Part 1 (Mss 935, Micro 2073, Audio 1440A): Original Collection, 1790s-1998
Physical Description: 32.0 c.f. (50 archives boxes, 37 card boxes, 8 flat boxes, and 1 tube), 16 tape recordings and 8 reels of microfilm (35 mm) 
Scope and Content Note

The manuscript materials of the H.H. Bennett Papers document the professional and personal life, as well as the legacy, of photographer Henry Hamilton Bennett from 1856 to 1998, the business operations of the Bennett Studio from the late 1860s to the 1990s, and the lives of various members of Bennett's extended family, primarily the Marshalls and the Crandalls. Secondarily, the papers trace the evolution of Wisconsin Dells from a small frontier settlement to a major Midwest tourist attraction, the Civil War service of Henry and Edmund Bennett in the 12th Wisconsin; the business and inventions of George M. Marshall; Native American tribes in the Dells area, particularly the Ho Chunk; song writing and publishing in the mid-twentieth century; and model railroading. The photographs taken by H.H. Bennett and his successors are described separately in the H.H. Bennett Studio Collection (PH 6062).

The papers are divided into four series: the HENRY HAMILTON BENNETT PAPERS, BENNETT STUDIO RECORDS, BENNETT FAMILY PAPERS, and AUDIO RECORDINGS. Because Bennett's descendants continued to actively honor his photographic legacy, information on him and the Wisconsin Dells area can be found in all three series. In general, the artistic aspects of photography are covered best in the H.H. Bennett years, while the twentieth-century studio records contain more information on the business aspects of photography and tourist promotion than on the careers of individual studio photographers. The FAMILY PAPERS document three interlocking families: the Bennetts, the Marshalls, and the Crandall-Musson family. These papers not only provide context for Bennett's professional and personal life, but they also contain rich documentation on several important members of his extended family: primarily his second wife Evaline Marshall Bennett, his father-in-law George M. Marshall, his daughter Miriam E. Bennett, his son-in law George Crandall, and his granddaughter Lois Crandall Musson.

Most of the materials created by or collected by H.H. Bennett are found in the first series, the HENRY HAMILTON BENNETT PAPERS. Included are correspondence, diaries, exposure books, and memorabilia. This series also contains printed materials that discuss Bennett's professional legacy and personal life or that contained Bennett images. For additional information about the financial history of Bennett's photography business and for examples of the guidebooks he created in the 1890s and 1900s, see the “Financial Records” and “Studio Publications” sections of the BENNETT STUDIO RECORDS.

The correspondence in the first series is arranged in four parts. The General Correspondence, 1856-1907, consists of incoming and outgoing letters documenting Bennett's arrival in Kilbourn, his service in the Civil War, his struggle to establish a successful photography business, his opposition to the Kilbourn Dam, and other professional and personal concerns. After 1882, the majority of the outgoing correspondence is contained in letterpress volumes, some of which are only available on microfilm, rather than in General Correspondence. Additional materials on Bennett's arrival in Wisconsin and on his Civil War service can be found in the George H. and Harriet A. Bennett Correspondence in the FAMILY PAPERS series. Bennett's Civil War-era diaries (1863-1864) contain information on the 12th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and its service at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and in Tennessee and Mississippi.

Correspondence with William H. Metcalf comprises the second subdivision of Bennett's correspondence. Metcalf was Bennett's patron and friend, and their letters are full of detail about photographic techniques and the ups and downs of the photography business. The correspondence documents the 1875 studio building, which Metcalf underwrote, Bennett's innovative printing house; prices for supplies; photographic techniques including both wet and dry plate processes; alterations to and construction of cameras and other photographic equipment; lantern slide shows; and the fatal illness of Bennett's first wife, Frances Douty Bennett. Bennett's letters to Metcalf are located in the “Letterpress Correspondence” section although there are few letters from Bennett to Metcalf prior to 1882.

The third correspondence section consists of exchanges with Evaline Marshall Bennett, 1889-1906. It documents their rocky courtship, their life together, and Evaline's involvement in the photography business. Additional information about the courtship can be found in Evaline's correspondence with her parents and siblings in the FAMILY PAPERS and in the 1889 and 1890 diaries of her brother Frank Marshall.

