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Wharton Family	Title: Wharton Family Papers, 1869-1972 Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss BT Abstract: Papers concerning the family of Nathan Barnes Wharton, Ashland, Wisconsin; including concert programs, pupil records, church materials, and memorabilia of Cara Wharton, a musician and music teacher in Ashland and River Falls, Wis. and Minneapolis, Minn.; correspondence, official Naval publications, and memorabilia of N. Earl Wharton concerning his experiences while participating in the peace negotiations ending World War I; and clippings, correspondence, scrapbooks, and other records concerning various family members. The collection also includes autobiographical sketches of Nathan Barnes Wharton and T. Finley Wharton; and a manuscript of a book on the Dionne quintuplets by John F. Coggswell, husband of F. Inez Wharton and a feature writer for the Boston Sunday Post.
Wheeler Family	Title: Wheeler Family Papers, 1833-1949 Quantity: 4.6 c.f. (11 archives boxes and 3 oversize folders) and 125 photographs Call Number: Northland Mss 14; PH Northland Mss 14 Abstract: Papers of Leonard H. Wheeler (1811-1872), an early missionary to the Ojibwa Indians at Madeline Island (Wis.), and his family. The Wheelers also founded and operated the Indian boarding school at Odanah, Wis. in 1845. They later moved to Beloit, Wis. where they became prominent in religious and manufacturing circles. The bulk of the collection consists of family correspondence, including exchanges with Wheeler and Wood relatives in Vermont and Massachusetts. There is also significant correspondence with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Boston and Wheeler's fellow missionaries including Rev. Sherman Hall of Crow Wing, Minnesota Territory. The Wheeler correspondence with officials at the Bureau of Indian Affairs includes correspondence with L. H. Webb, agent to the Ojibwa of Lake Superior, as well as letters from tribal elders to federal officials transcribed by the Wheelers. Many letters are accompanied by typed or handwritten transcriptions. Transcripts that are unaccompanied by originals are ones used by John Nelson Davidson in the preparation of In Unnamed Wisconsin (Milwaukee, 1895). The collection also contains sermons, diaries, records about the boarding school, a small number of La Pointe County records, information about a windmill invented by the Wheelers, and family portraits and photographs of Madeline Island and the mission buildings at Odanah. Three boxes contain books that were part of the family library, several of which are in the Ojibwa language; these titles are individually catalogued in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. Also present are scattered business papers of the Wheelers' sons, and historical writings by daughter Hattie Wheeler about Native Americans and the Black Hawk War.
Wheeler, Cornelius, 1840-1915	Title: Cornelius Wheeler Papers, 1857-1915 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Wis Mss 54S Abstract: Papers of Cornelius Wheeler, consisting of correspondence while a student (1857-1860), in Civil War service in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry and working for the U.S. Quartermaster's Dept. at Little Rock, Arkansas (1861-1866), getting established in business in Portage, Wis. (1867-1868), and seeking appointment to superintend the Soldiers' Home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1891-1892). Most of the letters were written by Wheeler. Also included is a handwritten manuscript history of Company I, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, apparently never completed; and a folder of newspaper clippngs about Wheeler, the Soldiers' Home, and veteran reunions.
Wheeler, J. Russell, 1875-1966	Title: J. Russell Wheeler Papers, 1840-1876, 1896-1966 Quantity: 6.5 c.f. (16 archives boxes and 1 folder) and 1 tape recording Call Number: Mss 464; SC 1047; Tape 307A Abstract: Papers of J. Russell Wheeler, the manager (later president) of the Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank of Columbus, Wisconsin, and of his relatives, John and Lester Rockwell, and John R. and John E. Wheeler, also bankers. Present is personal and business correspondence, reminiscences recorded in 1963, financial records, abstracts of title, land indentures, and related materials for the Rockwell and Wheeler families' business interests, which included land speculation, lumbering, and the Columbus Food Company. Also in the collection is a file on the architecture of Louis Sullivan, including the Columbus bank.
Whelan, James W., 1845-1906; Whelan, Dutee A., 1879-1939	Title: James W. and Dutee A. Whelan Papers, 1874, 1900-1925 Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes, 1 flat box, 1 small box, and 1 volume) Call Number: M94-071 Abstract: Papers of James W. and Dutee A. Whelan, prominent citizens of Buffalo County, Wisconsin, and records of their dairy farm known as “Whelandale,” located just north of Mondovi. The collection provides documentation, particularly through photographs, of the Whelans' dairy operation, family life, and the region in which they lived. Also included are the typewritten reminiscences of Mr. R.B. Doane, entitled “My Trip to China - 1874.” Doane (whose relationship to the Whelans is not known) describes his preparations for sailing from New York to Shanghai, and the 120-day journey on the cutter ship “The Oliver Cutts.”
