Summary Information

Title: William F. Steuber Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1886-1996 (bulk 1927-1977)

Creator:

• Steuber, William F., 1904-

Call Number: Mss 1042; PH 6546; AC 284-AC 289; VBB 242; VBB 406; VHA 340

Quantity: 5.0 cubic feet (11 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 0.8 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box and 1 flat box), 6 films (16 mm), and 3 videorecordings

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 William F. Steuber, a highway engineer and novelist. Materials documenting Steuber's long career as an engineer and public relations spokesperson at the Wisconsin State Highway Commission (1926-1943, 1946-1970) include technical writings, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and films, speeches and manuscripts intended to promote highway safety. Although Steuber's short stories and articles are included, the bulk of the materials in the collection relates to Steuber's three novels: Us Incorporated (1953), and the historical novels The Landlooker (1957), about the Peshtigo Fire, and Go Away Thunder (1972), about the Menominee tribe. Steuber's writing process, from the research phase, through the drafting process, to the distribution and reception of his final work, is documented in extensive research files, annotated drafts and manuscripts, publisher's and congratulatory correspondence, and clippings. A small amount of personal papers are included with the collection; among them are board game and puzzle prototypes Steuber developed, family photographs, and a diary (1892-1908) kept by William F. Steuber Sr. and Milton C. Steuber.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss01042

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