The final correspondence section consists of letterpress volumes of Bennett's outgoing correspondence from 1882 until his death in 1908. The letterpress volumes are arranged by chronological period and alphabetically thereunder. Because of their fragile condition the volumes from 1892 until 1908 are available only on microfilm.

While a great deal of information about H.H. Bennett's photography can be gleaned from the correspondence, the exposure books, 1887-1899, provide especially valuable documentation on his photographic techniques and shot selections. The content of these books varies, with some describing subjects, weather conditions, exposure, and processes and others listing only some of these variables. The exposure books however do not cover Bennett's entire photographic career.

Among the alphabetically-arranged memorabilia are records on Bennett's involvement in two local organizations. When Bennett first arrived in Kilbourn, he worked for the Wisconsin River Hydraulic Company, and three financial volumes pertaining to this company are included in the papers, although it is not known why they were in Bennett's possession. In the late nineteenth century, Bennett organized and directed two drill teams for young people in Kilbourn: a female broom brigade and a group for young men known as the Kilbourn High School Cadets. The collection contains a little information on the founding and financial operation of the cadet corps.

The final group of materials in the HENRY HAMILTON BENNETT PAPERS series consists of magazine articles, exhibit catalogues, and other printed products that document Bennett's career and his legacy. Some of this material is presented in the form of clipping scrapbooks. Over the years, the family expanded the coverage of these scrapbooks to include not only references to Bennett and the Bennett Studio, but also general news of the Dells area. All of the scrapbooks are available on microfilm but only the “Dells vs. the Dam, 1905-1921” and the 1878-1938 volumes have been retained in their original form.

The BENNETT STUDIO RECORDS series consists of materials generated by Bennett enterprises after H.H. Bennett's death. Exceptions are the Studio Publications section from the 1870s to 1996, and the Financial Records section from 1869 to 1998. The studio records consist of correspondence and subject files, studio publications, individual photographers' materials, reference files, and financial records.

The studio correspondence is arranged in two overlapping sections: General Files and Subject Files. At various times in the twentieth century, studio employees maintained chronological correspondence files while at other times, they created alphabetical subject files for business correspondence. These original filing systems have been maintained. The General Files document studio business as broadly defined and cover many of the same subjects reflected in the Subject Files. In general, few subjects are covered uniformly for the entire period from 1908 to 1998. The guidebook and postcard operations are extensively documented, as is the Bennett-run “Minirama” tourist attraction (1959-1970) that featured a miniature model of the Dells area and an extensive model railroad. Also well documented are the ongoing relationship between the Studio and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and the interactions between Jean and Oliver Reese and various authors working on H.H. Bennett projects including Dave Hanson, Sara Rath, and Rick Smith. The subject file “Publication Permissions” also contains information on the studio's control of Bennett's images. Taken as a whole, the General Files and the Subject Files document both the business operations of a photography studio during the twentieth century and the evolution of tourism in the Dells as seen through the various Bennett enterprises.

The remaining subseries of the BENNETT STUDIO RECORDS supplement information found in the General and Subject Files. For example, the Studio Publications subseries contains a run of the guidebooks and stereo catalogs, as well as some items published by their competitors. Information on the conception and marketing of some of these guidebooks is found in the “Guidebooks” files.

The changing nature of the studio business can be tracked through the extensive financial records. The nineteenth-century ledgers, sales book, and daybooks record daily transactions at the studio gallery and provide information about the type and prices of stereo views and prints. For the twentieth century, employees tracked customer orders in a variety of ways; these include order books, index cards, and forms arranged together as “Customer Orders.” Some of these files contain correspondence with patrons. The financial records also document the wholesale operations of the studio and the expansion of Bennett operations into crafts, gifts, and other non-photographic souvenirs. The “Orders” files contain information on crafts sold in the Bennett stores while the “Sales” files contain information on the wholesale postcard and guidebook operations. Finally, the account books provide brief glimpses of various Bennett businesses or trading lines including the studio itself, the post card shop, and the Stand Rock Trading Post.

Unfortunately, the Bennett Studio Records contain little information about the actual practice of photography by studio employees. Evaline Marshall Bennett and Miriam E. Bennett were significant in the continuing operation of the studio after H.H. Bennett's death, but the collection contains little information about their professional careers. There is some information about the photography of Evaline's other daughter, Ruth Bennett Dyer, and Ruth's son-in-law, Oliver Reese. This material is grouped together in the Individual Photographers' Materials section and includes exposure books from the 1940s and 1950s and correspondence documenting Oliver Reese's career as a freelance magazine photographer in the 1950s.

