Davenport Family Farming and Business Records, 1877-1945 (bulk 1890-1944)
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Summary Information
Title: Davenport Family Farming and Business Records
Inclusive Dates: 1877-1945 (bulk 1890-1944)

Creator:
  • Davenport family
Call Number: La Crosse Mss DH

Quantity: 1.8 cubic feet (5 archives boxes)

Repository:
Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Davenport family papers, bulk 1890-1944, consisting of Clarence and his wife, Sarah Emeline, and their son, Elijah's diaries and ledgers documenting their personal lives and the family's dairy farm business in Tunnel City, Wisconsin. Also included are Clarence and Elijah's ledgers and business records documenting their work repairing bridges and culverts near Eau Claire for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company during the late 1800s.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-lx00dh
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Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Presented by Katy Bayless, Salem, Oregon, 2009. Accession Number: M2009-126


Contents List
La Crosse Mss DH
Series: Diaries
Box   1
Folder   1-3
Clarence Davenport, 1929-1945
Elijah Davenport
Box   2
Folder   1
1899-1915
Box   2
Folder   2-4
1898-1917
Box   3
Folder   1
1894-1897
Box   3
Folder   2
Sarah Emeline Davenport, 1883, 1904-1908, 1919-1925
Series: Ledgers
⇧
Box   3
Folder   3
Davenport farm cash books and ledgers, 1898-1912, 1910-1945
Box   3
Folder   4
Elijah Davenport ledgers, 1877, 1912-1917
Series: Bridge and Railroad Records
⇧
Box   4
Folder   1
Bridge building books, circa 1880s-1890s
Box   4
Folder   2
Bridge building, undated
Series: Clarence Davenport Records
⇧
Box   4
Folder   3
Railroad buildings, 1887-1903
Box   4
Folder   4-6
Farm records, 1921-1944
Series: Elijah Davenport Records
⇧
Railroad Bridge, Camp Douglas, building ledger
Box   4
Folder   7
1878
Box   5
Folder   1
1885
Box   5
Folder   2
Railroad bridge, Eau Claire, building ledger and supplies, 1879-1880
Box   5
Folder   3
Bridge building, diary, 1892