Writings, 1940-1947.

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Writings, 1940-1947.

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An autobiography and other writings by George Nelson Knapp, a farmer and geologist who was born in Wisconsin and lived and worked in New Jersey, Minnesota, Montana, and Alabama. Included is a genealogy of Knapp's mother's family, the descendants of George Henry Brereton, an Irish immigrant who settled in Dane County, Wisconsin, in 1852; genealogical information on the Bower and Knapp families; and a biography of relative Charles Walter Hart, a pioneer in the development of the internal combustion engine for farm use and of the gas tractor in Iowa and later a leader in the oil refining industry in Montana.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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University of Wisconsin

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The University of Wisconsin-Extension promotes continuing education and lifelong learning by providing statewide access to university resources and research to the people of Wisconsin. Its four divisions are continuing education; cooperative extension; entrepreneurship and economic development; and broadcast and media innovations. From the guide to the University of Wisconsin Extension Program Reports, 1960-1969, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Knapp, George Nelson, 1867-1948.

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Knapp family.

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Bowers family.

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Hart family

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Hart, Charles Walter, 1872-1937.

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University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Brereton family.

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