An essay submitted to the University of Minnesota Geography Department in 1962 by student Thomas G. Eighmy.

Business records relating to a general merchandise store owned by Thomas H. Thompson, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, including daybooks, invoices, account books, ledger, warehouse records, a stock inventory, a shipping book, and other financial records.

A genealogy of the Thomas Lumsden and Elizabeth Wilson family, settlers of Polk County, Wisconsin, compiled in 1982 by Murphy, their great grandson; also including information on the Finn, McKenzie, McMullen, Montgomery, Seed, and Wadworth families.

Reminiscence entitled "Experiences - World Wide" written by Phillips who was born and raised on a farm in Richmond Township, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, concentrating on the years 1937-1945 when he worked in Chicago then joined the Air Transport Command and flew routes to Africa and Asia during World War II. Accompanying this printed booklet are photocopied letters he wrote to family members during that period.

Letter from O'Connell, H. and S. Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st U.S. Marine Division, describing a Korean War battle in which he fought, near the 17th Parallel.

Genealogical chart of the Thorowgood Family of Prince Anne County, Virginia, prepared by Creecy in 1971.

Thursday Reflections was a faculty lecture series hosted by a student and faculty member presented on Thursday afternoons throughout the school year. Lectures were held in the television studio before a live audience and recorded for television.

This collection included 10 VHS tapes that were converted to MP4.

Letters nominating Healy, Donegal School, District 9, River Falls Township, Pierce County, Wisconsin, as "Wisconsin Rural Teacher of the Year" in 1961 and 1963, including a letter enclosing a history of the school; and a photograph of Healy with pupils.

Advertising brochures, one price list, and a history of Thomas Emerson Tubbs and his Tubbs Medicine Co. of River Falls, Wisconsin, written by Ericson.
The Tubbs Medicine Co. produced and distributed patent medicines. The manuscript traces the firm's history through 1910.

Inscriptions copied by Judy Schultz in 1993 from tombstones in Sacred Heart Cemetery, located on County Highway H in Burnett County, Wis. Information dates 1850-1993 and includes the names of the interred; birth and death dates; rank, service branch, unit, and war (for veterans); and notes on special markings or decorations. There is also a name index.

Treasurer's records (1951-1953) showing receipts and disbursements indicating the person paid or paying, amount, date, and purpose; and teacher registers (1888-1892 and 1957-1967) indicating names of teachers and students, attendance record, remarks concerning the promotion and progress of students, and a register of visitors.

A copy produced in 1885 of the surveyor's field notes of the original government survey of T30N R15W, copies from the records of the Wisconsin Commissioners of Public Lands. Both interior and exterior notes are included.

Weekly attendance records showing pupil's classification number, sex, age, name, and attendance; record of recitation and report of work accomplished; daily program; record of visitors; record of teachers and salary received; and record of delinquent pupils.

Records of the Town of Isabelle, including one volume from the village of Bay City. Includes minutes of town meetings, financial records, and records from the Board of Health.

Records consisting of chattel mortgages, financial records and a few meeting minutes. Chattel mortgages, 1886-1917 and 1930-1931, gives date of filing, mortgagor and mortgagee, amount and description of property and are arranged alphabetically by last name of mortgagor. Record book, 1913-1933, contains financial ledger information, circa 1913-1919, town board meeting minutes, circa 1921-1926, and a list of receipts and disbursements. Receipt and order register, 1920-1923, lists town workers and gives their names, jobs, and amount of payment. Treasurer's journal, 1923-1940, consists of cash transactions and orders, giving the name of recipient, sometimes reason for payment, and amount.

Clerk's Record, 1868-1953, including proceedings of school district meetings, district treasurer's bonds, teacher's contracts, treasurer's record of receipts and disbursements, and annual school census; and miscellaneous documents including a record of communicable diseases, 1926 (in Box 1); and Treasurer's ledger, 1868-1953; and school registers, 1868-1944, listing pupils' names, attendance, and daily programs and school visitors (in Box 2).

