Finding Aid for the Holdings of the Campbellsport Area Historical Society.DOC

Finding Aid for the Holdings of the Campbellsport Area Historical Society (Abbreviation: CAHS) Arranged according to Topic Category Most recent update: March 29, 2010 PURPOSES OF THE FINDING AID O To assist users in locating material O To inform users about CAHS holdings O To serve as an inventory of holdings USING THE FINDING AID (FA) Campbellsport Area Historical Society is abbreviated CAHS Explanation of the structure of the Finding Aid: 1 The abbreviation in the first column stands for the topic category or categories dealt with in the item (See explanation below) The number in the second column of the Finding Aid is the item number (See list of item names below.) It is there simply to help you find the material quickly if you are working at the CAHS area in the library It is also used as the link for items which can be viewed online The third column describes the item The fourth column tells what can be viewed onsite, that is, at the CAHS (Campbellsport Area Historical Society) area of the Campbellsport Public Library It also tells if the material is in a comb-bound Cemetery Series book or a Local History Series book and/or in a patron folder (P folder) Patron folders have the same item number as the folder in general The last column tells what you can view online If there is nothing online, it will say “None”, and there will be no link In that case, you can request the information or come in person to the research If the FA (Finding Aid) indicates that there is something which can be viewed online, ordinarily you can click on the item number, or in the case of cemeteries, on the name of the cemetery, and the “folder” will open up before you Steps: This Finding Aid is arranged according to topics dealt with in the folders or other items Decide which of the topic categories below is most likely to contain information you want Click on the link word or words, and that entire section of the Finding Aid will open up Look over the list and decide if any of the items might contain what you want Click on the link If it is a cemetery, the link will usually be the name of the cemetery Otherwise, it will be the item number This will open up that particular item for you to view If that does not prove helpful, try another category OR – Once a folder is open, you can use Edit/Find to locate the information within that folder The Topic Categories: Ag Agriculture: Some examples would be accounts of the weather as it affected the crops in a given year; invention or introduction of new farming equipment (e.g., the combine in the 1940s); agricultural statistics; effect of the WWII on local farming; soil analysis, etc A list of local farmers from a given period could fit under Agriculture or People, but People would be the preferred category AP Atlases and Plat Maps Atlases of Fond du Lac County from the 1800s and early 1900s included plat maps, as well as historical data and lists of patrons for each township Bs Businesses: Some examples: construction of a new store building (would probably be under Businesses rather than Buildings); a history of a certain business, e.g., the Bernard Ullrich Cigar plant; account of the state of local businesses during the Depression The Reese Collection contains a great deal about businesses Bu Buildings: Some examples: fire destroying a local barn (this could also be under agriculture); account of the construction of a new bank; article about types of rock found locally which are commonly used in construction of public buildings; changes of ownership of a certain building; the razing of a local church after the construction of a new church, e.g., Shepherd of the Hills The latter would probably be listed under both Buildings and Churches/Religion Ce Cemetery Data Base This includes information on many cemeteries in the area, whether private, public, or associated with a church There will usually be a list of burials as well as some introductory information on the history and location of the cemetery, and church, if connected with a church The burial information was usually obtained from lists drawn up by researchers who recorded the inscriptions as they appeared on the headstones At times, cemetery office records were available, and in a few cases, information was obtained from a copy of the parish register of deaths The Cemetery Data Base can be entered directly, without going through the Finding Aid See also the USGenWeb Archives Project for updated information and photographs for some cemeteries Ch Churches/Religion: A variety of examples: histories of the founding of a given parish/congregation; religious beliefs of a given congregation; description of the stained glass windows in a given church (would probably be listed also under Buildings); centennial celebration, religious events; parish picnics; newspaper account of charitable work or event of a given church; parish registers of births/baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths CR Civil Records: Most of these would be found at court houses, but a few might be found in libraries, national or state archives (and copied and then placed in our collection), abstract offices, or even in required newspaper reporting of certain land transactions or the