Correspondence

1849-1861
Scope and Content Note: Letters from Morris P. Haight to his parents and to Theron W. Haight (his brother), written from Summit, Wis., and from Theron to Morris in return. Letters to Theron's parents from scattered relatives and children. Letters to Theron from friends in other New York communities, Nebraska Territory, Rev. William Paret, written before and after his departure for Wisconsin in 1860. Beginning in June 1861, Theron wrote home first from Elmira, New York, where he enlisted with the Twenty-fourth New York Infantry Volunteers; then from Belleville, New York; subsequently from Camp Walker near Washington; Bailey's Cross Roads in Virginia; Arlington Mills, Virginia; and Upton's Hill.

1862
Scope and Content Note: Some 50 letters, the majority written directly from the battlefield by Theron and dispatched to his parents. They cover his march to Centreville in the spring, encampment opposite Fredericksburg, action at Fort Royal, Waterloo Bridge, Gainesville, Groveton. There is a letter from Washington, September 8, describing Manassas, his imprisonment and parole, and a series of letters from “Camp Parole,” Annapolis. This block of correspondence also includes letters to Theron from family members and friends. At year's end, Haight writes from a camp near Fredericksburg.

1863-1864
Scope and Content Note: Increased number of letters exchanged with fellow servicemen. Continued regular correspondence of Haight home--from Belle Plain, Fredericksburg. There are many letters from friends after Haight leaves the service. Haight writes home from Wisconsin, May 11, 1864, from Summit just before he arranges for the principalship at Mukwonago; later letters describe his situation there.

1865-1866
Scope and Content Note: Between January and October, 1865, there are regular exchanges of letters between Theron and his parents and sisters, and letters to Theron from friends. In October, Haight leaves Mukwonago for Milwaukee to study law; letters at this time discuss his parents' coming to Wisconsin. Here there are initial letters from Theron to Annie Youmans, whom he later marries, and correspondence to Annie from her friends and relatives. There are letters from other Haight children written to Morris and Lois Haight in Lorraine.

1867-1869, 1871-1872, 1874
Scope and Content Note: Letters to Theron W. Haight from friends in Wisconsin, New York, Ohio. Letters from Theron to Annie Youmans; after 1871, random letters from Theron Haight on business matters from office of Waukesha Freeman, correspondence with Milwaukee News Co. (S. Cadwallader), and Chicago Times on Haight's work as a correspondent.

1877-1878, 1880-1883, 1902, 1903, 1908
Scope and Content Note: Letters from Theron W. Haight to his wife Annie from Madison during his secretaryship of Wisconsin Board of Charities; letters from friends and relatives to Mrs. Haight; letters to Haight from newspapers relative to his correspondence.

Speeches and Addresses
Scope and Content Note: “An Old-Time Monopolist,” undated; “A Book Talk in the First Decade of the Twentieth Century,” written for his wife by Theron W. Haight for her delivery before Beacon Lights meeting, 1900; “Gainesville, Groveton and Bull Run,” read by Haight, November 6, 1895.

Writings of Frank Putney Haight
Scope and Content Note: A thirteen-unit Wisconsin history, divided into these headings: Railroad, I & II; Canal, I & II; Banks, I; Characters, I & II; Great Election Hoax, I; Capitol, I & II; Hubbell, I & II; and Badger Mystery, I. The Railroad units deal largely with Byron Kilbourn's experiences, as do the sections titled “Canal.” “Banks” covers banking in territorial Wisconsin. James Duane Doty is the central subject of the units titled “Characters.” The election of 1840 is dealt with in “The Great Election Hoax.” The two units on “Capitol” trace location and construction of the capitol at Madison. The impeachment trial in 1853 of Judge Levi Hubbell is covered in the two units titled “Hubbell” and “Badger Mystery” traces the development of the state seal. (Although unsigned, the writings are attributed to Frank Putney Haight, in a memo accompanying the collection and in a field report of William J. Schereck's.) There is also an untitled 28-page account of Wisconsin, 1836-1856.

Miscellaneous
Scope and Content Note: Includes the will of John Myrick, Theron W. Haight's maternal grandfather, which leaves 100 acres of land near Lorraine to Haight's mother, Lois Myrick Haight, the farm Theron grew up on. The will is dated June 8, 1832, signed in Dutchess County, N.Y. There are three bills, dated 1852 and 1857, presented to Theron's father, Morris Haight, from his creditors for services. There is a commission signed by Governor Nelson Dewey, July 4, 1851, appointing John R. Sharpstien colonel of the Fifth Regiment of Wisconsin Militia; an account of Company K, Twenty-fourth Wisconsin [New York?] Infantry, presumably dispatched to the Jefferson County (N.Y.) News by Theron Haight; St. Matthias Church (Waukesha) biographical records for Theron, Annie, and Lucy Haight; a report card for Haddie Haight (1889), a list of addresses, and newspaper clippings.

Individually Bound Diaries

Theron W. Haight diaries, 1866, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1892, 1893, 1891, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1910, 1911; Annie Haight, , 1903

Theron Haight diaries, 1909, 1912