The FAMILY PAPERS series is arranged by family name: Bennett, Marshall, and Crandall-Musson families; with each section arranged thereunder alphabetically by name. The Bennett Family material documents four generations of Bennetts in Vermont and Wisconsin. The correspondence of George H. and Harriet Bennett, H.H. Bennett's parents, includes their courtship letters from the early 1840s, information on the early settlement of Kilbourn, and a rare home-front perspective on the Civil War in their letters to Henry and Edmund. Additional information on the Bennett family during the Civil War can be found in the correspondence of Henry's siblings, Edmund, George, and Sarah. The long run of correspondence to another sibling, John Bennett, consists primarily of letters from Edmund and Sarah. John was still living in Kilbourn with his parents so most of these letters touch on Bennett family matters in Wisconsin. The letters from Edmund document his mining enterprises in Colorado and New Mexico, and the letters from Sarah Bennett McVey discuss her life in McVey, Minnesota.

The Evaline Marshall Bennett materials in this series consist of personal letters that were neither to nor from H.H. Bennett. (Those letters are filed in the Henry Hamilton Bennett Series, and Evaline's correspondence concerning studio business is located in the General and Subject Files of the Bennett Studio Records.) Letters from 1888 to 1890 primarily concern their courtship. Sympathy letters represent the bulk of the correspondence received by Evaline after Bennett's death in 1908. The mining claims files consist primarily of letters from Henry's brother Don. It documents Bennett holdings in the southwest.

The materials of Bennett's daughter Miriam document her friendships, travels, and other personal activities. Most significant are the writings on her father and the early history of the Dells area. These essays are a good source for biographical information about H.H. Bennett and his family, and they provide insight into the handling of the Bennett legacy by the studio. Miriam, Ruth, and other studio employees drew heavily on Miriam's research and writing to create studio publicity.

The Marshall Family papers document the long career of George M. Marshall, father of Evaline Marshall Bennett, and his other children, Frank and Ruth. George Marshall was a prolific inventor of machines and implements, and he worked in or ran machine shops throughout his life in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin. Beginning in 1854 and ending with his death in 1915, Marshall kept a series of diaries that document his business and personal activities. These diaries contain information on the machine and mill industries in Shelbourne Falls, Vermont, and in Adams County and Kilbourn City, Wisconsin. Also documented are his 1854 trip to Kansas, his speculation in western lands during the 1860s, and his move to Big Spring, Wisconsin, in 1865. The diaries also contain information on Marshall's service in the Wisconsin State Assembly in the mid-1870s and his interest in steam-powered automobiles and other new machines. The George Marshall correspondence, business records, and financial records supplement the information found in the diaries, particularly his commercial enterprises in the Kilbourn area. The “Lifeline of G. M. Marshall” and the scrapbooks contain summary information about his life and work.

The papers of Frank and Ruth Marshall are more sparse than those of their father. Most of the Frank Marshall correspondence concerns business enterprises with his father, and the personal letters and diaries document the courtship between Evaline and H.H. Bennett. A few items from the journal of accounts contain information on Frank Marshall's campaign for mayor of Wisconsin Dells in the 1930s. Although Ruth Marshall became a prominent professor of biology at Rockford College and an expert on water mites, her papers primarily concern personal matters.

The Crandall-Musson Family papers document the professional and personal lives of George H. Crandall, H.H. Bennett's son-in-law, and his two daughters, Lois Crandall Musson and Phyllis Crandall Connor. There is also some memorabilia of Nellie Bennett Crandall, George Crandall's wife and H.H. Bennett's daughter. The George Crandall materials provide spotty information on his business dealings in the Dells, particularly his boat operations and property holdings.

Additional information on these operations are contained in the files about Phyllis Crandall Connor and Lois Crandall Musson. In 1929 Phyllis Crandall Connor developed the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial into a major tourist attraction, taking it to the 1933 Century of Progress in Chicago. The papers include correspondence of both sisters about their activities at the fair. Phyllis, Lois, and their husbands, continued to oversee and expand the family's business operations in and around the Dells, and their papers contain summary financial information about these operations from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. However, the papers are by no means the complete record of Crandall-Musson operations. In addition, Lois Musson was a prolific songwriter and poet, and her papers document a longstanding collaboration with composer Hank Patterson that produced several published songs on Wisconsin Dells and Indian themes.

