Essay by Thompson describing the establishment, native inhabitants, and growth of Deer Park, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, in the 1850's.

A manuscript by Bloom detailing the descendants of Ebenezer Ayers, a settler in Taylors Falls, Minnesota in 1850, and including copies of letters and documents pertaining to the Ayers family and to events in Wisconsin's Polk and St. Croix counties.

Autobiography by Ed Pudas of Oulu (Bayfield County), Wisconsin
Pudas, born of Finnish immigrants in Oulu, held a variety of jobs, including logging; working the Great Lakes ore, grain, and coal ships; dairy farming; operating a creamery; and carpentry. He lived the majority of his life in northern Wisconsin, with a short time in Brooklyn and New York City.

Family historical and genealogical information, compiled by Veluga Carlson and concerning the families of her father, Emanuel Edman, and of her husband's parents Frank and Mathilda Isaacson Carlson, who lived in the Polk County, Wisconsin and Taylors Falls, Minnesota areas.

Diary of a private in Co. F, Twenty-eighth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, describing army life and maneuvers in the lower Mississippi area and along the Yazoo River; and biographical notes.

Account books and miscellaneous farm inventories of Dombrock, a St. Croix Falls, Wis., brick manufacturer and farmer, showing manufacturing operating expenses and daily business transactions, and farm stock records, inventories, and financial transactions.

Photocopy of a reminiscence by Quinlan covering the period 1871 to 1945 and concerning his growing up in Milwaukee (1871-1880) and later, in Stanton (St. Croix County), Wisconsin. The family lived on "Tory Hill" in Milwaukee, first on Eighth Street and later on Tenth between Hiberian and Hill streets. Milwaukee reminiscences include family history and anecdotes, comments on neighbors, and descriptions of buildings and businesses. After 1880 they concern the family's establishment of a general store and post office in Stanton, his father's death which left his mother with five children to care for, townspeople and businesses, recreation, baseball, education, agriculture, and family anecdotes. Quinlan also briefly discusses his adult work with the railroad from the 1890's -1941

Papers of Peet, a Burnett County, Wisconsin, journalist, land developer, and promoter of immigration to the cutover lands of northern Wisconsin; including records relating to the Kohler-Peet Company, Minneapolis, a firm dealing in land along the St. Croix and Clam rivers, and to Peet's other business and personal activities.
Included is a plat map of 1913 additions to Danbury, Wisconsin.

Photocopied records regarding the Civil War service of Private Edward LaMere of Somerset, Wis., in Company F, Wisconsin 25th Infantry Regiment. LaMere was taken prisoner at Decatur, Georgia, in 1864.
Also includes a 1982 cover letter regarding the documents from Richard P. Rivard, Glenwood City, Wisconsin.

Two essays of Murphy's recollections and research concerning the South Fork Power and Light Cooperative (Pierce County, Wisconsin), which was established by area farmers in 1919.
The cooperative provided electricity and power to farms along Highways 29E and 35S near River Falls, Wis. Due to the increasing complexity of electrical technology, operations were taken over by the City of River Falls in 1952. One essay contains a sketched map of the area. Also includes brief notes about the first electrical and dairy cooperative in Wisconsin.

Letters to Peterson, history professor at Wisconsin State University, River Falls, written by David Sartori and Gary E. Thorson while both served as enlisted men with the U.S. Army in Vietnam.

Papers of Private Edwin D. Levings, Company A, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; including Civil War letters written by him and his brother Homer to their parents in Pierce County, Wis., scattered other family correspondence, and Levings' recollections of Sherman's march through Georgia.

Account book kept at Hawn's sawmill at Olivet, Pierce County, Wisconsin, including notations on the kinds of wood sawed.

Records of the El Paso Community Band which existed from the 1920's until 1934, including a ledger containing financial records and minutes of meetings for 1929, a copy of a 1926 photograph of the band with identification of band members; and a typewritten history describing the practice schedule, finances, and performances, and containing humorous anecdotes and a listing of band members and the instrument each played.

An account book of the El Paso General Store, located in Pierce County, Wis. and owned by the Steen family, recording individual customers' purchases and payments, 1921-1933.

Proceedings of the town board, 1859-1881, 1886-1931 (7 vols.) and a town highway record, 1910-1941 (1 vol.).

Treasurer's record of town accounts.

