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Peter L. Scanlan papers, 1884-1954
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Papers of a medical doctor and local historian of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Included are some personal papers and extensive research correspondence, copies of documents, and notes on the history...
Papers of a medical doctor and local historian of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Included are some personal papers and extensive research correspondence, copies of documents, and notes on the history of Prairie du Chien and of Crawford County. Information is present on the biography of Nicolas Boilvin; the history of Bridgeport, Cassville, Milwaukee, and Irish Ridge (Grant County); Fort Crawford; World War II in Crawford County; area churches; the genealogies of area families including the Boilvin, Brisbois, Campbell, Cardinal, and Giard families; and the genealogies of Robert Dickson, Solomon Juneau, and (Jean) Joseph Rolette. Personal papers include World War I correspondence received from his family while Scanlan served in the medical corps in World War I; school class notes; his brother Charles' diary; and brief papers of his daughter Marian who taught high school English at several Wisconsin schools, wrote magazine articles and other materials, and assisted her father in his research.
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- Mixed Materials
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- English
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- 4.4 cubic feet (11 archives boxes)
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- ocn145776275
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- Presented by Peter L. Scanlan and Marian Scanlan, Prairie du Chien, Wis., 1939-1940, 1949-1952. Several items presented by Owen Hackett, 1978.
Subjects
- Boilvin, Nicolas, 1761-1827.
- Boilvin family -- Genealogy.
- Brisbois family -- Genealogy.
- Campbell family -- Genealogy.
- Cardinal family -- Genealogy.
- Dickson, Robert, 1765?-1823 -- Genealogy.
- Giard family -- Genealogy.
- Juneau, Solomon Laurent, 1793-1856 -- Genealogy.
- Rolette, Joseph, 1781-1842 -- Genealogy.
- Church records and registers -- Wisconsin -- Crawford County.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Wisconsin -- Crawford County.
- Bridgeport (Wis.) -- History.
- Cassville (Wis.) -- History.
- Crawford County (Wis.) -- History.
- Fort Crawford (Wis.)
- Irish Ridge (Grant County, Wis.) -- History.
- Milwaukee (Wis.) -- History.
- Prairie du Chien (Wis.) -- History.