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Manuscript collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

Alden R. Carter Papers, 1959-1997

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss CJ
Summary

Papers of Alden R. Carter, a Wisconsin writer of young adult fiction and non-fiction, including book proposals, drafts, notes, galley proofs, publicity materials, high school and college term papers, and correspondence with publishers, editors, and agents. Non-fiction topics cover Native American Indian tribes, supercomputers, China, and United States military battles. Videotaped interviews and talks by Carter are also present.

Dates: 1959-1997
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Alexander A. Meggett Papers, 1839-1947

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss Q
Summary Papers of Meggett, Eau Claire, Wisconsin's first lawyer, including correspondence, articles and speeches, biographical data, clippings, and mercantile business account books kept by him and his father, Alexander Meggett, in Chickopee Falls, Mass., in 1839. Correspondence include family letters and exchanges with Wisconsin political figures Jeremiah Rusk and Elisha Keyes. Also included is a biography of Henry Cousins of Eau Claire, and a pamphlet concerning an 1870 railroad celebration at Eau...
Dates: 1839-1947
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Arnold Gilberts Papers, 1930-1934

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss C
Summary Papers of Gilberts, president of the Wisconsin chapter of the Farmers' Holiday Association, which was started in Iowa during the Depression by Milo Reno as an “organized refusal to deliver the products of the farm at less than production costs.” Correspondence and minutes of meetings and conferences, 1932-1933, are mainly concerned with the farmers' strike in October and November of 1933 and with Gilberts' 1932 primary campaign on the Progressive ticket as candidate for the U.S. House of...
Dates: 1930-1934
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Arthur L. Padrutt Papers, 1941-1981

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss CS
Summary

Papers of Padrutt, a former Republican legislator (1941-1956) from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and member of the Public Service Commission (1956-1975), consisting primarily of chronologically arranged constituent correspondence. Some of the correspondence concerns legislation requiring that stray animals be turned over to medical laboratories for research. The speeches document both his legislative career and his tenure on the PSC.

Dates: 1941-1981
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Barland Family Papers, 1825-2008

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AG-Eau Claire Micro 35-Eau Claire Micro 19
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...
Dates: 1825-2008
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad. Eau Claire Depot Records, 1880-1969

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BI-Eau Claire Micro 27
Summary Records documenting the railroad's facilities, operations, and personnel in the Eau Claire region including extensive information on agriculture, businesses, and communities in west central Wisconsin. The Eau Claire Depot served as a regional headquarters. Its records contain correspondence of the depot agent with local community agents and with the head office in St. Paul; reports on community business conditions, needs, and the role of the railroad in local industry; blueprints of railroad...
Dates: 1880-1969
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Chippewa Falls Oral History Project, 1981-1982

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BK
Summary

Interviews conducted by Dolores Beaudette with eight elderly residents of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, concerning their recollections about the history and growth of the community, ca. 1900-1940s, with information on area lumber camps. Indexed transcripts in 2 volumes are included, titled The Flavor of the Times: A Series of Interviews. Tape recordings of the interviews are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Dates: 1981-1982
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Church and Cemetery Records (Genealogical Society of Utah Project): Buffalo County, Wisconsin, 1860-1983

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Micro 28
Summary

Copies of records of numerous churches and cemeteries in Buffalo County, Wis., microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in cooperation with the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Representing various denominations, the records usually consist of membership and sacramental record books.

Dates: 1860-1983
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Church and Cemetery Records (Genealogical Society of Utah Project): Chippewa County, Wisconsin, 1858-1982

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Micro 20
Summary Copies of records of numerous churches and cemeteries in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in cooperation with the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Representing the Catholic, Congregational, United Church of Christ, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Seventh Day Baptist, and United Brethren denominations, the records usually consist of membership and sacramental record books. Cemetery records usually include the plot locations, names...
Dates: 1858-1982
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

Church and Cemetery Records (Genealogical Society of Utah Project): Clark County, Wisconsin, 1844-1983

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Micro 33
Summary

Copies of records of numerous churches and cemeteries in Clark County, Wis., microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in cooperation with the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Representing various denominations, the records usually consist of membership and sacramental record books.

Dates: 1844-1983
Found in: Eau Claire Area Research Center, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

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