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Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1951 - 1964

Historical Note

In 1951, the Board of Regents authorized the college to grant bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees in liberal arts, and the official name of the college became Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire. A degree program in medical technology began in 1955; teacher education programs were augmented in 1958 by courses for the training of teachers of special education and by specialization in junior high school and business education. In 1952, a complex of four buildings — campus laboratory school, little theater, education building and field house — was completed, marking the first major campus development since the construction of the original building. Expansion of the college campus was made possible through the gift from the city of Eau Claire of the 200-acre Putnam Park, and the purchase of 23 additional acres for the upper campus in 1958.

Topics

Found in 35 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

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

Charlotte Goodner American Indian Artifacts Collection, 1870-1965

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 352
Summary

Native American (Menominee, Sioux, Seminole) artifacts, published writings, and photographs collected by Charlotte Goodner. Goodner lived in Shawano, Wisconsin, near the Menominee Indian Reservation, and collected the artifacts, which she donated to the university in 1961.

Dates: 1870-1965

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

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

Lester Emans Papers, 1938-1974

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 296
Summary Professional papers of Lester Emans, an administrator at the Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire/Wisconsin State University-Eau Claire from 1946-1969. He served as the Dean of the School of Education and Dean of Graduate Studies. Emans also served as president of the Wisconsin Association for Student Teaching in 1957, was chairman of the Wisconsin Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards from 1960-1965, president of the Wisconsin Education Association, and he worked in...
Dates: 1938-1974

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Student Housing--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 4
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University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Alumni and Alumnae 4
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Campus School (Eau Claire, Wis.) 3
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Financial Records 3
Meeting Minutes 3
Newspapers 3
Organization Files 3
Periscope 3
Putnam Park (Eau Claire, Wis.) 3
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Ecumenical Religious Center 2
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Schneider Social Science Hall 2
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Shawano, Wis. 2
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Teachers--Training of – Wisconsin 2
The Spectator 2
Theater 2
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Upper Campus 2
Viennese Ball 2
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Wisconsin 2
Academic Affairs Commission 1
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Admissions, College 1
Affirmative Action Programs--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 1
Alcohol Task Force 1
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 1
Artists Series 1
Basketball coaches – Wisconsin – Eau Claire 1
Beaver Dam, Wis. 1
Bookstore 1
Budgets 1
Bulletins 1
Business schools—Accreditation—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 1
Cabaret 1
Calendars 1
Carson Park (Eau Claire, Wis.) 1
Centennial Hall 1
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