University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

 

French family.

Papers, 1678-1977.

Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 154

16.6 cubic ft. (43 boxes)


ABSTRACT: Personal and professional papers of various members of the French and Quarles families of Milwaukee, and the Thiers family of Kenosha, Wis. successively collected by matriarch Louisa K. Thiers, daughter Emma Quarles, and granddaughter Ethel French. Spanning five generations, the collection includes personal and family correspondence; diaries; European trip and fishing journals; personal financial journals; photographs; genealogical materials and notes on the Capron, Mann, Thiers, Quarles, and French families; family news clippings; scrapbooks; programs; lecture notes and other educational materials and memorabilia; reminiscences; materials of various fraternal, civic, and professional organizations; writings and presentations; and miscellaneous papers. Correspondence and family memorabilia comprise the collection's bulk and document the family life and activities of these socially prominent, well-educated Milwaukee and Kenosha families. Also includes correspondence, patent applications, patents, sketches and notes, and legal records of Louis Osborne French, patent attorney and inventor. News clippings about and tributes to Louisa K. Thiers (1814-1926), credited as the oldest person to have lived in Wisconsin and the last true daughter of an American Revolutionary War soldier, also are present. The photographs form a significant part of the collection. There are numerous family photos in various settings including many images of vacationing and fishing in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Photographs by professional photographer Louis M. Thiers are also included.


SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: Personal and professional papers of various members of the French and Quarles families of Milwaukee; and the Thiers family of Kenosha, Wisconsin spanning five generations successively collected by matriarch Louisa K. Thiers, daughter Emma Quarles, and granddaughter Ethel French. This successive line of women provides the "glue" which holds this collection together and, through the collective role of "family memory gatherer," they accumulated papers of siblings, siblings' spouses, children, children's spouses, husband, and husband's family.

The papers of individual family members have been organized into record series, alphabetically by the last name of each individual. Type and quantity of each individual's papers vary considerably, but generally include received correspondence, newspaper clippings, materials relating to academic and social achievements at various schools and colleges, and personal sentimental items. Received correspondence is primarily comprised of letters from family members and friends, although there is also some business correspondence. A great deal of the correspondence is between parent and child during periods of absence such as summer vacations, European tours, college years, and adult life. However, there is also quite a bit of correspondence with school chums and other childhood and college friends, and some love letters, particularly those of Louis Osborne French to his future wife, Ethel Quarles, and between Cyril Owen and Eunice French Owen during both their courtship and marriage until Eunice's early death. Diaries, European tour journals, fishing journals, scrapbooks, materials of various organizations, writings and presentations, personal financial journals, and genealogical materials are also prominent. Obituaries, sympathy letters, and eulogies regarding an individual's death are included.

Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers was born in 1814, the last child of Dr. Seth and Eunice Mann Capron who were both in their fifties. Louisa attended the Emma Willard School in New York and later married David B. Thiers. In 1850, the family relocated to Kenosha, Wis. The Thierses had four children: Herbert, Emma, Edward, and Louis. In 1920 at age 106, Thiers cast her first presidential vote. She received nationwide attention for her longevity and was regarded as the last true daughter of an American Revolutionary War soldier and as the oldest person to have lived in Wisconsin. Louisa Thiers died in 1926 at age 111.

Louisa's Papers, 1808-1971, are comprised of received correspondence (1822-1926) from family and friends as well as from well-wishers for her continued health and life, news clippings written about Louisa and her long life, scrapbooks and a common place book of quotations compiled by Louisa, a Florida trip journal, genealogical information on the Capron, Mann, and Thiers families, tributes and eulogies relating to Louisa's death, and miscellaneous sentimental items.

Emma W. Thiers Quarles was the only daughter of Louisa K. Thiers. She married Charles B. Quarles in 1881, settling in Milwaukee. The couple had four children: Charles, Henry, Louis, and Ethel. Emma was quite involved in Milwaukee civic affairs and lived to age eighty-eight (death in 1942) at her home on North Farwell Avenue, Milwaukee.

Emma's Papers, 1872-1942, include received correspondence (1881-1940); diaries (1918-1941); European tour journals (1911, 1913, 1921); genealogical materials and news clippings regarding the Quarles family; a scrapbook; scattered materials related to various civic organizations Emma was involved in such as the Milwaukee Chapter of the D.A.R., College Women's Club, Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs, and the Woman's School Alliance; obituaries relating to Emma's death; and miscellaneous items.

