Abstract: The Society of American Archivists (SAA) is the oldest and largest national professional association of archivists in North America. The collection contains materials from the organization of the SAA in 1936 to present day. The main record groups document the activities of the SAA officers; councilors; executive directors; the editorship of The American Archivist; and SAA committees, roundtables, sections, and task forces.

Abstract: Records include those of La Crosse Public Library from 1885-2009, as well as its predecessor groups, the La Crosse Literary Association, 1867-1868, and the Young Men’s Library Association, 1868-1888. The public library was originally funded through a bequest of former Wisconsin governor Cadwallader C. Washburn, and was overseen by a private board until Dec. 1981 when the library became a city department.

Records consist of board materials, such as minutes, annual reports, departmental statistics, budgets and other financial information, correspondence, documents relating to the three library buildings, and individual departments and service areas. Also a good collection of photographs and moving images are included of the buildings (interior and exterior), board members, directors, staff, and Cadwallader C. Washburn.

Abstract: Papers of Orville Kile, an agricultural economist, lobbyist, and writer. Included are correspondence, 1921-1928, mostly concerning articles which Kile was writing for farm journals; radio scripts, 1925-1926, of farm news broadcasts which focused on attempts at federal farm legislation; reports, 1926-1928, written by Kile and others on farm surplus and price problems; and ten scrapbooks. Eight indexed scrapbooks consist of press releases prepared by Kile, 1923-1930, on topics of interest to farmers, including prices, crop conditions, legislation, and foreign agricultural news; and two scrapbooks include newspaper clippings on miscellaneous agricultural topics.

Abstract: Records of a non-profit collective that produced the Alternative Press Index. Alphabetically arranged correspondence, which comprises the bulk of the collection, documents the center's editorial activities and its financial difficulties. A small miscellaneous file includes an advertising brochure, financial reports, a brief history, sample indexing sheets, a list of periodicals indexed, and a newsletter.

Abstract: Manpower Development and Training Act grant application files, 1970-1974, administered by the Employment Security Division. Included are grant application forms for county-level job training programs, project plans and narratives, summaries of costs, background information, and correspondence. Grant applications describe the need for specific occupations such as clerks, welders, auto repair technicians, and machine operators in different Wisconsin counties as well as that county's economic condition and outlook. Also included are some records on the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations Summer Youth Program, 1974, which sponsored youth programs throughout the state.

Abstract: Documentation related to funded Joint Effort Marketing (JEM) grants. Includes applications, meeting agendas and minutes, funding decisions, notification letters, financial statements, reimbursement records, contracts, and correspondence. The JEM grants fund projects for destination marketing, new events, sales promotion, annual events, and one-time projects related to increasing tourism to Wisconsin communities.

Abstract: Records of naturalization cases in the Circuit Court of Polk County, Wisconsin. Records include Declarations of Intention (1859-1952), Certificates of Naturalization (1859-1906), Petitions (1859-1954), indexes to these records (1855-1954), Repatriations (1941-1944), Orders Granting and Denying Petitions (1929-1954), and Certificate of Naturalization Stub Books (1907-1929).

Abstract: This collection contains the records of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), an educational and scientific society whose purpose is to advance the field of geography. The records provide details of programs, meetings, selection and election of officials, and relationships with other organizations. Includes correspondence, minutes, photographs, publications, and reports.

Abstract: Papers of Alexander Simplot, Civil War artist, including manuscript notes for an article on the war written in 1899, two notebooks, a scrapbook of clippings, and drawings. The drawings document pre-Civil War and Civil War activities in Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee and include drawings of towns, camps, troops, and battles. Also included are several maps made by Simplot. The maps and drawings may have been done for Harper's Weekly magazine.