Whetten, Harriet Douglas, b. ca. 1822	Title: Harriet Douglas Whetten Papers, 1831-1907 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: New York Mss G; Micro 388 Abstract: Correspondence, 1862-1865, and a diary, 1862, of Whetten, a Civil War nurse, together with papers of her family. Whetten served as a nurse on hospital ships out of New York and Philadelphia, 1862-1865, and later as nurses' superintendent at the Carver Hospital in Washington, D.C. Also included is correspondence of various members of the Whetten family, 1831-1907, who were related to John Jacob Astor and who had tangential connections to Milwaukee through Robert Eliot. Ephemera in the collection consists of John B. Whetten's hand-printed copy of Hamlet and a handmade autograph book presented to Mary by her father in 1846. It contains an 1851 Jenny Lind signature.
Whipple, Clarence	Title: Clarence Whipple Record of Earnings and Diary Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 098 Abstract: Record of earnings and occassional diary kept by Clarence Whipple, 1919-1960. Whipple worked as a machinist on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
Whitaker, Lurana Faustina Leavitt, 1837-1915	Title: Lurana Faustina Leavitt Whitaker Papers, 1841-1905 Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss DG Abstract: Papers of Lurana Whitaker, a one-time Maine mill worker and a speaker and writer on behalf of women's rights. A teacher in Prescott, Wisconsin, in 1861, Mrs. Whitaker then farmed with her husband in Point Douglas, Minnesota until 1904. Documenting her personal life and her opinions on women's rights, the collection consists largely of letters from family and friends in Maine, Prescott (Wis.), and St. Anthony (Minn.). Also present is one 1865 letter from William Lloyd Garrison, family memorabilia, and a notebook from her lectures on women's rights.
Whitcomb, Henry F., 1848-1932	Title: Henry F. Whitcomb Papers, 1868-1933 Quantity: 17.6 c.f. (40 archives boxes and 3 flat boxes) and 33 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 116; PH 3857; PH 3857 (5); PH 869; PH 870 Abstract: Papers of a Wisconsin railroad official, corporate director, and investor. Included are personal and business correspondence; photographs; and Wisconsin and other railroad annual reports, legal records, correspondence, and subject files. Prominent railroads documented include the Eastern Wisconsin Railway and Light Company; the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway; the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company; and the Wisconsin Central.
White and White Law Firm (River Falls, Wis.)	Title: White and White Law Firm Records, 1920-1947 Quantity: 9.8 c.f. (25 archives boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss CB Abstract: Records of the law partnership of Ferris M. White (1862-1940) and his son Kenneth S. (1897-1976), consisting entirely of the firm's legal papers and correspondence with clients, attorneys, witnesses, and others. Most records date from the years 1929 or 1930 to 1939. They are arranged by case numbers, assigned by the law firm, which follow a roughly chronological order. All types of court and non-court work are represented, with probate and civil court matters being the most numerous.
White House Milk Company	Title: White House Milk Company Records, 1927-1967 Quantity: 2.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 110 Abstract: Records of the White House Milk Co., Manitowoc, Wisconsin (1917-1979), a subsidiary of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, primarily involved in the production of evaporated milk, but also in the forefront of developing a process for the production of instant milk in the 1950s. Records from the central office in Manitowoc include a general ledger of expenditures, an equipment register, a depreciation schedule, budgets, and a union contract. Records from the various plant locations of Abbotsford, Eden, Marathon, Marinette, Mayville, Stratford, Vesper, West Bend, and Winneconne, Wisconsin, and Stephenson, Michigan, relate to the physical plant and equipment used. They include contracts, equipment specifications, and depreciation schedules. The records also contain a limited correspondence with the War Production Board on equipment ratings and sample can labels.
White, John F.	Title: John F. White Papers, 1961-1971 Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box) Call Number: MCHC79-091 Abstract: Papers of John F. White, President of the National Educational Television, the forerunner of PBS, from 1958 to 1969. Included are speeches, reports, and other files, 1961-1971, relating to White's work with National Educational Television.
