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Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss CH
Summary
Papers of John DeRosier concerning his service in the U.S. Naval Reserve on active duty at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, during the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991. Included is correspondence, an oral history, a memoir, newsclippings, and other items.
Dates:
1990-1993
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss L
Summary
Records of an Eau Claire, Wisconsin lumber company consisting of business correspondence; miscellaneous legal business papers; biographical material; and minutes, proxies, and announcements of board of directors' meetings. There are income tax returns of the John H. Kaiser Lumber Company, of W. A. Kaiser, and of the Eau Claire Box and Crating Company. Also included are journals, ledgers, cash books, and records of stock issues.
Dates:
1905-1957
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 327
Summary
John Hildebrand joined the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1977. He specialized in teaching nonfiction writing and literature, the short story, and American literature. While a professor at UW-Eau Claire, Hildebrand authored five non-fiction books, was a prolific author of articles for a variety of publications, as well as the recipient of several awards. Books published by Hildebrand include Reading the River: A Voyage Down the...
Dates:
1979-2019
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 342
Summary
Consisting of over 1,400 charts and nearly 1,000 record albums, the John L. Buchholz Jazz Library presents a treasure of jazz information. Particularly strong in big band charts and recordings of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, the collection contains materials from numerous jazz legends. Collected over a span of forty years by Edward "Pete" Petersen, a Dallas area big band leader, the collection was given to the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire in 2012. The collection was named in honor of John...
Dates:
1913-1999
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss DD-PH Eau Claire Mss DD
Summary
Papers, 1937-1993 (mainly from the 1960s through the 1980s), of John M. Lavine, a journalism educator and the publisher-owner of the Wisconsin-based Lavine Newspaper Group (LNG). The collection documents operations of four newspapers (the Chippewa Herald-Telegram of Chippewa Falls, Portage Daily Register, Baraboo News Republic, and the Shawano Evening Leader), as well as his service as a member...
Dates:
1937-1993 (bulk 1960s-1980s)
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 370
Summary
Photographic print collection of photojournalist John A. Orris (1921-2002), from Chicago, Illinois. Orris worked as a news photographer at The Milwaukee Journal, The Detroit News, and The New York Times, and also worked as a freelance photographer. From 1968-1977, he was a photojournalism and art instructor at UW-Platteville and UW-Eau Claire. He received many photography awards, was a member...
Dates:
1947-1977
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss E
Summary
Business records covering not only lumbering and logging operations in northwestern Wisconsin by the Owen Lumber Company, but also related enterprises in lumber, real estate, railroads, and cotton in the Pacific Northwest, South Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Subsidiary or related companies included the Owen-Oregon Lumber Company, California & Oregon Lumber Company, Del Norte Company, Three States Lumber Company, Gilbert Lumber Company, Owen Box and Crating Company, Pierre...
Dates:
1875-1955
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 381
Summary
Katherine Schneider is an author and retired university clinical psychologist who has been featured in many books and articles focusing on life with a disability and accessibility issues. Includes books by Schneider (regular print and braille), pamphlets, thank you notes, an informational paper about Schneider, and her personal blog, 2012-2022. Includes digital materials.
Dates:
2000-2024
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 558
Summary
UW-Eau Claire cross-country program materials collected and created by Keith Daniels, 1983-1994. Daniels started as a physics professor at the university in 1963, and started the cross-country program in 1966, and coached 1966-1993. He also served as an assistant track coach.
Dates:
1983 - 1994
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AT
Summary
Papers of Rosholt concerning his involvement in land and timber sales and the colonization by immigrants of northern Wisconsin's cut-over regions. Rosholt acquired options from Knapp, Stout, and Company and other lumber and railroad interests for large tracts of northern Wisconsin land and sold the land primarily for farm purposes. The collection contains correspondence with individual land purchasers and with land dealers and lumbering firms including George B. Burrows of Madison, Gale and...
Dates:
1885-1909
