collection

Samuel W. Campbell. Papers, 1881-1931.

• 1862-1931 (creation)

1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes)

Papers of a general store operator in Minnesota, minor Republican politician, and Indian Agent at the La Pointe Reservation, Ashland, Wisconsin.
Included is correspondence, financial and legal papers, and other records primarily concerning his work as Indian Agent, 1898-1912. Campbell was forced to resign this post as a result of controversy surrounding his handling of Indian monies from timber sales. The collection documents this controversy as well as such subjects as the regulation of liquor, the education of Indian children, appointments, Campbell's Civil War service in the 135th and 109th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.

COLLECTION STORED, ALL or IN-PART, AT ARC: Collection can be requested for transfer through the Area Research Center (ARC) Network, consult Reading Room Staff.

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright may have not been transferred to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

• United States -- Army -- Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 109th (1862-1865) -- Company I United States -- Army -- Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 135th (1862-1863) -- Company I Ojibwa Indians General stores -- Minnesota Indian agents -- Wisconsin Indians of North America -- Wisconsin La Pointe (Wis.) United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1861-1865

• Wisconsin -- La Pointe Wisconsin United States Minnesota

• Campbell, Samuel W. (creation)
• Campbell, Samuel W., (1881) (Subject)

• business records.