[1] School District Record (1925-1942) includes minutes of annual meetings, school board proceedings, financial records, school censuses, treasurers bonds, and teachers' contracts; [2] Clerk's Papers (1909-1941) includes correspondence, annual reports, teachers' contracts and reports, treasurer's bonds, and school censuses; and [3] School Registers (1933-1941) showing pupils' names and attendance records, daily programs, visitors' record, and state reading circle record.

Mimeographed history by Saden of Oak Grove School, 1906-1950, District 4, Town of Garfield, Polk County, Wisconsin.

[1] School District Records (1925-1958) containing minutes of school board meetings, register of school officers, accounts of receipts and expenditures, teachers' contracts, treasurers' bonds, and school tax certificates; [2] Clerk's Papers (1941-1958) including school censuses, annual reports of clerks and teachers, official bonds, and other miscellaneous papers and forms; [3] Treasurer's Book (1952-1958) showing receipts and disbursements; and [4] School Registers (1935-1953) containing each pupil's name, standing, and attendance record, daily programs, visitors record, and state reading circle record.

Copy of a letter, March 29, 1862, written by Dieffenbach from Fort Scott, Kansas, to John W. Barrett (1837-1907) describing his past military service and experiences and giving his views on slavery.

"NSP Environmental Monitoring and Ecological Studies Program, 1971 Annual Report for the Allen S. King Generating Plant, Oak Park Heights, Minnesota," a plant whose construction was opposed by many because of its potential for ecological and recreational damage to the St. Croix River; plus a covering letter with attachments.

Very brief minutes of the North Hudson Board of Health.

Field cards compiled by the assessor for appraisal of residential property, showing the assessed value of the land and dwelling. Each card includes the land description, name and address of owners and tenants, and detailed structural information about the dwelling, improvements and attachments such as style, age, living areas, heating system, construction material, and condition. Also includes penciled diagrams showing block boundaries, lot dimensions, and location. Some cards have photos attached. ?b The series includes a small folder of cards for commercial and industrial properties, a 1988 zoning map, a 1991 sub-division map (number within subdivision is lot number), and a 2005 key map which acts as index to the cards.

This series contains several pieces (mainly print and handwritten letters) from the years 1877-1915. The items were placed in a time capsule placed in the cornerstone of North Hall on June 17th, 1914. The contents were revealed in a ceremony in April 1999 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the University of Wisconsin- River Falls.

"Sketches of My Life and My Origin ..." by Hamilton, a pioneer settler in Bowman County, North Dakota, and a cattleman there; plus biographical sketches of Andrew Rosander and Fred Hanson, residents of the same area.

The North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, founded in 1895, is one of six similar regionally based organizations in the United States whose purpose is the accreditation of higher educational institutions.
The bulk of the materials included in this series pertains to the initial accreditation of the River Falls State Teachers College in 1935. These include correspondence, a 1932 faculty roster, faculty records, completed schedules relating to various aspects of the school’s facilities, the Dec. 1934 application for accreditation, and a July 1935 report of inspection. Materials pertaining to later relations between the school and the NCACS are also included in the series. Among these are correspondence to 1948, miscellaneous completed schedules, 1945 faculty records, a number of printed NCACS reports and studies, and a 1962 proposal and request for accreditation of a Mater of Science degree in Teaching.

Excerpt from a letter written by Kahl in which he describes how his brother was cured of eczema about 1929 by "Dr." Topp of Cameron, Wisconsin.

A memoir by Norman Foss of River Falls, Wis. about his military service during World War II. The memoir begins with his enlistment and training as an aerial gunner in the Army Air Corps, and includes descriptions of flying decoy missions over France with the 95th Bombardment Group. Foss' flying career ended after only three missions due to a medical problem. After spending time recuperating in England, where he became close friends with an English family and played on the Red Cross golf team, he was transferred to Co. I of the 345th Infantry and was sent to the continent soon after the Battle of the Bulge. He describes being sent to do guard duty at Buchenwald concentration camp. The memoir also describes his discharge and return to River Falls, and includes copies of memorabilia and photographs.

On the evening of November 29, 1897, after 23 years of operation, the River Falls Normal School Building was raised by a fire. The collection includes newspaper clippings of surrounding local newspapers notifying of the destruction of the Normal Building. Other articles include questions concerning whether or not the school should be rebuilt at River Falls or another community.

The Normal Badger was the predecessor to the Student Voice. It was first published in 1895 by the Athletic Club and in 1897 by the Literary Society. In 1899, it was published by the school as a whole. For reasons not clear, it ceased publication until 1907. By 1912, the Badger evolved into the school's annual, the Meletean.

Brief undated recollection by Norah Halverson Howe, Evanston, Illinois, of her experiences as a student at River Falls Normal School in the class of 1916.

