Records of marriages performed by the county judge.
Record of elected or appointed town and village clerks, justices of the peace, notaries, constables, and deputy sheriffs as reported to the county clerk. Entries give name, office held, post office of official and length of term. Volume A: 1888-1927; Volume [2]: 1936-1955.
Reports of real estate sales recorded in the register of deeds office, submitted to the clerk by the Wisconsin Tax Commission under Chapter 522, Laws of 1907, showing assessment district, date of sale, date the sale was recorded, volume and page where recorded, grantor, grantee, land description, acreage, consideration given in the deed, assessed valuation given on the tax roll, and totals for each assessment district and the county.
The 1911 report gives total figures on sales data and assessed valuations for each assessment district and the county, ratio of assessed to true value, and ratio of each district to the county total. With the 1911 report is the Statistical Report of the Supervisor of Assessments for 1911, which contains assessment data and a table showing the market value of real estate by towns from 1906 to 1910.
Board of Canvassers' statements of election returns, showing date and type of election, candidates or issues, and the number of votes received.
Audit reports and supporting papers submitted to the board of supervisors by the Bureau of Municipal Audit or by public accountants employed by the board to make the annual audit.
Each report contains a statement by the auditor on the condition of the financial records of the county and any errors which were found. Summary financial statements of all the county funds showing the receipts, disbursements, and balances of the various funds for the year follows.
Statements of real and personal property assessment and tax apportionment for each assessment district. Assessment statements show number of livestock and other items of personality, acreage, valuations, and total assessment.
Annual printed directories of public officials having jurisdiction within the county, prepared and published by the county clerk. Directories list national and state officers and legislators, court justices and officers, county board members, county officers and certain county employees, and town, village, and city officers and supervisors.
More recent directories also show members of each county board standing committee, and U.S. census population totals for each local unit.
Included are directories for these years: 1930, 1943/4, 1944/5, 1947/8, 1949/50, 1959/60-1974, 1978, 1979, and 2004-2014. Additional directories may have been added since this cataloging.
Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors including minutes of Board meetings, resolutions, committee reports, reports of county officers and commissions, financial reports, and communications to the Board. The 1877-1881 volume is a photocopy of the original. (The original volume was charred in a courthouse fire prior to 1887, so it was photocopied for preservation and then discarded.) Volume A is an exact transcription of official proceedings as published in the Burnett County Sentinel. (The original volume for some of these years was destroyed in the courthouse fire.).
Proceedings of the County Board of Supervisors, published annually in pamphlet form under the provisions of Wisconsin Laws of 1901, Ch. 298, Sec. 3; including the County Clerk's minutes of each meeting of the County Board, and documents considered by the Board at each meeting. Documents include: petitions, memorials, communications, and claims addressed to the Board; reports of county officers and of Board committees; resolutions and ordinances; and other papers relating to operations, services, finances, planning, and policy of county government.
Assorted records from the court, including materials relating to the organization of the Village of Siren, 1913; one certificate of ordination, 1938; one marriage license, 1906; criminal statistics, 1932; one defendant tally sheet, 1936; a certification for the Union Indemnity Company, 1931; a court order designating the First National Bank of Grantsburg as a public depository, 1937; and two memorials, one to lawyer and judge William R. Foley, 1940, and one to circuit court clerk Newton Hickerson, 1909.
Burnett County (Wis.) Circuit CourtAnnual premium lists detailing scheduled events at the Burnett County Fair, 1926-1970, held at Webster and the Burnett County Cooperative Agricultural Society Fair, 1929-1970, held at Grantsburg.
Transcript of oral history interview of Burdette Chapin and Darlene Peterson by University of Minnesota geography students Karen Van Buskirk and Kevin Hanron, concerning land use and conditions and vegetation in the areas of Fargo School and the Trimbelle River (River Falls township), and of Clay Corners School (Martell township), Pierce County, Wis.
This series contains several university publications and UW System publications. Bulletins include the Falcon Report, the Educational Bulletin, the Agricultural Bulletin, and the Centennial Addresses Bulletin. The university stopped issuing publications under the "Bulletin" title in the 1970's.
Registrar's OfficeDocumentation includes floor plans, bids, specifications, blueprints, historical perspectives, program statements, contracts, utility service, correspondence and receipts related to construction, remodeling, alterations, and additions to campus buildings, equipment, sidewalks, furniture and other campus construction projects. A long-range campus plan from March 1970, and inventories of the River Falls State Normal School from 1914 and 1916 are also included.
