Summary Information

Title: Melvina E. Hostak Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1914-1974

Creator:

• Hostak, Melvina E.

Call Number: Whitewater Mss BI; PH 3762

Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 6 photographs

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives & Area Research Center, Harold Andersen Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; 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-Whitewater Library / Whitewater Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers, mainly 1928-1954, of a spiritualist minister concerning her activities in a number of spiritualist organizations in Wisconsin. Included are financial ledgers, correspondence, curriculum records, and other materials pertaining to her work from 1928 to 1932 as secretary-treasurer of the Morris Pratt Institute of Whitewater; and a minute book, financial records, annual program books, and photographs (1949) of the Western Wisconsin Camp Association, a summer retreat in Wonewoc for the study of spiritualism which Hostak served as president; and miscellaneous records of other organizations. Correspondence with Anna Wallace concerns the lyceum movement. Also included are correspondence, notes, and drafts of historian Paul Schmunk concerning his research on the Morris Pratt Institute; additional notes about MPI by Hugh W. Swofford III; and general personal correspondence of Hostak. Other photographs include snapshots of Hostak.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-whit00bi

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