vacation of streets They would include the following: births, marriages, and deaths (but note that recording of these was not required in Wisconsin until about 1900, so early records are hit and miss); surveying records; land and property records (legal descriptions, grantor and grantee records in case of sale…); abstracts; lawsuits; tax records; arrests and incarcerations; fines; naturalization records… DL Daily Life: This could include many things! Clothing styles, entertainment, town picnics, local customs about how area people did just about anything, e,g, how farmers grouped together for threshing, how the washing of clothing was done, etc might all fit here Ec Economy: This is more general than the topics of Businesses and Finances Examples: newspaper article on many farmers losing their farms in the 1980s (could also check Agriculture); articles about local economy in the Depression and articles about recovery during and after WWII; analytical account of factors affecting local economy… Ed Education: Some examples: anything about schools or a specific school; High School Year Books; lists of teachers, administrators, graduates, or school programs or activities Information on the school buildings might be found under Education and/or Buildings Fi Finances: This refers to actual financial records (ledgers, computer printouts, etc.) CAHS will probably never have much of this It does include insurance information Ge Genealogy & Family histories: This consists mainly in genealogies and family trees done by people from the area Gl Geology: In the case of Mr Reese’s folders, this usually refers to lakes and ponds Occasionally, there is a brief reference to the terrain or type of soil Conservation projects also fit here Go Government: This refers to local government, not county, state, or federal It also refers to law Some examples: lists of village board members, governmental structures, positions; articles or information on a rezoning issue; group of lawyers forming new office (also under People); voting on change in a specific law; election results Gr Groups/ Organizations: This refers to local organizations, societies, clubs, religious orders, etc Examples: An article on activities of local chapter of Knights Templar; Scouts; music groups; sports teams; a book on the history of the School Sisters of St Francis (included here because the order was founded here, and because it has its largest retirement home in Campbellsport) Articles on groups that are not specifically local are under Other Hs Histories: These are principally about local history of a general nature These items may also be listed under other topic categories Examples: 1) A list and description of early businesses in the area would be under Businesses, as well as early history 2) An account of the founding period for a certain church would go under Churches/Religion, as well as Histories 3) A history telling about the early settlers would, of course, be under histories IS Infra-structures: Information about electricity, telephone, roads, sewerage, etc Mi Military records: The CAHS does not have any actual governmental military records, but an account of someone’s experiences in the Civil War could be included here, although it would more likely be under People O Other: Most items fit under named categories, but occasionally an item has a class all by itself For example, the flood of 1924 is listed under Other It is an extraordinary event Pe People: In general, this refers to items where the emphasis is on individual people, not groups This could include articles about a given person, short biographies, obituaries, engagement and marriage announcements, an article about a local person graduating from high school (emphasis is on an individual, not the class), an article about a local person becoming a famous actor, etc There is often some overlap with a number of other categories, such as businesses, founding period histories, family histories, etc PO Property Ownership: This is often similar to an abbreviated abstract It focuses on a specific plot of land, sometimes listing the succession of owners, sometimes including uses of the land/property The Reese Collection contains quite a few folders on that topic Both rural and city/town records can be found here In the case of rural plots, the legal description is usually given In the case of the towns, block and lot numbers are given Plat maps from the 1893 Atlas of Fond du Lac County (item number AP-01) are provided for some towns to help researchers determine the exact location PS Public Services: Examples: police, fire, libraries, parks, Chamber of Commerce The Item Numbers: CAHS has among its holdings a variety of types of materials The first one or letters of the item number of an item indicates which type the item is Thus, an item whose item number is B-089 tells you that the item is a book The types and their abbreviations are as follows: A = Artifacts (Simple objects, material items Examples: farm implements, a medical instrument used by Dr Nicholas Senn, an article of clothing worn by an early settler) AP = Atlases and Plat Books B = Books C = Charts and Posters EM = Electronic Media (films, tapes, discs, videos, CD’s, DVD’s, etc) F = Folders other than the Reese Collection of Folders (Found