Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
"Importance and claims of the Lawrence University of Wisconsin..." and record of donations, 1859-1860
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: Folder 14
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers belonging and pertaining to Reeder Smith, an agent employed by Amos A. Lawrence in the founding of Lawrence University, and his wife, Eliza Kimball Smith. Papers date primarily from 1846 to 1895 and include correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs, and records of donations to Lawrence University. Subjects documented include lawsuits related to land owned by Smith in Appleton and Smith's efforts to raise funds for a new preparatory/female...