Records of naturalization proceedings in the Circuit Court of Pierce County. Records include Declarations of Intention (1854-1962), Petitions and Oaths (1858-1963), Certificates (1906-1925), and indexes to these records (1858-1963). Also included are ancillary documents such as Depositions of Witnesses (1931-1963), Orders (1930-1963), Repatriations (1940-1943), and General Correspondence (1952-1958).

Record of orders issued by the Court in civil cases. Entries show names of plaintiffs, defendants, and orders including findings of fact and conclusions of law, which are compact summaries of cases and decisions, show cause orders, stipulations, Sheriffs reports of sale, dates of action, and name of judge. Types of cases include divorce, foreclosure, alimony, and property disputes.

Copy book containing copies of Circuit Court orders for publication of summonses. These orders are issued in civil actions when a defendant cannot be found within the State of Wisconsin for service of a summons. Each order shows date of issue; names of plaintiff(s) and defendant(s); the cause for court action; defendant's residence and/or post office address outside the state if known; property in Wisconsin owned by the defendant, if any (not shown for divorce cases); name of the newspaper in which the summons is to be published; and locality where newspaper is published.
Also included is one copy of an order of reference, designating a referee to examine a claim for the foreclosure of a mortgage and report the amount due the plaintiff (1906).

Record book containing five sections: (1) List of jury commissioners appointed, showing name, residence, dates of term, and sometimes remarks; arranged by date of appointment; (2) Minutes of jury commissioners' meetings, arranged by date of meeting; (3) Oaths of jury commissioners, arranged chronologically; 4) Lists of petit jurors drawn for each term of Circuit Court, showing name and residence of each juror; and (5) Lists of citizens eligible for jury duty, furnished by jury commissioners, showing each person's name and residence, date name received by commissioners, date person was drawn for jury duty if drawn, term served on jury, and sometimes miscellaneous remarks. Names were drawn from these lists for jury panels, and the lists were revised periodically. Names are listed alphabetically by first letter of surname and thereunder by date list was compiled.

Register of certificates issued by the Clerk of Circuit Court in payment of fees and travel expenses due to witnesses, jurors, and court officials.
Record shows the date and number of the certificate, name of person to whom certificate issued, reason certificate issued, number of days attendance at court, number of miles traveled, amount due for per diem service and for travel fees, total amount due, and to whom certificate delivered. For 1857-1916 and 1922-1923, record also shows date certificate delivered; for 1857-1906 record shows date canceled.

Books containing copies of judgments, orders, and rules for court procedures laid down by the Circuit Court. For all entries, record shows date and place of judgment, order, or rule. For judgments and orders pertaining to a specific case, the names of plaintiff, defendant, and attorneys are also shown.
Volume 1 also contains a record of appointments of undersheriffs and deputy sheriffs for January and February 1871; and a copy of the Articles of Association of the St. Croix Driving Park Association, 1872.

Case files, under the name of the decedent, in which persons interested in the estate petitioned the court to determine the heirs entitled to the property and then issue a certificate of descent or a termination of joint tenancy giving the court's decision. Files contain the petition, showing the time and place of death and the residence of the decedent, the names, addresses and relationship to the decedent of all heirs entitled to any interest in the property, and a description of all property for which a determination of descent is sought.

Dockets indicating the names of the plaintiff, defendant, their attorneys, and the judge; dates of proceedings; a summary record of proceedings in the case; judgments or orders rendered; and court costs.

Inventory of real and personal property. Indicates name of the deceased, judge, and executor of the estate, a listing of property, and the estates assessed value.

Volumes include judgment and order books for criminal cases and minutes for civil cases. Judgment and order books (volume 1, 1895-1927 and volume 2, 1879-1923) include names of plaintiff and defendant, a summary of the case, and the final decision of the judge. Minutes book (volume 3, 1971-1973) includes names of plaintiff and defendant, type of case, motions, and final judgments. Volume 3 pertains to civil cases, primarily divorce proceedings.

Wills deposited with the court for safekeeping and not admitted to probate.

Record of cases before the Pierce County Probate Court. Included is the title of proceedings, nature of papers and dates filed, and attorneys or petitioners. Case file numbers are also included with cases filed from 1894 and after. The vast majority of cases included are between 1879-1906. Only about a dozen random cases filed between 1914 and 1930 are also included in the volume.

