Atwood, Ormsby and Green family papers, 1853-1998.

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Atwood, Ormsby and Green family papers, 1853-1998.

Papers and photographs documenting several generations of the Atwood, Ormsby and Green families from the 1850s through the 1950s and also documenting the family's estate, Bonnie Oaks (Marquette County, Wis.), that served as an informal artist's retreat during the 1920s and early 1930s.

1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes),657 photographs (2 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 microfilm box), and20 negatives; plusadditions of 0.2 c.f. of photographs.

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