The AUDIO RECORDINGS mostly document Minirama, the model train attraction owned by the Bennett family in the Dells, and railroads in general. Also included are recordings of Indian Ceremonials including one at Standing Rock.

Series: Henry Hamilton Bennett Papers

Correspondence

General

1856-1857

Typescript copies, 1857

1858-1864

Civil War era correspondence, undated

Civil War letters: typescript letters, 1861-1864

1865-1891

1892-1907

With William H. Metcalf

1874-1892

To Metcalf from H.H. Bennett, 1891-1892

From the Metcalf family, 1897, 1902-1903

List of Paintings Collected by W.H. Metcalf, 1891

With Evaline Marshall Bennett, 1889-1906

Letterpress volumes (outgoing)

Stylograph volumes
Note: Not microfilmed.

1882 July-1885 December

1885 December-1892 July

Microfilmed volumes
Note: Originals at H.H. Bennett site.

1892-1894

1898-1900

1901-1902

1903-1904

1905-1906

1907-1908

Diaries

1863 January-July

Loose pages

1863 August-1864 February

Typescript copies, 1863-1864

1866-1867

Brattleboro trip, 1882

Kansas trip, 1884

Exposure books

Milwaukee page displayed in studio, circa 1880

“Some failures and successes,” 1887

1887 June-November

Milwaukee, 1887

Milwaukee Ice Palace, Battle of Shiloh, 1887

Rifle shooting at Camp Douglass, 1887

Milwaukee, Madison, 1889

Centralia, 1890

Schandin and Shoals residences, 1890

La Crosse, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry and Wausau, 1890

Chicago, 1892

Minneapolis, St. Louis, 1898

Chicago, 1898

Wisconsin Dells and vicinity, undated

Milwaukee, undated

Chicago, undated

Memorabilia

Agricultural Society award, 1872

Business cards, letterhead, envelope

Civil War memorabilia

1863-1903, undated

Lists of Company E, 12th Wisconsin, circa 1909, undated

Gold toning formula, undated

Humorous postcards, undated

Kilbourn High School Cadets

By-laws and company roll, 1896, 1898

Minutes, 1898

Roll call record and discharges, 1897

Dues ledger, 1897

Miscellaneous

Lapham, Charles, Letter of elevation bench marks, circa 1893

List of lenses owned by H.H. Bennett, 1897, corrected 1901

Lock of hair, undated

Map of Kansas with route marked, 1884

Notebooks, 1896, undated

Obituary and will, 1907

Photographic memorabilia, 1867, 1893, undated

Secrecy oaths for employees, 1876-1905, undated

Stereograph mounting plans, 1903

Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) translations, miscellaneous Indian notes, undated

Wisconsin River Hydraulic Company

Daybook, 1857

Journal, 1858

Ledger, 1858

Printed material regarding H.H. Bennett and the Dells area

Magazine articles, 1895-1997, undated

Brochures and guidebooks

General

Bennett House

Boat tours, undated

Chamber of Commerce

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, 1901-1915, 1928, undated

Decker, A., Along the Wisconsin River, 1907

Dells Boat Company, circa 1932, undated

Dells Inn, undated

Dells of the Wisconsin River: Service Guide for Kilbourn and the Dells, undated

Dells Publicity Company, undated

Dells Resort Company, Dells of the Wisconsin

Devil's Lake Echo, 1939

Ducks, 1953

Hotel Crandall, 1916, undated

Hotels, Miscellaneous, undated

Lang, M.W., Vacation Paradise, 1947

Mackness, J.T., Souvenir Poems, 1902?

