Title: Richard J. Vincent Papers and Photographs
Inclusive Dates: circa 1850-circa 1998 (bulk 1860-1940)

Creator:

• Vincent, Richard J., 1921-2005

Call Number: M2006-089

Extent: 8.0 c.f. of papers and photographs (19 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 2.5 c.f. of transparencies (5 half record center cartons), and 1.0 c.f. of negatives (5 negative boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Collection of papers and photographs, circa 1850-circa 1998, of Richard Vincent, a monument salesman for J.P. Vincent & Sons Monument Company in Galena, Illinois, whose territory covered northwest Illinois and southwest Wisconsin. Vincent's avocation was collecting historical information and photographs documenting the area, in particular lead mining and the communities in the lead-mining region, especially Galena, from the late 1800s to 1998 (bulk 1860-1940). For other communities, Vincent's research concentrates on local mining activities as well as the general history and tools of farming and railroads. The transparencies comprise the most important part of the collection and are accompanied by an index identifying each slide and, in the case of Galena, cross-referencing by subject.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2006089

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The collection consists of copy prints, transparencies, negatives, and typed histories compiled by Vincent and derived largely from newspaper accounts which are also included in the collection. For Galena, the files are divided by street, then general city history, local rivers and floods, and local buildings and bridges. Also included is a series of slides labeled “Past are Present,” which consist of images taken in 1998 which correspond to images from much earlier in the century. Finally, there is a small amount of material relating to other historical areas of interest to Vincent, including clippings and articles about General Ulysses S. Grant and other research notes.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Kathy Funston, Galena, Illinois. Accession Number: M2006-089

