Correspondence, letters, and ephemera gathered by David Sartori, a student at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls; consisting of letters concerning the John Birch Society, written by Gaylord Nelson, Hubert Humphrey, J. Edgar Hoover, Clarence Manion, J. W. Fulbright, Walter Hollander, Robert Kastenmeier, Everett Dirksen, Robert B. DePugh, Estes Kefauver, William K. Van Pelt, and the Society itself; letters from George Lincoln Rockwell, Radio Havana, and Radio Peking; and a 1965 letter from Sartori describing his reactions to working in the Pittsburgh ghetto.

Papers of astronaut and former Wisconsin State University-River Falls student Daniel C. Brandenstein, containing biographical information, letters, portraits of Brandenstein and photographs taken during shuttle missions, newspaper clippings, and certificates concerning his various NASA space shuttle missions. The collection also includes some objects that he used in space, such as dehydrated food, a specially designed WSU-RF T-shirt, and a mission patch.

[1] School District Records (1896-1957) containing minutes of school board meetings, roster of school officials, records of orders on treasurer, annual financial reports of board and clerk, lists of text books, and teachers' contracts; [2] Clerk's Papers (1918-1957) including teachers annual reports, clerks annual reports, and school census; [3] Treasurer's Papers (1946-1957) including account books showing receipts and expenditures, bank statements, and canceled checks; and [4] School Registers (1938-1958) containing attendance records, monthly and term summaries, records of pupil standing and work accomplished, daily programs, record of visitors, and state reading circle record.

Records relating to the settlement of deceased individuals' estates including inventories of real and personal property; reports and accounts of administrators or executors; statements of claims against estates; resale of real and/or personal property; warrants; contracts; sworn testimony; and similar records.

The Council of Presidents is an informal organization of the current Presidents of the old Wisconsin State Universities which although without formal policy-making powers, act as a group to influence the Board of Regents to adopt policies considered most appropriate for the welfare of the universities. In a sense, the organization has been in existence as long as the Normal School system, as communications between Presidents to effect agreements and strategy in order to influence the Board of Regents have been in existence as long as there have been presidents; the Council is still in existence today. An increased budget and building allocations, curriculum expansion, and salary increases have been among the Council’s goals over the years.

A study prepared in 1976 by Brunner containing genealogical information and charts on the Cosgriff, Brunner, and O'Brien families, 1821-1976. The Daniel Cosgriff family located in Hudson, Wis., ca. 1867. Appended to Brunner's work are three pages of additions and corrections prepared by Florence Simon of Hudson.

This series consists of correspondence concerning the controversy emergent from the Voice’s publication of abortion advertisements, ca. 1970. Also included are Board of Student Publications’ guidelines for the Student Voice and its editor (Jan. 1971), and controversy concerning rights the University and Board of Regents may exercise concerning student publications.

Includes information concerning cooperative programs; discussion of items to be dealt with by the President & Council; exchange of information concerning new policies being implemented on various campuses; planning information for State Colleges; State College Athletic Conference minutes; basic studies requirements; physical plant growth; course offerings and duplicate offerings.

The Coordinating Committee for Higher Education is a statewide organization established for the purpose of coordinating the educational activities of Wisconsin's State Colleges and Universities. In 1968, the organization's name was changed to Coordinating Council for Higher Education (CCHE). This collection is mainly concerned with the reports produced by the Council concerning higher education in Wisconsin. Correspondence and minutes are also included.

Invoice Logbook includes information includes details of Date, Destination, Contents, Account, Price, Due, Car Number, Terms, Freight, Dis. Amount, and Credit.

The Consolidated Lumber company was located in Stillwater MN, the ledger records destinations to locations including Ellsworth WI, White Bear MN, Roberts WI, Mahtomedi MN, Hugo MN, Newport MN.

Records of a World War I veterans' organization composed of former members of Company C, 128th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division.
Included are address lists, correspondence, financial records, a record book containing minutes and other entries, reunion materials, photographs of members, and drawings.

This series includes addresses to graduating classes, ca. 1889-1893; 1958; 1966; 1972; anniversary exercises; baccalaureate programs; class day exercises; alumni- faculty- senior banquet programs; senior class play programs (1914-1940); scholarship information, 1939; 1940; 1945; other miscellaneous items concerning graduation, i.e. invitations, grammar grade exercises, etc.

