Increase A. Lapham Papers, 1825-1930

Contents List

Container Title
Wis Mss DB
Series: Personal and Biographical Papers
Calendar cards with brief summaries
Box   30
1811-1851
Box   31
1852-1860
Box   32
1861-1869
Box   33
1870-1874
Box   34
1875-1930, undated
Personal Papers
Box   1
Folder   1
Autobiographies, 1859, 1875
Box   1
Folder   2
Autograph collection
Box   1
Folder   3
Collections
Diaries
Original paper diaries
Box   1
Folder   4
1811-1838
Box   1
Folder   5-6
, 1830 and published transcription
Micro 62
Microfilmed diaries
Reel   1
1827-1828
Reel   2
1828-1829 November
Reel   3
1829 December-1830 July
Wis Mss DB
Box   1
Folder   7
Family miscellany
PH 2822 (3)
Family photographs
Wis Mss DB
Box   1
Folder   8
Memorabilia and drawings
Micro 62
Reel   4
Miscellaneous microfilmed correspondence and drawings, before 1830
Wis Mss DB
Notebooks
Box   1
Folder   9
1840, used at Milwaukee (Volume 15)
Box   1
Folder   10
1846, 1872-1875
Box   1
Folder   11
Memoranda from notebooks, 1848-1865
PH 24
Portrait album of scientists, circa 1860-1875
Alternate Format: Image gallery of this album has been digitized and is available online.
Wis Mss DB
Box   2
Folder   1
Real estate and financial miscellany
Box   2
Folder   2
Scrapbook on historical societies to which IAL belonged, 1849-1867 (Volume 13)
Biographical Papers
Box   2
Folder   3
“Life of Lapham,” by Draper, 1859, 1875 (Volume 1)
Box   2
Folder   4
Miscellaneous biographies
Julia A. Lapham Papers
Box   2
Folder   5
Brief biographical writings about IAL
Box   2
Folder   6
Draft biography
Transcribed correspondence of IAL
Box   2
Folder   7-8
1811-1832
Box   3
Folder   1-7
1833-1856
Box   4
Folder   1-5
1857-1875, undated
Correspondence of Julia Lapham
Box   4
Folder   6-8
1876-1896
Box   5
Folder   1-6
1897-1919, 1930, undated
Biographical scrapbook regarding IAL
Box   5
Folder   7-9
Parts I-III
Box   6
Folder   1-2
Parts IV-V
Box   6
Folder   3
Notes about IAL
Legacy papers
Box   6
Folder   4
Lapham Archaeological Society, undated
Box   6
Folder   5
Lapham Park, 1911 (Volume 10)
Box   6
Folder   6-7
Lapham centennial, 1911 (Volume 8)
Box   6
Folder   8
Delaplaine, George, tribute, 1913
Genealogy
Box   6
Folder   9
Research regarding Allen, Alcott, Simmons, and Lapham families
SC-O 53
Family tree
Wis Mss DB
Series: Correspondence
Box   7
Folder   1-10
1826-1850
Box   8
Folder   1-7
1851-1857
Box   9
Folder   1-7
1858-1864
Box   10
Folder   1-8
1865-1870
Box   11
Folder   1-9
1870-1874
Box   12
Folder   1-2
1875
Series: Writing and Research Files
Box   12
Folder   3
Algae of Milwaukee, 1872
Box   12
Folder   4
American railroad time, 1872
Box   12
Folder   5
Wisconsin animals
Box   12
Folder   6-12
Archaeology
SC-O 53
Miscellaneous oversize drawings
Wis Mss DB
Box   13
Folder   1
Artesian wells, draft pages, 1868-1874
Box   13
Folder   2
Atmospheric tides, 1866-1869
Box   13
Folder   3
Birds, 1850
Box   25
Folder   1
Birds and reptiles notes
Box   13
Folder   4
Blue drift clay, 1869
Box   13
Folder   5
Bois Brule River, 1874
Box   13
Folder   6
Botany, 1831-1838
Box   13
Folder   7
California notes and reports, 1870
Box   13
Folder   8
Canals of Ohio, 1830-1832
Box   13
Folder   9
Catalogue of fishes, 1860
Box   13
Folder   10
Catalogue of graminae, 1856
Box   28
Catalogue of described graminae of the United States, 1856
Box   13
Folder   11
Catalogue of minerals, 1872
Box   13
Folder   12
Catalogue of the plants of Illinois, 1857
Box   14
Folder   1
Catalogue of the plants of Minnesota, 1875
Box   14
Folder   2
Chicago fire, 1871
Box   14
Folder   3
Coal, 1861
Box   14
Folder   4
Climate
Box   14
Folder   5
Coleoptera
Box   14
Folder   6
Cranberries, 1875
Box   14
Folder   7
Crustacea, undated
PH 6796
Cultivator broadside, 1854
Note: Engraving of a cultivator designed by William Lapham of West Liberty, Ohio with names of men testifying to its superior qualities.
Wis Mss DB
Box   14
Folder   8
Drought, 1871
Box   14
Folder   9
Eclipse, 1862
Box   14
Folder   10
Embryonic development, 1974
Box   14
Folder   11
Farm drainage
Box   25
Folder   2-4
Ferns
Box   14
Folder   12
Fishes
Box   14
Folder   13
Flora of Wisconsin, 1860
Box   14
Folder   14
Forest trees, 1867
Box   14
Folder   15
Fossils, 1865-1870
Box   15
Folder   5
Geographical notes regarding the Dells
Box   14
Folder   16
Geological map
Box   15
Folder   4
Geological map (Welling), 1874
Box   14
Folder   17
Geological reports, chapter 1, 1859-1860?
