Memorial Hall Materials, 1946-continuing
Content Description
Records relating to Memorial Hall, first residence hall on the Eau Claire State Teachers College campus in 1947. The Memorial Hall materials collection contains College Regulations for Memorial Hall (ca. 1950), the Warranty Deed (1946), the Dulany Will/Estate, and Historical notes about Dulany Mansion/Memorial Hall. Also contains scrapbooks, circa 1950-1958, of newspaper clippings and photographs donated by Ida Hinz, compiled by Lucy Greene.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-continuing
Creator
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (Organization)
- Greene, Lucy (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
Memorial Hall was the first residence hall on the Eau Claire State Teachers College campus. President Schofield was wanting to expand the campus facilities during the 1930s and became interested in acquiring the large home on the northwest corner of State Street and Garfield Avenue, the Dulany Mansion, because of the recent death of Mary Dulany who was a widow of the lumber baron Daniel Dulany. The home was purchased in 1946 and renovated into a dormitory for sixty-two women that opened in January of 1947. A women’s dormitory was built on lower campus to the west of Old Main and opened in 1955. Memorial Hall then became a male residence hall until a new men’s residence hall was built and opened in 1958 to the west of the women’s dormitory. When Memorial Hall was demolished, some of the stained-glass windows and wood trim were saved to decorate the Dulany Inn restaurant in the UW-Eau Claire Davies Student Center.
Extent
1.75 Linear Feet (1 oversized flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Summary
Records relating to Memorial Hall, first residence hall on the Eau Claire State Teachers College campus in 1947. It was originally the Dulany Mansion of lumber baron Daniel Dulany, located on the northwest corner of State Street and Garfield Avenue. It became a men’s dormitory in 1955 when a new women’s dormitory was built. When Memorial Hall was demolished, some of the stained-glass windows and wood trim were saved to decorate the Dulany Inn restaurant in the UW-Eau Claire Davies Student Center. Contains a warranty deed, Dulany will, college regulations, historical notes, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and photographs.
Acquisition Information
Donated to the Special Collections & Archives, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire prior to March 2006; and by Ida Hinz in July 2006.
Accession Number
79-58, 07-001
Reference Code
AS483
Processing Note
Processed by Alexis Casares in March of 2023.
Subject
- Dulany, Daniel (Person)
- Dulany, Mary (Person)
- Eau Claire State Normal School (Organization)
- Eau Claire State Teachers College (Organization)
- Wisconsin. Board of Regents of Normal Schools (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Julie Hatfield
- Date
- October 18, 2024
- 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