Guide to the Kenneth R. Jenkerson Collection of La Crosse, Wisconsin Slides, circa 1930-2001

MSS 076

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Summary Information

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Administrative Information

Controlled Access Headings

Collection Inventory

Summary Information

Abstract

Kenneth R. Jenkerson (1945-2002) was a lifelong La Crosse, Wis., resident and local historian who had a passion for photography, printing, and local history. He was a frequent visitor to estate sales and auctions in the area. This collection of slides was among the items sold at auction after his death. Generally, the slides were taken by unknown people over a long period of time and were likely purchased by Jenkerson locally. Most images are of the La Crosse area but are generally not identified and some are not dated. The collection is arranged by alphabetically by subject. Larger categories include bridges, circus events, parades, farm and country scenes, and the river.

Collection Title

Kenneth R. Jenkerson Collection of La Crosse, Wisconsin Slides

Date of Materials

circa 1930-2001

Creator

Jenkerson, Kenneth R., 1945-2002

Call Number

MSS 076

Amount

3.2 cubic feet

Physical Description

8 archives boxes

Language of Materials

English

Repository

La Crosse Public Library Archives

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Biographical Note

Kenneth R. Jenkerson (1945-2002) grew up in a house on the 600 block of South Third Street in La Crosse. Growing up in one of the oldest parts of the city, he developed a passion for the past at an early age. Photographs and memorabilia of La Crosse, which he collected at auctions, yard sales or antique and estate sales, were of most interest to him. He was a believer in sharing collections and information. As a result, Jenkerson had a great impact on archival collections in the city allowing many more people to discover what he had about the past.

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Scope and Contents

The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject and include categories such as animals, art, bluffs and coulees, bridges, buildings and streets, business and industry, buttons, pins and business cards, cemeteries/headstones, events (subdivided into categories such as Christmas, circus, Halloween, parades, picnics, and weddings and the like), farm and country scenes, fires, floods, flowers, Fort McCoy, highways, La Crosse River Valley marsh, people and organizations (particularly strong for Rotary Club), politics/elections, river and boats, schools and classrooms, sheriff's dept., snow, sports, television (WKBT channel 8), and transportation.

The Rotary, Ralph Steele family and Channel 8 slides were in all likelihood taken by Ralph Steele who was very involved in the Rotary Club locally and beyond.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

La Crosse Public Library Archives 2005-2006

Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

Acquisitions Information

(Accession Nos. 2004.103, 2005.047, 2006.041) Purchased at Jenkerson Estate Auction in 2003; sorted and donated to the Library by Doug Connell, Dec. 2004, May 2005, and April 2006

Processing Information

Processed by Katie Adams and Anita Taylor Doering, May 2005; Margaret Donndelinger and Anita Taylor Doering updated, May 2006

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Controlled Access Headings

Geographic Name(s)

• La Crosse (Wis.)--History--Slides

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Collection Inventory