Items

• 035 Cooper Newsclips

  Miscellaneous Clippings from the research work of the COOPER family. It includes a 1926-1976 Silver Lake booklet, Township 1899 map, Family Charts, Images, Excerpts of the Wisconsin War of Rebellion by Wm Love 1866. Some research was collected from Parkside University of Wisconsin, Burlington Public Library, Woodstock Public Library, Nippersink Public Library. From the Cooper Family Collection.
• 777 Bushing, Helen Brown School Notes

  This book was written by Helen Brown Bushing on loose leaf pages and then bound with temporary binders. Most of the work was done in pencil. This book was from the FWB Fred Brown collection and has been donated to the WKCHS.
• 184 Saucerman Scrapbooks

  Greg Saucerman, one time President of the Western Kenosha County Historical Society, collected many items over the years and placed these materials in two scrapbooks. These have been copied and compiled in this booklet. They include, Photos, obits, newsclips, personal notes, memos, copies of pages from books and any material that would at some time be beneficial to historians. To help researchers, some keywords have been listed (and perhaps page numbers) to make the document more beneficial. There is no guarantee that the document is completely indexed so the researcher must give some time to skimming the material in their efforts to research.
• 127 Novacek Family Papers

  Material from the Novacek Family who came from Chicagoland (Cicero, Berwyn, Western Springs) to Camp Lake in the mid-1930's and operated first a lunch room, then a resort in the current apartment building and then another resort called Lakeside. The Novacek girls were both early telephone operators in Wilmot. Included are Ralston Family papers. From the Novacek Family Collection.
• 039 Roots of Christine Elfer and Rudolph Beimer

  A family history of the Beimer extended family, including Elfers, Curtiss and many others. From the Curtiss Simonitsch Family Collection.
• 394 Brown, Helen Lucille Mentioned in Scrapbooks

  0-27 First Scrapbook was tied in satin purple ribbon handwritten on lined paper the HISTORY OF HELEN LUCILLE BROWN but likely not by Helen. Names some friends, refers to family and has pictures that were clipped form magazines and pasted to pages with life comments and thoughts. It was written in a fountain ink. Names were legitimate but the photos were not. 0-21 Second Scrapbook A BRIEF LIFE and HISTORY OF HELEN BROWN BUSHING by Dorothea Kruse on a nice plain paper and tied with a green satin ribbon with pasted images, again from magazines with thoughts of life and love. There is no telling why these were created or kept or if these were gifts done by others tho I suspect they were received as birthday gifts from good friends who made them as a small group for Helen.
• 281 Bushing Brown Clips Obits

  The booklets in this series represent the news clips from the Arthur Brown family correspondence and papers and are now in the Fed Brown collection (FWB).
• 021 Hartnell Family Tree

  The information herein pertains to the family tree of the Hartnell Family as well as information that was prepared by Hartnell family members about their family business and the township area. From the Hartnell - Wheeler Family Collection.
• 704 Bushing, Arthur Recipies

  Many of these handwritten recipes were written by other than the original maker. Arthur Bushing noted the names and the dates on the loose pages. Names includes are Barthel C; Becker Leah; Brown Doris; Butteland; Echola Jan; Eide Mrs Eniegto Nick; Feddick Carol; Friskie Terrie at Brighton School; Hess Harriet and Robert "Hess"; Jensen Mrs Dr of Antioch; Kohout Mary; Krahn Margaret; Lahodik Marilyn; Lamb Inn Richland Center Wi; Lampert Debbie; Lasco Lois; Leet Janet; Mark Karen Glass Repair in Burlington; Meier Jo Salem Meir Jo Salem; Neu Cari; Penn Mrs Brighton school; Radowicz Veronica music teacher; Sheen Gladys; Stockwell Helen; Thomey Dorothy; Wentland Dorothy; Wilson Justian; Young Carolyn.
• 429 Frederick Genealogy

  The materials are from DJF collection. Dave Jon Frederick. The materials compliment the other artifacts that the Frederick family has given to the Western Kenosha County Historical Society (WKCHS) There are other images in the digital collection. Artifacts are at the WKCHS and include photograph albums of the family and artwork by Alvin Frederick. The Frederick family farm was in Somers/Paris at the west side of 1-94. Alvin worked at Mill Print out of Milwaukee where he commuted via the Northshore Line and was also at Serigraph Sales in West Bend. He attended the Art Institute via Northern Illinois before the war and had a Mr Sterba, Mrs Kibler and Mr Mosby as instructors. He created a LIFE IN THE ARMY art booklet while he was in Iceland and there are Iceland views in art form in the collective. The Bristol Band is represented in image and in uniform although the trumpet was given to the Kenosha Youth Foundation by Dave's brother, Karl Frederick. Other names are: Lucille, Rose, Alvin, Carol, Elaine, Harold, Eugene and Matthew.
• 013 Stoxen Poetry