Autobiographical recollections written by Pearson, a farmer in Mann Valley, Town of Troy, Pierce County, Wisconsin.

Newspaper clippings and press releases issued by the UW-River Falls News Bureau. Note: items from The River Falls Journal have been eliminated from the microfilm portion of this series.

Records of the Newman Club of the River Falls campus and records of the North Central Province (NCP) of the National Newman Club Federation (NNCF). The River Falls club records include minutes of meetings (1955-1971), correspondence, and information on club activities and club participation in regional, statewide, and national Newman affairs. Two scrapbooks, 1957-1970, include photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, newsletters, letters, and other materials. The North Central Province included Newman clubs in Upper Michigan and Wisconsin. It was governed by a chairman and vice-chairman for Extension, Internal Affairs, External Affairs, and Financial Affairs; and divided into regions, each headed by a director. Activities documented in the provincial records include regional and provincial conventions, campus visits by various officers, efforts to organize and encourage local clubs, and local club activities. The materials also include correspondence, reports and publications from the NNCF and from other provinces.

The New Student Record is a type of yearbook for incoming freshmen at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. It lists photos and useful information to help acquaint the student with the college experience. The publication was originally called the Freshman Record.

Transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 1973 for the Fridlay Memorial Library with several New Richmond, Wisconsinarea residents including C.S. Arnquist, John Boor, Esther Cox, Lillian Drake, Dr. O. Hoyt Epley, Mrs. Carleton A. Friday, Wilson Greaton, Dr. W.W. Irle, Joye Johnson, Belle Lundy, Margaret McNamara, Catherine McNamara, Grace and Al Shern, and Henning Soderberg.

Typed copy of Fuller's Civil War diary, describing his service with the 30th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in railroad demolition and prison and patrol duty in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Papers of Nels Jenson (born Niels Johan Jenssen) including two journals, 1874-1887, 1890 (in Norwegian with an English translation, and a corrected translation), detailing his boyhood in Norway, his immigration to the United States, and settling in Hudson, Wis., in 1888; correspondence, 1919-1934, n.d., including letters from his son Olaf in Whitefish, Montana; and writings by Jenson.

Recollections and family history written about 1969 by Nellie Grant Skidmore, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, recalling events from her youth in Pierce County, Wisconsin (in River Falls SC 150); and a manuscript entitled "And the Scent of Roses," 1973, by Skidmore containing the reminiscences of the P. J. Grant family of El Paso, Pierce County, Wis. Also included are brief histories of the Pierce County communities of Waverly and Olivet.

Genealogical chart of the Neinstadt family, 1844-1961, compiled by Johnson of Roseville, Minn.

Sheet music, some in manuscript form, composed by Reed, Wisconsin band leader and composer, including a song called "River Falls Rouser."

Minutes of the Ono Grange. Ono, an unincorporated village in Pierce County, is also sometimes referred to as Grange Hall.
The processed portion of this collection is summarized above and dates 1881-1888. Additional accessions dating 1925-1931 are described below.
Additions, 1925-1931, consisting of a minutes/record book as well as scattered correspondence and resolutions.

The National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, NCATE, an autonomous and voluntary body, was organized in 1952 for the purpose of accrediting college and university programs of teacher education in the United States. Since 1956 it has been the only national accrediting body for the field of teacher education recognized by the National Commission on Accrediting.
Included in this series are the NCATE constitution and standards, correspondence concerning the evaluation of the River Falls State University, and other materials relating to the accreditation of the school by the NCATE. This collection also includes the visiting team report and final report, granting or denying reaccreditation. Information includes, but is not limited to; program descriptions, statistics, curriculum planning, faculty preparation, student admission and retention, program planning, review, and evaluation.

My Early Memories, a reminiscence by Younggren of her youth on a farm near River Falls, Wisconsin, and her early years teaching school in rural Minnesota, containing much personal information on life in a Swedish immigrant family.

Photocopy of a letter, April 10, 1865, from Tower, Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Alfred J. Riley, Hartford, Connecticut, discussing local reactions to the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army, the draft, and family matters.

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1891-1915, kept by the family of Nelson, Ellsworth, Wisconsin; and printed ephemera, including three teacher's certificates for Pierce County schools, 1895-1896.

Correspondence, mainly concerning Myrta V. Whitney and her teaching experiences at the State Normal Schools at River Falls (1900) and at Platteville (1900-1905) in Wisconsin.

Music Department subject files comprised of newsletters and programs; a historical file containing student handbooks, scattered newspaper clippings, certificates, and sheet music; papers involving the revision of "River Falls Rouser," originally composed by Neil Reed; correspondence regarding band uniforms; documents, photographs, sheet music and miscellaneous materials of Bohuslav J. Rozehnal; papers relating to the organization of the University's first band festival, "Cascade of Melody," held in the fall of 1969; class assignments for Nicholas Jadinak; and information about the band and choral programs, recitals, and clinics.

