Undated clipped articles on the history of Pierce County, Wisconsin, as published in an unidentified local newspaper.
Letter to Phipps of Hudson, Wisconsin, from his uncle containing recollections of Clement Clarke Moore, author of "The Night Before Christmas."
The letter writer says he lived in the Chelsea area on New York City, circa 1847, and his family leased land from Moore.
Photocopies of five letters written to Professor Stephen Feinstein and graduate student Reno Rizzo by Russian students and a Leningrad tourist guide whom they met while on a university tour in the spring of 1970; pertaining to the private interests of the correspondents.
Annual premium lists detailing scheduled events at the St. Croix County Fair held at Glenwood City. Records are present for the years 1928-1929, 1957-1958, 1964-1965, 1968-1969, and 1972-1978.
Annual premium lists detailing scheduled events at the St. Croix County Fair held at New Richmond under the auspices of the St. Croix Valley Agricultural Society. Records are present for the years 1926-1929 and 1934-1935.
Field notes of homesteads, proposed roads, and additional acreage for towns, etc., including description of land surveyed, date of survey, name of surveyor, for whom survey made, and legal description of area in which survey was made. ?b County Surveyors were William Anderson, 1851-1854; A. W. Miller, 1855-1856; William Bell, 1858-1859; Don White, 1863-1864; and R. A. Brown, 1865-?.
Specifications for a church addition and remodeling project at the Swedish Mission Church in River Falls, Wisconsin.
Reminiscences of Sylvia Havre Raihle, teacher and Wisconsin State Assemblywoman; consisting of her brief recollections as a teacher in Minnesota and South Dakota, her early life and education in La Crosse, Wis. and Minneapolis, her work with the Department of War during World War I, her family, and a brief mention of her four terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1948-1956.
Two inventory books kept by general store owner T.J. McCollum, Ellsworth, Wisconsin; listing quantities and value of stock on hand.
Typescript history of the Tabor Lutheran Church, a Swedish church in Bay City (Isabelle Township, Pierce County), Wisconsin, 1875-1900, by Thorson.
Included also is a booklet commemorating the 1981 church centennial containing a church history as well as photographs of members.
Photocopied records of a Swedish Lutheran church documenting memberships, marriages, deaths, baptisms, and confirmations. The membership rolls often also note the date of arrival in America. In Swedish and English.
History written by Peterson on the Plainview School, formerly the Bergstrom School, Trenton Township, Pierce County, Wisconsin.
An oral history project undertaken by members of the Wisconsin Extension Homemakers Council as a celebration of the organization's 50th anniversary, focusing on the life stories of Wisconsin homemakers and on the influence of the WEHC in their lives. Included are tape-recorded interviews, transcripts, a published guide to the project, a copy of "Taste Wisconsin History" (a cookbook derived from the project), photographs, a copy of a slide/tape show with accompanying script, publicity materials, and discussion guide, and a script for a play based on the oral histories.
Copies of everything in the collection are available in Madison in accession M90-325. A duplicate set of transcripts has been divided according to the counties of residence of the interviewees and is housed at the appropriate area research centers. Duplicate copies of the slide/tape show were sent to the River Falls, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Stevens Point, and Northland area research centers and a copy of the cookbook and the published guide was sent to each area research center. (The duplicate transcripts still are considered part of this collection; the slide/tape show copies and the publications are considered as given to the centers for integration into their campus resources as best suits each campus.)
A history of Somerset, Wisconsin, and St. Croix County, prepared by the Society and presented as a pageant June 23-24, 1956.
Also included are other brief histories on moonshine in Somerset, its claim to be frog leg capital of the world, and resident John Till, "the plaster doctor."
photocopy of a book written by Mildred Pedersen about the South Fork of the Kinnickinnic River, in River Falls, Wis. The document describes the river and its influence and includes stories from different sources.
Index includes The River--Floods--Bridges--Industry--Recreation--Schools--Organizations--Companies--Wildlife--Miscellaneous--Poem. Also included are photocopies of pictures in black and white. Mildred Pedersen was born in 1916 in River Falls and was a UWRF alum. She was an avid local history enthusiast.
Miscellaneous items concerning Vanasse: an article by him on the history of northeastern Pierce County, Wisconsin; a copy of a booklet written by him on Lake Superior agate; notes recording an interview with him by E. N. Peterson (these three in River Falls SC 125); a time book, 1892-1894, 1896-1899, of the Vanasse sawmill, Town of Gilman, Pierce County; historical writings by Vanasse concerning the Spring Valley area; and essays dealing with the iron ore industry in Spring Valley.
Typed copies of ten letters from Theodore Foster, Lansing, Michigan, to his sister, Lydia Comstock, Hudson, Wisconsin; containing family news and comments on the juvenile reform school he supervised, the Civil War, his efforts to gain public office, and the economic assistance provided by his friends in the Republican Party.
One letter written by Running, born in Colfax, Wisconsin, and an enclosed article by Running concerning his boyhood adoption by Sven Stevens.
Typewritten carbon of an autobiography by Theodore Smith, businessman and mayor of River Falls, Wisconsin; including recollections of his youth in Denmark, his immigration to the U.S. in 1883, and his many experiences in the River Falls area.
