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Louis Hill Papers, 1914-1978
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Micro 12-Eau Claire Tape 2
Summary
Papers of Hill, a Hawkins, Wisconsin educator and local historian, including essays by Hill on the history of Lawrence, Wisconsin (1887-1914), the Hawkins, Wisconsin schools (1889-1959), the Bethel Lutheran Church (1904-1978), the Hawkins American Legion (1922-1968), the Union Free High School (1912-1967), the Northern Sash and Door Company, and Hawkins fire protection (1914-1970); minutes and dues records of the Hawkins Businessmen's Club (1914-1948) which promoted area commerce; a tape...
Dates:
1914-1978
Mabel Chipman Papers, 1890-1988
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 392
Summary
Mabel W. Chipman (1900-1988) enjoyed a long career as business manager at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The collection holds both personal and professional papers documenting her childhood in Redgranite, Wisconsin, her college years at Oshkosh State Normal School and the University of Wisconsin--Madison, her years as a teacher at many Wisconsin high schools, and also her career at the university. Highlights of this collection include many photographs, personal writings and...
Dates:
1890-1988
Mahoney Family Papers, 1919-2021
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 384
Summary
Letters, photographs, diaries, oral histories, and ephemera associated with the Mahoney, Parker, and Peterson families from the Chippewa Valley in Wisconsin. The bulk of the materials are associated with Alexander Robert Mahoney. The materials of this collection date from approximately 1919-2021, with the majority from the 1940s.
Dates:
1919-2021
Mapping the Farm: The Chronicle of a Family Manuscripts Collection, circa 1995
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 327
Summary
In 1995, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire English professor John Hildebrand published his book Mapping the Farm: The Chronicle of a Family. This collection includes seven manuscripts of the book. Three of the manuscripts were returned to Professor Hildebrand from the publishers. An additional three appear to have been edited by his peers. The final manuscript is an unedited proof of the text. Professor Hildebrand joined the English Department at the...
Dates:
ca. 1995
Margo House Papers, 1973-1980
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BU
Summary
Papers of Wisconsin feminist Margo House pertaining to the founding of the Eau Claire chapter of NOW; her service on the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, circa 1975-1979; the Wisconsin Feminists Project Fund, circa 1974-1977, a group which funded historical research projects and employment workshops related to women (House served as its president); and several educational programs aimed at sexism. The video is from the Governor's Commission convention of 1976.
Dates:
1973-1980
Marshall Cousins Papers, 1837-1947
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss I
Summary
Papers of Marshall Cousins, a prominent local historian in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, consisting of correspondence, diaries, historical source material he collected, extensive subject files and notebooks containing information transcribed from published and other sources, and a small collection of papers of his father, Henry Cousins, an East Troy attorney, including letters written by John Fox Potter, a Wisconsin congressman. The Potter letters, 1857-1869, contain caustic characterizations of...
Dates:
1837-1947
Medford Cooperative Creamery Co. Records, 1915-1965
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BC
Summary
Records of a Medford, Wisconsin, cooperative incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing butter, powdered dried milk, and other milk products, which merged with Consolidated Badger Cooperative, Shawano, in 1962. The collection includes annual reports to the Secretary of State, annual financial reports, articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes, tax records, a few land and legal records, and daybooks recording amounts paid for milk and cream to individual members. There are very few...
Dates:
1915-1965
Media Development Center Negatives, 1916-2005 (bulk 1960-2005)
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 104
Summary
The Media Development Center provides photographic, audio, videotape, and graphic services to the University community. In 1955, a faculty member was appointed Director of Audio-Visual Aids to assist the faculty in preparing film orders and evaluating equipment. A full-fledged Audio-Visual Services department existed by the early 1960s and was responsible for audio-visual instruction, equipment purchase and distribution, offset duplicating, production of educational materials, and...
Dates:
1916-2005 (bulk 1960-2005)
Memorial Hall Materials, 1946-continuing
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 483
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...
Dates:
1946-continuing
Midwest Institute of Scandinavian Culture Collection, 1960-2023
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 382
Summary
The Midwest Institute of Scandinavian Culture (Nordenfolk) collection shows the influence of ethnic Scandinavian roots on local Midwestern culture and documents the activity of the organization both regionally and abroad. Includes meeting minutes, bylaws, program materials, correspondence, maps, annual reports, certifications, photographs, scrapbooks, blueprints, membership lists, newsletters, and a 30-minute digitized documentary of the institute’s history, from 1960-2023 (bulk...
Dates:
1960-2023