Excerpt from a letter written by Kahl in which he describes how his brother was cured of eczema about 1929 by "Dr." Topp of Cameron, Wisconsin.

The North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, founded in 1895, is one of six similar regionally based organizations in the United States whose purpose is the accreditation of higher educational institutions.
The bulk of the materials included in this series pertains to the initial accreditation of the River Falls State Teachers College in 1935. These include correspondence, a 1932 faculty roster, faculty records, completed schedules relating to various aspects of the school’s facilities, the Dec. 1934 application for accreditation, and a July 1935 report of inspection. Materials pertaining to later relations between the school and the NCACS are also included in the series. Among these are correspondence to 1948, miscellaneous completed schedules, 1945 faculty records, a number of printed NCACS reports and studies, and a 1962 proposal and request for accreditation of a Mater of Science degree in Teaching.

"Sketches of My Life and My Origin ..." by Hamilton, a pioneer settler in Bowman County, North Dakota, and a cattleman there; plus biographical sketches of Andrew Rosander and Fred Hanson, residents of the same area.

This series contains several pieces (mainly print and handwritten letters) from the years 1877-1915. The items were placed in a time capsule placed in the cornerstone of North Hall on June 17th, 1914. The contents were revealed in a ceremony in April 1999 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the University of Wisconsin- River Falls.

Field cards compiled by the assessor for appraisal of residential property, showing the assessed value of the land and dwelling. Each card includes the land description, name and address of owners and tenants, and detailed structural information about the dwelling, improvements and attachments such as style, age, living areas, heating system, construction material, and condition. Also includes penciled diagrams showing block boundaries, lot dimensions, and location. Some cards have photos attached. ?b The series includes a small folder of cards for commercial and industrial properties, a 1988 zoning map, a 1991 sub-division map (number within subdivision is lot number), and a 2005 key map which acts as index to the cards.

Very brief minutes of the North Hudson Board of Health.

"NSP Environmental Monitoring and Ecological Studies Program, 1971 Annual Report for the Allen S. King Generating Plant, Oak Park Heights, Minnesota," a plant whose construction was opposed by many because of its potential for ecological and recreational damage to the St. Croix River; plus a covering letter with attachments.

Copy of a letter, March 29, 1862, written by Dieffenbach from Fort Scott, Kansas, to John W. Barrett (1837-1907) describing his past military service and experiences and giving his views on slavery.

[1] School District Records (1925-1958) containing minutes of school board meetings, register of school officers, accounts of receipts and expenditures, teachers' contracts, treasurers' bonds, and school tax certificates; [2] Clerk's Papers (1941-1958) including school censuses, annual reports of clerks and teachers, official bonds, and other miscellaneous papers and forms; [3] Treasurer's Book (1952-1958) showing receipts and disbursements; and [4] School Registers (1935-1953) containing each pupil's name, standing, and attendance record, daily programs, visitors record, and state reading circle record.

Mimeographed history by Saden of Oak Grove School, 1906-1950, District 4, Town of Garfield, Polk County, Wisconsin.

[1] School District Record (1925-1942) includes minutes of annual meetings, school board proceedings, financial records, school censuses, treasurers bonds, and teachers' contracts; [2] Clerk's Papers (1909-1941) includes correspondence, annual reports, teachers' contracts and reports, treasurer's bonds, and school censuses; and [3] School Registers (1933-1941) showing pupils' names and attendance records, daily programs, visitors' record, and state reading circle record.

Correspondence (1942-1954), annual reports (1943-1952), school censuses (1942-1950), teachers' contracts (1945-1952), reports (1944-1945), treasurer's bonds (1944-1947), insurance policies (1942-1949), and financial papers (1942-1953).

Bulletins and broadsides, April-May, 1972, concerning a student strike of classes and other anti-Vietnam War activities on the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus, including several items produced by the Oak Street Eagles.

Treasurer's journal record of receipts and disbursements showing date, source or payee, purpose and order number, and amount received or disbursed. Also contains minutes of annual meeting in 1865.

