Papers, 1832-1962.

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Papers, 1832-1962.

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Papers of Guenther, a Wisconsin congressman and U.S. consul to Mexico City, Capetown, and Frankfurt, and of his family. Guenther's papers consist of fragmentary political and diplomatic correspondence, speeches and remarks, biographical clippings, and memorabilia. Family material includes correspondence, clippings, and a journal of Alice Lillian Motz, Guenther's daughter, and her husband Eugen Motz, former Chilean vice-counsel to Mexico City. Of note are genealogical documents and a journal of uncertain authorship kept during the Mexican revolution, 1913-1915. There are isolated letters to Guenther from Susan B. Anthony, Benjamin Harrison, Jeremiah Rusk, Philetus Sawyer, and John Sherman and a letter from Guenther to his wife concerning a 1904 visit with Theodore Roosevelt.

0.4 c.f. (1 archives box),1 reel of microfilm (35mm),206 photographs and2 pieces of ephemera.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6926440

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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