University of Wisconsin--River Falls. Office of the Chancellor. (1898)Genealogical chart, 1772-1961, of the Bright family, compiled in 1962 by Sumner Spurgeon Bright, Jr., of Hudson, Wis.
The family ultimately settled in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
Letter, 1947 December 20, presumably by Dr. Boyd Williams, superintendent of the Williams Sanatorium of Hudson, Wisconsin. The letter writer, who signs himself simply "Dr. Boyd," conveys his Christmas greetings to a friend. The letterhead shows a picture of the Sanatorium grounds.
This collection includes: Merit badge book series on Citizenship, Communications, Space, merit badge patches and workbooks, meeting minutes, phone lists, correspondence and recruitment letters, fundraising, and The Mound property memo.
Genealogical charts, written descriptions, and maps documenting the Boumeester, Yost, and Knipel families, 1832-1976; compiled by Alice Chapman in 1978.
Journal of the Boardman Co-Operative Cheese Co. recording cheese sales, 1921-1930; milk purchases, 1928-1930; and labor, equipment, and other expenses, 1921-1925.
Boardman Co-Operative Cheese Co. (Saint Croix County, Wis.) (1921)Proceedings of the County Board of Supervisors, published annually in pamphlet form under the provisions of Wisconsin Laws of 1901, Ch. 298, Sec. 3; including the County Clerk's minutes of each meeting of the County Board, and documents considered by the Board at each meeting. Documents include: petitions, memorials, communications, and claims addressed to the Board; reports of county officers and of Board committees; resolutions and ordinances; and other papers relating to operations, services, finances, planning, and policy of county government.
Included are proceedings for these years: 1875, 1876, 1878-1880, 1883, 1885-1950, and 1952-1985. Additional volumes may have been added since this cataloging.
Original papers from County Board of Supervisors' proceedings, 1969-2016, including agendas, minutes, notes, correspondence, committee reports, resolutions, proclamations, and ballots from committee and officer elections.
Saint Croix County Board of SupervisorsOfficial manuscript and typescript volumes of the proceedings of the County Board of Supervisors, including clerk's minutes of meetings, and complete or partial copies of documents considered at meetings.
This series contains items that are from alumni and faculty of UW-River Falls. The items can include biographies, reminiscences, speeches, articles about, papers written by, etc. The Archives’ biographical index to local newspapers and other sources also has entries for this series for each individual.
Records of the Bi-County Ministerial Association of St. Croix and Pierce Counties, Wisconsin, including correspondence, constitution and minutes, and announcements of meetings.
Photocopy of sacramental records of Bethlehem Lutheran Church located in the hamlet of Esdaile, Town of Hartland, Pierce County, Wisconsin; in Norwegian and English.
Photocopied records of the association including treasurer's records, 1938-1980; scattered minutes of association meetings, 1965-1980; and listings of payments to the cemetery association's perpetual fund.
A program and an historical sketch from the 75th anniversary celebration of the Bethel Lutheran Church.
Letter, 1929 April 7, from Bunker to William Barter of the National Bank of Hudson, Wis., describing tornado damage throughout St. Croix County. Bunker also prepared a map showing the path of the April 5, 1929 tornado including the names of the owners of damaged properties.
[1] School District Record (1927-1948) containing minutes of school board meetings, records of receipts and disbursements, reports of district board auditing committee, orders drawn on treasurer, notices of budget hearings, and teachers' contracts; [2] Teachers' Reports to Superintendent (1937-1938, 1948-1949) including a copy of a program showing recitation and study periods, six weeks or monthly reports, term averages, and textbook record; and [3] School Registers (1925-1957) containing attendance record, and monthly and term summaries showing pupil's classification number, sex, age, name, and record of standing and report of work accomplished, daily programs, visitors' record, and state reading circle record.
Minutes of the church's Winners Bible Class, 1910-1913, and minutes of a women's group, the GCBS Society, 1912-1913.
Minutes of the youth organization.
Letter, February 3, 1970, from Beatrice Raygor containing her recollections of teaching in 1957-1958 at the one-room Iverson School, Towns of El Paso and Ellsworth Joint School District #6, Pierce County, Wisconsin.
Booklets containing bylaws, ordinances, and regulations for the village.
Business records of an early St. Croix Valley land speculation office which evolved into a general real estate agency, and personal papers of agency owner Harry D. Baker. Originally known as the Cushing Land Agency, the company was established in 1854 to manage the land and water power investments of Caleb Cushing, a Massachusetts lawyer. Included are detailed financial records, letterbooks and a few client case files, records relating to land acquisition and sale, occasional administrative and advertising papers, and some maps which document the transition from an agency chiefly involved with timber cutover land sales for agricultural purposes to one selling developed farms and vacation lake homes.
