Summary Financial records including account ledgers, 1867-1914, which show receipts and disbursements for accounts with individuals and businesses, other counties, and cities, for county facilities, pauper relief and the county poor farm, the soldiers' relief fund, taxes, and witnesses' and jurors' fees; an account book of bills against towns and cities in Eau Claire County, primarily for poor relief, 1908-1957; a similar account book for other cities and counties, 1909-1938; and an index to poor...

Summary Correspondence, memoranda, statistical reports, and other materials to and from various local governments, the Wisconsin Emergency Relief Administration, and other state and federal government agencies relating to unemployment relief, rural rehabilitation, work relief, CCC programs, the Wisconsin Transient Bureau, and other relief efforts. Materials relate primarily to the administration of relief programs but include some information on problems of poverty and on local conditions. The...