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Wauwatosa (Wis.:Town), 1840-1956

Title: Wauwatosa (Wis.:Town), 1840-1956
Call Number: Mss-0739
Bulk: 11.9 cu. ft.

Administrative Note:

The collection was processed on January 11, 2003 by Jim Green.

Contents

Box Number

Folder Number

Election returns, official oaths, poll lists, tally sheets, 1849-1883 1 1
Election returns, official oaths, poll lists, results of annual town meetings, tally sheets, 1884-1888 1 2
Election returns, official oaths, poll lists, results of annual town meetings, tally sheets, 1889-1899 1 3
Canvas covering for counted ballots, caucus results, election returns, financial statements by candidates, nomination papers, 1900-1912 1 4
Caucus results, election law questions, election returns, financial

statements by candidates, primary election notices, 1914-1928

1 5
Appointments, resignations, oaths of office, bonds, 1847-1884 1 6
Appointments, resignations, oaths of office, bonds, 1885-1893 1 7
Appointments, resignations, oaths of office, bonds, 1894-1914 1 8
Justice of the Peace: appointments, resignations, oaths of office, bonds, 1879-1914 1 9
Taxes, assessments, 1844-1859 2 10
Taxes, assessments, 1860-1869 2 11
Taxes, assessments, 1870-1879 2 12
Taxes, assessments, 1880-1899 2 13
Taxes, assessments, 1900-1915 2 14
Taxes, assessments, 1916-1928 2 15
Tax rolls: warrants, annual statements, 1917-1954 2 16
State audits, 1911-1956 2 17
Accounts payable, unnumbered, 1879-1885 3 18
Accounts payable, unnumbered, 1886-1914 3 19
Accounts payable, # 281 – 699, 1903-1908 3 20
Accounts payable, # 700 – 999, 1908-1913 3 21
Accounts payable, # 1000 – 1099, 1913 3 22
Accounts payable, # 1100 – 1199, 1913-1914 3 23
Accounts payable, # 950 – 1499, 1904-1905 3 24
Accounts payable, # 1500 – 1799, 1905-1906 4 25
Accounts payable, # 1800 – 2099, 1906-1907 4 26
Accounts payable, # 2100 – 2399, 1907-1908 4 27
Accounts payable, # 2400 – 2699, 1908-1909 4 28
Accounts payable, # 2700 – 2999, 1908-1910 4 29
Accounts payable, # 3000 – 3299, 1910 4 30
Accounts payable, # 3300 – 3599, 1910-1911 4 31
Accounts payable, # 3600 – 3899, 1911-1912 5 32
Accounts payable, # 3900 – 4199, 1912-1913 5 33
Accounts payable, # 4200 – 4399, 1913 5 34
Accounts payable, # 4400 – 4699, 1913-1914 5 35
Accounts payable, # 4700 – 4840, 1914 5 36
Accounts payable, # 4700 – 4840, 1914 5 37
Accounts payable, new series # 200 – 399, 1914-1915 5 38
Accounts payable, new series # 400 – 478, 1915 5 39
Town orders 1871-1872 and 1903-1906, delinquent road tax orders 1904-1905 5 40
Town atlas – sanitary sewer system – 1931 5 41
Supervisors annual reports, 1847-1865, 1875-1878, 1887 6 42
Board of audit annual reports, 1900-1955 6 43
Mortgage correspondence, 1844-1880 6 44
Chattel mortgages, 1844-1859 6 45
Chattel mortgages, 1860-1875 6 46
Health department reports, correspondence, oaths, diphtheria warning signs, death certificates, official notices, receipts, 1894-1904 6 47
Health department reports, correspondence, oaths, diphtheria warning signs, death certificates, official notices, receipts, 1894-1904 6 48
Health department reports, correspondence, oaths, birth and marriage certificates, 1905-1910 6 49
Health department reports, correspondence, birth and marriage certificates, 1911-1914 6 50
Health department reports, correspondence, admissions to county home and hospital, 1915-1928 6 51
Bridges, buildings, highways, rail lines, roads, streets – correspondence, petitions, notices, 1840-1854 7 52
Bridges, buildings, highways, rail lines, roads, streets – correspondence, petitions, notices, maps, 1855-1879, 1882, 1886 7 53
Bridges, buildings, highways, rail lines, roads, streets – correspondence, petitions, notices, maps, blueprints, claims, 1900-1904 7 54
Bridges, buildings, highways, rail lines, roads, streets – correspondence, petitions, notices, maps, blueprints, claims, contracts, 1905 7 55
Bridges, buildings, highways, rail lines, roads, streets – correspondence, petitions, notices, maps, blueprints, claims, contracts, estimates, 1906 7 56
Bridges, buildings, highways, rail lines, roads, streets – correspondence, petitions, notices, maps, blueprints, claims, contracts, estimates, 1907 7 57
