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Container	Title
La Crosse Mss BW	Series: Exhibit and Biographical Material
Box 1 Folder 1	Catalog and captions, 1979
Box 2 Folder 1	Exhibit poster, 1979
	Series: Photographs	⇧
Box 1 Folder 2	P1
Box 2 Folder 2	P2
Box 1 Folder 3	P3
Box 2 Folder 3-4	P4-P5
Box 1 Folder 4	P6-P9
Box 2 Folder 5-6	P10-P11
Box 1 Folder 5	P12-P15
Box 2 Folder 7-14	P16-P23
Box 1 Folder 6	P45
Box 1 Folder 7-12	P52-P53, P55, P60, P64, P95-P96
Box 2 Folder 15	P97
Box 1 Folder 13	P98-P99
Box 15 Folder 1	P101A Note: See also P122.
Box 1 Folder 14	P102-P121 Note: See also P121A.
Box 1 Folder 15	P121, continued Note: See also P121A and 122A.
Box 15 Folder 1	P121A
Box 1 Folder 16-19	P122-P129
Box 1 Folder 20	P130 Note: See also Box 2, Folder 15.
Box 1 Folder 21	P132
Box 1 Folder 22	P133 Note: See also Box 2, Folder 15.
Box 1 Folder 23-24	P134-P136, P139
Box 3 Folder 1	P183 (cartoon of OJO)
Box 1 Folder 25	Sibley IA Courthouse mural, unnumbered
Box 1 Folder 26	Unidentified project related to P130 and P134
Box 1 Folder 27-29	Unidentified photographs
	Series: Designs and Sketches	⇧
	Category A (15.5 × 22.5)
Box 4	D3, 12, 23, 29, 33-35, 46, 59, 64, 88-89, 98-99
Box 5	D102, 104-111, 118, 121, 124-125
Box 6	D127, 129, 135, 142-143, 154, 160-161, 165, 167, 170-171, 173-175
Box 7	D176, 182, 198-210, 214, 216-217, 221, 224, 228, 229
Box 8	D231-236, 246, 250-254, 260-261, Unnumbered
	Category B (23.5 × 27.5)
Box 9	D1-2, 7, 10, 16, 21, 27, 52, 60-61, 63, 71-73, 75-78
Box 10	D79-80, 83-85, 87, 97, 101, 103, 112, 128, 131, 136-137, 140, 141, 145
Box 11	D144, 151, 153, 162, 169, 177, 188, 190, 195, 211, 213, 215, 218-220, 220-223, 225
Box 12	D226-227, 230, 237-239, 240-244, 247-249, 255-259, 262-264, Unnumbered
	Category C (24 × 30.5)
Box 13	D4-5, 14, 28, 31, 44, 58, 70, 81, 91, 94, 96
Box 14	D130, 134, 148, 155, 158, 164-166, 186, Unnumbered
	Category D (33.5 × 41.5)
Box 15	D6, 8-9, 11, 13, 15, 18-19
Box 16	D20, 22, 25-26, 30, 32, 36-37
Box 17	D38-43, 45, 47
Box 18	D48-51, 53-56
Box 19	D57, 62, 65-68, 74, 82
Box 20	D86, 90, 92-93, 95, 100, 113, 115
Box 21	D116-117, 119-120, 122-123, 126, 132
Box 22	D133, 138-139A, 147, 149-150
Box 23	D152, 156-157, 159, 163, 168, 172, 185
Box 24	D187, 191-194, 196-197, 231, 245
	Sketches and sketches without D numbers, all undated
Box 35 Folder 1	Unidentified small presentation drawings
Box 35 Folder 2	Advertising sketches
Box 35 Folder 3	Albert Lea, Minnesota
Box 35 Folder 4	Armory, La Crosse
Box 35 Folder 4A	Erickson Baking Company (T-Zer Bread)
Box 36	Grand Theatre, Faribault, Minnesota
Box 35 Folder 5	La Crescent, Minnesota mural
Box 36	LaSalle on the Mississippi River mural
Box 36	Mankato mural (“Job #12”)
Box 35 Folder 6	Norsemen
Box 35 Folder 7	Oyen store interior and business card
Box 36	“Reward of Education” mural
Box 35 Folder 8	Sparta coffee shop
Box 35 Folder 9	Winona gas company mural (“Power”)
Box 31 Folder 7	Miscellaneous drawings
Box 35 Folder 10	Miscellaneous sketches and studies
	Series: Business Records	⇧
	Subseries: Correspondence
	Chronological file
Box 25 Folder 1	1895, 1908
Box 25 Folder 2	, 1912-1915 (alphabetical sub-arrangement)
Box 25 Folder 3	1919-1928, undated
Box 35 Folder 11	Regarding orders, 1927-1928
	Subject file
Box 25 Folder 4	Art for Schools, 1923-1930
Box 25 Folder 5	Bon Homme County Courthouse, Stoddard, South Dakota, 1914
Box 25 Folder 6	Death and estate, 1926
Box 25 Folder 7	Dickey County Courthouse, Ellendale, North Dakota, 1912
Box 25 Folder 8	Elks Club, Billings, Montana, 1913
Box 25 Folder 9	First National Bank, Luverne, Minnesota, 1917
