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.

Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors including minutes of board meetings, committee reports, reports of county officers and commissioners, financial reports, and communications to the board.

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: 1900-1949, 1951-1967/8, 1969/70-1978/79, 1980/81, 1982/83-1998/99.

Daybook and ledger of the Pierce County Lumber Company, Ellsworth, Wisconsin (later the Consolidated Lumber Company).

Constitution, by-laws, and minutes of the board of directors and stockholders of the company, formed to operate a general mercantile business in behalf of farmers.

Account book kept by an unidentified Pierce County, Wis., farm family; noting expenses such as labor, supplies, breeding fees, equipment repairs, veterinarian's services, taxes, and improvements, and income from sale of livestock, crops, and dairy products. Animal breeding records also are included.

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.

Essay written by University of Wisconsin-River Falls geography student James L. Newman.

Records, 1947-1965, of a national debating and public speaking organization's Midwest branch and records of the River Falls Chapter, 1948-1981, associated with the University of Wisconsin--River Falls. ?b Branch records include correspondence, constitutions, scattered minutes and financial records, tournament and correction plans, and photographs.

This collection contains Physics Department brochures listing academic offerings, Lab manuals that include instructions for using the Physics Laboratory and to acquaint students with experimental techniques. This collection also consists of digital department newsletters starting in 2001.

This is an artificial series created from a number of different sources dealing with physical education at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Items in this series include departmental handbooks; pageants and exercizes used in women's PE (1930's); programs and promotional material (1915- ); fundraising proposals (1994-1996); alumni lists (1952-1986); and female "R" award winners (1975-1980).

Miscellaneous photographs and postcards, mainly duplicates and photocopies of originals, displaying places, people, businesses, buildings, and scenery in the four county region (Burnett, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix Counties) of Wisconsin.

Photographic postcards mainly related to the 4-county geographic area covered by the Area Research Center, that is, Burnett, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix Counties but also include nearby regions, including some in Minnesota. This collection is particularly strong in areas of the region directly surrounding River Falls, Wisconsin. Also includes some photographs of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus, sports, and related miscellany.

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.

Miscellaneous letters and ephemera relating to the family of Phineas C. Flint, River Falls, Wisconsin, including four Civil War letters from Lt. Jerry E. Flint, Co. G, 4th Wisconsin Infantry, written from Louisiana, 1862.

Phi Kappa Phi is a national honorary society whose mission is to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others. The Society also recognizes outstanding achievements by students, faculty, and others through various awards and through invitations to membership.

The records in this collection includes the petition to the chancellor in 1987, by-laws and member directory, a secretary manual (1987-1991), recognition of the 25th anniversary, and photographs from awards ceremonies in the 1980s.

The Pi Delta Kappa chapter was established at UW-River Falls in 1969. It is an honorary society for educators and education students.

Phi Alpha Theta is an honorary society for historians. The Lambda Nu chapter at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls was organized in 1966.

Photocopies of letters, 1893-1901, written in Norwegian by Peter R. Jacobson of Lake Park, Minnesota to his brother-in-law, Nels J. Jenson of Hudson, Wisconsin; and translated into English by Else Bigton. The letters discuss economics, politics, religion, harvests and planting, and other family and agricultural news.

Reminiscences of Father Peter Minwegen, O.M.I., concerning his service as a missionary in Canada, 1908-1915; his flight to the U.S. during World War I to escape internment because of his German citizenship; his experiences, 1915-ca. 1925, as a priest in Jim Falls and in Cornell, Wisconsin, where the Ku Klux Klan was active; his successful use of Sebastian Kneipp's water cure in various illnesses; and the efforts of the Oblate fathers to establish their own Midwest province.

History of the "Hudson Star Observer," 1850-circa 1972, by Peter Jauquet, apparently prepared for a college course in which Jauquet was enrolled.

An autobiography by Peter Dicke, a Lutheran minister who established and served many congregations in Michigan and in Dodge, Shawano, and Oconto counties, Wisconsin.

Records of the negotiations between St. Croix County and the various government employee unions, including correspondence, notes, benefit cost estimates, research materials, collective bargaining and mediation requests, proposed and final offers, grievances, and agreements. Represented units include Courthouse, General Government Support Services (GGSS), Highway, Health Center, Human Services-Non Professional/Professional, Land and Water Conservation, Law Enforcement, and Social Services.

Genealogy of the Hickerson family, circa 1700-1981, compiled by Perry John Hickerson of Marshall, Minn. The genealogy traces the descendants of John and Anne Higginson of Baltimore County, Maryland.
Other surnames treated in the account include Wood, Frost, Blizzard, Farrell, Cayler, Mitchell, Moline, Wallace, and Pingle.

Recollections by Kirkendall of logging activities for the Knapp, Stout Company in Polk, St. Croix, Barron, and Washburn counties, Wisconsin, in the 1890's; with an introduction and related newspaper articles about Birchwood, Wisconsin, by Ethel Elliot Chappelle.

Articles and notes on the early history of Pierce County, Wis., some written by Paul B. Bjerkeng, some by unidentified authors; accompanied by papers relating to the Pierce County Historical Society, photographs, clippings (all in SC 8); and additional articles, several letters in Norwegian, a speech by Marion Neprud, and letters to the editor, 1941-1942, by Bjerkeng (all in SC 85).

