Summary Information

Title: State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Building Commission Records
Inclusive Dates: 1895-1915, 1923

Creator:

• State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Call Number: Series 941; PH 136; PH 347

Quantity: 4.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes) and 147 photographs

Repository:

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.

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records, mainly 1895-1915, of several commissions appointed to oversee the construction of the Historical Society building and various early additions. The photographs, primarily cyanotype prints, document the construction, circa 1897-circa 1900. Included are images of the interior and exterior of the building, construction details, construction drawings, and workmen. Also included are views of the University of Wisconsin's Madison campus and of the Milwaukee Public Library.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser00941