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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 149 Collections and/or Records:

George F. Shepherd Papers, 1857-1901

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Micro 6
Summary

Papers, 1857-1901, of George F. Shepherd, an Eau Claire County, Wisconsin immigrant farmer from Guernsey, England, who served in Co. F of the 25th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Included are Civil War letters to his wife Martha concerning camp life, his stays in hospitals, and his concerns for his family, farm, and finances; letters from Martha's family in Guernsey, 1858-1866; legal and biographical data, including Martha's obituary; and photographs.

Dates: 1857-1901

George L. Blum Papers, 1923-1937

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AM
Summary

Correspondence of Blum, Eau Claire, Wisconsin county judge, attorney, and businessman; including requests for Blum's legal advice or intervention as a judge and his replies, letters on local financial enterprises (including his directorship of the Union Mortgage Loan Company), and letters concerning Blum's involvement in the Boy Scouts.

Dates: 1923-1937

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)

Indianhead Federated Library System Records, 1935-1987

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss DF
Summary

Indianhead Federated Library Services' (IFLS) was established in 1977 as a Wisconsin library system of ten county libraries to work together to provide the member libraries access to a wide variety of services and programming. The IFLS records detail their administrative services.

Dates: 1935-1987