Summary Information

Title: John H. Peacock Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1927-1933

Creator:

• Peacock, John H., 1874-1963

Call Number: Platteville Mss R; PH 3082

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 69 photographs (1 album)

Repository:

Housed at the Southwest Wisconsin Room and Area Research Center, Ullsvik Hall, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; owned by the 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.

UW-Platteville Southwest Wisconsin Room / Platteville Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of Peacock, a Prairie du Chien, Wis., businessman, primarily concerning initiation, financing, construction, and completion of the Prairie du Chien bridge over the Mississippi River. Peacock chaired the local bridge committee. Included is correspondence with Senator John J. Blaine and bridge investors, minutes of the bridge committee and the chamber of commerce, architectural plans, and clippings and broadsides, plus miscellaneous business papers. The photograph album documents the construction and opening of the bridge, 1931-1932.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-pltv000r

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