Ethel Quarles French was born in 1889, the only daughter of Charles and Emma Quarles. Ethel attended Milwaukee Downer and Vassar colleges, graduating from Vassar in 1911. She married Louis Osborne French in 1914, and the couple settled in Milwaukee on North Farwell Avenue and had four daughters: Eunice, Ethel Barbara, Jean, and Ruth Emma. Ethel also served as the last in the line of female "family memory collectors" and the papers were donated to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin not long after her death.

Ethel's Papers, 1897-1972, include received correspondence (1897-1974); diaries and European trip journals; materials relating to her education at Milwaukee's East Division High School and Milwaukee-Downer and Vassar colleges including lecture notebooks for her classes at Downer and a scrapbook compiled at Vassar; genealogical materials and news clippings regarding the French, Quarles, Capron, and Owen families; news clippings about her immediate family, and scattered materials relating to the family camp in Republic, Michigan, financial record books, Daughters of the American Revolution, and miscellaneous sentimental items.

Louis Osborne French was born in Milwaukee in 1888, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1910 with a degree in mechanical engineering, and married Ethel Quarles in 1914. French received his law education at George Washington University and Kent College of Law. After passing his bar exam, French moved to Milwaukee where he established a law office where he specialized as a patent attorney. A "lone-gun" inventor operating without company backing, French primarily worked on internal combustion engines for automotive purposes, with particular focus on injection of liquid fuel under electrical control. He died in 1958 and was unable to see any of his many patented inventions manufactured.

The papers of Louis French are divided into two series, His Personal Files and his Professional Files. Personal Files, 1888-1959, are scattered including some received correspondence, materials relating to his education, obituaries and letters regarding his death, and miscellaneous items.

The Professional Files include some legal notes, case work, and record books relating to his work as a patent attorney, but primarily relate to his many inventions and patents. Although French's inventions included cow stanchions and fishing lures, his work with diesel internal combustion engines comprise the bulk of his creative work. His engine work includes patents and patent requests dealing with electromechanical control of fuel injection in diesel engines, rotary valve internal combustion engines, electrical motor controls, diesel engine scavenging systems, and two-cycle internal combustion engines. These materials include correspondence with a variety of companies and individuals both requesting specific parts and information and also promoting his own inventions for possible manufacture, sketches and notes, and a large number of patent case files involving both abandoned and allowed patents for the United States and several foreign countries.

Patent application case files and printed patents are organized into several subseries, all of which are arranged chronologically according to criteria established by French. "Abandoned [U.S.]", "Canadian Applications", and "Foreign Applications" are organized chronologically by filing date. "Foreign Applications" include both approved and abandoned patent applications and each case is separately foldered. "Patents Allowed [U.S.]" are organized chronologically by date of approval. The printed patents are also divided into groups ("Canadian Patents," "Foreign Patents,"
and "U.S. Patents") and are organized chronologically by year of patent issuance, thereunder. An index to French's patents is also found in the series.

Samuel W. French was the father of Louis Osborne. He arrived in Milwaukee soon after his graduation in 1873 from Harvard Medical School. Samuel was one of Milwaukee's first physicians, an organizer of the Emergency Hospital, and was involved in various civic, professional, and fraternal organizations.

Samuel's Papers, 1678-1918, primarily relate to the organizations he was involved with including the Freemasons, Knights Templar, Harvard Club of Milwaukee, Alpha Mu Pi Omega Fraternity (a medical fraternity), State Medical Society of Wisconsin, and the Wa Wa Club (relating to French's hunting and fishing camp in Michigan). There is also some correspondence, including a series of letters, 1873-1874, which Samuel wrote to his parents from Europe; fishing journals; genealogical materials on the French family; French's writings and lectures; scattered materials relating to French's work with the Johnston Emergency Hospital, Wisconsin Training School for Nurses, and the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons; and miscellaneous materials.

A Kenosha, Wis. native, Charles B. Quarles graduated from the University of Michigan in 1868 and began his law career in 1875, originally establishing his practice in Kenosha. Marrying Emma Thiers in 1881, the family relocated to Milwaukee in 1888 where Charles helped established a highly respected law firm, Quarles, Spence & Quarles, with brother J. V. Quarles and Thomas Spence. Quarles was involved in several high profile legal cases including his prosecution of the libel suit of Charles F. Pfister against the Milwaukee Free Press. A vocal member of the Republican Party, Quarles was a frequent speaker and was highly respected by the Wisconsin Bar community.

