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Centennial Celebration Planning Committee Records, 2014-2020

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 606

Content Description

Physical materials included in this collection are the university’s strategic plans from 2016-2020; a summary report created by Susan Harrison, Centennial Celebration Planning Coordinator, documenting the planning and preparation for the university’s centennial celebration (also available in digital format); correspondence; a timeline poster detailing significant events of the university’s history from 1916-2016; various posters and other promotional materials for the event; gala event programs; yearly calendars; Blugold View magazines from 2016-2017, and a 2016 commencement program.

Digital materials included in this collection are located in the Digital Asset Preservation Storage: “AS606_CentennialCelebrationPlanningCommittee” collection. Accession folder 24-003 ranges from 2014-2017 and includes: “100 Reasons to Celebrate” articles written about the university’s history for the UW-EC student newspaper The Spectator, 2016-2017; budgets; Centennial Celebration Planning Team meeting agendas and minutes, and member rosters; Centennial Concert Planning Committee meeting minutes and gala budget; correspondence; event and marketing information, including calendars, event timelines, light pole banner designs; publications; planning documents and status updates; Centennial Plans Survey; and timelines with checklists, lists of possible events, and recognition weeks timeline.

Dates

  • Creation: 2014-2020

Creator

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

In 2016, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire celebrated its 100-year anniversary. The university was established in 1916 as the Eau Claire State Normal School. Over the past one hundred years, the university has expanded its academic offerings and grown in enrollment. This collection looks at those accomplishments and documents the numerous celebrations that took place on campus prior to and during the 2016-2017 school year.

Extent

1.4 Linear Feet (1 flat box)

71.9 Megabytes (27 folders, 116 files)

Language of Materials

English

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.

Acquisition Information

Transferred to the Special Collections and Archives, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire by the Centennial Celebration Planning Committee and Susan Harrison in January 2019.

Accession Number

19-011, 24-003

Related Materials

Building Excellence: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 1916-2016, by Robert J. Gough and James W. Oberly, maps by Ezra J. Zeitler, 2016. (Archives Local History and Special Collections, call #: LD6149.5 .E28 C37 2016)

UHC 347: Centennial Oral History Collection, 2012-2013

Reference Code

AS606

Processing Note

Processed by Emma Mabie in 2018 and additions by Brice Vircks in 2019. Digital additions processed by Julie Hatfield in July 2023.

Status
Published
Author
Julie Hatfield
Date
October 19, 2023
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire Repository

Contact:
Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
103 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire WI 54701 United States
715-836-2739