Includes [1] Correspondence, specification volumes, accepted bids, blueprints, and balance sheets relating to construction and expansion of the power plant, water main, and the pumping plant, and to their operation (1921-1953); and [2] Accounting system set up for the department by the state Railroad Commission in 1916, containing numerous sample forms and describing accounting procedures in detail.

Diaries, letters, and miscellaneous items of Elizabeth Garrett (Mrs. Edwin) Atwood and her daughter Elizabeth C., residents of Nelson, Portage County, Ohio, detailing their daily activities. Included in the miscellany is a printed 1864 obituary of Cornelia A. Stowe in Williams County, Ohio and an 1862 letter to Mrs. Stowe; four brief tracts by the Reverence David Jones; two advertising cards showing boys' suits, a tintype of an unidentified man; and a notebook of writings and scattered diary entries.

Mimeographed copy of a biography of Taylor, a teacher, homesteader, and civic leader of River Falls, Wisconsin; written by her daughter, Margaret Taylor Miller.

Miscellaneous papers, including a seven-page biographical tribute to Taylor written by her daughter, Margaret T. Miller, beginning with her birth in 1868 to Wesley and Elizabeth (Shults) Atwater.
Ella's father was a Methodist minister and the family moved from Packwaukee (Wisconsin), to small towns near La Crosse, to River Falls, and finally to South Dakota. Wesley Taylor followed Ella to South Dakota where they married and homesteaded near Whitewood before moving back to River Falls around 1900. The tribute also includes reminiscences by others of Ella's character and Methodist faith. Three clippings on Taylor's 98th and 100th birthdays are also included.

Scrapbook of World War II postal covers and military letterhead received by Mrs. Ella Toby from former boarders who left their studies at the River Falls State Teachers College (Wisconsin) for military service. Also included are photographs of the soldiers, news clippings, and a few letters.
The postal covers contain military addresses and Mrs. Toby made notes on post changes for many of the soldiers. Seven photographs were loose in the scrapbook and are separately housed; they are primarily posed images of individual soldiers.

Audit reports of the creamery; missing reports for 1939, 1941, 1942, 1944, and 1954.

Record books of the association listing for the herd of each participating farmer the individual cow's milk production, production value, butterfat content, and quantity and value of feed used; listed on forms provided by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry.

Records of an Ellsworth, Wisconsin, women's group including constitution and by-laws, minutes, yearbooks, financial records, news clippings, and a small amount of correspondence. Activities of the group included discussion of history, civics, and literary topics; presentation of papers and original literature written by members; and charity work including sponsorship of a French World War I orphan.

Record of receipts, noting date, from whom received, on what account, and amount; and expenditures, noting date, to whom paid, on what account, and amount.

Files are partial reproductions of business directories from R. L. Polk's Wisconsin gazetteer, including sections on Ellsworth (1877-1928); Pierce County (1922); and River Falls (1877-1928) created by Dan Geister in his research regarding communities in Pierce County, Wisconsin.

• 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.

Plan, specifications, blueprints, and correspondence relating to city engineering projects, including bridges, sewers, sewage treatment, and other projects.

Newspaper clippings of a feature article on Glenn P. Junkman, professor of mathematics at Wisconsin State University at River Falls, and a typescript of his book, "Functional Thinking in Mathematics."

Family history compiled by Nelson, concerning the Smith family which settled in the Town of Eau Galle, Dunn County, Wisconsin, in an area known as Missouri Valley or "Buttermilk Coulee," circa 1885.

Minutes of the board of directors' meetings. Organized as the Equity Elevator and Warehouse Co., the name was changed in 1922.

Livestock sales records of the Equity Shipping Association; noting farmer's name, kind of animal sold, weight, price, and expenses.

A paper by Gullicksrud for a university class based on his diary entries describing a two-month struggle by students with the University of Wisconsin-River Falls administration over the proposed closing of the trailer court in which they were living to make room for a new physical education building.

The autobiography of Lindner recounting his youth in Wurtemberg, Germany, brief service in the French Foreign Legion, immigration to the United States in 1837, adventures in Florida, his life as a merchant, farmer, doctor, and government official in Ohio, Kansas, and Florida, his Civil War experiences in the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and his experiences and belief in spiritualism.

