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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 149 Collections and/or Records:

Ingram Family and Empire Lumber Company Papers, 1874-1953 (bulk 1906-1934)

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 350
Summary

Personal papers of the family of Orrin H. Ingram, a prominent lumberman and businessman in the Chippewa Valley, and his son Erskine B. Ingram, at the turn of the 20th Century. Also includes business records of the Empire Lumber Company, established in 1881.

Dates: 1874-1953, bulk 1906-1934

Inter-Cultural Education Program Records, 1969-1972

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 125
Summary The Inter-Cultural Education Program was a summer program at the WSU-EC Campus School for minority group and educationally disadvantaged youth from the Racine, Black River Falls, Hayward, and Eau Claire areas, to improve children’s skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing through various methods and to appreciate their own and other cultures. Includes reports, evaluations, staff and student lists, instruction materials, correspondence, host family information, budgets, proposals,...
Dates: 1969-1972

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 953: Records, 1935-1943

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AC
Summary

Correspondence, bills, receipts, and employment agreements of Local 953. Included is information on negotiations with the Northern States Power Company, relationships with the parent union and other locals, efforts to organize non-union workers, and other topics. The files are those of the Business Manager, Sherman (Shorty) Preston.

Dates: 1935-1943

International Order of Odd Fellows, Augusta Lodge No. 142: Records, 1868-1984 (bulk 1868-1940)

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss DC
Summary Records of Lodge 142, of Augusta, Wisconsin, mainly 1868-1940, of the fraternal organization, the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), and its associated women's group, the Rebekah Assembly Lodge 225, comprising officers' rolls; minutes; membership accounts; pamphlets; guide and rulebooks; meeting programs; ephemera including IOOF-produced postcards and stamps; and similar material from lodges in Illinois. Correspondence is lightly represented. A lithograph depicting the symbolic...
Dates: 1868-1984 (bulk 1868-1940)

James D. R. Steven Papers, 1897-1921

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AO
Summary Correspondence of James Steven, an Eau Claire, Wisconsin, businessman involved in lumbering and retail selling. Letterbooks detail Steven's lumbering enterprises, land and lumber transactions, and deeds of sales. In May 1890, Steven began work in the office of Davis and Starr Lumber Company. In 1907, Steven organized the Steven and Jarvis Lumber Company, with Arthur Jarvis, to deal in wholesale lumber. Steven was also involved with the Eau Claire Book and Stationery Company, and became...
Dates: 1897-1921

James Newman Clark Collection, 1867-1972 (bulk 1867-1928)

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 249
Summary Personal and business papers of James Newman Clark (1842-1928), a farmer, taxidermist, and ornithologist in Meridean, Wisconsin. Clark was an interested bird watcher and self-trained taxidermist, and he kept careful notes on correct identification of specimens. Clark’s ornithology collection was donated to the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire in 1959 where it was displayed in L.E. Phillips Science Hall. Papers also relate to the donation and display of Clark’s collection at the...
Dates: 1867-1972 (bulk 1867-1928)

Johannes Dahle Student Activism Collection, circa 1967-1980

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 290
Summary Subject files relating to student protest and activism created by Johannes Dahle, a staff member at UW-Eau Claire from 1966-1995. Dahle served in many positions including the Director of University Centers (1971-1984), Director of Development (1984-1985), and Director of Development and University Relations (1985-1995). Includes newspaper clippings and magazine articles from national, regional, and local publications, student publications, reports, university correspondence, and information...
Dates: circa 1967-1980

John DeRosier Papers, 1990-1993

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss CH
Summary

Papers of John DeRosier concerning his service in the U.S. Naval Reserve on active duty at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, during the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991. Included is correspondence, an oral history, a memoir, newsclippings, and other items.

Dates: 1990-1993

John H. Kaiser Lumber Company Records, 1905-1957

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss L
Summary

Records of an Eau Claire, Wisconsin lumber company consisting of business correspondence; miscellaneous legal business papers; biographical material; and minutes, proxies, and announcements of board of directors' meetings. There are income tax returns of the John H. Kaiser Lumber Company, of W. A. Kaiser, and of the Eau Claire Box and Crating Company. Also included are journals, ledgers, cash books, and records of stock issues.

Dates: 1905-1957

John S. Owen Lumber Company Records, 1875-1955

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss E
Summary Business records covering not only lumbering and logging operations in northwestern Wisconsin by the Owen Lumber Company, but also related enterprises in lumber, real estate, railroads, and cotton in the Pacific Northwest, South Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Subsidiary or related companies included the Owen-Oregon Lumber Company, California & Oregon Lumber Company, Del Norte Company, Three States Lumber Company, Gilbert Lumber Company, Owen Box and Crating Company, Pierre...
Dates: 1875-1955