[1] School District Records, 1902-1948, including minutes of annual meetings, board proceedings, register of officers, treasurer's bonds, teachers' contracts, clerks report and school censuses, tax statements, and financial reports of receipts and expenditures; [2] School Registers, 1877-1881, 1933-1948, showing pupils' names, ages, grades, and attendance records, daily programs, subjects studied, visitors' record, and teachers comments on pupils; and [3] Annual Reports and School Censuses, 1909, 1913-1947.

Records of the Company, Burnett County, Wisconsin; including financial records, secretary's reports, lists of policy holders, and sample applications and policies.
The company served the Scandinavian population of Burnett County.

Assessment rolls kept by the town clerk showing name of property owner, land description, acreage, valuations of lands and improvements fixed by the assessor and board of review, school district number, acreage and value of land in classification according to use or condition of land, number and value of livestock and other personal property, and amounts of taxes due.

Correspondence, claims reports, poll lists, tally sheets, road petitions and notices, Inter-County Municipal Power District file, school district boundary papers and annual reports, school censuses, and crop statements and dairy statistics.

Record including minutes of annual meetings, 1880-1897; registers of town and school district officers, 1879-1889; oaths of office, 1879-1903; town board road minutes, 1890-1897; order register, 1880-1887, 1890-1898; constables' bonds and oaths, 1881, 1884-1890, 1894-1895; chattel mortgage record, 1879-1898; school fund apportionment, 1879-1898; board financial report, 1879-1897; treasurer's bonds, 1879-1897; school district statistics, 1878-1896; and maps, 1878-1889.
Volume 1 covers 1878-1890; Volume 2, 1889-1903; and Volume 3 (chattel mortgages only), 1927-1931.

Records of general (1879-1892) and town (1879-1894) elections, including inspectors' oaths, poll lists, election returns, and certificates of election. Volume 1: General Election Record (1879-1892); Volume 2: Town Election Record, 1879-1894. Also includes records of general and town elections from 1900-1949, including unbound poll lists, elections returns, certificates, and inspectors' oathes (1900-1928), as well as one bound volume (1929-1949).

Proceedings and orders of the town board of supervisors relating to highway matters.

Town treasurer's ledger, showing date, account, source or payee, order number, purpose of disbursements, amount received or paid out, and balances.

Personal property statements taken by the town assessor, showing date, property owner, school district number, assessor's name, age and valuation of livestock, number and valuation of other articles of personal property, total valuation, and taxpayer's signature.

Road district memorandum books kept by the town clerk, containing highway overseer's reports of work performed by contract and in payment of highway taxes, and financial accounts of monies disbursed for road purposes. Accounts show date, name of worker, days worked, type of work, and value of services rendered.

Proceedings of town board of supervisors meetings relating to school district boundaries and orders altering such boundaries.

Minutes of the meetings of the town board, the board of review, and the board of audit. Vol. 1 covers April 6, 1875-April 21, 1888; Vol. 2, May 7, 1888-December 6, 1921.

Tax rolls showing name of property owner, land description, acreage, valuation of real and personal property, amounts of taxes, date and amount of payment, and by whom paid. Beginning in 1915, rolls are retained for every fifth year only.

Treasurer's journal listing expenditures for Lincoln School; giving date, to whom paid, purpose, and amount.

Record of taxes assessed and paid on real estate and personal property. States names of owner, description of land, number of acres, assessed valuation, amount of each tax, total taxes, date paid, and by whom. Assessment rolls are present for various local units of government for scattered years.

Record of town accounts and orders filed by the town treasurer including accounts of Joint School Districts #1-6, road district accounts of districts #1-17, town highway accounts, town treasurer's report to the town board, and town orders drawn on the treasurer.

