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La Crosse Mss A
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Part 1 (La Crosse Mss A): Original Collection, 1779-1970
6.8 cubic feet (12 archives boxes, 1 records center carton, and 2 flat boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm)
: Family papers of Comstock, a physician at Arcadia, Wisconsin. Although the collection contains a few items on medical topics, the bulk of the papers consists of correspondence, diaries, business records, scrapbooks, and genealogical notes by and about her forebears in the Comstock and Durrin families. The major portion of the papers relates to her uncle, Cyrus Ballou Comstock (1831-1910), a prominent army engineer. Also in the collection are papers of Dr. Comstock's father, Noah D. Comstock (1832-1890), who emigrated from New York State before the Civil War, went to California in 1858, then returned east to settle in Arcadia. Other portions of the collection include Civil War letters from Walter Comstock, a lieutenant in Company A, 25th U.S. Infantry, at the time of his death; and letters written by Elizabeth Comstock's brother Adam (1871-1898) while a student at the University of Wisconsin and at Gottingen University in Germany. Two record books of the S.T. and F.A. Robertson General Store at Humbird, Wisconsin, are also present.
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Series: Unbound Papers
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Correspondence
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Box
1-3
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1811-1897
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Box
4
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1898-1952
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Box
4
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Comstock family genealogical notes
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Box
4
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Typed copy of Noah D. Comstock's diary, 1858
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Box
4
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Biographical sketch of Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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Box
4
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Miscellaneous notes, lectures, Mississippi River Commission papers of Cyrus Ballou Comstock's
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Box
4
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Miscellaneous, undated, and fragmentary correspondence, essays, etc.
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Box
5
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Documents, lands, and businesses, 1779-1884
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Box
5
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Commissions and appointments, 1792-1895
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Series: Bound Volumes
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Box
6
Volume
1
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Noah Durrin: Account book, 1795-1852
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Adam Comstock
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Box
7
Volume
2
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Account book, 1847, and diary, , 1858 May 8-1862 June 9
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Box
6
Volume
3
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Account book, various dates, and diary, 1862 November 19-1866 June 17
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Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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Diaries
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Box
7
Volume
4
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1847 April 16-1850 December 12
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Box
7
Volume
5
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1850 December 13-1855 October 15
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Box
7
Volume
6
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1855 November 24-1861 August 2
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Micro 1006
Reel
1
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Microfilm copy of Volumes 4-6
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La Crosse Mss A
Box
7
Volume
7
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1867 May 27-September 13
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Box
7
Volume
8
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[1868?] February 1-15, October 5-7
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Box
7
Volume
9
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1869
: Also scattered accounts.
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Box
7
Volume
10
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1870
: Also scattered accounts.
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Box
7
Volume
11
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1874
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Box
7
Volume
12
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1878 January 1-November 30
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Box
7
Volume
13
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1881 January 1-December 16
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Box
7
Volume
14
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1882 January 1-December 28
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Box
7
Volume
15
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1889, 1907-1910
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Memoranda books
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Box
7
Volume
16
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1883
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Box
7
Volume
17
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1885
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Box
7
Volume
18
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1886
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Box
7
Volume
19
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1887 ?-April 14
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Box
7
Volume
20
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1887 April 16-December 5
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Box
7
Volume
21
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1888
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Box
7
Volume
22
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1889
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Box
7
Volume
23
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Memoranda book and diary, 1890 January 1-November 29
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Box
7
Volume
24
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1891
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Box
7
Volume
25
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1892
: Includes daily cash and accounts.
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Box
7
Volume
26
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1893
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Box
7
Volume
27
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1894
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Box
7
Volume
28
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[1896?]
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Box
7
Volume
29
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1897
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Box
7
Volume
30
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1898
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Box
7
Volume
31
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1899
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Box
7
Volume
32
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1900
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Box
7
Volume
33
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1901
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Box
7
Volume
34
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1902
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Box
7
Volume
35
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1903
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Box
7
Volume
36
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1906-1908
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Box
7
Volume
37
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1909
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Financial records
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Box
8
Volume
38
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Daily cash and account book, 1858 January 1-1869 February 3
: Also lists stocks owned, debts owed, credits, etc.