under “Archives” on the web site) G = Genealogies and Family Histories N = Collections of News Clippings P = Photos R = A collection of research notes on local history by Mr Roderick Reese For further information about Mr Reese and the exceptionally informative collection of his papers, click on the word Reese, above S = Scrapbooks LHS = Local History Series CS = Cemetery Series P folder = Patron folder These have the same number as the folder item number They are not found on the open shelves Ask a patron helper to get the folder for you Requesting Information Contact the president of the Campbellsport Area Historical Society (CAHS) Contact information is on the website Agriculture: Some examples would be accounts of the weather as it affected the crops in a given year; invention or introduction of new farming equipment (e.g., the combine in the 1940s); agricultural statistics; effect of the WWII on local farming; soil analysis, etc A list of local farmers from a given period could fit under Agriculture or People, but People would be the preferred category Also use Edit/Find to search for “century farms” Cat # Ag A009 Ag A013 Ag A014 Ag B120 Ag B176 Farm tool Possibly hook used for hay bales Farm tool Possibly an older style post-hole digger Owned and used by Stuart Campbell Farm tool Used for cutting Owned and used by Stuart Campbell Visiting Our Past: America’s History Lands, National Geographic Society, 1977, 400 pages Covers a broad variety of topics Donated by Fond du Lac County Historical Society, Summer, 2006 PLOUGHS AMONG THE ESKERS, a Story of the Settlement of the Kettle Moraine, by Bernard L Michaels, published by Bernard L Michaels, 1995 81 pages Onsite viewing All Online viewing None All None All None All None All None Ag R023 Ag R042 R061 Ag Early history of area; Undated Plat Maps of Auburn, Ashford, All, plus brief index, in Eden, and Osceola Townships; Broad Variety of Topics about LHS bk 23 Ashford Township, including businesses, doctors, farmers, taverns & stores, cheese factories, mills, land owners, small segments about churches and cemeteries (St Kilian, St Martin, Evangelical, Old German Methodist, Private cemeteries, German Reformed of Elmore, Senn Family Cemetery, Evangelical Smitzer, Gudex, and Union No burials are listed) Businesses in Eden and Marblehead All, plus Index, LHS bk Cemetery and Church information; Brief index Crouchville School, Columbus School; history, teachers All, LHS bk 20 All Onsite viewing All Online viewing The plats of the villages are online, but not the township plats All None Index only Atlases and Plat Maps Cat # AP AP- Laminated photo-copied plats of Ashford, Auburn, Eden, 01 Empire, Forest, and Osceola Townships, from the 1893 ATLAS OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY Also village plat for some of the villages in those townships: New Cassel, Campbellsport, Elmore (known as Ashford then), St Kilian, Dundee, Jersey (New Prospect), Eblesville (New Fane), Eden, and Waucousta AP AP- Copy of PICTORIAL ATLAS FOND DU LAC 02 COUNTY WISCONSIN, 1971 Published by Tri-Tabula Co Includes plat map for each township, lists of residents with small amount of biographical info, many photos of individuals, families, houses and other buildings, aerial views of farms, short histories of a number of churches, and AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP03 AP04 AP05 AP06 AP07 AP08 AP08 AP09 AP10 AP11 AP12 AP13 AP- advertisements Copy of PICTORIAL ATLAS OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WISCONSIN, 1971 (See AP-02) OFFICIAL PLAT BOOK OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WISCONSIN, 1948 LAND ATLAS AND PLAT BOOK FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WISCONSIN, 1993 1862 Plat maps for Ashford, Auburn, Eden, Empire, Forest, and Osceola These are not photo-copies of the original; extremely few readable copies of the atlas for 1862 are extant It is a highly accurate, hand-done reproduction Photo-copy was made at the Register of Deeds Office in the Fond du Lac County courthouse ATLAS OF THE WORLD, pub By Funk & Wagnalls, 1931 93 pages UNIVERSAL ATLAS OF THE WORLD, Rand McNally & Co., 1892 360 pages Binding in poor condition Fond du Lac County Land Atlas and Plat Book, 1979, 76 pages Fond du Lac County Land Atlas and Plat Book, 1993, 90 pages Fond du Lac County Land Atlas and Plat Book, 1982, 80 pages Fond du Lac County Land Atlas and Plat Book, 1985, 76 pages Fond du Lac County Land Atlas and Plat Book, 1988, 70 pages Fond du Lac County Land Atlas and Plat Book, 1991, 80 pages Fond du Lac County Land Atlas and Plat Book, 1996, 80 All None All None All None All None All None All None All None All None All None All None All None All None All None AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP 14 AP15 AP16 AP17 pages Fond du Lac County Land Atlas and Plat Book, 1999-2000, 86 pages Fond du Lac County Land Atlas and Plat Book, 1948, 46 pages ATLAS OF WASHINGTON AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES, date unknown Very poor condition Covers off, pages torn AP- Crams Unrivaled Atlas World Atlas, George F Cram 20 Company, Inc., 1952, 403 pages AP- The New Encyclopedic Atlas and Gazeteer of the World, 21 1910, 254 pages Donated by Fond du Lac county Historical Society, Summer, 2006 BWebster’s