Saturday, January 16, 2010

UW-River Falls Chalmer Davee Library Area Research Center and University Archives


Link to January 15 Hudson Star-Observer article, "Archives hold historic treasures". (You may need to log in -- at no charge -- to read entire article.)

Excerpt: Interim Archivist Tim Ericson describes some of the content stored in the archives, which, at the end of November, moved into its fourth and final new home.

The center contains community- and university-related records and manuscripts that include journals, diaries, church records, letters and other documents from all towns within the center’s four-county area. Ericson says not all records for every town are there, but at least some from each.

The archives hold a comprehensive collection of community newspapers on microfilm — “nearly everything,” says Ericson. People might come there to look at old census or local government records, to read through one of the self-serve history books, or to request to view something from the secure storage in the back.

The center is hosting an Open House from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26.

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