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Eau Claire State Teachers College

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1927 - 1951

Historical Note

In 1927, the name changed from Eau Claire State Normal School to Eau Claire State Teachers College, with authorization to offer four years of higher education and to grant the degree of bachelor of education. In the same year, Eau Claire State Teachers College was accredited by the American Association of Teachers Colleges. In 1937 it was authorized to grant the bachelor of science in education degree. In 1946, 20 acres atop the bluff overlooking the campus were acquired to provide for future physical education facilities. This was the first substantial increase in campus size since the founding of the school. The 1940s also were marked by the institution of programs of orientation for freshmen, the inauguration of the faculty advisement system for upperclassmen, and the advancement of teacher education and extension services. The adoption by the faculty of a philosophy of general education paved the way for accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1950.

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Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

A Cappella Choir Collection, 1928-1945

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 245
Summary

This collection consists of pictures, membership lists, newspaper articles, show programs, and other materials related to the A Cappella Choir during its biggest period of success under the direction of music teacher Clara Mae Ward.

Dates: 1928-1945

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

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 Area Committee Records, 1946-1974

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 139
Summary Meeting minutes, correspondence, and organizational records of the Eau Claire Area Committee (1946-1973), a committee of citizens from Eau Claire and the surrounding communities, formed to help disseminate information about the university to the primary region from which the institution draws its students and form better relations. President William R. Davies created the Area Advisory Committee in 1945. After the creation of the University of Wisconsin System, the committee was replaced by...
Dates: 1946-1974

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

Grace Walsh Papers, 1931-1994

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 551
Summary

The collection contains financial records, programs, reel-to-reel audio tapes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, awards, some correspondence, and other general files related to the forensics and debate programs at the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Includes files created by and pertaining personally to Grace Walsh, a professor and director of speech and forensics from 1944-1980.

Dates: 1931-1994

Memorial Hall Materials, 1946-continuing

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 483
Summary Records relating to Memorial Hall, first residence hall on the Eau Claire State Teachers College campus in 1947. It was originally the Dulany Mansion of lumber baron Daniel Dulany, located on the northwest corner of State Street and Garfield Avenue. It became a men’s dormitory in 1955 when a new women’s dormitory was built. When Memorial Hall was demolished, some of the stained-glass windows and wood trim were saved to decorate the Dulany Inn restaurant in the UW-Eau Claire Davies Student...
Dates: 1946-continuing

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Correspondence 14
Eau Claire (Wis.) 10
Programs 6
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire--History 6
Newspaper clippings 5
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World War II 5
Chancellor 4
Commencement 4
Faculty 4
Photographs 4
Schofield Hall 4
Scrapbooks 4
Athletics 3
Audio recordings 3
Campus School (Eau Claire, Wis.) 3
Davies Student Center 3
Eau Claire (Wis.)–History 3
Lower Campus 3
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire--Public relations 3
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire-Sports 3
University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire--Students 3
Accreditation (Education) 2
Annual Reports 2
Brochures 2
Budgets 2
Buildings 2
Committee Reports 2
Dormitories--Wisconsin 2
Dulany Inn 2
Films 2
Financial Records 2
Freshman Beanies 2
Haas Fine Arts Center 2
Hibbard Humanities Hall 2
Homecoming 2
Interviews 2
McPhee Physical Education Center 2
Meeting Minutes 2
National Council for Accrediation of Teacher Education 2
Newsletters 2
Newspapers 2
Organization Files 2
Personal Papers 2
President 2
Publications 2
Residence Hall 2
Schneider Social Science Hall 2
School of Nursing Building 2
Student Life 2
Student Organizations 2
United States--National Youth Administration 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--Curricula 2
Upper Campus 2
Winter Carnival 2
Yearbooks 2
Academics 1
Administrative Records 1
Admissions, College 1
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 1
Basketball coaches – Wisconsin – Eau Claire 1
Basketball—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 1
Beaver Dam, Wis. 1
Business schools—Accreditation—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 1
Calendars 1
Carson Park (Eau Claire, Wis.) 1
Catalogs 1
Centennial Hall 1
Choir 1
Choruses 1
Choruses, Unaccompanied 1
Citizen Advisory Committee 1
College publications--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 1
College student newspapers and periodicals--Wisconsin--Eau Claire. 1
College students—Health and hygiene—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 1
College students—Medical care—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 1
Council Oak Tree 1
Crest Wellness Center 1
Debates and Debating--Wisconsin--Eau Claire. 1
Deeds 1
Easement 1
Eau Claire Area Committee 1
Eau Claire State Normal School -- History. 1
Ecumenical Religious Center 1
Education, Higher -- Wisconsin. 1
Education--Wisconsin--History 1
Ephemera 1
Football 1
Footbridge 1
Forensics (Public speaking)--Wisconsin--Eau Claire. 1
Grants 1
Handbooks 1
Hilltop 1
Human Sciences and Services Building 1
Katharine Thomas Hall 1
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970 1
Kjer Theatre 1
L.E. Phillips Science Hall 1
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