Oscar and Dorothy Rynders Zerk papers and photographs, circa 1900-1995.

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Zerk, Oscar, 1878-1968. Oscar and Dorothy Rynders Zerk papers and photographs, circa 1900-1995.

Oscar and Dorothy Rynders Zerk papers and photographs, circa 1900-1995.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173703142

Papers and photographs of inventor Oscar Zerk and of his fourth wife, Dorothy Rynders. The collection includes biographical information; personal memorabilia; extensive correspondence with Mr. Zerk's family in Europe and America; correspondence, minutes of meetings, speeches, and other documentation relating to his interest in the Kenosha Symphony; information about his first three wives; extensive courtship correspondence between Oscar and Dorothy; personal papers of Dorothy Rynders Zerk, a former Milwaukee beauty queen and secretary to federal judge F. Ryan Duffy, including clippings, personal correspondence, wedding memorabilia, a folder concerning her 1928 Wauwatosa High School class, information about various trips she made between 1938 and 1953, and hate mail which she received when her engagement to Oscar was announced, warning her of his alleged sexual proclivities. There are also files about Zerk's Kenosha estate, Dunmovin, that document its purchase from Henry Cooper in 1939; its restoration and development, including landscape plans developed by Jens Jensen; social galas held at the estate; and later plans to sell or develop the property.

2.2 c.f. (6 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) and.500 photographs.185 negatives, and.41 transparencies in 3 archives boxes and 1 flat box.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project