White, John Wesley, 1909-	Title: John Wesley White Papers, 1933-1981 Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes), 1 tape recording, and 85 photographs Call Number: Stevens Point Mss AN; Tape 1079A; PH 3789 Abstract: Research files and reminiscences compiled by John “Wes” White about the Forest Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the Nicolet National Forest in northeastern Wisconsin. White worked for the Forest Service most of his life and his research stresses the years 1934 to 1942. Files concern the CCC camps in the Nicolet National Forest, establishment and history of the forest, Imogene and Kentuk transient camps, Jones Dam N.I.R.A. camp, Trees for Tomorrow training school, Emergency Comservation Work Pioneers, Hugo Sauer Nursery, Kentucky emigrants, the murder of Ranger Roy Nettleton, “Margy's Place” (an establishment with “fine young women” and beer), timber making techniques, histories of the Military Road and Lake Superior Trail, woodticks, lumberman Anson Eldred, miscellaneous papers on land acquisition, and a report on the history of logging and logging camps in the Washburn District of the Chequamegon National Forest. Individual reminiscences files contain correspondence, photographs, and clippings by and about individuals who worked in the Forest Service and/or the Civilian Conservation Corps.
White, Kenneth S., 1897-1976; White, Ferris M., 1862-1940	Title: Ferris M. White and Kenneth S. White Papers, 1917-1949 Quantity: 8.2 c.f. (21 archives boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss J Abstract: Mainly legal, business, and political papers of two River Falls, Wisconsin, lawyers, Ferris M. White and his son Kenneth. Correspondence of Ferris White, 1933-1940, concerns his law partnership with his son, chairmanship of the Board of Bar Examiners, participation in the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, service as city attorney of River Falls, and land and stock investments in Canada, Iowa, Texas, and Montana. Many letters and related papers concern his work, 1933-1935, as county attorney for both Pierce and St. Croix counties for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, an agency to assist home owners enmeshed in debt during the depression. Occasional letters also relate to Ferris White's interest in Democratic politics and state political issues. Among his correspondents were Grover Broadfoot, Edward J. Dempsey, F. Ryan Duffy, and Daniel H. Grady. Records of Kenneth White include files from his law partnership with John W. Davison, 1941-1946, as well as personal papers of Davison; military correspondence of Kenneth White from his service in World War I and World War II and his membership in the 32nd Division of the Wisconsin National Guard; and political correspondence of Republican White concerning his support for William E. Borah in 1936, his concerns as a legislator (1937-1941) with measures to improve the state college system and support the National Guard. Among White's frequent correspondents were Jim Dan Hill, Merlin Hull, Ralph Immell, Warren P. Knowles, Philip F. La Follette, Oscar Rennebohm, and Alexander Wiley. A few family papers also are in the collection.
White, Roland, 1908-	Title: Roland White Papers, 1920-1984 Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (12 archives boxes); plus additions of 12.4 c.f., photographs, and 2 tape recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 128A; M66-393; M77-142; M86-178; M88-060; M89-347; M90-167; M90-351; M91-228 Abstract: Papers of Roland White, member of the Iowa Socialist Party and editor of several newspapers including the Dubuque Leader, an Iowa labor newspaper; Peoria Labor News (Illinois), and the Daily Pantagraph of Bloomington, Illinois. White also authored the book, Milo Reno, Farmers Union Pioneer, in 1941. The collection documents White's professional and personal activities and touches on topics such as labor unions, farmers, the Socialist Party, newspaper publishing, and journalism.
White, Samuel, d. 1864	Title: Samuel White Papers, 1862-1865 Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 135 Abstract: Collection consists of seven letters written by two brothers and a friend describing their Civil War experiences to their family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Samuel White, captain in the 5th Wisconsin Infantry, wrote five of the letters, which describe his role in the infamous Mud March, an officer's mess in winter camp, the appointment of Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac, the presentation of new battle flags by the governor of Wisconsin, and a review of the troops by General Grant. One letter written by William H. White describes the reaction of the soldiers to the assassination of President Lincoln. One letter from Alexander Samuels describes how Captain White lost an arm in combat and the losses incurred by his unit during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in May 1864. (White died two weeks later.)
White, Susan Taylor, d. 1981	Title: Susan Taylor White Papers, 1937-1979 Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (12 archives boxes), 9 tape recordings, and 13 photographs Call Number: Mss 983; Tape 1384A; PH Mss 983A Abstract: Papers of Susan Taylor White, a scriptwriter for radio, including scripts as well as a small amount of personal papers. The bulk of the collection consists of the scripts she wrote between 1943 and 1978 for Voice of America (1952-1979) including such series as Merlin the Storyteller, Eyewitness, and Let's Meet the Ladies. Filed with some of the scripts are notes, research, or memos relating to them. The personal papers include correspondence, cards/invitations, fan mail, poetry, a scrapbook relating to the charitable organization Bundles for Britain, teaching materials from a course White taught at Lenox School in New York, and newspaper clippings, some of which relate to Voice of America and the United States Information Agency. Additionally, there are a number of tape recordings from White's radio programs as well as photographs documenting Bundles for Britain and a wedding reception at her apartment, plus photographs of Ms. White.