The bulk of Charles' Papers, 1864-1923, consist of his writings and presentations, and newspaper articles from newspapers throughout Wisconsin regarding his death. Quarles' writings and speeches cover a variety of topics, such as politics, labor unions, regulation of public service corporations, and individual duty and responsibility. Scattered correspondence, a sailing and fishing logbook, newsclippings, financial ledger, materials relating to his high school and college education, and miscellaneous items comprise the rest of his papers.

Eunice French Owen was the only female member of the family to have received a master's degree. An accomplished pianist and cellist, Eunice received her undergraduate degree from Vassar College and in 1937 received her Master of Arts in Philosophy from Brown University. She married Cyril Owen in 1938 and daughter, Jean, was born in 1940. The family moved to Milwaukee where Cyril tried unsuccessfully to find work as a music teacher or professor. Three more children followed. Both Eunice and Cyril became involved in various Milwaukee music organizations. Eunice died of cancer in 1949.

Eunice's Papers, 1918-1950, consist of received correspondence, 1918-1949, from family, friends, and Cyril; letters, 1933-1937, written by Eunice to her family describing her college life; concert programs; materials regarding her education and concert participation at Riverside High School, Vassar College, and Brown University; programs and records, 1941-1948, of the MacDowell Club (a musical club in Milwaukee); obituaries and sympathy letters concerning Eunice's death; and sentimental items including crayoned pictures drawn by Eunice's children shortly before her death. The Cyril Owen series includes records, 1933-1949, of the Arion Musical Club in Milwaukee.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The three families of  Thiers, Quarles, and French found their separate ways to Wisconsin from the eastern United States. The Thiers and Quarles families first settled in Kenosha and the Frenches in Milwaukee.

Family members were well educated with the men receiving degrees from Harvard, M.I.T., the University of Michigan, and the University of Wisconsin and entering professions in law, medicine, and business. The women were also well educated with college attendance and degrees from Milwaukee Downer College, Vassar, Skidmore, and Brown University. Family members also traveled widely and European tours were not unusual. Many of the men were avid fishermen and had vacation ties to northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Both the Quarles and French families were regularly included in Milwaukee's Social Register and were financially secure, although this "social elite" status seems to have dissipated with the generation coming of age before and during World War II as the widening middle class encompassed them.

COLLECTION CITATION: This collection should be cited as:

French family. Records, date 1678-1977. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 154. Wisconsin Historical Society. Milwaukee Area Research Center. UWM Libraries. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.


ACQUISITION: Presented by Emmy Crispell, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jean Price, Garden Grove, Calif.; Barbara Chase, Milwaukee, Wis.; and anonymous; 1978, 1990 (accession numbers M78-419, M78-619/ICON, M90-301).

