content="John F Dietz History in Sawyer County WI"> John F. Deitz


      

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THE PAPERS OF & MATERIALS RELATED TO JOHN F. DEITZ

Author/Creator:  Deitz, John F., 1861-1924. 
Title:                   Papers.
Quantity:    0.8 c.f., 34 photographs, 15 negatives, 56 transparencies, and 1 film
Summary: Papers relating to John Deitz and his family and the Cameron Dam incident in which Deitz and a Sawyer County,Wisconsin, posse engaged in a shoot-out in 1910.
Notes:       John Deitz used the spelling Deitz but his family later used the spelling Dietz.  Many publications concerning Deitz also use the spelling Dietz.
Finding aid:  Case file.
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Call Number:    M82-479
Shelf Location:  MAD 4 /46/G2
Description: Materials include copies of a scrapbook; a manuscript on the incident by Myra Dietz; a pamphlet, "The Story of John F. Dietz," by "A Lumberjack"; Sawyer County Registry, 1967; abstract of title for the Deitz land; and receipts, clippings, letters, and articles, 1904-1976.
                      Qty: 0.8 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 flat box)
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Call Number:    M83-351
Shelf Location:  MAD 4 /46/G2
Description: Sheet music for the song "Deitz Flag of Truce," written by Mrs. Charles Wilson, Milwaukee, WI, 1910. 
                      Qty: (1 item added to box)
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Call Number:    M83-258
Shelf Location:  MAD 4 /46/G2
Description: Copies of papers and clippings regarding Deitz and the
                      Cameron Dam incident. Dates: 1910s-1970s. 
                      Qty: (1 envelope added to box)
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Call Number:    M82-323
Shelf Location:  MAD 3M/46/A1
Description: Photographs related to John Deitz family and the Cameron Dam incident. In addition, there are images of logging the Deitz farm, the train station at Winter, Wis., and the family posed in front of their sideshow tent.  Also included are stills from a movie about the incident. 
                      Qty: 34 photographs
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Call Number:    M83-257
Shelf Location:  MAD 3M/48/D4 (Negatives and transparencies)
                        MAD 4 /97/Ref. 8  (Film)
Description: Negatives, transparencies, and a 35mm film related to John Deitz, his family, and the Cameron Dam incident. Included are lantern slides used by the Deitz family in their lectures about Deitz and the incident. 
                      Qty: 15 negatives, 61 transparencies, and 1 film