Twentieth Century Dictionary, Publishers’ guild, 121 Inc., 1939, about 2000 pages Includes many sections in addition to the dictionary: Atlas, population statistics, federal agencies, dictionary of authors, dictionary of noted names, and more FFond du Lac County Genealogical Society Newsletter, May, 02 1996 Queries, excerpts form an 1854 book, HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, by Martin Mitchel - about Byron Township 1874 Plat map of Byron Twp Partial index to marriages1864 and small part of 1865 RBroad variety of topics, including ham radio, high school 053 coaches, Boy Scouts, High School graduates and alumni, Incorporation of Village of Campbellsport (1902), village officers, Schlaefer Construction Company, century farms, Chamber of Commerce R1862 Atlas of the Townships of Fond du Lac County All None All None All None All None All None All None All, in P folder None All (photo-copy of original) plus index, LHS bk 12 Index All, P folder (photocopy) None (Copies are not sharp 10 Pe F08 www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/church/empch.htm Federal Land Patents Brief history and explanation of land in southeastern Wisconsin passed from US ownership to speculators to settlers Taken from Fond du Lac County Local History web site: All, P folder Use web address for this and further info All, P folder None All, P folder None All, P folder None All, P folder None All, P folder None http://www.wlhn.org/fond_du_lac/landpatents_fdlco.htm Pe F14 Pe F15 Pe F16 F17 F- Pe Pe There is a link for Auburn Township which gives names of patentees and much patent info, as well as maps showing location of land patents FOND DU LAC COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER, Vol 21 No 2, August, 1999 Lists which volumes of GERMANS TO AMERICA the society has Historical info on Our Lady of the Angels Church in Armstrong Includes pictures Continuation of History of Eden Township, begun in May issue Pedigree charts: Overbeck, McCarty, Keefe Continuation of 1868 Gazetteer, Schmitz – Smith Items for sale FOND DU LAC COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER, Vol 21 No 1, May, 1999 History of Eden Township, including 1874 plat map and patrons’ directory St Matthew’s Church, Campbellsport Pedigree charts: Goodman, Flesch Continuation of directory from 1868 Gazetteer of FdL Cty List of FdL County dead in WWII Prominent early citizens Pictures of Gustave and Harriet deNeveu Assorted items from files FIFTEEN YEAR CLASS REUNION (Campbellsport High School, class of 1965) Booklet JUST REMEMBER 1973, published by the 7th grade class of St Matthew’s School, Campbellsport, WI THE TIMES OF ’73-’74, published by the 7th grade class of 83 Pe 18 F19 Pe F21 Pe F22 Pe F23 Pe F33 Pe F34 St Matthew School, Campbellsport, WI 1991 Reunion of Class of 1936, Campbellsport High School news clippings with pictures, hand-written list of names, summary printed on library stationery Photo-copy of Table of Contents for Volume I of FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WISCONSIN, PAST AND PRESENT, Maurice McKenna, Editor, 1912; Index for Volume II of the same work Volume II contains short biographies of many early settlers and other persons of significance Scanned copy of THE HISTORY OF THE CHESLEY FAMILY, by Israel Chesley, Twin Village News Print, Campbellsport, Wisconsin, 1898 Hand-written pages have been typed, as they not scan well See F-23 for a photocopy of the book, and for a copy of the entry for Chesley from McKenna Photo-copy of THE HISTORY OF THE CHESLEY FAMILY, by Israel Chesley, Twin Village News Print, Campbellsport, Wisconsin, 1898 The folder includes 1)a scanned copy of the letter of Frank Bowles in England, with the unusual story of how the book came to be in the Campbellsport Public Library, and 2) the entry for Arthur Chesley, son of Israel Chesley, author of the above family history, from FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WISCONSIN, PAST AND PRESENT, Maurice McKenna, Editor, 1912 Fond du Lac County MATURITY TIMES, Vol 7, No 6, June 1993 Features article about Elaine Koenig’s book, Family Stories, and about the Braun family In Memoriam, booklet containing memorial address given by Rev James W Taylor, April 6, 1918 Commemorates Private Pearson L Brown, died in France, March 29, 1918 (WWI) All, P folder None All, P folder None All, LHS bk 15 All All, LHS bk 15 Story of how CAHS came to have the book; scanned copy of the Frank Bowles letter See F-22 for scanned copy of the book All, in Oversize Box None All, patron folder None 84 Pe F37 Pe F38 Pe F39 Pe F40 Pe N21 R008 Pe Pe Pe R012 R014 TWIN VILLAGE NEWS, Vol II, Number 53, Campbellsport and New Cassel, Wisconsin, April 7, 1899 Is printed on wood-based paper and was folded, so there has been significant damage, but very little loss of printed areas The item has been de-acidified, and placed in an acid-free, oversize folder Donor: Mrs Martin Engels THE CAMPBELLSPORT NEWS, Thursday, June 30, 1960 entire issue Includes history of the fire department, which has ben put online (See F-39) Has been deacidified History of the Campbellsport Volunteer Fire Department, from THE CAMPBELLSPORT NEWS, June 30, 1960, by Henry Weld Obituaries and a memorial card from S-01, a scrapbook assembled about the Reunion