Photocopy of an unpublished history written by Fuka.
An essay submitted to the University of Minnesota Geography Department in 1962 by student Thomas G. Eighmy.
Business records relating to a general merchandise store owned by Thomas H. Thompson, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, including daybooks, invoices, account books, ledger, warehouse records, a stock inventory, a shipping book, and other financial records.
A genealogy of the Thomas Lumsden and Elizabeth Wilson family, settlers of Polk County, Wisconsin, compiled in 1982 by Murphy, their great grandson; also including information on the Finn, McKenzie, McMullen, Montgomery, Seed, and Wadworth families.
Reminiscence entitled "Experiences - World Wide" written by Phillips who was born and raised on a farm in Richmond Township, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, concentrating on the years 1937-1945 when he worked in Chicago then joined the Air Transport Command and flew routes to Africa and Asia during World War II. Accompanying this printed booklet are photocopied letters he wrote to family members during that period.
Letter from O'Connell, H. and S. Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st U.S. Marine Division, describing a Korean War battle in which he fought, near the 17th Parallel.
Genealogical chart of the Thorowgood Family of Prince Anne County, Virginia, prepared by Creecy in 1971.
Letters nominating Healy, Donegal School, District 9, River Falls Township, Pierce County, Wisconsin, as "Wisconsin Rural Teacher of the Year" in 1961 and 1963, including a letter enclosing a history of the school; and a photograph of Healy with pupils.
Advertising brochures, one price list, and a history of Thomas Emerson Tubbs and his Tubbs Medicine Co. of River Falls, Wisconsin, written by Ericson.
The Tubbs Medicine Co. produced and distributed patent medicines. The manuscript traces the firm's history through 1910.
Letters received by Jonah Todd of Prescott, Wisconsin, including four from a cousin, John A. Lockwood, in Ohio; one Civil War letter from a friend, E. C. Cleveland who was serving with Co. A, 17th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, at Holly Springs, Mississippi; and one addressed to a William James Gibbs.
Inscriptions copied by Judy Schultz in 1993 from tombstones in Sacred Heart Cemetery, located on County Highway H in Burnett County, Wis. Information dates 1850-1993 and includes the names of the interred; birth and death dates; rank, service branch, unit, and war (for veterans); and notes on special markings or decorations. There is also a name index.
Treasurer's records (1951-1953) showing receipts and disbursements indicating the person paid or paying, amount, date, and purpose; and teacher registers (1888-1892 and 1957-1967) indicating names of teachers and students, attendance record, remarks concerning the promotion and progress of students, and a register of visitors.
A copy produced in 1885 of the surveyor's field notes of the original government survey of T30N R15W, copies from the records of the Wisconsin Commissioners of Public Lands. Both interior and exterior notes are included.
Weekly attendance records showing pupil's classification number, sex, age, name, and attendance; record of recitation and report of work accomplished; daily program; record of visitors; record of teachers and salary received; and record of delinquent pupils.
Records of the Town of Isabelle, including one volume from the village of Bay City. Includes minutes of town meetings, financial records, and records from the Board of Health.
Records consisting of chattel mortgages, financial records and a few meeting minutes. Chattel mortgages, 1886-1917 and 1930-1931, gives date of filing, mortgagor and mortgagee, amount and description of property and are arranged alphabetically by last name of mortgagor. Record book, 1913-1933, contains financial ledger information, circa 1913-1919, town board meeting minutes, circa 1921-1926, and a list of receipts and disbursements. Receipt and order register, 1920-1923, lists town workers and gives their names, jobs, and amount of payment. Treasurer's journal, 1923-1940, consists of cash transactions and orders, giving the name of recipient, sometimes reason for payment, and amount.
Clerk's Record, 1868-1953, including proceedings of school district meetings, district treasurer's bonds, teacher's contracts, treasurer's record of receipts and disbursements, and annual school census; and miscellaneous documents including a record of communicable diseases, 1926 (in Box 1); and Treasurer's ledger, 1868-1953; and school registers, 1868-1944, listing pupils' names, attendance, and daily programs and school visitors (in Box 2).
[1] School District Records, 1902-1948, including minutes of annual meetings, board proceedings, register of officers, treasurer's bonds, teachers' contracts, clerks report and school censuses, tax statements, and financial reports of receipts and expenditures; [2] School Registers, 1877-1881, 1933-1948, showing pupils' names, ages, grades, and attendance records, daily programs, subjects studied, visitors' record, and teachers comments on pupils; and [3] Annual Reports and School Censuses, 1909, 1913-1947.
Records of the Company, Burnett County, Wisconsin; including financial records, secretary's reports, lists of policy holders, and sample applications and policies.
The company served the Scandinavian population of Burnett County.
Assessment rolls kept by the town clerk showing name of property owner, land description, acreage, valuations of lands and improvements fixed by the assessor and board of review, school district number, acreage and value of land in classification according to use or condition of land, number and value of livestock and other personal property, and amounts of taxes due.
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.
Burnett County (Wis.). TreasurerTreasurer's journal listing expenditures for Lincoln School; giving date, to whom paid, purpose, and amount.
