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A history written by Kenneth White, River Falls, Wisconsin, attorney and founding member of the local National Guard unit; submitted as source material for a class at Wisconsin State University at River Falls taught by Professor John Lankford, 1963.

Brief unpublished history, written about 1940 by Mrs. Selma Reinkey, of a Methodist Church establishied in Elmwood, Wisconsin in 1867. Included is biographical information about each minister who served the congregation, with details on the local church circuits they travelled.

History of the Afton Township area of Washington County, Minnesota, written for the Valley Creek Women's Club by Grant, with information on pioneer life there and on the Bolles family.

description of program

Subjects included: River Falls branch and Wisconsin Division

Subjects included: River Falls Branch, Wisconsin Division

handout, information sheet, correspondence,

An interesting, well put together interview with Colonel Walter J. Hoar who actively participated in World War I as a stretcher-bearer and worked in the states with the Army Corp of Engineers. Colonel Hoar has also written a book about the early lumber industry in Wisconsin.

Joe Hoekstra was born in Giten, Holland, in 1915. He moved to the U.S. in 1951. His earliest recollections include the Spanish influenza epidemic which swept through Europe after WWI, the European depression of the 1920's, the rise of Hitler's Brown Shirts, and the Nazi party of Germany. As a youth, he witnessed the demonstrations between the Brown Shirts and other political parties. During 1938 he was able to travel through much of Western Europe and this was when he saw the Siegfried Line being built.
A reservationsit in the Dutch Army, Mr. Hoekstra was called up on August 29, 1939. When the German Army invaded Holland on May 10, 1949, he fought with his unit until the organized miliraty resistene faded. He then went to work with the Dutch Underground. In May of 1941 he was captured by the Gestapo and was brought to The Hague for questioning, but he managed to escape after being held for only two hours. He spent the rest of the war in various disguises and moved from one place to another.
Mr. Hoekstra also discusses the extermination of the Dutch Jews and how the Jewish leaders had to cooperate with the Nazis and furnish them with lists which contained the names of Jews. These lists were used to fill the concentration camps.
The general deprivation of wartime Holland is also detailed. Mr. Hoekstra recalled how he once had to walk 80 kilometers to get a cartload of potatoes.
He also offers his opinion on the V-1 and V-2 missiles and tells an amusing anecdote of watching a V-1 explode with a "pfft."

Mr. Hoekstra was a member of the United States Army from 1965-1968. He discusses his army experiences in Korea and Vietnam and some length, including fire-fights, camp life, and patrols. He also talks about his life in the army after he returned to the United States from overseas, including riot duty in Chicago following the April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. He gives a very personal view of his army experiences, describing people he knew, and miltary situations in which he was involved. He also gives his views on American involvement in Korea and VIetnam, and further adresses his feelings of returning to the States.

Letters with legislative representatives, working group report dealing with student tuition and fees.