of the Campbellsport high School class of 1942 Combined index for N-01 through N-16 Traces record of property ownership and use, with legal description (block and lot #s) of the property mainly for New Cassel and Campbellsport; information on dams, mills, and ponds; includes biographical info and info on businesses Gives good sense of general history of Campbellsport; Flood of 1924 Early history of Town of Ashford; Info on Stuart Campbell; list of Ashford Town officials St John’s Lutheran, New Fane: burials (see Cemetery Data Base), history with warranty deeds, commemorative booklets The death/burial records from R-014 & R-036 have been combined into one file All, in Oversize Box (Ask the patron helper to get it for you.) None All In Oversize Box None (But see F-39 for article on Fire Department.) All, in LHS Book 30 All All All (Obits & memorial card from S-01 only) All (2 comb-bound books) All, in LHS bk 29 All All, LHS bk All All, in Cemetery Series, Book 1; LHS bk for parish history; Commemorative booklets in P folder Burials (See Cemetery Data Base), clipping on history, notes on history Not the deeds and the booklets All 85 Pe R017 Pe R020 Pe R022 Pe R023 Pe R025 Pe R026 Pe R- History of town of Ashford; Ashford Town Board Officials, 1849-1874; founding of Campbellsport; Info on Stuart Campbell; Small amount of census data from 1853 & 1870 Lists of Community Dentists, Optometrists, Surgeons, Doctors, Chiropractors, Veterinarians, Justice of the Peace, Lawyers, Auto Agencies, Barber Shops, Real Estate, and Insurance Companies Business People & Places of Campbellsport, 1847-1874 (Names, Year they came to area, Place from which they came, Type of Business) Early history of area; Undated Plat Maps of Auburn, Ashford, Eden, and Osceola Townships; Broad Variety of Topics about Ashford Township, including businesses, doctors, farmers, taverns & stores, cheese factories, mills, land owners, small segments about churches and cemeteries (St Kilian, St Martin, Evangelical, Old German Methodist, Private cemeteries, German Reformed of Elmore, Senn Family Cemetery, Evangelical Smitzer, Gudex, and Union No burials are listed) Campbellsport High School & Grade School Teachers, 19351986 Staff for some elementary schools, and some neighboring schools: Eden, Dotyville, and ElderGrove Chronological list of Owners of Businesses, Farms, and Homes in Ashford and Auburn Townships; Churches, Small list of deaths & burials from 1850s & 1860s, church name not given, but it is Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, also known as Buffalo Unity (north of Kewaskum); Early History of Ashford and Auburn Townships; Mills, ponds, and lakes; Schools; Early Doctors; Postmasters; St Kilian St Martin’s (Ashford), Elmore Reformed Congregation, All, LHS bk 25 All All, LHS bk 21 All All, in LHS bk All All, plus brief index, LHS All bk 23 All, P folder None (May request photocopy) Burials in CS bk7 Other material in LHS bk 28 All Burials also in Cemetery Data Base All See also Cemetery All 86 029 Pe Pe R035 R039 Pe R041 Pe R047 Pe R048 Pe R052 Pe R060 R- Pe Register of the Dead, 1858-1888, Gudex, Rauch, and Deutsche Bisch Methodist Cemeteries; Biography of Rev Matt Heigl; Town of Ashford Business Places Business People of Campbellsport, pages 1-80 Series, Books 2,3, & For Business places see LHS Bk 20 (Folder missing) None Early history of Campbellsport History of businesses and business people, and of buildings and properties Often gives information commonly found in abstracts History of area Roads, the Dam and Mill Pond, and Mills Short biography of Stuart Campbell History of Town of Auburn (Crouchville); Traces the ownership of businesses/property and people who operated them or lived there; Legal descriptions; Newspaper photo of Seering and Curram Store, 1920; Wm Folts first veterinarian; Dams; Chamber of Commerce Reese’s field notes on individuals and some businesses; Short biographies on numerous Campbellsport area people – births, deaths, activities during life, with special focus on businesses; histories of a few businesses The Index usually lists only original owner of a business; subsequent owners’ names are listed in these notes, but not in the Index Notebook with Broad variety of topics, especially about professional people, by occupation/profession; schools; churches; buildings History of the Town of Auburn, businesses, lakes, roads, churches, bridges, early history, early settlers, property ownership with legal descriptions, early postal service Booklet: Camping with Father Fischer; camp for groups of boys Crouchville School, Columbus School; history, teachers All, LHS bk 26 All All, Patron folder None All, P folder plus index, in LHS bk11 Index only All, P folder, plus Index in LHS Bk 18, Index only All (photo-copy of original) plus index, in LHS bk Booklet, P folder Index All, LHS bk 20 All None 87 Pe Pe Pe Pe 061 R062 R067 R074 R078 Pe R089 Pe R090 Pe R091 Pe R099 Pe R100 Pe R101 Short biographies of many farmers and businessmen, most from Ashford and Auburn Townships The contents of this folder appear to be research requests and Mr Reese’s responses to them Broad variety of topics, but most deal with people History of THE CAMPBELLSPORT NEWS; obit of Harlow Roate, long-time publisher; photo of Mr Roate Bicentennial materials (1976); Order of worship for funeral of Congressman William Steiger of Oshkosh, Dec 7, 1978; news clipping showing future development of property NE corner bordered by Helena and Mill Streets (no date) Two Histories of Campbellsport area and its people, by Yankow (1964) and Weld (1955); clipping quoting 18881889 Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory Photocopy of a number of articles about Dr Nicholas Senn (One seems to be from Who’s Who.) Jaeger Home & Appliance; Dr Nicholas Senn; the John Senn farm; Dr Hausman (an obit?); History of Elmore – Ashford Station (also called Leglerville); Old Ironsides Corporation Short biographies of early settlers of the area, taken from the 1880 HISTORY OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY and the 1912 history of Fond du Lac County, by McKenna Short biographies of early settlers of Ashford and Auburn Townships, arranged more or less alphabetically (end of the alphabet) Short biographies of early settlers of Ashford and Auburn Townships, arranged more or less alphabetically, middle of the alphabet All, plus Index in LHS bk.6 & All, Patron folder Index only All, in LHS bk 20 See also Photo collection All, in P folder All, including picture of Mr Roate None All, in LHS bk 17 All Photocopy of all; in comb-bound book: LHS bk 17 All, LHS Bk 27 Copies by request All, plus index of names in LHS 10 Index of names All, plus index of names LHS bk 10 Index of names All, plus index of names in LHS 10 Index of names only None All except brochure and news clipping 88 Pe R106 Campbellsport Volunteer Fire Department : Members, All, in LHS bk None Officers, Constitution and By-Laws, Resolutions See alsoR-004, R-021, R-050, and R-069 Pe R160-page notebook (fair to poor condition) of Mr Reese’s All, P folder, plus index Index only 107 field notes: traces ownership of specific block and lot in LHS bk 21 numbers, brief biographies or facts about people, info on early history of the area Businesses; Plat maps; Post offices; Dams, mills, and mill ponds; Lakes, Cheese factories; Electricity and telephone; coopers; Vineyards; Geology; Clinics; Doctors; Flood of 1924 Pe RRAINBOW BASEBALL LEAGUE: TENTH All, in P folder None 116 ANNIVERSARY Booklet printed in 1944 honoring the 10th anniversary of the Rainbow Baseball League Includes pictures of many local servicemen who were in the armed service between 1934 and 1944, including a number who died in action 48 pages Pe SScrapbook of the Reunion of the 1942 graduating class of All See F-40 for the obituaries 01 Campbellsport High School Assembled by Fern Johnson found in S-01 (Mrs Jerome Kreif) The scrapbook contains a number of obits See F-40 for a copy of these obits Surnames for the obits are: Baumann, Baumhardt, Berg, Thelen, Glass, Huenink, Scheid, Reilly, Bleck, Dickman, Beisbier, Burns, Marski, Ringland, and Martin In addition to the scrapbook itself, there is also an expansion folder of The latter packet of materials has been assigned the number S-01a Pe SOrganizational materials related to the Reunion of the All None 01a Campbellsport High School graduating class of 1942 Property Ownership: This is similar to an abbreviated abstract It focuses on a specific plot of land, listing the succession of owners, sometimes including uses of the land/property The Reese Collection contains quite a few folders on that topic Both rural and city/town records can be found here In the case of rural plots, the legal description is usually given In the case of the towns, 89 block and lot number are given Plat maps from the 1893 Atlas of Fond du Lac County (item number AP-01) are provided for some towns to help researchers determine the exact location Cat # PO AP- Laminated plats of the following townships: Ashford, 01 Auburn, Osceola, Forest, Eden, and Empire Plats of following villages: Elmore (known as Ashford at that time); St Kilian, Dundee, New Prospect (Jersey), New Fane (Eblesville), Eden, Waucousta, Campbellsport, and New Cassel – from 1893 ATLAS OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY PO FFederal Land Patents Brief history and explanation of how 08 land in southeastern Wisconsin passed from US ownership to speculators to settlers Taken from Fond du Lac County Local History web site: http://www.wlhn.org/fond_du_lac/landpatents_fdlco.htm There is a link for Auburn Township which gives names of patentees and much patent info, as well as maps showing location of land patents PO BBound copies of TIME: THE WEEKLY NEWS 128 MAGAZINE, January 7, 1924 through January 30, 1924 (23 magazines) PO BPLOUGHS AMONG THE ESKERS, a Story of the 176 Settlement of the Kettle Moraine, by Bernard L Michaels, published by Bernard L Michaels, 1995 81 pages PO RBusiness places in Waucousta & Osceola; churches in 001 Waucousta area; people of Campbellsport; history of Campbellsport PO RTraces record of property ownership and use, with legal 008 description (block and lot #s) of the property mainly for New Cassel and Campbellsport; information on dams, mills, and Onsite viewing All Online viewing Plat of the villages only, not the townships All, P folder Use web address for this and further info All None All None All, LHS bk All All, LHS bk 29 All 90 PO R023 PO R026 PO R039 PO R041 PO R- ponds; includes biographical info and info on