Real Estate Assessment Rolls of scattered dates, showing name of property owner, legal description of land, number of acres, value set by assessor, value fixed by Board of Review, and other related information. Some volumes give additional information such as state, county, town, school, and road taxes. Volumes 11 (1927) includes breakdown of land taxed into categories such as marsh, cut-over, improved, etc. Volumes 1 and 2 are from the Town of Greenwood, the pre-1858 name of the present Town of River Falls.

Financial statement prepared by an auditing firm categorically listing receipts and disbursements for the period March 24, 1953-March 23, 1954. The statement also includes a list of all orders drawn during this period showing the date and amount of the order and to whom paid; a balance sheet listing the town's assets and liabilities as of March 23, 1954; and an itemized record of all expenditures made for equipment, supplies, and parts during the year.

Record recording petitions, proceedings, and other actions relating to the authorization, alteration, discontinuation, and maintenance of public highways in the Town of River Falls. Information on the purchase of rights of way is included as are reports of fence-viewers concerning disputes between property owners over boundary lines and fence installation.

Forms for individuals listing property such as cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, tobacco, logs, furniture, jewelry, tools, and other items.

Record showing date of receipt or disbursement, source of receipt, reason for disbursement, to whom disbursement paid, and from what fund received or paid out.

Record of the establishment, alteration, or discontinuation of school districts in the Town of River Falls and also of joint districts partially in the Town of River Falls and partially in contiguous towns. (The Town of Greenwood, mentioned in early records, is the pre-1858 name of the present Town of River Falls.).

Minutes of town and board meetings, election results, register of town and school officers, oaths of office, financial records of the highway districts, minutes of the board of review, registers of orders drawn on the town treasurer, licenses issued, and reports of the board of audit, 1879-1975. Register of marriages, 1940-1943.

Field cards compiled by the assessor for appraisal of residential, mercantile, and manufacturing property, showing for each plot, land description, and address, names and addresses of owners and tenants, building plans, and the following additional data: (a) Table of land value factors; (b) Table of building value factors; (c) List of extra or special features, such as fireplaces, chutes, appliances, etc.; (d) List of attached and/or necessary structures; and (e) Summarized value of lands and improvements for each year, 1934-1945. Included are cards for the first, second, and fourth wards of the city.
The table of land value factors lists dimensions; streets and alleys giving access; corner location, if any; distances from center of city, churches, and schools; general character of neighborhoods; and remarks. The Table of building value factors shows whether single, multiple, or commercial occupancy; dimensions; number of stories; type of construction and materials in foundation, basement, walls, roof, floors, and trim; type of heating, lighting, and plumbing; year built; condition of building; style of architecture; and remarks.

Forms headed "Merchants, Professions' Statement of Property" (green), "Manufacturers' Statement of Property" (yellow), and "Personal Property" (white), filled out by the assessor and signed by the owner, showing estimated replacement value of business stock and equipment, crops, and animals. Correspondence relative to individual forms is attached.

"Audit Report" and "Supplementary Report" of the audit of the city's financial records, containing special exhibits on the general fund, utility department, and bonded indebtedness. The Supplementary Report examines record keeping procedure.

Registers of attendance at River Falls elementary and junior and senior high schools giving the student's birthdate, residence, father's name, and in some cases, information regarding their promotion and progress besides daily attendance records. ?b The records are incomplete for some years.

Record of receipts and disbursements for extracurricula activities such as athletics, forensics, and cafeteria. The general ledger has the postings of amounts by activity while the account books list the receipts and disbursements chronologically.

Financial ledgers including itemized listings of receipts and disbursements; postings to the various accounts; and a listing of vouchers.

Draft notes of the minutes of the Board of Park Commissioners meetings, pertaining to routine park administration, upkeep, and expansion.

Reports for Pierce and for St. Croix counties showing number and sex of children between the ages of 4 and 20 in each part of joint school district; attendance during the year; number, sex, and salary of teachers; number and cost of books in library; number, size, and worth of school buildings; and receipts and expenditures for the year.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence of the City Clerk relating to a study of prospective airport sites in the vicinity of River Falls and to routine activities of the City Clerk's office.

Nomination papers for city and ward offices, including caucus records and statements declining nominations, 1891-1903; returns (inspectors' reports and a few canvasses) of general, municipal, primary, and special elections, 1885-1903 and 1950-1952; and poll lists for 1885, saved as a sample.

Tally sheets and inspector statements showing number of votes cast for each candidate or referendum question in national, state, and local elections; and poll lists showing names of persons who voted in each election.

Reproduced copy of the city clerk's record book for the volunteer fire department including a roll of members' names, pages 1-30; and a fire roll which lists the date and location of fires and the members who responded to them, pages 45-77.

