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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.

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Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Eau Claire Area Committee and Citizen Advisory Council Records, 1946-1983

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 139
Summary The Eau Claire Area Committee and Citizen Advisory Council was a committee of citizens from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and the surrounding communities, formed to help disseminate information about the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and it's predecessors to the primary region from which the institution draws its students. President William R. Davies created the Area Advisory Committee in 1945-1946. After the creation of the University of Wisconsin System in 1971-'72, the committee was...
Dates: 1946-1983

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

Haas Oral History Interviews Project, 1985-1991

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 345
Summary The Haas Oral History Interviews Project comprises interview tapes and transcribed interviews of interviews conducted by Chancellor Leonard C. Haas and University Archivist Richard Pifer between 1985 to 1988 about the history and development of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Haas’s tenure at the university ranged from 1931 into the 1980s, starting as a student, then faculty member/administrative staff, and President and Chancellor from 1959-1971 and 1973-1980. With Haas planning to...
Dates: 1985-1991

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

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)

Owen American Indian Artifacts Collection, 1870-1965

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 353
Summary

Native American (Menominee, Winnebago, Pueblo) artifacts collected by Owen. Many of Owen’s artifacts were displayed in Schneider Social Science Hall on the university campus, with the Charlotte Goodner American Indian Artifacts Collection.

Dates: 1870-1965

Prom Planning Records, 1929-1952

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 087
Summary

Contains records related to the planning of the prom from the first prom in 1929 through 1952. Also included are the dance cards/programs from the 1929 Prom through the 1947 Prom.

Dates: 1929-1952

Ration Board Cards, 1941-1945

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 243
Summary

The majority of the collection features correspondence and forms related to Certificates of War Necessity and gas rationing for the university vehicles mainly during WWII. A small amount of correspondence and forms related to the purchase of a Ford pickup truck and obtainment of a certificate of title for it by the university in 1943 and 1944.

Dates: 1941-1945

Records of Kappa Pi (Gamma Delta Chapter), 1930-1964

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 089
Summary

Gamma Delta Chapter of the Kappa Pi Fraternity was installed as a charter member of the National Honorary Art Fraternity in April 1957. Membership required ten semester art credits with a 3.0 grade point average, an overall scholastic average of 2.4, and one-year membership in the college art club. Kappa Pi published two national magazines and one newsletter annually.

Dates: 1930-1964 (bulk 1957-1964)

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Eau Claire (Wis.) 18
Correspondence 16
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire--History 15
Chancellor 8
Faculty 8
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University Records 8
University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire--Students 8
Financial Records 7
Athletics 6
Commencement 6
Meeting Minutes 6
Photographs 6
Programs 6
Publications 6
Schofield Hall 6
Audio recordings 5
President 5
Staff 5
Student Organizations 5
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Curricula 5
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire-Sports 5
World War II 5
Committee Reports 4
Homecoming 4
Interviews 4
Newspaper clippings 4
Organization Files 4
Scrapbooks 4
Student Housing--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 4
Transcripts 4
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Alumni and Alumnae 4
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire--Public relations 4
Annual Reports 3
Art 3
Brochures 3
Campus School (Eau Claire, Wis.) 3
Davies Student Center 3
Eau Claire (Wis.)–History 3
McIntyre Library 3
Newsletters 3
Newspapers 3
Periscope 3
Putnam Park (Eau Claire, Wis.) 3
School records 3
Student Life 3
Student activities—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 3
Student publications -- University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire 3
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Centennial Celebrations, etc 3
Yearbooks 3
Accreditation (Education) 2
Basketball—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 2
Budgets 2
Buildings 2
Business Records 2
Catalogs 2
College Student Government--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 2
College publications--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 2
Constitution 2
Ecumenical Religious Center 2
Education--Wisconsin--History 2
Films 2
Football 2
Freshman Beanies 2
Haas Fine Arts Center 2
Hibbard Humanities Hall 2
Indians of North America—Wisconsin. 2
Lower Campus 2
McPhee Physical Education Center 2
Menominee Indians 2
Music 2
National Council for Accrediation of Teacher Education 2
Native Americans 2
Office Files 2
Oral Histories 2
Personal Papers 2
Reports 2
Schneider Social Science Hall 2
School of Nursing Building 2
Shawano, Wis. 2
Summer Times 2
Teachers Colleges – Wisconsin – History 2
Teachers--Training of – Wisconsin 2
The Spectator 2
Theater 2
Towers Hall 2
Universities and colleges -- Wisconsin -- Eau Claire – Curricula 2
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Buildings 2
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Finance 2
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire—Administration 2
University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire--Planning 2
Upper Campus 2
Viennese Ball 2
Winter Carnival 2
Wisconsin 2
Zorn Arena 2
Academic Affairs Commission 1
Academics 1
Administrative Records 1
Admissions, College 1
Affirmative Action Programs--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 1
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