Summary Information

Title: Gertrude M. Cairns Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1845-1958

Creator:

• Cairns, Gertrude M., 1872-1959

Call Number: River Falls Mss I

Quantity: 6.6 c.f. (17 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, ; 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-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Family papers of Cairns, a resident of Ellsworth, Wisconsin. The bulk of the collection comprises Miss Cairns' diaries, complete from 1903 through 1936; her precise records of weather conditions and her observations of birds, wild flowers, and garden plants; and the records, 1915-1956, of the Ellsworth Pioneer School Girls' Club. Also present are notes taken by Cairns while a University of Wisconsin student enrolled in Frederick Jackson Turner's courses. Papers of other members of the family are also in the collection. The correspondence includes exchanges of her father George W. Cairns, mother Abbie S. Leavitt Cairns, and her uncle A. W. Cairns with their friends, relatives, business and political associates, and the general public. Also included are local archival records from the offices of town clerk (Middleton, Dane County), and register of deeds, justice of the peace, deputy clerk of the district court, and deputy treasurer (Pierce County), offices held by George W.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-rf000i

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