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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Photocopy of an unpublished history written by Fuka.

Typewritten carbon of an autobiography by Theodore Smith, businessman and mayor of River Falls, Wisconsin; including recollections of his youth in Denmark, his immigration to the U.S. in 1883, and his many experiences in the River Falls area.

One letter written by Running, born in Colfax, Wisconsin, and an enclosed article by Running concerning his boyhood adoption by Sven Stevens.

Typed copies of ten letters from Theodore Foster, Lansing, Michigan, to his sister, Lydia Comstock, Hudson, Wisconsin; containing family news and comments on the juvenile reform school he supervised, the Civil War, his efforts to gain public office, and the economic assistance provided by his friends in the Republican Party.

Miscellaneous items concerning Vanasse: an article by him on the history of northeastern Pierce County, Wisconsin; a copy of a booklet written by him on Lake Superior agate; notes recording an interview with him by E. N. Peterson (these three in River Falls SC 125); a time book, 1892-1894, 1896-1899, of the Vanasse sawmill, Town of Gilman, Pierce County; historical writings by Vanasse concerning the Spring Valley area; and essays dealing with the iron ore industry in Spring Valley.

The Student Voice is a student-run newspaper at the University of Wisconsin River Falls. Beginning in 1916, as a weekly publication, was used to inform the campus community of events, and happening around campus. The publication includes local business advertisements and articles on local and national news.

A history of Somerset, Wisconsin, and St. Croix County, prepared by the Society and presented as a pageant June 23-24, 1956.
Also included are other brief histories on moonshine in Somerset, its claim to be frog leg capital of the world, and resident John Till, "the plaster doctor."

Founded in 1918, originally named the “N” Club for “Normal”, was later renamed The “R” Club in 1923. Its mission was to promote the best interest of the school and to develop a spirit of cooperation and goodwill between the faculty, students, and the “R” Club (1937 constitution). In 1975, women were integrated into the “R” Club. Today The “R” Club is active in fundraising efforts for the UWRF Athletics program.
This collection contains 3 volumes of ledgers that contain the club information, including but not limited to, advisors, officers, member list, dues and fees, meeting minutes, oath, constitution, and by-laws. This collection also contains a brief compiled history of the “R” Club and lists of female award winners.

The Meletean is the yearbook of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. It was first published in 1912 and it was last published in 1969. It resumed publication briefly from 1991 to 1992.

An oral history project undertaken by members of the Wisconsin Extension Homemakers Council as a celebration of the organization's 50th anniversary, focusing on the life stories of Wisconsin homemakers and on the influence of the WEHC in their lives. Included are tape-recorded interviews, transcripts, a published guide to the project, a copy of "Taste Wisconsin History" (a cookbook derived from the project), photographs, a copy of a slide/tape show with accompanying script, publicity materials, and discussion guide, and a script for a play based on the oral histories.
Copies of everything in the collection are available in Madison in accession M90-325. A duplicate set of transcripts has been divided according to the counties of residence of the interviewees and is housed at the appropriate area research centers. Duplicate copies of the slide/tape show were sent to the River Falls, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Stevens Point, and Northland area research centers and a copy of the cookbook and the published guide was sent to each area research center. (The duplicate transcripts still are considered part of this collection; the slide/tape show copies and the publications are considered as given to the centers for integration into their campus resources as best suits each campus.)

History written by Peterson on the Plainview School, formerly the Bergstrom School, Trenton Township, Pierce County, Wisconsin.

The 10% or Ten Percent Society was a student-run organization at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls, formed in 1991. The mission of the organization was to provide a safe, supportive, and empowering environment for students, encourage awareness about Gay and Lesbian issues and provide social opportunities for members. Membership in the organization was open to all, regardless of sexual orientation.

This collection consists of records from the Ten Percent Society Committee for the years 1990-2000. These records include but are not limited to; membership lists, correspondence concerning the organization's activities, constitution and by-laws, event pamphlets and flyers, campus climate surveys, news articles, and personal letters to the organization's president, Mandy Fox.

Since its founding in 1874, Teacher Education has been a significant focus of the University of Wisconsin River Falls. The College of Education was formed in 1971. In 1997 the College was reorganized into the College of Education and Graduate Studies, where Teacher Education was a department within the College. Another reorganization in 2001, established the College of Education and Professional Studies.

This collection contains the administrative and curriculum development records of the Teacher Education Department (TED) at UW River Falls. The bulk of this collection contains department meeting materials and program assessments. This collection also contains some records of the College of Education and Graduate Studies

Photocopied records of a Swedish Lutheran church documenting memberships, marriages, deaths, baptisms, and confirmations. The membership rolls often also note the date of arrival in America. In Swedish and English.

Typescript history of the Tabor Lutheran Church, a Swedish church in Bay City (Isabelle Township, Pierce County), Wisconsin, 1875-1900, by Thorson.
Included also is a booklet commemorating the 1981 church centennial containing a church history as well as photographs of members.

Two inventory books kept by general store owner T.J. McCollum, Ellsworth, Wisconsin; listing quantities and value of stock on hand.

Reminiscences of Sylvia Havre Raihle, teacher and Wisconsin State Assemblywoman; consisting of her brief recollections as a teacher in Minnesota and South Dakota, her early life and education in La Crosse, Wis. and Minneapolis, her work with the Department of War during World War I, her family, and a brief mention of her four terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1948-1956.