Records, primarily dated 1950-1974, of the Trinity Episcopal Church including a history; sacramental records; financial records; Women's Guild records; publications, reports, minutes, and other records concerning the Diocese of Eau Claire; and information on the campus ministry and on mission churches at Prescott and Ellsworth. The photographs and oversize drawing depict successive church buildings.

School district record (Vol. 1), 1913-1950, includes minutes of the school board; annual reports to the district board; teachers' contracts; register of orders drawn; and reports of expenses and income. School register (Vol. 2), 1941-1947, contains student attendance records including the students' ages and dates of birth; curriculum followed; daily programs; record of books students read and reported on, and record of visitors.

Letter, June 22, 1968, explaining the history of the Tyomies Eteenpain, a socialist and labor Finnish language newspaper begun in 1903 in Worcester, Massachusetts, by the Tyomies Society and later published in Superior, Wisconsin.

This series contains the undergraduate class schedules for the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Schedules include program requirements; course offerings and descriptions; and admission, registration and fee information.

One journal and one ledger recording purchases at an unidentified general store near Baldwin, Wisconsin.

Miscellaneous correspondence, financial statements, maintenance manuals, and advertising brochures.
United Refrigerator did business in Hudson before relocating to St. Paul, Minnesota.

Records on the River Falls Post of the Corps including the bulletin (1953-1956), newsletter (1957), and magazine and River Falls journal articles on the post. Also included are civil defense records including an orientation card and a manual on personal survival from Kent County, Mich

Correspondence, subscription lists, and papers of Nils J. Larsen, Polk County chairman of the United War Work Fund, a drive conducted nationally under U.S. government sanction to raise funds for charitable work among the American Expeditionary Force in France.

Transcripts of interviews primarily concerning the history of Wisconsin's St. Croix Valley conducted with residents of the area. Initially gathered in a federally funded project directed by Patrick B. Nolan of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Department of History, the project was later funded by the Area Research Center and the History Department directly. Interviews concern pioneer farming, railroading, steamboating, logging, newspapers, early medicine, and early education as well as contemporary politics, academic affairs, environmental issues, war experiences, and other topics. A few interviews concern topics other than area history.

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.

This is an artificial series, constructed from several different sources, containing materials related to the University Theatre including playbills and other items from individual productions; photographs of personnel and productions; and financial records of the drama account which is the source of funds for the University Theatre. See UWRF Series 58 (St. Croix Valley Summer Theatre) for related materials.

A photocopied list of dates, places of meetings, officers, and programs of the Upper Midwest History Conference, an informal association of historians from campuses in the Minnesota-Wisconsin-Dakotas region.

This series contains the operating budget for the University of Wisconsin System as determined by the Board of Regents. They are also known as the “red book.” Current UW budget information can also be found online. Most of this series consists of volumes, others are on microfiche and CDs.

The records in this series span the tenure of three presidencies/chancellors, and an interim president. Most of the records in this series cover Jesse H. Ames in 1917 through the tenure of George R. Field in 1985. Some records also predate the Ames presidency. Sub-series and folder contents will overlap presidents/chancellors.

The arrangement and sub-series designations are intended to reflect the general organizational structure of the College/University. Up to the Kleinpell era, the president was highly involved with nearly every aspect of the institution. The president had many direct reports, requiring him to be directly involved in many decision-making roles. Records in this series, generally concern topics such as accreditation, general policy issues, funding, new courses, organization, plans for expansion, staffing, and other administrative affairs. The files contain copies of correspondence, reports, and background materials, either created by the president or sent to them by other offices or departments. The files also contain agendas, minutes, and supporting materials from departmental, college, school, and ad hoc committees.

Paste-up copy of "Decline of the Branch Line," a photo essay prepared for a photography class by Mark Wyman while a University of Wisconsin student in 1959, concerning the decline of railroad service in River Falls, Wisconsin.

Record books of the Valley Victors 4-H Club, Town of Pleasant Valley, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, containing minutes, membership records, listings of club and individual projects, and photos and clippings on special projects and awards.