PROCESSING: Processed by Gayle Martinson, 1996.
MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:
MILWAUKEE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 154 BOX FOLDER
Barbara Quarles Chase, Miscellaneous, 1952-1972 1 1
Ethel Barbara French Chase, Correspondence, 1930-1959 1 2
Ethel Barbara French Chase, Milwaukee-downer College, 1934-1938 1 3
Ethel Barbara French Chase, Miscellaneous, 1935-1968 1 4
Minnie Boardman French, Correspondence, 1894, 1926 1 5
Ruth Emma French Crispell, Correspondence
6-111923-1953, n.d. 		1 6-11
Ruth Emma French Crispell, Diary, 1937, 1939 2 1
Ruth Emma French Crispell, Education, Maryland Avenue School, 1926-1933 2 2
Ruth Emma French Crispell, Education, Riverside High School, 1933-1937 2 3
Ruth Emma French Crispell, Education, Riverside High School, English Journals, 1933, n.d. 2 4
Ruth Emma French Crispell, Education, Milwaukee-Downer College, 1937-1939 2 5
Ruth Emma French Crispell, Education, Vassar College, 1939-1941 2 6
Ruth Emma French Crispell, Education, Vassar College, Family History Notes for History 260, ca.1940 2 7
Ruth Emma French Crispell, Education, Vassar College, "Great Grandmother's Story" [Louisa K. Thiers], 1941 2 8
Ruth Emma French Crispell, General, Miscellaneous, 1931-1951 2 9
Ruth Emma French Crispell, General, Y.W.C.A. High School Girl Reserve, 1935-1936 2 10
Ethel Quarles French, Correspondence, 1897-1908 2 11
Ethel Quarles French, Correspondence, 1909-1947 3 1-7
Ethel Quarles French, Correspondence, 1948-1974 4 1-5
Ethel Quarles French, Correspondence, Friendship Steamer Letters [European Trip Abroad], 1913 4 6
Ethel Quarles French, Diaries and Journals, Trip Diary [European Trip], 1906 4 7
Ethel Quarles French, Diaries and Journals, Diary, 1907-1910 4 7
Ethel Quarles French, Diaries and Journals, European Tour Journal, 1911 5 1
Ethel Quarles French, Diaries and Journals, Diary, 1912-1915 5 2
Ethel Quarles French, Education, [General], 1900-1903 5 3
Ethel Quarles French, Education, East Division High School Scrapbook, 1901-1907 6 1
Ethel Quarles French, Education, East Division High School Memory Book, 1903-1906 7 1
Ethel Quarles French, Education, Milwaukee-Downer College, Freshman English Compositions, 1906-1907 7 2
Ethel Quarles French, Education, Milwaukee-Downer College, Lecture Notebooks, 1907-1909 7 3-4
Ethel Quarles French, Education, Milwaukee-Downer College, Lecture Notebooks, 1908-1909 7 5-6
Ethel Quarles French, Education, Vassar College, 1906-1911, 1927-1961 7 7
Ethel Quarles French, Education, Vassar College Scrapbook, 1909-1911 8 1
Ethel Quarles French, General, Camp in Republic, Michigan, 1929-1943 9 1
Ethel Quarles French, General, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1911-1977 9 2
Ethel Quarles French, General, Death [of Ethel], n.d. 9 3
Ethel Quarles French, General, Financial Account Book, 1914-1919 9 4
Ethel Quarles French, General, Financial Journal, 1914-1919 9 5
Ethel Quarles French, General, French Family, 1918-1970, n.d. 9 6
Ethel Quarles French, General, M. A. Overhiser [Piano teacher], 1922-1942 9 7
Ethel Quarles French, General, Miscellaneous, 1889-1958 9 8
Ethel Quarles French, General, National Society of the Children of the American Revolution Annual Convention, 1902 9 9
Ethel Quarles French, General, Newsclippings [generally about family], 1909-1969, n.d. 9 10
Ethel Quarles French, General, Newsclippings - Milwaukee-Downer College, 1949, 1963-1964 9 11
Ethel Quarles French, General, Owen Family [daughter Eunice's children], 1941-1968 9 12
Ethel Quarles French, General, Quarles Family, 1901-1974 9 13
Ethel Quarles French, General, Thiers and Capron Families, 1929-1963 10 1
Ethel Quarles French, General, Wedding Gift Book, 1914 10 2
Louis Osborne French, Personal Files, Correspondence, 1910-1953 10 3
Louis Osborne French, Personal Files, Education, [General], 1902-1906, n.d. 10 4
Louis Osborne French, Personal Files, Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1906-1957 10 5
Louis Osborne French, Personal Files, General, Death [of Louis], 1958-1959 10 6
Louis Osborne French, Personal Files, General, Miscellaneous, 1888-1958, n.d. 10 7
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Index Cards of Patent Clients, 1919-1929 10 8
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Legal Notes, Common Law Pleading, 1913 10 9
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patent Law, ca. 1913 10 10
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Property, ca. 1913 11 1
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patent Appeal Case [Line Material Co., vs. Brady Electric & Mfg. Co.], ca. 1929 11 2
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patent Cases, Assignment Register, 1923-1932 11 4
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Associates Book, 1935-1951 11 5
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Entry Books, 1923-1953 11 6-8
