Various household account books and insurance sales records kept by Hanson, an insurance agent probably located in Ellsworth, Wisconsin. Included are cash books, an insurance invoice register, and policy registers for Citizens Insurance of Missouri policies and Northwestern Fire and Marine Insurance Company policies.

Memoir written after 1935 by Pearson, describing his early life in Sweden and Denmark, immigration to Boston in 1880, relocation to Minneapolis in 1883, and removal to the Mann Valley area of Pierce County, Wisconsin in 1899; as transcribed and translated from the Swedish original by Edith Pearson in 1966.

Papers of Stratton, River Falls State Normal School, River Falls, Wisconsin, relating chiefly to his appointment as an assistant cartographer on the staff of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, 1918-1919; and a letter, August 19, 1925, concerning maps used by the Commission.

Photographs created by Charles Francis Smith of houses and families in the vicinity of Elmwood, Wisconsin, circa 1887-1893. Also included are index cards with detailed descriptions for many, but not all, of the included images.

Letters of Charles F. and Rachael A. Blood, including an 1860 letter from Charles to his future wife Rachael A. Sturm of Elmira, Illinois, describing his life while traveling to Pike's Peak in search of gold; an 1862 letter to Charles and Rachael from Franklin A. Blood at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin; a letter from Albert W. Harriman (Oct. 1861) in which he describes his experiences stationed with the Union Army near Washington, D.C.; and a letter (Sept. 8, 1887) from Nellie Beard to Rachael in which Beard describes conditions at the Hudson, Wisconsin school at which she was a teacher, and reports on the theft of $12,000 apparently from the school's building fund.

Reminiscences by Parker of the town of Pleasant Valley, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, in the mid-1800's; and two clippings about Parker, an early settler there.

Papers of Madsen, Progressive Party state senator from Polk County, Wisconsin, containing legislative correspondence, campaign speeches and platforms of Polk County Progressive candidates in the 1941 elections, and material relating to the Farmer-Labor Progressive Federation of Polk County including a membership book.

Letters written by Charles Corcoran to his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. P. (Pat) Corcoran of River Falls, Wisconsin, during his World War I military service in the U.S. Army. Stateside letters focus on daily life as well as off-base trips to such cities as Little Rock, New York, and Philadelphia. Overseas correspondence begins on September 18, 1918 while assigned to the American Expeditionary Force in Mehun, France. Letters focus on daily life and impressions of France and England, but recount no combat action.

Miscellaneous papers of the Chapman family of River Falls, Wisconsin, consisting of three letters written by Frank Chapman to his sister Ella while he was stationed in Georgia and Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War; one Civil War letter written by "Mr. George" at Bull Run, October 15, 1863 with ink made from berry juice (with a partial transcription); a 1908 marriage invitation and certificate; deeds; and newspaper clippings.

Narrative poem written by Edwin T. Reed, a River Falls native, with a letter from him to Eunice Thompson, daughter of River Falls founder Joel Foster, explaining the factual source of the poem.

Records of the Cedar Lake Telephone Cooperative and its predecessor, the Cedar Lake Rural Telephone Company, consisting of minutes of meetings and financial records of the Company, 1907-1955. In 1955 the Company did not have sufficient funds to rehabilitate its lines for service and the Cooperative was formed. Records of the Cooperative include a corporation record book (1955-1956), check stubs (1957-1958), and stock certificates (1955).

Daily cash journal, 1872-1873, a record of transit points, and a map of the company's mill known as "Junction Mill" at River Falls, Wis.
The map shows size of buildings, type of machinery, and daily capacity. The mill was owned by A.D. Andrews and Company after 1873, then became the A.A. Freeman Flouring Mill. Accompanying these records are miscellaneous expense accounts, 1904-1911, for Fred Chinnock, a millwright in Colfax and River Falls.

Diary and scrapbook pages kept by Catherine Ronyak Walter while a student at River Falls, Wisconsin, Normal School.

A history and recollection of the early schools of Prescott, Wisconsin, written in 1925 by Carrie Hutchison Babbidge and Myrtle Bailey Meacham.

