Title: William F. Allen family papers, 1775-1940 (bulk 1838-1923)
Summary: Papers of the William F. Allen family, primarily 1838-1923, a nineteenth century academic family. The collection contains journals, correspondence, and writings. Papers are mainly of William Francis Allen and his second wife Margaret Andrews Allen, as well as some papers of their children, Katherine, Andrews, William Ware, and Philip Loring. The writings of William Francis document his personal and professional life. Margaret's papers include articles for and about children, and correspondence. Of note are the diaries created by William and Margaret about their children, between 1870-1887, as well as a folder of original drawings and writings by the children.
Call Number: Mss 384
Title: James Sibree Anderson Papers, 1829-1926
Summary: Papers of Civil War veteran and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, attorney James S. Anderson, consisting primarily of letters, diaries, and accounts written by Anderson about his Civil War experiences in the 5th Wisconsin Infantry and his later involvement with the Manitowoc Grand Army of the Republic. Also contains records relating to his legal career consisting of letterbooks (1881-1888), a case docket book, and a collection book recording monies received for clients. There are also scattered military records of his father, John Anderson, correspondence (including letters written in 1866 while Anderson was a Lawrence College student), and a personal financial journal (1878-1879). Some correspondence relates to state and local Republican Party matters.
Call Number: Green Bay Mss 133
Title: John Archiquette diary, 1868-1874
Summary: Original diary kept by Archiquette, of the Oneida Nation, containing information on tribal council decisions and discipline and on farming, road building, religious services, and other aspects of life on the Oneida Reservation near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Also includes typescript translation from the Oneida language by Oscar H. Archiquette.
Call Number: Green Bay SC 53
Title: Diaries, 1893-1950
Summary: Diaries of Bailey, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, relating to her personal life and finances as a student at Whitewater Normal School, 1898-1900, and her long career as a school teacher in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Call Number: Mss 291
Title: Susan Helen Ballou travel diaries and photographs, 1899-1935
Summary: Diary kept by Susan Ballou, a University of Wisconsin faculty member, while travelling in Italy, Greece, Egypt, and France in 1928-1929 and in Spain and Portugal in 1935, and album of commercial and personal photographs related to a visit to Italy and Greece, 1899-1902.
Call Number: SC 796
Title: Letters, 1937-1938
Summary: Letters written by John Cookson to his Green Bay family while he was fighting in the Spanish Civil War. Cookson was a UW graduate student who paused his education to participate in the “fight against fascism.”
Call Number: Unprocessed UWGB Manuscript Collection
Title: Papers, 1865-1915
Summary: A small diary kept by John R. Crossman of Columbia County, Wis. beginning with notations made during his service with the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment, Co. M in the Civil War. The diary includes lists of clothing and the cost of each item, his own telling of Lincoln's assassination (he attended the funeral in Washington, D.C.), and an account of volleys fired by his company to salute Union victories in 1865. Additional entries include recipes for linaments and other treatments for animals, accounts of rents collected, money spent, and work done for hire. Also included in the collection is his discharge paper; a formal portrait of him in uniform holding his rifle; and a group photograph made on May 31, 1915 with other Civil War veterans all of whom are identified although the location is unknown.
Call Number: SC 471