Summary Information

Title: Smith Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1847-1990

Creator:

• Smith Family

Call Number: Green Bay Mss 20; PH Green Bay Mss 20; M2002-010; M2004-002

Quantity: 5.2 cubic feet (9 archives boxes and 3 flat boxes) and 137 photographs (1 archives box); plus additions of 0.9 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder), and 990 photographs and 553 negatives (1 records center carton, 2 archives boxes, 3 card boxes, 1 flat box and 1 oversize folder)

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)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers documenting the life of multiple generations of the Smiths, a prominent De Pere family: principally Dominicus Jordan, his son-in-law B.F. Smith, grandsons A.G. Wells and Horace J. Smith, granddaughters Addie and “Lizzie” Smith, and great-grandson Robert C. (Pete) Smith. Included in the papers are the records of Jordan’s general store, the business interests of A.G. Wells, records relating to B.F. Smith’s interest in the lumber industry, and Horace J. Smith’s work as an attorney. Correspondence files are extensive and include letters from Addie and Lizzie while attending Rockford Female Seminary in the 1880s, letters from Horace while he was a student at the University of Wisconsin, and correspondence from all five of Horace’s children during their service in World War II. In addition, the many photographs include individual and group shots, pictures of the family home on Broadway, and photographs of the store.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gb0020

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