Order registers listing date, person or firm to whom payment made, cash amount of order, order number, and ledger reference number.
Vol. 1 covers 1909-1915 (Nos. 816-4168); Vol. 2, 1913-1915 (Nos. 4169-5598).

Ordinance book, 1885-1933, containing city ordinances nos. 1-107 and resolutions passed during that period; typescript copies of the revised city code, 1948, and subsequent revisions to portions of that code, 1949-1962; and a few miscellaneous resolutions, 1948-1971.

Ledger containing accounts of persons on relief, listing under each heading dates and amounts for payment issued by clerk and stores where orders were redeemed for commodities. ?b A separate folder contains quarterly tabulations of relief issued, 1934-1941, which were originally fastened into the ledger with pins or paste.

Annual financial reports of the city; Treasurer's annual reports; reports of various commissions and departments; annual reports of City Hospital, 1943-1951; petitions; statements of assessment, 1916-1939; statements of taxes and indebtedness, 1916-1939, 1941-1942, 1945; reports of the Clerk, 1918-1941; register of liquors sold by the Phoenix Drug Store, 1885-1888; and a summary of relief orders issued, 1934-1935.

Clerk's general ledgers, chiefly "Miscellaneous Charges" and Treasurer's monthly cash balance, 1946-1948; and unbound sheets with the Maple Street Bridge account, 1894. ?b Volume 1 covers 1885-1904; Volume 2, 1908-1914; and Volume 3, 1909-1948.

Papers consisting mainly of applications, general correspondence, petitions, records of poor relief, reports of city officials, and tax statements.

Questionnaires filled in by respondents to a 1973 survey conducted by Ursula Peterson and the Pierce County Historical Association which sought information on the past hospitals of River Falls, Wisconsin.

Applications, assessments, bids, contracts, construction specifications, general correspondence, blueprints, and plat maps pertaining to routine city functions such as civil defense, elections, licensing, park development, police and fire protection, public works construction, social services, and zoning.

Correspondence, 1967-1971, pertaining to the enforcement of city ordinances, rules, and regulations governing the police force, demonstrations and drug usage on the U.W.-River Falls campus, and the routine operation of the police department; minutes of meetings of the Police Commission, 1970-1973; annual reports of the Police Department, 1968-1976; a clipping file of articles about campus violence and drug abuse; and a few miscellaneous records.

Correspondence, plans, contracts, and blueprints relating to the construction of the Title V housing project for veterans, April-May 1946, and statement of funds advanced by the city, June 18, 1946 to January 1, 1947.

Includes: [1] Relief Director's Correspondence, 1934-1936, pertaining to the distribution of welfare commodities, the establishment of work programs, the requisitioning of supplies, and the administration of the relief program; [2] Relief Applications, 1934-1935, listing applicant's name, address, length of residence in city, amount and type of property owned, and number and relationship of dependents; [3] Relief Journal, 1940-1944, listing amounts spent for relief commodities, stores where spent, and persons to whom relief given; and [4] Relief Ledger, 1939-1945, giving same information as the Journal but under relief recipient, and lists by city of individuals and hours spent cutting wood for the city.

Printed reports showing summaries of city receipts and disbursements.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Treasurer pertaining to land condemnation, "tax roll balancing," and routine office administration.

Includes: [1] Treasurer's General Ledger (1885-1942) listing accounts of treasurer, general and other funds, bank accounts, tax settlements, and city hospital disbursements; [2] Treasurer's Services and Relief Ledger (1893-1948) listing accounts for city services, utilities, and relief; [3] Treasurer's Journals (1885-1920) showing date and source of each receipt and recipient of each expenditure. (Reference numbers refer to the correspondence entry in Clerk's Order Registers [Pierce Series 51] for the period 1909-1915, and in Treasurer's General Ledger.).

Dockets kept by Justices of the Peace of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Wards, and of the city at large. Cases handled include misdemeanors and civil suits of a minor nature.
Some dockets include cases before more than one court. Some dockets note a few marriages on the back pages. A separate folder contains a few complaint warrants and other justice dockets selected as a sample.

Contains semester outlines, weekly lesson outlines showing schedules by grade for each subject studied, programs, teacher's notes, and seating charts.

Statement made by River Falls, Wisconsin, Mayor Robert Krueger during his 1972 campaign for re-election, in which he refutes charges made by his opponents and points out his past accomplishments.

Papers of a former Republican Assemblyman (1966-1970) from Star Prairie, Wisconsin, consisting of fragmentary correspondence from constituents and legislators, draft press releases, and campaign material.
Prominent correspondents include Paul Alfonsi and Willis H. Miller.

Papers of Robert McDiarmid, a St. Croix County, Wis., farmer and businessman, including a ledger, 1852-1953, and an account book, 1854-1855, recording expenses of McDiarmid and Scott Logging Company; a biographical sketch of McDiarmid dated June 29, 1905; a federal land deed of 1856; McDiarmid's naturalization certificate, 1858; and other miscellaneous manuscripts and documents.

