Henry Smith Papers, 1846-1916
outline view | full-text/printable view [size: 0.0 KB] | Add this to my bookbag

Summary Information

Title: Henry Smith Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1846-1916

Creator:
  • Smith, Henry, 1838-1916
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss CP

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:
Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee 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-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of Henry Smith, a Milwaukee millwright and public official, including biographies of himself and three others: Peter Toepfer, William Wesson, and George Wetter. Also includes correspondence (1903-1916) consisting largely of Smith's letters to politicians, local officials, and residents; studies relating to the history of Milwaukee, especially its bridges, dams, and waterworks; minutes of the Wisconsin Cremation Society (1895-1896); scrapbooks of newsclippings, especially about Milwaukee public affairs; the report of the jury investigating the 1893 bank failures in Milwaukee; some essays, lectures, and reports on the history of Wisconsin, its railroads, and the Greenback Party.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil000cp
 ↑ Bookmark this ↑