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Wisconsin

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron Lamb certificate, 1853 May 23

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197227342810], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 97 Item 3
Scope and Contents

A certificate that shows Aaron Lamb brought in the scalps of five wolves near Vienna, Dane County, Wisconsin.

Dates: 1853 May 23

Donald Q. Cannon research about pineries, 1981

 Sub-Series — Carton 17: Series 2, Folder: 15-20
Identifier: MSS 6154 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Includes research materials gathered by Donald Q. Cannon that relate to the pineries in Wisconsin which supplied Nauvoo with lumber. Sawmills in Wisconsin cut the lumber, which was then floated down the Mississippi River in rafts until it reached Nauvoo. Materials are dated 1981.

Dates: 1981

Zenos Gurley letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227632624]
Identifier: MSS 4243
Scope and Contents

Zenos Gurley letter, 1844 contains one photocopy of a letter from Zenos Gurley to General Joseph Smith. Gurley discusses the Nauvoo Legion and a Wisconsin branch he had recently organized.

Dates: 1844

Letter to Lizzie Fryar

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233636973]
Identifier: MSS 8261
Scope and Contents

A letter between friends from an unamed correspondent to "Miss Lizzy Fryar", sent from Amherst, Wisconsin, on July 3, 1874. Writer describes coming to visit and some other events. Closes "From your [odd or Edd] thi(?) that loves you better than he his own life," but the name of writer is not descernable.

Dates: 1874 July 3

Utah letters collection : letters from men and women living in or with connections to Utah

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3219
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of fifty-one letters from men and women in Utah from 1853 to 1914. These letters are mainly personal correspondence. Personal letters by friends and family, 1853-1914.

Dates: 1853-1914

Wingfield Watson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2268
Abstract

This collection, containing letters and newspaper articles, has been organized into folders by year, starting in 1860 and going through 1922.

Dates: 1860-1922

Wyoming, S. Dakota, N. Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, 1998

 Item — Oversize 115: Series 14, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS P 661 Series 14 Item item 58914
Scope and Contents

This album includes photographs taken by J and Fae Heslop in 1998 in the Midwest. There are photographs of: Devil's Tower, Martin's Cove, and Independence Rock in Wyoming; Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, along with the state capitol; and the state capitols of North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado. The creator identified this album as "album 19."

Dates: 1998