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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 91 Collections and/or Records:

Eugene R. McPhee Papers, 1923-1966, 2003-2004

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 249
Summary

After service in World War II, Eugene R. McPhee became director of teacher training at Eau Claire until leaving for Madison in 1948. Contains personal and professional papers of McPhee’s military career in the United States as well as while he was stationed in Italy. McPhee’s thesis and other documents from his educational career. There are early University of Wisconsin -- Eau Claire financial documents regarding scholarships, memorials and other aspects of the university.

Dates: 1923-1966, 2003-2004

Facilities Planning Records, 1981 - 2005

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 595
Summary

Files relating to the remodeling, renovations and repairs of buildings and grounds on the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire campus.

Dates: 1981 - 2005 (Bulk 1990 - 2000)

Friends of Olin and Emma Swenson (Eau Claire, Wis.) Collection, 1965-1982

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 313
Summary

The collection contains materials relating to Olin and Emma Swenson, prominent activists in the fight for socialist causes in the Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, area. Materials include newspaper clippings, letters from friends and family sharing their recollections of the Swensons, correspondence, photographs, a family history, and interviews. The material was gathered by a committee, the Friends of Olin and Emma Swenson, in an effort to write a book on the couple and their activities.

Dates: 1965-1982

George Storrs and Raymond Gillette Papers, 1917-1930

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 308
Summary Letters from Eau Claire native George Dwight “Dite” Storrs to his mother, Mrs. R. B. Gillette, written while he was stationed in Europe during World War I. Other correspondence includes letters from Storrs’s stepfather, Raymond Gillette, founder of the Gillette Safety Tire Co., a brief biography of Raymond Gillette, an unidentified photograph of nurses with servicemen, a certificate issued to Jeannette Isabella Gillette for services rendered to the Great War, a bill for “Hard Earned...
Dates: 1917-1930, bulk 1917-1919

Goff Family Papers, 1871-1930

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 307
Summary

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.

Dates: Goff Family Papers, 1871-1930

Grace Walsh Papers, 1931-1994

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 551
Summary

The collection contains financial records, programs, reel-to-reel audio tapes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, awards, some correspondence, and other general files related to the forensics and debate programs at the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Includes files created by and pertaining personally to Grace Walsh, a professor and director of speech and forensics from 1944-1980.

Dates: 1931-1994

Guide to the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra Records, 1976-2012

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 388
Summary Material collected by the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra after its founding in 1975 by a small group of musicians under the musical direction of Roy Bennet, assistant professor of music at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, along with Dale Young, a music instructor at Central Jr. High, as concertmaster. Collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, program brochures, grant applications, and documents about outreach programs, and various ephemera from the...
Dates: 1976-2012

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

Henneman Family Papers, 1858-1941

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 315
Summary

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.

Dates: 1858-1941

Hoff Family Correspondence, 1917-2002 (bulk 1917, 1941-1945)

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 387
Summary

Correspondence, photographs, and biographical materials from the Hoff family, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and their time in World War I and World War II. The material ranges from 1917-2002, with the bulk of the material from 1917 and 1941-1945, and details the service of Edwin Peterson (WWI), Olaf Hoff (WWI), and Glenn Sauer (WWII).

Dates: 1917-2002 (bulk 1917, 1941-1945)