The College of Agriculture was established at River Falls as a two-year program in 1912. Since then it has expanded to a five-year program with majors offered by five departments: Agricultural Education; Agricultural Economics; Agricultural Engineering; Animal and Food Science; and Plant and Earth Science. This is an artificial series based mainly around the correspondence of Prof. J.M. May, Director of the Department of Agriculture, 1913-1959. Also included is a 1964 report entitled The School of Agriculture: Its last Ten Years and materials related to Farm Progress Days and the AgriBusiness Tour. The collection also includes photographs.

This series contains materials about the program for gifted school children in the local geographic area. In 1982, the College for Kids program was started for later grade school children to take classes on campus for two weeks in the summer. In 1992, Teen University was started to offer the same opportunity to middle school children. The series includes catalogs, correspondence, participant lists, and photographs.

Three student papers written in 1970 and preserved by Mrs. Harry Hass, all concerning Kinnickinnic township, Pierce County, Wis.: "Kinnickinnic Township" by Sylvia Roeske, "The History of the Kinnickinnic Congregational Church" by Margaret Hammer, and an untitled paper dealing with the Kinnickinnic Monument by Barbara Vanda.

The UWRF Coaches Clinic began in June 1950, and continued every summer until June 1979 (the clinic was discontinued because of rising costs and competition from other clinics). It was directed by several faculty members: George K. Schlagenhauf, Philip Belfiori, Fran Polsfoot, Ben Bergsrud, and Judith Wilson. The three day clinic included Headliners such as basketball coaches Bobby Knight, Adolph Rupp, football coach Bud Wilkenson and hockey coach Bob Johnson. The university invited coaches and athletes from the area to come and take part in the sessions taught by the various coaches.

The Coaches Clinic Collection includes various kinds of documentation related to the coaches clinic. This includes contracts from various headliners, lists of participants, pamphlets introducing the clinic and the main speakers, biographies of some coaches, daily schedules of the clinics events, correspondence with prospective headliners and manufacturers of athletic goods, as well as other related material.

[1] School District Records (1857-1941) including minutes of board meetings, treasurer's receipts and disbursements, proceedings of district board, teachers' contracts, visitors' record, and financial statements; [2] Treasurer's Book (1868-1935) showing receipts and expenditures; and [3] School Registers (1862-1953) containing pupils' names and attendance records, daily programs, visitor record, and state reading circle record.

Records including proceedings of town and board meetings, register of town and school officers and their terms in office, oaths of office, constables' bonds, records of chattel mortgages, apportionment of school funds, financial reports of the board, town treasurers' bonds, clerks' reports, school district maps and a record of the boundaries of school districts, registers of the superintendent of highways, register of orders drawn on the town treasurer, and election reports.

One volume of conditional sales records, primarily in 1930-1931, with a few entries for 1927 and 1929. The records state the name and address of buyer, name and address of seller, date of contract, description of goods, price named in contract, and date filed. Three volumes of chattel mortgage records include the name and address of mortgagor and mortgagee, date the mortgage was signed, description of property, amount of mortgage, date when mortgage was filed, and the due date.

Records of credits and debits of the town in account with various school districts, lists of library books delivered to various districts and the condition of the books, lists of services performed by the Town Clerk and fees assessed for services, and the Town Clerk's accounts with private individuals.

Treasurer's Records (1921-1954) showing receipts and disbursements of the district indicating the person paid or paying, amount, date, and purpose. There are also a few miscellaneous records on state aid and district operations. Clerk's papers include minutes of district meetings (1948-1954), teacher reports and school censuses (1950-1954), record of orders drawn on the treasurer (1948-1954), and paper concerning the consolidation of the school district (1954).

Minutes of annual meetings, town meetings, and board of auditors meetings. Includes register of orders, bonds and oaths of office, index of chattel mortgages, register of town officers, financial reports, school district plats, school taxes and appointment records, and contract records.

Highway records, 1858-circa 1881, including taxes, orders, and minutes. Includes register of overseers of highways, and terms of office; minutes of meetings of the town supervisors regarding the laying out of highways; road orders issued; agreements for damages to affected property owners or releases from damages therein; road district lists with name of owner, description, valuation, taxes assessed, and payments made or other notes; and road district maps.