The Minority Services department was established in the mid-1970s, with a directive to assist minority students in adjusting to life on campus. The staff oversaw several student organizations with an emphasis on minority groups. The name of the department varied over the years becoming Multicultural Services Office from 1994-to 2001 housed under Student Affairs. After 2001 was part of the Academic Success Center. The Minority Services Office strives to meet the needs of minority students, assisting them in academic, social, and personal areas. It also assists with special observances of minority cultural events. The office maintains close ties with all student development areas and the counseling center. the office also assists minority student groups in program planning and events.

Photocopied letter, May 23, 1970, written by Mrs. L. LeRoy Cowperthwaite, wife of the head of the School of Speech, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, in which she describes events subsequent to the killing of four Kent State students by National Guardsmen during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.

Article by Mrs. Bock concerning early settlers in Spring Lake Township, Pierce County, Wisconsin.

Typewritten account of life in post-World War II Germany and of the immigration of the Schubert family from Germany to the United States, about 1951, written by Mrs. Ines Schubert in 1961.

Letter, 1968, to Mrs. Timmerman from her mother containing recollections of logging activities in the Ladysmith, Wisconsin, area; including a sketch of a logger and a 1908 postcard showing floating logs.

Reprint of an article by Halvorson on the Ole Halvorson and Amund Amundson families, their 1868 immigration from Christiana, Norway to Blair, Wisconsin, and their pioneer and logging experiences in their new home.

Typewritten reminiscences of River Falls State Teachers College, 1930-1934, written about 1970 by Morris Buske, a former history student who became a writer of high school textbooks.

Papers of the pioneer family of John Shaw Moffat who settled at Hudson, Wis. in 1854 and of his son-in-law Thomas Hughes who joined Moffat in his law practice and business ventures.
The collection includes letters of Moffat's father Samuel on New York land speculations, the personal correspondence of his wife Nancy Bennet Moffat, 1863 letters from his daughter Mary while a teacher in St. Croix Falls, Wis., and materials on his father-in-law Phineas Bennet and early steamboat inventions. The bound volumes include the store accounts of John Moffat after he settled in Hudson; the records of his law firm; records of the Hudson Produce Company and its successor, the St. Croix Valley Produce Company; and the accounts of his brother William, who had settled at Jewett, Wisconsin. Genealogical information concerns the Moffat, Hughes, and Ingram families through 1949.

Letters from Ragsdale, a captain during the Civil War, probably with a South Carolina regiment, and a member of the Texas House of Representatives in the 1880's; plus two letters, 1863-64, from his nephew, Joseph S. Ragsdale, Jr., Co. F, 54th Regiment North Carolina Volunteers; all written to Michael's wife.

Minutes of meetings, 1894-1902; the society's constitution and a list of members; and a list of significant dates in the church's history, ca. 1904.

Attendance record and monthly and term summaries showing pupils' classification numbers, sex, age, names, and attendance; record of standing and report of work accomplished; daily program; record of visitors; state reading circle record; and lists of graduates.

Red jacket with 7 buttons down the front; "Falcons" written in white with blue shadow on the back; a falcon on the top of the left sleeve and the number "23" at the bottom; a white oval with a red "R" and a red line around the inside of the oval on the top of the right sleeve; manufacturer tag on the inside: "Lowe & Campbell Athletic Goods, Stores in Principal Cities"

Red jacket with 7 buttons down the front; "Falcons" written in white with blue shadow on the back; a falcon on the top of the left sleeve and the number "23" at the bottom; a white oval with a red "R" and a red line around the inside of the oval on the top of the right sleeve; manufacturer tag on the inside: "Lowe & Campbell Athletic Goods, Stores in Principal Cities"

Incomplete, photocopied German-language diaries with partial translations, a notebook, and related papers, 1886-1920, kept by a Plum City, Pierce County, Wisconsin, area farmer primarily concerning agricultural activities, financial matters, and family health.
A Swiss immigrant in 1866, Staehli recorded his activities prior to and while farming near Pittsville, Wood County, 1879-1892, and then while living near Plum City, 1895-1899 and 1904-1911. Linguistically interesting is Staehli's use of conservative spelling and German script and his gradual conversion to using English.

Letters, written by Maud Little Hoag of Everett, Wash. (formerly of River Falls, Wis.) to Sadie Johnson of River Falls, containing details of daily activities, punctuated with a collage of recipes, photographs, newspaper clippings, invitations, fabric swatches, and other memorabilia.

Two letters, 1885, from Mrs. Mattie Worden to Mrs. Mattie Lamson, Roberts, Wisconsin, containing family news and details of life in northern Minnesota; plus two poems by Sarah Haseltine, Mrs. Worden's mother.