La Crosse, Wisconsin, Common Council Resolutions and Reports


Summary Information
Title: La Crosse, Wisconsin, Common Council Resolutions and Reports
Date: 1932-1971

Creator:
  • La Crosse (Wis.). Common Council.
Unique Identifier: La Crosse Series 017

Quantity: 88.0 cubic feet

Physical Description: 88 record center cartons, 112 reels of 35mm microfilm

Repository:
La Crosse Public Library
Contact Information

Archival Location:
La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:
Resolutions and reports adopted by the City of La Crosse (Wisconsin) Common Council, Dec. 1932-Dec. 1971, arranged by file number in chronological order. Records are available in both original paper format and on positive 35 mm microfilm. Oversize documents before 1968 are available in paper only.

Language: English

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OCLC Number

42449795

Acquisitions Information

(Accession nos. 1994.006, 1995.001, 1995.002, 1998.012, 1999.001, 2001.032, 2002.003, 2003.034, 2004.014, 2005.095, 2006.006, 2006.066) Transferred from the Common Council; filmed by Northern Micrographics (La Crosse, Wisconsin) 1993-2006

Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], La Crosse, Wisconsin, Common Council Resolutions and Reports, La Crosse Series 017, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

Processing Information

Container list prepared by Anita Taylor Doering 1994 July; updated by Anita Taylor Doering 1995-2006

Existence and Location of Originals

1932-1950 resolutions microfilmed through funding provided by a local records grant administered by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Oct. 1993-Aug. 1994. Master negatives are stored at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; positive and negative copies are held at the La Crosse Public Library's Archives & Local History area.

1951-1963 resolutions microfilmed through operating budget funds of the City Clerk. Master negatives are stored at Northern Micrographics, La Crosse, WI, and positive copies are held at the La Crosse Public Library's Archives & Local History area.

Scope and Contents

The records are approved resolutions and reports of the City of La Crosse (Wisconsin) Common Council, Dec. 1932-Dec. 1971 and are arranged by file number. More current files can be found at the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall.

Oversized items attached to a resolution were removed from the collection to facilitate microfilming of the record series for resolutions before 1970 (files #1-31733). "See references" have been placed in the file where this has occurred. The oversize items are available for use only in paper form.

Historical Note

In late 1932 the Office of the City Clerk began to organize approved Common Council resolutions and reports by file number. These numbers are assigned sequentially. The only indexing of these resolutions is a card file which is arranged by subject (e.g. parks, library, etc.) and which also includes ordinance numbers and referred matters, 1932-present. The resolutions and reports are also mentioned in the Council books or proceedings.

Older resolutions (circa 1856-1932) are processed and arranged by Council committees, such as street lighting, judiciary, parks, public utilities, etc. These are also in the Library’s archival collection of city records. Refer to the holdings guide or the library catalog for a complete list.

Subject Terms
  • La Crosse (Wis.). Common Council.
  • Municipal government--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Public records--Wisconsin--La Crosse
Contents List
Series: Microfilm List
Arrangement

Filmed in sequential file order; numbers in the list represent file numbers.

