Summary Information

Title: John S. Conway Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1855-1978

Creator:

• Conway, John S., 1852-1925

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 110; Milwaukee Micro 54; Micro 1108; PH 3688; PH 3688 (3)

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), and 56 photographs

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the 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.

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers, mainly 1855-1936, of John S. Conway, a prominent artist who resided in Milwaukee during the 1870s and whose largest work was the Milwaukee Soldiers Monument, completed in 1898. Included is correspondence concerning his training and experiences in Europe during the 1880s and 1890s, a diary and address book, miscellaneous writings, draft articles on art in Milwaukee (available only on microfilm), photographs, and material concerning the Soldiers Monument. Although there are letters to and from family and friends, the majority of the correspondence consists of exchanges with his friend and patron, Milwaukee artist Lydia Ely (Lydia Ely Hewitt). Also among her papers are original letters to her from Fanny Burling Buttrick, James MacAlister, and others concerning the Wisconsin Soldiers Home and the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition. One folder of correspondence from Grace Robinson Conway concerns the disposition of her large collection of Conway paintings.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00110

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