  The complete unabridged book of poems by Edgar Allen Poe, Henry Wadsworth. "Ray" Stoxen Volume One and Two about the area of Salem Township. From the Drazewski Family Collection and Ray Stoxen.
• 042 Roots of Christine Elfers and Rudolph Beimer 042

  A family genealogy of the Beimer Family, Elfers Family compiled by Ruth L Curtiss Weigel. From the Bushing Family Collection.
• 375 Cull, Hartnell Travel Information Florida, Dorset England, Nebraska

  Orlando Chamber flyer with advertising, small facts and tourist info and hotels, pre-Disney when a room rate was $3.50 for 1 person, $6-1 0 for two. Oakland Nebraska, home to a Cull. 2 sets of postcard booklets from R Smith 331 N Janus St Anaheim CA to Mrs Ira D Brown of Salem WI 1950 10 pages Corte Castle, History and Guide, of Dorset England.
• 707 CPL Christy Cull and T 5th Gr. Eoline C Cull Captain Cull A-501176 Eoline Christine Cull

  Army Radio Repair Certificate 02 27 1943 Kansas City MO; One photo is at the end of the booklet; Flight Engineer test and school notes; Aerodynamics notes in script; Aerodynamic lectures to see what she was' into'!
• 392 Hartnell Cull Kerley Curley Bushing Stockwell Knuter Salem Academy

  Copied pages that pertain to the Salem Academy that existed at Liberty Corners and which was part of the Liberty Congregationalist Church at the northeast corner of S 83 and CTY HWY C . It was a school and anyone could be part of it. Later public schools - Trevor, Brainard drew from their student base and eventually Liberty School took over the property. That school burned and the brick building replaced it. 1906 Hartnell excerpts from 1906 Racine and Kenosha; BEERS, Commarorative Biographies which can be downloaded in full via GoogleBooks. C Knuter Family group charts; Andreakas family history regarding Stockwell; Correspondence from Jay Land and his charts; Correspondence pertaining to Reunion 2008.
• 383 Curtiss Genealogy Charles Mary Weigel

  Part One of two Charles and Mary Curtiss Genealogy by Ruth L Weigel. Part Two of two Charles and Mary Curtiss Genealogy by Ruth L Weigel.
• 128 Burgess Hartnell Castle Champlin Genealogy Correspondence

  Material from Stockwell Family Collection of correspondence to the different family groups pertaining to Burgess, Hartnell, Castle, Champlin. This family was concentrated in the area of Brass Ball Corners and along STH50. Note: Most of these pages are in script and need to be physically read by the researcher. They may not convert to searchable text with OCR - Optical Character Recognition. Within the pages are sub codes. For example, A 1, A2 A3 A4 .... These represent a single letter of multiple pages (and perhaps the envelope it arrived in) by the same person. Therefore, any researcher of these family groups should give significant time to skim thru these materials for the nuances that will give further research direction.
• 448 Bergman, Butrick, Bushing and Brown Genealogy

  Correspondence and genealogy chart information from Ray Bergman whd 4 2013 of late 1419 Linden Road, Homewood IL 60430. This material is from the FWB collection and has been returned to the owner.
• 706 Fred Bushing Student Papers

  Schoolwork of Fred and Arthur Bushing apx 1948. Some papers include grades. These were kept only to have something "in their own hand." Fred Bushing died young. Arthur Bushing handwritten documents are rare. The pages are faint, penciled and often with Mimeograph masters.
• 321 Unknown Businessman Ledger Credits Debts Bottles Wilmot 1891-1893

  This book is handwritten in pencil an unknown person. The book includes records of names, services, materials and random entries.
• 676 Hartnell Wheeler Tales of Yesteryear

  A casual recollection of life in Salem written by a descendent of the Hartnell Family, an early family.
• 382 Curtiss, Charles and Mary Genealogy

  Part One of two Charles and Mary Curtiss Genealogy by Ruth L Weigel. Part Two of two Charles and Mary Curtiss Genealogy by Ruth L Weigel.
• 499D VanAlstine Vanalstyne Family History 1974

  This is a prepared and typewritten history of the family.
• 378 Capper's Farmer Magazine 1955

  A March 1955 magazine that gives an overview of farm life at the time the Bushing Family was operating their dairy farm in town of Salem, Kenosha. It has ads, images of products and short educational stories. This was delivered to a Mrs. Arthur Foulke of Bristol Wisconsin.
• 679 Older American Award 2011 Prestay

  Lliterature that existed as part of the award program that occurs once a year. Others who have received the award - Violet Miller, Delores Prestay, Linda Valentine, Barbara Wetherbee.