businesses Gives good sense of general history of Campbellsport; Flood of 1924 Early history of area; Undated Plat Maps of Auburn, Ashford, Eden, and Osceola Townships; Broad Variety of Topics about Ashford Township, including businesses, doctors, farmers, taverns & stores, cheese factories, mills, land owners, small segments about churches and cemeteries (St Kilian, St Martin, Evangelical, Old German Methodist, Private cemeteries, German Reformed of Elmore, Senn Family Cemetery, Evangelical Smitzer, Gudex, and Union No burials are listed) Chronological list of Owners of Businesses, Farms, and Homes in Ashford and Auburn Townships; Churches, Small list of deaths & burials from 1850s & 1860s, church name not given, but it is Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, also known as Buffalo Unity (north of Kewaskum); Early History of Ashford and Auburn Townships; Mills, ponds, and lakes; Schools; Early Doctors; Postmasters; St Kilian Early history of Campbellsport History of businesses and business people, and of buildings and properties Often gives information commonly found in abstracts History of area Roads, the Dam and Mill Pond, and Mills Short biography of Stuart Campbell History of Town of Auburn (Crouchville); Traces the ownership of businesses/property and people who operated them or lived there; Legal descriptions; Newspaper photo of Seering and Curram Store, 1920; Wm Folts first veterinarian; Dams; Chamber of Commerce Auburn & Ashford Townships: broad variety of topics, All, plus brief index, LHS All bk 23 All, LHS bk 28 Burial also in CS bk All Burials also in Cemetery Data Base Click on the word “burials” in the description column All, LHS bk 26 All All, Patron folder None All, plus Index are in P Index only 91 049 PO R050 PO R052 PO R054 PO R056 PO R059 PO R107 including Board Officials 1845-1988, census data, postal service info, Pony Express and Stagecoach, businesses, halls, restaurants, histories of churches and cemeteries (but no burial lists), lakes and ponds, doctors, property owners, list of area farmers in 1862, and more Variety of topics: history of dams, ownership of lots in New Cassel (See AP-01 for map of New Cassel showing block and lot numbers), businesses, firemen and Firemen’s Park History of the Town of Auburn, businesses, lakes, roads, churches, bridges, early history, early settlers, property ownership with legal descriptions, early postal service Founding of Campbellsport; Stuart Campbell, Jacob Haessley, Ernest Martin, and other early settlers; Crouchville postmasters; Original plats with legal descriptions; Buildings; Traces the history of Campbellsport through the history of a number of area businesses; the flood of 1924; Refers to pictures, but there are none in the file; telephone service Osceola Township: property ownership with legal descriptions, farms, businesses, history Contains a very brief amount on Mitchell Cemetery in Osceola Township, with the William Mitchell data There is also a reference to E C Airhart being buried in a private cemetery in Osceola Township There is one paragraph on history of churches in Eden Township Senn Family information from Federal Census of 1860, 1870, and 1880 Penmanship often difficult to read Abbreviations not explained 160-page notebook (fair to poor condition) of Mr Reese’s field notes: traces ownership of specific block and lot numbers, brief biographies or facts about people, info on folder; Index is also in LHS bk All, in P folder, plus Index, in LHS bk Index only All (photo-copy of original) plus index, in LHS bk All, LHS bk 12 Index All, LHS bk 27 All All, P folder None All, P folder, plus index, in LHS bk 21 Index only All 92 early history of the area Businesses; Plat maps; Post offices; Dams, mills, and mill ponds; Lakes, Cheese factories; Electricity and telephone; coopers; Vineyards; Geology; Clinics; Doctors; Flood of 1924 PO RUnion Cemetery, Deed Readings of Land Purchase; All, P folder 108 Additions to Villages of Campbellsport and New Cassel The latter consists of large heavy-duty cardboard charts showing the following additions: Campbell’s Original, Campbell’s Out Lots, Rhodes Addition, Van Blarcom’s Addition, Schurck’s, Senft’s, E.L Peck’s, and Ludin Crouch Additions Public Services: Examples: police, fire, libraries, parks, Chamber of Commerce Cat # PS A001 PS A002 PS A003 PS A004 PS A005 PS A006 PS A007 PS B120 Postage stamp “United States Postage 10 cents Monroe” 1930’s Used Postmarked with the shape of an eye Postage stamp “1 ½ cents Harding United States Postage” 1930’s Used Postmarked Chicago, IL Postage stamp “1 ½ cents Harding United States Postage” 1930’s Used Postmarked Chicago, IL Postage stamp “1 ½ cents Harding United States Postage” 1930’s Used Postmarked Kansas city, MO Postage stamp “11 cents Hayes United States Postage” 1930? Used Postmarked with the shape of an eye Postage stamp “Washington cents United States Postage” 1930’s?? Possibly used No obvious postmark Postage stamp “1 cent Franklin United States Postage” 1930’s? Used Partial circular postmark in lower left corner Visiting Our Past: America’s History Lands, National Geographic Society, 1977, 400 pages Covers a broad variety None Onsite viewing All Online viewing None All None All None All None All None All None All None All None 93 PS PS