Title: Charles Bridgman Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1797-1961

Creator:

• Bridgman, Charles, d. 1962?

Call Number: Micro 413; SC 1317

Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) and 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

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 Charles Bridgman, a Wautoma, Wisconsin historian and genealogist, dealing with early families and events of the region. The microfilm portion of the collection contains Civil War letters, 1862-1865, of Lieutenant (later Captain) J. N. P. Bird, Company I, 7th Wisconsin Volunteers, and of his family and friends; letters, 1943-1961, by or to Bridgman concerning historical and genealogical queries; genealogical and biographical notes on Waushara County families; and reminiscences and articles about early farming, lumbering, circuses, roads, and bridges written or collected by Bridgman. On paper is a genealogy and biographical sketch of Dr. Moses Barrett, a Wautoma, Wis., resident from 1850 to 1859.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0413

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Acquisition Information

Originals were loaned for microfilming by Mabel Bridgman, Wautoma, Wis., 1963. The source of the Moses Barrett material is unknown. Accession Number: M63-210

Processing Information

Processed by Josephine L. Harper, March 11, 1964.

Micro 413	Microfilmed Papers
	Correspondence, 1797-1961 Scope and Content Note: Correspondence, 1797-1961, includes the Bird family letters, 1862-1865 and letters, 1943-1961, by or to Mr. Bridgman on historical and genealogical queries.
	Genealogical and Biographical Notes Scope and Content Note: These are notes gathered by Mr. Bridgman on early families in Waushara County. Most of the papers are arranged alphabetically by surname. A few pages of miscellaneous biographical sketches follow the surname Zinke. Surnames included are Alden-Wood, Barrett, Berray, Bird, Chaffee, Clark, Darling, Etheridge, Ferne, Holcomb, Jeffers, Jennings, Johnson, Kollock, Lane, Leigh, Melaney, Membrue, Miliard, Newby, Parker, Pierce, Porter, Potter, Pulcifer, Rowe, Searl, Smith, Sontag, Spees, Sung, Taplin, Thompson, Tract, Truesdale, Vannorman, Zinke.
	Articles and Miscellany Scope and Content Note: The papers in this group include reminiscences on farming, lumbering, the circus, and early roads and bridges, written by Mr. Bridgman; and other articles and notes on Waushara County history authored by others but collected by Mr. Bridgman. Among the latter are reminiscences of Jeffers Prairie by Harriet Jeffers Gilson; a brief history of Saxeville by A. J. Saxe; a collection of pioneer stories and anecdotes narrated by Charles Robinson; and notes and illustrations relating to the Christian Church in the Town of Rose, known as the “Stand Alone Church.”
SC 1317	Moses Barrett Material