Friends of the La Crosse Public Library Records

Scope and Contents

Materials from this organization are severely lacking before 1976, although promotional and financial records of 1964 survive. Materials include a full set of by-laws and constitutions (1965-1995), lists of board members (gaps from 1970-1975), financial records (1964-1993), membership lists, minutes (1967-1970) and a full set of board minutes since 1976, a few early photographs (1964; 1967; 1989-1998), and promotional materials and newsletters (1966-1969; 1989-1997). The financial materials include check stubs, 1964-1988, and provide some record of activity before 1976. There is also a correspondence file (1968-1973; 1990), and historical materials which include a summary of activities of 1968-1969, newspaper clippings, and a little information about Jean & Emerson Wulling. Also a folder of legislative activities includes information about forming public library systems in Wisconsin 1968-1971.