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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 25 Collections and/or Records:

University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire School of Education Campus School Records, 1940-1986

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 058
Summary

Records of the Campus School at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, first known as the “model school” when the Eau Claire State Normal School opened in 1916. Records reflect curriculum, teacher training methods, construction of the new laboratory school and campus school complex in 1952, campus school studies, termination of the training school program, and rental of the campus school building by the Eau Claire County public school system when the school closed in 1973.

Dates: 1940-1986

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Senate Materials, 1924-1990

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 082
Summary Various materials of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Senate and its predecessors. Includes meeting minutes, Student Council constitution, notes, and financial records of the Eau Claire State Normal School and Eau Claire State Teachers College, 1924-1929. Includes constitutions and a Student Government meeting minutes and records ledger book for the Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire, 1949-1961. Also includes a UW-Eau Claire thirty-third Student Senate yearbook booklet...
Dates: 1924-1990

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Undergraduate Catalogs, 1916-2025

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 067
Summary

Descriptions of annual undergraduate course offerings at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and its predecessor institutions. Includes digital collections.

Dates: 1916-2025

University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire Office of the Chancellor Accreditation Records, 1925-2016

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 100
Summary Studies, reports, and correspondence relating to accreditation, including North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools; Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. For the early years, 1927-1952, the records consist primarily of correspondence and reports regarding certification by the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. After 1950, the institution was accredited by North Central, and the series changes in character. It contains less correspondence and a...
Dates: 1925-2016

UW-Eau Claire Office of Business Affairs General Subject Files, 1916-1958

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 003
Summary

Subject files of the Office of Business Affairs for Eau Claire State Normal School, Eau Claire State Teachers College, and Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire, 1916-1958. Contains lists of receipts and expenditures for activity funds and student activities, college calendars, student government meeting minutes, audit statements, and Army Air Forces Training Unit files (1943-1945).

Dates: 1916-1958

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Eau Claire (Wis.) 13
Correspondence 12
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire--History 9
Financial Records 6
University Records 6
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Chancellor 5
Faculty 4
Photographs 4
Programs 4
Schofield Hall 4
University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire--Students 4
World War II 4
Audio recordings 3
Buildings 3
Campus School (Eau Claire, Wis.) 3
Commencement 3
Interviews 3
Lower Campus 3
McIntyre Library 3
Meeting Minutes 3
Publications 3
Staff 3
Transcripts 3
Accreditation (Education) 2
Athletics 2
Budgets 2
Business Records 2
Committee Reports 2
Davies Student Center 2
Dormitories--Wisconsin 2
Eau Claire State Normal School -- History. 2
Education--Wisconsin--History 2
Haas Fine Arts Center 2
Hibbard Humanities Hall 2
Homecoming 2
Music 2
National Council for Accrediation of Teacher Education 2
Newspaper clippings 2
Office Files 2
Oral Histories 2
Periscope 2
President 2
Putnam Park (Eau Claire, Wis.) 2
Residence Hall 2
School records 2
Scrapbooks 2
Student Housing--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 2
Student Organizations 2
Teachers Colleges – Wisconsin – History 2
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Alumni and Alumnae 2
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Centennial Celebrations, etc 2
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Finance 2
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire-Sports 2
Upper Campus 2
Yearbooks 2
Zorn Arena 2
Admissions, College 1
Annual Reports 1
Applications 1
Army Air Forces Training 1
Art 1
Audits 1
Aviation 1
Basketball—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 1
Books 1
Bookstore 1
Brochures 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 Government--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 1
College student newspapers and periodicals--Wisconsin--Eau Claire. 1
College students – Wisconsin – Eau Claire 1
Constitution 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
Inventories 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
Memorabilia 1
Memorial Hall 1
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