Box 25 Folder 10-11	Imports from Italy, France, and Norway, 1923-1925
Box 25 Folder 12	Interior decoration sources, 1922-1923
Box 25 Folder 13	La Crosse Vocational School, circa 1940
Box 25 Folder 14	Methodist Episcopal Church, Black River Falls, 1913
Box 25 Folder 15	Moody County Courthouse, Flandreau, South Dakota, 1915
Box 25 Folder 16	New Palace Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1916
Box 25 Folder 17	Painters Union, 1915
Box 25 Folder 18	Pembina County Courthouse, Cavalier, North Dakota, 1912
Box 25 Folder 19	Princess Theatre, Winona, Minnesota, 1912
Box 25 Folder 20-22	Public works correspondence, circa 1908-1914, 1923
Box 26 Folder 1	Richland Center Auditorium, 1912
Box 26 Folder 2	Rosebud County Courthouse, Forsyth, Montana, 1913-1914
Box 26 Folder 3	St. Patrick's Church, Madison, 1917
Box 35 Folder 22	St. Paul, Minnesota, Auditorium, 1921?
Box 26 Folder 4	Salzer, H.A., residence, La Crosse, 1914
Box 26 Folder 5	Scott residence, Rock Ridge, Iowa, 1913
Box 26 Folder 6	Vernon County, Viroqua, 1921
	Subseries: Estimating file	⇧
	Contracts and estimates
Box 26 Folder 7-12	1895-1900
	1900-1902
Box 26 Folder 13-14	A-I
Box 27 Folder 1-3	K-Z
Box 27 Folder 4-6	1903-1904
Box 27 Folder 8-10	1907-1908
Box 28 Folder 1-4	1909
Box 28 Folder 5	Miscellaneous contracts, fragments, and forms
	Miscellaneous estimates
Box 28 Folder 6	General
Box 35 Folder 12	Campbell, Don, residence in Waterloo, Iowa, 1932
Box 35 Folder 13	Christian Science Church, 1936
Box 35 Folder 23	Dodge County Courthouse, undated
Box 35 Folder 14	Elks Club, La Crosse, 1913, 1933, 1938
Box 35 Folder 15	Gunderson, Dr. A., residence, 1933
Box 35 Folder 16	Hoeschler, Frank, radio office, 1932
Box 28 Folder 7	Hulberg, Oscar, residence, undated
Box 35 Folder 17	Krohn, Dr. A.?, Black River Falls, undated
Box 28 Folder 8	LaMoure County Courthouse, North Dakota, undated
Box 28 Folder 9	Logan School annex, 1917
Box 35 Folder 18	Miscellaneous jobs, 1932-1952
Box 35 Folder 19	Nasson
Box 35 Folder 20	National Bank, Natenson Building
Box 35 Folder 21	Oyen, Leighton, New residence
	Miscellaneous specifications
Box 28 Folder 10	General
Box 28 Folder 11	Barnes County Courthouse
Box 28 Folder 12	Cass County Courthouse, 1906
Box 28 Folder 13	Delaware County Courthouse, Iowa, 1925
Box 28 Folder 14	Divide County Courthouse
Box 28 Folder 15	Forest County Courthouse, circa 1910
Box 28 Folder 16	Freeborn County Courthouse, Albert Lea, Minnesota
Box 28 Folder 17	Grand Forks County Courthouse, North Dakota, circa 1914
Box 28 Folder 18	Grant County Courthouse, Milbank, South Dakota
Box 28 Folder 19	Koochiching County Courthouse, International Falls, Minnesota, 1910
Box 28 Folder 20	La Crosse City Hall, 1914-1915
Box 28 Folder 21	La Crosse County Courthouse, 1911
Box 28 Folder 22	La Crosse Weather Bureau, 1914
Box 28 Folder 23	Luzerne County Courthouse, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Box 28 Folder 24	Main Street Building (n.p.), 1912
Box 28 Folder 25	Missoula Courthouse, Montana, undated
Box 28 Folder 26	New Palace Theatre, Superior
Box 28 Folder 27	Norwegian Lutheran Church, La Crosse
Box 28 Folder 28	Park Hotel, Great Falls, Montana
Box 28 Folder 29	People's Meat Market, La Crosse, 1916
Box 28 Folder 30	Pierce County Courthouse, Rugby, North Dakota, 1911
Box 28 Folder 31	South Dakota State Capitol, circa 1908
Box 28 Folder 32	Summit County Courthouse, Akron, Ohio
Box 28 Folder 33	West Salem Masonic Hall
Box 34	Oversize material from business records (Miscellaneous sketches and wallpaper and fabric samples)
	Subseries: Financial records	⇧
	Account ledger, 1907-1922 Note: Customers; also see ledger listed below.
