Summary

Annual reports of the Consumers Cooperative Association of Eau Claire, located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, founded in 1935 by Eau Claire residents and area farmers. It was a retail distribution organization owned by Eau Claire area farmers and consumers. Annual reports range from 1948, 1950, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, and 1976.

Summary Fragmentary personal and business papers of Harold E. House, a former Eau Claire city councilman and union and cooperative leader during the 1940s. He worked at the U.S. Rubber Company plant for 15 years and served as president of Local 19 of the United Rubber Workers for seven years. He spent two years organizing consumer cooperatives for the International Union of Rubber Workers, and later worked as a fieldman for the Eau Claire Consumers Cooperative. He also served on the city council...

Summary

Correspondence, bills, receipts, and employment agreements of Local 953. Included is information on negotiations with the Northern States Power Company, relationships with the parent union and other locals, efforts to organize non-union workers, and other topics. The files are those of the Business Manager, Sherman (Shorty) Preston.