Marie C. Kohler and Ruth DeYoung Kohler Papers, 1920-1944, 1953, 1955
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Title: Marie C. Kohler and Ruth DeYoung Kohler Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1920-1944, 1953, 1955

Creators:
  • Kohler, Marie Christine, 1876-1943
  • Kohler, Ruth DeYoung, 1906-1953
Call Number: Mss 585; PH 6502; Micro 2100

Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (4 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 volume), 0.4 c.f. of photographs, and 2 reels of microfilm (35mm)

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:
Papers of Marie C. Kohler, a daughter of Walter J. Kohler, Sr., and her sister-in-law, Ruth DeYoung Kohler, the wife of Herbert Kohler, Sr., concerning their respective civic activities. The papers include correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, and other materials primarily relating to Marie's work with Aubrey Williams and the Wisconsin Conference of Social Work and the annual Kohler Better Homes Week and to Ruth's work on the restoration of the Wade House, a stagecoach inn at Greenbush, Wisconsin, now a historic site of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Better Homes scrapbooks, which were in deteriorating condition, are available only on microfilm, with the exception of the original pages that contained fabric swatches, selected photographs, and floor plans. Other small files concern Marie's involvement in the Citizen's Committee on Unemployment (1930-1931), the Wisconsin Welfare Council (1941-1943), Wendell Willkie's 1940 presidential campaign, and the purchase of Japanese prints from Frank Lloyd Wright.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00585
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