Title: Wisconsin Archeological Society Records
Inclusive Dates: 1851-1977

Creator:

• Wisconsin Archeological Society

Call Number: Wis Mss AB; PH 2220; M79-476

Quantity: 5.8 c.f. (26 archives boxes, including 5 volumes) and 6 photographs (1 folder); plus additions of 0.2 c.f.

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 of the Wisconsin Archeological Society, consisting of letters received by the secretary, Charles E. Brown, from county chapters and individuals; memoranda of letters sent by the secretary; annual reports; minutes; financial records; reports concerning archaeological frauds; and photographs documenting an Ojibwa “village” at the Wisconsin State Fair, 1906, sponsored by the Archeological Society.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000ab

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This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 2 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

• Part 1 (Wis Mss AB, PH 2220): Original Collection, 1851-1943
• Part 2 (M79-476): Additions, 1952-1977

Charles E. Brown Papers (Wis Mss HB, Mss 287, Micro 2000, PH 1367, PH 2483, PH 3700, PH 3700 (3))

Acquisition Information

Presented by Charles E. Brown, 1942, 1943, 1944.

Wis Mss AB	Part 1 (Wis Mss AB, PH 2220): Original Collection, 1851-1943 Physical Description: 5.8 c.f. (26 archives boxes, including 5 volumes) and 6 photographs (1 folder)
	Correspondence Scope and Content Note: Dealing with local archaeological collections and discoveries, contributions to The Wisconsin Archeologist, meetings, membership, surveys, legislation, and finances, and with minutes of meetings.
Box   1	1851, 1857, 1859, 1869, 1898-1902 May An 1851 lecture on Indian mounds by Increase A. Lapham is available online.
Box   2	1902 June-1905 March
Box   3	1905 April-December
Box   4	1906 January-July
Box   5	1906 August-1907 February
Box   6	1907 March-October
Box   7	1907 November-1908 September
Box   8	1908 October-1909 December
Box   9	1910
Box   10	1911-1912
Box   11	1913-1914
Box   12	1915-1917
Box   13	1918-1920
Box   14	1921-1922
Box   15	1923-1925
Box   16	1926-1928
Box   17	1929-1931
Box   18	1932-1934
Box   19	1935-1937
Box   20	1938-1939
Box   21	1940-1943
Box   22	Minutes of Directors' meetings, 1903, 1922-1940
Box   22-23	Miscellaneous papers
Box   24	Regarding Archaeological Frauds
Box   25 Volume   1	Notes of correspondence, 1908-1915
Box   26 Volume   2-4	Minutes of meetings, 1903-1920
Box   26 Volume   5	Lapham Archeological Association of Wisconsin: Articles of Association and minutes of meetings, 1877 February-October
PH 2220	Ojibwa Village photographs from the Wisconsin State Fair, 1906 Scope and Content Note: The images show the lodges, family groups around a cooking fire, and dances with visitors watching.
M79-476	Part 2 (M79-476): Additions, 1952-1977 Physical Description: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)  Scope and Content Note: Records of the Charles E. Brown chapter, 1952-1977.	⇧
Box   1 Folder   1-3	Minutes of meetings, 1952-1953, 1956-1977
Box   1 Folder   4	Membership lists and chapter reports, 1952-1958
Box   1 Folder   5	Correspondence concerning annual meetings, 1957-1959
Box   1 Folder   6	Annual dinner, 1954