LaCrosse Public Library - Archives and Local History0.1 Linear feetRecords of Bethel Lutheran Church, 1886-1921, located on the North Side of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The congregation is still active and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The church records include baptisms, 1886-1921; confirmations, 1889-1920; marriages, 1888-1921; burials, 1889-1921; communion records. 1888-1921; members of the congregation; members who left the congregation, 1888-1901; and a list of holy events, 1888-1921.Contact InformationFinding Aid
LaCrosse Public Library - Archives and Local History0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)Journal including a log of patients visited and fees charged by early La Crosse, Wisconsin physician P. S. McArthur, 1857-1867.Contact InformationFinding Aid
LaCrosse Public Library - Archives and Local History0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)Journal of an unidentified cobbler (possibly of La Crosse, Wisconsin), kept from 1857 to 1861.Contact InformationFinding Aid
LaCrosse Public Library - Archives and Local History0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)"Historic Highlights of the Former Pammel Farm" essay written by Jack Buchel, 1987. Gives information about this area of La Crosse, Wisconsin, later known as Wedgewood Valley and Wedgewood Terrace.Contact InformationFinding Aid
LaCrosse Public Library - Archives and Local History0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)Financial balance of the Soldiers' Relief organization of La Crosse, Wisconsin for 1898, as held by the State Bank.Contact InformationFinding Aid
LaCrosse Public Library - Archives and Local History0.2 cubic feetReports compiled by the American Legion La Crosse (Wisconsin) Post about the La Crosse community to compete for the Pendill Trophy of 1930. La Crosse took second place overall in the state competition behind Kenosha. Areas that were examined included: historical background, city planning, municipal government, industrial conditions, health, education, library, social work, recreation, town and country relations, and religion. La Crosse scored first in historical background and library, and second in city planning and social work. These reports basically follow a questionnaire format and are similar to the 1927 Better Cities Survey. The director of the project was Aubrey W. Williams of the Wisconsin Conference on Social Work.Contact InformationFinding Aid
LaCrosse Public Library - Archives and Local History0.8 cubic feetThe Campbell Library Association, established on Mar. 1, 1901, was organized with the purpose of starting and maintaining a library for the Town of Campbell in La Crosse County, Wis. Membership in the organization has been primarily women. Once the La Crosse County Library System was formed in 1923, the club began to shift its focus. The organization changed its name to Fauver Hill Study Club in October 1967, and is still active. Club programs focus on current events, slide presentations and tours of schools, museums, and institutions. Materials include written histories of the club, newspaper clippings, programs, original and transcripted minutes, and other miscellaneous items.Contact InformationFinding Aid
LaCrosse Public Library - Archives and Local History0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)Student paper written by A. King Holley, 1958 January, on the life and artwork of artist Sandor Leopold Landeau. Landeau resided in La Crosse, Wisconsin during a portion of his early career.Contact InformationFinding Aid
LaCrosse Public Library - Archives and Local History0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)Recipe books of pharmacist W. H. Heazle of La Crosse, Wisconsin, circa 1892.Contact InformationFinding Aid
LaCrosse Public Library - Archives and Local History0.4 cubic feetThe Freier Maenner-Verein in Bostwick Valley / Freidenker-Verien [Freethinkers Society of Bostwick Valley], La Crosse Co., Wisconsin (Barre Mills, Wis.) existed from 1869 to 1917. This group was a Freethinker or free thought congregation whose members were generally born in Hanover, Germany. Records include a membership log book, 1862-1905; a financial journal 1889-1917; a copy of translated and transcribed minutes, 1869-1917; and copies of newspaper articles related to the group or its members; and finally personal correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sander and their daughter Hulda, 1881-1949. Some materials are written in the German language.Contact InformationFinding Aid
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