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Ledger, 1923-1958 11 9
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patent Law Association of Milwaukee, n.d. 11 10
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Inventions and Patents, Correspondence, 1911-1928 12 1
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Inventions and Patents, Correspondence, 1929-1943 12 2
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Inventions and Patents, Correspondence, 1944-1960, n.d. 12 3
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Inventions and Patents, Correspondence, Northwest Engineering Company, 1924-1930 12 4
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Inventions and Patents, Correspondence, Waukesha Motor Company, 1922-1935, n.d. 12 5
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Inventions and Patents, Miscellaneous Plates, 1935, 1952, n.d. 12 6
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Inventions and Patents, Patent Assignments, 1930-1939 12 7
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patent Searches, 1941-1942 12 10
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patent Applications Abandoned [U.S.], 1920-1927 [by filing date] 12 9-11
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patent Applications Abandoned [U.S.], 1928-1948 13 1-7
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patent Applications Abandoned [U.S.], 1949-1957 14 1-6
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patent Applications Abandoned [U.S.], Fishing Lures, 1952-1955 15 1
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patents Allowed [U.S.], 1925-1928 [by date of approval] 15 2-6
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patents Allowed [U.S.], 1929-1944 16 1-7
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patents Allowed [U.S.], 1945-1953 17 1-6
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Patents Allowed [U.S.], 1955-1958 18 1-3
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Canadian Applications, 1924-1958 18 4
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Internal Combustion Engine [11 countries], 1924-1929 18 5-6
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Electro-Magnetically Operated Control Valve [Gt. Britain & Germany], 1927-1931 18 7
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection System [Gt. Britain & Germany], 1928-1932 18 8
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Method & Apparatus for Feeding Liquid Fuel to Internal Combustion Engines [5 countries], 1930-1931 19 1
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Pumps [Gt. Britain & Germany], 1936-1939 19 2
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Spray Nozzles [Gt. Britain], 1936-1942 19 3
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection Apparatus [Gt. Britain], 1943-1945 19 4
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection Apparatus [4 countries], 1946-1954 19 5-7
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection Apparatus [Gt. Britain & Germany], 1949-1958 19 8
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injector [Gt. Britain], 1950-1951 19 9
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection Apparatus [Sweden], 1951-1955 19 10
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection Apparatus [Gt. Britain], 1951-1956 20 1
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Duel Fuel Valve [Gt. Britain], 1952-1954 20 2
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection Apparatus [Gt. Britain], 1952-1955 20 3
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection Apparatus [Gt. Britain], 1952-1957 20 4
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection Apparatus [Germany & Denmark], 1952-1958 20 5-6
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection Apparatus [Germany & Denmark], 1952-1958 20 7-8
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Pump [Gt. Britain & Germany], 1954-1956 20 9
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection Apparatus [Switzerland & Sweden], 1954-1958 20 10
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection Apparatus [Germany], 1956-1958 20 11
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fuel Injection Apparatus [Gt. Britain], 1956-1958 21 1
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Apparatus for Introducing a Mixture of Fuel Air into the Combustion Chamber of an Internal Combustion Engine [Germany], 1957 21 2
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Compression Pressure Operated Fuel Injection [Germany], 1958 21 3
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patent Attorney Case Work, Foreign Applications, Fragmentary Application Files, 1919, ca. 1940, n.d. 21 4
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patents, Index to Patents of L.O. French, n.d. 21 5
