Summary Information
Elizabeth Comstock Family Papers
1779-1970
- Comstock, Elizabeth, 1875-1972
La Crosse Mss A; Micro 1006; PH La Crosse Mss A; PH 2861
7.2 cubic feet (13 archives boxes, 1 records center carton, and 2 flat boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm); plus additions of 207 photographs and 5 drawings
UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Family papers of Elizabeth Comstock, a physician at Arcadia, Wisconsin. Although the collection contains a few items on medical topics, the bulk of the papers consists of correspondence, diaries, business records, scrapbooks, and genealogical notes by and about her forebears in the Comstock and Durrin families. The major portion of the papers relates to her uncle, Cyrus Ballou Comstock (1831-1910), a prominent army engineer. Also in the collection are papers of Dr. Comstock's father, Noah D. Comstock (1832-1890), who emigrated from New York State before the Civil War, went to California in 1858, then returned east to settle in Arcadia. Other portions of the collection include Civil War letters from Walter Comstock, a lieutenant in Company A, 25th U.S. Infantry, at the time of his death; and letters written by Elizabeth Comstock's brother Adam (1871-1898) while a student at the University of Wisconsin and at Gottingen University in Germany. Two record books of the S.T. and F.A. Robertson General Store at Humbird, Wisconsin, are also present.
English
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Arrangement of the Materials
This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 3 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.
Biography/History
Elizabeth Comstock, a Wisconsin physician, was born September 2, 1875, to Ellen and Noah Durham Comstock of Arcadia, Wisconsin. Miss Comstock graduated from Arcadia Free High School in 1893 and received a bachelor of science degree four years later from the University of Wisconsin. In the fall of 1897, she entered the Johns Hopkins University Medical School but transferred six months later to the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, where she received her medical degree in 1901.
After graduating, Comstock interned one year at the Maternity Hospital of the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania and then spent one year as a resident at the New York Infirmary. She remained with the New York Infirmary for the next twenty years, doing clinical work under the direction of Dr. Augusta Vedin from 1903 to 1907 and serving as an assistant to Dr. Marie Chard in the surgery clinic from 1907 to 1911. Dr. Comstock was chief of the Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday gynecology clinic of the New York Infirmary from 1907 until 1923, when she returned to Arcadia, Wisconsin, to enter private practice. She worked as a general practitioner in Arcadia until her retirement in 1965.
Dr. Comstock played a leading role in the community of Arcadia. She was an active member of the Republican Party, the American Association for the United Nations, the Free China Fund, and other charitable and political organizations. On January 15, 1972, seven years after retiring, Dr. Comstock died at 96 in a memorial home at Neillsville, Wisconsin. She had never married.
Users of this collection need to know some basic genealogical information on Dr. Comstock's family. Her siblings included Henry, Catherine, Adam (1871-1898), Nathan (1873- ), and William (1878-1886). Her parents were Noah Durham Comstock (1832-1890) who was married in 1868 to Ellen (1837- ); Ellen's maiden name also was Comstock. Noah had one brother, William (1835- ). Their parents were Adam Comstock (1792-1867) and Electa Durrin, the daughter of Noah Durrin; they were married in 1831. Ellen had eight siblings-Cyrus Ballou (1831-1910; married to Elizabeth Blair, 1841-1872), Charles, Asa Leland (1833-1876)
Sarah (married to J. Grant), Edwin (1838-1867), Catherine, Walter (1843-1867), and Agnes. Their parents were Nathan Comstock (1806-1858) and Betsey Cook.
Scope and Content Note
This is a collection of Comstock and Durrin (Durham) family correspondence, documents, and papers which came into the possession of Dr. Elizabeth Comstock, Arcadia, Wisconsin. It was transferred to the Historical Society and organized as two parts. Files given before 1961 form the original collection. They date 1779-1952 and consist of the contents of Box 1-10. Additions were presented in 1973; these date 1875-1970 and consist of the contents of Box 11-15.
The bulk of the original portion of the collection consists of chronological correspondence to and from sixteen members of the family; correspondents are friends, relatives, business and political associates, and the general public. Also in this portion are miscellaneous unbound papers as well as 79 volumes belonging to various members of the family; many of these are diaries. The major portion of the original part of the collection relates to Dr. Comstock's uncle, army engineer Cyrus Ballou Comstock. Also in the original part of the collection are the papers of Noah D., Walter, and Adam Comstock and the Robertson General Store records mentioned in the collection abstract above.
