Summary Information

Title: Lucius Fairchild Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1819-1943

Creator:

• Fairchild, Lucius, 1931-1896

Call Number: Wis Mss GC; PH 12-14, 16-18, 61, 796, 881, 1461, 6018, 6439, 3-2861

Quantity: 33.0 c.f. (84 archives boxes, 2 record center cartons, 12 flat boxes, 2 card boxes, 3 oversize folders), 575 photographs, 201 drawings, and 1 painting

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 Lucius Fairchild, a Wisconsin Civil War general, Dane County circuit court clerk (1859-1861), Republican governor (1866-1872), and United States consul and diplomatic representative (1872-1881); including general correspondence, records of his public offices, speeches and writings, diaries, business records, family papers, and photographs. The papers document Fairchild's varied career, including his military service, tenure as Dane County circuit county clerk, governor, and diplomat in Liverpool, Paris, and Madrid; as well as his involvement with the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and other Civil War veteran's organizations, the early history of Madison, the gold rush in California, and travels. The collection also contains e material related to several other members of the Fairchild family, including correspondence, business records (pertaining particularly to his father Jairus C. Fairchild's business interests), family papers, and photographs.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to a portion of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000gc

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