Summary Information

Title: Florence Patton Fitzgerald Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1860-1952

Creator:

• Fitzgerald, Florence Patton, 1898-

Call Number: Mss 270; PH 1597

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 13 photographs (1 folder)

Repository:

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.

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of Florence Patton FitzGerald (Mrs. W. Norman FitzGerald, Jr.) of Milwaukee, Wis. and of other family members. Correspondence describes Florence Patton's trip to England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland in 1920, and her work as a driver for the Comite Americain pour les regions devastees de la France (C.A.R.D.) in 1921. Correspondence to Mrs. FitzGerald from Mabel Finch (later Mrs. Gaul), 1938-1952, describes upperclass English family life during World War II, especially German bombing raids, employment, war news, and British prisoners of war, particularly Mrs. Finch's brother, Norman Shuttleworth. Post-war subjects include food shortages, the Labour government, travel, and family affairs. One letter from Sadie Harris in 1942 describes destruction of U.S. shipping by German submarines off the Florida coast. The collection also includes material regarding William FitzGerald as inspector of vessels at Milwaukee (1887-1898), and regarding his ship, Red, White and Blue (1869), and a 1908 lake trip. The photographs date circa 1860-1910 and are portraits related to the FitzGerald family.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00270

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