Title: Thomas Lloyd Jones Diaries
Inclusive Dates: 1856-1893

Creator:

• Jones, Thomas Lloyd, 1830-1894

Call Number: M2003-119

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

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:

Diaries (1863-1893) of Thomas Lloyd Jones, son of Welsh emigrants Richard Lloyd Jones (1799-1885) and Mary Thomas (1808-1870), an uncle of Frank Lloyd Wright, and resident of Helena, Iowa County, Wisconsin. The diaries provide detailed, day-to-day accounts of life and work on the Jones farm in the latter half of the nineteenth century and include information about the Lloyd Jones family, noting deaths, births, illnesses, dates of travel to nearby Madison, Chicago, and Milwaukee, and financial accounts. One folder of loose material (1856-1884) consists of receipts, financial accounts, and a mechanics manual.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2003119

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The oldest of eleven children, Thomas Lloyd Jones lived with his wife Esther in Helena continuously, with the exception of brief times in Wyoming, Wisconsin and Spring Green, Wisconsin. Jones often visited his brothers and sisters in Spring Green and received regular visits from his brother Jenkin and his brother-in-law William Wright (father of Frank Lloyd Wright), both preachers.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Thomas Graham. Accession Number: M2003-119

M2003-119	Diaries
Box   1 Folder   1	1863, 1866, 1869, 1871
Box   1 Folder   2	1872-1875
Box   1 Folder   3	1876-1879
Box   1 Folder   4	1880-1883
Box   2 Folder   1	1884-1887
Box   2 Folder   2	1887-1889
Box   2 Folder   3	1889-1891
Box   2 Folder   4	1891-1893
Box   2 Folder   5	Miscellaneous accounts, receipts, and mechanics manual, 1856-1884