Box 37 Folder 1-6	A-L
Box 38 Folder 1-6	M-Z
	Bills
Box 38 Folder 7	1932
Box 30 Folder 7-9	1936-1937, 1924
Box 38 Folder 8	Adam Kroner Hardware, 1952-1953
Box 38 Folder 9	Berg Paint & Wallpaper, 1953-1954
Box 38 Folder 10	Miscellaneous
	Cash sales journals
Box 39 Folder 1	1890, with brief purchase note
Box 39 Folder 2	1930-1931, by merchandise category
	Day books, with customer and purchase detail
Box 33 Folder 1	1926
Box 40 Folder 1-2	1927-1928
Box 41 Folder 1-2	1929-1930
	Expense volumes
Box 42 Folder 1-2	1919-1920
Box 43	1922
Box 33 Folder 2	1923
	Inventories
Box 44 Folder 1	Undated lists/business plan
Box 44 Folder 2	1922, fragment
Box 44 Folder 3	1929-1930, with prices
	Invoices, with related correspondence
	1920-1921
Box 28 Folder 35-36	A-H
Box 29 Folder 1-5	I-Z
	1923
Box 29 Folder 6-8	A-G
Box 30 Folder 1-6	H-Z
Box 45 Folder 1-15	1926-1928
	1929
Box 45 Folder 16-18	A-M
Box 46 Folder 1	N-Z
Box 46 Folder 2-4	1930
	1931
Box 47 Folder 1-2	A-D
Box 47 Folder 1-2	F-Z
Box 47 Folder 3-8	1932-1935, 1938, 1940 (incomplete)
Box 48	Ledger, 1926-1933 (with Account ledger)
Box 49 Folder 1-6	Payroll volumes, 1919-1921, 1926-1933, 1937-1942
	Purchase journals, by merchandise category
Box 50	1913-1930
Box 51	1930-1932
Box 52 Folder 1	Special accounts, undated
Box 52 Folder 2	Transaction journal, 1928-1931, and fragment, , 1934-1935
Box 58 Folder 3	Volume, 1918
	Subseries: General records	⇧
Box 31 Folder 1	Address books, undated
	Advertising
Box 31 Folder 2	Dismantled scrapbook
Box 2 Folder 16	Sign and Russell calendar
Box 53 Folder 1	Ad in Booster, 1916
Box 31 Folder 3	Bentley specifications for Bartl and Felber residences, undated
	Catalogs consulted by OJO
Box 53 Folder 2	Art supplies
Box 53 Folder 3-4	Art works
Box 53 Folder 5	Carpets and rugs
Box 53 Folder 6	Chintz samples
Box 53 Folder 7	Church furniture
Box 53 Folder 7A	Closet equipment
Box 53 Folder 8	Cross-stitch pattern books
Box 53 Folder 9-11	Curtains and window treatments
Box 53 Folder 12	Electrical and light fixtures
Box 54 Folder 1	Floor care
	Furniture
Box 54 Folder 2	General
Box 54 Folder 3	Antiques
Box 54 Folder 4	Danby Company
Box 54 Folder 5	Garden furniture
Box 54 Folder 6	“Model Interiors,” Index and bedroom plates, 1921
Box 54 Folder 7	Modern cyanotype plates
Box 54 Folder 8	Reproductions
Box 54 Folder 10	Paint
Box 54 Folder 11-12	Rookwood Pottery, Architecture Department, 1912, 1914
Box 58 Folder 1	Rosemaling
Box 54 Folder 13	“The Shard,” 1928
Box 54 Folder 14	Slipcovers and upholstery fabric
Box 54 Folder 15	Stencils
Box 55 Folder 1	Theatrical gauze
Box 55 Folder 2	Wallcoverings
Box 58 Folder 2	Krash-Ko-no
Box 54 Folder 9	Widdicomb Company, 1929
Box 31 Folder 4	Catalogs distributed with OJO imprint
Box 31 Folder 5	Clippings about OJO
Box 31 Folder 6	Copley Prints exhibit and brochure, undated
Box 55 Folder 3	Emery Prints brochure, 1923
Box 31 Folder 8	Forms and stationery used by OJO
	Illustrations of Oyen projects
Box 31 Folder 9	Elks Club, Billings, Montana, undated
Box 31 Folder 10	Exteriors of Oyen projects
Box 31 Folder 11	New Palace Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1917
