Title: John N. Daland Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1897-1899
Inclusive Dates: 1910-1955

Creator:

• Daland, John N., 1885-1959

Call Number: Whitewater Mss BK

Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 1 archives box)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives & Area Research Center, Harold Andersen Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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

UW-Whitewater Library / Whitewater Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Papers, 1910-1955, of a long-time dean and head of the history department at Milton College (Milton, Wis.); consisting of notes on books and lectures, brief correspondence and extensive diaries containing detailed accounts of conversations and of Daland's political and religious convictions. Also included are diaries, 1897-1899, of his father, Rev. William C. Daland, documenting vacation trips in the western United States.

Language: English

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John Norton Daland was born July 16, 1885 to Dr. and Mrs. William C. Daland in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He came to Milton in 1902 when his father became Milton College's second president. He graduated from Milton College in 1913 and earned his master's degree at the University of Wisconsin one year later. He began teaching Latin at Milton College and later taught history and headed the History Department there for many years. Professor Daland served as acting president on two occasions--during 1927-29 and 1939-40. He retired in 1956 because of poor health.

He married Nellie Furrow in 1914. They had a daughter, Elizabeth, and a son, Robert.

Notes, correspondence, and diaries of John and of William Daland comprise this collection. The personal diaries of John N. Daland chronicle his conversations, lectures given and listened to, and opinions on religion. The conversations appear in script format, exactly what was said to Daland and his reply. The earlier diaries are limited and chronicle weather, purchases, and places visited. Further along, the diaries become more detailed and mention family, though most entries concentrate on religious and political convictions.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Robert T. Daland, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, June 2, 1968. Accession Number: M68-171

Processing Information

Processed by Lynne M. Snifka for Ann M. Hokanson, 1990.

Box   1 Folder   1	Notes on Books, Lectures
Box   2 Folder   2	Correspondence
	Diaries of John Daland
Box   2 Folder   3-22	1910-1938
Box   3 Folder   1-18	1939-1955
Box   3 Folder   19	Diaries of W. C. Daland, 1897-1899