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(Series 1)
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Series: Origins and HistoryScope and ContentsOrigins and History consists of studies, written histories, some newspaper clippings, as well as materials from the precursors to the modern La Crosse Public Library: the La Crosse Literary Association (1867-1868), and the Young Men’s Library Association (1868-1888). Also included are some materials about Cadwallader C. Washburn, the founder of the Library.
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Historical and background information
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Box 1
Folder 1
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Directors' biographies
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Box 1
Folder 2
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Catalogs of holdings (with supplements), 1888-1904
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Box 1
Folder 3
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Clippings, 1868-1996
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Studies
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Box 1
Folder 4
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Report on the Status of Fiction in the La Crosse Public Libraries, by A. H. Sanford, 1934 December
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Box 1
Folder 5
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The La Crosse, Wisconsin Public Library: A Case Study in Informal Adult Education, by Eleanor Phinney, 1955
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Box 1
Folder 6
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La Crosse Public Library, by Catherine Bradley, 1970
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Box 1
Folder 7
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Report by Governmental Study Committee of La Crosse City Government, by Government Study Committee, 1972 June
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Box 1
Folder 8
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Mead Public Library, Sheboygan: A Comparison with Five Other Wisconsin Libraries, prepared by the Library Evaluation and Research Center, SLIS, UW-Madison, 1991 January
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Written histories
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Box 1
Folder 9
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Histories of La Crosse Public Library and notes by Lillie M. E. Borresen, 1919-1926
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Box 1
Folder 10
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History of La Crosse Public Library, 1885-1943, by Muriel Fuller
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Box 1
Folder 11
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Radio broadcast by Gysbert Van Steenwyk, 1954
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Box 1
Folder 12
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La Crosse Public Library, by Jean Solberg, 1968 March
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Box 1
Folder 13
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"Public Spirit" at Work: Philanthropy and Public Libraries in Nineteenth-Century Wisconsin, by John C. Colson, 1976
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Box 1
Folder 14
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The First Fifty Years of the La Crosse Public Library, by Janet Jensen, 1977
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Box 1
Folder 15
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Cadwallader Washburn: His Gift to La Crosse was a Library, by Mary Hebberd, 1980
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Box 1
Folder 16
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La Crosse Public Library: Into Our Second Century, 1888-1988, by Anita Taylor Doering and William D. Petersen, 1990
: Draft
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Box 1
Folder 17
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A Gift to La Crosse: A History of the La Crosse Public Library, by Anita Taylor Doering and William D. Petersen, 1997
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Box 1
Folder 18
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La Crosse Public Library: Into the 21st Century: 1888-1997, by Ken Brekke, 1997
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Box 1
Folder 19
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Miscellaneous materials
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Box 1
Folder 20
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La Crosse Literary Association, 1867-1868
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Young Men's Library Association
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Box 1A
Folder 1
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Annual reports, 1869-1871
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Box 1A
Folder 2
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Articles of incorporation, 1868
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Box 1A
Folder 3
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Catalogs of holdings, 1872-1881
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Financial materials
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Box 1A
Folder 4
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Bills and receipts, 1869-1875
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Box 1A
Folder 5
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Cancelled checks, 1874-1875
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Box 1A
Folder 6
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Treasurer's reports, 1870-1874
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Box 1A
Folder 7
Box 2
Folder 1
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Lecture Committee reports, 1870-1885
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Volume 1
Box 2
Folder 2
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Minutes, 1868-1888
Volume 1 includes constitution, rules, and bylaws
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Box 2
Folder 3
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Miscellaneous correspondence and reports, 1868-1873
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Cadwallader C. Washburn
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Oversize framed document
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Appointment as major general, 1862
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Box 2
Folder 4
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Commission as Governor, 1871
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Box 2
Folder 5
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Last will and testament, 1881
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Box 2
Folder 6
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Materials of C. C. Washburn at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
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Box 2
Folder 7
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Memorabilia
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Box 2
Folder 8
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Memorial Addresses, Life and Character of Honorable C. C. Washburn before the State Historical Society, 1882 July 25
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Box 2
Folder 9
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Photograph and portraits
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Box 2
Folder 10
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Roster, 2nd regiment, Wisconsin Calvary
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Box 2
Folder 11
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Telegraph bill and information, 1869-1871
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Box 74
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Artifacts and memorabilia
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