Memoir, circa 1966, by Amelia Hrdina Motl describing her childhood, school and college years, all spent in the River Falls, Wis., area, and her experiences while teaching in Grantsburg and Danbury, Wis.; plus a copy of a March 1918 letter from Harold S. Johnson, a former student, in which he describes his daily routines aboard the battleship Mississippi during World War I.

This series contains information on River Falls graduates who served in the two World Wars. The letters to Pep Hanson were donated by LaVern Delorit in 2000. She was the daughter of Pep Hanson and the wife of Richard Delorit, long-time agriculture faculty member and interim university president from 1967-1968. See UWRF Series 29 (Student Army Training Corps).

Beginning in 1934, the River Falls Alumnus was published and distributed to the graduates of the River Falls State Teachers College. The Alumni Bulletin was first compiled by the Public Relations committee in conjunction with the regular college bulletin published by the Board of Regents and ran until about 1958. In the Spring of 1952, the River Falls Foundation began publishing, the alumni newsletter, Falcon Features which continues to run today. Alumni newsletters were intended to keep alumni informed with updates to the campus physical plant, faculty, and curriculum. It also serves as a directory for alumni to keep in touch, including personal notices such as marriages, deaths, and career changes.

The Alumni Association is composed of graduates from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. The purpose of the group is to promote greater activity among the alumni at commencement, homecoming, and other special functions, to encourage sociability among former students, to create a closer understanding between the college and the community, and to further the interests of higher education in the community.

The Alpha Gamma Sigma Sorority existed on the UW-RF campus from 1979 to 1989, and later it then became Lambda Delta Phi. The collection consists of activity files, constitutions and bylaws, correspondence, minutes, a pledge book, rush information, photographs, and scrapbooks that detail different activities of the sorority.

Typescript copies prepared by the National Park Service, of a short entry diary, January 1, 1864-July 24, 1865, and letters, November 22, 1863-July 14, 1865, of Alonzo Miller, a private in Co. A, 12th Wisconsin Infantry. Materials concern camp life, the Atlanta, Savannah, and Carolina campaigns, including the battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Ezra Church, and Jonesboro, and the capture of Bentonville, N.C. Also present are the texts of two songs by L. Grennan, "The veterans are coming," and "The great Ulysses." Not available on the microfilm are transcripts of a May 2, 1864, letter and brief diary entries, 1863-1865, and a photograph of Alonzo Miller.

[1] School District Records (1924-1957) containing minutes of school board meetings, accounts of receipts and expenditures, resolutions, school censuses, financial statements, and teachers' contracts; [2] Treasurer's Book (1929-1957) showing receipts and expenditures; and [3] School Registers (1892-1943) including attendance records, reports of pupils' standing and work accomplished, daily programs, record of visitors, and state reading circle records.

Photocopy of a notebook, containing mainly songs and poems, kept by Anderson, a Norwegian immigrant living in Amherst, Wisconsin, in 1904.

Copy of Turner's 1849 diary recording events during his family's crossing of the Atlantic while immigrating from Edinburgh, Scotland, to Dodge County, Wisconsin; plus additional biographical information.

Papers of Albinus Webster and his son Frank who farmed in the Town of Kinnickinnic, St. Croix County, Wisconsin; consisting of brief daily diary entries, account books, genealogical charts, and other items.
The diaries contain information on all aspects of farm life and management, community life, agricultural trade, and prices. Frank Webster was considered a progressive farmer, known for integrating new farming methods, and his diaries include detailed descriptions of agricultural practices.

Letter from Pearson, St. Paul, Minnesota, to members of the Hudson High School Class of 1911. Pearson gives brief biographies of himself and his brother Fritz, mentions details regarding the lives of classmates, and attaches copies of two letters by another classmate, Donna (Mrs. James T.) Geddes of Battle Creek, Michigan.

Diaries kept by Albert C. Stuntz, recording his work as timber agent for school and university lands in the upper St. Croix Valley, Wisconsin; surveyor on Indian reservations at Lac du Flambeau and Lac Court Oreille in 1863; state assemblyman, 1865; and county surveyor of Green County, Wisconsin, 1882. Accompanied by a transcript.

Civil War letter, June 17, 1862, to David P. Saunders of River Falls, Wisconsin, from his cousin, Private Ainsworth Saunders, Co. B, 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, camped near Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Organizational records of the Aid Society Norden, a mutual aid society constituted by Scandinavian immigrants in 1886 and devoted to providing sickness and death benefits to members. The records consist of articles of incorporation and dissolution, constitution and bylaws, financial records, membership books, and meeting minutes.

