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Materials compiled by Keith Wurtz on his parents and other family members. Included are transcripts of tape-recorded interviews with his mother and father (1968-1978), family tree charts for both the Wurtz and the O'Connel families, and photocopies of miscellaneous documents.
The interviews concern family history and stories of the Wurtz, Weideman, and O'Connel families with brief mention of various settlements in Pierce and Pepin counties in Wisconsin where they lived.

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.

Name index to cases files in probate court for St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Use this index to look up the case file number associated with an individual, then use case number to find case file in St. Croix Series 128.

Names and addresses of mortgagor and mortgagee, description of property, amount of mortgage, filing date, and due date.

The Grassroots Political Conference, aimed to generate interest in political affairs, was held at Wisconsin State University River Falls from 1958 to 1976. The Department of Social Sciences organized and sponsored the program, which featured two days of lectures and debates on current political topics. The event drew politicians, business leaders, and industry experts from across the country, and it was open to the public for attendance.

This collection contains correspondence to potential speakers, brochures, programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other materials relating to the conference.

Files are partial reproductions of business directories from R. L. Polk's Wisconsin gazetteer, including sections on Ellsworth (1877-1928); Pierce County (1922); and River Falls (1877-1928) created by Dan Geister in his research regarding communities in Pierce County, Wisconsin.

The Sanborn Co. was founded in 1867 by D.A. Sanborn, to draw maps of the downtown districts of cities across the U.S. These maps could then be consulted by insurance companies if a building burned to research different characteristics about the business and the physical structure. The company stopped making the fire insurance maps in 1961, due to other sources being used to obtain the needed information. Today, they serve as a wonderful resource for tracing the growth of cities and tracking where businesses were located decades ago. We have these maps on microfilm for the entire state of Wisconsin. We also have copies of the actual maps in paper format for cities in our four-county area. The dates range from approximately the 1880s to the 1920s for our area. The maps were not issued regularly, so do not expect any pattern as to when the maps came out for various cities.

Includes biographical information on Thompson family (circa 2002); Clippings and other ephemera (undated, 1936-1984); Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) and farming professional involvement (1957-1973); Farm conservation plans (1943, 1978); and Photographs of David Afdahl family (undated, circa 1927-1945) and Ruth Ellen Thompson (undated, circa 1934 and 1947).

David Orlin Afdahl (July 14, 1927-March 7, 2005) was born to Herman N. (1904-1984) and Gladys, nee Owens, Afdahl (1902-1964), the oldest of three children. David grew up on the family farm southwest of Hammond in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. David was graduated from Baldwin High School and attended UW-River Falls (then River Falls State Teacher's College), where he graduated with a degree in agricultural education. ǂb Ruth Ellen Thompson (1934-2017) was born to Margaret Norma Tubman (1910-2003) and Otto Emil Thompson (1906-2000), the second oldest of three girls. She attended Clear Lake High School, Wisconsin and Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Ruth "Ruthie" and David were married on August 22, 1953 in Spring Valley. The couple had four children and worked as dairy farmers on the Afdahl family farm. David "Dave" Afdahl was professionally active and held various positions on the Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative (affiliation of Dairy Herd Improvement Association) over the length of his farming career.

Research and annotated resources related to two of Wyman's publications: "The Wisconsin Frontier", published 1998 by Indiana University Press and "Kinnickinnic Country : River Falls in the forties and fifties", published in 2010 by PrintArt, with assistance from Don Richards.

Walker "Mark" Demarquis Wyman, Jr. (1939-) was born in River Falls, Wisconsin to Walker D. and Helen B. (nee ) Wyman. He attended the Ames Laboratory School on the campus of what was then called the River Falls State Teachers College (RFSTC), now known as University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UWRF), where his father served in several leadership roles.

Dr. Wyman served 35 years as a professor in the Department of History at Illinois State University and is the author of eight books and numerous essays and articles. Wyman's scholarly focus is on labor, cultural, and social history.

Class reunions (1972-1974); commencement programs (1900-1983) [missing issues]; handbook and class publications (1953-1956, 1981, 2008); play programs, class songs, and other extracurricular printed ephemera (undated, 1920-1937, 2000).

Original papers from County Board of Supervisors' proceedings, 1969-2016, including agendas, minutes, notes, correspondence, committee reports, resolutions, proclamations, and ballots from committee and officer elections.

Records of the negotiations between St. Croix County and the various government employee unions, including correspondence, notes, benefit cost estimates, research materials, collective bargaining and mediation requests, proposed and final offers, grievances, and agreements. Represented units include Courthouse, General Government Support Services (GGSS), Highway, Health Center, Human Services-Non Professional/Professional, Land and Water Conservation, Law Enforcement, and Social Services.

Supervisor of Assessments' annual reports to the County Board, printed by the County Clerk under Wis. Laws of 1905, Ch. 523, Sect. 4. Each report contains a table of amount of state, county, school, and local tax revenue, classified by type of tax; a table of total assessed valuation of each county; tables for each town of acreage and assessed valuation of lands and improvements, classified by use; tables showing assessed and recommended full value of real estate (classified by use) and personal property (classified by type) in each assessment district; and general advisory remarks.
Reports are present for these years: 1910, 1912, 1920, and 1922-1979. Additional reports may have been added since this cataloging.

