Title: Greenwood Cemetery Association Records
Inclusive Dates: 1876-1966

Creator:

• Greenwood Cemetery Association (River Falls, Wis.)

Call Number: River Falls Mss CH

Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (1 archives box, 1 card file, and 2 flat boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, ; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of a cemetery on River Falls' north side including minute books (1876-1955), financial records, indexed records of burials and grave owners, burial permits, and plat maps.

Language: English

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Acquisition Information

Presented by the Association and by Edward Walker, River Falls, Wis., 1979-1981. Accession Number: M79-072, M80-488, M81-537

Box   1 Folder   1	Minutes of Board of Directors, 1876-1955 Physical Description: 2 volumes
Box   1 Folder   2	Correspondence, 1924-1966
	Financial records
Box   1 Folder   3	Statement of receipts, disbursements, and assets, 1946-1964
Box   1 Folder   4	Account ledger, 1940-1954
Box   1 Folder   5	Cash journal, 1942-1954
Box   1 Folder   6	Yearly perpetual care reports, 1947, 1953-1954, 1956-1963
Box   1 Folder   7	Insurance policies, 1950-1956
Box   1 Folder   8	Miscellany, 1940, 1942, 1952-1958
Box   1 Folder   9-11	Burials, 1891-1961 Scope and Content Note: List of burials in chronological order. Includes names, dates, and graves' locations.
Box   2 Volume   1	Index to graves and plat maps Scope and Content Note: Includes index to lot owners, arranged alphabetically by surname; and cemetery maps showing locations of blocks, lots, and individual grave sites. Ages at the times of death are included.
Box   2 Folder   1	Miscellaneous burial records, undated Scope and Content Note: Includes a surname index.
Box   2 Folder   2	Cemetery plat maps Scope and Content Note: Show locations of blocks and lots, names of lot owners, and individual graves. Newspaper obituaries are included for some. Photocopy of the original.
Box   3	Burial Permits, 1902-1951 Scope and Content Note: Stubs of burial permits presumably issued by the City of River Falls. Burials took place in Greenwood Cemetery as well as other cemeteries. The permits are arranged chronologically and include names, place of burial, date and place of death, cause of death, name of funeral director, and physician's name.
Box   4	List of burials, 1945-1955 and cemetery plat maps Physical Description: 1 volume  Scope and Content Note: Maps show locations of blocks and lots, names of lot owners, and individual graves. Newspaper obituaries are included for some.