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Box
8
Volume
39
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Daily cash and account book, 1862
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Box
8
Volume
40
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Account book, 1865
: Also contains names and addresses of various Comstocks.
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Box
8
Volume
41
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Check stub book, 1862
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Box
8
Volume
42
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Daily cash and account book, indexed, [1878-1891]
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Box
8
Volume
43
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Daily cash and account book, indexed, 1892-[1910]
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Notes and rough studies
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Box
8
Volume
44
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No. 1, indexed, [circa early 1880s?]
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Box
9
Volume
45
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No. 2, indexed, [circa mid-1880s?]
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Box
9
Volume
46
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No. IA, “Instructions...Lake Survey and...Notes and Rough Studies,” [circa mid-1880s?]
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Box
9
Volume
47
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No. 3, indexed, [circa mid-1880s?]
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Box
9
Volume
48
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No. 4, indexed, [circa late 1880s?]
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Box
9
Volume
49
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[Engineering and Mathematical Problems], indexed, [late 1880s]
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Box
9
Volume
50
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[Civil and Military Engineering Notes], indexed, [1890 September 2-?]
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Box
9
Volume
51
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Studies, circa early 1890s]
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Box
9
Volume
52
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Regulations for the Government of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army (Government printing Office, 1889): Annotated copy containing interfiled notes and marginalia
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Box
8
Volume
53
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[Notes on Ethics;...Ordinal Numbers, Longevity Pay, etc.], [circa 1900-1910?]
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Box
8
Volume
54
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Travel account, from Southampton to Rouen, including England, Scotland, Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Switzerland, 1877 June 23-1878 May 25
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Box
8
Volume
55
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Travel account, from Liverpool to Samaden, 1887 June 4-September 11
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Box
8
Volume
56
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Notes as Director of the Panama Railroad Company, 1897 April 5-1904 August 1
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Box
6
Volume
57
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Letterpress copy book, indexed, 1870 May 20-1909 December 19
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Fragments
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Box
6
Volume
58
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Notes on readings in French and German, regarding hydraulics, canals, dams, engineering problems, and the like, pp. 5-166
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Box
6
Volume
59
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Reports and notes taken at Board meetings, Mississippi River Commission?, pp. 69-142, 1880 November 15-?
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Box
6
Volume
60
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Notes on readings
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Box
6
Volume
60
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Personal inventory, 1882 June 6?
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Box
6
Volume
60
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Notes on reorganization and packing of personal papers, 1887 April?
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Box
6
Volume
60
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Inventory of library?, 1895?
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Box
6
Volume
61
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“The Board, No. 1,” indexed, regarding for example cost of torpedoes, various Congressional bills, Galveston harbor, Fort Moultre and Charleston defenses, and similar matters, 1883 April 2-1891 April 7
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Box
6
Volume
62
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Notes on such topics as the defense of Washington, bridges, defense of the Pacific Coast, and the like, arranged topically, pp. 3-477, 1883-1893
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Box
8
Volume
63
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Ellen Comstock: Diary and account book, 1869 January 21-December 28
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Noah D. Comstock
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Box
10
Volume
64
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Daily cash book, 1878 December 24-1875 November 18
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Box
8
Volume
65
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Diary (mostly daily cash and accounts), 1875 March 6-14
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Box
10
Volume
66
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Adam Comstock: Thesis for the B.S. degree at the University of Wisconsin, “A Study of the Radiation Effects in Metal Bars by Means of the Interferential Refractometer,” 1894
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Elizabeth Comstock
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Box
10
Volume
67
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Notebook for education course at the University of Wisconsin, 1897
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Box
10
Volume
68
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Notebook while on intern case work in New York City, 1903 February 7-[March 1?]
