Scott Meredith Research Files, 1971-1974

Container Title
Series: Herbert Battles Tanner
Subseries: Autobiographical Material
Reel   1
Frame   00-54
Sketches, Recollections, and Notes, 1895-1934
Reel   1
Frame   55-71
Journal Entries of Herbert Battles Tanner, 1878-1921, and Herbert Johnson Tanner, , 1938-1952 [12 p.]
Reel   1
Frame   72-284
Diary, 1880, concluding with a “Condensed Biography of H.B. Tanner” and ferrotype portrait
Reel   1
Frame   285-1284
Diaries [annual], 1893-1896, 1898-1916, 1918-1933, containing memoranda, addresses, and financial accounts
Reel   2
Frame   00-1237
Diaries [annual], continued
Reel   3
Frame   00-988
Diaries [annual], continued
Reel   3
Frame   989-1013
Newspaper Articles by or about Herbert Battles Tanner, 1891, 1910, circa 1923-1933
Note: See also Kaukauna Times, Articles by Herbert Battles Tanner, 1913-1931, reel 8, frames 879-888.
Subseries: Travel
Reel   3
Frame   1014-1047
Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, 1876, May 29-31; Washington, D.C., , 1876, June 10
Reel   3
Frame   1048-1099
Sesquicentennial International Exposition at Philadelphia, 1926
Reel   4
Frame   00-236
Three Travel Diaries, 1903-1904; 1906, 1916; 1926, 1929
Subseries: Civic and Social Activities
Reel   4
Frame   237-330
Church, 1870-1931, including correspondence with the Reverend Quincy Lamartine Dowd, , 1886-1931
Reel   4
Frame   331-394
Masonic Order and Odd Fellows, 1826, 1888-1932
Reel   4
Frame   395-399
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute [correspondence with Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver], 1905, 1939
Reel   4
Frame   400-452
Public Addresses, undated, 1897-1932
Note: See also Addresses and Papers, 1892-1930, reel 5, frames 00-118; Schools of Kaukauna, 1891-1926, reel 9, frames 16-471.
Reel   4
Frame   452a-456
Badges, 1886-1916
Subseries: Medicine
Indiana Medical College
Reel   4
Frame   457-510
1876-1878
Reel   4
Frame   511-553
Fiftieth-Year Reunion of the Class of 1878 [1928, Feb. 28], 1924-1937
Reel   4
Frame   554-766
Correspondence with Classmates, B-W, 1888-1933
Reel   4
Frame   767-827
Correspondence with Other Alumni, B-S, 1895-1931
Reel   4
Frame   828-842
Correspondence with William J. Mayo, 1909-1932
Reel   4
Frame   843-934
Membership in State Medical Societies [Illinois, Wisconsin, California, Texas], 1879-1933
Reel   4
Frame   935-991
Medical Examiner Appointments, 1881-1904
Reel   4
Frame   992-1014
Railway Surgeon, 1886-1924
First World War Service [including application to the Medical Reserve Corps]
Reel   4
Reel   1015-1068
1916 May 18-July 8
Reel   4
Reel   1069-1147
1916 Aug. 21-1929
Note: See also Letters from United States Politicians, 1910, Oct. 19-1924, Feb. 12, reel 8, frames 286-300.
Reel   5
Frame   00-118
Addresses and Papers, 1892-1930
Reel   5
Frame   119-187
Miscellany, 1877-1935
Reel   5
Frame   188-228
Physician's Record of Whiskey Prescriptions, 1931-1933
Reel   5
Frame   229-1189
Physician's Visiting Lists [annual], 1880, 1884-1905
Reel   6
Frame   00-1189
Physician's Visiting Lists, continued
Subseries: Business
Reel   7
Frame   00-13
Clerk and Basket Salesman, 1873-1874, 1879
Business Ventures
Reel   7
Frame   14-51
Drugstore, Wisconsin Real Estate, Bowling Alley, Gas Torch, 1890-1926
Reel   7
Frame   52-142
Automobiles, 1914-1921, 1967, 1970
Reel   7
Frame   143-187
Reptiles and Parrots, Candy Machines, Shooting Gallery, Greeting Cards, 1916-1919, 1932
Reel   7
Frame   188-210
Wool [stock shares], Chemicals, Timber [real estate], 1915, 1921-1922
Oil
Reel   7
Frame   211-284
Miscellany, 1920s
Reel   7
Frame   285-422
Correspondence, 1920-1929, 1932
Financial Accounts and Receipts
Reel   7
Frame   423-485
, 1880-1931 (mainly 1880-1915)
Reel   7
Frame   486-587
1911-1927
Note: See also Diaries, 1893-1896, 1898-1916, 1918-1933, reel 1, frames 285-1214; reel 2, frames 00-1237; and reel 3, frames 00-988.
