Title: La Crosse, Wisconsin, Commission on Historic Sites Slides
Date: 1985

Creators:

• Conway, Barbara
• La Crosse (Wis.). Commission on Historic Sites.

Unique Identifier: La Crosse Series 007

Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet

Physical Description: 3 archives boxes

Repository:

La Crosse Public Library
Contact Information

Archival Location:

La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Barbara Conway was the freelance photographer hired to document the historical architecture in the City of La Crosse in the early 1980s. The project was funded by city block grant money administered through the city’s Commission on Historic Sites project. The photographic survey was led by project director Edwin Hill of the Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and took three years to complete. This photographic archive of La Crosse, Wisconsin, architecture consists of one thousand color slides (35mm) of two hundred architecturally significant structures in La Crosse. Identification cards with relating data and project proposal, budget and summary are also included.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.lcpl-lacrosseseries007

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(Accession no. 1986.003) Donated by Commission on Historic Sites via Barbara Conway, Dec. 1985

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

[Identification of item], La Crosse, Wisconsin, Commission on Historic Sites Slides, La Crosse Series 007, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

Processed by Amy Groskopf, March 1986

The photographic archive of La Crosse architecture consists of one thousand color slides of two hundred architecturally significant structures, including residents, commercial buildings and churches, located in La Crosse. Additional documentation provided includes a master list of sites photographed arranged alphabetically by street name with numbered streets first, identification cards which describe each slide, and data research cards which describe the architectural significance of each site. Further information is available in the brief “Guide to Photographic Archive of La Crosse Architecture” prepared by project photographer Barbara Conway.

Documentation of the project itself is also provided, including the project proposal and budget.

Proposed initially in 1979 by the staff of the Area Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with support of key UW-L faculty, this photographic survey of La Crosse historical architecture was eventually funded by the city’s Commission on Historic Sites through the block grant program. Barbara “Babs” Conway of Barbara Associates was the freelance photographer hired to document the sites on 35mm slide film. It is unclear exactly when the project was begun, but it took nearly three years to complete.

The full original collection including notes by the author is housed at the Area Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The La Crosse Public Library received copies of the slides and data cards in 1985.

• Architecture, Domestic--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• Architecture--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• Church architecture--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• Commercial buildings--Wisconsin--La Crosse
• Historic buildings--Wisconsin--La Crosse

Box 1   Folder 1	Project documentation
	Guides
Box 1   Folder 2	Guide and master index of sites photographed
Box 1   Folder 3-4	Data cards
Box 1   Folder 5-6	Slide identification cards
Box 1   Folder 7	Data card and comment card masters
	Slides
Box 2   Folder 1	1A-10B
Box 2   Folder 2	10C-18F
Box 2   Folder 3	18G-27A
Box 2   Folder 4	27B-38C
Box 2   Folder 5	39A-45D
Box 2   Folder 6	45E-55C
Box 2   Folder 7	55D-64B
Box 2   Folder 8	64C-72D
Box 2   Folder 9	72E-79D
Box 2   Folder 10	79E-85F
Box 2   Folder 11	85G-93E
Box 2   Folder 12	93F-100C
Box 3   Folder 1	100D-110F
Box 3   Folder 2	110G-115S
Box 3   Folder 3	115T-125C
Box 3   Folder 4	125D-132C
Box 3   Folder 5	132D-139C
Box 3   Folder 6	140A-149K
Box 3   Folder 7	149K-158C
Box 3   Folder 8	158D-165L
Box 3   Folder 9	165M-173C
Box 3   Folder 10	174A-182C
Box 3   Folder 11	182D-188D
Box 3   Folder 12	188E-195F
Box 3   Folder 13	195G-200N