Notes on the history of Beldenville, Wisconsin, by Carol Fenton Gilbertson and an essay on the 19th century history of Pierce County, Wisconsin, by Mrs. Abner Fenton.

Photocopied memoir by Nelson in which he describes his childhood in Chicago, Illinois and the Manitowoc, Marshfield, and Merrill, Wisconsin areas; and his work as a lumberjack and later as a carpenter in Milwaukee and in Lincoln County.

Anecdotes by Carl E. Warn concerning his family and events in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, where he was raised; plus a narrative poem by Will Carleton entitled "The First Settler's Story."

Papers of Carl Pemble of River Falls, Wisconsin, president of Save the St. Croix, Incorporated, a citizens' group opposed to construction of a Northern States Power Company generating plant on the St. Croix River at Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, because of its potential for ecological and recreational damage.
Also present are papers on the River Falls Committee for Human Survival, a group seeking nuclear disarmament and an end to nuclear testing.

Records of the women's club, including minutes, bylaws, membership reports and lists, correspondence, scrapbooks, scholarship and legislative files, and papers from the state and national parent organizations.

Artificially collated collection of manuscripts materials donated by a number of individuals living in or otherwise associated with Burnett, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix Counties. Includes both primary source materials, such as abstracts, warrantee deeds, correspondence, photographs, certificates, marriage records, etc., in addition to secondary sources, such as compiled genealogies and other records. Collection is no longer being maintained or added to as of January 2020.

Index to county cemeteries located in Burnett, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix Counties. The St. Croix Valley Genealogical Society (SCVGS) completed an extensive project in the 1980s to inventory tombstones in local cemeteries. Transcriptions were made from tombstones for most of the cemeteries in the counties of Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix by the SCVGS over the course of this project. Burnett County cemeteries were indexed by a number of volunteers.

Ready reference collection of subject files, historically called 'vertical files' (vertical file), arranged by county (Burnett, Pierce, Polk, or St. Croix), thereunder by name of town/city or miscellaneous subject matter deemed of historical interest. Collection is no longer being maintained or added to as of January 2020.

Burnett County probate volumes that document records regarding estate, administration, executorship, wills, sales, and heirship. Executors and wills volumes include similar material to probate and administration: last wills and testaments, documents regarding administration, appraisal and inventory of real estate, and claims. The general inventory volume includes inventory and appraisal of real estate and oaths of appraisers.

Documents filed in County Court concerning the settlement of deceased individuals' estates and the filing of wills. Included are petitions, orders, letters of administration, wills, inventories of estates, and additional legal documents.

Cases #2-#182.

The volume for 1891-1916 contains docket entries giving the name of the defendant, the charge, sentence or judgment, and sometimes court fees; record of commitments to state schools, and informations. A few early entries from the Circuit are included. Volume 1 (1895-1958) gives the case number, defendant and his/her attorney, the charge, witnesses, sentence or judgment, and court fees. Includes record of commitments to state schools. Name index in the front of the volume. Acts as an index to the County Court Cases in C2003/032.

Case files detailing commitment of insane and feeble-minded people in Burnett County to state institutions.

Record of Circuit Court civil case proceedings, providing a brief history of each action with cross references to other related court volumes. Entries give the names of the plaintiff, defendant, and attorney; date of case disposition; sometimes the nature of the action; and for Volumes D-G the case number.

Record of credentials of clergymen which were required to be filed before being authorized to perform marriages. Entries usually include name, denomination, geographic assignment, and name of authorizing ecclesiastical superior.

Circuit court cases dealing with civil actions. Legal papers include complaints, summonses, affidavits, petitions, court orders and decrees. Cases #1-1479, 1888-1930, consist of civil actions and cases #1493-3789, 1931-1971 consist of divorce cases only.

Volume 1 tax sale record showing land description, acreage, year sold for, date of sale, sale price, certificate number, purchaser, date of redemption, redemptioner, amount redeemed for, date of deed, and grantee.

Directories listing names of Burnett County school district officers and teachers.

