Summary Information

Title: Roscoe and Evelyn Churchill Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1967-2014 (bulk 1970-2007)

Creators:

• Churchill, Roscoe, 1916-2007
• Churchill, Evelyn, 1918-1996
• Gauger, Laura, 1956-

Call Number: Eau Claire Mss DE; PH Eau Claire Mss DE; Audio 1642A; VDA 175; VDA 349; VHB 441-VHB 459; VHB 931-VHB 932

Quantity: 22.8 cubic feet (21 records center cartons, 3 archives boxes, and 1 flat box), 161 photographs, 34 transparencies, 42 tape recordings, 21 videorecordings, and 2 DVDs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers documenting the efforts of Roscoe and Evelyn Churchill and Laura Gauger to prohibit copper mining operations near the Flambeau River in the Town of Grant, Rusk County, Wisconsin. The Churchills and Laura Gauger collaborated on The Buzzards Have Landed! The Real Story of the Flambeau Mine (2007), a book documenting these activities. The papers include notes and materials for the book arranged by chapter, correspondence with politicians and government agencies, letters to the editor, court documents and legal proceedings, publicity and public relations materials, petitions, background on the Flambeau Mine and Kennecott Copper Corporation, newsletters, speeches, information on state and local ordinances, and records of the Rusk County Citizen Action Group and the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ec00de

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