Lelia Bascom Papers, 1815-1968

Summary Information

Title: Lelia Bascom Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1815-1968

Creator:
  • Bascom, Lelia, 1875-1968
Call Number: Mss 957; PH Mss 957

Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot (2 archives boxes and 1 half-archives box), 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (1 folder and 1 oversize folder)
Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of Lelia Bascom, a University of Wisconsin professor, Quaker social activist, and Madison civic leader, largely relating to her interest in the Bascom family. Included are fragmentary correspondence of her father William Russel Bascom and other members of the family, photographs, a narrative genealogy of the Russel Bascom family, and genealogical notes. In addition there is personal correspondence received during her final years and volumes recording expenditures for clothing, charitable donations, and other personal items over a 50-year period.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00957
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