Marshall Cousins papers, 1837-1947

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Cousins, Marshall, 1869-1939

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Papers of a prominent local historian in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, consisting of correspondence, diaries, drafts of writings, historical source material he collected, extensive subject files and noteb...

Papers of a prominent local historian in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, consisting of correspondence, diaries, drafts of writings, historical source material he collected, extensive subject files and notebooks containing information transcribed from published and other sources, and a small collection of papers of his father, Henry Cousins, an East Troy attorney. Henry Cousins' papers include letters, 1857-1869, written by John Fox Potter, a Wisconsin congressman, containing caustic characterizations of other political figures and assessments of party alignments in Wisconsin.

The papers contain correspondence from Cousins' presidency of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1928-1939); minutes of the Griffin Rifles Club of Eau Claire (1887-1896) and other information on local military companies; records (1882-1946) of Grand Army of the Republic Eagle Post No. 52 of Eau Claire; two cashbooks (1861-1864) which belonged to C.C. Spafford, an Eau Claire banker, and much collected information on Wisconsin banks and banking; biographical information on Eau Claire area residents; and general information on the Civil War, Masonry, local government, steamboats on the Mississippi and Chippewa rivers, the press in Wisconsin, and general state and local history.

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