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Box
10
Volume
69
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Notebook while intern case work in New York City, 1903 April 21-June 11
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Comstock family genealogy notebooks
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Box
6
Volume
70
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Notebook kept by Noah D. Comstock
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Box
6
Volume
71
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“Early Comstocks in Different Towns, Indexed,” kept in diary for 1885 by Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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Box
6
Volume
72
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Record of letters sent to members of the Comstock family, 1900 May 11-1902 March 31, and notes, kept by Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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Box
6
Volume
73
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Address book of Comstocks throughout the United States, giving date letter sent, reply if any, and if answer sent, kept by Cyrus Ballou Comstock, 1902-1906
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Box
6
Volume
74
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Record of letters sent to members of the Comstock family, kept by Cyrus Ballou Comstock, 1902 January 11-1906 July 14
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Box
6
Volume
75
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“Genealogical Notes No. 3,” indexed (also some mathematical problems), kept by Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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Box
6
Volume
76
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Genealogical notes from books and wills, taken by Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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Box
6
Volume
77
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“Memorandum Book, No. 10,” indexed, containing genealogical notes kept by Cyrus Ballou Comstock
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S[mith] T. Robertson and F[erdinand] A. Robertson General Store at Humbird, Wisconsin
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Box
10
Volume
78
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Ledger, indexed, 1871-1881 July 15
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Box
10
Volume
79
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Letterpress copy book: for S.T. and F.A. Robertson, 1885 March 5-1886 October 30, and for Gaveny and Comstock, Noah D. Comstock, and Ellen Comstock, , 1887 May 7-1890 September 22
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Series: Dr. Comstock Personal Papers
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Correspondence
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Box
16
Folder
1-5
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1870, 1909-1957
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Box
11
Folder
1-6
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1896-1970, undated
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Box
16
Folder
6
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Undated
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Diaries and memorandum books
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Box
11
Folder
7-11
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1939-1954
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Box
12
Folder
1-2
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1955, 1967, undated
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Financial records
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Box
12
Folder
3
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Book of personal expenses, 1902-1905
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Box
12
Folder
4
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Miscellaneous financial materials, 1887-1956
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Professional records
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Certificates, 1901-1963
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Correspondence
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Box
16
Folder
7
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1924-1957
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Box
16
Folder
8
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Undated
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Box
15
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Diplomas, 1893-1906
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Box
12
Folder
6
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Johns Hopkins University Medical School notebook, 1898
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania notecards, programmes, memorabilia, 1898-1963
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Box
12
Folder
8
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Speeches and lectures, 1954
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Box
12
Folder
9
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Writings, undated
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Box
12
Folder
10
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Memorabilia, undated
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Box
12
Folder
11
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Inventory of furniture of 124 East 27th Street, 1901 December 12
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Series: Family Papers
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Correspondence
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Box
12
Folder
12
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1881-1914
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Box
12
Folder
13
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Letters from James L. Bishop concerning Noah Comstock's estate, 1910
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Box
12
Folder
14
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Financial records, 187?-1913
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Genealogical materials
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Box
13
Folder
1-2
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Materials relating to Noah Comstock's life, circa 1900-1970, undated
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Samuel Comstock's descendants, undated
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Series: Newspaper Clippings and Scrapbooks
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Box
13
Folder
4
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Clippings, circa 1950-1970
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Scrapbooks
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Box
14
Folder
1
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1890-1921
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Box
13
Folder
5
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1957, 1959
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Box
14
Folder
2
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1961
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Box
13
Folder
6
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1961-1963
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Box
14
Folder
3
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1961-1964
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Box
13
Folder
7
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1964
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Box
14
Folder
4
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1968
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PH La Crosse Mss A; PH La Crosse Mss A (3)
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Part 2 (PH La Crosse Mss A; PH La Crosse Mss A (3)): Additions,
195 photographs and 5 drawings (1 archives box and 1 flat box)
: Photographs relating to the life of Comstock, including images of herself, friends, and family, circa 1870 to 1970. The photographs also include a scrapbook, circa 1920, compiled by Comstock.
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PH 2861
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Part 3 (PH 2861): Additions,
12 photographs (1 folder)
: Portrait photographs, circa 1860-1910, from the files of Cyrus Ballou Comstock and his wife.
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