Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875

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Increase Allen Lapham (1811-1875), scientist and scholar of Milwaukee, Wis., was a keen observer and prolific recorder of geographical, topographical, botanical, climactic, and other physical aspects of the state of Wisconsin. He served as President of the State Historical Society and State Geologist and was influential in urging the establishment of a weather bureau in 1869.

From the description of Antiquities of Wisconsin, 1850-1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207149049

Increase A. Lapham, an early pioneer, was a civil engineer, naturalist, and cartographer, and is considered the founder of the United States Weather Bureau.

From the description of Papers, 1836-1978 bulk 1836-1875. (Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee). WorldCat record id: 25956608
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creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Geological map of Wisconsin prepared for Walling's atlas / by I.A. Lapham, state geologist, 1874. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. [Landowners in the vicinity of Iron Ridge Village, Dodge Co., Wis.] Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. The antiquities of Wisconsin, as examined and surveyed [microform] / by I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Map of northern Illinois and the surveyed part of Wisconsin / by I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Papers 1834-1875. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. [Sections of the Blue Mounds] / [I.A. Lapham]. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Floyd, George Rogers Clark, 1781- . Papers, 1840-1849, 1875-1878. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Papers, 1836-1978 bulk 1836-1875. Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Profile from summit of Blue Mound 3 miles south / [I.A. Lapham]. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Milwaukee & Waukesha R.R. : sketch showing proposed routes from Milwaukee River to lime quarry at Milwaukee, Wis. / reconnaissance and report by I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Tuckerman, Edward, 1817-1886. A synopsis of the lichenes of New England, the other northern states, and British America, 1848-1870 / by Edward Tuckerman. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. [Map of Jefferson, Waukesha, and Milwaukee Counties] / [Increase Allen Lapham]. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Iron mines in T.11 R.16, Dodge Co., Wis. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Milwaukee County with names of land owners / I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Daniels, Edward. Papers, 1834-1900. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Love, William De Loss, 1819-1898. Papers, 1860-1881. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Iron Ridge Station : surveyed April 1868 / [by I.A. Lapham]. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. A geological, topographical, and subterranean map of the Brigham Lead Mines near the Blue Mounds, Wisconsin / by I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. [Maps of the Blue Mounds] / I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Strong, Moses McCure, 1810-1894. Papers, 1774-1894. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Map of Wisconsin showing the progress of the State Geological Survey under the direction of I.A. Lapham., chief during the years 1873-1874. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Commuck, Thomas, Brotherton Indian, d. 1856?. Letter, 1851. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Baird and Baker papers, 1845-1918 Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Letters to Thomas Morong, 1874-1888 Botany Libraries
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Letter : Milwaukee, to the secretary of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass., 1849 Nov. 26. Texas Christian University
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Milwaukee / I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. [Sections of the Blue Mounds showing denudation] / [I.A. Lapham]. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Increase A. Lapham collection, 1870-1964. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Journal : newspaper clippings, 1827-1829. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Wisconsin. Governor. Correspondence and letterbooks : Special, 1840-1914. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Map of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal / drawn by I.A. Lapham, Engineer, M & RR Canal. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Map of the Penokee Iron Range near Lake Superior - Wisconsin / by I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Map of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal / by I.A. Lapham, engineer. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Increase Allen Lapham papers, 1857-1858, 1899, 1924. Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Copy of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, Wisc., water routes from the Mississippi to the Lakes by Maj. D.C. Houston, corps of engineers, U.S.A. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Baird and Baker papers, 1845-1918 Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. [Wisconsin and northern Minnesota / from the I.A. Lapham collection]. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County (Milwaukee County, Wis.). Records, 1815-1946. Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Menomonee Reserve / I.A. Lapham collection. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. A map of Wisconsin [showing the 1829 route of Doty, Martin, and Baird from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien] / by I.A. Lapham ; H. Seifert, Milwaukee. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Tuckerman, Edward, 1817-1886. Correspondence, 1832-1873. Gadsden Public Library
referencedIn Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867. Letter : Washington, D.C., to I[ncrease] [Allen] Lapham, Milwaukee, Wis., 1862 Apr. 16. Texas Christian University
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. A map of Wisconsin with the relative population (pr. square mile) as shown by the State census 1865 / by I.A. Lapham L.L.D. ; H. Seifert, Milwaukee. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867. Letter : Washington, D.C., to I[ncrease] [Allen] Lapham, Milwaukee, Wis., 1862 Apr. 16. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Journal : newspaper clippings, [ca. 1827-1829]. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Perkins, John T. Perkins' Addition to the city of Milwaukee / [laid out by] John T. Perkins ; [surveyed by] Joseph Clarke, deputy surveyor 2nd ward, Milwaukee. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Milwaukee land district / by I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Tenney, Horace A. (Horace Addison), 1820-1906. Papers, 1797-1929. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Township no. 21 N, range no. 4 W, 4th Mer. [and] township no. 21 N, range no. 3 W, 4th Mer., [Wisconsin / made by I.A. Lapham]. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Tuckerman, Edward. A Synopsis of the Lichenes of New England, the Other Northern States, and British America, 1853-1870 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Profile [of Blue Mounds] / [I.A. Lapham]. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Increase A. Lapham papers, 1825-1930. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Map of the Penokee Iron Range, near Lake Superior - Wisconsin / by I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. [Oconomowoc lake district / I.A. Lapham]. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Map or plat of the dam of the Kilbourn Manufacturing Company : also a section of the Wisconsin River above and below the same / as surveyed and drafted by E. Norris, civil engineer ; [drawn by I.A. Lapham]. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Town of Milwaukee / I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf [Increase Allen Lapham, biographical materials] University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Oconomowoc Lake, 1875 / I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Milwaukee County - Wisconsin / I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Gerlach, Fritz. Drawings, undated. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891. Correspondence with Prof. E. A. Lapham, Ann Arbor, Nov. 5, 1861, Jan. 17, 1862, July 28, 1862 / A. Winchell. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. [Map of the Wisconsin River near Kilbourn City, Wis.] / I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Antiquities of Wisconsin, 1850-1855. American Antiquarian Society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Town 13, range 3 E. / from the I.A. Lapham collection. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Letter : Milwaukee, to the secretary of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass., 1849 Nov. 26. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn Kennicott, Robert, 1835-1866. Robert Kennicott and family papers, 1852-1975 (bulk 1852-1866). Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. A map of Wisconsin [with Gold Region] / by I.A. Lapham L.L.D. ; H. Seifert, Milwaukee. Wisconsin historical society
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. Town 11 Range 16, [sections 12 and 13, showing iron mines at Iron Ridge, Dodge Co., Wis.] Wisconsin historical society
referencedIn Lapham, Julia A., 1841- . Genealogical papers, 1838-1915. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875. [Map of east half of Waukesha County, Wis.] / I.A. Lapham. Wisconsin historical society
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