Correspondence, claims reports, poll lists, tally sheets, road petitions and notices, Inter-County Municipal Power District file, school district boundary papers and annual reports, school censuses, and crop statements and dairy statistics.

Record including minutes of annual meetings, 1880-1897; registers of town and school district officers, 1879-1889; oaths of office, 1879-1903; town board road minutes, 1890-1897; order register, 1880-1887, 1890-1898; constables' bonds and oaths, 1881, 1884-1890, 1894-1895; chattel mortgage record, 1879-1898; school fund apportionment, 1879-1898; board financial report, 1879-1897; treasurer's bonds, 1879-1897; school district statistics, 1878-1896; and maps, 1878-1889.
Volume 1 covers 1878-1890; Volume 2, 1889-1903; and Volume 3 (chattel mortgages only), 1927-1931.

Records of general (1879-1892) and town (1879-1894) elections, including inspectors' oaths, poll lists, election returns, and certificates of election. Volume 1: General Election Record (1879-1892); Volume 2: Town Election Record, 1879-1894. Also includes records of general and town elections from 1900-1949, including unbound poll lists, elections returns, certificates, and inspectors' oathes (1900-1928), as well as one bound volume (1929-1949).

Proceedings and orders of the town board of supervisors relating to highway matters.

Town treasurer's ledger, showing date, account, source or payee, order number, purpose of disbursements, amount received or paid out, and balances.

Personal property statements taken by the town assessor, showing date, property owner, school district number, assessor's name, age and valuation of livestock, number and valuation of other articles of personal property, total valuation, and taxpayer's signature.

Road district memorandum books kept by the town clerk, containing highway overseer's reports of work performed by contract and in payment of highway taxes, and financial accounts of monies disbursed for road purposes. Accounts show date, name of worker, days worked, type of work, and value of services rendered.

Proceedings of town board of supervisors meetings relating to school district boundaries and orders altering such boundaries.

Minutes of the meetings of the town board, the board of review, and the board of audit. Vol. 1 covers April 6, 1875-April 21, 1888; Vol. 2, May 7, 1888-December 6, 1921.

Tax rolls showing name of property owner, land description, acreage, valuation of real and personal property, amounts of taxes, date and amount of payment, and by whom paid. Beginning in 1915, rolls are retained for every fifth year only.

Treasurer's journal listing expenditures for Lincoln School; giving date, to whom paid, purpose, and amount.

Record of taxes assessed and paid on real estate and personal property. States names of owner, description of land, number of acres, assessed valuation, amount of each tax, total taxes, date paid, and by whom. Assessment rolls are present for various local units of government for scattered years.

Record of town accounts and orders filed by the town treasurer including accounts of Joint School Districts #1-6, road district accounts of districts #1-17, town highway accounts, town treasurer's report to the town board, and town orders drawn on the treasurer.

Records, primarily dated 1950-1974, of the Trinity Episcopal Church including a history; sacramental records; financial records; Women's Guild records; publications, reports, minutes, and other records concerning the Diocese of Eau Claire; and information on the campus ministry and on mission churches at Prescott and Ellsworth. The photographs and oversize drawing depict successive church buildings.

School district record (Vol. 1), 1913-1950, includes minutes of the school board; annual reports to the district board; teachers' contracts; register of orders drawn; and reports of expenses and income. School register (Vol. 2), 1941-1947, contains student attendance records including the students' ages and dates of birth; curriculum followed; daily programs; record of books students read and reported on, and record of visitors.

Letter, June 22, 1968, explaining the history of the Tyomies Eteenpain, a socialist and labor Finnish language newspaper begun in 1903 in Worcester, Massachusetts, by the Tyomies Society and later published in Superior, Wisconsin.

One journal and one ledger recording purchases at an unidentified general store near Baldwin, Wisconsin.

Miscellaneous correspondence, financial statements, maintenance manuals, and advertising brochures.
United Refrigerator did business in Hudson before relocating to St. Paul, Minnesota.

Records on the River Falls Post of the Corps including the bulletin (1953-1956), newsletter (1957), and magazine and River Falls journal articles on the post. Also included are civil defense records including an orientation card and a manual on personal survival from Kent County, Mich

Correspondence, subscription lists, and papers of Nils J. Larsen, Polk County chairman of the United War Work Fund, a drive conducted nationally under U.S. government sanction to raise funds for charitable work among the American Expeditionary Force in France.