M2006-089	Series: Galena
Box   1 Folder   1-3	Park Avenue
Box   1 Folder   4-5	Gear and Spring Streets
Box   1 Folder   6-10	S. Main Street
Box   2 Folder   1-4	Franklin Street
Box   2 Folder   5-9	Bench Street
Box   2 Folder   10-11	N. Main Street
Box   3 Folder   1-2	N. Main Street (continued)
Box   3 Folder   3-4	Claude-Field Streets/ Scales Mound Road
Box   3 Folder   5-8	Commerce and Water Streets
Box   3 Folder   9-11	Prospect Street
Box   4 Folder   1-2	High/Ridge/Hill/Elk Streets
Box   4 Folder   3-7	Galena #1
Box   4 Folder   8-12	Galena #2
Box   5 Folder   1-2	Galena #2
Box   5 Folder   3-6	East Galena
Box   5 Folder   7-9	Around Galena
Box   6 Folder   1	Around Galena (continued)
Box   6 Folder   2-4	Fever-Galena River
Box   6 Folder   5-7	Galena River, flood wall, bridges
Box   6 Folder   8-10	Fever River
Box   6 Folder   11	Fever River North of Galena
Box   7 Folder   1-3	Floods
Box   7 Folder   4-5	Flood Doors - Comparison
Box   7 Folder   6	Buildings Gone
Box   7 Folder   7	Porches and Pillars, Richardson Blacksmith Shop, Six Fire Companies
Box   7 Folder   8-11	Boats
Box   7 Folder   12-13	Bridges
Box   8 Folder   1-2	Bridges (continued)
	Series: Railroads	⇧
Box   8 Folder   3-5	Northwestern Railroad
Box   8 Folder   6-8	Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad - North to Galena
Box   8 Folder   9	Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad
Box   8 Folder   10-12	Illinois Central Railroad
Box   9 Folder   1	Illinois Central Railroad (continued)
Box   9 Folder   2-3	Chicago Great Western Railroad
Box   9 Folder   4-5	Railroading
	Series: Mining Communities and History	⇧
Box   9 Folder   6-9	Farming
Box   9 Folder   10-12	Council Hill, Guilford, Scales Mound (Area)
Box   10 Folder   1	Council Hill, Guilford, Scales Mound (Area) (continued)
Box   10 Folder   2-5	Stockton, Apple River, Nora, Warren, Lena
Box   10 Folder   6-8	Woodbine, Elizabeth, N. Hanover, Hanover
Box   10 Folder   9-10	Darlington, Gratiot, Dunbarton, Truman
Box   10 Folder   11-12	New Diggings, Wisconsin
Box   11 Folder   1	New Diggings, Wisconsin (continued)
Box   11 Folder   2-4	Benton, Wisconsin
Box   11 Folder   5-8	Hazel Green, Cuba City
Box   11 Folder   9-10	Mineral Point, Belmont, Platteville
Box   11 Folder   11	Leadmine, Aetna, Buncombe
Box   12 Folder   1	Leadmine, Aetna, Buncombe (continued)
Box   12 Folder   2-4	Shullsburg, Wisconsin
Box   12 Folder   5-8	Bellevue, Dubuque, Street Donatus
Box   12 Folder   9	East Dubuque, Twin Bridges (Area)
Box   12 Folder   10-12	Mining
Box   13 Folder   1-3	History of Galena Area Mining
Box   13 Folder   4-6	History of Mining #1
Box   13 Folder   7-9	History of Mining #2
Box   13 Folder   10	History of Mining
Box   13 Folder   11-13	History of the Tri States
Box   13 Folder   14-15	Illinois Mining #1
Box   14 Folder   1-5	Illinois Mining #1 (continued)
Box   14 Folder   6-7	Illinois Mining #2
Box   14 Folder   8-10	History of the Lead and Zinc District, Shullsburg, Mining at Morseville, Illinois
Box   14 Folder   11-12	The Grist Mills of the Driftless Areas
Box   14 Folder   13-14	Lead and Zinc in S.W. Wisconsin
Box   14 Folder   15	Early history of Scales Mound, History of Wisconsin Zinc and Lead Deposits
Box   15 Folder   1	Early history of Scales Mound, History of Wisconsin Zinc and Lead Deposits (continued)
Box   15 Folder   2-8	Mining Wisconsin #1
Box   15 Folder   9-13	Mining Wisconsin #2
Box   16 Folder   1-3	Mining Wisconsin #2 (continued)
Box   16 Folder   4-9	Mining Wisconsin #3
	Series: News Clippings, Miscellaneous Photographs, and Research Notes	⇧
Box   16 Folder   10-17	History related newspaper clippings and magazines
Box   17 Folder   1-3	History related newspaper clippings and magazines (continued)
Box   17 Folder   4-7	General U.S. Grant
Box   17 Folder   8-16	History of the Past: Photos and Data
Box   18 Folder   1-3	Miscellaneous photos #1 (with negatives)
Box   18 Folder   4	Miscellaneous photos #2
Box   18 Folder   5	Miscellaneous pages
Box   18 Folder   6-8	Notes
Box   18 Folder   9	Mine data
Box   18 Folder   10	Railroad data
Box   18 Folder   11	Geological bulletins
Box   18 Folder   12	Research notes
Box   18 Folder   13-14	Miscellaneous slide indices (by category)/notes
	Series: Oversize	⇧
Box   19 Folder   1	Miscellaneous photographs
Box   19 Folder   1	Crevice Map of Fairplay and Vicinity
Box   19 Folder   1	Map of County Schools (Galena)
Box   19 Folder   1	List of Mines-138-section and location
	Series: Indices and Slides	⇧
Box   20 Folder   1	Negative group index [old R. J. V.]
	Master lists of slides
Box   20 Folder   2	Galena and towns around, numbers 1-5267
Box   20 Folder   3	Views of Galena
Box   20 Folder   4-5	Categories
Box   20 Folder   6	Past and Present slides of area, 1998
	Series: Slides	⇧
Box   21	1-1200
Box   22	1201-2400
Box   23	2401-3600
Box   24	3601-4800
Box   25	4801-5267
	Series: Negatives	⇧
Box   26	Groups 1-60
Box   27	Groups 61-120
Box   28	Groups 121-180
Box   29	Groups 181-240
Box   30	Groups 241-249, 251-252