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Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 334
Summary
Records of the “Patches of Life” Committee of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The committee was created in 1994 on the UW-Eau Claire campus to sponsor “The NAMES Project”, also known as the AIDS Quilt. The committee hosted the three day event in the McPhee Physical Education building, March 24-26, 1995. The event included open viewing of the traveling memorial quilt and a reading of names of some of those lost in the AIDS pandemic. The records consist of promotional fliers and brochures, meeting...
Dates:
1994-1995
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BA
Summary
Printed Wisconsin Supreme Court cases and legal briefs prepared by the Eau Claire, Wisconsin, law firm of Wickham and Farr, and by opposing attorneys. The cases span the dates of James Wickham's law practice from 1888 until 1909, when he was appointed circuit court judge for Wisconsin's newly-created 19th circuit. In 1889 Wickham was joined in practice by Frank R. Farr. Wickham and Farr undertook cases from all of the counties surrounding Eau Claire. The cases represented in the collection...
Dates:
1888-1909
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 276
Summary
Personal and family papers, business papers, and photographs of William D. McIntyre (1897-1973), Eau Claire businessman and member of the Board of Regents of State Normal Schools and State Colleges from 1945 to 1965. McIntyre was involved in local, state, and national politics, local and national organizations, and was known as "Mr. Higher Education in Wisconsin." The UW-Eau Claire campus library is named after McIntyre.
Dates:
1897-2005
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss N
Summary
Papers of Starr, a lumberman and real estate investor, relating to the timber and land holdings of the Davis and Starr Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; other business investments in Wisconsin, Louisiana, and California; and the management of his estate after his death. Also present are papers of companies with which Starr was closely affiliated: the Weston Heights Stock Farm and the Weston Orchard Company, both in Dunn County, Wis., 1919-1927; the California Forest Protective...
Dates:
1902-1938
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss F
Summary
Papers of William King Coffin, a prominent Eau Claire (Wis.) banker and businessman, and papers of his grandfather, Nathaniel Coffin; his father, William Coffin; and his father's father-in-law, Samuel D. Lockwood, a justice on the Illinois Supreme Court. William King Coffin founded the Eau Claire National Bank and was its president from 1905 to 1925. The collection includes an 1869 diary and both business and personal correspondence of William King Coffin including exchanges with Milo...
Dates:
1832-1929
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 238
Summary
High school yearbooks and Superior Public School newsletters relating to William R. Davies’s career as a school administrator in Marshfield, Shawano, Beaver Dam, and Superior, Wisconsin. Davies served as the second president of Eau Claire State Teachers College / Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire from 1940-1959. Also includes miscellaneous newspaper clippings and family papers.
Dates:
1920-1948
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BY- Eau Claire Micro 34
Summary
Papers of Bartlett, a prominent local historian in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, consisting of personal papers and his historical writings. The personal papers contain biographical and family information; correspondence, 1896-1934, with considerable information on local history topics; and files on Eau Claire activities in which Bartlett was involved, including the Eau Claire County Old Settlers' Association (1890-1929), the Prohibition Club (1885-1894), the Chippewa-Eau Claire Memorial Highway,...
Dates:
1821-1934, 1944-1962
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AS
Summary
Papers of a Republican from Ladysmith, Wisconsin, who served in the Assembly from 1953 to 1971. Included are correspondence from constituents, colleagues, state agencies, and advocacy groups; subject files on pending legislation; material concerning work on the Highway Safety Advisory Committee; press releases and other publicity; campaign files; and personal papers.
Dates:
1954-1970
Collection
Identifier: Buffalo Series 19
Summary
Circuit Court case files dealing with actions affecting the family, containing many divorce cases. Legal papers include complaints, summonses, affidavits, court orders, and decrees.
Dates:
1948-1978
Collection
Identifier: Buffalo Series 17
Summary
Records of naturalization proceedings in the Circuit Court of Buffalo County. Records include indexes to Petitions (1858-1950) and Citizenship (1858-1943), Declarations of Intention (1853-1950), Petitions and Naturalization Records (1858-1950), and Certificate Stub Books (1907-1929), Oaths of Allegiance (1941), and Petitions Granted and Denied (1930-1950).
Dates:
1853-1950
