This collection contains the responses of members of Congress from Wisconsin that
Lanman collected for his book the Dictionary of the United
States Congress. Originally intended as a guide for sitting members of
Congress, this would later be known as the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, which
continues to be updated today. The materials are biographical in nature and some are
written as correspondence telling about their lives and background while some are
questionnaires that the congressmen filled out. These responses provided the basis
for Lanman's book. Two folders also contain calotypes, an early type of photograph,
of the individuals (Jones and Potter).