Personal papers of Dr. Comstock, additional family papers, and newspaper clippings and scrapbooks comprise the additions in Box 11-15.
Description of Original Portion of the Collection
This portion of the collection is organized in three parts: chronological correspondence, miscellaneous unbound materials, then bound volumes listed by family member who created them. The notes which follow analyze all three of these parts for the most significant family members represented.
DURRIN [DURHAM] FAMILY: The Durrin family settled in Lowville, Lewis County, New York, where according to Dr. Comstock, Noah Durrin was a millwright who preached the gospel on Sundays. His daughter Electa's correspondence to her young friends and relatives, as well as her original poems and hymns, all reflect the unusual interest in religion among those living in the “burnt-over” areas of western New York. The Miscellaneous folder in Box 4 contains many poems and hymns of Electa's composition, notes from sermons, a bound copy book, 1817 January-February, and a diary, 1918 January 1-[1830 January?]. In addition, there is scattered correspondence of Noah Durrin, his account book (listed among the volumes), and in Box 5, several items relating to land sales among the Durrin Family.
ADAM COMSTOCK (1792-1867): Electa's husband Adam kept account books of his business dealings with others in the Lowville, New York, area and also diaries covering the years 1858-1866. The diaries covering the Civil War years are concerned primarily with personal, family, and business matters.
CYRUS BALLOU COMSTOCK (1831-1910): The most important single individual connected with the collection is Cyrus Ballou Comstock. A brief biographical sketch about him is included in Box 4. At the time of his death he held the rank of Bvt. Major General, Brigadier General, U.S.A., retired, Corps of Engineers. After graduating first in his class from West Point in 1855, he served in Florida and Maryland. During the Civil War, he was assistant to the Chief of the Engineers of the Army and participated in the peninsular campaign of 1862 under Major General Edwin Vase Sumner and the Maryland campaign of 1862-63. He served at Fredericksburg as Assistant Engineer and at Chancellorsville. He joined General U.S. Grant's staff at Vicksburg as Engineer in March 1863, and became Grant's Inspector General at Chattanooga in November 1863. He joined Grant at Louisville, Kentucky in March 1864 and served with Grant in the Virginia Company of 1864-1865 as Inspector General with the primary responsibility of liaison with Generals Burnside at the Wilderness, and Meade and Butler at Petersburg. Comstock became a personal friend of the Grants.
In 1869 he married Elizabeth Blair, who was a niece of Francis P. Blair, national politician and friend of Abraham Lincoln, and a daughter of Montgomery Blair, U.S. Postmaster General in Lincoln's administration. After the war, Comstock remained in the Army and undertook many engineering projects. These included a survey of the northern and western lakes and the improvement of the Mississippi River basin. He served as president of the Mississippi River Commission.
The bulk of this collection's papers from 1851 to 1910 consists of Cyrus Ballou Comstock's correspondence with his family and with political, military, and business associates. Writers of letters to him include:
| Horace Mann | 1857 March 4 | | Julia Grant | [1868] July 6; 1873 November 23 | | George W. Cullum | 1869 January 18 | | Jacob Dolson Cox | 1869 April 20 | | U. S. Grant | [1869?]; 1871 April 19; 1872 August 13 | | Francis Preston Blair [Sr.?] | 1872 August 8 | | Montgomery Blair[?] | 1873 January 7 | | Banjamin Harrison | 1880 February 25, March 1, March 6; 1885 February 25 | | Joseph Wheeler | 1885 July 28 | | Benjamin F. Butler | 1891 November 19, December 11 |
There are fewer letters for the period 1861-1865 than for later years as most of these records were donated by members of the Comstock family to the Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress in 1913 and 1914. A complete description of these holdings is on pages 69 and 70 of the Handbook of Manuscripts in the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C., 1918).
Among the 58 volumes of Cyrus Ballou Comstock's records are several worth mentioning separately. His memoranda books contain appointments for the year, lists of books either read or to be read, lists of shares and stocks held, records of climatic conditions, and many references of interest to the genealogist. Several of the memoranda books contain material usually found in a diary; Volume 23 is an excellent example of this. Volume 20 of the memoranda books contains notes of one of his European trips; and some other volumes served as account books. Cyrus Ballou Comstock's Cash and Account Books give, in some cases, lists of stocks and shares owned in addition to daily expenditures and accounts. Volume 40 of the Cash and Account Books also contains the names and addresses of many Comstocks whom he met during the Civil War years.
