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| Esch, Henry, 1826-1909 | Title: Henry Esch Papers, 1848-1863, 1909
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Wis Mss O Abstract: Diaries in German of Henry Esch, an Evangelical Church itinerant missionary in Sauk County, Wisconsin and elsewhere in southern Wisconsin and Iowa. A list of sermon texts, correspondence, a summary of his work in the mission at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and biographical accounts are also present. |
| Esch, John J. | Title: John J. Esch Papers, 1891-1941, 1992-1994
Quantity: 24.5 c.f. (64 archives boxes, 10 flat boxes, and 2 record center cartons); plus additions of 0.3 c.f. Call Number: Wis Mss ME; M79-001; M97-010 Abstract: Papers of John J. Esch, a La Crosse, Wisconsin resident who served as Republican congressman from 1899 to 1921. The collection consists largely of correspondence. As a member or as chairman of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce from 1903 to 1921, Esch had considerable correspondence on transportation legislation, particularly that pertaining to railroad regulation. A major portion of the collection pertains to American participation in World War I and includes material on the restriction of immigration, espionage, preparedness, selective service, censorship of the press, taxation, and demobilization. Numerous incoming letters contain complaints about military and governmental regulations and services. Other letters discuss the agitation for prohibition, the activity of the proponents of woman suffrage, and the needs of the Indian school at Tomah. Some papers relate to Wisconsin politics, especially in Esch's district, which included La Crosse, Jackson, and Monroe counties and some adjacent areas. The collection contains a few personal papers giving information on Esch's business investments, personal correspondence during his tenure in the U.S. Congress, items relating to Esch family genealogy, and some scattered items giving glimpses of La Crosse local history. |
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Esch, John J.; Fritche, G., Rev. |
Title: John J. Esch Translation of "Biography of Henry Esch" from
Der Christliche Botschafter
Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 014 Abstract: John J. Esch's translation of "Biography of Henry Esch" from Rev. G. Fritsche's Der Christliche Botschafter. Translation typewritten 1940 March. |
| Estabrook, Robert H., 1918- | Title: Robert H. Estabrook Papers, 1947-1966
Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 77AF Abstract: Papers of a journalist who served as editorial writer, chief foreign correspondent, associate editor, and United Nations correspondent for the Washington Post (1946-1971) and editor-publisher of the Lakeville (Conn.) Journal (1971-). Processed papers consist of correspondence on journalism conferences and trips abroad; diaries of trips to Asia (1959), Europe (1955), and the Soviet Union and Poland (1962); notes and reports on other trips in the 1960s to the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, and the Near East; free-lance articles for Atlantic Monthly, the CIO's Guild Reporter, Reporter, and The Nation; and speeches. Of special interest are files on the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the National Conference of Editorial Writers, and the American Press Institute. Also included is a manual for Post correspondents compiled and edited by Estabrook. |
| Esterly, George, 1809-1893 | Title: George Esterly Papers, 1840-1914
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) and 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) Call Number: SC 1079; Micro 203; Micro 204 Abstract: Papers of George Esterly, a Wisconsin agricultural machinery inventor and manufacturer; including an autobiography, a genealogy of the Esterly family, and miscellaneous letters, deeds, and other papers. In the autobiography Esterly describes his migration from New York State to Michigan, his work there in logging camps, his purchase of farm land in Heart Prairie, Wisconsin, and his inventions of grain harvesting machinery such as the Esterly Twine Binding Machine. Also present are several drawings by Burton Esterly. |