Title: Estate of Malcolm D. Harbridge Collection
Inclusive Dates: 1843-1948

Creator:

• Harbridge, Malcom D., 1910-1977, collector.

Call Number: UWP Manuscript Collection 34

Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Parkside Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Locations:

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

See the catalog entry for information about possible additional materials and access to the collection.

Abstract:

This collection consists of documents found as part of the state of Malcolm D. Harbridge, including bonds and deeds involving prominent figures in early Racine and the Harbor Addition, documents concerning the history of Racine, and material related to the Harbridge and Spence families, including photographs and ephemera.

Language: English

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Frederick Harbridge, originally from England, moved to Racine in 1864 to work in the drug store established by Kidder and Harris in 1847. By 1881, Frederick had sole ownership of the business, the F. Harbridge Company, and had expanded to include a grocery.

Frederick's son Roy married Bertha L. Spence, daughter of J.W. Spence, a pioneer jeweler in Racine. Together they had three children, including Malcolm D. Harbridge. After Frederick's death in 1915, Roy served as president of the F. Harbridge Company until his reitrement in 1949, and also was the Dean of Racine Pharmacists until his death in 1958.

Genealogical Charts

Harbridge family

• Frederick Harbridge, 1837-1915, m. Mary (McRitchie), 1828-1916
  • George Frederick, d. 1938
  • Delamere Forest
  • Stuart McRitchie, 1874-1944
  • MacInroy (Roy) Malcolm, 1876-1958, m. Bertha Louise (Spence), 1881-1968
    • Frederick Spence
    • Malcolm Dickinson, 1910-1977, m. Ruth (Christensen)
    • Josephine

Spence family

• James William Spence, 1854-1938, m. Rozelia (Dickinson), 1852-1919
  • Bertha Louise, 1881-1968

Dickinson family

• Thomas Dickinson, m. Eliza (Collicot)
  • Rozelia, 1852-1919

This collection largely contains material related to early Racine histroy and figures, and some related specifically to the ancestors of Malcolm D. Harbridge.

Materials relating to the estates of Joseph Allsop and Edward Foster are included. A number of deeds, bonds, and morgages for land in Racine (specifically the Harbor Addition) are included, dating from 1843 to 1879. The collection contains portrait and school group photographs from the early 20th=centruy, as well as a photograph of J.W. Spence's Racine Jewelry Manufacturing Company store. Various ephemera relating to Racine is also present, including stock certificates, a history of the Welsh in Racine, and a souvenir from the grand opening of the Black Opera House in 1882.

Of particular note in this collection is a letter writen by Booker T. Washington, in which he asks Roy Harbridge for money to meet the end of year expenses for the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute for the Training of COlored Young Men and Women.

The files are organized alphabetically by personal name or by subject, then chronologically.

Wisconsin. County Court (Racine County): Probate Case Files, 1849-circa 1906 (Racine Series 32) contains probate records for Joseph Allsop and Edward Foster.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

Unknown, collection was found on a shelf in the archives.

Processing Information

Processed by Doria DeBartolo in 2013.

Box   1 Folder   1	Blake Opera House souvenir, 1882
Box   1 Folder   2	Booker T. Washington letter, Tuskegee Institute, 1915
Box   1 Folder   3	Deeds, bonds, and other legal documents, circa 1843-1879 Note: Many deeds pertain to land in the Harbor Addition to Racine; a mortgage for the Taylor Orphan Asylum is also present.
Box   1 Folder   4-6	Estate of Edward E. Foster, 1868-1870
Box   1 Folder   7	Estate of Joseph Allsop, circa 1865-1870
Box   1 Folder   8	Estate of Joseph Allsop administrator's notebook, 1870-1872
Box   1 Folder   9	First National Bank articles of association, undated
Box   1 Folder   10	J.W. Spence and family, 1898-1932
Box   1 Folder   11	"More than a Century with the Welsh in Racine: 1840-1948" / by Mary E. Pugh and John D. Roberts, 1948
	Photographs
	Group school photographs
Box   1 Folder   12	McMynn School, 2nd Grade, 1912 Note: Inscription on back: "Frederick"
Box   1 Folder   12	Second Ward, Room 5, circa 1890-1900 Note: Inscription on back: "Bertha Spence"
Box   1 Folder   12	Third Ward School, Room No. 3, 1886 Note: Inscription on back: "Roy M. Harbridge"
	Portraits
Box   1 Folder   12	Frank Starbuck, undated Note: Inscription on back: "Editor and owner of the old Racine Journal News"
Box   1 Folder   12	Minnie Bradley, undated
Box   1 Folder   12	Soldiers posing with boys, undated Note: Inscription on back: "1. Herbert R. Taylor, 2. Antone Aub, 3. Philip P. Herrick, 4. Corp. Chas. E. Hewett; Pedro and Jose"
Box   1 Folder   13	Racine Gaslight and Coke Company/Racine Gas Company, 1855, 1872
Box   1 Folder   14	Racine High School graduation programs, 1898-1899