Records and photographs, 1866-1986 ; bulk (1887-1977).

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Wisconsin Veterans Home. Records and photographs, 1866-1986 ; bulk (1887-1977).

Records and photographs, 1866-1986 ; bulk (1887-1977).

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Home administration, resident information, and photographs pertaining to the Grand Army Home for Veterans, later known as the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King; a state facility to house and provide medical care for Wisconsin veterans, their wives or widows, and their mothers. Included are administrative records related to the early organization of the Home such as commandants' materials and minutes and correspondence from the Board of Incorporators and the Board of Managers (later Board of Trustees). A good deal of materials relate to buildings and grounds. Dedication programs are found for the 1960s and 1970s as are an extensive collection of photographs of early buildings (most of which are no longer standing). Communications and public relations materials, orders, newspaper clipping scrapbooks, financial records, and records of the Carlton Brosius Museum are included. Applications (1887-1914) for veterans, wives, widows, and mothers contain a wealth of genealogical information. Information about daily life at the Home can be found though the records on finances, events, holiday celebrations, and veterans' organizations and patriotic groups at the Home. The bulk of the photograph collection consists of images of the buildings and images of the grounds and the shore of Rainbow Lake. There are images of the Home Band, Drum Corps, Fire Department, and Firing Squadron. Group images include views of different staff groups, Civil War and World War I veterans, and hospital staff. There are portraits of several individuals and a scrapbook compiled by the Gray Ladys.

Records : 4.1 linear ft. (10 archives boxes, 1 oversized box, and 3 oversized folders) and.Photographs : 3.1 linear ft. (3 archives boxes, 2 folders and 10 oversized boxes)Paper Prints : 0.1 linear ft. (2 folders)Sound recordings : 3 sound cassettes : analog, 1 7/8 ips.Master sound recordings : 2 sound cassettes : analog, 1 7/8 ips.

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center