John M. Winterbotham Collected Papers, 1600-1925

Summary Information

Title: John M. Winterbotham Collected Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1600-1925

Creator:
  • Winterbotham, John M.
Call Number: Wis Mss KT

Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (13 archives boxes)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Autograph signatures, autograph letters, and miscellaneous items, collected by John M. Winterbotham of Galveston, Texas. Many of the items were originally collected by others. Contents include signatures of British officials and others in public life; letters, 1868-1925, received by Sir Sidney Colvin, for many years keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum; letters, 1900-1916, written by Georgiana, Countess of Guilford; letters, 1887-1898, received by Arthur Weld, drama and music editor for the Milwaukee Journal; copies of letters of Stephen F. Austin and others important in the history of Texas, from the originals in the Rosenberg Library, Galveston; and biographical sketches of numerous prominent Americans, together with some correspondence concerning the subjects of the sketches, accumulated by Guy C. Bixler in preparing a proposed volume of American biographies.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000kt
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