Title: C.C. Washburn Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1844-1941

Creator:

• Washburn, C.C. (Cadwallader Colden), 1818-1882

Call Number: Wis Mss OO; M2003-026

Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes); plus additions of 0.9 c.f. and 37 photographs

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:

Papers of Cadwallader Colden Washburn, a Wisconsin businessman; Congressman, 1855-1861, 1867-1871; Civil War officer; and governor, 1871-1874; consisting largely of personal letters from various members of his family, especially Elihu B. Washburne, a brother. The correspondence relates to the land and collection agency and law business of the firm of Washburn and Woodman at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, the lead shot manufacturing interests of the firm at Helena, Wisconsin, and the establishment of the Bank of Hallowell, in Maine. Also included are miscellaneous business papers of the Washburn-Crosby Company mills and the genealogical research of Jeannette (Washburn) Kelsey.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000oo

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 OO): Original Collection, 1844-1877, 1913, undated
• Part 2 (M2003-026): Additions, 1875-1941

Acquisition Information

Original Collection presented by Mons Anderson, undated; Elihu Washburne, 1882; John Hustin, undated; Mrs. Albert Warren Kelsey, undated; A.G. Sam, 1922; Mrs. Charles M. Morris, March 1931; Arthur Van Vlissingen, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1965; La Crosse Teachers College, undated; the Mother Superior of Edgewood Villa, 1912-1913; and S.A. Pease, undated. Additions purchased by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1963. Accession Number: M88-040, M2003-026

Wis Mss OO	Part 1 (Wis Mss OO): Original Collection, 1844-1877, 1913, undated Physical Description: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)  Scope and Content Note The correspondence relates to the land and collection agency and law business of the firm of Washburn and Woodman at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and also touches upon the lead shot manufacturing interests of the firm at Helena, Wisconsin, and the establishment of the Bank of Hallowell, in Maine, an important source of money for the Mineral Point firm's speculative activities. From 1861 to 1865, there are military papers and correspondence relating to the sale at Helena, Arkansas, of government cotton, and military operations in Arkansas and Texas. Letters in 1869 from William D. Washburn of the Lincoln Mills at Minneapolis concern a proposal to acquire the site for a dam near Pokegama Falls, Minnesota. Numerous letters from Elihu B. Washburne, ambassador at Paris from 1869 to 1877, comment upon the siege of Paris, diplomatic matters, and American politics generally. Other letters, beginning about 1873, deal with family finances, and a few relate to whiskey ring frauds.
Box   1 Folder   1	Diaries, 1862, 1863, 1868
	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   2	1844-1846
Box   1 Folder   3	1847-1850
Box   1 Folder   4	1851-1861
Box   1 Folder   5	1862-1863
Box   1 Folder   6	1864
Box   1 Folder   7	1865-1869 February
Box   1 Folder   8	1869 March-June
Box   1 Folder   9	1869 July-1890 January
Box   1 Folder   10	1870 February-December
Box   2 Folder   1	1871-1872
Box   2 Folder   2	1873-1874
Box   2 Folder   3	1875
Box   2 Folder   4	1876
Box   2 Folder   5	1877
Box   2 Folder   6	Biography sketches, 1882, 1913
Box   2 Folder   6	Miscellaneous, undated
M2003-026	Part 2 (M2003-026): Additions, 1875-1941 Physical Description: 0.9 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) and 37 photographs  Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1875-1941, consisting of correspondence, legal documents, land contracts, business records, and family history. The business papers document Washburn's milling operation, Washburn-Crosby Company, and include newspaper clippings, business records, and correspondence and receipts. The genealogical materials were compiled by his daughter, Jeannette Kelsey, and include her research notes, a copy of the family tree, and correspondence. Also included is a scrapbook of Ms. Kelsey's visit to England in 1909 and photographs of Governor Washburn's residence in Madison (Wisconsin), the Washburn homestead, and other unidentified images.	⇧
	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   1	Business, 1880s
Box   1 Folder   2	Personal, 1880-1882
Box   1 Folder   3	Miscellaneous, 1878-1924
Box   1 Folder   4	Estate and Will, 1882-1883
Oversize Folder	Land warrants broadside
Box   1 Folder   5	Leases, 1875-1882
	Mills
Box   1 Folder   6-9	Correspondence and receipts, 1875-1882
Box   1 Folder   10	Deeds, Leases, Legal Documents, 1870s
Box   2 Folder   1	Reports to stockholders
	Genealogical materials
Box   2 Folder   2-3	Research and notes
Box   2 Folder   4-5	Correspondence
Box   2 Folder   6	News clippings, 1887-1941
Box   2 Folder   7	Scrapbook, 1909
	Photographs
PH Box   3 Folder   1	Washburn homestead, Mineral Point
PH Box   3 Folder   2	Governor Washburn residence
PH Box   3 Folder   3	Jeannette Kelsey tombstone, Forest Hills Cemetery
PH Box   3 Folder   4	Scrapbook photos
PH Box   3 Folder   5	Miscellaneous