The seven volumes of Notes and Problems were kept by Comstock during the 1880s and 1890s. Apparently he began this system while serving on the Mississippi River Commission. The books are indexed and contain notes on readings, lectures, meetings, and conferences dealing with such matters as lake surveys, effects of rivers overflowing their banks, canals, dams, cost of guns, the force created by explosives, the role of torpedoes in warfare, uses of submarines, and mathematical and engineering problems dealing with stresses and strains of metals, probability factors, and in a few cases, ethics and foreign languages. In his travel accounts, Comstock describes his partners on his trips, the places visited, and activities undertaken. The single volume Notes on the Panama Railroad Company is sketchy and consists primarily of jottings made during board meetings. The letterpress copy book has many of the letters Comstock wrote to members of the Mississippi River Commission, state officials, military personnel, friends, and the general public. Comstock usually annotated a partial reply on his incoming correspondence; in those cases where he did not do so he usually referred to his reply in the letterpress copy book with a notation like “see p. [ ].”
Comstock's commissions, appointments, honorary memberships, and the like, are found in Box 5 of the collection.
WALTER COMSTOCK (1843-1867): Among the correspondence between 1867 and 1869 are scattered papers relating to Cyrus Ballou Comstock's brother Walter. Walter was commissioned a 1st lieutenant shortly before his death in 1867. There are a few scattered pieces of correspondence from his prior to his death, but afterwards there are letters from Cyrus Ballou Comstock and Captain E. F. Townsend, commander of Company A of the 25th U.S. Infantry, regarding Walter's debts to the regimental fund, payments owed to his personal servant, and debts to numerous local merchants in the Paducah, Kentucky area. All bills and receipts from Paducah refer to this matter.
NOAH DURHAM COMSTOCK (1832-1890): Noah D. Comstock came to Wisconsin from New York before the Civil War and speculated in land. Many documents referring to his land purchases are included in Box 5. He settled in Arcadia, Trempealeau County, and began a partnership with [?] Gaveney. Besides operating a flour mill, they were dealers in feed, lumber, lath, and shingles. For the period between 1864 and 1867, there are numerous bills, receipts, lists of employees and hours worked, inventories, and the like relating to their business operations. Noah D. Comstock later became Trempealeau County Treasurer and at least for the years 1872, 1874, 1875, and 1876 he was a member of the state Assembly. In 1883 and 1885 he served in the state Senate. Besides two volumes relating primarily to his finances, there is correspondence from his father, wife, and children, as well as business and political friends. Among the letters to him are several from:
| James D. Butler | 1871 May 24, June 17, June 21 | | Lyman C. Draper | 1876 February 8; 1884 December 17 | | Jeremiah M. Rusk | 1876 February 14 | | Frederick Norton Finney | 1876 February 3, February 7 |
Among the letters to Noah D. Comstock's wife, Ellen, is one from Belle C. La Follette, 1898, February 24.
One folder in Box 4 contains a typed copy of a diary kept by Noah D. Comstock. In 1858, when 21 years old, he traveled to California and kept a record of his experiences. His daughter Elizabeth sold the diary and the new owner made a copy for her. The literary rights for this diary are in private possession.
ADAM COMSTOCK (1871-1898): Besides the Cyrus Ballou Comstock letters, the next greatest bulk is the correspondence both to and from Adam Comstock, the son of Noah D. and Ellen Comstock. Beginning with his grade school days in 1881 (for which a few school exercises are included in the collection), a nearly complete record remains of his life as a student. He attended the University of Wisconsin (1887-88, 1892-94), taught for one year, and then continued work towards a doctorate degree at Gottingen University in Germany. His letters are filled with insights into ideas and activities around him. For example, in a letter to his mother, 1887 Oct. 10, Adam told about Grover Cleveland's visit to Madison. Adam believed the experience of shaking hands with Cleveland comparable to “shaking a man that had boxing gloves on...however [Cleveland] has a pretty wife.” Adam's letters from Germany concern such things as housing conditions, the German citizens and the American community, his teachers, travels along the Rhine River, and local customs, such as a Romanian funeral. While in Germany he became engaged, and there is correspondence between himself, his fiancee, his family, and his friends. Some of the correspondence is in German. Adam Comstock died while studying at Gottingen.