Parsons Indian Pageant, circa 1929

Pines Hotel, undated

Saunders, Capt. Dan, When the Moon is a Silver Canoe and Driftwood and Debris, 1953-1968

Stand Rock ceremonial

Brochures

Posters and handbills

Storybook Garden, undated

Steamboat Apollo, undated

Wisconsin Dells Company, The Dells of the Wisconsin, 1903

Exhibits

Catalogs, 1963-1992

Posters-“A Sense of Place,” Milwaukee Art Museum, 1992

Miscellaneous uses of Bennett images

General

Wisconsin Geologic Time calendar, 1997-1999

Newspaper clippings

Scrapbooks

1878-1938

Microfilm copy

Original scrapbook

“Dells vs. Dam,” 1905-1921

Microfilm copy

Original scrapbook

1956-1959

1959-1962

1962-1967

Loose clippings, 1950-1998

Series: Bennett Studio Records

Correspondence

General files

1921, 1927-1928, 1938-1939, 1961

1962

1982-1992

A-T

U-Z

1993-1997

Miscellaneous, 1914-1988

Subject Files

Address book (H.H. Bennett and after)

Advertising, 1972, undated

Appraisals and assessments, 1946-1981

Attendance figures, 1993-1998

Beads, 1923, 1926

Bennett Distributing Company, 1985-1998

Bennett Gift Shop, 1963-1984

List of Gift Shop companies, 1972-1973

Bennett Foundation, 1977-1991

Business cards, flyers, postcards, portrait flyers, 1910s-1998

Business transfer documents, 1985-1986

Calendars

Notes of Evaline M. Bennett, 1931-1932

1966-1968, 1972

Cameras and repairs, 1954-1966, 1985

Catalog of printed material, undated

Centennial of studio, 1965

Chamber of Commerce (Wisconsin Dells), 1955, 1986-1987

City arguments, 1976-1980

Christie's, 1975

Copyrights, 1903-1992

Derleth, 1964 August

Eddy Street buildings, 1973

Employees, 1944-1994

Exhibits

Museum of Modern Art, 1963-1966

State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1964-1967

Milwaukee Art Center, 1972-1975

PPA Convention, 1975

Witkin Gallery, 1977-1986

Milwaukee Art Museum, 1996

Glaeve Gallery, “Images of the American Indians” poster, undated

Fund drives, 1991-1997

Grant applications, 1991-1993

Guest book, 1994-1997

Guidebook production

Beautiful Dells of the Wisconsin River: annotated copy with negative numbers, 1965

Bids, 1997

Contracts, 1987-1992

Correspondence, 1927-1942

Dells of the Wisconsin River: dummies/mockups

1928-1930s

1950s

Johnson Printing Company, 1952-1969

W.A. Krueger Company

1964-1971

1978

Krueger & Johnson, 1978-1991, 1996

Max Lau colortype, 1930-1931

“Old Days in the Dells,” text, 1926

Hanson, Dave, 1975-1977

History

Studio, 1961-1996

Miscellaneous, 1868-1988, undated

Ice Carnival, 1976

Independent Paper Company, 1952-1955

Indian relics, 1934, 1958

Inventories

Gallery stock, 1874

Chemicals, undated

Wholesale and retail card file, Miriam E. Bennett, 1962-1967

Lobadie, Patrick, Milwaukee shipping notes

Magazine Portraits Inc., 1985

Mailing list, 1984

Metcalf-Granof House, 1975-1983

Minirama

Advertising and publicity, 1960-1964

Chief Daybreak's remarks at Minirama, undated

Colourpicture Publishers, 1954, 1963

Contracts, 1959-1963

Correspondence, 1959-1970

A-L

M-Z

Daily reports, 1960-1961

Dells Associated Boat Lines, 1961-1962

Dexter Press, circa 1960

Hobby Shop, 1962

Humor, undated

Ideas wanted, 1964

Inquiries and orders, 1961-1965

Magazine articles about Minirama, 1961-1965

Mailing lists, Inquiry sheets, 1960-1961

Mayer, Roger, Planting plan for Bennett Enterprises, 1960

Miscellaneous, 1960-1969

National Model Railroad Association, 1961

Notes and current problems, 1960-1962

Other model displays and ideas, 1962-1964

Photo captions, undated

Priester, Adolph, 1961

Rents, 1966-1970

Sale inquiries, 1967-1969

Scrapbook, 1959-1964

Taxes, 1968-1970

Unemployment, 1968-1970

Visitor comments and inventory, 1960-1963, undated

Negative classification system, 1890s, 1953, 1993-1995

Milwaukee titles and numbers, undated

Obsolete indexes

#1

110-155.3

232-321 Germania

321 Assorted steamboats-520 Kilbourn City

520 Kilbourn (continued)-555

560 Scenic River-Fox Lake

610 Portraits

610 Portraits, unknown-880

#2 “In computer”