Records of the County Clerk including proceedings of the County Board of Supervisors, correspondence, resolutions and petitions, committee reports, financial reports, and annual reports of county offices and divisions.

Documents left at the Register of Deeds' office for recording, including federal land patents, 1854-1886 (recorded 1875-1886); land records including warranty deeds, land contracts, and indentures, 1871-1875; Willow River Cemetery lot deed, 1883; plat and survey of the New Richmond Cemetery, 1884; wills, 1876-1878; incorporation papers for the St. Croix Valley Agriculture Assoc. (amendment) and the Namekagon Improvement Company, 1884.

Two leaflets distributed in October and November, 1974, by the River Falls chapter of the Society Against Nuclear Energy (SANE).

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.

Typewritten transcription of an autobiographical interview, Dec. 20, 1967, with Frank Schmidt, Stillwater, Minnesota, in which he describes his logging activities in Minnesota and bootlegging during the Prohibition era; plus a 1963 proposal for "St. Croix Valley Resource Persons Tape Library."

District records, 1904 to dissolution in 1962, containing minutes of district and board meetings (1904-1962), treasurer's record book (1905-1962), school censuses (1939-1948), and annual reports to the state Department of Public Instruction (1948-1962) which often include school censuses, contracts, and miscellaneous reports and resolutions. Pierce County school directories (1952-1956) and a Handbook for School Boards are also included.

Records including minutes of annual school meetings and financial reports of the school district clerk (1884-1889), minutes of special school meetings (1888), register of school officers and terms of office (1885-1892), proceedings of the district school board (1884-1889), district treasurer's bond (1885), teachers' contracts (1884-1888), register of orders drawn on the treasurer (1883-1889), district clerks statistical report, including number of boy students, girl students, number attending school, etc. (1883-1884, 1888-1889), annual school census record (1889), and a list of property belonging to school district #2 (1889).

[1] School District Record (1925-1942) includes minutes of annual meetings, school board proceedings, financial records, school censuses, treasurers bonds, and teachers' contracts; [2] Clerk's Papers (1909-1941) includes correspondence, annual reports, teachers' contracts and reports, treasurer's bonds, and school censuses; and [3] School Registers (1933-1941) showing pupils' names and attendance records, daily programs, visitors' record, and state reading circle record.

Teacher's registers listing pupils' names, attendance, and daily programs, 1863-1869, 1897-1898, 1900-1906; and the district clerk's records, 1867-1913 which include minutes of annual and board meetings, register of school officers, treasurer's bonds, teachers' contracts, teachers' reports, and treasurer's register.

[1] School District Records (1925-1958) containing minutes of school board meetings, register of school officers, accounts of receipts and expenditures, teachers' contracts, treasurers' bonds, and school tax certificates; [2] Clerk's Papers (1941-1958) including school censuses, annual reports of clerks and teachers, official bonds, and other miscellaneous papers and forms; [3] Treasurer's Book (1952-1958) showing receipts and disbursements; and [4] School Registers (1935-1953) containing each pupil's name, standing, and attendance record, daily programs, visitors record, and state reading circle record.

[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.

[1] Clerk's Records (1948-1960) including minutes of district meetings, listing of orders drawn on the treasurer, and teacher's contracts; and [2] Treasurer's Records (1948-1960) showing receipts and disbursements including the names of the person paid or paying, amount of transaction, date, and purpose. There are also a few miscellaneous annual reports and financial records.

Clerk's records, 1886-1928, including proceedings of school district meetings, teacher's contracts, district treasurer's bonds, and treasurer's receipts and disbursements; school registers, 1888-1949, including pupils' names and attendance records, daily programs, and visitor's record; and census reports, 1912, 1916-1917.

Clerk's record including minutes of annual and special meetings, 1869-1878; order record, 1869-1876; contract for school building, 1869; district boundary statements, 1875; teachers contracts, 1874-1875 and certificate, 1878. Folder two is a teacher's register of students showing names, subjects, and attendance, circa 1893-1894 and 1949-1950. The Round Lake School was designated School District No. 3 in the Town of Grantsburg, 1869-1974, School District No. 3 in the Town of Trade Lake at its establishment in 1875, and School District No. 4 in the Town of Trade Lake, after November 22, 1875.

[1] Treasurer's Book (1868-1942) showing receipts and disbursements, and reports of treasurer to annual meetings; and [2] School Registers (1907-1913, 1919-1940) containing attendance record, and monthly and term summaries showing each pupil's classification number, sex, age, name, standing, and work accomplished, daily programs, record of visitors, and state reading circle record.

Clerk's records including minutes of annual and special school district meetings, listing of orders drawn on the treasurer's accounts, school censuses, and teacher's contracts. Treasurer's records (1952-1954) show receipts and disbursements, balance statements, and in some cases, the purpose of payment and the person paid.

