Contents List

Container	Title
(Series 1)	Series: Administrative Records Scope and Contents In the Administrative Records series, correspondence includes volumes of letters received containing summaries of, or notes taken on incoming correspondence instead of the letters themselves. Letters sent volumes consist of either hand-written or letter-press copies. A log of non-meteorological events that occurred at the weather station is found in the Register of Events, 1905-1947.
Box 1 Box 2   Folder 1	Correspondence received, 1872-1887
Box 2   Folder 2-5 Box 3-5 Box 6   Folder 1	Correspondence sent, 1872-1912
Box 6   Folder 3	Register of events, 1905-1947
(Series 2)	Series: Meteorological Data Scope and Contents Meteorological Data includes daily, weekly, monthly and yearly records. Previous to 1905, these records were bound separately. Daily journals contain written summaries of the daily weather and most volumes have an index to meteorological events. The weekly, monthly and yearly (meteorological) volumes consist of data sheets including barometer readings, temperature, wind speed and direction, precipitation amounts and type, and remarks about the general state of the weather. "Record forms" are letter-press copies of data forms the La Crosse office sent to their national office. They contain information compiled from the daily and monthly reports. After 1905 these records were included with the meteorological records. Meteorological records (1905-1948) volumes are divided into three parts; original monthly observations with summaries, annual meteorological summaries and daily local records. Barometer readings, temperature, wind speed and direction, and precipitation amounts and type as well as miscellaneous meteorological phenomena are the kinds of information recorded in these volumes. Each year also has an index to meteorological events such as lightning (damage and death), frosts (light, heavy, killing), tornados and rainbows as well as the days observations were not made or taken later than normal. Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau (1906-1935) is an annual report of the federal agency, including such information as an administrative report, division reports, climatological summaries, and meteorological data for the country. Local Climatological Data includes yearly and monthly data, 1951-1974. The yearly records are complete to 1971. The monthly records are scattered and incomplete, and none are present for 1951-1960.	⇧
Box 7-9 Box 10   Folder 1	Daily journals, 1872-1904
Box 10   Folder 2-4 Box 11   Folder 1 Volume 1-4	Weekly meteorological reports, 1872-1881
Box 11   Folder 2-4 Box 12 Box 13   Folder 1-3 Volume 5	Monthly meteorological reports, 1881-1904
Volume 6	Meteorological yearly summaries, 1872-1904
Box 6   Folder 2 Box 13   Folder 4 Box 14-27	Record forms, 1872-1948
Box 38-43	Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, 1906-1935
Box 43A	Local climatological data, 1951-1974
(Series 3)	Series: Mississippi River Data Scope and Contents Under the heading Mississippi River Data is information on river stages across the country contained in the volumes titled Daily River Stages (1890-1969). There are 3 volumes missing from Daily River Stages; 1907-1908, 1952-1953 and 1955. The Records of Observations of the Mississippi River at La Crosse, 1906-1935 consist of observations of river stages of the Mississippi River at La Crosse only.	⇧
Box 28-37	Daily river stages, 1890-1969
Volume 7-10	Record of observations of the Mississippi River at La Crosse, 1874-1905