Summary Information
Anna Pratt Erickson Papers
1898-1959
- Erickson, Anna Pratt, 1883-1959
Stevens Point Micro 12; Micro 738
6 reels of microfilm (35mm)
UW-Stevens Point Library / Stevens Point Area Research Ctr. (Map)Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of a Jo Daviess County, Illinois, and Marathon County, Wisconsin, farmer. Short entry diaries, 1898-1959, concern daily activities on her farm near Athens, Wis., housework and sewing, visits to church and neighbors, and the weather. Also includes a seamstress notebook, 1901-1902, and farm account book, 1945.
English
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Biography/History
Anna Pratt Erickson was born April 14, 1883 in Hanover Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Her parents were Samuel Clark Pratt (1834-1893) and Caroline Malinda Albin (1847-1923). Following Anna's marriage to Conrad Erickson on May 4, 1904, she moved to a farm near Athens, Wisconsin, which she continued to operate after her husband's death in 1917. In 1922, she married Joseph Mauritz, a local farmer, from whom she was separated or divorced in 1926. By her first marriage, Mrs. Erickson had five children, Orma, Dorothy, Faye, Lois, and Morris. The only child of her second marriage died shortly after its birth in 1924. Mrs. Erickson died November 17, 1959.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Loaned for microfilming by Mrs. Donna Hanson, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 1978. Accession Number: M78-408
Processed by Lynn Aber and Menzi Behrnd, April 9, 1979.
Contents List
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Series: Diaries
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1-50
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1898-1899
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51-113
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1900-1901 Jun 21
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114-202
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1901 Jun 22-1902
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203-306
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1903-1904 Sep 30
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307-355
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1904 Oct 1-1905
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356-401
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1906
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402-460
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1907
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461-511
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1908
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512-568
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1909
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1-53
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1910
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54-102
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1911
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103-170
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1912
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171-225
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1913
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226-274
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1914
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275-330
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1915
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331-380
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1916
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381-429
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1917
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430-465
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1918 Jan-July
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466-524
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1918 Aug-1919 May
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525-563
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1919 Jun-Dec
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564-618
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1920 Jan-Jul
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619-720
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1920 Aug-1921 Oct
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1921 Nov-1922 Mar
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29-51
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1922 Apr-Sep 10
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52-122
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1922 Sep 11-1923
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123-188
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1924-1925 Jan
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189-251
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1925 Feb-Dec
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252-327
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1926
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328-362
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1927 Jan-Jun 19
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363-466
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1927 Jun 20-1928 Sep
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467-554
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1928 Oct-1929 Dec
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555-613
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1930 Jan-Sep 12
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614-667
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1930 Sep 13-1931 Apr
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1931 May-Dec
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54-106
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1932 Jan-Aug 20
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107-138
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1932 Aug 21-Dec
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139-256
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1933-1934 Apr
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257-342
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1934 May-1935 Apr
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343-459
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1935 May-1936 Jun
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460-509
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1936 Jul-Dec
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510-606
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1937
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607-704
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1938
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1939
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80-134
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1940
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135-182
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1941
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183-235
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1942
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236-272
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1943
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273-314
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1944
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315-360
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1945
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361-448
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1946-1947 Jun
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449-509
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1947 Jul-1948 Jul
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510-537
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1948 Aug-Dec
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538-576
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1949 Jan-Aug
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577-627
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1949 Sep-1950 Apr
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1950 May-1951 Sep
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81-172
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1951 Oct-1953 Jun
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173-251
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1953 Jul-1955
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252-340
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1956-1957 Jun
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341-422
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1957 Jul-1958 Dec
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423-465
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1959 Jan-Nov
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Series: Miscellany
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466-522
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Seamstress Notebook, 1901-1902
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523-539
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Farm Account Book, 1945
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