Title: Wisconsin Free Library Commission: Traveling Library Correspondence
Inclusive Dates: 1902-1944

Creator:

• Wisconsin Free Library Commission

Call Number: Series 1112

Quantity: 24.8 c.f. (62 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:

Records, 1902-1944, of the Traveling Library and Study Club Department. Records consist primarily of correspondence, including requests for traveling libraries and for study club books and book lists, inquiries about traveling library service, and complaints about lost or damaged books. Also included are book lists, newspaper clippings about traveling library service, and promotional leaflets and correspondence.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser01112

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

By type of material, thereunder in overlapping chronological segments, and thereunder by file number or alphabetically by correspondent or community.

Wisconsin Free Library Commission: Miscellaneous Correspondence and Memoranda, 1903-1957 (Series 1098) contains related material.

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: 1950/05, 1958/10/21

Series 1112	Study club correspondence, 1916-1929 Arrangement of the Materials: By correspondent's name.
Box   1	A-D
Box   2	E-L
Box   3	L-M
Box   4	N-Q
Box   5	R-S
Box   6	S-Z
	Newspaper clippings and memoranda, 1921-1933
Box   7 Folder   1	Library service notes and correspondence
Box   7 Folder   2	University of Wisconsin Extension
Box   7 Folder   3-5	Institutional work
	Traveling library forms and information, 1917-1940
Box   8 Folder   1	Traveling library stations and requests
Box   8 Folder   2	Administrative code
Box   8 Folder   3	Administration
Box   8 Folder   4	News and publicity
Box   8 Folder   5	Office building
Box   8 Folder   6	Personnel correspondence
Box   8 Folder   7	Overdue book forms
Box   8 Folder   8	Child welfare book list requests
Box   8 Folder   9	Requests for documents
Box   8 Folder   10	Reading circle
Box   8 Folder   11	Express and freight
	Book lists, reports and memoranda, 1918-1932
Box   9 Folder   1-2	Book lists
Box   9 Folder   3	Traveling library station correspondence
Box   9 Folder   4	Reports and statistics
Box   9 Folder   5	Sample book requests
Box   9 Folder   6	Personnel correspondence
Box   9 Folder   7	University of Wisconsin Extension
Box   9 Folder   8	Memoranda, et cetera on system
	University of Wisconsin Extension relations
Box   10 Folder   1-3	1915-1929
Box   10 Folder   4	Waupun activities, 1927-1930
Box   10 Folder   5	Delinquent borrower letters, 1926
Box   11 Folder   1-4	Book lists, 1921
Box   12 Folder   1-4	Delinquent borrower letters, 1926, 1930-1932
Box   13 Folder   1	Study club magazine clippings, 1902-1913
	Study club correspondence Arrangement of the Materials: By correspondent's city.
Box   13 Folder   2-6	1918-1920
	1917-1918
Box   13 Folder   7-8	A-F
Box   14 Folder   1-4	G-W
Box   14 Folder   5-6	Letters returned
	1919
Box   14 Folder   7	A
Box   15 Folder   1-6	B-W
Box   16 Folder   1-7	1916-1918
Box   17 Folder   1-5	1916-1918
Box   17 Folder   6	Health and child welfare correspondence, 1917
Box   17 Folder   7	Book lists, 1918
Box   17 Folder   8	Traveling library reports, 1941-1944
	Traveling library correspondence Arrangement of the Materials: Numerically by code corresponding to correspondent's city, or alphabetically by correspondent's name or city.
Box   18 Folder   1-6	1904-1908
	1903-1910
Box   18 Folder   7-10	5-99
Box   19 Folder   1-4	123-382
	1904-1912
Box   19 Folder   5-10	1-20
Box   20	21-51
Box   21	52-88
Box   22	90-116
Box   23	117-150
Box   24	153-190
Box   25	195-231
Box   26	234-278
Box   27	286-322
Box   28	324-380
Box   29	381-455
Box   30	468-637
	1907-1911
Box   31	A-R
Box   32 Folder   1-2	S-Z
	1912-1913
Box   32 Folder   3-9	1-84
Box   33	86-167
Box   34	168-220
Box   35	221-270
Box   36	271-341
Box   37	342-448
Box   38	449-550
Box   39	552-631
Box   40 Folder   1-4	632-697
Box   40 Folder   5-10	1911, A-Y
Box   41 Folder   1-4	1911-1912, Mrs. Mayers, Chief, Traveling Library and Study Club Department
	1912
Box   41 Folder   5-9	A-O
Box   42 Folder   1-3	P-Z
	1913
Box   42 Folder   4-8	A-O
Box   43 Folder   1-3	P-Z
	1914-1917
Box   43 Folder   4-9	1-58
Box   44	100-172
Box   45	173-241
Box   46	242-319
Box   47	320-399
Box   48	400-529
Box   49	531-683
Box   50 Folder   1-5	685-737
	1914-1915
Box   50 Folder   6-8	24-174
Box   51 Folder   1-3	204-606
	1914-1916
Box   51 Folder   4-8	60-380
Box   52	441-614
Box   53 Folder   1-2	13-706
	1916-1917
Box   53 Folder   3-8	A-C
Box   54	D-L
Box   55	M-S
Box   56 Folder   1-5	T-Z
Box   56 Folder   6	1924-1927, miscellaneous
Box   56 Folder   7	1907-1908, Audubon Society
Box   56 Folder   8	Notes on traveling library work, 1924-1925
Box   57 Folder   1	Traveling library correspondence, miscellaneous, 1914-1915
Box   57 Folder   2	Photographs and promotion, 1917
Box   57 Folder   3	Institutions and public libraries, 1933, undated
Box   57 Folder   4	Special requests, 1927, 1933-1934
Box   57 Folder   5	Reports and news stories, 1933
Box   57 Folder   6	Sample forms
	Traveling library correspondence Arrangement of the Materials: By correspondent's city.
Box   57 Folder   7-13	1919-1921, Washburn-Wausaukee
	1920-1921
Box   58	Manitowoc, Strongs Prairie-Two Rivers
Box   59	Underhill-Waukesha
Box   60	Waukon-West Bend
Box   61	Westboro-Wild Rose
Box   62	Willard-Zenda