World War II
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Eugene R. McPhee Papers, 1923-1966, 2003-2004
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 249
Summary
After service in World War II, Eugene R. McPhee became director of teacher training at Eau Claire until leaving for Madison in 1948. Contains personal and professional papers of McPhee’s military career in the United States as well as while he was stationed in Italy. McPhee’s thesis and other documents from his educational career. There are early University of Wisconsin -- Eau Claire financial documents regarding scholarships, memorials and other aspects of the university.
Dates:
1923-1973, 2003-2004
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
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Office of the Chancellor Correspondence and Subject File, 1936-2014
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 001
Summary
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Office of the Chancellor's (and previously the President's) correspondence and subject files covering all aspects of the university including instruction, Board of Regents, building program, gifts and grants, accreditation, and student affairs. Although the series dates from 1936 and is therefore incomplete, it includes material from every President's/Chancellor's administration at the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Besides documenting the routine...
Dates:
1936-2014