[WorldCat Entities]

"Additional accessions date ca. 1880-1935 for photographs, and 1853-1985 for papers. Additions, 1853-1985, consisting of family correspondence, legal documents, business records, and personal finance information. The legal documents include wills, deeds, and land contracts of several family members while the business records relate to the law practice of Horace Smith. Included also is documentation of the Horace Smith family's personal finances, principally during the Depression, and consist of bills, loans, and correspondence. The photographs include members of the Smith family and acquantances and many are unidentified"@en
"Papers documenting the life of multiple generations of a prominent De Pere family: principally Dominicus Jordan, his son-in-law B.F. Smith, grandsons A.G. Wells and Horace J. Smith, granddaughters Addie and "Lizzie" Smith, and great-grandson Robert C. (Pete) Smith. Included in the papers are the records of Jordan's general store, the business interests of A.G. Wells, records relating to B.F. Smith's interest in the lumber industry, and Horace J. Smith's work as an attorney. Correspondence files are extensive and include letters from Addie and Lizzie while attending Rockford Female Seminary in the 1880s, letters from Horace while he was a student at the University of Wisconsin, and correspondence from all five of Horace's children during their service in World War II."@en