Summary Information

Title: Lenora Balis Fleek Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1846-1946

Creator:

• Fleek, Lenora Balis, 1867-1941

Call Number: Mss 247; PH 4009; PH 4042

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 flat box) and 65 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:

Genealogical notes and charts prepared by Lenora Balis Fleek and her daughter, Belle Fleek Harlow, Brodhead, Wisconsin, plus original documents and photographs from the Balis, Batchelder, and Fleek families. The original documents consist of deeds, tax receipts, Civil War orders, occasional correspondence, poetry, a recipe book, and miscellaneous materials. Also included in the Balis Family documents is an account of Chile's 1891 civil war as witnessed by Ben W. Wells, a U.S. sailor; and an 1867 diary and account book kept by farmer Henry M. Balis which contains a general muster roll and clippings on the Civil War service of the Orfordville Volunteers, Co. G., 13th Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00247

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