Records of a River Falls, Wisconsin, organization in existence from 1973 to 1978 which provided information, referral, and follow-up services to individuals in order that they might more easily locate social service agencies able to serve their needs. The materials include annual reports, correspondence, publicity, information on work procedures including sample questions, some financial records, and fragmentary records of related agencies.
Absent from the records are the agency logs of incoming questions which were destroyed when the organization dissolved in 1978. Other materials at that time were transferred to the Elders' Area Resources Service, River Falls, Wisconsin.

Statewide index to births recorded between 1852 and 1907. Shows name, date and county of birth for each registrant, and index reel and document number where the registration may be found. The index is in two parts. The first is arranged alphabetically by registrant's name, the second chronologically by date of birth. Incomplete entries are located at the beginning of each part. This index also includes entries for reels 1-3 of "Delayed Registrations of Births" (Series 2071).

Records of the Ellsworth chapter of this mutual benefit society including correspondence, 1911-1939; financial secretary's ledgers, 1895-1933, recording dues payments and beneficiaries; insurance policies, 1913, 1918, 1937-1940; and member pass books, 1916-1920.

Typescript copies of 18 Civil War letters, January-August, 1864, from Hugh Sloan, Lebanon, Wisconsin, with the Wisconsin 3rd Cavalry at Fort Scott, Kansas, chiefly to his wife, Margaret; and one letter dated in 1905.

Annual report of the City Superintendent to the State Superintendent including statistics of children enrolled in school, days of attendance, number of teachers employed, salaries paid, and number of schools; financial statement; information on school houses and sites, school rooms and equipment, text-books used, libraries, and private schools not incorporated; special report of the high school; number of certificates granted; school census; teachers' reports; and teachers' meetings.

Register showing name, address, destination, auto license number, and number in party of all campers overnighting in Hudson from June 1, 1923 to July 29, 1924.

Poll lists listing name and address of voters in order of voting. Other information includes whether the voter was born in the U.S. and if not whether 2nd (naturalization) papers have been taken out.

Inspector's talley-sheet statements and statement of defective and challenged ballots from the primary and final elections held to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Talley-sheets record number of votes for each candidate.

Manuscript draft of the standing rules of the Common Council of the City of Hudson which was incorporated as a fourth class city in 1856.

Justice Court record showing names of plaintiff and defendant, date of judgment, damages, justice fees, court costs, executions issued and delivered to the sheriff, type of action, and dates of appeals.

Minutes of the board of trustees, 1903-1963; circulation records, 1918-1941; financial records, 1930-1967; and accessions and withdrawals records, 1966-1974.

Minutes, 1901, of the Grange, in the same volume as minutes and financial records, 1906-1940, of the Gleaners Club, Hudson, Wisconsin, a social and civic organization.

A collection of photographs (16 pages and 2 loose) pasted onto contact paper that appear to have been the working copies for publication in True Blue, Hudson High School's annual yearbook. |b The original folder was labeled "1972 graduation". At the time of cataloging, the published issue of the 1972 True Blue yearbook was unavailable for comparison.

Hudson High School class reunion booklets, 1972, from the 10th reunion of the Class of 1962 and the 15th reunion of the Class of 1957.

Class reunions (1972-1974); commencement programs (1900-1983) [missing issues]; handbook and class publications (1953-1956, 1981, 2008); play programs, class songs, and other extracurricular printed ephemera (undated, 1920-1937, 2000).

Genealogical information compiled by Cain concerning the descendants and ancestors of Hamilton W. Hubbard (1820-1909), a resident of Dunn County, Wisconsin.

Genealogy of the descendants of Hoyt and Maggie Brown, 1864-1964, compiled by Hugh Hoyt Brown of Steuben County, Indiana.
Other surnames treated include Shotts, Copeland, Halsey, and Miller.

Military records and memoirs of Howard Christenson from Spring Valley (Wis.) who served during World War II as a pilot in the 17th Bomb Group of the 37th Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force; including documentation of his training, individual flights, promotions, transfers, reserve service, and awards.
Also included are his memoirs of his wartime experience as well as those of Thomas Alton, a close friend of Christenson's from the same combat group and a fellow Wisconsin native. Additionally, there are articles on the history of the plane Christenson flew, the B-26 Marauder, and the history of the 37th Squadron. Photos consist of Christenson's flight class at Rankin Aeronautical Academy and combat duty in the Mediterranean.

