Manuscript collection
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:
Wood Family Papers, 1865-1928, 1979, 1992
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BQ
Summary
Financial records, correspondence, family photographs, and diaries kept by David Wood, and by his sons, James Lincoln Wood and Ralph Winthrop Wood, residents of Trempealeau County, Wis., near Whitehall. The diaries, which span 62 years, are a daily record of farm chores, family events, accounts, weather, and community life in western Wisconsin during the settlement period. Ralph and James began keeping their diaries during childhood, with Ralph continuing his into adulthood. Also included...
Dates:
1865-1928; 1979; 1992
World War I Materials, 1917-1920
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BN
Summary
Correspondence, newsletters, and lists pertaining to the Eau Claire County Council of Defense, the Wisconsin War History Commission, war training courses, and records of military and civilian service by area men and women. Compiled by William Bartlett and Marshall Cousins.
Dates:
1917-1920
World War II Materials, 1941-1947
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BO
Summary
Lists of veterans and casualties; civil defense membership cards; material pertaining to the Wisconsin and the Eau Claire County Councils of Defense; and lists of local church members serving in the war, as well as the newsletters which some of these churches published. Probably compiled by staff at the Eau Claire Public Library.
Dates:
1941-1947