Railroads
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
ART 384: Artist Books Collection, 2023
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 610
Summary
Materials created by University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students in the Art Department course ART 384 Artist Books: Image & Text, during the Spring 2023 semester. Student creations are reimaginations of rare books and manuscripts housed in the Special Collections and Archives Department of McIntyre Library at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.
Dates:
2023
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers Lodge No. 68 (Altoona, Wis.) Records, 1884-1996 (bulk 1935-1970)
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 324
Summary
Documents of a railroad workers’ union local in Altoona, Wisconsin, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers Lodge No. 68, founded in the early 20th Century. Collection contains Claims Files documenting grievances against the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company and associated union action (1935-1970); Membership Rolls from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Subdivision No. 241 employment seniority lists, and union membership button lists (1884-1996); and...
Dates:
1884-1996 (bulk 1935-1970)
Nathaniel Caldwell Foster Papers, 1830-1936
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss O
Summary
Fragmentary records of Foster, a native of New York state who came to Wisconsin in 1854 and became a prominent lumberman and logging railroad operator headquartered at Fairchild after 1876. The collection contains political correspondence with representative James A. Frear; miscellaneous business papers including land titles, maps, mortgages, and financial records pertaining to his land and timber investments in Eau Claire and Clark counties; a few records relating to the Fairchild and...
Dates:
1830-1936