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Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 598
Summary
Dr. Tess Osonye Onwueme, professor emeritus of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, was born on September 8, 1955 in Ogwashi-Uku (now Delta State, Nigeria). She received her Bachelor’s degree in Education from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1979, Master’s degree in Literature from the University of Nigeria in 1982, and PhD in English (dramatic literature) from the University of Benin Nigeria in 1987. She is the named ...
Dates:
1975-2019
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 346
Summary
Robert Frost manuscript materials and books collected by Frederick G. Schmidt. Over 40 first, limited or otherwise rare editions of Robert Frost’s books, many of which have been signed and inscribed by Frost, are included along with approximately 50 books which contain or discuss Robert Frost’s poetry. Included among the manuscript portions of the collection are handwritten pieces of poetry, Christmas cards, other published works by Robert Frost, and fragmentary correspondence.
Dates:
1913-2002
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 131
Summary
The Periscope Supplements are smaller yearbooks that supplement the annual university yearbook the Periscope, during the years 1963 – 1972, 1975. The supplements provide information and photographs of end of spring semester, and into summer, school year activities, sports, commencement photographs, and campus projects and new campus buildings, as these events would not typically be featured in the annual Periscope.
Dates:
1963-1972, 1975
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 075
Summary
The Prism and then The Summer Times was a news bulletin and then a newspaper that was released during the summer session by the University News Bureau, that discussed the different school events occurring, notices, and other important information about campus. This collection contains the campus newspaper The Summer Times, 1964-2002, and the summer session news bulletin ...
Dates:
1962-2002
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 338
Summary
Collection documents the progression of Thomas Barth’s life, schooling, and eventual career as a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Collection contains information on his involvement in both the Democratic and Republican parties from the 1950s through the 1970s including information on local elections, county redistricting, and the Eau Claire County Democratic Party from 1962-1974. Collection also contains information on the Secondary and Continuing...
Dates:
1833-2010
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 319
Summary
Reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and fraternity publications related to the near riot occurring after the 10th Tornado Watch party of May 8, 1976, an annual off-campus party sponsored by the Tau Kappa Epsilon Iota Sigma Chapter at the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire.
Dates:
1976-1979
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Series 131
Summary
Records consisting of clerk's record books including school district and school board meeting minutes, 1902-1959; financial records, 1876-1959; and teacher's registers, 1874-1957. Clerk records generally include meeting minutes, teachers' contracts, registers of school officers, register of orders drawn, annual reports and censuses which give student names and ages. Financial record books typically contain yearly financial statements, and cash receipts/disbursements. Teachers' registers and...
Dates:
1874-1959
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AR
Summary
Records of the Union Mortgage Loan Company, a financial institution located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, that did nearly all of its business in northern Wisconsin, North Dakota, and eastern Montana. The company made loans to farmers in return for first mortgages on the farm property and subsequently sold these mortgages to individual investors. It also bought and sold farm lands, acted as trustee for bond issues of local government units and private companies, and occasionally made loans on...
Dates:
1898-1942, 1949
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 255
Summary
The plant that ultimately became the Uniroyal plant was founded in 1916 by R.B. Gillette as the Gillette Safety Tire Company. In 1940, The United States Rubber Company, later Uniroyal, Inc. purchased Gillette. The plant closed in 1991, following the purchase of Uniroyal Goodrich by Michelin et Cie. Collection contains newspaper articles, photographs, employee agreements and by-laws, some employee records, and a small collection of correspondence, photographs, and other writings by Sanford...
Dates:
1919-2017
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss CB
Summary
Records of Uniroyal Inc., a rubber tire manufacturing plant in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, documenting the plant's general operations and expansion from its founding in 1917 as the Gillette Safety Tire Company to its reincarnation as an ammunition factory during World War II to the plant closing in 1991. The bulk of the records consist of labor contract negotiation and grievance case files, minutes, memoranda, correspondence, reports, photographs, blueprints, and films. The collection documents...
Dates:
1917-1990
