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...

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...