Title: St. Bridget's Catholic Church (River Falls, Wis.) Records
Inclusive Dates: 1890-1950

Creator:

• St. Bridget's Catholic Church (River Falls, Wis.)

Call Number: River Falls Mss DC

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box)

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 the first Catholic church in the River Falls area consisting primarily of financial records and of cemetery burial permits.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-rf00dc

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The first Catholic church in the River Falls area was established in Pleasant Valley, St. Croix Co., in 1870. In 1876 this was replaced by a church built within the City of River Falls, and St. Bridget's parish was organized at this time. The subsequent growth of the city and the parish led to the construction of new church buildings in 1893 and in 1984. During the early years of the parish, and again from about 1931 to 1948, the spelling “St. Brighid's” was used.

The bulk of the collection consists of records of the contributions made by parishioners during the period from 1894 to 1946. Also included are other financial records, and burial permits for St. Bridget's Cemetery for the period 1932-1950.

Processing Information

Processed by Tom Conrad, June 1987 and Lowell McCann, May 1990.

	Cemetery Records
	Burial Permits
Box   1 Folder   1	1932-1937
Box   1 Folder   2	1938-1942
Box   1 Folder   3	1943-1950
Box   1 Folder   4	Cemetery Rules and Regulations, 1913
Box   1 Folder   5	Correspondence, 1926, 1934, 1942
Box   1 Folder   6	Diocesan Statistical Reports, 1922-1927
	Financial Records
Box   1 Folder   7	Donations for Buildings, etc., 1894-1897
	Ledgers
Box   1 Folder   8	1890-1905
Box   1 Folder   9	1908-1917
Box   1 Folder   10	Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1934, 1939, undated
	Pew Rental
	1908-1916, 1918
Box   2 Folder   1	1917-1923
	Weekly Collections
Box   2 Folder   2-3	undated
Box   2 Folder   4-7	1943-1946
Box   2 Folder   8	undated (circa 1940s)
Box   3 Folder   1-5	1925, 1932-1935
	Receipts and Disbursements
Box   3 Folder   6	1917-1925
Box   3 Folder   7	1932-1946