Scrapbook of mementos from Hopyard grade school; including photographs of students and special activities, programs from Christmas presentations, and a school newspaper.

This collection contains programs and schedules of events for homecoming. The programs include informaiotn about activities and events, a note from the chancellor, details on homecoming theme, event rules, queen candidate information.

Records of a study group composed of River Falls area rural women.
The group began meeting in 1904 to study different cultures, history, the arts, literature, government, and other subjects. The collection includes scrapbooks which contain a detailed history of the group's activities, 1904-1979; a 1908 cookbook; a printed 1979 history; and minutes of the monthly meetings, 1950-1978.

Family history written by Larson, a student at Wisconsin State University, River Falls, including information on the Holstrom and Bischoff families who settled in Stillwater and St. Paul, Minnesota.

History of the Afton Township area of Washington County, Minnesota, written for the Valley Creek Women's Club by Grant, with information on pioneer life there and on the Bolles family.

Brief unpublished history, written about 1940 by Mrs. Selma Reinkey, of a Methodist Church establishied in Elmwood, Wisconsin in 1867. Included is biographical information about each minister who served the congregation, with details on the local church circuits they travelled.

A history written by Kenneth White, River Falls, Wisconsin, attorney and founding member of the local National Guard unit; submitted as source material for a class at Wisconsin State University at River Falls taught by Professor John Lankford, 1963.

History of New Centerville, once a village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, written by Hall, a resident of the village.

History, 1883-1955, of the Maple Grove School (District #4, Springfield Township), a one-room school house located near Hersey in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. No author is indicated. The school was moved to the St. Croix County Fairgrounds after closing in 1955.

Record of school attendance showing each pupil's name, attendance, grades, and teachers' reports on academic progress of each. Also contains record of visitors, schedule of daily program, and reading circle records.

Records consisting of minutes and correspondence, 1917-1919, of the club's predecessor organization, the Beldenville chapter of the American Red Cross; minutes, 1920-1921, of the Community Sewing Circle, also a predecessor organization; and the club's own records including minutes, 1933-1940, 1947-1951, 1964-1980; annual programs and membership directories, 1932-1954; secretary's books for home demonstration groups, 1943-1953; a treasurer's book, 1943-1974; a club history, ca. 1975; and photographs.

[1] School District Record (1933-1940) containing minutes of district and board meetings, teachers' contracts, list of textbooks used, record of receipts and expenditures, and clerk's annual reports; [2] Treasurer's Book (1872-1911) showing receipts and disbursements; and [3] School Registers (1933-1957) including pupils' names, grades, and attendance records, visitors' register, daily programs, and state reading circle record.

Records from the St. Croix County Highway Department. Included are Highway Commissioner files, meeting minutes, and union/county contracts. Also included are county trunk maps, a compiled history of the department, and assorted photographs of department projects, buildings, and equipment.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence of Mayor Herman T. Hagestad concerning war and defense preparedness, utilities, licensing, and routine matters of city administration.

Financial journal of Herman Hillskotter from Town of Star Prairie, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, detailing farm expenses and income as well as dairy and grain prices, farm labor costs, and livestock records. Also included in the journal are financial records of the Town of Star Prairie, 1906-1918, when Hillskotter served as town clerk, and of School District No. 4, 1911-1916; a record of the number of feet of wood sawed per day, 1900-1903, at the B.B. Lumber Co. of Rhinelander, Wisconsin; and records, 1899-1900, from a boarding house which Hillskotter and his wife operated in Rhinelander, prior to moving to Star Prairie.

Clerk's record book, 1927-1953, which contains school board minutes, financial records, and school census information; and two school registers, 1907-1914 and 1943-1947, which list pupils, work accomplished, and visitors to the school.

Treasurer's record book, 1884-1956; Treasurer's account book, 1900-1952, noting district receipts and disbursements; and Attendance record book, 1906-1924, recording students' attendance, daily program of study, teachers' reports, and a record of visitors.