Series includes general correspondence from the presidencies/chancellorships of James W. Crabtree (1911-1917), Jesse H. Ames (1911, 1917-1946), Eugene H. Kleinpell (1946-1967), Richard J. Delorit (1967-1968), and George R. Field (1968-1985). Highlights include correspondence with students in military service (1917-1921); materials relating to the Smith-Hughes Act and problems at the River Falls Normal School as a result of its passage (1917-1929); and correspondence concerning curriculum, faculty and legislation. After 1930 most of the correspondence is of a formal business nature. Included is correspondence concerning Foundation business, arrangements for guest lecturers, development of the Graduate School and the transitions from Teachers College to State College (1957) and from State College to State University (1964). Most of the early correspondence (1911-1930) concerns prospective students (applications, and boarding and employment inquiries, students and recommendations for graduates). Some job applications are included. Correspondence with men in the military, including a list of River Falls Normal students in service dominates the files from 1917-1921.

This series contains correspondence and communications between the River Falls Board of Regents representatives and the school. The bulk of the information deals with budgeting, salaries, curriculum changes, and allocations for physical plant expansion, along with legislative events which affected Board policy. Clarification of Board policies in general and the manner in which it affected River Falls in particular can be found within the correspondence, as well as illustrations of the efforts of River Falls Regents to achieve enactments of favorable Board policies for the school.

Records of Old Academy Girls, a social club whose members had attended the River Falls Academy, River Falls, Wisconsin, between 1856 and 1878. Included is an account of the club's founding, minutes, membership lists, and newspaper accounts of club events.

Reminiscences of Myran, a Wisconsin farmer, in which he describes his father's immigration from Norway in 1841, settlement in Sand Creek, Dunn County, Wisconsin, in 1865, and subsequent events in the area.

A photocopied typewritten description of the conditions at Andersonville Prison, written by a son of Ole Steensland (1843?-1905?), 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, a prisoner there from 1863 to 1865.

Minutes of stockholders' and board of directors' meetings and a list of the original stockholders.
The hospital, renamed the Holmes Sanitarium in 1892, was founded in 1887 by Dr. Irving D. Wiltrout. The original corporation was dissolved in 1894.

Register including attendance, pupil standings, and record of work.

Scrapbook of news clippings concerning Halls, Pierce County, Wis., sheriff, and his leadership of the successful efforts to close the saloons and the brothel located on the island between Pierce County and Red Wing, Minnesota.

This series contains pertinent information and general notes from the opening faculty meeting of the academic year. Also included are copies of speeches delivered by administration.

Opera Hotel register (1887-1901, 1941) includes names, addresses (generally limited to city if any), date/time, rooms rented, and a notes field. Since many of the guests were in the entertainment industry, many entries include creatively devised advertisements for the performances or other additional information on the group and type of entertainment provided. A note, dated 1941, appears to have been added by a later owner of the register. According to the River Falls Journal, the register was in the possession of W. A. Freeman when the fire that burned the building formerly housing the Opera Hotel, burned in 1921.

Photocopy of an unfinished manuscript by Helweg, handwritten and in Danish, with the translated title "Manuscript on the Establishment of the Danish Settlement of West Denmark, Polk County, Wisconsin, U.S.A." West Denmark was on the west shore of Little Butternut Lake in Luck Township. The manuscript is bound, and was not finished due to Pastor Helweg's death.

Papers of Osborn Strahl, a Clifton, Pierce County, Wisconsin, lumberman, consisting mainly of family correspondence (1860-1909), containing information on Strahl and MacDonald family genealogy. Included are letters which describe agricultural life in the Los Angeles area in 1892, early twentieth-century life in the state of Washington, the Seattle harbor, and the Oregon and Washington Indian wars. There is also material relating to school experiences of the Strahl family, including essays, speeches, and class notes (circa 1845-1858); three land certificates (1854-1855); and reminiscences by Strahl of Pierce County settlers.

Muster rolls of the Osceola Home Guards, 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, Wisconsin State Militia, Osceola, Wisconsin.

Brief history, 1910-1945, of the Osceola, Wisconsin, club, describing activities and accomplishments; and a 1945 memorandum, "Plans for Post War Travel," with advice to club members on how to travel cross country in post-war America.

Essay by Christensen, a descendant of settlers in Nasonville, Wis., describing living conditions, farming, lumbering, and Indians, and including biographical sketches of some of the early settlers.

