521 S. Main Street, River Falls, property deed, title, and related records, 1910-1975
Foster family
Bruce E. Foster family papers, 1791-2014
Family papers collected and collated by River Falls businessman and historian Bruce Earl Foster (1932-2007), great-grandson of early River Falls resident Judge Joel Foster.
Foster was born September 6, 1932 in River Falls, Wisconsin, to Letha (nee Chinnock) and Earl Hunter Foster. The last of three children, Bruce graduated from River Falls High School in 1954 and obtained a bachelors degree in history from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in 1958.
Foster worked as a professional Scout Leader for the Boy Scouts, sold life insurance for Metropolitan Life, drove a school bus, and operated an animal shelter for Pierce and St. Croix counties, which he later expanded to include grooming services. In his personal life, Foster was an avid fisherman, and involved in numerous social organizations in Pierce County throughout his life. He married Joy Rasmussen in 1961 and they had two children, Judie (1962-) and Andrew "Andy" (1968-).
Foster, Bruce Earl
Foster, Bruce Earl
Foster family
Chinnock family correspondence, photographs, and related ephemera, undated, 1970-1979
Foster family
Clifton Hollows, River Falls, photographs and related historical information, undated, circa 1880
Foster family
Earl Foster correspondence, genealogical information, and ephemera, undated, 1979
Foster family
Earl H. Foster discharge papers and other milirary ephemera, 1918-1924, 1958
Foster family
Family histories, papers, and research:
Includes photographs and visitors logs, some pre-date Bruce
Foster, Bruce Earl
Family histories, papers, and research (continued):
Includes photographs and visitors logs, some pre-date Bruce
Foster, Bruce Earl
Foster businesses and properties:
Includes photographs and visitors logs, some pre-date Bruce
Foster, Bruce Earl
Foster businesses and properties (continued):
Includes photographs and visitors logs, some pre-date Bruce
Foster, Bruce Earl
Foster family pumpkin carving, 1973-1992
Includes photographs and visitors logs, some pre-date Bruce
Foster, Bruce Earl
Includes photographs and visitors logs, some pre-date Bruce
Foster, Bruce Earl
Letha Chinnock and Earl Hunter Foster family:
Foster family
Letha Chinnock [Foster] educational ephemera, circa 1899-1922
Foster family
Letha Chinnock Foster. Genealogy charts, 1976.
Photocopied genealogical charts, 1763-1941, of the Foster, Hunter, Tracy, and Kingsley families; prepared by Letha Chinnock Foster in 1976.