Harry E. Dankoler Papers, circa 1715-1987

Contents List

Container Title
Green Bay Mss 15
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.
Box   1
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1865, 1901, 1907-1910, 1912, 1916-1919, 1920-1925, 1930, 1932-1940
Door County Museum
Box   1
Folder   2
History of building
Box   1
Folder   3
Antone Thompson, first settler, Sturgeon Bay
Box   1
Folder   4
Memoranda and notes, Dankoler controversy
Box   1
Folder   5
Write-up on Russian Egor Lazareff
Box   1
Folder   6
Articles and poems
Leighton-Wyoming Mining Company
Correspondence
Box   2
Folder   1
1905-1907
Box   2
Folder   2
1908-1910
Box   2
Folder   3
1911-1916, 1918-1920, 1922, 1929-1932
Box   2
Folder   4
History of the company
Box   3
Folder   1
Inventories, reports to stockholders
Accounts at mine
Box   3
Folder   2
1910-1911
Box   3
Folder   3
1906-1909
Box   3
Folder   4
Agreements, certificates, etc.
Box   3
Folder   5
Records of stock
Box   3
Folder   6
Maps, diary, and photographs
Box   4
Folder   1
Minutes, 1906-1912
Box   4
Folder   2
Office expense at Milwaukee, 1909-1919
Box   4
Folder   3
Stock sales and accounts, 1906-1911
M93-142
Part 2 (M93-142): Additions,
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Damkoehler family history, circa 1715-1987, including biographical sketches, Civil War letters written by Ernst Damkoehler and clippings about him, a family history and genealogical chart, and a photograph of the Oconto County Boarding House, Barn, and Mill Crew (Oconto, Wisconsin).
PH 2101
Part 3 (PH 2101): Additions,
Physical Description: 41 photographs (1 folder) 
Scope and Content Note: Photographs created by Dankoler showing properties of the Leighton-Wyoming Mining Company, the Ferris-Haggerty Mining Company, and adjoining areas near Battle Lake and Encampment, Carbon County, Wyoming, circa 1907-1910.
PH 2153
Part 4 (PH 2153): Additions,
Physical Description: 5 photographs and 1 map (1 folder) 
Scope and Content Note: Captioned photographs and a small map giving directions to Sylvan Lodge, home of Harry Dankoler near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, circa 1920.
PH 2939
Part 5 (PH 2939): Additions,
Physical Description: 68 photographs 
Scope and Content Note: Photographs created and collected by Dankoler, primarily of family affairs and activities in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, circa 1898-1909.
PH 2153
Part 6 (PH 2916): Additions,
Alternate Format: Electronic reproductions of all of these negatives are available through Wisconsin Historical Images.

Physical Description: 12 negatives (1 box) 
Scope and Content Note: Negatives created by Dankoler to produce illustrations for fiction published in a magazine he edited. The images are studio portraits, often intended to be cut out and mounted against appropriate backgrounds.
WHi(D28)
Part 7 (WHi(D28)): Additions,
Physical Description: 173 negatives 
Scope and Content Note: Original glass plate negatives created by Dankoler of activities in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, circa 1898-1909.