Summary Information

Title: William Dempster Hoard Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1880-1918

Creator:

• Hoard, W.D. (William Dempster), 1836-1918

Call Number: Wis Mss UP; Mss 232; PH 358; PH 366

Quantity: 30.4 c.f. (78 archives boxes) and 17 photographs (2 folders)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of William Dempster Hoard, a Wisconsin governor (1888-1890), scientific dairyman, publisher of the Jefferson County Union and Hoard's Dairyman, officer in the Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic, and member of the Wisconsin Board of Managers of the St. Louis World's Fair (1903-1905), and of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents (1907-1911), including correspondence and letterpress books documenting his business, political, civic, agricultural, and personal concerns; a brief diary, 1888; financial records; writings and speeches; and family photographs. Materials include information on events of Hoard's governorship (including reaction to the controversial Bennett Law requiring attendance at schools teaching in English), extensive information on his publishing work, and information on development of the dairy industry.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000up

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