110-250.3

280-321

#3

H.H. Bennett numbers 1-2751

#4

Bennett Family members and groups

#5 Place File

A-Lone Rock

Lower Dells-Witches' Gulch

#6

Vintage prints

Panoramas and cycloramas, 1969-1985

Photographic equipment, 1956, 1983-1987

Photographic processes, 1984

“Portrait of the Past,” Photographic Journal Through Wisconsin (Wisconsin Trails), 1971

Portraiture scrapbook, undated

Postcards

Coloring notes, undated

Correspondence, 1909-1931

Remodeling post card shop, 1925

Indian postcards, 1953-1974

Johnson Printing Company, 1966-1971

Miscellaneous, 1953-1967, undated

Priester, Adolph, 1985

Publication permissions, 1969-1999

Rafting, 1880-1989, undated

Rath, Sara, and Rick Smith (Pioneer Photographer), 1976-1986

Red Wing Pottery/Table Talk Annex, 1952-1988

Reese, Betsy on H.H. Bennett, 1975

Restoration of studio, 1975-1977

Retail correspondence

1960-1962

Color photography, 1960-1962

Smithsonian Institution, 1969-1990

Smoke damage/cleanup, 1983

State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1926-1997

Steamboats at the Dells, 1947-1980, undated

Stereo cards

By card number, 1976

For sale, 1976

Master list, 1980

Miscellaneous, 1977-1998, undated

Studio building

Mortgage and lease records, 1868-1905

Construction receipts, 1875-1876

Description of improvements, 1938-1967, 1975-1976

Tax documents

Real estate, 1964-1986

1980-1989

Telephone log, 1981-1984

2000 Committee, 1997

“Views of a Cameraman” television film, 1981-1985

White House slide sets, 1976-1986

Wholesale

Indian crafts, 1908, 1943-1960

Inventories, 1976-1996

Studio Publications

Aristocats at the Dells, 1959

The Beautiful Dells of the Wisconsin River, 1953-1996

The Bennett Story: The Life and Work of Henry Hamilton Bennett, 1975

Bennett Studio brochure, undated

Dells of the Wisconsin River, 1921-1957

Dells of the Wisconsin River: Yesterday and Today

Legacy of H.H. Bennett: brochure only, undated

Miniatures: the Dells of the Wisconsin,1904

Minirama brochures

Old Days in the Dells, 1926

Old Trails and Duck Tails, 1959-1989

Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial, 1959, 1963

Stereo catalogs and proofs

Wanderings by a Wanderer

Early versions, 1890s

Variant editions, 1890s

Wisconsin Dells

Early version, circa 1891

Versions without text or added photographs, circa 1891-1893

Versions without text but with added photographs, 1893, 1895

Versions with text

1893, 1895

1896
Note: Incomplete

1900
Note: 2 copies

1908

Publications using Bennett images

Baraboo, Wisconsin

Competitors' publications

Brown's Studio, Wisconsin Dells, 1950

Kropp

The Dells of the Wisconsin River, circa 1948

Picturesque Dells of the Wisconsin River, undated

Wisconsin Dells, circa 1949-1950s

L.G. Sharpe and Sons, The Guide, Wisconsin Dells, undated

John Trumble, 1965

Individual photographers' materials

Ruth Bennett Dyer, exposure books and motto, 1943-1954

Ruth Bennett Dyer and Oliver Reese, exposure book, 1954-1958

Oliver Reese

Boyd, Belle, 1955-1985

Correspondence

Ed Stluka, 1953-1958

Magazine photography, 1954-1959

Upper Dells lecture and manual for guides, 1946, undated

Miscellaneous, 1951-1985, undated

Reference Files

Dells Area, 1870s-1960s

Standard size brochures and miscellaneous literature

Oversize items

Old Settlers of Columbia County, undated

Wisconsin Dells postcard, 1963

American Indians
Language: Some materials in Dakota, Lakota, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), and Omaha-Ponca.

