Local history
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Marshall Cousins Papers, 1837-1947
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss I
Summary
Papers of Marshall Cousins, a prominent local historian in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, consisting of correspondence, diaries, historical source material he collected, extensive subject files and notebooks containing information transcribed from published and other sources, and a small collection of papers of his father, Henry Cousins, an East Troy attorney, including letters written by John Fox Potter, a Wisconsin congressman. The Potter letters, 1857-1869, contain caustic characterizations of...
Dates:
1837-1947
William W. Bartlett Papers, 1821-1934, 1944-1962
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BY- Eau Claire Micro 34
Summary
Papers of Bartlett, a prominent local historian in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, consisting of personal papers and his historical writings. The personal papers contain biographical and family information; correspondence, 1896-1934, with considerable information on local history topics; and files on Eau Claire activities in which Bartlett was involved, including the Eau Claire County Old Settlers' Association (1890-1929), the Prohibition Club (1885-1894), the Chippewa-Eau Claire Memorial Highway,...
Dates:
1821-1934, 1944-1962