Minutes, occasional treasurer's reports, and miscellaneous correspondence of a local bankers' association (and its predecessor, the St. Croix County Bankers Development Association) in northwestern Wisconsin. In addition to concerns directly related to banking, the collection reflects the members' involvement with their communities, particularly the agricultural community, and reveals the association as a social as well as business organization.

A lengthy history of the Pilgrim family, residents of the St. Croix Valley, Wisconsin, written by Bloom.

Record book including minutes, treasurer's records, and membership lists.

A history and secretary's book of the St. Croix County, Wisconsin, affiliate of the Wisconsin Extension Homemakers Council, formed to promote home and community life. Included are minutes, membership records, and descriptions of service activities and special programs.
The club was originally named the North Valley Home Economics Club and from 1944-1954 was the Pleasant Valley Home Economics Club.

Polk County Fair premium books, 1892-1970.

Meeting minute book (1911-1940) of Polk County Fair Society, organized in 1894 and deeded the present Polk County Fair Grounds land in 1900.

Record of county, state, and national elections showing number of votes for individual candidates in each town and village.

Election records showing date, office, candidates, votes received, statements of the Board of Canvassers, and in some cases, tabular statements by towns and villages for local, state, and federal elections.

Proceedings including minutes of board meetings, committee reports, reports of county officers and commissions, 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: 1910, 1918-1925, 1927-1967, 1969-1971, 1975-1976, 1978, and 1984.

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

Record of lands entered into in Polk County, 1853-1896, listing location of the land, name of purchaser, date of entry, number of acres, and name of the grantor. Volume 1 also contains the minutes of the Committee on County Property, 1906-1920.

Record of state, county, and local taxes and charges levied upon the county's towns, villages, and school districts as reported to the county clerk by the Secretary of State.

Records prepared for taxation purposes by the town and village assessor and sent to the county clerk. Includes list of creameries, cheese factories, and milk condensing factories; reports on crops grown and livestock raised; statement of assessments; and dairy statistics.
Records are incomplete.

Records of homestead claims and land entries in Polk County including annual abstracts of lands entered, statements of homestead claims, description of the land, date of entry, and person who entered.

Record of county-owned land sold, listing its description, date of acquisition, amount of sale, buyer, and reason for sale.

Report to county clerk of town and village officers, listing each's name, period of tenure in office, and address.

Four maps of the railroad rights of way of the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad in Polk County with adjoining sections and towns; one map of the St. Croix Branch right of way and the St. Croix depots, and one blueprint, probably of the Polk County Hospital.

Files of the county clerk regarding county relief cases, mostly between 1930-1950. Included are forms, correspondence, and other related material on each case of assistance from the county.

Selected reports of real estate sales submitted to the clerk by the Wisconsin Tax Commission indicating assessment district, date of sale, grantor, grantee, land description, acreage, consideration given in the deed, and assessed valuations for the years 1907-1909.
These volumes were compiled for computing true values of real estate in each district.

Record of licenses granted by the state to medical practitioners in Polk County covering dentists, 1885-1888; nurses, 1928-1949; and physicians, 1928-1955. ?b The name, place of residence, and filing date are included. There also are printed registers of persons entitled to practice dentistry in Wisconsin, 1889-1900.

Lists of state lands held on contract or patent and lands mortgaged to the state, showing dates of transactions, legal description of land, and in some cases, to whom the land is patented. ?b State lands held by individuals under contract could be taxed but not sold to satisfy delinquent taxes.

Reports and correspondence filed with the county clerk pertaining to his various capacities as recording clerk of the county board, officer of report for towns and villages, and administrator of various county programs. Included are documents and reports presented at county board meetings which often were incorporated into the proceedings of the county board, circa 1880-1919; reports to state and federal agencies including county school reports, circa 1860-1890; taxation reports, 1870-1900; reports on the sale of explosives, 1942-1945, emergency relief, 1930s, and rationing, 1941-1945; the results of a survey of county clerks in Wisconsin, 1927, regarding purchasing duties; scattered correspondence mainly pertaining to taxation and county finances, 1880-1930; a folder of undated maps of various parts of the county; and two letterpress volumes of the clerk's outgoing correspondence, 1899-1905.

