Papers of Alfred Brunson, a Methodist minister who settled at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 1835 as presiding elder of the region north of Rock Island, Illinois, touching upon his activities as district supervisor of Indian missions, sub-Indian agent at La Pointe, chaplain in the Civil War, and holder of numerous minor civil offices. Contains letterbooks with copies of his correspondence, 1835-1844, with the War Department on Indian missions and the La Pointe agency; and a journal of his trip from Meadville, Pennsylvania, to Prairie du Chien. Also includes articles, lectures, and speeches written by Brunson on various subjects, and a sketch of him written by his daughter, Ella C. Brunson, in 1915.
