Gertrude M. Cairns Papers, 1845-1958

Contents List

Container Title
Box   1-4
Correspondence, 1845-1958
Note: All correspondence is arranged chronologically by month.
Box   5-10
Gertrude M. Cairns' Diaries, 1885-1936
Box   16
Diary, 1891
Note: Added to collection in 1985.
Box   10
[Abbie S. Leavitt?] Diaries, 1855, September 23 - 1861, December 31
Box   11
Weather and Bird Records, 1889-1933, and Miscellaneous Records, , 1901-1930
Note: Re: Arrival of Birds; Planting; Sprouting; Leaves; Bloom of Wild Flowers and Garden Flowers; Vegetables and Fruits; Flower Census, and the like.
Box   12
Family School Notes and Papers--William, Rolla U., and Gertrude M. Cairns
Box   17
Class notes, 1893-94, 1896-97
Note: Taken by Cairns in U.S. history courses. Cairns was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and studied history under Frederick Jackson Turner. Added to collection in 1980.
Box   12
School Note Books of Gertrude N. Cairns
Box   12
Essays and Papers Read Before “The Saturday Club”
Ellsworth Pioneer School Girls' Club
Box   13
Correspondence, circa 1920's-1956
Scrapbooks
Box   13
Volume   2
1915, June 25-1924, June 26
Box   14
Volume   3
1925, June 25-1938, June 13
Box   14
Volume   4
1939, June 29-1953, June 25
Minutes
Box   13
Volume   5
1915, June 15-1922, June 29
Box   13
Volume   6
1923, June 28-1954, June 24
Box   13
Volume   7
Treasurer's Account Book, 1932-1954
Membership Lists
Box   13
Volume   8
First List, 1915
Box   13
Volume   9
Revised Lists (1st & 2nd), 1925-1943
Box   13
Volume   10
Revised Lists (3rd & 4th), 1944, 1954
Box   13
Volume   11
Roll of Members, 13th through 19th Meetings, 1923-1934
Box   13
Volume   12
Roll of Members, 30th through 40th Meetings, 1945-1955
George W. Cairns' Legal and Governmental Records, 1852-undated
Box   15
Bills, Accounts, Receipts, Contracts, from the Office of Town Clerk, Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin, 1852-undated
Box   15
Papers from the Office of Town Clerk, Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin
Box   15
[Justice of the Peace?], Fragments of Marriage Records, [1855]
Box   15
Criminal Actions in Justice Court, 1855-1858
Box   15
Copy of Petition to Supervisors of Town of River Falls , [1855?]
Box   15
Treasurer's Papers, [Pierce County], 1855, 1857
Box   15
[County Treasurer?]or Register of Deeds, Notes and Work Papers, 1857
Box   15
State of Wisconsin vs. George Braley, Pierce County, 1857, July
Box   15
Records as Supervisor of Greenwood, 1855, October 19-undated
Box   15
Indentures, re Greenwood House, 1858, 1863
Box   15
[Copies?] of Circuit Court Papers, Pierce County, 1864
Box   15
School Wood Contract and School District Papers, 1866, 1867
Box   15
Notary Public Certificate, 1866, February 2
Box   15
Circuit Court Case, Mat. L. Dill vs. William H. Levitt, 1872
Box   15
[Circuit?] Court Records, 1873, May 29-30
Box   15
[Circuit?] Court Records (?), Jurors' Lists, undated
Box   15
Register of Deeds' Plat Maps, Pierce County, undated
Box   15
Miscellaneous Papers, Register of Deeds, Pierce County
Box   15
Copy of the constitution of [?] Cemetery Association, undated
Box   15
Volume   1
Tract Book, [Office of Register of Deeds, Pierce County?], [circa 1850's?]
Box   16
Miscellaneous, 1855-undated
Box   16
[Debate Speech?] by [?], undated, “Is Party Spirit an Evil?”
Box   16
Minutes of Annual Meeting, River Falls Academy, 1858, August 23
Box   16
Middleton, Dane County, Lyceum Records, 1847, January 3-February 14
Box   16
Secretary's Minutes, Constitution, and Records of the River Falls Lyceum, 1855, September 29-1856, December 4
Box   16
Rolla U. Cairns' Certificate of Life Membership in the State Medical Society, 1948, December 19
Box   16
Constitution of “The Saturday Club” [by Gertrude M. Cairns?], undated
Box   16
Pencil Sketch of George Washington Cairns, by [?] Callahan, cartoonist for a Saint Paul paper, undated
Box   16
Miscellaneous Photographs, Ellsworth Community and Ellsworth Pioneer School Girls' Club, undated
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   16
Miscellaneous, Fragments