Eau Claire State Normal School
Dates
- Existence: 1916 - 1927
Historical Note
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire opened its doors in the fall of 1916 as the Eau Claire State Normal School. A single building, now known as Schofield Hall, was constructed on a 12-acre site donated by the city of Eau Claire. With a student body of 159 and a faculty of 20, the school offered one- and two-year elementary and three-year secondary teachers' courses, and a principal's course. Although the education of teachers was the mission of the institution, from the beginning it made available two years of general education or pre-professional study for persons not expecting to teach. Harvey A. Schofield was the first president of the new school, and his leadership saw it through the first 25 critical years of its existence.
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Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur J. Fox Papers, 1939-1948
Arthur Julius Fox, one of the original faculty members of the Eau Claire State Normal School, was a former registrar and dean of instruction at Eau Claire State Teachers College. He retired in 1948 after 32 years of service at the college. This collection includes the general correspondence of A.J. Fox from 1939 to 1948 as well as his Teacher’s Program and Service Reports, his transcript from the University of Chicago, and newspaper clippings of his death in 1958.
Building Dedication Programs Collection, 1916-2014
Business Records of the Eau Claire State Normal School, 1910-1940
Miscellaneous business records of the Eau Claire State Normal School. Includes payrolls, cash receipts, expenditures, bills paid, refunds, and alphabetized student records. The University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire was founded in 1916 as Eau Claire State Normal School.
Centennial Celebration Planning Committee Records, 2014-2020
Planning files of the Centennial Celebration Planning Committee, event timelines, budgets, promotional material, publications, and memorabilia documenting UW-Eau Claire’s Centennial Celebration prior to and during the 2016-2017 school year. Includes digital materials.
Centennial Oral History Collection, 2012-2013
Oral history interviews conducted by students and staff, prior to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Centennial in 2016. The interviews cover a wide range of topics related to the history of the school. Includes digital materials.
Eau Claire Normal School/State Teachers' College Clippings, 1913-1950
Newspaper clippings and a pamphlet regarding the establishment and growth of the Eau Claire State Normal School and the Eau Claire State Teachers College. A 1913 pamphlet entitled “WHY the Normal School at Eau Claire Should Be Constructed NOW” outlines the “urgent need” for the school in the Chippewa Valley. Newspaper clippings document the growth and development of the Eau Claire Normal School, which evolved into the Eau Claire State Teachers College in 1927.
Eugene R. McPhee Papers, 1923-1966, 2003-2004
After service in World War II, Eugene R. McPhee became director of teacher training at Eau Claire until leaving for Madison in 1948. Contains personal and professional papers of McPhee’s military career in the United States as well as while he was stationed in Italy. McPhee’s thesis and other documents from his educational career. There are early University of Wisconsin -- Eau Claire financial documents regarding scholarships, memorials and other aspects of the university.
Jeanette Gaffney Miller Papers, 1922-1930
This collection contains primarily memorabilia from Jeanette Gaffney Miller’s attendance at the Eau Claire State Normal School, class of 1928. Included are passes used for dances, homecoming programs and sporting events, and the regulations for the housing of women students at the normal school.
Laura Sutherland Papers, 1924-1964
Professor emeritus Laura Sutherland, an Eau Claire Normal School graduate and professor of history from 1921-1959, was commissioned to research and write a history of Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire in anticipation of the Golden Jubilee of WSU-EC in 1965-1966. This collection includes the chapters of her manuscript and reviewer comments, including comments by Dr. Richard Hibbard and Dr. Leonard Haas.
Media Development Center Negatives, 1916-2005 (bulk 1960-2005)
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