ELIZABETH COMSTOCK (1875-1972): While Adam was in Germany (1897-98), his borther Nathan and his sister Elizabeth were students at the University of Wisconsin. Their correspondence tells of student life, and social and athletic activities. Although most of the correspondence for the period after 1910 concerns the settlement of Cyrus Ballou Comstock's estate, scattered letters among members of the family and friends of Elizabeth Comstock are included. There are a few letters from Elizabeth Comstock's friends in the medical profession, primarily concerned with medical topics. One letter is of special note however; dated April 4, 1915 from Paris, from [?] to Elizabeth, it describes a German zeppelin attack on that city.
COMSTOCK FAMILY GENEALOGY: Both Cyrus Ballou Comstock and Noah Durham Comstock were interested in Comstock family genealogy. In 1907, Cyrus gather the material and published A Comstock Genealogy: Descendants of William Comstock of New London, Connecticut Who Died after 1662, Ten Generations (Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1907). A copy of this is in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin's library. One folder of manuscript notes used for the book is in Box 4. In addition, Volumes 70 through 77 also deal with family genealogy.
COMSTOCK FAMILY DOCUMENTS: Box 5 contains family documents relating to lands, businesses, commission, and appointments, 1779-1895. Four folders contain land records. Included are quit claim deeds, indentures, warranty claims, swamp land grants, presidential land grants, and the like for lands held by various Durrin [Durham] and Comstock family members in Massachusetts, New York, and Wisconsin. There also are commissions for positions in state militias, federal army service, special passports for travel abroad, and certificates of membership. In addition to outlining family activities and land ownership, some of these documents are of particular note because of their autograph interest.
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John Hancock, Governor, Massachusetts |
1792 June 20 |
| Commission |
Samuel Adams, Governor, Massachusetts |
1796 April 13 |
| Commission |
Increase Sumner, Governor, Massachusetts |
1798 August 20 |
| Commission |
Caleb Strong, Governor, Massachusetts |
1805 April 25 |
| Commission |
Levi Lincoln, Governor, Massachusetts |
1830 July 16 |
| Commission |
Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War |
11855 Sept. 6 |
| Commission |
C. C. Washburn, Governor, Wisconsin |
1872 May 21 |
| Commission |
William R. Taylor, Governor, Wisconsin |
1874 May 23 |
| Passport |
William M. Evarts, Secretary of State |
1877 May 3 |
| Commission |
Rutherford B. Hayes, President |
1879 June 13 |
| Passport |
James G. Blaine, Secretary of State |
1892 April 21 |
| Passport |
Richard Olney, Secretary of State |
1895 June 11 |
Description of Additions to the Collection, Organized in 1986
These additions are arranged in three groupings: Dr. Comstock's Personal Papers, Family Papers, and Newspaper Clippings and Scrapbooks.
PERSONAL PAPERS include correspondence, diaries and memorandum books, financial records, professional records, writings, and memorabilia. Personal correspondence is primarily from friends and relatives of Dr. Comstock, including her brother Nathan, Dr. Teofilo Parodi, Catharine MacFarlane, and her cousins--Eva Maud, Ester, and Les Burlingame. Filed under Diaries and Memorandum Books is an incomplete set of nine diaries for 1939 through 1955, three address books, and an undated travel log. Financial Records, 1887-1956, consist of two small ledgers, a list of securities held by Dr. Comstock, and documents relating to the estates of Ellen Comstock and Elizabeth Carisch. Professional Records include certificates from various professional and scholarly organizations; college notes, records, and alumnus publications from Johns Hopkins University, 1898, and the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1898-1963; and a collection of speeches and lectures from the 1954 World Medical Association convention held in Geneva, Switzerland. The writings consist mostly of unmailed letters and essays revealing some of Dr. Comstock's personal philosophical views. Miscellaneous calling cards, greeting cards, and identification plates are filed under Memorabilia.
The FAMILY RECORDS series is composed of Correspondence, Financial Records, and Genealogy. Family Correspondence, 1881-1910, consists mainly of letters to Ellen Comstock (Elizabeth's mother) and is primarily from two sources: Ellen's son Nathan, 1881-1914, and attorney James L. Bishop, 1910, concerning Noah Comstock's estate. The family Financial Records are made up of receipts from taxes paid on the Comstock property in Arcadia, Wisconsin. Genealogical records contain a sketch of Noah Comstock's life, letters from Germany written by Adam Comstock, and a listing of the descendants of Samuel Comstock, who died in 1660. One book lists information taken from New London, Norwalk, Bridgeport, and Fairfield, Connecticut probate deeds and records.
