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US ARC St. Croix Series 81 · collection · 1934

Cards compiled by the assessor for appraisal of residential plats showing land descriptions and addresses, names and addresses of owners and tenants, and the following data: land value factors, listing dimensions, streets and alleys, table of building value factors, type of construction and material, heating, lighting, plumbing, condition of building, and remarks.

US ARC St. Croix Series 79 · collection · 1893-1949

Box 1 contains clerk's correspondence, 1898-1949, alphabetically arranged; and records of city resolutions and bond issues, 2 vols., 1928-1940. Box 2 contains chattel mortgage records, 1893-1901; 2 volumes listing city ordinances, 1895-1949; and the record of city licensing decisions, 1896-1905, in which the names of applicants, dates, license amounts, location, and expiration dates are recorded.

US ARC River Falls SC 147 · collection · 1902

Notebook kept by Ordemann, St. Paul, Minnesota, member of a company formed to mine gold at Knapp, Wisconsin; containing notes and sketches on techniques of mining and refining gold and silver.

US ARC PH 1962.001.006 · item · [1970s]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Postcard with image of the Golden Age Manor. "This beautiful building completed in 1959 and houses 75 aged or infirm residents. Located in Amery, Wisconsin.' Text printed on verso: "G. R. Brown Co. Dist., 324 Lake St., Eau Claire, Wisconsin" and "Natural Color by Mike Roberts, Berkeley 2, Calif." Unused.

US ARC PH 2013.001.066 · item · [ca. 1959]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Commercially-produced color postcard of the Golden Age nursing home. Printed on the front of the postcard is "Amery, Wisconsin" Printed on the verso is "This beautiful building completed in 1959 and houses 75 aged or infirm residents. Located in Amery, Wisconsin"

US ARC PH 2019.007.005 · item · [ca. 1909]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Real-photo postcard with image of the rubble left after a fire destroyed the Golden Rule store in Glenwood City, Wisconsin. The writer wrote on the front where her brother Frank was in the picture. Date from postmark: Mar 16 1909; green 1¢ "Gingerbread" Franklin stamp. Message: Addressed to Mrs. J.P. Madison [Ruby], 372 -- 1st St., Portland, Oregon. "Glenwood, Wisconsin, Mond/16, '09. Dear Sister, Rec'd your card some time ago & am sorry to think that I did not answer before. This is the ruins of the store where Frank worked. It was pa's birthday last Thur. & Henry sent him a picture of Dorothy. It is about 3 ft. long & about a foot wide. with six different sittings. It is a beauty. Tilda has a cold & Agnes is sick from vaccination & I have tonsilitis. The others are all well & hope you are the same. Please write soon, your Sister[-in-law], Anna [Madison]."

US ARC River Falls SC 368 · collection · 1979

Prospectus of a cooperative established in 1979 to produce alcohol fuel from agricultural products, including technical information about alcohol production, business strategy, a brief history, and biographies of the board of directors.

Golf club, Luck, Wisconsin
US ARC PH 2013.001.121 · item · [1950s]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Real-photo postcard with image of the clubhouse at the Luck, Wisconsin, golf course. Included in the image are multiple deciduous trees, a wooden picnic table, and two parked cars. Text printed on verso: All Rights Reserved, A. Pearson Co., Inc. 2014 No. 3rd St., Minneapolis 11, Minn. Printed on Kodak paper (used 1950- ). Unused postcard.

US ARC River Falls SC 347 · collection · 1986 and undated

Two collections of letters transcribed and compiled by Fouks. The first collection, "Chester B. Thatcher, 1866-1953: Memories" includes letters, 1928-1949, written by Thatcher, an early settler in the Town of Forest, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Included also is some genealogical information. The second collection, "Fuchs letters from Germany," includes letters, 1947-1986, from members of the Fuchs families of Dortendorf, East Germany, to relatives in the United States; in English.

US ARC River Falls SC 314 · collection · 1941-1944

Photocopies of letters written by Sergeant Gordon Penman to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Penman of Hudson, Wisconsin. Sergeant Penman was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas and at Camp Atterbury, Indiana.

Gore, Mr. Leroy

This interview deals with the "Joe Muse Go" recall movement of the mid 1950's, which was directed against Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy and coordinated by Mr. Leroy Gore. At the time of the recall campaign Mr. Gore was the editor of the Sauk-Prarie Star located in Sauk City, Wisconsin.
Mr. Gore was born in Iowa, and graduated from the university of Nebraska in 1928. Following his graduation, he worked on three country-weekly newspapers and at an adversiting agency until 1947, at which time he purchased the Spring Valley Sun, a weekly published in Spring Valley, Wisconsin. After running this paper for five years, he sold it and aquired the Sauk-Prarie Star in October of 1952. Mr. Gore sold the star in Feburary of 1955, worked for a labor daily in Iowa for some time, eventually returning to Wisconsin to begin the publication of the Wisconsin Tales and Trails magazine. He later became public relations director for a private company, at which time he worked for twelve years, until his retirement.