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University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire--History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Assistant Chancellor for Budget and Development Budget Records, 1919-1975

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 005
Summary

Budget records for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and its predecessors, and UW-System budget reference materials, 1917-1975.

Dates: 1919-1975

Association of Wisconsin Teachers Colleges Records, 1924-1953

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 013
Summary

Records for the Association of Wisconsin Teachers Colleges, an organization concerned with furthering the interest of teacher training and the general educational welfare in Wisconsin. Includes constitutions, reports, correspondence with Bill Zorn and Katharine Thomas, meeting minutes, conference materials Association of Wisconsin Teachers Colleges Newsletters (1944-1947), and American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education report and programs, 1952-1953.

Dates: 1924-1953

Centennial Celebration Planning Committee Records, 2014-2020

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 606
Summary

Planning files of the Centennial Celebration Planning Committee, event timelines, budgets, promotional material, publications, and memorabilia documenting UW-Eau Claire’s Centennial Celebration prior to and during the 2016-2017 school year. Includes digital materials.

Dates: 2014-2020

Centennial Oral History Collection, 2012-2013

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 347
Summary

Oral history interviews conducted by students and staff, prior to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Centennial in 2016. The interviews cover a wide range of topics related to the history of the school. Includes digital materials.

Dates: 2012-2013

Eau Claire Area Committee and Citizen Advisory Council Records, 1946-1983

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 139
Summary The Eau Claire Area Committee and Citizen Advisory Council was a committee of citizens from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and the surrounding communities, formed to help disseminate information about the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and it's predecessors to the primary region from which the institution draws its students. President William R. Davies created the Area Advisory Committee in 1945-1946. After the creation of the University of Wisconsin System in 1971-'72, the committee was...
Dates: 1946-1983

Haas Oral History Interviews Project, 1985-1991

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 345
Summary The Haas Oral History Interviews Project comprises interview tapes and transcribed interviews of interviews conducted by Chancellor Leonard C. Haas and University Archivist Richard Pifer between 1985 to 1988 about the history and development of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Haas’s tenure at the university ranged from 1931 into the 1980s, starting as a student, then faculty member/administrative staff, and President and Chancellor from 1959-1971 and 1973-1980. With Haas planning to...
Dates: 1985-1991

Media Development Center Negatives, 1916-2005 (bulk 1960-2005)

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 104
Summary The Media Development Center provides photographic, audio, videotape, and graphic services to the University community. In 1955, a faculty member was appointed Director of Audio-Visual Aids to assist the faculty in preparing film orders and evaluating equipment. A full-fledged Audio-Visual Services department existed by the early 1960s and was responsible for audio-visual instruction, equipment purchase and distribution, offset duplicating, production of educational materials, and...
Dates: 1916-2005 (bulk 1960-2005)

The Periscope Supplements, 1963-1972, 1975

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 131
Summary

The Periscope Supplements are smaller yearbooks that supplement the annual university yearbook the Periscope, during the years 1963 – 1972, 1975. The supplements provide information and photographs of end of spring semester, and into summer, school year activities, sports, commencement photographs, and campus projects and new campus buildings, as these events would not typically be featured in the annual Periscope.

Dates: 1963-1972, 1975

The Summer Times, 1962-2002

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 075
Summary The Prism and then The Summer Times was a news bulletin and then a newspaper that was released during the summer session by the University News Bureau, that discussed the different school events occurring, notices, and other important information about campus. This collection contains the campus newspaper The Summer Times, 1964-2002, and the summer session news bulletin ...
Dates: 1962-2002

University Historical Films, 1934-1994

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 599
Summary

Reel to reel films documenting various events at the Eau Claire State Teachers College (1927-1951), Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire (1951-1964), Wisconsin State University-Eau Claire (1964-1971), and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, dating from 1934 to post 1976. Some of these films are available digitally at: University Historical Films

Dates: 1934-1994