Memorabilia from Jeanette Gaffney’s attendance at the Eau Claire State Normal School as part of the class of 1928. Gaffney was heavily involved in campus and student life, including the Young Women’s Christian Association, Pep Club, the Women’s Athletic Association, Student Council, Declamation for public speaking contests and theater productions.
Ephemera
Advertisements, tickets, receipts and other memorabilia.
McFarland Gold Star Mothers
McFarland residents Mrs. Ole (Mary Lyster) Nelson and Mrs. Theodore Edwards were among the Gold Star Mothers who made a U.S. government-sponsored pilgrimage to France in 1930. Both Nelson and Edwards lost sons during World War I. This collection includes a diary, scrapbooks, letters, photographs and ephemera from the voyage as well as letters and photos from Helmer Nelson and Alvin Edwards’ World War I service.
Milwaukee Historic Menus
The Historic Menus digital collection includes a variety of menus from the Milwaukee area from the early twentieth century to the present.
Milwaukee Historic Trade Cards
Printed color trade cards distributed by Milwaukee businesses. This collection, housed in the Milwaukee Public Library’s Richard E. and Lucile Krug Rare Books Room, provides a snapshot of Milwaukee’s retail and service economy in the late 19th century.
Wild Rose Historical Ephemera
This collection contains 9687 pages of Wild Rose Historical items that have been digitized to protect the originals and to make searching easier. Scrapbooks by the Wild Rose Women’s Club, The Rambling Rosies, Plays by Pearl Dopp, Wild Rose Home of the Original Music Man Scrapbook, and many typed family histories from families who helped settle or lived in Wild Rose.