Whitehead, James, 1846-1920 [Digitized content]	Title: James Whitehead Papers, 1876-1918 Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes including 12 volumes) Call Number: Nebraska Mss A Abstract: Fragmentary papers of a Wisconsin native, who served in the 27th and 19th Wisconsin regiments during the Civil War, and who became active in politics after moving to Nebraska in 1884. Whitehead served in the Nebraska legislature, 1888-1889, and as the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Congress, 1892. The bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks relating to the Grand Army of the Republic, politics, religion, and temperance. Also present are Whitehead's speeches, 1893-1902; a diary, 1917; and correspondence, 1910 and 1913. Drafts of three letters written to John Muir in 1913 contain reminiscences of the Muir family and of Whitehead's childhood.
Whitehead, John M., 1852-1924	Title: John M. Whitehead Papers, 1898-1925 Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) and 4 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Wis Mss IF; Micro 1161 Abstract: The papers of a lawyer and Wisconsin state senator from Janesville consisting of correspondence, clippings, speeches, and other items divided into four categories: Biographical Papers, Correspondence, Subject Files, and Clippings. A large portion of the correspondence deals with state politics and provides a view of the opposition to Robert La Follette. There is also a good deal of material on the Congregational Church and the Wisconsin State Bar Association. Prominent correspondents include William Howard Taft and John D. Rockefeller. Related to this collection are the records of the First Congregational United Church of Christ-Janesville.
Whiteside, Paul	Title: Wisconsin Labor Oral History Project: Paul Whiteside Interview, 1981 Quantity: 4 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 927A Abstract: Oral history interview conducted August 13, 1981 by James Cavanaugh of the Wisconsin Historical Society staff with Paul Whiteside at Kenosha, Wisconsin. Whiteside was an FLU then AFL-CIO activist in Kenosha and a longtime member of the executive committee of the state AFL-CIO. This interview is part of the Wisconsin Labor Oral History Project.
Whitney, Daniel, 1795-1862	Title: Daniel Whitney Land Records, 1821-1863 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 9 Abstract: Papers of a pioneer land speculator who settled at Green Bay, Wis., in 1819 and in 1829 laid out the town of Navarino, now a part of Green Bay. Within the five volumes of Whitney's real-estate papers are lists of lots sold in Navarino, 1829-1850, records of lands sold in Brown County, 1821-1863, lists of land purchased in Sheboygan County, 1831-1859, and other records pertaining to his property in northeastern Wisconsin.
Whitney, E. C.	Title: E. C. Whitney Autobiographical Sketch of Involvement with the 51st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 070 Abstract: Photocopy of E. C. Whitney's autobiographical sketch concerning his involvement with the 51st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, written 1914 November 12.
Whittet, Lawrence C., 1871-1954	Title: Lawrence C. Whittet Papers, 1840-1954 Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 25 photographs (3 folders) Call Number: Mss 27; PH 1562-PH 1564 Abstract: Papers of a Wisconsin businessman, state legislator, New Deal program administrator, and executive secretary to Governor Philipps (1915-1921), including correspondence, diaries, reminiscences, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs, and newspaper clippings, and papers of his maternal forbears who were pioneer Wisconsin settlers. The family papers include the diary (1845-1855) of James Clarke, Whittet's great-grandfather, describing the experiences of an English immigrant to Albion Prairie in rural Dane County. The reminiscences of James' son Samuel, from 1894, and family correspondence, 1840-1887, document rural life and the influence of the Universalist Church on the Clarke family. The second part of the collection concerns Whittet's early career in Edgerton, Wisconsin and his subsequent political career in Madison. Diaries, 1940-1948, from his term as director of the State Oil Inspection Division, concern office and personnel matters. Correspondents include Marshall Cousins, Philip F. La Follette, Robert M. La Follette, and Irvine Lenroot. Photographs document events surrounding Governor Philipp's inauguration in 1915, and a duck hunting trip made by politically prominent individuals in 1920.
Whittlesey Creek National Refuge History Project (Ashland, Wis.)	Title: Whittlesey Creek National Refuge History Project Interviews and Transcripts, 2003 Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 11 tape recordings Call Number: Northland Mss 16; Audio 1439A Abstract: Tape-recorded interviews with residents near Whittlesey Creek conducted as part of an oral history project sponsored by the Whittlesey Creek National Refuge. The interviewees discuss flooding, water level changes, pollution, community composition, hunting, fishing, the DuPont plant, and other topics related to the history of the refuge area. Transcripts are included.