B158 F38 PS F39 PS F41 of topics Donated by Fond du Lac County Historical Society, Summer, 2006 Financial Record of the Campbellsport Public Library, January, 1928 – September, 1947 Donated by Mothers club THE CAMPBELLSPORT NEWS, Thursday, June 30, 1960 entire issue Includes history of the fire department, which has ben put online (See F-39) Has been deacidified History of the Campbellsport Volunteer Fire Department, from THE CAMPBELLSPORT NEWS, June 30, 1960, by Henry Weld This folder contains a variety of items (most are ephemera), which was found after most other processing was completed: Safety Booklet, published by Fond du Lac county Highway Police (no publication date, but appears to be early 1940s); program for Open house, Campbellsport Public Library, November, 1975; a lithograph from the 1874 Atlas of Fond du Lac County, showing mill and residence of J.H Reysen, New Cassel; flyers about the US Bicentennial; a copy of FIRST MONDAY, Vol 11, # (1981, Republican National Committee); single sheet titled THE ORIGIN OF OUR FLAG and THE FIRST PRAYER IN CONGRESS; picture of “First Capitol” – the building where the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature held session in 1836, in Belmont, Wisconsin; newspaper article on when Liberty Bell first rang, July 8, 1876; newspaper article and pictures of cartoons by Paul Revere (published in June, 1774), and Benjamin Franklin (published May 9, 1754); single page article (source not given) titled THE PRICE THEY PAID, tells what happened to the men who signed the Declaration of Independence; issues of LANDMARKS OF LIBERTY, All None All In Oversize Box None (But see F-39 for article on Fire Department.) All, in LHS Book 30 All All None 94 PS R004 PS R005 R021 PS PS PS R030 R033 PS R048 PS R049 PS R- published during the US bicentennial by Liberty Glass Company, of Sapulpa Oklahoma Campbellsport Fire Department: History, Equipment purchase record 1905-1978; Members and chiefs 1904-1982; Minutes of Meetings 1918-1929 See also R-021, R-050, R-069, and R-106 Development of Northern Kettle Moraine Park, by Jeanne Marchant and Roderick Reese First Fire Department Picnic, First Village Hall, Astonishing News Items, Early Postal Service, Businesses, Various Groups, Roads, Government, Electrical Services… A small folder with a great variety of topics Some papers may have been in other folders For Fire Dept., see also R-004, R-050, R-069, and R-106 Postal Services; Electricity; Early History; Cheese Factories Deals with a very broad variety of topics: Businesses, churches, cemeteries, geology, sports groups, railroads and other roads, conservation projects, and Kettle Moraine Park; Ice Age Center Index plus photocopy of original Notebook with Broad variety of topics, especially about professional people, by occupation/profession; schools; churches; buildings Auburn & Ashford Townships: broad variety of topics, including Board Officials 1845-1988, census data, postal service info, Pony Express and Stagecoach, businesses, halls, restaurants, histories of churches and cemeteries (but no burial lists), lakes and ponds, doctors, property owners, list of area farmers in 1862, and more Crouchville School, Columbus School; history, teachers All, LHS bk 19 A few pages – summary of history All, LHS bk All All, in LHS bk 21 All All, LHS bk2, plus Patron All Folder All Index only Indexed, LHS bk 22 All, P folder, plus Index in LHS Bk 18, Index only All, P folder, plus Index in LHS bk Index only All, LHS bk 20 All 95 PS PS PS 061 R069 R074 R086 Fire Department; picture of firemen, with names identified (1967); Names of firemen 1938-1968; Conservation, Projects; Boy Scout Masters See also R-004, R-021, R-050, and R-106 for information on Fire Department History of THE CAMPBELLSPORT NEWS; obit of Harlow Roate, long-time publisher; photo of Mr Roate Campbellsport Public Library Architectural Plans All, LHS bk 14 All, including picture All, LHS bk 20 See also photo collection All, LHS bk 17 All, in LHS bk 17 Brochures can be found in separate P folder marked R-087 All, in LHS bk All, including picture of Mr Roate Verbal material, but no graphic plans or news clippings All except brochures PS R087 Chamber of Commerce, Women’s Club, History of Long Lake, Town of Ashford Farmers PS R106 PS R113 R117 Campbellsport Volunteer Fire Department : Members, Officers, Constitution and By-Laws, Resolutions See alsoR-004, R-021, R-050, and R-069 Updating information on the Chamber of Commerce, 19461986 Includes booklet titled COMPARE WISCONSIN Record of Library Board Activities, 1938-1961 Number of books withdrawn for given periods, usually a month Finances PS None All, P folder None All, P folder None 96 97 ... history of each Catholic parish in Wisconsin Also more general information, such as history of the area before the coming of the Europeans Life of the Native Americans, even some information on their... These have the same number as the folder item number They are not found on the open shelves Ask a patron helper to get the folder for you Requesting Information Contact the president of the Campbellsport. ..1 The abbreviation in the first column stands for the topic category or categories dealt with in the item (See explanation below) The number in the second column of the Finding Aid is the item