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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 149 Collections and/or Records:

Pearl Robinson Papers, 1917-1978

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 386
Summary Photographs, letters, diplomas, books, and records of Pearl Robinson, a 1926 Eau Claire State Normal School teaching graduate. Records relate to her education, and during and after World War II her time as an instructor and organizer of Aeronautics courses in Washington D.C. high schools, Before You Fly: Essentials of Aeronautics books she co-authored, Certificate of Merit from the U.S. Navy, and the Trophy Award from the Washington Air Derby Association for...
Dates: 1917-1978

Pearl Seguin Papers, 1917-1944

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 279
Summary A collection of pamphlets, programs, and ephemera from the World War I era, 1917-1944, collected by Pearl Seguin, an Eau Claire State Normal School graduate and Eau Claire teacher. Includes pamphlets and programs on World War I, American citizenship, the League of Nations, Ku Klux Klan, War Expositions, Memorial Day annuals, a circa 1918 College Service Flag, Periscope yearbooks, photographs, correspondence, “Facts About Eau Claire” flier, and a copy of the...
Dates: 1917-1944

Peter J. Smith Papers, 1920-1928

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss U
Summary

Papers of Smith, an Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Republican Party leader, consisting almost entirely of correspondence with Wisconsin progressives and with members of the Scandinavian-American Fraternity. Correspondents include Robert M. La Follette, John J. Blaine, James A. Frear, and C.N. Saugen.

Dates: 1920-1928

Peterson Grocery Store Records, 1881-1920

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss W
Summary

Records of a Wisconsin grocery store and its predecessor firms, consisting mainly of financial records including invoices of wholesale purchases and daily customer orders. Also included is a small amount of business and personal correspondence, 1888-1920, in Danish and English; wholesaler's price lists and advertisements, 1879-1920; and “poor orders” listing the grocery orders filled for the city's poor, 1897-1909.

Dates: 1881-1920

Phi Kappa Phi (University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire) Records, 1955-2010

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 371
Summary

Records of Phi Kappa Phi, a national scholastic honor society, 1955 through 2010. Records and artifacts detail the history of the local chapter on campus (formed in April 1969), committees, correspondence, public relations, initiation programs, meeting minutes, activities, membership lists, and national society handbooks. UW-Eau Claire is not listed in the national Phi Kappa Phi current directory (in April 2022) for Wisconsin chapters.

Dates: 1955-2010

Phillips and Cohen Family Papers, 1936-2009

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 344
Summary L.E. Phillips (1899-1978) and Melvin Cohen (1918-2008) were two prominent Eau Claire industrialists and philanthropists. The collection includes a variety of newspaper clippings related to their community involvement and reports on their company, National Presto Industries. Company booklets and photographs are mixed with photographs of philanthropist work, as well as materials on Phillips’ Boy Scouts involvement and speeches. Other photographs depict the Phillips’ and Cohen’s community...
Dates: 1936-2009

Phoenix Manufacturing Company Records, 1901-1903, 1906-1907

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BM
Summary

Brief records of the Phoenix Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of lumbering machinery in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Included is business correspondence, miscellaneous materials, and letterheads of numerous companies from Wisconsin and other states.

Dates: 1901-1903, 1906-1907

Pinter Hunting Camp Records, 1939-2016

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 360
Summary

This collection contains materials that pertain to the Pinter Hunting Camp that has been around the Eau Claire, Wisconsin, area since 1939. The materials date from 1939-2016. The contents include photographs, photograph albums, a log book, a few yearly camp newsletters, maps, hunting gear, a newspaper article, signs and flyers from the camp, and a letter from the donor, John Pinter.

Dates: 1939-2016, bulk 1990-2005

Putnam Park Records, 1896-2022

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 117
Summary Principally minutes of the Putnam Park Commission and its predecessors which advise University officials on the use of Putnam Park, a local nature preserve. Originally the property of lumberman Henry C. Putnam, Putnam Park was donated to the City of Eau Claire in 1909, and to the University in 1957. Shortly thereafter William R. Davies established the Putnam Park Management Committee to advise the President and the Long-Range Planning Committee on the use of the nature preserve. It has...
Dates: 1896-2022

Ration Board Cards, 1941-1945

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 243
Summary

The majority of the collection features correspondence and forms related to Certificates of War Necessity and gas rationing for the university vehicles mainly during WWII. A small amount of correspondence and forms related to the purchase of a Ford pickup truck and obtainment of a certificate of title for it by the university in 1943 and 1944.

Dates: 1941-1945