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Chippewa Falls (Wis.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

At Work in Chippewa Falls Oral Histories, 1991

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 305
Summary This small collection includes transcripts and audio recordings of interviews with relatives and employees of key industries in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, the county seat for Chippewa County. Conducted by Robert Gough between May and July 1991, the oral histories were the basis for the historical exhibit at the Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology. Businesses discussed include Amoco, Chippewa Plastics, Cray Research, Inc., Crane Lumber Company, Mason Shoe Manufacturing, and...
Dates: 1991
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Chippewa Herald Telegram Tales of a River Articles, circa 1950

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 280
Summary

Typewritten manuscript of a series of 197 articles written on the history of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, presumably published in the Chippewa Herald Telegram. Topics include transportation, natural disasters, lumbering and logging, business, politics, Native American – settler relations, sports and leisure, education, etc., from the 1840s through the 1920s.

Dates: circa 1950
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Church and Cemetery Records (Genealogical Society of Utah Project): Chippewa County, Wisconsin, 1858-1982

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Micro 20
Summary Copies of records of numerous churches and cemeteries in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in cooperation with the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Representing the Catholic, Congregational, United Church of Christ, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Seventh Day Baptist, and United Brethren denominations, the records usually consist of membership and sacramental record books. Cemetery records usually include the plot locations, names...
Dates: 1858-1982
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Cray’s Undervalued Assets: An Oral History of the Working Women at Cray Research Project Files, 2025

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 002
Summary

Oral histories conducted by UW-Eau Claire history student Dylan Helwig during 2025, of former employees of Cray Research, Inc. in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, from between 1972-1996. The purpose of the research was to create audio recordings of the experiences of women working at Cray Research. Includes interviews, interview transcripts, and a 1992 cookbook.

Dates: Project Date: 2025; Materials Date: 1992, 2025
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Frank Meinen Papers, 1926-1989

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BJ
Summary Papers of a Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, farmer, electric fence manufacturer, and political conservative, including correspondence, financial records of the farm and a fence business, detailed agricultural production records from circa 1920 through circa 1975, family and other photographs, and subject files relating to Meinen's involvement with agricultural organizations such as the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America, St. Peter's...
Dates: 1926-1989
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Women of the Ku Klux Klan. Klan 14 (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) Records, 1926-1931

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Small Collection 18
Summary

Photocopies of records of a Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, chapter of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan consisting of meeting minutes, financial reports, communications from the Wisconsin Realm Office and Imperial Headquarters, along with other miscellaneous materials.

Dates: 1926-1931
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

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