Reel 1
1-300, 1932-1933
Reel 2
301-630, 1933-1934
Reel 3
630-900, 1934
Reel 4
901-1216, 1934-1935
Reel 5
1217-1664, 1935-1936
Reel 6
1665-2113, 1936
Reel 7
2114-2502, 1936-1937
Reel 8
2503-2877, 1937
Reel 9
2878-3331, 1937-1938
Reel 10
3332-3800, 1938
Reel 11
3801-4350, 1938-1939
Reel 12
4351-4800, 1939
Reel 13
4801-5300, 1939-1940
Reel 14
5301-5750, 1940-1941
Reel 15
5751-6100, 1941
Reel 16
6101-6550, 1941-1942
Reel 17
6551-6981, 1942-1943
Reel 18
6982-7400, 1943-1944
Reel 19
7401-7800, 1944-1945
Reel 20
7801-8100, 1945-1946
Reel 21
8101-8609, 1946
Reel 22
8610-9019, 1946-1947
Reel 23
9020-9417, 1947-1948
Reel 24
9418-9950, 1948
Reel 25
9951-10383, 1949
Reel 26
10384-10750, 1949
Reel 27
10751-11120, 1949-1950
Reel 28
11121-11518, 1950
Reel 29
11519-11842, 1951
Reel 30
11843-12316, 1951
Reel 31
12317-12870, 1951-1952
Reel 32
12871-13175, 1952
Reel 33
13176-13610, 1953
Reel 34
13611-14050, 1953
Reel 35
14051-14400, 1954
Reel 36
14401-14850, 1954
Reel 37
14851-15201, 1954
Reel 38
15202-15750, 1955
Reel 39
15751-16100, 1955
Reel 40
16101-16400, 1955-1956
Reel 41
16401-16700, 1956
Reel 42
16701-17050, 1956
Reel 43
17051-18250, 1956
Reel 44
18251-18550, 1957
Reel 45
18551-18750, 1957
Reel 46
18751-19100, 1957
Reel 47
19101-19302, 1957
Reel 48
19303-19500, 1958
Reel 49
19501-20050, 1958
Reel 50
20051-20350, 1958
Reel 51
20351-20550, 1958
Reel 52
20551-20800, 1958
Reel 53
20801-21050, 1958-1959
Reel 54
21051-21250, 1959
Reel 55
21251-21500, 1959
Reel 56
21501-21750, 1959
Reel 57
21751-21905, 1959
Reel 58
21906-22150, 1959-1960
Reel 59
22151-22350, 1960
Reel 60
22351-22600, 1960
Reel 61
22601-22800, 1960-1961
Reel 62
22801-22999, 1961
Reel 63
23001-23100, 1961
Reel 64
23101-23300, 1961
Reel 65
23301-23500, 1961
Reel 66
23501-23700, 1961
Reel 67
23701-23950, 1961-1962
Reel 68
23951-24200, 1962
Reel 69
24201-24400, 1962
Reel 70
24401-24600, 1962
Reel 71
24601-24800, 1962
Reel 72
24801-25000, 1962-1963
Reel 73
25001-25200, 1963
Reel 74
25201-25400, 1963
Reel 75
25401-25600, 1963
Reel 76
25601-25655, 1963
Reel 77
25656-25837, 1964
Reel 78
25838-26045, 1964
Reel 79
26046-26220, 1964
Reel 80
26221-26441, 1964
Reel 81
26442-26620, 1964-1965
Reel 82
26621-26825, 1965
Reel 83
26826-26969, 1965
Scope and Contents note

#26881 is April flood bills

Reel 84
26970-27141, 1965
Reel 85
27142-27390, 1965
Reel 86
27391-27620, 1965
Reel 87
27621-27700, 1965
Reel 88
27701-27850, 1966
Reel 89
27851-28000, 1966
Reel 90
28001-28150, 1966
Reel 91
28151-28300, 1966
Reel 92
28301-28450, 1966
Reel 93
28451-28600, 1966
Reel 94
28601-28800, 1966
Reel 95
28801-29100, 1966-1967
Reel 96
29101-29450, 1967
Reel 97
29451-29800, 1967
Reel 98
29801-29100, 1966-1967
Reel 99
30097-30398, 1968
Reel 100
30399-30650, 1968
Reel 101
30651-30959, 1968
Reel 102
30960-31188, 1968-1969
Reel 103
31189-31380, 1969
Reel 104
31381-31635, 1969
Reel 105
31636-31733, 1969
Reel 106
31734-31956, 1970
Reel 107
31956-32128, 1970-1971
Reel 108
32128-32428, 1970-1971
Reel 109
32429-32600, 1971
Reel 110
32601-32841, 1971
Reel 111
32841-33019, 1971
Reel 112
33019-33067, 1971
Series: Original Files
Scope and Contents

Original paper files which microfilm copies were created from; arranged in numerical order by file number.