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patents, Canadian Patents, 1925, 1958 21 6
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patents, Foreign Patents [by year issued] 1924-1957 21 7-9
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patents, U.S. Patents [by year issued] 1917-1929 21 10-12
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Patents, U.S. Patents [by year issued] 1930-1958 22 1-6
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Sketches and Notes, 1914-1924 22 7
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Sketches and Notes, 1924, 1927 [oversize] 43 1
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Sketches and Notes, 1925-1958, n.d. 23 1-6
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Sketches and Notes, Notes, 1916-1917, 1930 23 7
Louis Osborne French, Professional Files, Sketches and Notes, Sketch Notebook, 1918-1920 24 1
Samuel W. French, Correspondence, 1880-1916, n.d. 24 2-3
Samuel W. French, Correspondence, To Parents From Europe, 1873-1874 24 4
Samuel W. French, Organizations, Alpha Mu Pi Omega Fraternity. University of Pennsylvania Chapter, 1892-1908 24 5-6
Samuel W. French, Organizations, Alpha Mu Pi Omega Fraternity. University of Pennsylvania Chapter, 1909-1915 25 1
Samuel W. French, Organizations, Freemasons, 1893-ca. 1909 25 2
Samuel W. French, Organizations, Freemasons, Programs, 1893-1914 25 3
Samuel W. French, Organizations, Freemasons, Wisconsin Consistory Valley of Milwaukee, 1887-1917 25 4-6
Samuel W. French, Organizations, Harvard Club of Milwaukee, 1910-1915 25 7
Samuel W. French, Organizations, Knights Templar, 1896-1908, n.d. 25 8
Samuel W. French, Organizations, Miscellaneous Organizations, 1886-1916 25 9
Samuel W. French, Organizations, Scrapbooks, [Largely Freemasons. Lodge No. 13, Milwaukee], 1889-1897 26 1
Samuel W. French, Organizations, Scrapbooks, [Largely Freemasons. Lodge No. 13, Milwaukee], 1898-1915 27 1
Samuel W. French, Organizations, State Medical Society of Wisconsin, ca 1893 27 2
Samuel W. French, Organizations, Wa Wa Club [Hunting & Fishing Camp in Michigan], n.d. 27 3
Samuel W. French, General, Death [of Samuel], 1916-1918 27 4
Samuel W. French, General, Estate of Sophia B. French [mother], 1891-1905 27 5
Samuel W. French, General, Finances, 1906-1911 27 6
Samuel W. French, General, Fishing Journal, 1911-1915, n.d. 28 1
Samuel W. French, General, Fishing Journal, ca. 1917 28 2
Samuel W. French, General, French Family, 1678-1917 28 3
Samuel W. French, General, "Genealogy", 1896, 1913-1915 28 4
Samuel W. French, General, Johnston Emergency Hospital Investigation, 1895 28 5
Samuel W. French, General, Miscellaneous, 1880, n.d. 28 6
Samuel W. French, General, Recipe Book of Sophia French, n.d. 28 7
Samuel W. French, General, Wisconsin Training School for Nurses, 1891-1902 28 8
Samuel W. French, General, Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons,
1902, 1908 		28 9
Samuel W. French, General, Writings and Lectures, 1907, n.d. 28 10
Cyril Maurice Owen, Correspondence, 1937-1950 28 11-12
Cyril Maurice Owen, General, Arion Musical Club [Milwaukee], 1933-1949 29 1-4
Cyril Maurice Owen, General, Job Search, 1939, 1942 29 5
Cyril Maurice Owen, General, Miscellaneous, 1939 29 6
Cyril Maurice Owen, General, Original Music, n.d. 29 7
Eunice French Owen, Correspondence, 1918, 1926-1933 29 8-10
Eunice French Owen, Correspondence, 1933-1937 30 1-7
Eunice French Owen, Correspondence, 1938-1949 31 1-5
Eunice French Owen, College Correspondence with Family, 1933-1934 31 6-7
Eunice French Owen, College Correspondence with Family, 1934-1937 32 1-5
Eunice French Owen, Education, Riverside High School, 1930-1932 32 6
Eunice French Owen, Education, Vassar College, 1932-1939 32 7
Eunice French Owen, Education, Brown University, 1936-1940 32 8
Eunice French Owen, General, Concert Programs [Music], 1930-1942 32 9
Eunice French Owen, General, Concert Programs [Music], 1944-1949 33 1
Eunice French Owen, General, Death [of Eunice], 1949-1950 33 2-3
Eunice French Owen, General, Miscellaneous, 1928-1949 33 4
Eunice French Owen, General, MacDowell Club [Milwaukee], 1941-1948 33 5
Jean French Price, Correspondence, 1930-1953 33 6
Jean French Price, Education, Riverside High School, 1932-1934 33 7
Jean French Price, Education, Milwaukee Downer College, 1937-1938 33 8
Jean French Price, Education, Skidmore College Scrapbook, ca. 1938-1940 33 9-10
Jean French Price, Miscellaneous, 1930-1945 33 11
Charles B. Quarles, Correspondence, 1864-1911 34 1
Charles B. Quarles, Education, Kenosha High School, 1862, 1892-1923 34 2
Charles B. Quarles, Education, University of Michigan, 1867-1868 34 3
Charles B. Quarles, General, Death [of Charles], 1908-1909, 1923 34 4-6
Charles B. Quarles, General, Ledger, 1890-1907 34 7
Charles B. Quarles, General, "Log Book - Sloop Carrabell" [Sailing & Fishing Log Book], 1896-1901 34 8
