also contains biographical files on important Racine residents, miscellaneous material relating to county history, and five scrapbooks of clippings describing the involvement of Racine residents in the Spanish-American War and World War I. There are also records of the Racine Senate, 1884-1851, and the Racine Relief Association, 1883-1898. The photographs are images of people associated with Racine County, Wisconsin, during the late 19th century, collected by Leach for use in illustrating his writings.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-pks0006

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