Specifications for a church addition and remodeling project at the Swedish Mission Church in River Falls, Wisconsin.

Field notes of homesteads, proposed roads, and additional acreage for towns, etc., including description of land surveyed, date of survey, name of surveyor, for whom survey made, and legal description of area in which survey was made. ?b County Surveyors were William Anderson, 1851-1854; A. W. Miller, 1855-1856; William Bell, 1858-1859; Don White, 1863-1864; and R. A. Brown, 1865-?.

This series contains the summer session bulletins for the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

The Student, Staff, and Faculty Directories include contact information for campus departments, students, faculty, and staff. The directories also include ads for local businesses in the River Falls area. Student Directories from1919-1950 were compiled by students on the Meletean Staff. In 1963 the Sigma Tau Epsilon Fraternity took over the responsibility of creating and distributing the directory. Followed again by Theta Chi from 1968-1980. In 1980 the River Falls Centrex System was responsible for a complete university directory, with the name changing from Student and Faculty directory to Campus Directory in 2002. Printing of a campus directory ceased in 2013.

The Student Voice is a student-run newspaper that was published on a weekly basis throughout the academic year.This collection consists of daily supplemental editions to the regular publication.

Agitation for student government began in the early 1930s on the River Falls campus. As envisioned by the students, the Student Senate would be a council of class officers and faculty advisors. This organization would be concerned with assembly programs, Homecoming, and other activities. The constitution of the Student Senate was adopted on May 20, 1937, by a vote of 386-5. The main purpose of the Senate is to give students a voice in the administrative decisions concerning the University. The Senate also coordinates and allocates funds for various student activities and organizations.

This series consists of constitutions and by-laws; handbooks; minute books; publicity materials; and other items relating to small student organizations on the University of Wisconsin- River Falls campus that don’t have enough material to make their own series.

Record types vary between halls. The Newsletters, all published from 2000-2003 for each hall were created and distributed by the Leadership Center in Hagestad Student Center. The meeting minutes and other documents were created by each hall's council documenting activities and initiatives for the year as well as member and hall rosters. The photographs in this series are mainly of groups of students in the hall council or resident assistants.

This series contains student handbooks for the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Handbooks contain information for students such as university policies, calendars, and social events on campus. Early handbooks (1917-1919) were published by the Young Men and Women's Christian Association and include suggestions for avoiding immoral temptations during college life. Special handbooks were compiled for female students offering guidelines regarding appropriate dress on campus, ladylike behavior, and residence hall curfews (1960's).

This series deals with federal aid programs for students at River Falls. Of particular interest are documents relating to the Civil Works Administration, National Youth Administration, and other New Deal programs from the Great Depression as well as rehabilitation programs for student veterans in the years following World War I.

This collection consists of records for the classes of 1916, 1920, 1959, 1960, 1961. This includes homecoming arrangements and a 5-year reunion for the Class of 1916, journal records, 5-year, and 50-year reunion info for the Class of 1920, minutes made by the class officers and a class list for the Class of 1959, A records book, journal, and freshman activities list for Class of 1961, as well as notes and a class list for the Class of 1962.

The River Falls Normal School was designated a training site for the Student Army Training Corps in September 1918. The Corps was a government training mechanism for training students for the Army prior to officers' training schools or technical schools.

This collection consists mainly of form letters from the War Department concerning S.A.T.C. programs, contracts, and policies. Also includes vouchers, student record cards from Fort Sheridan, IL, and R.F.S.N.S. Homecoming and Memorial Day program with S.A.T.C. roster, June 1919, and photographs.

Photocopies of five letters written to Professor Stephen Feinstein and graduate student Reno Rizzo by Russian students and a Leningrad tourist guide whom they met while on a university tour in the spring of 1970; pertaining to the private interests of the correspondents.

Letter to Phipps of Hudson, Wisconsin, from his uncle containing recollections of Clement Clarke Moore, author of "The Night Before Christmas."
The letter writer says he lived in the Chelsea area on New York City, circa 1847, and his family leased land from Moore.

Undated clipped articles on the history of Pierce County, Wisconsin, as published in an unidentified local newspaper.

Correspondence concerning new building construction, maintenance, and remodeling of the existing physical plant and fire and insurance inspections.

[1] School District Record (1939-1954) containing minutes of school board meetings, resignations of school board officers, teachers' contracts, and financial accounts of receipts and expenditures; and [2] School Registers (1933-1954) showing each pupil's name, grade, age, sex, birthdate, attendance record, and standing, daily programs, record of visitors, and state reading circle records.

A photocopy of the book "Statuten und Prottokoll Buch," 1884-1921; a 75th anniversary book, 1949; a statement of belief book for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, 1967; a 100th anniversary pictoral directory, 1974; and the constitution and by-laws, 1979.

Records including annual reports, treasurers' reports, records of congregation women's groups and of vestry meetings, and printed histories of the congregation and of the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire.

Forms bearing information copied by Vince DiSalvo from baptismal, confirmation, and marriage records of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Hudson, Wisconsin, which also served residents of River Falls.

Records of a support organization for the hospital and its residents, including bylaws, clippings on activities, announcements, programs, correspondence, financial reports, and ephemera.