Harry D. Baker in 1893 joined his father, agency owner Joseph Stannard Baker, in the firm's management where he worked until 1966. Harry Baker's papers document his civic involvements in St. Croix Falls and regional communities and relate to the First Presbyterian Church, Red Cross and county assistance following a 1922 tornado, Polk County Council of Defense during World War I, and establishment of Interstate Park at the St. Croix River Dalles, Wisconsin's first state park. Reminiscences about the land agency, his childhood, father J.S., First Presbyterian Church, and Interstate Park are in a tape-recorded interview with Baker and a series of letters which Baker wrote to his long-deceased brother Clarence. An unpublished booklet containing recorded dialect renditions of stories told by Swedish immigrant Olag Strandberg is also part of the collection.
This series includes a weekly publication by the Office of Auxiliary Services. It included activities and events that were held throughout the week. It served as a vehicle for news of interest to students, and the university community for information on events and services. The publication was originally called The Auxiliary Scene in the fall of 1975, after a few months it was retitled The Campus Scene. In 1978 it again changed names to Bed Board & More. There are no copies of the years 1985-1987, and only one edition for 1988.
University of Wisconsin -- River Falls. Office of Auxiliary Services. (1973.)Secretary's record books of the Authors Club, a literary discussion and social group; including a constitution, minutes and dues records, plus printed programs.
Copies of Civil War letters, 1862-1864, from Sergeant Mower, 7th Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, to his parents in Wauwatosa; and one 1868 letter from an unidentified writer visiting friends in Michigan.
Audit reports for the city containing summary financial statements for city accounts. Included also are audits of the city water and sewage treatment departments.
This series is not complete and some programs are missing. The programs in this collection consist mostly of home games produced by UWRF. Others are produced by the opponent’s home team or for conference championships or meets. Information includes but is not limited to, team rosters with a brief biography of players, athletic department information, opponent roster, early-season scores or results, and news articles. Other information includes local advertisements.
Sports Information OfficeIn 1942, a chapter of the Association of Wisconsin Teachers Colleges (AWTC) was formed on the River Falls campus. The name later changed to the Association of Wisconsin State College Faculties (AWSCF), reflecting the liberal arts granting privileges in the 1950’s. In the early 1960’s, with the addition of graduate offerings at the state colleges, the name changed again, this time to the Association of Wisconsin State University Faculties (AWSUF). In 1972, after the merger of the Wisconsin State Universities and the University of Wisconsin System, the name changed to The Association of University of Wisconsin Faculties (TAUWF). The organization’s purpose is to promote the general educational welfare of UW universities and to promote the economic welfare of the faculty.
The collection contains materials from the state and local chapter levels. The acronym AWSUF is used for some folder labeling purposes, even for materials that predate that designation in Box 2.
This series contains the general correspondence and circular letters of the Assistant Chancellor. The main duties of the Assistant Chancellor were to direct and coordinate the summer session, international study programs and to carry out special assignments at the direction of the Chancellor. Reporting to the Assistant Chancellor were college deans and graduate school. Other departments of oversight include Media Relations, Printing and Design, and the Fast Copy Center. Special assignments from the Chancellor included working on budgets for academic programs, scholarships, general admission questions, the University Press, Foundation, Alumni, minority services, and outreach programs, faculty in committee assignments, student advising, and class contacts.
University of Wisconsin--River Falls. Office of the Assistant Chancellor. (1965)The position of Assistant Chancellor for Administration and Finance came into existence in 1991 when the two offices of Assistant Chancellor for Administration and Assistant Chancellor for Business and Finance were merged. This was brought on by the retirement of Ted Kuether (Assistant Chancellor: Business and Finance) in 1991. Virgil Nylander, former professor in the Psychology Department, was appointed to the Assistant Chancellor: Administration position in 1987 and assumed this new position in 1991. In November 1995, the title of this position changed to Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance.
Assistant Chancellor for Administration and FinanceThis series contains miscellaneous administrative files including Assembly Bill 800 establishing the College of Veterinary Medicine in 1969; draft materials relating to the 1974 centennial catalog; university mission statements (1968-1975); materials on Brotherhood Week, Campus Community Day and the annual publication luncheon for former Student Voice and Meletean employees; Salary Committee records including procedures used in awarding faculty salary increases and sample faculty rating forms (1969-70); a 1965 study on the university's image in the community conducted by journalism professor, Don Brod; and miscellaneous materials including grant proposals, travel requests and scholarship recipient lists.
Wolfe, Wayne