	Illustrations saved by OJO for reference
Box 56 Folder 1	List of topics
Box 56 Folder 2-4	Age, Alaska, Alsace, Alphabets, Ambulances, Angels, Art class, Animals
Box 56 Folder 5	Birds
Box 56 Folder 6-8	Cartoons, Color, Costumes
Box 56 Folder 9	England, Expression
Box 56 Folder 10-11	God of war, Grain elevators, Greece, Gypsies, Germany
Box 56 Folder 12-13	Hands, Hawaii, Hats
Box 56 Folder 14-16	Irish, Italy, Indians, Insects
Box 56 Folder 17-18	Japan, Jews
Box 56 Folder 19	Korea
Box 56 Folder 20-22	Lamps, Log cabins, Looms, Lumber camps, Landscapes, Lettering
Box 56 Folder 23-25	Mexico, Morocco, Mother Goose, Motorcycles, Mountains, Mining, Music
Box 56 Folder 26-27	Negroes, Neckties, Newsboys, Night, Norway, Noted men, Nude women, Nurses
Box 56 Folder 28	Office equipment, Old South, Oyen Studio
Box 56 Folder 29-31	Painting houses, Peddlers, Philippines, Photographers, Picnics, Pictures, Plaques, Poets, Police, Prison, Perspective, Posters
Box 56 Folder 32-35	Race tracks, Rain, Rome, Royalty, Rugs, Railway, Revere's ride, Russia
Box 56 Folder 36-39	Saloons, School Days, Scotland, Seafolk, Sewers, Streetcars, Shoemakers, Shopping, Snappy covers, South, Spain, Statue of Liberty, Storekeeping, Storms, Sun dials, Sweden, Switzerland, Sailors, Shipping
Box 57 Folder 1-5	Ships, Shoes, Sports, Street cars, Studios
Box 57 Folder 6-8	Technique, Telephones, Trees, Theatre, Turkeys
Box 57 Folder 9	Umbrellas, Uncle Sam, Vases and Urns
Box 57 Folder 10-13	Water wagons, Weddings, West Indies, Windmills, Windy days, Witches, Women, Waiters and waitresses, War, Winter, Winter sports and costumes
Box 55 Folder 4	Kujawa, J.P., Bill, 1929
Box 31 Folder 12	La Crosse Chamber of Commerce, 1924-29
Box 31 Folder 13	Mailing lists, undated
	Memoranda books
Box 31 Folder 14-19	1893-1902
Box 32 Folder 1	1930s, undated
Box 32 Folder 2	Louis Oyen
Box 32 Folder 3	Undated
Box 32 Folder 4	Miscellaneous
Box 55 Folder 8	“Accounts,” 1935-1936; “Orders,” , undated; 1947
Box 55 Folder 5	National Furniture Review, 1937
Box 55 Folder 6	Notes on miscellaneous accounts
Box 55 Folder 7	Oyen Ad-Sign System, 1904-1907, 1912
	Photographs consulted by OJO
Box 32 Folder 7	“The Evolution of the Book”
Folder 8	Murals for Fairmont Courthouse (Minnesota) by Peterson
Box 55 Folder 9	Postcards possibly collected for reference
	Scrapbooks, disassembled
Box 32 Folder 9-11	General
Box 32 Folder 12	Wallpaper advertising
Box 33	Oversize material
Box 55 Folder 10	Travel brochures, Norway
Box 55 Folder 11	Varnish removing formula
	Series: Family Papers	⇧
Box 58 Folder 1	Miscellaneous Oyen and Nelson family correspondence
Box 58 Folder 2	Deed and lease
Box 58 Folder 3	Health insurance, 1926
Box 58 Folder 4	Insurance
Box 58 Folder 5	Notes and personal miscellany
	Oyen, Emma
Box 58 Folder 6	Novel draft, undated
Box 58 Folder 7	20th Century Club, 1915-1929
Box 58 Folder 8	First Congregational Church, 1917-1927
	Oyen, Harold
Box 58 Folder 9	Diary, 1913
Box 58 Folder 10	La Crosse High School yearbook, 1917
Box 58 Folder 11	Oyen, Leighton, miscellany
Box 58 Folder 12	Taxes
Box 58 Folder 13	Unidentified family? photographs