Summary Information

Title: Hall, Zimmerman and Viebahn Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1808-1966

Creators:

• Hall family
• Zimmerman family
• Viebahn family

Call Number: Mss 1053; PH 6579

Quantity: 8.8 c.f. (22 archives boxes) and 56 photographs (1 archives box)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers of various members of the Hall, Zimmerman and Viebahn families of Watertown and Madison, Wisconsin, documenting the daily lives and activities of three generations of upper-middle class Wisconsin families. The papers consist primarily of family correspondence, including commentary on travel, recreation, college life at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, politics, domestic concerns, financial struggles, family events, and events local to Watertown and Madison. Also includes: Daniel Hall's papers documenting his professional role as a lawyer and State Assemblyman during the 1870s; the papers dating from before circa 1851 document the activities of family members in Lockport, New York, and include a small series of family photographs.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss01053

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