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Newspaper clippings

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Eau Claire Normal School/State Teachers' College Clippings, 1913-1950

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 301
Summary

Newspaper clippings and a pamphlet regarding the establishment and growth of the Eau Claire State Normal School and the Eau Claire State Teachers College. A 1913 pamphlet entitled “WHY the Normal School at Eau Claire Should Be Constructed NOW” outlines the “urgent need” for the school in the Chippewa Valley. Newspaper clippings document the growth and development of the Eau Claire Normal School, which evolved into the Eau Claire State Teachers College in 1927.

Dates: 1913-1950

Eleanor Jones Papers, 1921-2023

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 378
Summary

Materials collected by Eleanor Jones in her time as a musician in the Marine Corps Women Reserve Band in World War II, in the group known as the “Hormel Girls,” and her life afterwards. Collection consists of photographs, correspondence, documents, scrapbooks, and ephemera collected primarily between 1943-1952, but which also extend as late as 2017.

Dates: 1921-2023

Friends of Olin and Emma Swenson (Eau Claire, Wis.) Collection, 1965-1982

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 313
Summary

The collection contains materials relating to Olin and Emma Swenson, prominent activists in the fight for socialist causes in the Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, area. Materials include newspaper clippings, letters from friends and family sharing their recollections of the Swensons, correspondence, photographs, a family history, and interviews. The material was gathered by a committee, the Friends of Olin and Emma Swenson, in an effort to write a book on the couple and their activities.

Dates: 1965-1982

George Bradford Thompson Spanish American War Scrapbook, 1898-1987 (bulk 1898-1899)

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 348
Summary

This scrapbook documents the Spanish-American War service of George Bradford Thompson. Thompson served in Company E of the Third Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. The scrapbook contains mostly newspaper and magazine clippings which detail Wisconsin soldiers throughout the war.

Dates: 1898-1987, bulk 1898-1899

Grace Walsh Papers, 1931-1994

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 551
Summary

The collection contains financial records, programs, reel-to-reel audio tapes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, awards, some correspondence, and other general files related to the forensics and debate programs at the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Includes files created by and pertaining personally to Grace Walsh, a professor and director of speech and forensics from 1944-1980.

Dates: 1931-1994

International Association of Administrative Professionals Chippewa Valley Chapter (Eau Claire, Wis.) Records, 1964-2015

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 336
Summary Records of the Eau Claire/Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin, area chapter of a professional organization for administrative assistants and secretaries, the International Association of Administrative Professionals. The chapter was established in 1971, and attempted to professionalize secretarial work through education, organization, and the creation of a sense of community. Collection includes organization files of meeting minutes, publications, scrapbooks, correspondence, annual and committee...
Dates: 1964-2015

International Order of Odd Fellows, Augusta Lodge No. 142: Records, 1868-1984 (bulk 1868-1940)

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss DC
Summary Records of Lodge 142, of Augusta, Wisconsin, mainly 1868-1940, of the fraternal organization, the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), and its associated women's group, the Rebekah Assembly Lodge 225, comprising officers' rolls; minutes; membership accounts; pamphlets; guide and rulebooks; meeting programs; ephemera including IOOF-produced postcards and stamps; and similar material from lodges in Illinois. Correspondence is lightly represented. A lithograph depicting the symbolic...
Dates: 1868-1984 (bulk 1868-1940)

Jack O' Connell Hmong Collection, 1980-1990

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 283
Summary Various records collected by Jack O’Connell, an Eau Claire area resident and English as a second language instructor at the Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and an active participant in several Eau Claire organizations that served the Hmong immigrant community. Records relate to vocational-technical education and social assistance available to Eau Claire area Hmong refugees in the 1980s and 1990s, including the Eau Claire Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, the...
Dates: 1980-1990

James Newman Clark Collection, 1867-1972 (bulk 1867-1928)

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 249
Summary Personal and business papers of James Newman Clark (1842-1928), a farmer, taxidermist, and ornithologist in Meridean, Wisconsin. Clark was an interested bird watcher and self-trained taxidermist, and he kept careful notes on correct identification of specimens. Clark’s ornithology collection was donated to the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire in 1959 where it was displayed in L.E. Phillips Science Hall. Papers also relate to the donation and display of Clark’s collection at the...
Dates: 1867-1972 (bulk 1867-1928)

Johannes Dahle Student Activism Collection, circa 1967-1980

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 290
Summary Subject files relating to student protest and activism created by Johannes Dahle, a staff member at UW-Eau Claire from 1966-1995. Dahle served in many positions including the Director of University Centers (1971-1984), Director of Development (1984-1985), and Director of Development and University Relations (1985-1995). Includes newspaper clippings and magazine articles from national, regional, and local publications, student publications, reports, university correspondence, and information...
Dates: circa 1967-1980