Albert O. Barton Papers, 1858-1948

Contents List

Container Title
Wis Mss OY
Correspondence
Box   1
1890, 1905-1922
Box   2
1923-1926 March
Box   3
1926 April-1930
Box   4
1931-1947
Material concerning Robert M. La Follette Sr.
Box   5
La Follette genealogy
Box   5
Primrose and the La Follette family
Box   5
Early life of R.M. La Follette
Box   6
Early data and interviews concerning La Follette
Box   6
As a University of Wisconsin student, 1876-1879?
Box   6
As an orator
Box   6
Senator, 1906-1925
Box   7
Lawyer, 1880-1905
Box   7
Campaigns, 1894, 1896, 1900
Box   7
The years , 1900-1905
Box   7
Voter's notebook, 1902
Box   7
Governor of Wisconsin, 1901-1906
Box   8
The years , 1906-1923
Box   8
Progressives: 1912, 1921, 1926
Box   9
1924 campaign
Box   9
Platforms
Box   9
Barton articles on La Follette
Box   10
Mrs. Belle Case La Follette
Box   10
Material concerning the La Follette family including newspaper clippings, printed material, etc.
Box   11
R.M. La Follette Sr. miscellany
Box   11
La Follette family miscellany including correspondence, interviews, notes, etc.
Box   12
Letters of condolence after death of R.M. La Follette Sr., letters of congratulation concerning R.M. La Follette Jr.'s victory in Senate election
Collected data on other people and topics
Box   12
Wilcox, Mrs. Ella Wheeler
Box   12
Appleby, John F.
Box   12
Black Hawk
Box   12
Civil War material
Box   12
Suckow, B.W., papers, 1868-1873, and notes by Barton
Box   13
Johnson, Ole C. correspondence
Note: Includes letters written in Libby Prison during the Civil War by Johnson, some written in "invisible ink" (possibly onion juice).
Related Material: Another letter from Ole C. Johnson while in Libby Prison is cataloged as SC 414.
Box   13
Sterling, John W.
Box   13
Anderson, Rasmus B., correspondence
Box   13
Brown, Charles E., data and an autobiographical sketch
Box   13
Notes, etc. on Madison, Wisconsin
Box   14
Notes, articles, and miscellany on Madison, Wisconsin
Box   14
Dane County, notes on Blue Mounds and Mount Horeb; list of Dane County markers and tablets; notes, articles, miscellany
Scandinavian material
Box   15
Thrane, Marcus, notes, interviews on
Box   15
Heg, Hans C., material concerning
Box   15
Bull, Ole, material about
Box   15
Muskego, notes on
Box   15
Scandinavians (especially Norwegians) in Wisconsin, notes, articles about, etc.
PH 163
Norway photographs
Wis Mss OY
Box   16
Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, data on Wisconsin soldiers
Wisconsin
Box   16
Notes on churches and cemeteries in Wisconsin
Box   16
Miscellaneous material concerning Wisconsin
Box   17
Barton family material
Box   17
Recollections of and notes on Congress, circa 1910-1911
Box   17
Radio addresses, articles, plays, poetry, etc. by Barton
Box   18
Cards, invitations, receipts, etc.
Box   18
Wisconsin Friends of our Native Landscape papers
Box   18
Tenth Ward Association papers, 1910-1921
Box   18
Miscellaneous material
Box   19
Notes and draft for a History of Dane County by Barton
Note: Left as found in the papers.
Box   20-22
Copies of articles, mainly for Wisconsin Farmer columns
Note: Subjects are political, educational, historical.
Box   23-24
Notebooks kept by Barton
Physical Description: 11 volumes 
Box   23
Notebook containing names of persons to whom Simeon Mills' Theory on Combustion was sent
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   24
Poems about horses collected by Barton
Box   24
Index to poems
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   25
Lincoln statue dedication, chiefly 1929 July-September
Scope and Content Note: Papers relating to the unveiling and dedication of the Lincoln statue, presented to the city of Freeport, Illinois, by W. T. Rawleigh.