Papers, mainly 1935-1976, of Knowles, a Wisconsin state legislator and Republican Party leader, together with some personal papers of his brother, Warren P. Knowles III, governor of Wisconsin, 1965-1971.
About Robert Knowles there are biographical clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and an oral history interview conducted by Tim Ericson; correspondence, orders, logs, a Normandy Invasion notebook, and training materials concerning experiences as an Army Air Force bomber pilot during World War II; speeches and press materials issued as a state legislator; records pertaining to his 1964, 1972, and 1976 election campaigns; papers concerning his leadership in organizations concerned with improved legislative operations such as the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Citizens Conference on State Legislatures; and contracts and correspondence about his work as manager of National Republican conventions in 1960, 1968, 1972, and 1976. Among the prominent correspondents are Ray C. Bliss, Ody Fish, Ernest Keppler, and Stanley York.
Photographs in the collection date circa 1944-1981. Though a few are from Knowles' military service and several show his family or other personal activities, most images reflect his political career. Included are images from his swearing-in ceremony, the 1964 and 1968 Republican National Conventions, other conferences, speeches, and other events.
The Warren P. Knowles papers primarily relate to research on the Knowles, Nichols, and Blakeney families. Also included are some miscellaneous financial papers of Warren P. Knowles III and of Judge Warren Knowles, father of Robert and Warren. The personal and gubernatorial papers of Warren Knowles are separately cataloged.

One scrapbook containing clippings, photographs, and a copy of the 1880 census, all concerning the early history of the Town of Rock Elm, Pierce County, Wisconsin.

Photocopied genealogical information compiled by Erickson on the S?rum family, the Gilbertson family, and other ancestors, several of whom lived in Pierce County, Wisconsin; including notes, poems, Civil War pension papers of Hans Gulbranson, and two photographs.

Miscellaneous items of Cairns, a doctor in River Falls, Wisconsin; including clippings concerning the Cairns Woods, Ellsworth, Wisconsin, and reminiscent descriptions of Ellsworth and River Falls.

Family history written by Bjerstedt, a student at Wisconsin State University, River Falls; including brief information on the Stevenson, Danielson, and Christianson families of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Genealogical notes about the families of Roy Cochrane and his wife Mabel, River Falls, Wisconsin; mentioning the surnames of Cochrane, Cornielison, and Northrup; plus a brief note about the Ringling Brothers circus tent fire in River Falls in the early 1890's.

Reminiscences by Karges, discussing mainly his family, his education at Whitewater (Wis.) Normal School (1899-1901) and the University of Wisconsin (1904-06), and his experiences as professor of physics and chemistry at River Falls (Wis.) State College (1908-52).

Records of two congregations which share a pastor and of their predecessors which originally served Norwegian settlers. Included are records of congregations known at various times as Our Savior's Lutheran Church, South Rush River Church, Martell Lutheran Church, North Prairie Church, and Rush River Lutheran Church.
Records include minutes, financial records, histories, cemetery records, ladies aid records, and other items.

Minutes of the town board of supervisors pertaining to the laying out, altering, or vacating of town roads; giving the location of the roads, awards of damages to owners of property, arrangements made with land owners, and petitions of town residents requesting road changes.

Poem written in honor of Johnston's 1952 retirement as principal of the River Falls, Wis., campus elementary school.

Includes biographical information on Thompson family (circa 2002); Clippings and other ephemera (undated, 1936-1984); Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) and farming professional involvement (1957-1973); Farm conservation plans (1943, 1978); and Photographs of David Afdahl family (undated, circa 1927-1945) and Ruth Ellen Thompson (undated, circa 1934 and 1947).

David Orlin Afdahl (July 14, 1927-March 7, 2005) was born to Herman N. (1904-1984) and Gladys, nee Owens, Afdahl (1902-1964), the oldest of three children. David grew up on the family farm southwest of Hammond in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. David was graduated from Baldwin High School and attended UW-River Falls (then River Falls State Teacher's College), where he graduated with a degree in agricultural education. ǂb Ruth Ellen Thompson (1934-2017) was born to Margaret Norma Tubman (1910-2003) and Otto Emil Thompson (1906-2000), the second oldest of three girls. She attended Clear Lake High School, Wisconsin and Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Ruth "Ruthie" and David were married on August 22, 1953 in Spring Valley. The couple had four children and worked as dairy farmers on the Afdahl family farm. David "Dave" Afdahl was professionally active and held various positions on the Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative (affiliation of Dairy Herd Improvement Association) over the length of his farming career.

Letters and notes written by Hale, a geography professor at River Falls, Wisconsin, while on a 10-week South American trip through Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.