UW-River Falls

History of UW-River Falls

History of UW-River Falls

The History of UW-River Falls Collection includes resources that document the history and evolution of this campus. The collection includes photographs documenting the history of UW-River Falls and River Falls Normal School, with athletics and campus life.

Ku Klux Klan in Northwestern Wisconsin 1915-1950

Records, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, ephemera and artifacts documenting a popular movement that most Americans would rather forget – a so-called “reform” movement driven by xenophobia and bigotry. Although largely gone from the state by the late 1920s, the Klan persisted in northwestern Wisconsin, including Chippewa, Clark, and Pierce counties, through the 1940s.

Wisconsin Pioneer Experience

A digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century. These materials were selected from the collections of the Wisconsin Area Research Centers (ARCs) as well as the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society.