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| Hoyt, Otis, 1810-1885 | Title: Otis Hoyt Papers, 1792-1921 Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (9 archives boxes, 11 volumes, and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Wis Mss IC; File 1854 May 9 Oversize Abstract: Papers of Dr. Otis Hoyt of Hudson, Wisconsin, consisting of routine military correspondence, quartermasters' accounts, and other records connected with Hoyt's positions as surgeon with the 1st Massachusetts Infantry in charge of hospitals at Jalapa, Mexico, in 1847 and 1848, and as surgeon at Camp Randall (Madison, Wis.) and in Kentucky in the Civil War. There are letters dealing with the affairs of the Hollis Evangelical Church at Framingham, Massachusetts in 1844; miscellaneous data concerning the St. Croix and Lake Superior Railroad and the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad companies, 1854-1857; the docket of Hoyt while justice of the peace in St. Croix County, Wis., in 1851; account books, 1869-1874 and 1880-1885, used by Hoyt, St. Croix Valley's most prominent surgeon at that time; a household account book kept by Mrs. Hoyt; and a few papers of Hoyt's son, Charles O., and his son-in-law, Dr. Charles F. King, both of Hudson. Also included are genealogical notes on members of the Hoyt and Epley families; reminiscences about the Hoyt family and Hudson, Wis.; diaries of Dr. Frank W. Epley describing his work as a music store clerk in Fond du Lac, Wis., and a drugstore clerk at Menominee, Mich. and Hudson, Wis.; and letters concerning an 1899 tornado which destroyed New Richmond, Wis. |
| Tolischus, Otto D. (Otto David), 1890- | Title: Otto D. Tolischus Papers, 1926-1942 Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) Call Number: U.S. Mss 8AF/32 Abstract: Miscellaneous papers of an author and foreign correspondent who won the Pulitzer Prize for his New York Times articles on pre-war Nazi Germany. Included are materials on the confinement and evacuation of foreigners from Japan, 1942; notes on a 1926 interview with King Haakon VII of Norway dealing with prohibition; a letter to the International News Service about conditions in Russia in 1939; a handwritten account of the surrender of Warsaw, 1939; and a letter (ca. 1937) describing the German attitudes toward Tolischus as expressed by Voelkische Beobachter. |
| Engle, Otto, d. ca. 1934 | Title: Otto Engel Papers, 1843-1862 Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Wis Mss IX Abstract: Photostat copies of miscellaneous letters and documents of the Rev. Otto Engel, bearing on the history of the Lutheran Church in Wisconsin and the United States, and relating especially to the Buffalo Synod, all in German script. Included are letters of the Rev. Johannes A. A. Grabau, several items bearing on the history of the church at Kirchhayn, Wisconsin, and biographical sketches of Wisconsin Lutheran leaders. |
| Geiger, Otto F., 1859-1930 | Title: Otto F. Geiger Business Records, 1854-1908 Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 archives box and 9 volumes) Call Number: Platteville Mss L Abstract: Primarily records of a prominent business firm owned by Otto Geiger of Cassville, Wis., which operated under various names, including Raffauf & Geiger and Klindt, Geiger & Company. There are daybooks, 1859-1865, letter books, 1856-1908 (with gaps), and a folder of miscellaneous papers, 1854-1864. The daybooks concern sales at the general store, and the letter books and miscellaneous papers relate to the sale of wheat, meat, and lard down the Mississippi; insurance of shipments; purchase of coal, seed, binder twine, flour, and other merchandise; sale of livestock and wool; employees; the local electric plant of which the later partners were part owners; the creamery; and the canning factory operated at Cassville. |
| Preminger, Otto, 1906- | Title: Otto Preminger Papers, 1948-1972 Quantity: 5.4 c.f. (12 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: U.S. Mss 191AN Abstract: Papers of Hollywood motion picture director-producer Otto Preminger. Included are production files for Hurry Sundown, In Harm's Way, and Skidoo which contain scripts, correspondence, call sheets, reports, breakdowns, musical scores, cast lists, financial and promotional materials, notes, and sketches. Although the quantity and type of material varies with each film, these files generally document aspects of filmmaking such as writing, casting, design, technical production, and promotion. Noteworthy in the Skidoo files is a series of notes which describe the activities and accomplishments of each day's shooting; occasionally these include short quotes made by Preminger on the set which reveal his directing methods and temperament. A dissertation by Ronald Policy, based on the Skidoo records and describing the film's production, is also included. A small file of biographical clippings completes the collection. |
| Hauser, Otto R., 1886-1972 | Title: Otto R. Hauser Papers, 1860-1972 Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes), 4 tape recordings, 1 film, and 131 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss CF; PH 3219; Tape 1210A; CA 665 Abstract: Papers of a former Baptist minister and Milwaukee Socialist leader who served as secretary to Mayor Daniel Hoan; primarily including minutes, reports, organizational materials, speeches, photographs, a film, and other papers of American Relief for Germany, an organization which raised money for German relief after World War II; school notebooks, two 1907 diaries, a lengthy recorded autobiography, and other biographical materials; and fragmentary items concerning Socialists, Milwaukee Blacks, Immanuel Baptist Church, and Roger Williams Hospital. |