Wisconsin -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Marshall Cousins Papers, 1837-1947
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss I
Summary
Papers of Marshall Cousins, a prominent local historian in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, consisting of correspondence, diaries, historical source material he collected, extensive subject files and notebooks containing information transcribed from published and other sources, and a small collection of papers of his father, Henry Cousins, an East Troy attorney, including letters written by John Fox Potter, a Wisconsin congressman. The Potter letters, 1857-1869, contain caustic characterizations of...
Dates:
1837-1947
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Department of History Wisconsin History Papers, 1954-1983
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 240
Summary
Student papers written for Professor Edward Blackorby’s Wisconsin History courses (HIST 154, HIST 480). All of the papers deal with local or regional history in Wisconsin.
Dates:
1954-1983
William W. Bartlett Papers, 1821-1934, 1944-1962
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BY- Eau Claire Micro 34
Summary
Papers of Bartlett, a prominent local historian in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, consisting of personal papers and his historical writings. The personal papers contain biographical and family information; correspondence, 1896-1934, with considerable information on local history topics; and files on Eau Claire activities in which Bartlett was involved, including the Eau Claire County Old Settlers' Association (1890-1929), the Prohibition Club (1885-1894), the Chippewa-Eau Claire Memorial Highway,...
Dates:
1821-1934, 1944-1962
World War II Interviews, 1983
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 258
Summary
This collection contains interview materials of Wisconsin World War II Veterans from a UW-Eau Claire History 187 class from spring 1983. Bret Showers interviewed Elroy Huwe, who was in the 501st regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, about Operation Market Garden in Holland. Dan Johnson interviewed Orrin Grilley about jungle combat in the South Pacific. Peter L. Starke interviewed Harry R. Starke, a Captain in the CBI Theater and a hump pilot. Contains three cassette tapes of recorded...
Dates:
1983