Title: Byron Kilbourne Cowles Family Papers and Photographs
Inclusive Dates: 1782-1919

Creator:

• Cowles, Byron Kilbourne, 1837-1908

Call Number: SC 1190; PH 6854

Quantity: 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder), 0.8 cubic feet of photographs (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box), and 1 map

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Family papers and photographs of Byron Kilbourne Cowles, of Chicago, Illinois, and Lake Ripley, Wisconsin, a dealer in stocks and equities. Contains photographs, circa 1876-1919, primarily of members of the Cowles and Lee families; diaries, 1890-1908; legal documents, 1782, 1800-1825, of Israel and Squire Lee in Orange County, New York; family correspondence, 1841-1860s; background information on the family; and a plat map of the family cottage.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph06854

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs. Howell Hayslette, Cambridge, Wisconsin, 1974. Accession Number: M74-531

SC 1190	Papers, 1782-1919 Scope and Content Note: Including Cowles' pocket diaries, 1890-1900, primarily recording family and social activities; a 1908 diary kept by Cowles' wife; a 1905 diary kept by Mrs. J.O. Lee; deeds and other legal documents, 1782, 1800-1825, of Israel and Squire Lee in Orange County, New York; family letters, 1841-1860s, written to Helen Gillmore, Licking County, Ohio; one 1854 letter from I.L. Curtis to his wife in Keokuk, Iowa; and background information on the family.
PH 6854	Photographs Scope and Content Note: Photographs, circa 1876-1919, primarily of members of the Cowles and Lee families, including a scrapbook of photographs, watercolors and text, "A Story of Ingleside," the Cowles family cottage at Lake Ripley, Cambridge, Wisconsin, written by Edward Bowen Springer and dedicated to Miss Kilbourne Cowles. Family photographs include a portrait of Byron K. Cowles, who served as a captain in the Civil War, in his uniform; and views of the J.O. Lee residence in Rockford, Illinois. Other materials include ephemera, U.S. and overseas vacation photographs, and a plat map of Ingleside.
Box   1 Folder   1	Devil's Lake, Wisconsin, circa 1876
Box   1 Folder   2	St. Paul, Minnesota, Winter Carnival, 1880s
	Family photographs
Box   1 Folder   3	Cowles and Lee families, 1865-1902
Box   1 Folder   4	Cowles, Kilbourne, vacation, 1899
Box   1 Folder   5	Ingleside, Lake Ripley, Cambridge, Wisconsin, circa 1890-1919
Box   1 Folder   6	Lee, J.O., family, 1910s
Box   1 Folder   7	Wedding, unidentified
	Portraits, unidentified
Box   1 Folder   8	Child
Box   1 Folder   9	Children
Box   1 Folder   10	Women
	Albums
Box   2 Folder   1-24	Album pages, including trip to Europe, 1900-1918
Box   3 Folder   2	Ingleside and Western U.S. vacation photographs, partially captioned, 1906-1914
Box   3 Folder   3	Ingleside photographs, undated
Box   3 Folder   1	"Story of Ingleside," Edward Bowen Springer, 1915
	Ephemera
Box   1 Folder   11	Cedar Lodge on Lake Ripley
Box   1 Folder   12	Lee family
	Map
Oversize Folder   1	Plat map of Ingleside, undated