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Eau Claire (Wis.)–History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Eleanor Jones Papers, 1921-2023

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 378
Summary Materials collected by Eleanor Jones, a native of the Chippewa/Eau Claire area, in her time as a musician in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve Band during World War II, after the war in the group known as the “Hormel Girls” promoting the Hormel Foods Company, and her life after touring with the Hormel Girls. The collection consists of photographs, correspondence, documents, scrapbooks, travel memorabilia, military medals and hats, books, writings by Jones, Jones's silver trombone, and oral...
Dates: 1921-2023
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Ellen Spaulding Miller Papers, 1863, 1870-1887

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BF
Summary Papers of a woman who lived in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in the 1870s. The collection consists largely of letters, written principally by Ellen Spaulding Miller to family members who probably lived in New York. The letters reflect domestic life, family relationships, economic conditions, lumbering, religious revivals, and health conditions in the lumbering capital of northwestern Wisconsin. The Spaulding papers also include the booklet The Christian Minister's...
Dates: 1863; 1870-1887
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Hoeppner-Bartlett Construction Company Records, 1897-1981

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 343
Summary

The Hoeppner-Bartlett Construction Company was a family-owned business in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, that was founded in 1896 by Frederick Julius Hoeppner and William W. Bartlett, and in business from 1896 to 2001. The majority of the materials include blueprints, specification reports, cash books, payroll ledgers, and jobs ordered ledgers that date from approximately 1897 to 1981.

Dates: 1897-1981, bulk 1900-1969
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Jack Zais Uniroyal Collection, 1898-2013

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 358
Summary Collection contains John (Jack) Zais’ research material regarding Uniroyal. John (Jack) Zais was employed at the Eau Claire Tire Plant for over 25 years. He was heavily involved in the union during his time as an employee, which allowed him a large breadth of inside information. These experiences, mixed with his love for history, helped him begin research on the Eau Claire Tire Plant Publications. Also contains artifacts of Union buttons and miscellaneous badges, stickers, pins, keychains,...
Dates: 1898-2013
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Marshall Cousins Papers, 1837-1947

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss I
Summary Papers of Marshall Cousins, a prominent local historian in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, consisting of correspondence, diaries, historical source material he collected, extensive subject files and notebooks containing information transcribed from published and other sources, and a small collection of papers of his father, Henry Cousins, an East Troy attorney, including letters written by John Fox Potter, a Wisconsin congressman. The Potter letters, 1857-1869, contain caustic characterizations of...
Dates: 1837-1947
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Orrin H. Ingram Papers, 1857-1904

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss R
Summary Business papers of Ingram, a leading Wisconsin lumberman, relating to operations in the Chippewa Valley, with headquarters at Eau Claire, and the sale of manufactured lumber through subsidiary wholesale companies located along the Mississippi River. Correspondence emphasizes the selling end of the business, consisting of letters of report from branch managers, agents, and salesmen, and between members of the company and pertains to business plans, policies, and practices. A group of letters,...
Dates: 1857-1904
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Phillips and Cohen Family Papers, 1936-2009

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 344
Summary L.E. Phillips (1899-1978) and Melvin Cohen (1918-2008) were two prominent Eau Claire industrialists and philanthropists. The collection includes a variety of newspaper clippings related to their community involvement and reports on their company, National Presto Industries. Company booklets and photographs are mixed with photographs of philanthropist work, as well as materials on Phillips’ Boy Scouts involvement and speeches. Other photographs depict the Phillips’ and Cohen’s community...
Dates: 1936-2009
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Pictorial View of the Modern City (Eau Claire, Wis.) Scrapbook, 1957

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 169
Summary

Scrapbook documenting commercial, industrial, and residential areas in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, through aerial and ground-level photography.

Dates: 1957
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Pinter Hunting Camp Records, 1939-2016

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 360
Summary

This collection contains materials that pertain to the Pinter Hunting Camp that has been around the Eau Claire, Wisconsin, area since 1939. The materials date from 1939-2016. The contents include photographs, photograph albums, a log book, a few yearly camp newsletters, maps, hunting gear, a newspaper article, signs and flyers from the camp, and a letter from the donor, John Pinter.

Dates: 1939-2016, bulk 1990-2005
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Division of Public Safety Records and Annual Reports, 1963-2006, 2016-2024

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 111
Summary

This collection contains annual reports by the Division of Public Safety and, later, the University Police about safety and law enforcement on campus. There are also various reports and policies on safety and parking on campus. Includes digital materials.

Dates: 1963-2006, 2016-2024
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

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