Manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
John S. Owen Lumber Company Records, 1875-1955
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss E
Summary
Business records covering not only lumbering and logging operations in northwestern Wisconsin by the Owen Lumber Company, but also related enterprises in lumber, real estate, railroads, and cotton in the Pacific Northwest, South Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Subsidiary or related companies included the Owen-Oregon Lumber Company, California & Oregon Lumber Company, Del Norte Company, Three States Lumber Company, Gilbert Lumber Company, Owen Box and Crating Company, Pierre...
Dates:
1875-1955
Mapping the Farm: The Chronicle of a Family Manuscripts Collection, circa 1995
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 327
Summary
In 1995, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire English professor John Hildebrand published his book Mapping the Farm: The Chronicle of a Family. This collection includes seven manuscripts of the book. Three of the manuscripts were returned to Professor Hildebrand from the publishers. An additional three appear to have been edited by his peers. The final manuscript is an unedited proof of the text. Professor Hildebrand joined the English Department at the...
Dates:
ca. 1995
Tess Osonye Onwueme Papers, 1975-2019
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 598
Summary
Dr. Tess Osonye Onwueme, professor emeritus of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, was born on September 8, 1955 in Ogwashi-Uku (now Delta State, Nigeria). She received her Bachelor’s degree in Education from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1979, Master’s degree in Literature from the University of Nigeria in 1982, and PhD in English (dramatic literature) from the University of Benin Nigeria in 1987. She is the named ...
Dates:
1975-2019
The Frederick G. and Joan Christopherson-Schmidt Robert Frost Collection, 1913-2002
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 346
Summary
Robert Frost manuscript materials and books collected by Frederick G. Schmidt. Over 40 first, limited or otherwise rare editions of Robert Frost’s books, many of which have been signed and inscribed by Frost, are included along with approximately 50 books which contain or discuss Robert Frost’s poetry. Included among the manuscript portions of the collection are handwritten pieces of poetry, Christmas cards, other published works by Robert Frost, and fragmentary correspondence.
Dates:
1913-2002