Papers relating to the estate of River Falls, Wisconsin, businessman P. W. Ramer; including his will, legal documents, and correspondence between his descendants.

Essay by Christensen, a descendant of settlers in Nasonville, Wis., describing living conditions, farming, lumbering, and Indians, and including biographical sketches of some of the early settlers.

Brief history, 1910-1945, of the Osceola, Wisconsin, club, describing activities and accomplishments; and a 1945 memorandum, "Plans for Post War Travel," with advice to club members on how to travel cross country in post-war America.

Muster rolls of the Osceola Home Guards, 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, Wisconsin State Militia, Osceola, Wisconsin.

Papers of Osborn Strahl, a Clifton, Pierce County, Wisconsin, lumberman, consisting mainly of family correspondence (1860-1909), containing information on Strahl and MacDonald family genealogy. Included are letters which describe agricultural life in the Los Angeles area in 1892, early twentieth-century life in the state of Washington, the Seattle harbor, and the Oregon and Washington Indian wars. There is also material relating to school experiences of the Strahl family, including essays, speeches, and class notes (circa 1845-1858); three land certificates (1854-1855); and reminiscences by Strahl of Pierce County settlers.

Photocopy of an unfinished manuscript by Helweg, handwritten and in Danish, with the translated title "Manuscript on the Establishment of the Danish Settlement of West Denmark, Polk County, Wisconsin, U.S.A." West Denmark was on the west shore of Little Butternut Lake in Luck Township. The manuscript is bound, and was not finished due to Pastor Helweg's death.

Opera Hotel register (1887-1901, 1941) includes names, addresses (generally limited to city if any), date/time, rooms rented, and a notes field. Since many of the guests were in the entertainment industry, many entries include creatively devised advertisements for the performances or other additional information on the group and type of entertainment provided. A note, dated 1941, appears to have been added by a later owner of the register. According to the River Falls Journal, the register was in the possession of W. A. Freeman when the fire that burned the building formerly housing the Opera Hotel, burned in 1921.

This series contains pertinent information and general notes from the opening faculty meeting of the academic year. Also included are copies of speeches delivered by administration.

Scrapbook of news clippings concerning Halls, Pierce County, Wis., sheriff, and his leadership of the successful efforts to close the saloons and the brothel located on the island between Pierce County and Red Wing, Minnesota.

Register including attendance, pupil standings, and record of work.

Minutes of stockholders' and board of directors' meetings and a list of the original stockholders.
The hospital, renamed the Holmes Sanitarium in 1892, was founded in 1887 by Dr. Irving D. Wiltrout. The original corporation was dissolved in 1894.

A photocopied typewritten description of the conditions at Andersonville Prison, written by a son of Ole Steensland (1843?-1905?), 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, a prisoner there from 1863 to 1865.

Reminiscences of Myran, a Wisconsin farmer, in which he describes his father's immigration from Norway in 1841, settlement in Sand Creek, Dunn County, Wisconsin, in 1865, and subsequent events in the area.

Records of Old Academy Girls, a social club whose members had attended the River Falls Academy, River Falls, Wisconsin, between 1856 and 1878. Included is an account of the club's founding, minutes, membership lists, and newspaper accounts of club events.

This series contains correspondence and communications between the River Falls Board of Regents representatives and the school. The bulk of the information deals with budgeting, salaries, curriculum changes, and allocations for physical plant expansion, along with legislative events which affected Board policy. Clarification of Board policies in general and the manner in which it affected River Falls in particular can be found within the correspondence, as well as illustrations of the efforts of River Falls Regents to achieve enactments of favorable Board policies for the school.

Series includes general correspondence from the presidencies/chancellorships of James W. Crabtree (1911-1917), Jesse H. Ames (1911, 1917-1946), Eugene H. Kleinpell (1946-1967), Richard J. Delorit (1967-1968), and George R. Field (1968-1985). Highlights include correspondence with students in military service (1917-1921); materials relating to the Smith-Hughes Act and problems at the River Falls Normal School as a result of its passage (1917-1929); and correspondence concerning curriculum, faculty and legislation. After 1930 most of the correspondence is of a formal business nature. Included is correspondence concerning Foundation business, arrangements for guest lecturers, development of the Graduate School and the transitions from Teachers College to State College (1957) and from State College to State University (1964). Most of the early correspondence (1911-1930) concerns prospective students (applications, and boarding and employment inquiries, students and recommendations for graduates). Some job applications are included. Correspondence with men in the military, including a list of River Falls Normal students in service dominates the files from 1917-1921.

Treasurer's journal record of receipts and disbursements showing date, source or payee, purpose and order number, and amount received or disbursed. Also contains minutes of annual meeting in 1865.

Bulletins and broadsides, April-May, 1972, concerning a student strike of classes and other anti-Vietnam War activities on the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus, including several items produced by the Oak Street Eagles.

Correspondence (1942-1954), annual reports (1943-1952), school censuses (1942-1950), teachers' contracts (1945-1952), reports (1944-1945), treasurer's bonds (1944-1947), insurance policies (1942-1949), and financial papers (1942-1953).