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Although not strictly a primary source itself, this survey of the so-called Fox Wars of the 18th century quotes often from original French and Canadian manuscripts, and brings them together in a singl…

Full-length portrait of Marquette University First Warrior mascot Mark Denning, 1981.

On their return journey in 1673, Joliet and Marquette got only as far as Green Bay when winter set in. In the spring of 1674 Marquette stayed in the upper country while Joliet headed for Montreal. Sho…

Signed binding: D.D., Decorative Designers Tan ungrained cloth. Orange and green stamping on front. Orange stamping on spine, faded to yellow. No decoration on back. Book topic: Kenton, Simon, 1755-18…

Cream paper. Green and white metal stamping on front and spine. Green stamping on back. Endpapers printed with green advertisements. Book topics: Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Description and travel.

Cutting Marsh (1800-1873) was a Presbyterian missionary who came to Wisconsin in 1830 to serve the Stockbridge (Mohican) Indians. He lived at their settlement near Green Bay until 1834, when he moved…

These three short excerpts from the Jesuit Relations convey the terror and violence that drove the Huron, Ottawa, Sauk, Meskwaki (Fox), Kickapoo, Potawatomi, and other tribes into Wisconsin. They are…

Full-length portrait of First Warrior mascot Rick Tourtillott, circa 1984.

This folder contains mostly personal and professional correspondences with Increase Allen Lapham in the year 1868. These letters pertain to a variety of Lapham's interests, particularly forest conserv…

This folder contains correspondences to and from Increase Allen Lapham from September to December of 1870. The vast majority of these letters relate to Lapham's assignment and work as the Assistant to…

Antoine Grignon was born in 1826 at Prairie du Chien and was the last of that family to work primarily as a trader among the Wisconsin tribes. He recalls here his boyhood in Prairie du Chien, and the…

This folder contains a hard bound handwritten copy of the book entitled, Minnesota and Dacotah or the Red River of the North; With an Account of the Rich and Fertile Country Along its Banks in Minneso…

First Warrior Mark Denning speaks with a girl dressed in Native American attire along the sidelines during a basketball game, 1980-1983.

Treaties signed in 1837, 1842, and 1854 guaranteed the Ojibwe the right to hunt and fish without restriction on their ceded lands in northern Wisconsin. During the 1880s and 1890s, the State of Wiscon…

This mimeographed pamphlet resulted from a request by the Wisconsin legislature in 1945 that the route of Black Hawk through the state during the summer of 1832 should be identified by a capable schol…

Treaty rights have long been a contentious issue in the United States. In the last half of the twentieth century, treaty controversies have centered primarily around the rights to hunt, fish, and gath…

The creator of this vocabulary, Thomas George (1842-1929), grew up with Ho-Chunk children around his father's trading post at New Lisbon, Juneau Co. In 1880 John W. Powell, Director of the Smithsonian…

This folder contains the second edition of Increase Allen Lapham's 'A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin; with Brief Sketches of its History, Geology, Mineralogy, Natural History…

This folder contains two copies of an essay Lapham coauthored entitled, 'A Paper on the Number, Locality and Times of Removal of the Indians of Wisconsin with an Appendix Containing a Complete Chronol…

In the 1980s, disputes over treaty rights in Northern Wisconsin, particularly the Ojibwe practice of walleye spearing, began attracting national attention. Treaties made between the U.S. government an…