Title: William Webb Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1872-1908

Creator:

• Webb, William, 1853-1927

Call Number: Platteville Mss AY

Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Southwest Wisconsin Room and Area Research Center, Ullsvik Hall, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Platteville Southwest Wisconsin Room / Platteville Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of William Webb of Lancaster, Wisconsin, consisting of correspondence concerning his well drilling business (1878-1880), letters from family and friends, a history of the family, and photograph of the family farm in Grant County, Wisconsin. Webb wrote many of his letters to family and friends in Grant County, Wisconsin; Galena, Illinois; and Houghton County, Michigan, while working in the iron mines in Upper Michigan (1873-1876). Also included are Webb's well drilling account books, 1876-1908, recording the date, location, depth, and amount of the transaction.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-pltv00ay

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Betty E. Styer, Sarasota, Florida, 1976, and the estate of Betty Styer via James Styer, 2015. Accession Number: M76-412, M2015-073

Platteville Mss AY Box   1 Folder   1-3	Letters, 1872-1880
Box   1 Folder   4	Family history, undated
Box   1 Folder   5	Family farm photograph, undated
Box   2 Volume 1-5	Account books, 1876-1908