Subseries: Politics
Reel   7
Frame   588-597
Description of the Railroad Strike, St. Louis, Missouri, 1877, July 25
Wisconsin
Correspondence
Reel   7
Frame   598-734
1886-1897
Reel   7
Frame   735-820
, 1898-1913 (mainly 1898-1901)
Miscellany
Reel   7
Frame   821-968
, 1884-1932 (mainly 1890-1900)
Reel   7
Frame   969-1037
1884-1912
Reel   7
Frame   1038-1050
Newspaper Clippings, 1884-1898
Texas
Reel   8
Frame   00-121
Correspondence, 1920-1933
Reel   8
Frame   122-188
Miscellany, 1916-1932
Reel   8
Frame   189-222
Newspaper Clippings, 1922-1933
Subseries: Mexico
Reel   8
Frame   223-242
Letters from Mary Georgina Miller (Boyd) Tanner, Blanche Lawe Tanner, and Herbert Johnson Tanner, circa 1909-1911
Reel   8
Frame   243-285
Letters from Herbert Johnson Tanner, 1921, Oct. 24-1922, Dec. 3
Reel   8
Frame   286-300
Letters from United States Politicians, 1910, Oct. 19-1924, Feb. 12
Reel   8
Frame   301-382
Correspondence, 1904-1938
Subseries: Kaukana
Reel   8
Frame   383-446
Photographs
History of the Streets of Kaukauna[1931]
Reel   8
Frame   447-707
Drafts
Reel   8
Frame   708-779
Correspondence, 1926-1932, 1964
Reel   8
Frame   780-795
Opening of the Hotel Brothers [1894 Dec. 20], 1894, 1926
Reel   8
Frame   796-818
Dominique Ducharme [1763-circa 1835], 1805-1924
Reel   8
Frame   819-830
Jesse Miner [1781-1829] and Thomas T. Miner [1823-1909], 1894, 1897, 1909
Reel   8
Frame   831-878
Fragmentary Notes, undated
Kaukauna Times
Reel   8
Frame   879-888
Articles by Herbert Battles Tanner, 1913-1931
Reel   8
Frame   889-997
Correspondence and Articles Submitted, 1910, 1919-1933
Reel   9
Frame   00-15
“Early Recollections of Kaukauna,” in a Bank of Kaukauna pamphlet, 1929
Schools of Kaukauna
Reel   9
Frame   16-47
1891-1926
Reel   9
Frame   48-103
Alumni News [four issues], 1938, 1961, 1963, 1965
Reel   9
Frame   104-206
Woman's Club Yearbook [seven issues], 1913-1932
Reel   9
Frame   207-223
Centennial Celebration [1890, June 19]
Reel   9
Frame   224-276
Home Coming Week and Historical Pageant, 1923-1924, 1940
Reel   9
Frame   277-278
Map: Fox River, Kaukauna Guard to Fifth Locks, 1921
Reel   9
Frame   279-300
“Industrial Kaukauna” by Francis F. Bowman, Jr., 1939
Note: See also City Directory, 1893-1894, and Telephone Directory, 1923 April, in the Historical Society Library.
Subseries: Other Historical Interests
Reel   9
Frame   301-379
Indians [including Hendrick Aupaumut], 1894-1932, 1958
Reel   9
Frame   380-498
Eleazar Williams “Lost Dauphin” [circa 1788-1858], 1896, 1921-1931
Reel   9
Frame   499-609
Three Notebooks on History and Genealogy Studies, undated
Historical Societies
Reel   9
Frame   610-663
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1884-1967 (mainly 1884-1932)
Reel   9
Frame   664-716
West Texas Historical Association, 1925-1930
Subseries: Entertainment and the Arts
Reel   9
Frame   717-780
Correspondence with Writers [authors, editors, and journalists], B-T, 1922-1930; transcript of letters from distinguished individuals [3 p.], , 1884-1932
Reel   9
Frame   781-875
Theatre and Concert Programs [including some of Herbert Johnson Tanner], 1909-1917, undated
Reel   9
Frame   876-946
Humor, Aphorisms, Children's Lullabies, undated
Subseries: Newspaper Clippings
Reel   9
Frame   947-1062
Wisconsin Obituaries, A-W, mainly 1920s
Reel   9
Frame   1063-1102
Wisconsin Articles, 1918-1954 (mainly 1925-1932)
Reel   10
Frame   00-50
Articles, 1800-1972 (mainly 1877-1898)
Reel   10
Frame   51-57
James Whitcomb Riley [1849-1916, Indiana poet], 1926, 1929, including an article by Herbert Battles Tanner
Note: See also Newspaper Clippings, 1884-1898, 1922-1930, reel 7, frames 1038-1050 and reel 8, frames 189-222.
Reel   10
Frame   58-59
Newspaper Scrapbook, 1893-1933