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Includes: [1] Treasurer's General Ledger (1885-1942) listing accounts of treasurer, general and other funds, bank accounts, tax settlements, and city hospital disbursements; [2] Treasurer's Services and Relief Ledger (1893-1948) listing accounts for city services, utilities, and relief; [3] Treasurer's Journals (1885-1920) showing date and source of each receipt and recipient of each expenditure. (Reference numbers refer to the correspondence entry in Clerk's Order Registers [Pierce Series 51] for the period 1909-1915, and in Treasurer's General Ledger.).

Dockets kept by Justices of the Peace of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Wards, and of the city at large. Cases handled include misdemeanors and civil suits of a minor nature.
Some dockets include cases before more than one court. Some dockets note a few marriages on the back pages. A separate folder contains a few complaint warrants and other justice dockets selected as a sample.

Contains semester outlines, weekly lesson outlines showing schedules by grade for each subject studied, programs, teacher's notes, and seating charts.

Statement made by River Falls, Wisconsin, Mayor Robert Krueger during his 1972 campaign for re-election, in which he refutes charges made by his opponents and points out his past accomplishments.

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.

Papers of Robert McDiarmid, a St. Croix County, Wis., farmer and businessman, including a ledger, 1852-1953, and an account book, 1854-1855, recording expenses of McDiarmid and Scott Logging Company; a biographical sketch of McDiarmid dated June 29, 1905; a federal land deed of 1856; McDiarmid's naturalization certificate, 1858; and other miscellaneous manuscripts and documents.

Papers, mainly 1935-1976, of Knowles, a Wisconsin state legislator and Republican Party leader, together with some personal papers of his brother, Warren P. Knowles III, governor of Wisconsin, 1965-1971.
About Robert Knowles there are biographical clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and an oral history interview conducted by Tim Ericson; correspondence, orders, logs, a Normandy Invasion notebook, and training materials concerning experiences as an Army Air Force bomber pilot during World War II; speeches and press materials issued as a state legislator; records pertaining to his 1964, 1972, and 1976 election campaigns; papers concerning his leadership in organizations concerned with improved legislative operations such as the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Citizens Conference on State Legislatures; and contracts and correspondence about his work as manager of National Republican conventions in 1960, 1968, 1972, and 1976. Among the prominent correspondents are Ray C. Bliss, Ody Fish, Ernest Keppler, and Stanley York.
Photographs in the collection date circa 1944-1981. Though a few are from Knowles' military service and several show his family or other personal activities, most images reflect his political career. Included are images from his swearing-in ceremony, the 1964 and 1968 Republican National Conventions, other conferences, speeches, and other events.
The Warren P. Knowles papers primarily relate to research on the Knowles, Nichols, and Blakeney families. Also included are some miscellaneous financial papers of Warren P. Knowles III and of Judge Warren Knowles, father of Robert and Warren. The personal and gubernatorial papers of Warren Knowles are separately cataloged.

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.

Photocopied genealogical information compiled by Erickson on the S?rum family, the Gilbertson family, and other ancestors, several of whom lived in Pierce County, Wisconsin; including notes, poems, Civil War pension papers of Hans Gulbranson, and two photographs.

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.

Family history written by Bjerstedt, a student at Wisconsin State University, River Falls; including brief information on the Stevenson, Danielson, and Christianson families of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

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.

Reminiscences by Karges, discussing mainly his family, his education at Whitewater (Wis.) Normal School (1899-1901) and the University of Wisconsin (1904-06), and his experiences as professor of physics and chemistry at River Falls (Wis.) State College (1908-52).

Records of two congregations which share a pastor and of their predecessors which originally served Norwegian settlers. Included are records of congregations known at various times as Our Savior's Lutheran Church, South Rush River Church, Martell Lutheran Church, North Prairie Church, and Rush River Lutheran Church.
Records include minutes, financial records, histories, cemetery records, ladies aid records, and other items.

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, arrangements made with land owners, and petitions of town residents requesting road changes.

Poem written in honor of Johnston's 1952 retirement as principal of the River Falls, Wis., campus elementary school.

Includes biographical information on Thompson family (circa 2002); Clippings and other ephemera (undated, 1936-1984); Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) and farming professional involvement (1957-1973); Farm conservation plans (1943, 1978); and Photographs of David Afdahl family (undated, circa 1927-1945) and Ruth Ellen Thompson (undated, circa 1934 and 1947).

David Orlin Afdahl (July 14, 1927-March 7, 2005) was born to Herman N. (1904-1984) and Gladys, nee Owens, Afdahl (1902-1964), the oldest of three children. David grew up on the family farm southwest of Hammond in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. David was graduated from Baldwin High School and attended UW-River Falls (then River Falls State Teacher's College), where he graduated with a degree in agricultural education. ǂb Ruth Ellen Thompson (1934-2017) was born to Margaret Norma Tubman (1910-2003) and Otto Emil Thompson (1906-2000), the second oldest of three girls. She attended Clear Lake High School, Wisconsin and Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Ruth "Ruthie" and David were married on August 22, 1953 in Spring Valley. The couple had four children and worked as dairy farmers on the Afdahl family farm. David "Dave" Afdahl was professionally active and held various positions on the Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative (affiliation of Dairy Herd Improvement Association) over the length of his farming career.

Letters and notes written by Hale, a geography professor at River Falls, Wisconsin, while on a 10-week South American trip through Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Papers of Norstrom, a 1907 graduate of River Falls Normal School, Wisconsin; including photographs, letters of recommendation, evaluations, and other documents concerning his employment with various federal agencies in the Chicago area, and sympathy letters to his wife Hazel upon his death.

Papers of Jensch, a Hudson, Wis., attorney who practiced in both Wisconsin and Minnesota; consisting of documents concerning six civil cases, one an alimony default case and one arising from the bankruptcy of the National Wool Growers Department, American Society of Equity.

A brief typescript history, 1880-1966, of the Roman Catholic parish and mission of Sacred Heart in Spring Valley, Wisconsin and St. Joseph's in the Town of El Paso, Pierce County, Wisconsin, produced by the congregation; plus a related newspaper clipping.

Recollections by Cresswell, originally from River Falls, Wisconsin, primarily concerning her experiences teaching school in Midway, North Dakota, around 1910, and her experiences as a housekeeper-companion to a Mrs. Wright in California in the 1950's.