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Eau Claire State Normal School

 Organization

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 20 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur J. Fox Papers, 1939-1948

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 181
Summary

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.

Dates: 1939-1948

Building Dedication Programs Collection, 1916-2014

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 253
Summary Programs, brochures, correspondence and news articles pertaining to dedications of many of the buildings on campus, for the original buildings and additions to buildings. Information pertains to: Allied Health and Clinical Services Center (Human Sciences and Services); Campus School complex (education building, physical education building (Zorn Arena), campus school, Kjer Theatre);W.R. Davies University Center; Ecumenical Religious Center; Haas Fines Arts Center; Hibbard Humanities Hall;...
Dates: 1916-2014

Business Records of the Eau Claire State Normal School, 1910-1940

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 006
Summary

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.

Dates: 1910-1940

Centennial Celebration Planning Committee Records, 2014-2020

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 606
Summary

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.

Dates: 2014-2020

Centennial Oral History Collection, 2012-2013

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 347
Summary

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.

Dates: 2012-2013

Eau Claire Normal School/State Teachers' College Clippings, 1913-1950

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 301
Summary

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.

Dates: 1913-1950

Eugene R. McPhee Papers, 1923-1966, 2003-2004

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 249
Summary

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.

Dates: 1923-1973, 2003-2004

Jeanette Gaffney Miller Papers, 1922-1930

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 239
Summary

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.

Dates: 1922-1930

Laura Sutherland Papers, 1924-1964

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 160
Summary

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.

Dates: 1924-1964

Media Development Center Negatives, 1916-2005 (bulk 1960-2005)

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 104
Summary The Media Development Center provides photographic, audio, videotape, and graphic services to the University community. In 1955, a faculty member was appointed Director of Audio-Visual Aids to assist the faculty in preparing film orders and evaluating equipment. A full-fledged Audio-Visual Services department existed by the early 1960s and was responsible for audio-visual instruction, equipment purchase and distribution, offset duplicating, production of educational materials, and...
Dates: 1916-2005 (bulk 1960-2005)

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Correspondence 10
Eau Claire (Wis.) 9
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire--History 5
Chancellor 4
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Programs 4
World War II 4
Buildings 3
Campus School (Eau Claire, Wis.) 3
Commencement 3
Faculty 3
Lower Campus 3
Publications 3
Schofield Hall 3
University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire--Students 3
Accreditation (Education) 2
Athletics 2
Audio recordings 2
Committee Reports 2
Davies Student Center 2
Dormitories--Wisconsin 2
Eau Claire State Normal School -- History. 2
Education--Wisconsin--History 2
Financial Records 2
Haas Fine Arts Center 2
Hibbard Humanities Hall 2
Homecoming 2
Interviews 2
McIntyre Library 2
Music 2
National Council for Accrediation of Teacher Education 2
Newspaper clippings 2
Periscope 2
Putnam Park (Eau Claire, Wis.) 2
Residence Hall 2
School records 2
Scrapbooks 2
Staff 2
Student Housing--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 2
Teachers Colleges – Wisconsin – History 2
University Records 2
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Alumni and Alumnae 2
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Centennial Celebrations, etc 2
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire-Sports 2
Upper Campus 2
Yearbooks 2
Admissions, College 1
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 1
Annual Reports 1
Applications 1
Art 1
Aviation 1
Basketball—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 1
Books 1
Bookstore 1
Brochures 1
Budgets 1
Business schools—Accreditation—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 1
Cabaret 1
Calendars 1
Carson Park (Eau Claire, Wis.) 1
Catalogs 1
Centennial Hall 1
Chicago, Illinois 1
College student newspapers and periodicals--Wisconsin--Eau Claire. 1
College students – Wisconsin – Eau Claire 1
Council Oak Tree 1
Deeds 1
Dulany Inn 1
Easement 1
Eau Claire (Wis.)–History 1
Ecumenical Religious Center 1
Education, Higher -- Wisconsin. 1
Football 1
Freshman Beanies 1
Glass Plate Negatives 1
Grants 1
Holcombe, Wisconsin 1
Human Sciences and Services Building 1
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970 1
Kjer Theatre 1
L.E. Phillips Science Hall 1
Laboratory schools-Wisconsin-Eau Claire 1
Land acquisitions 1
McPhee Physical Education Center 1
Meeting Minutes 1
Memorabilia 1
Memorial Hall 1
Military records 1
Naval Air Reserve Anacostia D.C. 1
Negatives 1
Newspapers 1
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools 1
Office Files 1
Oral Histories 1
Oriental Garden 1
Orientation 1
Pamphlets 1
Payroll Records 1
Personal Papers 1
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