Geological notes
Box   14
Folder   18
1844-1849
Box   15
Folder   1-2
1868-1873
Geological survey
Box   15
Folder   6
General, 1873
Box   15
Folder   7-9
Reports, 1874
Box   26
Folder   17
Notes, 1874
Box   15
Folder   3
Geology of Wisconsin, 1869
Box   15
Folder   10
Grand Rapids, 1868
Box   15
Folder   11-12
Grass-like plants of Wisconsin, 1855
Box   16
Folder   1
Grasses--clippings
Box   16
Folder   2
Grasses and plants of Illinois, 1856
Box   16
Folder   3
Grasses of Wisconsin, 1854
Grasses of the United States
Box   16
Folder   4-6
Draft and illustrations, 1856-1857, 1864
Box   16
Folder   7
Great Lakes, 1867
Box   16
Folder   8
Immigration, 1867
Box   16
Folder   9
Indians of Wisconsin, 1870
Box   17
Folder   1
Iron, 1866
Box   17
Folder   2
Kilbourn City dam, 1866
Box   17
Folder   4
Lake Michigan, 1859-1872
Box   17
Folder   5
Lake levels, 1865-1871
Box   17
Folder   6
Lake Superior trip, 1858
Box   29
Lake Superior geology drawing
Box   17
Folder   7
Lapham, Charles, Notebook of elevations of Wisconsin cities
Box   17
Folder   3
Lead mines, 1865-1874
Box   35
Folder   2
Library floor plans (unidentified library)
Meteorology
Box   17
Folder   8
General, 1834-1871
Box   17
Folder   9
Milwaukee, 1859-1871
Box   18
Folder   1
Clippings, 1848-1901
Box   18
Folder   2
Clippings regarding Weather Bureau (JAL), 1886-1916
Meteorological observations
Box   18
Folder   3-4
By Lapham, Marsh, Winkler, 1836-1852
Box   35
Folder   4
Navy reports, 1836-1856 (Folio 3)
Box   35
Folder   5
Handwritten reports from non-Wisconsin locations (Folio 1)
Smithsonian reports by IAL (Folio 23)
Box   36
Folder   1-2
1854, 1859-1863
Box   37
Folder   1-3
1864-1871
Box   18
Folder   5
As part of lake survey, 1859-1865
Box   18
Folder   6
At Hartford, 1859-1862
Weather Bureau
Box   18
Folder   7
General
Box   19
Folder   1
Forecasts and cables, 1870-1871
Box   24
Folder   1
Canadian weather reports, Published, 1870-1871
Box   19
Folder   2
Meteors, 1854-1904
Box   19
Folder   3
Milwaukee Agricultural Society, 1837
Box   19
Folder   4-6
Milwaukee and Rock River Canal, 1838-1849
Box   19
Folder   7
Milwaukee Courthouse stone, 1869
Box   20
Folder   1
Milwaukee Library Association, 1846-1851
Box   20
Folder   2
Milwaukee Lyceum, 1840
Box   20
Folder   3
Milwaukee River, 1859-1874
Box   20
Folder   4
Milwaukee street lights, 1870
Box   35
Folder   3
Milwaukee, Lapham's proposed resurvey, 1867
Box   20
Folder   5
Minerals at Centennial Exposition from Lapham's collection, 1876
Box   20
Folder   6
Miscellany
Box   20
Folder   7
Mosses, 1858-1861
Box   20
Folder   8
Natural History of Wisconsin, 1845
Box   20
Folder   9
Oconomowoc Lake, 1875-1876
Box   20
Folder   10
Ohio, 1832
Box   20
Folder   11
Old Settlers Club, 1875
Paleontology, 1853, 1865
Box   20
Folder   12
General
Box   25
Folder   5-8
Draft manuscript
Notes
Box   25
Folder   9-15
Sections 3-6
Box   26
Folder   1-14
Sections 7-12
Box   20
Folder   13
Peat, 1869
Box   20
Folder   14
Penokee iron range of Lake Superior, 1860
Box   20
Folder   15
Plants of Milwaukee, 1838
Box   20
Folder   16
Plants of Minnesota, 1859
Box   20
Folder   17
Plants, 1845-1872
Box   21
Folder   1
Railroads
Box   21
Folder   2-3
Railroad elevations, 1873-1874
Box   21
Folder   4
Rain, 1836-1868
Box   21
Folder   5-6
Red River of the North manuscript, 1858
Box   21
Folder   7
Rivers and lakes
Box   21
Folder   8
Shells, 1875
Box   26
Folder   15-16
Shells of Wisconsin manuscript draft, 1875
Box   22
Folder   1
Slate, 1875
Box   22
Folder   2
Springs, 1873
Box   22
Folder   3
Stone Mountain, 1874
Box   22
Folder   4
Systematic catalogue of flora and fauna, 1852
Box   22
Folder   6
Tornados, 1872
Box   22
Folder   7
Trees and shrubs, 1871-1873
Box   22
Folder   8
Trees of Wisconsin, 1859, 1867
Box   22
Folder   9
Vegetables, 1870?
Box   22
Folder   10
Water, 1871
Box   22
Folder   11
Water level data, 1865-1873
Box   22
Folder   12
Water power, 1867-1875
Box   22
Folder   13
Waukesha Springs, 1869-1872
Box   23
Folder   1
Wind, 1860-1871
Box   23
Folder   2
Wisconsin, 1848-1862
Box   23
Folder   3
Wisconsin Fair
Note: Oversize certificates missing, 2008.
Wisconsin Geographical and Topographical
Box   27
Folder   1
, 1844 manuscript draft
Box   22
Folder   5
, 1844 brochure
Box   23
Folder   4-6
Revisions, 1846, 1855
Box   23
Folder   7
Wisconsin Historical Society, 1849-1866