Transcripts of interviews primarily concerning the history of Wisconsin's St. Croix Valley conducted with residents of the area. Initially gathered in a federally funded project directed by Patrick B. Nolan of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Department of History, the project was later funded by the Area Research Center and the History Department directly. Interviews concern pioneer farming, railroading, steamboating, logging, newspapers, early medicine, and early education as well as contemporary politics, academic affairs, environmental issues, war experiences, and other topics. A few interviews concern topics other than area history.

A photocopied list of dates, places of meetings, officers, and programs of the Upper Midwest History Conference, an informal association of historians from campuses in the Minnesota-Wisconsin-Dakotas region.

Paste-up copy of "Decline of the Branch Line," a photo essay prepared for a photography class by Mark Wyman while a University of Wisconsin student in 1959, concerning the decline of railroad service in River Falls, Wisconsin.

Record books of the Valley Victors 4-H Club, Town of Pleasant Valley, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, containing minutes, membership records, listings of club and individual projects, and photos and clippings on special projects and awards.

A reference collection of Veda Stone, a social worker long active in American Indian affairs, education, and family health and children's services in Wisconsin, documenting Stone's work with government agencies, organizations, and conferences concerning Native Americans. Also present are records, including individual student files, dealing with Indian education in Wisconsin and other states. Microfilmed newsletters, periodicals, and near-print documents published in the United States and Canada by or about Indian groups and organizations are also present, together with a major reference file with emphasis on Menominee and Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians in Wisconsin and tribal groups in Minnesota. The tapes record speeches and panel discussions from a 1966 Indian leadership conference.

Incomplete records, 1971-1984, of Barracks 3135 consisting mainly of membership lists; and records which are principally minutes of the organization's Ladies Auxiliary, 1963-1984, and of the Pierce County Council of the American Legion Auxiliary, 1928-1983.

Minutes and other papers of the military veterans' club on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, describing social, charitable, and civic activities of the group.

Historical sketch of the Hudson, Wisconsin, Public Library, 1902-1929, written by Lamb, a student at the University of Minnesota.

Printed acknowledgement of thanks for messages received at a golden wedding anniversary reception for Parker, the former president of Wisconsin's River Falls Normal School, and his wife.

Pocket diary, Jan. 1 - March 20, 1865, and copies of the memoirs of Hunter, a jeweler in Chebouse, Illinois, chiefly concerning his Civil War service with Co. F, 47th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, which was involved in the Fort Donaldson and Vicksburg campaigns.

Personal and professional papers of an historian, author, professor of social sciences at River Falls State College, and president of Wisconsin State University at Whitewater in the early 1960s.
Correspondence includes letters relating to Wyman's writings, to his participation in professional organizations of educators and historians, and to his interest in the Wisconsin system of state colleges. Among his notable correspondents were Edgar G. Doudna, Paul Douglas, F. Ryan Duffy, Merlin Hull, Hubert Humphrey, Warren P. Knowles, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Gaylord Nelson, and William Proxmire. Several series of letters from friends or scholars describe conditions abroad: Japan, 1945-1955, discussed by Justin Williams, an advisor on the U.S. Army occupation staff; the Near East, 1951-1953, viewed by a nephew, Earl J. Wyman, on the staff of the Arabian-American Oil Company; and Burma, 1953-1955, described by Carlton Ames, a student on a research project there.
The remainder of the collection is composed mainly of copies or drafts of Wyman's books, articles, addresses, and book reviews. One box of miscellaneous papers includes records of the Pierce County Fish and Game Association, 1938-1942, records of the River Falls State Teachers College International Relations Club, 1947-1951, and papers pertaining to the graduate study program for teachers.
The processed portion of this collection is summarized above, dates 1920-1962, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1931-1992 and are described below.

Copy of a letter, December 17, 1812, from Walter K. Hunter [Walter K. Jordan?] to his brother, relating to his capture by Indians after a battle in the area between Fort Wayne and Chicago, his release, and the battle for Fort Wayne.

Recollections by Nelson of early life in a Swedish immigrant's farm family near Ellsworth, Wisconsin. (Published in the Republican Eagle?).

Typewritten partial directory of the War Memorial Cemetery, Clear Lake, Wisconsin, listing the person, the war in which he participated, the year of his death, and the location of his grave.

Clerk's record books, 1894-1979; election records, 1900-1904; highway records, 1905-1908; school records, 1902-1919; and chattel mortgages, 1884-1910.

District record book containing proceedings of annual meetings (1925-1943) and regular meetings (1926-1941); financial reports (1925-1944); and teacher contracts (1926-1944).