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND SCRAPBOOKS pertain to both Dr. Comstock and the Comstock family. Some of the newspaper clippings are in loose form (circa 1950-1970). Other clippings can be found in the scrapbooks, interspersed with family photographs, art prints, and treasured correspondence, which includes a 1961 letter from Helen Keller. The scrapbooks span the years from 1905 through 1968 with some major gaps.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Original collection presented by Dr. Elizabeth Comstock, Arcadia, Wisconsin, in 1952, 1954, 1957, and 1961. Additions presented by Mrs. Grace F. McCandless, Wausau, Wisconsin, August 15, 1973. Accession Number: M61-070 and M73-272
Processing work done by M. Greene-Cohen (archives intern), G. Strodthoff, and Joanne Hohler in 1975 and by Geoffrey Wexler in 1986.
Contents List
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La Crosse Mss A
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Part 1 (La Crosse Mss A): Original Collection, 1779-1970
6.8 cubic feet (12 archives boxes, 1 records center carton, and 2 flat boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm)
: Family papers of Comstock, a physician at Arcadia, Wisconsin. Although the collection contains a few items on medical topics, the bulk of the papers consists of correspondence, diaries, business records, scrapbooks, and genealogical notes by and about her forebears in the Comstock and Durrin families. The major portion of the papers relates to her uncle, Cyrus Ballou Comstock (1831-1910), a prominent army engineer. Also in the collection are papers of Dr. Comstock's father, Noah D. Comstock (1832-1890), who emigrated from New York State before the Civil War, went to California in 1858, then returned east to settle in Arcadia. Other portions of the collection include Civil War letters from Walter Comstock, a lieutenant in Company A, 25th U.S. Infantry, at the time of his death; and letters written by Elizabeth Comstock's brother Adam (1871-1898) while a student at the University of Wisconsin and at Gottingen University in Germany. Two record books of the S.T. and F.A. Robertson General Store at Humbird, Wisconsin, are also present.
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Series: Unbound Papers
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Correspondence
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Box
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1811-1897
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Box
4
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1898-1952
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Box
4
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Comstock family genealogical notes
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Box
4
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Typed copy of Noah D. Comstock's diary, 1858
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Box
4
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Biographical sketch of Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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Box
4
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Miscellaneous notes, lectures, Mississippi River Commission papers of Cyrus Ballou Comstock's
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Box
4
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Miscellaneous, undated, and fragmentary correspondence, essays, etc.
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Box
5
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Documents, lands, and businesses, 1779-1884
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Box
5
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Commissions and appointments, 1792-1895
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Series: Bound Volumes
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Box
6
Volume
1
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Noah Durrin: Account book, 1795-1852
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Adam Comstock
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Box
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Volume
2
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Account book, 1847, and diary, , 1858 May 8-1862 June 9
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Box
6
Volume
3
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Account book, various dates, and diary, 1862 November 19-1866 June 17
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Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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Diaries
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Box
7
Volume
4
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1847 April 16-1850 December 12
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Box
7
Volume
5
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1850 December 13-1855 October 15
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Box
7
Volume
6
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1855 November 24-1861 August 2
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Micro 1006
Reel
1
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Microfilm copy of Volumes 4-6
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La Crosse Mss A
Box
7
Volume
7
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1867 May 27-September 13
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Box
7
Volume
8
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[1868?] February 1-15, October 5-7
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Box
7
Volume
9
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1869
: Also scattered accounts.
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Box
7
Volume
10
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1870
: Also scattered accounts.
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Box
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Volume
11
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1874
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Box
7
Volume
12
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1878 January 1-November 30
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Box
7
Volume
13
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1881 January 1-December 16
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Box
7
Volume
14
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1882 January 1-December 28
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Box
7
Volume
15
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1889, 1907-1910
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Memoranda books
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Box
7
Volume
16
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1883
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Box
7
Volume
17
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1885
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Box
7
Volume
18
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1886
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Box
7
Volume
19
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1887 ?-April 14
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Box
7
Volume
20
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1887 April 16-December 5
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Box
7
Volume
21
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1888
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Box
7
Volume
22
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1889
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Box
7
Volume
23
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Memoranda book and diary, 1890 January 1-November 29
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Box
7
Volume
24
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1891
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Box
7
Volume
25
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1892
: Includes daily cash and accounts.
