Frances Goetsch Schwantz papers and photographs, 1856-1980.

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Frances Goetsch Schwantz papers and photographs, 1856-1980.

Papers of Frances Loraine Goetsch Schwantz, concerning the Goetsch family's emigration from Germany to the area around Watertown, Wisconsin in 1845; Schwantz's education and work as a school teacher; her work for the State Board of Control under Mrs. Elizabeth Kading from 1923-1924; and the genealogy of her extended family. Included are correspondence, scrapbooks, memorabilia, account books, notebooks, clippings, photographs, and negatives, with the bulk of the items from 1894-1968. Some of the materials were used for the 1982 "Six Generations Here" exhibit organized by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin about the Krueger family, to which the Goetsch family is related.

1.9 c.f. (6 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder),395 photographs,8 negatives, and1.0 c.f. of scrapbooks (2 flat boxes)

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Wisconsin. State Board of Control

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The State Board of Control was created by Chapter 221, Laws of 1891, as the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions. It assumed the duties of the former State Board of Charities and Reform (WIHV88-A416) and the State Board of Supervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory, and Penal Institutions (WIHV87-A1267). The State Board of Control was abolished as an independent agency in 1939 and its functions were assumed by divisions of the newl...

Schwantz, Frances Goetsch, 1877-1968.

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Goetsch family.

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Krueger family.

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Goetz family

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