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Books

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Pearl Robinson Papers, 1917-1978

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 386
Summary Photographs, letters, diplomas, books, and records of Pearl Robinson, a 1926 Eau Claire State Normal School teaching graduate. Records relate to her education, and during and after World War II her time as an instructor and organizer of Aeronautics courses in Washington D.C. high schools, Before You Fly: Essentials of Aeronautics books she co-authored, Certificate of Merit from the U.S. Navy, and the Trophy Award from the Washington Air Derby Association for...
Dates: 1917-1978
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

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

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

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