Box 1
1-675, 1932 December - 1934 May
Box 2
676-1450, 1934 May - 1935 October
Box 3
1451-1950, 1935 October - 1936 July
Box 4
1951-2350, 1936 July - 1937 February
Box 5
2351-2950, 1937 February-November
Box 6
2951-3650, 1937 November - 1938 September
Box 7
3651-4375, 1938 September - 1939 July
Box 8
4376-5100, 1939 July - 1940 February
Box 9
5101-5750, 1940 February - 1941 January
Box 10
5751-6300, 1941 January - 1942 January
Box 11
6301-6836, 1942 January - 1943 April
Box 12
6837-7400, 1943 April - 1944 November
Box 13
7401-7930, 1944
Box 14
7931-8500, 1945 December - 1946 October
Box 15
8501-9150, 1946 October - 1947 October
Box 16
9151-9800, 1947 October - 1948 August
Box 17
9801-10500, 1948 August - 1949 August
Box 18
10501-11000, 1949 August - 1950 May
Box 19
11001-11518, 1950 May-December
Box 24
11519-12150, 1951 January-October
Box 25
12151-12815, 1951 October - 1952 August
Box 26
12816-13570, 1952 August - 1953 June
Box 27
13571-14240, 1953 June - 1954 March
Box 28
14241-14935, 1954 March-October
Box 29
14936-15400, 1954 October - 1955 February
Box 30
15401-16000, 1955 March-September
Box 31
16001-16500, 1955 September - 1956 February
Box 32
16501-17050, 1956 March-October
Box 33
17051-18500, 1956 October-1957 April
Box 34
18501-18950, 1957 April-September
Box 35
18951-19450, 1957 September - 1958 February
Box 36
19451-20150, 1958 February-June
Box 37
20151-20600, 1958 June-October
Box 38
20601-21100, 1958 October - 1959 April
Box 39
21101-21550, 1959 April-July
Box 40
21551-21905, 1959 August-December
Box 46
21906-22300, 1960 January-June
Box 47
22301-22750, 1960 June-December
Box 48
22751-23046, 1960 December - 1961 April
Box 49
23047-23350, 1961 April-July
Box 50
23351-23800, 1961 July-December
Box 51
23801-24200, 1961 December - 1962 April
Box 52
24201-24686, 1962 May-September
Box 53
24651-25000, 1962 September - 1963 April
Box 54
25001-25400, 1963 April-September
Box 55
25401-25800, 1963 September - 1964 March
Box 56
25801-26159, 1964 March-July
Box 57
26160-26550, 1964 July-December
Box 58
26551-26909, 1964 December - 1965 May
Box 59
26910-27269, 1965 May-August
Box 60
27270-27770, 1965 August-December
Box 67
27701-28100, 1966 January-April
Box 68
28101-28500, 1966 May-August
Box 69
28501-28800, 1966 September-December
Box 71
28801-29200, 1966 December - 1967 April
Box 72
29201-29650, 1967 April-August
Box 73
29651-30050, 1967 August-December
Box 74
30051-30400, 1967 December - 1968 April
Box 75
30401-30750, 1968 April-July
Box 76
30751-31100, 1968 July-December
Box 77
31101-31350, 1968 December - 1969 May
Box 78
31351-31650, 1969 May-November
Box 79
31651-31900, 1969 November - 1970 January
Box 80
31901-32100, 1970 February-July
Box 81
32101-32300, 1970 July-October
Box 82
32301-32550, 1970 October - 1971 April
Box 83
32551-32750, 1971 April-July
Box 84
32751-33067, 1971 July-December
Oversize 20
1-3000
Oversize 21
3001-8200
Oversize 22
8201-10500
Oversize 23
10501-12355
Oversize 23A
12356-13599
Oversize 41
13600-14999
Oversize 42
15000-16999
Oversize 43
17000-19999
Oversize 44
20000-21499
Oversize 45
21500-22999
Oversize 61
23000-24099, 1961 April - 1962 April
Oversize 62
24100-25199, 1962 April - 1963 June
Oversize 63
25200-25899, 1963 July - 1964 April
Oversize 64
25900-26699, 1964 April-December
Oversize 65
26700-27299, 1965 January-August
Oversize 66
27300-28199, 1965 August - 1966 May
Oversize 70
28200-29299, 1966-1967
Oversize 85
29300-30429, 1967-1968
Oversize 86
30430-30999, 1968
Oversize 87
31000-31733, 1968-1969
31734-33067
Note: (Oversized items) Interfiled in other oversized folders