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Eau Claire (Wis.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur J. Fox Papers, 1939-1948

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 181
Summary

Arthur Julius Fox, one of the original faculty members of the Eau Claire State Normal School, was a former registrar and dean of instruction at Eau Claire State Teachers College. He retired in 1948 after 32 years of service at the college. This collection includes the general correspondence of A.J. Fox from 1939 to 1948 as well as his Teacher’s Program and Service Reports, his transcript from the University of Chicago, and newspaper clippings of his death in 1958.

Dates: 1939-1948

Business Records of the Eau Claire State Normal School, 1910-1940

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 006
Summary

Miscellaneous business records of the Eau Claire State Normal School. Includes payrolls, cash receipts, expenditures, bills paid, refunds, and alphabetized student records. The University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire was founded in 1916 as Eau Claire State Normal School.

Dates: 1910-1940

Centennial Celebration Planning Committee Records, 2014-2020

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 606
Summary

Planning files of the Centennial Celebration Planning Committee, event timelines, budgets, promotional material, publications, and memorabilia documenting UW-Eau Claire’s Centennial Celebration prior to and during the 2016-2017 school year. Includes digital materials.

Dates: 2014-2020

Cornerstones and Time Capsules Collection, 1916, 1951, 1960

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 545
Summary Collection of the contents found within time capsule containers buried in the cornerstones of buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus. Time capsule containers are included for Schofield Hall or “Old Main”, set on October 19, 1916; McIntyre Library, set on February 15, 1960; and The Zorn Arena Complex, set on September 19, 1951. Contents include Eau Claire, WI, and Spectator student newspapers, photographs, college bulletins, course...
Dates: Time Capsule Dates: 1916, 1951, 1960; Materials Date: 1916-2024

Haas Oral History Interviews Project, 1985-1991

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 345
Summary The Haas Oral History Interviews Project comprises interview tapes and transcribed interviews of interviews conducted by Chancellor Leonard C. Haas and University Archivist Richard Pifer between 1985 to 1988 about the history and development of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Haas’s tenure at the university ranged from 1931 into the 1980s, starting as a student, then faculty member/administrative staff, and President and Chancellor from 1959-1971 and 1973-1980. With Haas planning to...
Dates: 1985-1991

Media Development Center Negatives, 1916-2005 (bulk 1960-2005)

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 104
Summary The Media Development Center provides photographic, audio, videotape, and graphic services to the University community. In 1955, a faculty member was appointed Director of Audio-Visual Aids to assist the faculty in preparing film orders and evaluating equipment. A full-fledged Audio-Visual Services department existed by the early 1960s and was responsible for audio-visual instruction, equipment purchase and distribution, offset duplicating, production of educational materials, and...
Dates: 1916-2005 (bulk 1960-2005)

Memorial Hall Materials, 1946-continuing

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 483
Summary Records relating to Memorial Hall, first residence hall on the Eau Claire State Teachers College campus in 1947. It was originally the Dulany Mansion of lumber baron Daniel Dulany, located on the northwest corner of State Street and Garfield Avenue. It became a men’s dormitory in 1955 when a new women’s dormitory was built. When Memorial Hall was demolished, some of the stained-glass windows and wood trim were saved to decorate the Dulany Inn restaurant in the UW-Eau Claire Davies Student...
Dates: 1946-continuing

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

Pearl Seguin Papers, 1917-1944

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 279
Summary A collection of pamphlets, programs, and ephemera from the World War I era, 1917-1944, collected by Pearl Seguin, an Eau Claire State Normal School graduate and Eau Claire teacher. Includes pamphlets and programs on World War I, American citizenship, the League of Nations, Ku Klux Klan, War Expositions, Memorial Day annuals, a circa 1918 College Service Flag, Periscope yearbooks, photographs, correspondence, “Facts About Eau Claire” flier, and a copy of the...
Dates: 1917-1944

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Land Use and Acquisition Records, 1909-2014

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 605
Summary

The scale of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire grew with the addition of buildings and acquired lands. The contents of this collection include land deeds, quit claims, land easements, and correspondence associated with the history of land acquisitions and changes impacting the University.

Dates: 1909-2014