Eau Claire (Wis.) – Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Dave Duax Eau Claire County Board of Supervisors Papers, 1972-1987
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 337
Summary
Dave Duax was on the Eau Claire County Board of Supervisors from 1974-1983. The collection consists of his files from his time on the board documenting county government activities, including survey results, correspondence, committee reports and activities, employment, budget planning, department management and law enforcement.
Dates:
1972-1987
Eau Claire (Wis.). City Council: Proceedings, 1872-1959
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Micro Series 2
Summary
Minutes of meetings, resolutions, ordinances, reports to the Council by city officials and Council committees, inaugural addresses of the mayor, record of accounts and orders paid, legal opinions of the city attorney, and annual financial reports of the City Treasurer and City Clerk. A record of licenses issued by the City Clerk for 1872-1873 is at the end of Volume 1. The series consists of scrapbooks of clippings of the published, official proceedings taken from city newspapers. Some of...
Dates:
1872-1959
Eau Claire (Wis.). City Manager: Subject Files, 1950-1970
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Series 98
Summary
Records from the city manager's office consisting primarily of correspondence with officials of other municipalities, state agencies, city council members and other city officers, and contractors and suppliers with which the city did business; reports of city departments and officials; research materials; near-print reports and bulletins; and budget preparation materials. The records cover a wide range of topics including the city budget, city services and public works, the administration...
Dates:
1950-1970
Eau Claire (Wis.). Mayor: Correspondence, 1940-1949
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Series 20
Summary
Correspondence of three Eau Claire mayors: G. Donald Barnes, Orville Christianson, and W. J. Mills. Routine matters include “fixing” of parking tickets, job recommendations, petitions, the Wisconsin Retirement Fund, promotion of Eau Claire as both a convention site and an industrial site, and the furtherance of highway construction. Problems specifically related to World War II include unemployment, purchase of war bonds, attempts to get needed city employees out of the service early, and...
Dates:
1940-1949
Harold E. House Papers, 1938-1950
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 284
Summary
Fragmentary personal and business papers of Harold E. House, a former Eau Claire city councilman and union and cooperative leader during the 1940s. He worked at the U.S. Rubber Company plant for 15 years and served as president of Local 19 of the United Rubber Workers for seven years. He spent two years organizing consumer cooperatives for the International Union of Rubber Workers, and later worked as a fieldman for the Eau Claire Consumers Cooperative. He also served on the city council...
Dates:
1938-1950, bulk 1945-1950