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Box
7
Volume
26
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1893
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Box
7
Volume
27
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1894
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Box
7
Volume
28
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[1896?]
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Box
7
Volume
29
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1897
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Box
7
Volume
30
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1898
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Box
7
Volume
31
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1899
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Box
7
Volume
32
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1900
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Box
7
Volume
33
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1901
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Box
7
Volume
34
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1902
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Box
7
Volume
35
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1903
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Box
7
Volume
36
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1906-1908
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Box
7
Volume
37
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1909
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Financial records
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Box
8
Volume
38
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Daily cash and account book, 1858 January 1-1869 February 3
: Also lists stocks owned, debts owed, credits, etc.
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Box
8
Volume
39
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Daily cash and account book, 1862
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Box
8
Volume
40
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Account book, 1865
: Also contains names and addresses of various Comstocks.
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Box
8
Volume
41
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Check stub book, 1862
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Box
8
Volume
42
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Daily cash and account book, indexed, [1878-1891]
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Box
8
Volume
43
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Daily cash and account book, indexed, 1892-[1910]
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Notes and rough studies
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Box
8
Volume
44
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No. 1, indexed, [circa early 1880s?]
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Box
9
Volume
45
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No. 2, indexed, [circa mid-1880s?]
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Box
9
Volume
46
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No. IA, “Instructions...Lake Survey and...Notes and Rough Studies,” [circa mid-1880s?]
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Box
9
Volume
47
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No. 3, indexed, [circa mid-1880s?]
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Box
9
Volume
48
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No. 4, indexed, [circa late 1880s?]
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Box
9
Volume
49
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[Engineering and Mathematical Problems], indexed, [late 1880s]
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Box
9
Volume
50
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[Civil and Military Engineering Notes], indexed, [1890 September 2-?]
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Box
9
Volume
51
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Studies, circa early 1890s]
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Box
9
Volume
52
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Regulations for the Government of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army (Government printing Office, 1889): Annotated copy containing interfiled notes and marginalia
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Box
8
Volume
53
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[Notes on Ethics;...Ordinal Numbers, Longevity Pay, etc.], [circa 1900-1910?]
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Box
8
Volume
54
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Travel account, from Southampton to Rouen, including England, Scotland, Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Switzerland, 1877 June 23-1878 May 25
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Box
8
Volume
55
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Travel account, from Liverpool to Samaden, 1887 June 4-September 11
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Box
8
Volume
56
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Notes as Director of the Panama Railroad Company, 1897 April 5-1904 August 1
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Box
6
Volume
57
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Letterpress copy book, indexed, 1870 May 20-1909 December 19
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Fragments
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Box
6
Volume
58
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Notes on readings in French and German, regarding hydraulics, canals, dams, engineering problems, and the like, pp. 5-166
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Box
6
Volume
59
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Reports and notes taken at Board meetings, Mississippi River Commission?, pp. 69-142, 1880 November 15-?
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Box
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Volume
60
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Notes on readings
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Box
6
Volume
60
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Personal inventory, 1882 June 6?
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Box
6
Volume
60
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Notes on reorganization and packing of personal papers, 1887 April?
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Box
6
Volume
60
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Inventory of library?, 1895?
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Box
6
Volume
61
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“The Board, No. 1,” indexed, regarding for example cost of torpedoes, various Congressional bills, Galveston harbor, Fort Moultre and Charleston defenses, and similar matters, 1883 April 2-1891 April 7
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Box
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Volume
62
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Notes on such topics as the defense of Washington, bridges, defense of the Pacific Coast, and the like, arranged topically, pp. 3-477, 1883-1893
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Box
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Volume
63
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Ellen Comstock: Diary and account book, 1869 January 21-December 28
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Noah D. Comstock
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Box
10
Volume
64
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Daily cash book, 1878 December 24-1875 November 18
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Box
8
Volume
65
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Diary (mostly daily cash and accounts), 1875 March 6-14
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Box
10
Volume
66
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Adam Comstock: Thesis for the B.S. degree at the University of Wisconsin, “A Study of the Radiation Effects in Metal Bars by Means of the Interferential Refractometer,” 1894
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Elizabeth Comstock
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Box
10
Volume
67
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Notebook for education course at the University of Wisconsin, 1897
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Box
10
Volume
68
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Notebook while on intern case work in New York City, 1903 February 7-[March 1?]
