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Genealogical study of the descendants of James Bishop, an English immigrant to New Haven, Connecticut, about 1634; compiled by Ira E. Bishop, Homewood, Illinois, and issued as Volume 1, March 1961, 1st Edition and as Volume One, Edition Two, June 1961.

Correspondence and memorabilia of Dr. Wiltrout, founder of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Hospital and Sanitarium in Hudson, Wisconsin, in 1887. Included are letters from Holmes, William H. Taft, and John C. Spooner.

[1] School District Records (1878-1956) containing minutes of school board meetings, record of orders drawn on treasurers, school censuses, teachers contracts, clerks' annual reports, and financial records; and [2] School Registers (1935-1958) showing pupils names, standing and attendance records, daily programs, visitors record, and state reading circle record.

Papers of several related families of River Falls and the Town of Martell, Pierce County, Wisconsin; containing family correspondence, genealogical information, clippings, photographs, teaching papers, 1948 state centennial celebration materials, and financial records from J.P. Carroll's dry goods and grocery store (1894-1906).
Included are letters from Andrew Larson, one of Minnesota's last surviving Civil War veterans. Some materials are in Norwegian.

Reminiscences of Luttrell, stressing his years as a student in the 1920's and 1930's at River Falls Normal School (Wis.).

Five letters written to Bartosh, mayor of River Falls, Wisconsin, and to Mary Bartosh by two German families thanking them for sending food to help them endure the hard times following World War II.

Photocopied genealogy, circa 1800-1973, documenting the descendants of Timothy and Catharine (Brogan) Murphy. ?b This is a 1973 revision of a genealogy originally prepared by Jack Murphy in 1966. Other surnames treated include Manion, Corbett, and Downey. Descendents' addresses, current as of 1973, are also included.

Photocopied clippings and notes, circa 1895-circa 1935, providing genealogical information on the Jackson, McCardle, and related families, many of whose members lived in Pierce County, Wisconsin.

Papers primarily of two sisters, Judith Jacobs (1894-1982) and Mabel Jacobs (1890-1977), both of whom taught at Emporia College in Kansas then retired to their family home near Hudson, Wisconsin. Included is correspondence, clippings, memorabilia, and writings, with information on other family members, Kansas editor William Allen White, Judith's dramatic work and painting, Mabel's operatic training, and the educational and other activities of each woman.

This interview features an account of the early history of the Jacques Seed Company of Prescott. In it, the founder's wife details how William Jacques first got started in the experimental seed corn business. Neither Jacques or his wife were children of farmers. As the son of a lawyer, who owned some farms, William Jacques became interested in expierimenting with corn that could withstand northern climates after attending the Unversity of Wisconsin-Madison's law school. Following military duty at the Mexican border and state-side service during World War I, Jacques brought his wife, whom he married in 1917, to Prescott in 1925. In the interview, Mrs. Jacques describes how the family aquired its original acerage and how the company began drying seed corn. Mrs. Jacques also describes marketing of the product and explaines how Jacques Seed Company expanded and set up test plots in neighboring states.
Mrs. Jacques speaks of her husband's death in 1966. Finally, Mrs. Jacques states that even though working with corn was Mr. Jacques' primary concern, the company also worked with alfalfa, oats, soybeans, and sunflowers. She also explains how the company hired high school students to detassel corn during the summer months.
Mrs. Jacques, several times in the interview, admits to not knowing the answer to some questions but she often refers the interviewer to someone who may know the answer.

Letter, September 16, 1968, from Amodt, serving with the United States Army in the Central Highlands, Vietnam, telling of his experiences and his observations

Papers of James A. Andrews, Hudson, Wis., and his uncle, John Comstock. Included are a few letters to Andrews during the Civil War when he served with Co. A, 44th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; correspondence and business records of Andrews and Comstock relating to railroads, politics, lumbering, and banking in northwestern Wisconsin; family correspondence; and a diary, 1896-1900, kept by Ellen Gibson Andrews.

Letters to James A. Andrews, Hudson, Wisconsin, from his wife Nellie Miriam Gibson, written from her family's home in Pontiac, Michigan, both before and after their marriage, and describing daily work and social and religious activities; plus a few letters from other relatives.

Brief biographical sketch of James A. Richards, River Falls, Wisconsin, businessman and a member of the Board of Regents of State Teachers Colleges, written in 1975 by his wife, Ruby Hamilton Richards.

James Bensen gave lectures titled "innovation and change" and "re-Inventing community: Creating and aligning your assets" in spring of 2009.

In 1955, Dr. James J. McLaughlin, a Mathematics professor, was made Director of the newly formed Department of Arts and Sciences. In 1964 these divisions became colleges and McLaughlin became the first Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. This series contains McLaughlin's papers which include correspondence, news clippings, budget and promotion materials, and a variety of miscellaneous documents.

Photocopied memoir written by Johnston, circa 1920, describing his childhood in Ontario, Wisconsin; work in a Stillwater, Minnesota, sawmill and St. Croix River valley logging camps; his and his brother William's farming efforts in the Town of Richmond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin; and experiences with Company D, 30th Wisconsin volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865; with his obituary from the New Richmond News.

Letters, April-May, 1883, to King, founder of Sterling, Colorado, from friends and relatives in Oxford, Mississippi; concerning domestic activities and community events including several murder trials.

Typewritten copies of two letters, December 29, 1918, and February 28, 1919, from James P. Larson, Battery A, 6th Field Artillery, 1st Division, A.E.F., to Mable Foss, Exland, Wisconsin, later his wife, describing soldiers' activities in Germany after the Armistice.

Class notes and papers prepared by Jacobson while a student in University of Wisconsin physics courses; Jacobson later was chairman of the Physics Department, Wisconsin State University, River Falls.