Summary Information

Title: Chandler B. and Chandler P. Chapman Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1835-1901

Creators:

• Chapman, Chandler B., 1815-1877
• Chapman, Chandler Pease, 1844-1897

Call Number: Wis Mss SA

Quantity: 3.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes and 6 volumes)

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 Chandler B. Chapman of Madison, Wisconsin, and Emporia, Kansas, a physician and businessman, and of his son, Chandler Pease Chapman, Madison, Wisconsin, a realtor and “father” of the Wisconsin National Guard. The collection consists primarily of correspondence and pertains primarily to the elder Chapman's Civil War service as a surgeon in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, to his activities on behalf of the Presbyterian Church and as a member of the Freemasons, to the military activities of the younger Chapman, and to the real estate and other investments of both men. Also present are personal papers of Anne Chapman (a daughter and sister); Civil War military documents and diaries; scrapbooks and newsclippings; a patient account book, 1841-1843; and journals of Dr. Chapman's trips to Europe and the Middle East including notes on hospitals, physicians, and medical practices he encountered.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000sa

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