Summary Information

Title: Thomas H. Johnson and Fred and Germaine Pidgeon Research Collection on Powers Bluff
Inclusive Dates: 1906-2008 (bulk 2000-2002)

Creators:

• Johnson, Thomas H.
• Pidgeon, Fred
• Pidgeon, Germaine

Call Number: M2010-051; Audio 1502A; VHB 872-VHB 896

Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet (1 records center carton and 1 archives box), 106 photographs, 25 videorecordings, and 5 tape recordings

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:

Research papers, 1906-2008 (bulk 2000-2002), of Thomas H. Johnson and Fred and Germaine Pidgeon, regarding the land use of Powers Bluff, a Wood County, Wisconsin park and Native American burial site, consisting of news clippings, pamphlets, subject files, photographs, and videorecordings and tape recordings. The papers include descriptions of the cultural, botanical, and geographic history of the area and the controversy surrounding expanded recreational use of the park and the removal of trees around Native American burial grounds. Also included are video cassettes documenting Wood County forestry and park meetings and interviews with area residents describing Powers Bluff in the early 1900s when the Potawatomi first arrived in the area.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2010051

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