Summary Personal and business papers of three generations of the Barlands, a family with strong ties to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, together with papers of several related families, the Newlands, the Reads, the Schlegelmilchs, and the Wilsons. Included are personal letters, diaries, photographs, financial records, and genealogical materials. The papers document the life of Thomas Barland, a minister and inventor who emigrated from Scotland to Illinois and then to Eau Claire (1853). Barland's...

Summary The collection is comprised primarily of correspondence from Donald “Don” E. Compton, Charles “Chuck” Compton, and Ruth Compton to their parents L. M. (Lindley M.) and Elva Compton (Tomah, Wis.) L.M. Compton was the first superintendent of the Tomah Indian Industrial School in Tomah, Wis. The largest part of the collection consists of letters from Don to his parents. There is also World War I era correspondence from Don who was a Lieutenant Junior in the U.S. Navy. These personal writings...

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Papers of the family of Edgar Goff, who left Massachusetts and purchased land in the Township of Pleasant Valley in Eau Claire County in 1857. Edgar was a farmer until his death in 1894. Upon his death, Edgar’s son, Arthur W. Goff, inherited his property. Included are financial and land records, financial journals, grocery lists, genealogy, a brief history of the Goff family, a hand-drawn map of the farm, and correspondence.

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Henneman family records for Frank Henneman and Mollie Loew in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, during the early 20th Century. Collection documents what everyday life was like on a Wisconsin farm and in a logging camp. Also includes a hot dish recipe, birth certificates, genealogical information, blueprints for an addition to the Henneman farm, and land records dating back to 1858.

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Papers of a family that emigrated from Switzerland to a farm near Eau Claire, Wisconsin about 1923. Included is correspondence to Bertha Amacher Ryser from friends and family in Oberried, Switzerland (all in German and mainly 1970s and 1980s) and elsewhere; many letters written by her son Werner H. Ryser during his service with the 120th Engineers Combat Battalion during the Korean War; and personal expense books, diaries, and a farm account book, 1943-1944.