Summary Information

Title: Clarence Brown Lester Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1865-1957

Creator:

• Lester, Clarence Brown, 1877-1951

Call Number: M2002-120

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 76 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Clarence Brown Lester, secretary of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission. A graduate of Brown University, Lester attended graduate school in political science at the University of Wisconsin and held posts at the state libraries of Indiana and New York before returning to Madison, Wisconsin. Papers cover both his personal and professional life (bulk 1900-1951) and include correspondence, newspaper clippings, family history, reports, publications, and other ephemera. Also included are photographs of family, vacations, and his residence in Wisconsin.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2002120

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