Title: Andrew Mayers Records
Inclusive Dates: 1856-1892

Creator:

• Mayers, Andrew

Call Number: Wis Mss KQ; Micro 38

Quantity: 0.7 cubic feet (1 archives box and 2 oversize volumes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm)

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 preserved by Andrew Mayers, Madison, Wisconsin, druggist and general merchant, consisting of minutes of meetings, 1856-1892, of the Madison branch of St. George's Society, a benevolent society for Englishmen; minutes of meetings, a cashbook, and ledger of the Mendota Club, 1891-1901, incorporated for the purpose of maintaining a shooting preserve; and a stock certificate book of the Madison Sportsmen's Association, 1913-1928. A diary, 1869-1870, describes Mayers' train journey to California and then by ship around the “Horn” to England and back to the U.S.

Note:

The diary is available only on microfilm.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000kq

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Acquisition Information

Papers presented by the Andrew Mayers estate, March 3, 1939. Diary loaned for copying by Andrew T. Leith, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1964.

Wis Mss KQ Volume   1	Minutes of meetings of St. George's Society, Madison, 1856-1892
Box   1 Volume   2	Mendota Club minutes, by-laws, and articles of incorporation, 1891-1900
Box   1 Volume   3	Ledger, 1891-1899
Box   1 Volume   4	Cash book, 1891-1901
Volume   5	Madison Sportsmen's Association certificate book, 1913-1928
Micro 38	Diary, 1869-1870