[1] School District Record (1915-1934, 1947-1958) containing minutes of school board meetings, teachers' contracts, accounts of receipts and expenditures, school bonds, annual financial statements, map of district boundaries, transportation contracts, and reports of auditing committee; [2] Treasurer's Book (1957-1958) showing receipts and expenditures; and [3] School Registers (1926-1934, 1954-1957) including pupils' names and attendance records, report of work accomplished, daily program, visitors' record, and state reading circle record.

[1] School District Records (1891-1896, 1910-1957) containing minutes of school board meetings, register of orders drawn on treasurer, treasurer's bonds, clerk's annual reports, school censuses, teachers' contracts, and annual financial statements; [2] Clerks' Papers (1922-1955) including county school directory, teachers' reports, clerk's annual reports, school censuses, and other miscellaneous material; and [3] School Registers (1883-1888, 1890-1891, 1900-1906, 1919-1956) showing pupils' names and attendance records, reports of work accomplished, daily programs, visitors record, and state reading circle record.

[1] Treasurer's accounts of receipts and disbursements for the district, 1871-1947, showing dates, from whom received or to whom paid, for what purpose, and amounts; and reports of the district treasurer to Annual District Board Meetings, as required by Sec. 38, School Laws of 1863. [2] School registers, 1928-1936 and 1936-1943, containing teacher and pupil names, attendance, grades, work accomplished, daily program, record of visitors and books read by students. [3] District record book, 1959-1960, including minutes of meetings and cash disbursements by the district. [4] Annual reports, school censuses, audits, and a petition for school consolidation, 1871-1960.

Clerk's school district record including minutes of annual and special meetings, teachers' contracts, and treasurer's expenditures (1886-1904, 1922-1958).

Biographical information and recollections written in 1974 of the English Department at River Falls Normal School provided by Fred Short, an alumnus from the class of 1910; genealogical information concerning the family of Fred Short; and an 1833 land indenture and a proof sheet of a humorous article by Bob Short in the Connecticut Courant, May 14, 1827.

Correspondence, subject files, and clippings of an environmental group organized by local Sierra Club chapters in response to perceived inadequacies of H.R. 10529, a bill sponsoring a National Recreation Area in the Upper Mississippi River Valley.
Preserved by chair Pat Nolan, the correspondence includes letters between Task Force members and from other interested parties. Subject files contain correspondence, reports, studies, surveys, minutes, memos, proposed legislation, meeting notices, and pamphlets of the Task Force and other environmental and non-environmental groups involved with the same issues. The collection also contains correspondence and subject files concerning the St. Croix River inclusion in the National Scenic and Wild River System, and other Mississippi River environmental issues.

Siverling Family reunion booklets containing genealogical information on the descendants of Stephen Siverling (1834-1921) and Theresa Hattamer (1848-1906), residents of Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

Typewritten reminiscences of John Solon, mainly concerning his family's history in Ireland and events subsequent to their 1847 immigration to Dodge County, Wisconsin; written in 1911.

Photocopy of a letter, March 29, 1918, written by Mrs. Luther Spalding, River Falls, Wisconsin, to her daughter in California, in which she describes the burning of the River Falls Episcopal Church.

Records of the Spring Valley Iron and Ore Company, an iron mining and manufacturing firm in Pierce County, Wisconsin, including correspondence between owner Frederick H. Foote and manager Charles Brown, financial records, and miscellaneous legal documents concerning land sales and a legal suit.

Original record book, April 24, 1911-December 13, 1917, and November 14, 1951, of the St. Croix Bridge Company, the corporation formed to build a toll bridge over the St. Croix River at Hudson, Wisconsin, with one folder of agreements, 1911-1917, and clippings, 1941.

Membership lists and sacramental records, 1932-1966, of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, including records of baptisms, confirmations, weddings, burials, and communions. A record book, 1895-1913, of the St. John's Youth Group, in German with an English translation prepared by Ursula Peterson, is also included. ?b St. John's Evangelical later merged with St. John's United Church of Christ.

Records of a support organization for the hospital and its residents, including bylaws, clippings on activities, announcements, programs, correspondence, financial reports, and ephemera.

Correspondence, invoices, and financial records, regarding the settlement of the estate of Staab of Hammond, Wisconsin.
Her legal affairs were handled by Fred E. Hartwig, also of Hammond.

A photocopied typewritten description of the conditions at Andersonville Prison, written by a son of Ole Steensland (1843?-1905?), 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, a prisoner there from 1863 to 1865.

Papers of Stratton, River Falls State Normal School, River Falls, Wisconsin, relating chiefly to his appointment as an assistant cartographer on the staff of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, 1918-1919; and a letter, August 19, 1925, concerning maps used by the Commission.

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.

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.

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.

Student registers, 1899-1929, indicating pupil's name, grades in various subjects, date of graduation, names of teachers, and the textbooks used. There is a listing of early graduates from Prescott High School in volume 1. The school registers, 1929-1930, show the student's name and attendance record.