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Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

1953 Amateur Talent Contest (Eau Claire, Wis.) Audio Tape, 1953

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 323
Summary Cassette tape recording of rebroadcast from WEAU of the Grand Finals of 1953 series of Amateur Talent shows, held at the Eau Claire State Theatre in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It was sponsored by WEAU Broadcasting and Russell Dairy Company of Eau Claire, Menomonie, and Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The Master of Ceremonies was Bob Peterson. First place was Peter Weinberg and Homer Mittelstad of Eau Claire. Second place was Dick Hob and the Natalie Jazz Band of Eau Claire. Third place was Alan...
Dates: 1953

Adolph Maassen Agricultural Reformers and Farmers’ Union Collection, 1935-1937, 1963, 1966, 1968

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 298
Summary

Contains interviews with politicians that worked on the Rural Electrification Act (R.E.A.) during the Great Depression as well as notable members of the Farmers’ Union. Also contains notes for Adolph Ralph Maassen’s masters thesis in history, published in 1968, on the growth, development, and effect of the Rural Electrification Act Program in West Central Wisconsin.

Dates: 1935-1937, 1963, 1966, 1968

Barstow & Grand, 2017-Continuing

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 372
Summary Barstow & Grand, an annual print journal of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and hybrid text genres that supports writers with a connection to the Chippewa Valley in northwestern Wisconsin. In 2016, the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild began its mission to support regional writers through craft talks, writing residencies, readings, and other high-impact community initiatives. Within a year, guild members suggested that a regional publication seemed a natural...
Dates: 2017-Continuing

Daniel Bastian Nelson Collection, 1898-1919

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 356
Summary

A collection of photographs taken by Daniel Bastian Nelson from 1898-1919 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the surrounding Chippewa Valley, and Madison, Wisconsin. The photographs were taken using a Magazine Cyclone 3 camera and the negatives are on glass plates sizing 3 ¼”x4 ¼” and 4”x5”. The photographs are more informal than traditional studio portraiture of the era, documenting the lifestyle of the era and portraying the subjects in more casual poses than traditional portraiture.

Dates: 1898-1919

Eau Claire Daughters of the American Revolution Records, 1919-2019

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 371
Summary

Founded in 1918, the Eau Claire chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is a group of women with ancestry connecting to the American Revolution. Records contain information relating to chapter meetings, member and chapter histories, State and National Society DAR information, and historical endeavors in the community from 1919-2019.

Dates: 1919-2019

Eau Claire Regional Arts Council Records, 1982-2018

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 373
Summary

The Eau Claire Regional Arts Council (ECRAC) was founded in 1982 and continued until 2018. ECRAC restored the State Theater and operated there, bringing touring shows to the area and providing a venue for local theater groups to perform. The organization advocated for the arts and helped establish the Eau Claire art scene. This collection includes board meeting minutes, State Theater remodeling documents, local show programming, and various promotional materials.

Dates: 1982-2018

Guide to the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra Records, 1976-2012

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 388
Summary Material collected by the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra after its founding in 1975 by a small group of musicians under the musical direction of Roy Bennet, assistant professor of music at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, along with Dale Young, a music instructor at Central Jr. High, as concertmaster. Collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, program brochures, grant applications, and documents about outreach programs, and various ephemera from the...
Dates: 1976-2012

Ingram Family and Empire Lumber Company Papers, 1874-1953 (bulk 1906-1934)

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 350
Summary

Personal papers of the family of Orrin H. Ingram, a prominent lumberman and businessman in the Chippewa Valley, and his son Erskine B. Ingram, at the turn of the 20th Century. Also includes business records of the Empire Lumber Company, established in 1881.

Dates: 1874-1953, bulk 1906-1934

Sounds of Eau Claire Oral History Project, 2017-2019

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 361
Summary The project, a collaboration between the Special Collections and Archives Department of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's McIntyre Library, the Chippewa Valley Museum, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's History Department, and Blugold Radio, LLC., aimed to document and better understand the late 19th and early 20th century music scene in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and the broader Chippewa Valley region. Includes oral history transcripts, project files, materials donated/captured in...
Dates: 2017-2019