Title: Anthony B. Stelter Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1830-1899, 2000

Creator:

• Stelter, Anthony B.

Call Number: La Crosse Mss CZ; Audio 1399A

Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording

Repository:

Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Research of Anthony Stelter for his booklet All Roads Lead to Hope Valley: A Look at Black and Tri-Racial Migration to the Hope Valley Located in the Forest Township of Vernon County, Wisconsin. Hope Valley was settled by a mix of Black, White, and Native American settlers who peacefully co-existed until circa 1900 when racial tensions began to escalate. Stelter, a descendant of the Walden family, documents the histories of various extended families residing in Hope Valley in 1899, principally the Revels, Walden, Shivers, and Roberts families. Included are papers relating to the churches and schools in the Hope Valley area and genealogical materials on individual family members including notes, news clippings, school and cemetery records, and other biographical information. The tape recording is an interview with Gen Roberts (2000) during a drive through Hope Valley in which Roberts recounts the history of the area and various anecdotes regarding life in the community.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-lx00cz

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Anthony B. Stelter, Madison, Wisconsin, 2003. Accession Number: M2004-026

La Crosse Mss CZ Box   1 Folder   1	Arms, Samuel
Box   1 Folder   2	Barton, Wesley
Box   1 Folder   3	Bass, Elija
Box   1 Folder   4	Delaney, Robert
Box   1 Folder   5	Elliott, John, Sr.
Box   1 Folder   6	Harris, Edmond
Box   1 Folder   7	Moss, Zacharies
Box   1 Folder   8	Revels, Macajah
Box   1 Folder   9	Roberts, Isaac West
Box   1 Folder   10	Roberts, Ishmael
Box   1 Folder   11	Shivers, Ashley
Box   1 Folder   12	Shivers, Thomas
Box   1 Folder   13	Stewart, Waldo
Box   1 Folder   14	Walden, Mike
Box   1 Folder   15	Walden, Samuel
Box   1 Folder   16	Weaver, Alfred
Box   1 Folder   17	All Roads Lead to Hope Valley
Box   1 Folder   18	Typescript copy
Box   1 Folder   19	Civil War records
	Eastman School
Box   1 Folder   20	1892-1894
Box   1 Folder   21	1903-1911, 1922-1938
Box   1 Folder   22	Revels Cemetery
Box   1 Folder   23	Effie Revels Delaney history
Box   1 Folder   24	Revels Valley Free Methodist Church
Box   1 Folder   25	Reminiscence, Nina Winchell (Revels)
Box   1 Folder   26	Salem School
Box   1 Folder   27	Reminiscence, Nina Winchell (Revels)
Box   1 Folder   28	Valley News
Box   1 Folder   29	Shivers family postcards
Box   2 Folder   1	Land records
Box   2 Folder   2-3	Scanned images
1399A/1	Robert, Gen, 2000 August 8