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Smith, John B

Wisconsin Names Index
Last Name, First Name, Middle Name, Suffix:
Smith, John B
Birth Year:
1811
Death Year:
1879
County:
Milwaukee

General Information

Source Title
Federal Writers Project (Wis.). Writings and Research Notes, 1935-1942.
Source Description
The Biographies in the Writings and Research Notes of the Federal Writers Project in Wisconsin, consist of three sets of records: complete biographies, rough drafts or "field notes" of biographies, and notes for biographies that were never written. Contents range from a single page to 100 or more. For more information about these records see the online finding aid for Wis Mss MM at http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000mm.
Source Notes
Field notes for biographical sketch.
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Wisconsin Names Index
Milwaukee
County

Wisconsin Name Index

The Wisconsin Name Index (WNI) is a searchable index of names found in various collections in the Library. These include:

  • About 150 county and local histories
  • Dozens of professional directories and biographical encyclopedias
  • More than 60 scrapbooks containing 30,000 obituaries from the “Wisconsin Necrology” scrapbooks
  • Selected articles from Wisconsin magazines and newspapers

Most items were published from 1870-1970.

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