Reminiscences of Henry McCann recalling his experiences as a lumberjack in Wisconsin and Minnesota, the rivers on which he was a driver, names of the men with whom he worked, and brief sketches of the life of a river man.

Papers of Minnesota's first governor during his years as a fur trader, consisting primarily of correspondence among the various American Fur Company agents located in the Wisconsin Territory. Correspondence concerns internal company business; business with Hudson's Bay Fur Company; company agreements with the Dakota Indians; company interest in United States government treaties with the Dakota, Ojibwa, and Winnebago Indians; attempts by the company to prevent war between the Dakota and the Sauk and Fox Indians; relations with missionaries to the Indians of the region; and company disputes with Indian agents Henry R. Schoolcraft and Lawrence Taliaferro.
Correspondents prominent in the early history of Minnesota and Wisconsin include William Aitken, Frederick Ayer, Alexis Bailly, Bernard Brisbois, Ramsay Crooks, Henry Dodge, James Doty, Hercules Dousman, Jean Faribault, Alexander Faribault, Joseph Nicollet, Henry Rice, Joseph Rolette, Henry Schoolcraft, Lawrence Taliaferro, and Lyman Warren.

Genealogical charts on the ancestors of Nels Jenson and the families of Anna Bang and Nels Tufte, compiled in 1983-1984 by Helen Bethel of Pierce County, Wisconsin.

Material related to the provision of public health services in St. Croix County, 1936-2015. The records include health committee meeting minutes (1936-1955, 1961, 1974-2015); financial records (1943-1967); a manual for nurses (circa 1952-1962); pamphlets and brochures an various public health issues (1948-1952); and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1972-1974).

Photocopy of a paper written by Anderson for a University of Wisconsin-River Falls geography course which studies the cultural and economic aspects of life in the settlement of New Centreville, St. Croix County, Wisconsin in the early 1900's. Included is Mrs. Selma Anderson's recollections of the buildings, people, and businesses that made up the hamlet at that time, and copies of several newspaper articles concerning the history of New Centreville.

Biographical sketches of Harvey O. Powell (1868-1944) and his wife, Elizabeth Knox Powell (1869-1954), written by Mary Elizabeth Powell Polglase.
Harvey Powell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Powell of River Falls, Wisconsin, was a banker in White Rock, S.D., and Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada, and an officer of Dominion Agricultural Credit, Regina, Canada. A native of Brewster, N.Y., Elizabeth Knox taught at the River Falls Normal School, 1890-1891; and married Harvey Powell in 1893.

Mimeographed 3-page typed letter from Preston, a storekeeper of Spring Valley, Wisconsin, to the "Spring Valley Sun," describing the early history of that town, beginning with its first settlers in 1859 and describing the influence of the Eau Galle Lumber Company (for whom Preston did some logging work), the Wilcox family, the iron business, and Preston's father, who was the community's first storekeeper and deputy postmaster.

Legislative papers of a Democratic assemblyman (1959-1978) from Luck, Wisconsin, who was noted for his wit and his advocacy of liberal political positions. The collection consists of personal and constituent correspondence, subject files, bill files, and microfilmed biographical material.
Prominent correspondents include William Osborne Hart, Hubert Humphrey, Gaylord Nelson, David Obey, Walker D. Wyman, and John Wyngaard. The subject files also include newsletters, press releases, form letters, and speeches. There is some material pertaining to reelection campaigns.
The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described in the catalog record separately.

Dockets kept by Justices of the Peace J. O. Lusk, William M. Howard, John Mewhorter, and Frank Howard showing complaints, summons and writs issued, evidence entered, and judgments rendered.

Register of the overseers of the highways, proceedings of the town board of supervisors, records of boundaries of road districts, highway tax list, and road district maps.

Names and addresses of mortgagor and mortgagee, description of property, amount of mortgage, filing date, and due date.

Town treasurer's accounts of receipts and disbursements for school districts and road districts showing dates, from whom received or to whom paid, for what purpose, and amounts; also town supervisors' audit reports.
Volume 1 also contains the miscellaneous financial records of a farmer, 1871-circa 1878?.