Papers relating to the estate of River Falls, Wisconsin, businessman P. W. Ramer; including his will, legal documents, and correspondence between his descendants.

Articles and notes on the early history of Pierce County, Wis., some written by Paul B. Bjerkeng, some by unidentified authors; accompanied by papers relating to the Pierce County Historical Society, photographs, clippings (all in SC 8); and additional articles, several letters in Norwegian, a speech by Marion Neprud, and letters to the editor, 1941-1942, by Bjerkeng (all in SC 85).

Recollections by Kirkendall of logging activities for the Knapp, Stout Company in Polk, St. Croix, Barron, and Washburn counties, Wisconsin, in the 1890's; with an introduction and related newspaper articles about Birchwood, Wisconsin, by Ethel Elliot Chappelle.

Genealogy of the Hickerson family, circa 1700-1981, compiled by Perry John Hickerson of Marshall, Minn. The genealogy traces the descendants of John and Anne Higginson of Baltimore County, Maryland.
Other surnames treated in the account include Wood, Frost, Blizzard, Farrell, Cayler, Mitchell, Moline, Wallace, and Pingle.

Records of the negotiations between St. Croix County and the various government employee unions, including correspondence, notes, benefit cost estimates, research materials, collective bargaining and mediation requests, proposed and final offers, grievances, and agreements. Represented units include Courthouse, General Government Support Services (GGSS), Highway, Health Center, Human Services-Non Professional/Professional, Land and Water Conservation, Law Enforcement, and Social Services.

An autobiography by Peter Dicke, a Lutheran minister who established and served many congregations in Michigan and in Dodge, Shawano, and Oconto counties, Wisconsin.

History of the "Hudson Star Observer," 1850-circa 1972, by Peter Jauquet, apparently prepared for a college course in which Jauquet was enrolled.

Reminiscences of Father Peter Minwegen, O.M.I., concerning his service as a missionary in Canada, 1908-1915; his flight to the U.S. during World War I to escape internment because of his German citizenship; his experiences, 1915-ca. 1925, as a priest in Jim Falls and in Cornell, Wisconsin, where the Ku Klux Klan was active; his successful use of Sebastian Kneipp's water cure in various illnesses; and the efforts of the Oblate fathers to establish their own Midwest province.

Photocopies of letters, 1893-1901, written in Norwegian by Peter R. Jacobson of Lake Park, Minnesota to his brother-in-law, Nels J. Jenson of Hudson, Wisconsin; and translated into English by Else Bigton. The letters discuss economics, politics, religion, harvests and planting, and other family and agricultural news.

Phi Alpha Theta is an honorary society for historians. The Lambda Nu chapter at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls was organized in 1966.

The Pi Delta Kappa chapter was established at UW-River Falls in 1969. It is an honorary society for educators and education students.

Phi Kappa Phi is a national honorary society whose mission is to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others. The Society also recognizes outstanding achievements by students, faculty, and others through various awards and through invitations to membership.

The records in this collection includes the petition to the chancellor in 1987, by-laws and member directory, a secretary manual (1987-1991), recognition of the 25th anniversary, and photographs from awards ceremonies in the 1980s.

Miscellaneous letters and ephemera relating to the family of Phineas C. Flint, River Falls, Wisconsin, including four Civil War letters from Lt. Jerry E. Flint, Co. G, 4th Wisconsin Infantry, written from Louisiana, 1862.

Photographs, negatives, and slides, were primarily taken by Photography Services, yearbook staff, student newspaper, and a variety of other sources. The images, most in black and white, document the administration, student and faculty activities, departments, organizations, student life, athletics, buildings, construction, campus events and visitors, and aerial views of campus.

Photographic postcards mainly related to the 4-county geographic area covered by the Area Research Center, that is, Burnett, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix Counties but also include nearby regions, including some in Minnesota. This collection is particularly strong in areas of the region directly surrounding River Falls, Wisconsin. Also includes some photographs of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus, sports, and related miscellany.

Miscellaneous photographs and postcards, mainly duplicates and photocopies of originals, displaying places, people, businesses, buildings, and scenery in the four county region (Burnett, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix Counties) of Wisconsin.