Records including proceedings of town meetings, town board of supervisors meetings, and board of audit; register of town officers; financial reports; receipt and order journals; and apportionment of school funds.
Volume 1: 1901-1915; Volume 2: 1916-1930; Volume 3: 1930-1946; and Volume 4: 1946-1967.

Record of overseers of highways, proceedings of the town board in regard to highways, road district boundary records, applications for layout or discontinuation of roadways, highway orders, highway tax lists, surveys of roads, and records of damage awards to owners of lands through which roads passed.

Papers concerning the family of Nathan Barnes Wharton, Ashland, Wisconsin; including concert programs, pupil records, church materials, and memorabilia of Cara Wharton, a musician and music teacher in Ashland and River Falls, Wis. and Minneapolis, Minn.; correspondence, official Naval publications, and memorabilia of N. Earl Wharton concerning his experiences while participating in the peace negotiations ending World War I; and clippings, correspondence, scrapbooks, and other records concerning various family members.
The collection also includes autobiographical sketches of Nathan Barnes Wharton and T. Finley Wharton; and a manuscript of a book on the Dionne quintuplets by John F. Coggswell, husband of F. Inez Wharton and a feature writer for the Boston Sunday Post.

Records of the law partnership of Ferris M. White (1862-1940) and his son Kenneth S. (1897-1976), consisting entirely of the firm's legal papers and correspondence with clients, attorneys, witnesses, and others.
Most records date from the years 1929 or 1930 to 1939. They are arranged by case numbers, assigned by the law firm, which follow a roughly chronological order. All types of court and non-court work are represented, with probate and civil court matters being the most numerous.

Records, 1965-1992, of Wild Heritage, a conservation group headquartered in Hudson, Wisconsin, consisting of internal documents, correspondence, news clippings, and other materials. The collection documents the group's efforts to preserve the natural environment of Hudson and the area near the Wisconsin-Minnesota border.
Also included in the collection are photographs of Wild Heritage volunteers at events at Willow River State Park (1981 and 1985-1986), Lakefront Park (1984), and construction in Hudson (1986). Additionally, there is an undated image of a map that describes the flood levels of Lake Mallalieu.

Muster-in roll, 1898, April 28, and muster-out roll, 1898, October 31 - 1899, January 4, of William A. Campman's Spanish-American War unit, Co. A of the Third Wisconsin Volunteers; plus a copy of a photograph of part of the regiment.

"Reminiscences of William A.H. Ihrig, Pioneer Resident of Centuria, Wisconsin, As Told to E.W. and Marion J. Erickson, March 7, 1974"; plus an Ihrig genealogical chart.

Genealogy of the descendants of William and Bridget Heffron, early settlers in Erin Prairie, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Compiled by Alan Heffron, the genealogy, 1808-1983, includes information on these other surnames: Kane, Lumphrey, Gerrity, Burns, Martin, Newell, and Gallagher.

Genealogies compiled by William and Lynn Feyereisen. The "Singleton Heritage" contains charts and biographical information on the descendants of William Singleton and Mary Donovan, 1829-1973; and of John Cashman, 1805-1963. Other charts contain information, circa 1740-1975, on the descendants of John Peter and Mariana Maus Feyereisen.

Six diaries, 1885-1891, kept by Cairns while he was a student at the University of Wisconsin interspersed with terms of teaching near Ellsworth and at Fairchild, Wis., and at an army post at Fort Grant, Arizona; plus a printed copy of Cairns' Ph. D. thesis, 1898.

Financial ledgers and daybooks, 1881-1917, of Bradley, a notable St. Croix County, Wisconsin, farmer involved with first wheat, then livestock production; plus genealogical information compiled by his daughter, Helen Bradley Hilton.

Reminiscences by McLaughlin, La Crosse, Wisconsin, recounting his family's history in West Virginia; Jefferson County, Indiana; Kansas; and Scott County, Illinois.

Papers of William Banks, a physician in Hudson and later Baldwin, Wisconsin, in the early twentieth century, consisting primarily of letters from his mother and father in Windsor, Minnesota, and his brother, John Frazer in Milwaukee. The bulk of the letters document routine matters such as house cleaning and the weather. Subjects documented include hunting deer with his brother, the illness of his uncle in 1907 and the treatment he received from Dr. John Colvin in Minneapolis, and requests from his family to treat friends and relatives. Also included are two certificates of merit (1945) issued to Banks by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Washington Governor Monrad C. Wallgren in appreciation of his services given without compensation to the Selective Service System of the United States government during World War II.

Reminiscences by Isler, a Swiss immigrant to the United States and a Methodist minister in the Midwest and in Newark, New Jersey.