William R. Davies Papers, 1920-1948
Content Description
The William R. Davies Papers consist primarily of published materials documenting his career as a school principal and superintendent. Yearbooks from high schools in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Shawano, Wisconsin, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and Superior, Wisconsin comprise the bulk of the collection. The Circular, the newsletter of the Superior Public Schools, documents administrative and professional development activities for teachers in the 1930s. Other materials include newspaper clippings and assorted family papers: Davies’s father’s immigration narrative, his daughter’s baby book, and his wife’s notes from a choral class presumably taught at the Wisconsin State Teachers College (Eau Claire).
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1948
Creator
- Davies, William R. (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to the public.
Use Restrictions
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.
Biographical/Historical Note
William R. Davies served as the second president of Eau Claire State Teachers College / Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire from 1940-1959. Davies was born in 1893 in Tenino, Washington. His family migrated to Cambria, Wisconsin, when he was four years old. He graduated Ripon College with a bachelor’s degree in 1915 and the University of Wisconsin with a master’s degree in 1921. He taught briefly at a private school in Endeavor, Wisconsin, but left that position to serve in World War I. When he returned to the United States, he accepted a position as principal of McKinley Senior High School in Marshfield, Wisconsin. In 1925, he was elected school superintendent of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and in 1930, he was elected school superintendent of Superior, Wisconsin.
William R. Davies passed away December 10, 1959.
Extent
1.4 Linear Feet (1 archives box, 1 record carton)
Language of Materials
English
Summary
High school yearbooks and Superior Public School newsletters relating to William R. Davies’s career as a school administrator in Marshfield, Shawano, Beaver Dam, and Superior, Wisconsin. Davies served as the second president of Eau Claire State Teachers College / Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire from 1940-1959. Also includes miscellaneous newspaper clippings and family papers.
Acquisition Information
Donated to the University Archives and Special Collections, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire by Delpha Davies in 1986.
Accession Number
86-122
Reference Code
UHC238
Processing Note
Processed by Colleen McFarland in June 2007.
Subject
- Davies, William R. (Person)
- Eau Claire State Teachers College (Organization)
- School District of Superior (Wis.) (Organization)
- Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Guinevere Fischer
- Date
- November 14, 2023
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire Repository
Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
103 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire WI 54701 United States
715-836-2739
library.archives@uwec.edu