Reports, 1882-1920, of towns to the county clerk giving the number and amount of relief paid by the town to persons not residing at the poor farm; and reports, 1880-1881, of the county clerk to the State Board of Charities and Reform on pauperism, listing number of cases, number of liquor licenses, and costs detailed by town.

Records kept by the county clerk of the Soldiers' Relief Commission, including reports to the county board; lists of veterans and their dependents receiving aid; and correspondence between the commission and the county clerk.

Reports of money paid by the State Treasurer to the County Treasurer; includes date of payment, account credited, and amount paid.

Statements of taxes and indebtedness filed by towns and villages with the county clerk showing date, local unit, assessed valuation, all taxes levied, and all bonded and other indebtedness incurred and outstanding.
There also are a few Certified Abstracts of Taxes, Statements of Taxes, and Certified Abstract of Indebtedness and Assessed Valuation between 1907 and 1918.

Supervisor of Assessments' annual reports to the County Board, printed by the County Clerk under Wis. Laws of 1905, Ch. 523, Sect. 4. Each report contains a table of amount of state, county, school, and local tax revenue, classified by type of tax; a table of total assessed valuation of each county; tables for each town of acreage and assessed valuation of lands and improvements, classified by use; tables showing assessed and recommended full value of real estate (classified by use) and personal property (classified by type) in each assessment district; and general advisory remarks.
County Supervisor of Assessment's annual address to the assessors, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910.
Reports are present for these years: 1904, 1906, 1908-1910, 1912-1917, 1920-1937, and 1939-1979. Additional reports may have been added since this cataloging.

Twenty volumes of records of land sold for unpaid taxes, 1857-1933, listing purchaser's name , description of land, purchase price, tax certificate number, date of redemption, redeemer, and remarks; 11 volumes, 1859-1954, recording the assignment and redemption of the tax sale lands; and one volume of accounts of tax certificates, 1885-1913.

Scattered minutes and correspondence, December 1942-July 1943, of the Polk County Council of Defense at Balsam Lake.

One plat map for Polk County, 1938, and related surveyors' drafts and sketches. Included is one folder of technical notes which include descriptions of the exact legal boundaries of villages in Polk County; and lists of cemeteries and of property owned by railroads and schools in the county.

Sheriff's journal of operating expenses for the county jail, 1911-1928; ledger of fines collected and payments to the dependents of prisoners, 1911, 1925-1926; sheriff's civil docket, 1895-1912, recording services performed and fees charged; and jail register, 1882-1895, showing name and residence of prisoner, date and cause of commitment, committing authority, sentence, date and authority for release, and personal description.

Records, primarily financial, of the County Home, also called the Poor Farm. There are 4 volumes of day books, 1882-1920, listing the day-to-day expenditures and receipts of the home; 13 volumes of ledgers, 1876-1934, of the home's accounts with firms and individuals it did business with as well as expenditures on its inmates; 2 volumes of ledgers listing expenditures on Outdoor Relief, 1885-1888; and one volume of minutes of the county committee on the County Home, 1919-1934.

Records of debits and credits to the accounts of the towns and villages in the county and accounts for county agencies such as poor relief, schools, and roads. ?b Shows date, amount credited or debited, who paid or received the money, and in some cases the purpose for payment. Some volumes credit individual towns for money received from tax sales.

Record of bounties including date, place, number, and kind of animal killed, name of claimant, and amount of money paid. There also are a few pages of assessment rolls from the Village of St. Croix Falls for 1862.

Miscellaneous correspondence relating to taxation and assessments in Polk County among the State Tax Commission, town and village officers, and the County Treasurer.

Tax rolls (1928, 1931, and 1932) indicate the taxable income for individuals and corporations, the amount of the tax, and whether it was paid; the 1931 volume also contains the delinquent income tax roll for that year. There are 7 volumes of income tax collection reports for individuals and corporations (1928-1933) that list the taxpayer's name and amount paid. There are one box and one volume of assessments for income taxation (1911-1926) which list the taxable income and tax for individuals and corporations.