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US ARC PH 2019.003.001 · item · [ca. 1947]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Real-photo postcard with image of the Federated Church building in New Richmond, Wisconsin. The wooden building has windows on two stories, in the basement, and a small third-floor moon window; the windows on the first and second floors a stained glass. The building has two sets of steps in the front of the building, a bell tower and possibly a spire (is cut off the top of the picture). Next door is a residential house. Deciduous trees on the boulevard provide shade. Date from postmark: Sep 10, 1947; mailed from New Richmond, Wisconsin; green 1¢ Washington stamp. Message: Addressed to Mr. & Mrs. J.M. Newhold, 126 Uruland Ave., Rutherford, N.J. "We are having a grand time. Last night we had cocktails by the swimming pool and dinner later and to-night we are going to a swanky night club for dinner. My poor diet. Love, Phyllis & Victor."

US ARC PH 2011.008.043 · item · [ca. 1957]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Real-photo postcard with image of the Federated Church in New Richmond, Wisconsin. The church has multiple levels and a bell tower. Postcard has a black bar for the title and a divided back. Printed on EKC paper, using EKC in the stamp box (used 1950- ). Unused.

US ARC River Falls Mss J · collection · 1917-1949

Mainly legal, business, and political papers of two River Falls, Wis., lawyers, Ferris M. White and his son Kenneth. Correspondence of Ferris White, 1933-1940, concerns his law partnership with his son, chairmanship of the Board of Bar Examiners, participation in the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, service as city attorney of River Falls, and land and stock investments in Canada, Iowa, Texas, and Montana. Many letters and related papers concern his work, 1933-1935, as county attorney for both Pierce and St. Croix counties for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, an agency to assist home owners enmeshed in debt during the depression. Occasional letters also relate to Ferris White's interest in Democratic politics and state political issues. Among his correspondents were Grover Broadfoot, Edward J. Dempsey, F. Ryan Duffy, and Daniel H. Grady.
Records of Kenneth White include files from his law partnership with John W. Davison, 1941-1946, as well as personal papers of Davison; military correspondence of Kenneth White from his service in World War I and World War II and his membership in the 32nd Division of the Wisconsin National Guard; and political correspondence of Republican White concerning his support for William E. Borah in 1936, his concerns as a legislator (1937-1941) with measures to improve the state college system and support the National Guard. Among White's frequent correspondents were Jim Dan Hill, Merlin Hull, Ralph Immell, Warren P. Knowles, Philip F. La Follette, Oscar Rennebohm, and Alexander Wiley. A few family papers also are in the collection.