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University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1971 - Present

Historical Note

With the merger of the Wisconsin State University System and the University of Wisconsin System, completed in 1971, the name of the institution was changed to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. A new academic building, the Richard E. Hibbard Humanities Hall, opened in 1974. In 1977, construction on a major addition to Davies Center was completed. In 1982, the Allied Health and Clinical Services Building on the north bank of the Chippewa River was completed. Construction of an addition to the Nursing Building was begun. The addition opened for occupancy in the summer of 1985. In recent years, the lower campus was transformed by the construction of the new W.R. Davies Student Center, completed in 2012; Centennial Hall, completed in late 2013 and occupied in early 2014; the renovation of Garfield Avenue along the Chippewa River on lower campus; the renovation and building of new residence halls on upper campus; and the demolition of Katharine Thomas and Putnam residence halls on lower campus in fall of 2022, to build a new Science and Health Sciences building to replace L.E. Phillips Science Hall.

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Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Assistant Chancellor for Budget and Development Budget Records, 1919-1975

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 005
Summary

Budget records for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and its predecessors, and UW-System budget reference materials, 1917-1975.

Dates: 1919-1975

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

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

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)

The Periscope Supplements, 1963-1972, 1975

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 131
Summary

The Periscope Supplements are smaller yearbooks that supplement the annual university yearbook the Periscope, during the years 1963 – 1972, 1975. The supplements provide information and photographs of end of spring semester, and into summer, school year activities, sports, commencement photographs, and campus projects and new campus buildings, as these events would not typically be featured in the annual Periscope.

Dates: 1963-1972, 1975

University Archives Photograph Collection, 1916-2011

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 279
Summary A collection of over 2000 photographs focusing on the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire. The collection includes images of university buildings, various campus scenes, athletics, student organizations, student activities, programs and special events, ceremonies, and people (identified and unidentified students, staff, faculty, administrators, dignitaries, and campus visitors). The collection is arranged into eight series: buildings, athletics, student organizations, campus and student...
Dates: 1916-2011

University Historical Films, 1934-1994

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 599
Summary

Reel to reel films documenting various events at the Eau Claire State Teachers College (1927-1951), Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire (1951-1964), Wisconsin State University-Eau Claire (1964-1971), and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, dating from 1934 to post 1976. Some of these films are available digitally at: University Historical Films

Dates: 1934-1994

University of Wisconsin -- Eau Claire Commencement Materials, 1917-2025

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 113
Summary University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire commencement materials ranging from 1917 when the first commencement was held for Eau Claire State Normal School in June 1917 to the present. Much of the collection contains commencement day programs with schedules for commencement and other related events. Also contains information about baccalaureate service programs, honors week, the history of the UW-Eau Claire hood, graduation accounting reports for 1973-1981, and other materials ranging from 1961-1977...
Dates: 1917-2025

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Audio recordings 4
Periscope 4
Student Housing--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 4
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Alumni and Alumnae 4
Art 3
Campus School (Eau Claire, Wis.) 3
Correspondence 3
Football 3
Interviews 3
Oral Histories 3
Photographs 3
President 3
Putnam Park (Eau Claire, Wis.) 3
Student activities—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 3
Transcripts 3
University Records 3
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Centennial Celebrations, etc 3
Viennese Ball 3
Winter Carnival 3
Artists Series 2
Basketball—Wisconsin—Eau Claire 2
Buildings 2
Cabaret 2
Council Oak Tree 2
Davies Student Center 2
Financial Records 2
Footbridge 2
Freshman Beanies 2
Hilltop 2
Katharine Thomas Hall 2
McIntyre Library 2
McPhee Physical Education Center 2
Music 2
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Publications 2
Schneider Social Science Hall 2
School of Nursing Building 2
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Student Organizations 2
Student publications -- University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire 2
The Forum Series 2
The Spectator 2
Theater 2
Towers Hall 2
Universities and colleges—Wisconsin—Eau Claire—History 2
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire--Buildings 2
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire—Administration 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 2
World War II 2
Academic Disciplines 1
Affirmative Action Programs--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 1
Annual Reports 1
Blugold Marching Band 1
Bookstore 1
Brewer Hall 1
Bridgman Hall 1
Budgets 1
Business Records 1
By-laws (administrative records) 1
Calendars 1
Carson Park (Eau Claire, Wis.) 1
Chippewa River 1
Civil Liberties 1
College student newspapers and periodicals--Wisconsin--Eau Claire. 1
College teachers--Wisconsin--Eau Claire 1
Conscious objectors – United States – Wisconsin – Eau Claire 1
Construction 1
Crest Wellness Center 1
Cross Country Running - Wisconsin - Eau Claire 1
Debates and Debating--Wisconsin--Eau Claire. 1
Dormitories--Wisconsin 1
Ecumenical Religious Center 1
Ephemera 1
Films 1
Forensics (Public speaking)--Wisconsin--Eau Claire. 1
Fraternity 1
Glass Plate Negatives 1
Haas Fine Arts Center 1
Hibbard Humanities Hall 1
Horan Hall 1
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970 1
Kjer Theatre 1
L.E. Phillips Science Hall 1
Little Niagara Creek 1
Lower Campus 1
Meeting Minutes 1
Memorabilia 1
Memorial Hall 1
Minnie Creek 1
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