This collection exclusively covers Ruth Kriehn’s research for her 1988 book, The Fisherfolk of Jones Island. The majority of
materials originate during the roughly seven years Kriehn spent researching for the
book. However, this collection contains many photographs or copies of older
photographs or other visual materials dating from roughly 1890 to 1944.
Series 1 is about specific histories for important families which inhabited Jones
Island. Each of these histories includes written information and photographs for
each family covered. Series 2 focuses on Kriehn’s family history and contains
notebooks on the European history of the Kriehn family, including one of Kriehn’s
family members who worked as a maid in Berlin during the late 19th century. Series 3
contains photographs, sketches, ephemera and newspaper clippings of Jones Island,
Milwaukee, fishing, people, recreation, and saloons. Series 4 contains several books
relating to Kriehn’s topics of research on Jones Islanders as well as a published
copy of The Fisherfolk of Jones Island. Also included are correspondence and a map
of the northern tip of Jones Island circa 1897.
