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William Isler. Reminiscences, circa 1938.

  • US ARC River Falls SC 107
  • collection
  • circa 1938

Reminiscences by Isler, a Swiss immigrant to the United States and a Methodist minister in the Midwest and in Newark, New Jersey.

William H. Banks papers, 1902-1909, 1945.

  • US ARC River Falls Mss EU
  • collection
  • 1902-1945

Papers of William Banks, a physician in Hudson and later Baldwin, Wisconsin, in the early twentieth century, consisting primarily of letters from his mother and father in Windsor, Minnesota, and his brother, John Frazer in Milwaukee. The bulk of the letters document routine matters such as house cleaning and the weather. Subjects documented include hunting deer with his brother, the illness of his uncle in 1907 and the treatment he received from Dr. John Colvin in Minneapolis, and requests from his family to treat friends and relatives. Also included are two certificates of merit (1945) issued to Banks by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Washington Governor Monrad C. Wallgren in appreciation of his services given without compensation to the Selective Service System of the United States government during World War II.

William Cyrus Bradley. Papers, 1881-1917 and undated.

  • US ARC River Falls Mss BP
  • collection
  • undated, 1881-1917

Financial ledgers and daybooks, 1881-1917, of Bradley, a notable St. Croix County, Wisconsin, farmer involved with first wheat, then livestock production; plus genealogical information compiled by his daughter, Helen Bradley Hilton.

William B. Cairns. Papers, 1885-1891, 1898.

  • US ARC River Falls Mss Q
  • collection
  • 1885-1891, 1898

Six diaries, 1885-1891, kept by Cairns while he was a student at the University of Wisconsin interspersed with terms of teaching near Ellsworth and at Fairchild, Wis., and at an army post at Fort Grant, Arizona; plus a printed copy of Cairns' Ph. D. thesis, 1898.

William and Lynn Feyereisen. Genealogies, circa 1975.

  • US ARC River Falls SC 289
  • collection
  • circa 1975

Genealogies compiled by William and Lynn Feyereisen. The "Singleton Heritage" contains charts and biographical information on the descendants of William Singleton and Mary Donovan, 1829-1973; and of John Cashman, 1805-1963. Other charts contain information, circa 1740-1975, on the descendants of John Peter and Mariana Maus Feyereisen.

William and Jane Emmons Fedderly log home in Rock Elm Townsip, circa 1889

William and Jane Emmons Fedderly log home in Rock Elm Townsip, circa 1889

Index card states the man in the image is wearing the same suit as in the other Fedderly home photograph. William O. Fedderly was born in New York State in 1838. He came to Rock Elm in 1873 and settled on Section 11. He was a farmer by trade, but he also developed a considerable trade in buying and selling ginseng. In 1883 he reportedly purchased almost 7,000 pounds, and paid out more than $4,000. Reportedly, he was also one of the first Rock Elm farmers to raise blooded Holstein cattle. By 1895, the Pierce County Plat Book lists W.O. Fedderly as a dealer in ginseng, hides, fur and pelts. One of the people in the picture is Birdie Potter whose mother Jennie Fedderly Potter died young. Birdie was raised by her grandparents. W. O. Fedderly's wife was Jane Emmons who was born in New York in 1817 and died in 1890.

Smith, Charles Francis

William and Bridget Heffron family. Genealogy, 1983.

  • US ARC River Falls SC 316
  • collection
  • 1983

Genealogy of the descendants of William and Bridget Heffron, early settlers in Erin Prairie, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Compiled by Alan Heffron, the genealogy, 1808-1983, includes information on these other surnames: Kane, Lumphrey, Gerrity, Burns, Martin, Newell, and Gallagher.

William A. H. Ihrig. Reminiscences and genealogy, 1974.

  • US ARC River Falls SC 231
  • collection
  • 1974

"Reminiscences of William A.H. Ihrig, Pioneer Resident of Centuria, Wisconsin, As Told to E.W. and Marion J. Erickson, March 7, 1974"; plus an Ihrig genealogical chart.

William A. Campman. Muster rolls, 1898-1899.

  • US ARC River Falls SC 205
  • collection
  • 1898-1899

Muster-in roll, 1898, April 28, and muster-out roll, 1898, October 31 - 1899, January 4, of William A. Campman's Spanish-American War unit, Co. A of the Third Wisconsin Volunteers; plus a copy of a photograph of part of the regiment.

Willia and Jane Emmons Fedderly log home in Rock Elm, circa 1890

Willia and Jane Emmons Fedderly log home in Rock Elm, circa 1890

William O. Fedderly was born in New York State in 1838. He came to Rock Elm in 1873 and settled on Section 11. He was a farmer by trade, but he also developed a considerable trade in buying and selling ginseng. In 1883 he reportedly purchased almost 7,000 pounds, and paid out more than $4,000. Reportedly, he was also one of the first Rock Elm farmers to raise blooded Holstein cattle. By 1895, the Pierce County Plat Book lists W.O. Fedderly as a dealer in ginseng, hides, fur and pelts. W. O. Fedderly's wife was Jane Emmons who was born in New York in 1817 and died in 1890.

Smith, Charles Francis

Wild Heritage records, 1965-1992.

  • US ARC River Falls Mss EV
  • collection
  • 1965-1992

Records, 1965-1992, of Wild Heritage, a conservation group headquartered in Hudson, Wisconsin, consisting of internal documents, correspondence, news clippings, and other materials. The collection documents the group's efforts to preserve the natural environment of Hudson and the area near the Wisconsin-Minnesota border.
Also included in the collection are photographs of Wild Heritage volunteers at events at Willow River State Park (1981 and 1985-1986), Lakefront Park (1984), and construction in Hudson (1986). Additionally, there is an undated image of a map that describes the flood levels of Lake Mallalieu.

White and White Law Firm records, 1920-1947.

  • US ARC River Falls Mss CB
  • collection
  • 1920-1947

Records of the law partnership of Ferris M. White (1862-1940) and his son Kenneth S. (1897-1976), consisting entirely of the firm's legal papers and correspondence with clients, attorneys, witnesses, and others.
Most records date from the years 1929 or 1930 to 1939. They are arranged by case numbers, assigned by the law firm, which follow a roughly chronological order. All types of court and non-court work are represented, with probate and civil court matters being the most numerous.

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