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Statistical summaries and statements from town assessors showing the amount of principal crops grown during the preceding year, acreages growing during the reporting year, the number and value of dairy products and livestock, and lists of creameries, cheese factories, and milk condenseries.

Miscellaneous election records, including statements submitted by the County Board of Canvassers to the County Clerk, listing the number of votes received in each town, village, or city ward, by candidates and in referenda; copies of certified statements submitted by the County Clerk to the Secretary of State, showing persons elected as legislators and county officers (1900, 1904); and a poll list from a town meeting and judicial election in the Town of Trimbelle (April 2, 1902).

Records indicating total taxable income, tax rate, total tax, and amount apportioned to the county for corporations and individuals residing in Pierce County.
There is also some correspondence regarding changes in assessments, appeals, and other matters related to the income tax.

Minutes of meetings of the County Board of Supervisors' Special Committee on Dance Halls, pertaining to the committee's inspection and licensing of dance halls, pavilions, barn dances, and road houses; and its appointment of dance hall inspectors.

Case files, under the name of the decedent, in which persons interested in the estate petitioned the court to determine the heirs entitled to the property and then issue a certificate of descent or a termination of joint tenancy giving the court's decision. Files contain the petition, showing the time and place of death and the residence of the decedent, the names, addresses and relationship to the decedent of all heirs entitled to any interest in the property, and a description of all property for which a determination of descent is sought.

Annual premium lists detailing scheduled events at the Pierce County Fair. Lists are present for the years 1884-1889, 1902-1904, 1906, 1911-1912, 1914, 1922-1926, 1928, 1930-1932, 1942-1960, 1966-1977, 1979-1983, 2007-2008, and 2013-2014.

Record of the registration of chiropractors in Pierce County, 1925-1954 (Vol. 1); of optometrists practicing in Pierce County, 1916-1933 (Vol. 2); record of veterinarians practicing in Pierce County, 1907-1951 (Vol. 3); record of physicians practicing in the county, 1904-1956 (Vol. 4); and register of physicians, midwives, clergy, and funeral directors, 1942-1945 (Vol. 5). Each indicates the name of the registrant, address, and in some cases information regarding the registrant's professional education.

Copies of certificates of purebred, grade, and crossbred stallions registered in Pierce County, indicating owner, pedigree and description of each stallion, and date of registration.
Wisconsin Laws 1905, Chapter 116, required certificates of enrollment for stallions. Wisconsin Laws 1913, Chapter 168, eliminated this requirement.

Directories listing names of Pierce County school district officers and teachers.
Directories are present for the years 1903, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1926, 1936-1937, 1940-1941, 1943-1944, 1947, and 1949.

Letters of Charles F. and Rachael A. Blood, including an 1860 letter from Charles to his future wife Rachael A. Sturm of Elmira, Illinois, describing his life while traveling to Pike's Peak in search of gold; an 1862 letter to Charles and Rachael from Franklin A. Blood at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin; a letter from Albert W. Harriman (Oct. 1861) in which he describes his experiences stationed with the Union Army near Washington, D.C.; and a letter (Sept. 8, 1887) from Nellie Beard to Rachael in which Beard describes conditions at the Hudson, Wisconsin school at which she was a teacher, and reports on the theft of $12,000 apparently from the school's building fund.

Papers of a former Republican Assemblyman (1966-1970) from Star Prairie, Wisconsin, consisting of fragmentary correspondence from constituents and legislators, draft press releases, and campaign material.
Prominent correspondents include Paul Alfonsi and Willis H. Miller.

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.

An undated account by Deloris Buckley, Spring Green, Wisconsin, relating her experiences as an Army nurse during World War II, as told to Michael Stern, Fawcett Publications war correspondent on the Italian Front.

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.

Supervisor of Assessments' annual reports to the County Board, printed by the County Clerk under Wis. Laws of 1905, Ch. 523, Sect. 4. Each report contains a table of amount of state, county, school, and local tax revenue, classified by type of tax; a table of total assessed valuation of each county; tables for each town of acreage and assessed valuation of lands and improvements, classified by use; tables showing assessed and recommended full value of real estate (classified by use) and personal property (classified by type) in each assessment district; and general advisory remarks.

Directories listing names of Burnett County school district officers and teachers.

Genealogical scrapbook including photographs, charts, biographies, and memorabilia concerning the family of James A. Brown of River Falls, Wisconsin, his children, and his maternal relatives, the Haddows, originally from Ontario, Canada.

Biographical information on Aaron Dahlberg, a Swedish immigrant to Trade Lake, Wisconsin, and information on the history of the Northwest Wisconsin Electric Company which developed from several small electric companies that he operated.

• Papers of the Engelhardt family, who owned and operated a brickyard (ca. 1889-1906) and a dairy farm (ca. 1870- )in the Farmington (Polk County), Wisconsin area; and of the Hillskotter family who farmed in the same area since ca. 1853.
• b Included are correspondence, family certificates, writings, an autobiography of Carl Engelhardt, genealogies, photographs (1870-1909), and monthly farm labor records. In both German and English.

Records of the Town of Cady, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin, Clerk, 1871-1999, Treasurer, 1880-1983, and Superintendent of Highways, 1871-1930.

Miscellaneous items of Cairns, a doctor in River Falls, Wisconsin; including clippings concerning the Cairns Woods, Ellsworth, Wisconsin, and reminiscent descriptions of Ellsworth and River Falls.