The River Falls Agrifallians Society was organized on January 8, 1959. Agrifallian Society was the official name given to the club, which consists of Bachelors of Science non-teaching students in agriculture. The purpose of the society is to promote fellowship and to further acquaint students with professional and vocational opportunities in the field of agriculture. -Description from Society History This collection consists mainly of meeting minutes but also contains the constitution, election records, and photographs.

Papers of Pelton, daughter of Henry C. and Harriet Reed Walker, consisting primarily of material regarding family life with some biographical details. Included also is an 1858 cemetery deed to Greenwood Cemetery in River Falls, Wisconsin
Born in River Falls, Pelton graduated from River Falls State Normal School in 1920 and taught school in Chetek prior to her 1923 marriage to Rex M. Pelton and subsequent residence in Great Falls, Montana.

Records of the Adoptive Families of Western Wisconsin consisting of newsletters, brochures, chapter information, and by-laws. Also included are financial records, grants, meeting minutes, and the treasurer's report. Records are also included documenting the organization's name change from OURS of Western Wisconsin to Adoptive Families of Western Wisconsin in 1986.

Admission Statistics include Applications received for Fall Quarter; Summary of Applications; Distribution of High School Rank Percentiles for New Freshmen by Sex and Resident Status; New Transfer Students; Returning Students. Registration Statistics include Reports to the Board of Regents and U.S. Office of Education; Enrollment of Foreign, Graduate, and part-time students; Enrollment by College and High School, Summary and Student Lists; Enrollment by Classes, Student Lists.

Genealogical charts of the ancestry of Addie Ludwig, Ottumwa, Iowa, whose maternal ancestors lived in Pierce County, Wisconsin; including mention of the surnames Caster/Custer, McBride, Hanvelt, and Pierce.

This collection contains academic program audits and reviews for undergraduate and graduate programs at UW-River Falls. Information includes, but is not limited to; course statistics and test results, alumni surveys, self-study tools, correspondence, and resumes of faculty.

Incoming correspondence to Abner Morse, lawyer, newspaperman, and prominent citizen of River Falls, Wis., mainly concerning Republican politics and his campaign for probate judge in 1877 in Pierce County. Also included are a few letters pertaining to business and biographical information.

Teacher contracts, 1859-1863, between Abbie S. Leavitt and various school districts in the Town of Clifton, Pierce County, Wisconsin; teacher's certificates for the same period; the marriage certificate of Miss Leavitt and George W. Cairns, 1866; and ephemera.

Biographical information on Aaron Dahlberg, a Swedish immigrant to Trade Lake, Wisconsin, and information on the history of the Northwest Wisconsin Electric Company which developed from several small electric companies that he operated.

Essay by Walker, a Wisconsin State University-River Falls student, describing the development of his family's farm located adjacent to River Falls; including information on the stone quarry operated on the farm, on commercial growing of cabbage, potatoes, and cucumbers, and on eventual division of the property for home lots and other uses.

Letter, September 22, 1883, to John Downer, River Falls, Wisconsin, from A. Rosenberger, superintendent of Ellsworth, Wisconsin, schools, listing the subjects of examinations required for teaching certification.

A script prepared by Mrs. McKenney for a pageant presented at the 1969 Polk County, Wis., Fair; depicting the history of fairs, particularly the Polk County Fair first held in 1861, and describing the educational and entertainment features which included exhibits, horse racing, baseball, carnivals, and food stands. ?b Suggestions are given for floats to be prepared by area 4-H clubs which illustrate aspects of the history.

A history of Clifton Hollow, a settlement in northwestern Pierce County, Wisconsin, 1849-1898, written by Mrs. Wheelock who was born there; mentioning lumber and grist mills, a lime kiln, and a school, church, and Templar's lodge.
Included is the 16-page original and a later 5-page revision which includes some additional information.

A history by Taylor written in 1940 and re-edited by Lawrence Jones in 1968.

Records of a small retail grocery store, consisting of ledgers, journals, and other financial records.

Papers of a River Falls, Wis., medical doctor concerning his Civil War service as a surgeon with the 6th Wisconsin Volunteers and his later appointments as examining surgeon for pensions and as regent of state normal schools, and his election as a state senator; including his official documents and letters.

Local history essay by Remley, including a manuscript map of Luck, circa 1908.