Summary Information

Title: Louis Lorman Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1913-1979

Creator:

• Lorman, Louis, 1895-1972

Call Number: Whitewater Micro 10; Micro 756; PH 5050

Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) and 4 photographs (1 folder)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives & Area Research Center, Harold Andersen Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Whitewater Library / Whitewater 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:

Papers of Louis Lorman, a Russian Jewish immigrant who started a scrap metal business in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, in the early twentieth century. Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and advertisements focusing on the creation of Lorman Iron and Metal Company in 1913 and its growth into a recycler of scrap iron, metal, synthetic fiber, and paper. The collection also documents Lorman's participation in community affairs through the Tripoli Shrine, the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Boy Scouts, and his active participation in the Jewish faith through Temple Beth El in Madison. Newspaper articles concern too the business and political activities of Lorman's son, Milton. Much of the correspondence is written in Russian.

Note:

Forms part of the Wisconsin Jewish Archives.

Language: English, Russian

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0756

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