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.

This collection includes histories, brochures, and historical records of the Eau Claire Public Library, including rules and regulations from the 1890s. Also includes the book The Public Library in Eau Claire, 1860-2009, by Katherine Sullivan and Larry Nickel, and annual reports from 2016-2017.