Summary Information

Title: Brown County (Wis.). Harbor Commission: Port Director's Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1928-1965

Creator:

• Brown County (Wis.). Harbor Commission

Call Number: Brown Series 22

Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; 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-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Papers and correspondence of the Port Director of the Green Bay harbor, an employee of the municipal harbor commission which later became a county agency. Records include correspondence with governmental agencies, legislators, interested parties, local industries, and the International Association of Great Lake Ports; materials relating to boating regulations and Coast Guard matters, pilotage, lake levels, traffic and rate matters, and flood control; a plan for the development of the Wisconsin-Fox Rivers and the formation of the International Association of Great Lakes Ports; and the three-volume “Survey and Comprehensive Plan for the Port of Green Bay,” an in-depth study of Green Bay industry, transportation, and commerce in 1931, which also includes information on education, housing, and government in Green Bay and has many photos, maps, and charts.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-brow0022

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