Papers of a general store operator in Minnesota, minor Republican politician, and Indian Agent at the La Pointe Reservation, Ashland, Wisconsin.
Included is correspondence, financial and legal papers, and other records primarily concerning his work as Indian Agent, 1898-1912. Campbell was forced to resign this post as a result of controversy surrounding his handling of Indian monies from timber sales. The collection documents this controversy as well as such subjects as the regulation of liquor, the education of Indian children, appointments, Campbell's Civil War service in the 135th and 109th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.

Diaries, 1846-1847 and 1855, of Josiah B. Chaney, giving details of his life in Massachusetts as an apprentice printer and his 1846 trips to Yarmouth and southwestern Nova Scotia and to Illinois from New Hampshire; an 1862 diary of Mrs. Chaney on her life as the wife of a Civil War soldier; and a genealogical chart of the Chaney family.

Genealogical charts, written descriptions, and maps documenting the Boumeester, Yost, and Knipel families, 1832-1976; compiled by Alice Chapman in 1978.

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.

Account book and miscellaneous papers of the Civic League of Hudson, an organization which became the Hudson Law Enforcement League in 1916.
Recorded are receipts, disbursements, lists of members, and one entry, Nov. 1, 1917, showing a $59.45 payment for detective work.

List of persons subject to military duty residing in the town of Clifton, enrolled between June 13-25, 1863.

Minutes of the town board of supervisors pertaining to the laying out, altering, or vacating of town roads, giving the location of the roads, awards of damages to owners of property, and arrangement made with landowners; and petitions of town residents requesting road changes.

Records showing date, amount of delinquent tax, and road district numbers in the credits column. The debits column includes date, to whom paid and for what purpose, amount paid, and the road district number.

Statements by the town board establishing and altering district boundaries; showing section, township, and range.

Records containing cancelled orders, receipts, and disbursements. Information includes the date, from whom received and on what account, amount of order, number of order, to whom paid and for what purpose, and date of cancellation.

Genealogical notes about the families of Roy Cochrane and his wife Mabel, River Falls, Wisconsin; mentioning the surnames of Cochrane, Cornielison, and Northrup; plus a brief note about the Ringling Brothers circus tent fire in River Falls in the early 1890's.

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

A typescript by Cutting, St. Paul Office, U.S. Engineers, of an explanatory article discussing the history of measuring river water levels, gauges used, procedures, and the federal agencies involved.

Papers from the Governor's Task Force on Educational Financing and Property Tax Reform on which Professor Richard K. Darr, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, served.

Minute book of this River Falls, Wisconsin, women's organization including minutes, 1948-1954, documenting the group's administrative, financial, social, and community service activities; and a membership register, 1948-1960.

Minutes, resolutions, roll calls, correspondence, clippings, financial records, and miscellaneous materials of the Pierce County Democratic Party, including examples of 1960 Presidential campaign materials.

One scrapbook containing clippings, photographs, and a copy of the 1880 census, all concerning the early history of the Town of Rock Elm, Pierce County, Wisconsin.

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.

Brief typewritten genealogical notes by John Addington, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, about his maternal Swedish ancestors in the Ahlstrom Family in Trade Lake, Wisconsin and his paternal Southern ancestors in "Alabama," Polk County, Wisconsin.

Records of the Adoptive Families of Western Wisconsin consisting of newsletters, brochures, chapter information, and by-laws. Also included are financial records, grants, meeting minutes, and the treasurer's report. Records are also included documenting the organization's name change from OURS of Western Wisconsin to Adoptive Families of Western Wisconsin in 1986.

Business account ledger, 1869-1890, kept by Peter Meath, proprietor of the American House, a combined store, saloon, hotel, and boarding house. An index to the names appearing in the journal is included plus a brief biography of Meath and notes compiled by Catherine B. Heiting on the descendants, 1800-1969, of John and Mary Coleman Meath.

Records of the Post, including correspondence, 1924-1930; minutes, 1920-1928; receipts and requisitions, 1928-1930; and membership lists.

Letter, September 16, 1968, from Amodt, serving with the United States Army in the Central Highlands, Vietnam, telling of his experiences and his observations

Photocopy of a notebook, containing mainly songs and poems, kept by Anderson, a Norwegian immigrant living in Amherst, Wisconsin, in 1904.

Reminiscences by Mrs. Anderson in which she discusses her childhood in Pierce County, Wisconsin, at the turn of the century.

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.

Papers of Anderson, professor of political science at River Falls State University, River Falls, Wis., leader of the Pierce County Democratic Party, and Secretary of the Third Congressional District Democratic Party. Included is some correspondence and much printed matter concerning the Wisconsin and Pierce County parties. A few items concern post office vacancies and military academy appointments.

Letters to James A. Andrews, Hudson, Wisconsin, from his wife Nellie Miriam Gibson, written from her family's home in Pontiac, Michigan, both before and after their marriage, and describing daily work and social and religious activities; plus a few letters from other relatives.

Diaries, 1876, 1882-83, 1893, 1899-1900, of Jennie P. Andrews and diaries, 1906-1909, of her daughter, Edna J. Gerrish, wives of Orlando J. Andrews and Samuel J. Gerrish, both farmers in the Ono area (Union township, Pierce County, Wis.), providing details on domestic and farm chores and family affairs; plus miscellaneous family documents including the baptismal certificate of Edna's son, Carrol Orlando Gerrish.