Carl Parcher Russell papers, 1823-1967.

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Carl Parcher Russell papers, 1823-1967.

Papers of an ecologist and historian of firearms, including correspondence regarding his alma mater, Ripon College, research for his 1957 book, "Guns on the Early Frontiers," and the history of Fall River, Wisconsin, mostly with Walter Wright. Also includes account books, 1823-1864, of forges in Clinton and Franklin counties, New York; copies of Civil War items, including the letters of Freeman H. Coon, 32nd Wisconsin Infantry, and the diary of Elisha A. Dean, 7th Wisconsin Infantry; Zebulon Russell's scrapbooks, 1889-1912, including clippings of his "Fall River News" column for the Columbus, Wisconsin, "Journal-Republican."

1.2 c.f. (1 archives box and 2 flat boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7567716

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

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Russell, Carl Parcher, 1894-1967

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Official of the United States National Park Service. From the description of Papers, 1920-1967. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852588 Carl Parcher Russell, historian, ecologist, and administator, was an officer for the National Park Service for 34 years, from 1923 until his retirement in 1957. He was dedicated to the study of the frontier. His concern for the minute, everyday facets of frontier life was expanded and intensified with a passi...

Wright, Walter O.

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W. V. Wright served as a signaller with the 4th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces. He was wounded Feb. 1917. From the description of Diaries [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225765486 ...

Russell, Zebulon.

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United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865). Company B

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Coon, Freeman H.

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United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 32nd (1862-1865). Company K.

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Dean, Elisha A., b. 1835.

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Ripon College

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