1886-1906

1914-1988, undated

Miscellaneous, 1900-1991

Financial Records

Ledgers

General, 1869-1938

Wholesale

1969-1973

1974-1984

Account books

American Indian accounts, 1899-1947

Studio accounts, 1923-1925

Evaline M. Bennett business and home accounts, 1927-1942

Post card shop, Ruth Bennett Dyer accounts, 1929-1939

Stand Rock Trading Post accounts, 1932-1935

Bennett Building accounts, 1946-1965

Portrait accounts, 1961-1971

Summaries, 1983-1988

General, 1985-1995

Day books

1870-1876, 1887-1901, 1910-1919

1920-1939

Cash books

1870-1889

1890-1921

Bennett buildings, 1966-1971

Cash and receipt book, 1922-1931

Receipts, 1980-1988

Receipt summaries, 1929-1951

Receipts and expenditures

1926-1941

1939-1964

1965-1971

1975-1988

Sales

General, 1870-1877

Jewelry and luggage sales, 1961

Studio sales record, 1966

Wholesale sales

General, 1973-1980

Guidebook sales to boat companies, 1981-1989

Studio sales, 1983-1984

Sales, 1985-1989

Studio sales log, 1990

Orders

Card index

1924-1944

1944-1952

A-V

W-Z

1953-1961

A-S

T-Z

1962-1970

Customer orders

1980, 1983-1992

1993-1999

General, 1894-1907, 1914, 1927-1935

Historic suppliers, 1967-1983

Portrait order books, 1915-1925

Prints, summary totals, 1915-1948

Ruth Bennett Dyer records about picture sales and loans, 1949-1967

Series: Family Papers

Bennett Family

Ashley Bennett (H.H. Bennett biography, memorabilia, and miscellaneous papers), 1918-1943

Don Bennett, “Amelia Dutcher,” undated

Letter and annotated map, 1921

Edmund Bennett, Correspondence, 1790s-1867

Evaline Marshall Bennett

Correspondence, 1888-1944, undated

Eastman School notes, 1915, 1917, undated

Household account books

1903-1910

1912-1914

Memorabilia and obituary

Mining claims, 1891-1917

Travel diary, 1935-1941

Family

Correspondence typescripts, 1843, 1857

Genealogy

Genealogy by H.H. Bennett, undated

General

Memorabilia

Writings

George C. Bennett

Correspondence, 1858-1968

Miscellany, 1967-1885

George H. and Harriet Bennett

Correspondence, 1835-1868, 1887

Memorials, 1895, 1896

Hattie E. Bennett

Autograph book, undated

“Mt. Lowe and its Surroundings,” undated

“Descriptions of New Mexico and its Pueblos,” undated

John Bennett

Correspondence

1874-1878

1880-1901

Rowing book, 1895-1896

Miriam E. Bennett

Correspondence, 1913-1970, undated

Diaries and notes, 1923-1970

Memorabilia

Personal expense book, 1938-1945

“Titler Box”

“Titler Box” (continued)

Writings

“The Cameraman of the Dells”

Early drafts and revisions

Early drafts and revisions (continued)

Final revision, 1969

Postscript

“The Dells of the Wisconsin River,” 2 drafts

“The Kilbourn Dam”

“Kilbourn Saints and Sinners,” draft fragments

Notes and short writings

“Printing in the Woods”

“The Story of the Steamboats in the Dells”

“Wisconsin Dells” probable incomplete first draft

“Wisconsin Dells: 1856-1908,” two drafts

“The Wisconsin River”

Cartoon scrapbook, 1930s-1950s

Ruth Bennett Dyer

Obituary and miscellaneous papers

Events newspaper series (with Miriam E. Bennett), 1970-1971

Sarah Bennett McVey, Correspondence, 1862-1868

Marshall Family

Family

General correspondence, 1858-1876

Genealogy of Marshall/McIntyre Family

Frank Marshall

Diaries, 1889-1890

Journal of accounts, 1908-1911, 1930-1933

Personal correspondence, 1886-1888

Business correspondence, 1886-1894

George M. Marshall

Autobiographical notes and “Lifeline” by Ruth Bennett Dyer

Biographical materials, 1879-1916, 1939

Biography and diary transcripts by Miriam E. Bennett, undated

Business records

Jonathan Bowman, 1881-1914

Inventions, catalogs and leaflets

Inventions, catalogs and leaflets (continued)

