Summary Information

Title: Joseph V. Quarles, Jr., Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1837-1911

Creator:

• Quarles, Joseph V., 1843-1911

Call Number: Wis Mss TG

Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box)

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:

Papers of Joseph V. Quarles, Jr., a Wisconsin lawyer and Republican politician who served as assemblyman, 1879; state senator, 1880-1881; United States senator, 1889-1905; and United States district judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin, 1905-1911. Included are drafts and notes for articles and speeches, 1864-1911, and correspondence with family and friends, 1860-1868, written while he was a student at the University of Michigan and as a lieutenant serving in the 39th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War. Also included is correspondence, 1837-1843, of Quarles' father, Joseph V. Quarles, Sr., concerning land matters and early settlement conditions in Kenosha; exchanges, 1844-1849, between the elder Quarles and his wife Caroline Bullen Quarles while he was away from home; and deeds and other papers pertaining to Quarles family land holdings.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000tg

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