Jail register showing name and residence of prisoner, date and cause of commitment, committing authority, sentence, date of and authority for release, personal description (age, height, weight, complexion, and color of hair and eyes), and remarks.

Record of accidental injuries, giving name of person injured, residence, color, sex, race, marital status, date of injury, cause and extent of injury, result and duration of injury, where attended, by whom attended, name of employer, and if an industrial injury, location of factory.
This record was required by Laws of Wisconsin, 1905, Chapter 416.

Volume 1 includes statements of taxes and indebtedness filed by towns and villages, showing date, assessed valuation, all taxes levied, and all bonded and other indebtedness incurred and outstanding. Also present are statements of county taxes levied, purposes for which county tax money was spent, and county indebtedness.

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.

Records of marriages performed by the county judge.

Record of elected or appointed town and village clerks, justices of the peace, notaries, constables, and deputy sheriffs as reported to the county clerk. Entries give name, office held, post office of official and length of term. Volume A: 1888-1927; Volume [2]: 1936-1955.

Reports of real estate sales recorded in the register of deeds office, submitted to the clerk by the Wisconsin Tax Commission under Chapter 522, Laws of 1907, showing assessment district, date of sale, date the sale was recorded, volume and page where recorded, grantor, grantee, land description, acreage, consideration given in the deed, assessed valuation given on the tax roll, and totals for each assessment district and the county.
The 1911 report gives total figures on sales data and assessed valuations for each assessment district and the county, ratio of assessed to true value, and ratio of each district to the county total. With the 1911 report is the Statistical Report of the Supervisor of Assessments for 1911, which contains assessment data and a table showing the market value of real estate by towns from 1906 to 1910.

Board of Canvassers' statements of election returns, showing date and type of election, candidates or issues, and the number of votes received.

Audit reports and supporting papers submitted to the board of supervisors by the Bureau of Municipal Audit or by public accountants employed by the board to make the annual audit.
Each report contains a statement by the auditor on the condition of the financial records of the county and any errors which were found. Summary financial statements of all the county funds showing the receipts, disbursements, and balances of the various funds for the year follows.

Statements of real and personal property assessment and tax apportionment for each assessment district. Assessment statements show number of livestock and other items of personality, acreage, valuations, and total assessment.

Annual printed directories of public officials having jurisdiction within the county, prepared and published by the county clerk. Directories list national and state officers and legislators, court justices and officers, county board members, county officers and certain county employees, and town, village, and city officers and supervisors.
More recent directories also show members of each county board standing committee, and U.S. census population totals for each local unit.
Included are directories for these years: 1930, 1943/4, 1944/5, 1947/8, 1949/50, 1959/60-1974, 1978, 1979, and 2004-2014. Additional directories may have been added since this cataloging.

Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors including minutes of Board meetings, resolutions, committee reports, reports of county officers and commissions, financial reports, and communications to the Board. The 1877-1881 volume is a photocopy of the original. (The original volume was charred in a courthouse fire prior to 1887, so it was photocopied for preservation and then discarded.) Volume A is an exact transcription of official proceedings as published in the Burnett County Sentinel. (The original volume for some of these years was destroyed in the courthouse fire.).

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.

Assorted records from the court, including materials relating to the organization of the Village of Siren, 1913; one certificate of ordination, 1938; one marriage license, 1906; criminal statistics, 1932; one defendant tally sheet, 1936; a certification for the Union Indemnity Company, 1931; a court order designating the First National Bank of Grantsburg as a public depository, 1937; and two memorials, one to lawyer and judge William R. Foley, 1940, and one to circuit court clerk Newton Hickerson, 1909.

Annual premium lists detailing scheduled events at the Burnett County Fair, 1926-1970, held at Webster and the Burnett County Cooperative Agricultural Society Fair, 1929-1970, held at Grantsburg.

Transcript of oral history interview of Burdette Chapin and Darlene Peterson by University of Minnesota geography students Karen Van Buskirk and Kevin Hanron, concerning land use and conditions and vegetation in the areas of Fargo School and the Trimbelle River (River Falls township), and of Clay Corners School (Martell township), Pierce County, Wis.