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Wisconsin State University-Eau Claire

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1964 - 1971

Historical Note

In June 1964, the Board of Regents gave university standing to the state colleges, and the institution at Eau Claire was renamed Wisconsin State University-Eau Claire. Three schools within the university structure were created in 1964: Arts and Sciences, Education and Graduate Studies. In 1965 the School of Nursing was formed, and in 1966 the School of Business. Under President Leonard Haas's leadership, a $50 million building program was realized. Seven additional residence halls, including the 1,242-bed Towers Hall, and two food and recreational centers — Crest Commons and Hilltop Center — increased the amenities of student life and created an upper campus. The W.R. Davies University Center, built in 1959, was doubled in size in 1964. The L.E. Phillips Science Hall was opened in 1964 and expanded in 1968-69. Schneider Social Science Hall was occupied in 1967, the McPhee Physical Education Center and School of Nursing Building in 1969,and the Fine Arts Building in 1970. A six-story addition to the W.D. McIntyre Library was completed in 1971.

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Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Adolph Maassen Agrarian Reformers and Farmers Union Collection, 1935-1973

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 298
Summary Papers and reel-to-reel audio tapes related to Adolph Maassen’s Oral History interview project, interviewing leaders in Wisconsin and Minnesota from farm organizations, cooperatives, labor unions, and who had a hand in with pieces of new legislation, that played key roles in changes for rural communities during the 20th century. Contains a list of and biographical information about interviewees, interview questions, correspondence, transcripts for some of the interviews, and notes pertaining...
Dates: 1935-1973

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

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

Howard Lutz Papers, circa 1951-1988

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 278
Summary Professional papers of UW-Eau Claire History Department faculty member Howard Lutz, 1957-1989. Lutz helped develop the Scandinavian Studies program and was a conscientious objector in World War II. During the Vietnam era, he opposed the creation of a ROTC program at UW--Eau Claire and counseled students seeking conscientious objector status. Papers include information about Lutz’s pacifistic and protest activities on campus during the Vietnam War and his involvement in university committees...
Dates: circa 1951-1988

Inter-Cultural Education Program Records, 1969-1972

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 125
Summary The Inter-Cultural Education Program was a summer program at the WSU-EC Campus School for minority group and educationally disadvantaged youth from the Racine, Black River Falls, Hayward, and Eau Claire areas, to improve children’s skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing through various methods and to appreciate their own and other cultures. Includes reports, evaluations, staff and student lists, instruction materials, correspondence, host family information, budgets, proposals,...
Dates: 1969-1972

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

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)

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Cabaret 1
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Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin 1
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Council Oak Tree 1
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