Part 1 (Green Bay Mss 15): Original Collection,
Physical Description: 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Papers, 1865-1947, of a Wisconsin author and newspaper publisher. Correspondence, reports, agreements, financial accounts, stockholders' information, and photographs relating to copper mining and the Leighton-Wyoming Mining Company, 1906-1911, in which Dankoler invested, comprise the bulk of the collection. There is also material, 1935-1939, concerning construction of the Door County museum at Sturgeon Bay which Dankoler helped found. Other correspondence pertains to Dankoler's work, particularly the writing he did for the Manufacturer's Appraisal Company of Cleveland and Philadelphia.

Correspondence, 1865, 1901, 1907-1910, 1912, 1916-1919, 1920-1925, 1930, 1932-1940

Door County Museum

History of building

Antone Thompson, first settler, Sturgeon Bay

Memoranda and notes, Dankoler controversy

Write-up on Russian Egor Lazareff

Articles and poems

Leighton-Wyoming Mining Company

Correspondence

1905-1907

1908-1910

1911-1916, 1918-1920, 1922, 1929-1932

History of the company

Inventories, reports to stockholders

Accounts at mine

1910-1911

1906-1909

Agreements, certificates, etc.

Records of stock

Maps, diary, and photographs

Minutes, 1906-1912

Office expense at Milwaukee, 1909-1919

Stock sales and accounts, 1906-1911