Charles B. Quarles, General, Miscellaneous, 1888-1907 34 9
Charles B. Quarles, General, Newsclippings, 1897-1907, n.d. 34 10
Charles B. Quarles, Writings and Presentations, 1861-1906 34 11
Charles B. Quarles, Writings and Presentations, 1907, n.d. 35 1-3
Charles B. Quarles, Jr., Miscellaneous, 1896-1968 35 4
Cosalette Elliott Quarles, Correspondence, 1911, 1919 35 5
Cosalette Elliott Quarles, Diary, 1907-1908 35 6
Cosalette Elliott Quarles, Ledger, 1909-1911 35 7
Cosalette Elliott Quarles, Miscellaneous, 1904-1912 35 8
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, Correspondence, 1881-1909 35 9
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, Correspondence, 1910-1928 36 1-7
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, Correspondence, 1930-1940, n.d. 37 1
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, Diaries and Journals, European Tour Journals, 1911 37 2
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, Diaries and Journals, European Tour Journals, 1913 37 3
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, Diaries and Journals, European Tour Journals, 1921 37 4
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, Diaries and Journals, Diaries, 1918-1941 37 5-6
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, Education, 1872-1903 38 1
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, General, Address Book, n.d. 38 2
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, General, Birthday Books, 1911, n.d. 38 3
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, General, Civic Organizations, 1897-1929 38 4
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, General, College Women's Club, 1922 38 5
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, General, Death [of Emma], 1942 38 6
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, General, Miscellaneous, 1885-1939 38 7
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, General, Quarles Family, 1848-1899, n.d. 38 8
Emma W. Thiers Quarles, General, Scrapbook, 1898-1914 38 9
Henry C. Quarles, Correspondence, 1904, 1911, 1913 38 10
Henry C. Quarles, Correspondence, Round Robin Letters [of Second Ward Savings Bank during WWI], 1918 38 11
Henry C. Quarles, Education, 1903-1909 38 12
Henry C. Quarles, General, Artwork, 1901 38 13
Henry C. Quarles, General, Miscellaneous, 1916-1918, n.d. 38 14
Joseph V. Quarles, Correspondence, 1903 38 15
Joseph V. Quarles, General, Death [of Joseph], 1911 38 16
Joseph V. Quarles, General, Miscellaneous, 1878-1903 38 17
Joseph V. Quarles, General, Social Economics Club [Milwaukee], 1902-1921 39 1
Louis Quarles, Correspondence, 1897-1921, 1947 39 2
Louis Quarles, Education, 1901-1904, n.d. 39 3
Louis Quarles, General, Death [of Louis], 1972 39 4
Louis Quarles, Miscellaneous, 1897-1971 39 5
Edward C. Thiers, Miscellaneous, 1903-1931 39 6
Louis M. Thiers, Correspondence, 1911-1923, 1940 39 7
Louis M. Thiers, Correspondence, With Family From Europe, Nov. 1891-Aug. 1892 39 8-9
Louis M. Thiers, Journal, 1909 39 10
Louis M. Thiers, "Historical Sketch of the First Congregational Church of Kenosha" by Thiers, 1912-1913, 1920 39 11
Louis M. Thiers, "Indian Music Song" [Original Music by Thiers], 1932 39 12
Louis M. Thiers, Miscellaneous, 1895-1932 39 13
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, Correspondence, 1822-1897 39 14
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, Correspondence, 1902-1913 39 15-17
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, Correspondence, 1914-1920 40 1-11
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, Correspondence, 1921-1926 41 1-5
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, Correspondence, Letters Written to Son [Louis?], 1917-1921 41 6-8
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Capron Family, 1808, 1831-1895 41 9
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Capron Family, 1901-1959, n.d. 41 10
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Common-Place Book [quotations], 1830-1836 42 1
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1911, 1920 42 2
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Death [of Louisa], 1926 42 3
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Florida Trip Journal, 1921 42 4
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Genealogy, 1918 42 5
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Mann Family, 1877, 1910 42 6
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Miscellaneous, 1837-1926 42 7
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Newsclippings [about Louisa K. Thiers], 1903-1926, 1971 42 8-9
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Scrapbooks, 1828-1913 42 10
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 42 11
Louisa Kirwan Capron Thiers, General, Thiers Family, 1858-1909 42 12

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