Eureka Steam Engine drawing, circa 1892

Contracts, 1870-1872

Correspondence

General, 1852-1916

With Frank Marshall, 1887-1888

Deeds, 1839-1889

Diaries

1854-1856

1857-1862

1863-1869

1870-1875

1876-1880

1881-1886

1887-1894

1895-1900

1901-1913

1914-1915

Financial records

Account book, 1850-1852

Account books and cash books, 1850-1908

Cash account books, 1859-1869, 1900-1908

Day book, 1896-1910

Day book and estate accounts, 1911-1938

Expense books, 1891-1895, 1901, 1915

Memoranda books

1856-1888, 1893

1896-1911

Miscellaneous receipts, 1864-1883

Receipts for taxes, 1890-1920

Papers regarding Hofman property, 1866-1880

Inventory of effects, 1904

Legislative materials, 1877-1878

Memorabilia

General

Broadside regarding Adams County railroad, circa 1870
Physical Description: Oversize 
Note: With certificate of appointment as machine commissioner, 1878.

Patents, 1871-1895

Poor Committee (Adams County) reports, 1873

Scrapbooks

1861-1912

1883-1904

Ruth Marshall

Autograph album, 1881-1886

Correspondence, 1887-1888, 1907, 1955, 1957

Obituary

Writings

Winter Picnics and Other Things, 1909

Ferns of the Dells of the Wisconsin River, 1910

Crandall-Musson Family

Phyllis Crandall Connor

Correspondence, circa 1933

Century of Progress, circa 1933

American Indian miscellaneous materials

George H. Crandall

Correspondence

General, 1893-1937, undated

Dells property correspondence, 1912-1926

Henry Tyrell correspondence, 1908-1920

Diary, 1920

Estate deposit book, 1942-1952

Engagement books

1926-1935

1936-1938

Memo books

“Expenditures at lake,” 1901

Blessing, Texas, 1906

1911

circa 1915-1917

Dells Boat Company Stub and ticket account, 1917

1924

Memo book, undated

Memorabilia

Standard size memorabilia

Survey forms for “Apollo” and “Winnebago,” circa 1923

Memorandum book, 1920-1934

George O. Crandall, 1952

Nellie Bennett Crandall

Correspondence, 1891-1937

Deposit book and savings bond record, 1938-1952

Diaries

1887

1942-1943

Estate deposits, 1952-1953

Memorabilia

General

Wedding certificate, 1893

Memorial book and obituaries, 1952

Humphreys Family miscellaneous materials

Lois Crandall Musson

Clippings, 1934-1970

Correspondence

General, 1905-1971, undated

Phyllis Crandall Connor's death, 1954

Nellie Bennett Crandall's death, 1952

“Aunt” Richards, 1937-1938

Sherman House, 1955-1969

Inventory, 1932

Music

Correspondence with Hank Patterson, 1950-1960

Sheet music

Financial papers, G.H. Crandall Inc.

Accounts and business correspondence, 1952-1954, undated

Appraisal, Dells Boat Company, 1941, 1954

Associated Boat Lines, 1937-1949

Correspondence with University of Wisconsin Foundation, 1948-1955

Guest registers, Dells Landing, 1937-1940
Note: Dells Tourist Register: the Popular Playground of the Middle West.

Lower Dells leases, 1935-1949

Lower Dells boats, Operating statements, 1944-1952

Operating expenses, 1949-1952

Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

Operating statements, 1944-1970

American Legion tax material, circa 1955-1970

Tax documents

1946-1949

1950-1952

Memorabilia

European trip (Pisa Brothers), 1929

Schroeder Indian Collection, inventory and sale, undated

Wedding book, 1914

Writings

General, 1933, 1960-1965

Aristocats, 1957-1959

“First Aid in Verse,” circa 1942

Miscellaneous poems and lyrics

Scrapbooks

1938-1970

1942

Unidentified expenditure notes (not H.H. Bennett), 1897-1901

Series: Audio Recordings

Talks about steam and railroading

Complete Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial, 1962 August

Ceremonial

R.R. Room Master Tape

“Minirama”

“Minirama”-Exit and most of exiting audio

“Minirama”-Master tape, 1963

Minirama-Train crash and circus train

Commercial, 1961

Unidentified

Fadduh Tape

Ollie Reese

Chief Daybreak's remarks at Minirama, undated