Miscellaneous papers of Williams, a teacher and attorney who resided for many years in Hudson, Wisconsin, consisting primarily of correspondence concerning her purchases of fertilizer, fencing, and other gardening supplies, her Supreme Court appeal in her lawsuit against the City of Hudson about a fence, a tax dispute, and other topics.

Papers of a history professor and president of Wisconsin State University, River Falls from 1946 to 1967. Included is correspondence, speeches, a reminiscence, manuscripts of his dissertation and his book "In the Shadow : Reflections of a State College President," clippings, academic records, and memorabilia.

Mimeographed copy of reminiscence by Eva George (Mrs. Charles Thompson) Ritchey, River Falls, Wisconsin; in which she reminisces about her youth in Vermont, her family's migration to North Dakota, and their early hardships and later successes there.

Recollections written in 1974 by Evalyn (Mrs. Richard) Meents of her teaching experiences at Herum School (District No. 4, Town of Martell), 1953-1957, and at Fargo School (Joint District No. 3, Towns of Martell and River Falls), 1957-1962, and a letter recommending people who might give information on other Pierce County, Wisconsin, schools.

Annual reports from the county's extension team, consisting of the County Home Agent, the 4-H Club Agent, and the Agricultural Agent.

Records of a church founded in 1890. The records consist of papers of the Women's Missionary Federation, Hudson Circuit; and congregation records including correspondence and business papers, 1935-1963; minutes of the board of trustees, 1939-1955; financial records, 1922-1963; bulletins; sermons; records of marriages, baptisms, and confirmations, 1901-1930; and minutes and financial accounts for such church-sponsored groups as the Luther League, Lutheran Mission Circle, Ezekiel Lutheran Church Ladies Aid, the Kinnickinnic Lutheran Ladies Aid, Lutheran Daughters of the Reformation, and numerous other groups.
There are also histories of some of these groups as well as numerous photographs of church buildings, pastors, and older members of the congregation. Also included are pictorial church directories from 1993 and 1997.

The “Faculty Bulletin”, first issued by the River Falls State Teachers College administration in the fall of 1946, was designed as a communicative vehicle for faculty and administration, and included announcements and information emanating from both sources. They were published periodically throughout the school year, providing information concerning new staff and assignment changes, activity calendars, and changes in programs and school services. The “Bulletin” was discontinued during the 1973/74 school year in favor of a new publication, “This Week”.

The purpose of the Faculty Handbook is to acquaint faculty with the plan of organization of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, the administrative policies, personnel, practices, and institutional regulations. Updated editions to the Faculty handbook occurred roughly every four years. In 1999, the handbook included the academic staff of the university, leading to the title change, Faculty and Academic Staff Handbook.

This series contains committee records, meeting minutes, correspondence, proposals, reports, and other materials of the Faculty Council (1956-1967); minutes and agendas, motions, meeting minutes and other records of the Faculty Senate (1967-present); and records of faculty committees (1934-present). Council records include correspondence and minutes of council and committee meetings. Senate records include agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence, and memoranda.

The Faculty Women’s Club was formed in about 1914, as a social organization for women connected with the River Falls State Normal School. It was originally called “The Faculty Women’s League,” but changed its name in November of 1940 to its present title, “The Faculty Women’s Club.” The philosophy of the organization always underscored sociability over money-making. Nevertheless, the group has continually supported a variety of charitable and civic causes. For example, the club awarded annual scholarships donated milk and clothing to the needy, and contributed to such organizations as the American Red Cross, the Girl Scouts, the Salvation Army, the American Legion, and the March of Dimes. In terms of social activities, the club became involved in a wide range of events and projects, including plays, musicals, teas, dinners, and writing cookbooks.

This collection contains minutes of meetings, early and revised constitutions, rosters of members, correspondence, programs, and other materials relating to the Faculty Women’s Club.

The Falconian, was a yearbook published by the Intra-Residence Hall Council that documents student life and activities of the early 1980s. It also includes information and photographs of hall councils.

Materials compiled by Keith Wurtz on his parents and other family members. Included are transcripts of tape-recorded interviews with his mother and father (1968-1978), family tree charts for both the Wurtz and the O'Connel families, and photocopies of miscellaneous documents.
The interviews concern family history and stories of the Wurtz, Weideman, and O'Connel families with brief mention of various settlements in Pierce and Pepin counties in Wisconsin where they lived.