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Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BB - Eau Claire Micro 23
Summary
Papers, mainly 1967-1972, of Donald O. Peterson, a liberal leader of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. The papers document Peterson's work in state and national Democratic party politics and reform initiatives. Major subjects include Peterson's leadership of Eugene McCarthy's 1968 presidential campaign in Wisconsin (available only on microfilm); his participation in the New Democratic Coalition (1968-1973), the Commission on Rules of the Democratic National Committee (1969-1972), and the...
Dates:
1947-1980; Majority of material found within 1967-1972
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 193
Summary
Two issues of a newsletter for the Eau Claire and Affiliated Counties Voluntary Rural School Association, dedicated to supporting and maintaining rural schools, and fighting school consolidation, in Western Wisconsin.
Dates:
1954
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 287
Summary
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and programs relating to Eau Claire area celebrations and observances of the American Revolution Bicentennial in 1976.
Dates:
1975-1976
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 345
Summary
The Eau Claire Area Art League was the first established art association in the Chippewa Valley in 1944, under the name Eau Claire Art Club. The name changed to Eau Claire Art League in 1946, and then Eau Claire Area Art League in 1993 to reflect the expanding membership from the surrounding communities of Altoona, Augusta, Cameron, Chippewa Falls, Colfax, Elk Mound, Fairchild, Menomonie, Mondovi and Osseo. The collection consists of financial records, activity records, meeting minutes,...
Dates:
1944-2013
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 139
Summary
Meeting minutes, correspondence, and organizational records of the Eau Claire Area Committee (1946-1973), a committee of citizens from Eau Claire and the surrounding communities, formed to help disseminate information about the university to the primary region from which the institution draws its students and form better relations. President William R. Davies created the Area Advisory Committee in 1945. After the creation of the University of Wisconsin System, the committee was replaced by...
Dates:
1946-1974
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 155
Summary
Organizational records of the Eau Claire Area Ecology Action (ECAEA), later renamed Northern Thunder, and the National Environmental Teach-in. The ECAEA grew out of a local teach-in to observe “Earth Day” on April 22, 1970. While their first project focused on the water quality of the Chippewa River, their focus quickly turned to the issue of solid waste, such as recycling and nuclear power. Records include newspaper clippings, newsletters, administrative material, letters, papers, speeches,...
Dates:
1966-1984
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 192
Summary
Booklet of founding documents, constitution and by-laws, for the Eau Claire Board of Trade, founded in 1879. It also includes a membership list. The Eau Claire Board of Trade sought to develop local resources, encourage business growth, and diversify economic activity in the city.
Dates:
1879
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss CW
Summary
Records of the Eau Claire (Wisconsiin) Civic Art Association which was founded in 1957 and governed by a Board of Trustees with representatives from the Art League, the Eau Claire Women's Club, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Catholic Women's Club, the Eau Claire Service League, and the Library Board. The Association established the Civic Art Center within the Eau Claire Public Library and opened its first exhibit, the First Hallmark Art Award Show, on April 9, 1958. The records consist...
Dates:
1957-1964
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BW
Summary
Legal papers, committee reports, correspondence, financial statements, and musical program information from an organization formed to sponsor concerts and to encourage the enjoyment of music in the Eau Claire area.
Dates:
1952-1971
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 332
Summary
Administrative records of an ecumenical Christian women’s service and fellowship organization in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the Eau Claire Council of Church Women United. Materials include meeting minutes, membership lists and yearbooks, financial records, photographs, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1948-2010, bulk 1970-2007
