Summary Information

Title: Trowbridge, Planert & Schaefer Law Firm Records
Inclusive Dates: 1876-1972

Creator:

• Trowbridge, Planert & Schaefer Law Firm (Green Bay, Wis.)

Call Number: Green Bay Mss 89

Quantity: 179.6 c.f. (79 archives boxes, 138 record center cartons, and 35 volumes)

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:

Records of Trowbridge, Planert & Schaefer, a Green Bay, Wisconsin, firm which practiced civil law on behalf of individuals, small businesses, and a few large corporate clients. Consisting of correspondence, 1876-1905, financial records, 1891-1951, attorneys' personal papers, and extensive case files, the records largely document operation of the legal system outside formal court proceedings. Among the most informative materials are those discussing debtors' financial conditions and various strategies in debt collection cases and those concerning negotiation of settlements between insurance firms and automobile accident victims. The records illuminate several other areas as well: the nature and operation of the financial credit structure, the impact of the automobile on the practice of law, the professionalization of the practice of law at the end of the 19th century, the role of a general law firm operating in a regional urban center, and the business and financial operations of a law firm. Finally, the records contain some information on the non-business, public interests and activities of a group of successful professional men. Firm members whose personal papers are included in the collection are George Bills, H.O. Fairchild, George G. Greene, James McGillan, Barton L. Parker, F.N. Trowbridge, and Rodney C. Welch. The firm's corporate clients included Holt Lumber Company, Menominee Bay Shore Lumber Company, Green Bay and Western Railway Company, Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, and the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.

Note:

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gb0089

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