Bridges, buildings, highways, rail lines, roads, streets – correspondence, petitions, notices, maps, blueprints, claims, contracts, estimates, 1908 7 58
Bridges, buildings, highways, rail lines, roads, streets correspondence, petitions, notices, maps, claims, contracts, meeting minutes, 1909-1910 7 59
Bridges, buildings, highways, rail lines, roads, streets – correspondence, petitions, notices, maps, claims, contracts, meeting minutes, 1911-1912 7 60
Bridges, buildings, highways, rail lines, roads, streets – correspondence, instructions, petitions, notices, maps, claims, contracts, blueprints, 1913-1914 7 61
Fence disputes — correspondence, petitions, agreements, 1855-1907 7 62
Saloons and liquor licenses — applications, sureties, receipts, 1877-1899 8 63
Saloons and liquor licenses — applications, sureties, receipts, meeting minutes, petitions, 1900-1905 8 64
Saloons and liquor licenses — applications, sureties, receipts, 1906 8 65
Saloons and liquor licenses – applications, sureties, receipts, petitions, 1907 8 66
Saloons and liquor licenses – applications, sureties, receipts, petitions, 1908 8 67
Saloons and liquor licenses – applications, sureties, receipts, 1909 8 68
Saloons and liquor licenses – applications, sureties, receipts, petitions, orders, 1910 8 69
Saloons and liquor licenses – applications, sureties, receipts, petitions, orders, correspondence, 1911 8 70
Saloons and liquor licenses – applications, sureties, receipts, petitions, orders, 1912-1913 8 71
School district boundaries — petitions, correspondence, orders, 1849-1882 9 72
Schools, students, tuition – certifications, lists, applications, correspondence, petitions, 1851, 1878, 1904-1914 9 73
School census, annual reports, financial statements, 1845-1869 9 74
School census, annual reports, financial statements, 1870-1874 9 75
School census, annual reports, financial statements, 1875-1879 9 76
School census, annual reports, financial statements, 1880-1884 9 77
School census, annual reports, financial statements, 1885-1906 9 78
Miscellaneous town correspondence, 1893-1910 9 79
Miscellaneous town correspondence, 1911-1919 9 80
Miscellaneous town correspondence, 1920-1924 9 81
Miscellaneous town correspondence, 1925-1929 9 82
Deeds (warranty and quit claim), 1846 (Charles Hart), 1858, 1862 10 83
Civil War bounty papers (petitions, bounty fund report, correspondence, enlistment reports, substitutions) 10 84
Underwood home (correspondence about moving) 10 85
Circuses, carnivals, races, amusement parks, shows, 1900-1928 (receipts for licenses; programs; correspondence; petitions; reviews; advertisements; applications; protests and remonstrances) 10 86
Court actions, complaints, judgments, 1865, 1908-1914; Wisconsin Railroad Commission petitions, 1910-1911 10 87
L. R. Gridley, Modern Woodmen of America 10 88
Miscellaneous (burial permits, insurance, poor list, library correspondence, miscellaneous correspondence) 10 89
Town clerk, 1865-1914 (petitions, correspondence, resolutions published) 10 90
Miscellaneous receipts and indentures, 1847-1915 10 91
City of Wauwatosa – clippings (1940, 1945, 1955); Wauwatosa Printing Company advertising day book 1899-1901; register of electors and poll lists, 1896, 1898, 1902; endorsement of Theodore Roosevelt, May 19, 1904; programs and flyers; Wauwatosa Fire Agents Association agreement and rates, June 14, 1898 10 92

Contents

Box Number

Tax assessment roll, 1856 11
Tax assessment roll, 1857 11
Tax assessment roll, 1858 11
Tax assessment roll, 1859 11
Tax assessment roll, 1860 11
Tax assessment roll, 1861 11
Tax assessment roll, 1862 11
Tax assessment roll, 1863 11
Tax assessment roll, 1864 11
Tax assessment roll, 1865 11
Tax assessment roll, 1866 11
Tax assessment roll, 1867 11
School board, 1842-1849 12
School board, 1849-1888 12
Schools – library books purchased, 1889-1897 12
Board of Health, 1887-1904 12
Highway Commission, 1842-1852 12
Town meetings, 1842-1853 12
Book of mortgages, 1850-1883 12
Dog licenses, 1865-1867, 1879 12
Treasurer’s book, 1846-1865 12
Treasurer’s book, 1865-1883 12
Superintendent of Highways monthly report of receipts & disbursements, 1920-1924 (1 vol.) Loose on Shelf 15
Town Treasurer’s receipt book, 1869 ( 1 vol. ) Loose on Shelf 15

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