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Box
10
Volume
69
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Notebook while intern case work in New York City, 1903 April 21-June 11
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Comstock family genealogy notebooks
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Box
6
Volume
70
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Notebook kept by Noah D. Comstock
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Box
6
Volume
71
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“Early Comstocks in Different Towns, Indexed,” kept in diary for 1885 by Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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Box
6
Volume
72
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Record of letters sent to members of the Comstock family, 1900 May 11-1902 March 31, and notes, kept by Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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Box
6
Volume
73
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Address book of Comstocks throughout the United States, giving date letter sent, reply if any, and if answer sent, kept by Cyrus Ballou Comstock, 1902-1906
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Box
6
Volume
74
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Record of letters sent to members of the Comstock family, kept by Cyrus Ballou Comstock, 1902 January 11-1906 July 14
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Box
6
Volume
75
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“Genealogical Notes No. 3,” indexed (also some mathematical problems), kept by Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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Box
6
Volume
76
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Genealogical notes from books and wills, taken by Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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Box
6
Volume
77
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“Memorandum Book, No. 10,” indexed, containing genealogical notes kept by Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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S[mith] T. Robertson and F[erdinand] A. Robertson General Store at Humbird, Wisconsin
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Box
10
Volume
78
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Ledger, indexed, 1871-1881 July 15
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Box
10
Volume
79
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Letterpress copy book: for S.T. and F.A. Robertson, 1885 March 5-1886 October 30, and for Gaveny and Comstock, Noah D. Comstock, and Ellen Comstock, , 1887 May 7-1890 September 22
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Series: Dr. Comstock Personal Papers
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Correspondence
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Box
16
Folder
1-5
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1870, 1909-1957
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Box
11
Folder
1-6
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1896-1970, undated
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Box
16
Folder
6
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Undated
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Diaries and memorandum books
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Box
11
Folder
7-11
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1939-1954
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Box
12
Folder
1-2
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1955, 1967, undated
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Financial records
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Box
12
Folder
3
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Book of personal expenses, 1902-1905
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Box
12
Folder
4
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Miscellaneous financial materials, 1887-1956
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Professional records
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Certificates, 1901-1963
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Correspondence
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Box
16
Folder
7
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1924-1957
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Box
16
Folder
8
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Undated
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Box
15
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Diplomas, 1893-1906
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Box
12
Folder
6
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Johns Hopkins University Medical School notebook, 1898
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania notecards, programmes, memorabilia, 1898-1963
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Box
12
Folder
8
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Speeches and lectures, 1954
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Box
12
Folder
9
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Writings, undated
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Box
12
Folder
10
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Memorabilia, undated
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Box
12
Folder
11
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Inventory of furniture of 124 East 27th Street, 1901 December 12
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Series: Family Papers
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Correspondence
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Box
12
Folder
12
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1881-1914
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Box
12
Folder
13
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Letters from James L. Bishop concerning Noah Comstock's estate, 1910
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Box
12
Folder
14
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Financial records, 187?-1913
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Genealogical materials
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Box
13
Folder
1-2
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Materials relating to Noah Comstock's life, circa 1900-1970, undated
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Samuel Comstock's descendants, undated
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Series: Newspaper Clippings and Scrapbooks
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Box
13
Folder
4
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Clippings, circa 1950-1970
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Scrapbooks
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Box
14
Folder
1
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1890-1921
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Box
13
Folder
5
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1957, 1959
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Box
14
Folder
2
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1961
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Box
13
Folder
6
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1961-1963
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Box
14
Folder
3
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1961-1964
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Box
13
Folder
7
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1964
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Box
14
Folder
4
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1968
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PH La Crosse Mss A; PH La Crosse Mss A (3)
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Part 2 (PH La Crosse Mss A; PH La Crosse Mss A (3)): Additions,
195 photographs and 5 drawings (1 archives box and 1 flat box)
: Photographs relating to the life of Comstock, including images of herself, friends, and family, circa 1870 to 1970. The photographs also include a scrapbook, circa 1920, compiled by Comstock.
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PH 2861
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Part 3 (PH 2861): Additions,
12 photographs (1 folder)
: Portrait photographs, circa 1860-1910, from the files of Cyrus Ballou Comstock and his wife.
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