These papers contain various record books kept by Tillman Brothers between 1859 and 1872, and a folder of price lists for 1872, 1890, 1895, and 1899. There is a stock inventory for 1868 included in Volume 4. In addition, the collection contains the original diary kept by Friedrich Tillman (in German script), together with a translation.
The story of the diary and the Tillman Brothers was printed in Then and Now, a monthly publication of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, in January 1966.
