Guide to the WI EC County Circuit Court: First WI Land Mortgage Assc. Liquidation, 1913-1929
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Summary Information
Title: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Eau Claire County, Wis.): First Wisconsin Land Mortgage Association Liquidation Proceedings
Inclusive Dates: 1913-1929
Creator: Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Eau Claire County, Wis.)
Call Number: Eau Claire Series 104
Quantity: 5.8 c.f. (14 archives boxes and 2 volumes)
Repository: Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division
Archival Locations: UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr.
Abstract: Liquidation proceedings and related evidence pertaining to the First Wisconsin Land Mortgage Association, a land mortgage association involved in real estate sales and mortgages for settlement of cut-over land in Chippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk, Sawyer, and Taylor counties. The records consist of a small amount of actual proceedings; corporate records including minutes, lists of stockholders, and agreements with the Chippewa Valley and Wisconsin Colonization companies; general correspondence with land agents, local bankers, the association's creditors, the state treasurer and commissioner of banking, and some mortgage holders; special correspondence, most of which dates from the association's bankruptcy in 1928 and pertains to the collection of outstanding loans; loan applications; and miscellaneous records consisting primarily of financial records, plat books and maps, and field trip reports of agents.
Language: English
Arrangement of the Materials
By type of record.
Scope and Content Note
The correspondence, which is arranged alphabetically provides thorough documentation of the relations between the association, its customers, creditors, agents, and state regulatory agencies. Many of the loan applicants were of Polish or Scandinavian heritage. The records also provide some information on the financial operation of the association.
Search Terms/Subject Terms
- First Wisconsin Land Mortgage Association
- Bankruptcy—Wisconsin
- Civil law—Wisconsin—Eau Claire County—Cases Cutover lands—Wisconsin
- Mortgage banks—Wisconsin
Contents List
Series: Circuit Court Proceedings
Box 1
Folder 1
Liquidation Proceedings, 1928-1929
Box 1
Folder 2
Inventory of Assets, February 1, 1928
Box 1
Folder 3
Bondholders Committee Reorganization Proposal, May 1, 1928
Series: Corporate Records
Box 1
Folder 4
Articles of Incorporation, 1913-1919
Box 1
Folder 5
Minutes, 1913-1928
Box 1
Folder 6
Resolutions to Increase Capitol Stock, 1918-1919
Box 1
Folder 7
Agreements with Chippewa Valley and Wisconsin Colonization Companies, 1921-1922, 1928
Box 1
Folder 8
Lists of Stockholders, 1919-1928
Series: General Correspondence
Box 1
Folder 9-10
Adamietz - Bezoir
Box 2
Folder 16
Biernat - Conrath State Bank
Box 3
Folder 16
Continental & Commercial Bond Co. - Fisk
Box 4
Folder 16
Fisk - Kuehl
Box 5
Folder 17
Ladies Home Journal - Marshall and Ilsley Bank
Box 6
Folder 16
Marshall - Stanley and Bissell, 1920-1921
Box 7
Folder 16
Stanley and Bissell, 1922-1923 - Wisconsin Colonization
Company
Box 8
Folder 14
Wisconsin Life Insurance Co. - Zurecki
Series: Special Correspondence
Box 8
Folder 5
Bondholders' Protective Committee, 1928
Box 8
Folder 6
Legislation, 1923 - 1926
Loan Correspondence
Box 8
Folder 78
June 1927 - February 1928
Box 9
Folder 12
March - November 1928
Box 9
Folder 3
Offers in Compromise on Farms, 1928
Box 9
Folder 4
Offers to Buy Farms, 1926-1928
Box 9
Folder 5
Stock Assessment Correspondence, 1928-1929
Series: Loan Applications
Box 9
Folder 6-9
A-C
Box 10
Folder 1-8
D-K
Box 11
Folder 17
L-R
Box 12
Folder 16
S-Z
Series: Miscellaneous Records
Box 12 Folder 7
Foreclosure Proceedings against Clients, 1924, 1927
Box 12 Folder 8
Corporate Income Tax Returns (Federal) 1919-1927
Box 13 Folder 1
Corporate Income Tax Returns (State) 1919-1927
Box 13 Folder 2
Delinquent Taxes on Outstanding Loans
Box 13 Folder 3
Field Reports on Loan Collection Trips, 1927-1928
Box 13 Folder 4
Miscellaneous Financial Records, 1925
Box 13 Folder 5
Financial Statements, 1919-1928
Box 13 Folder 6
Land Mortgage Association Law, 1919
Box 13 Folder 7
Lists of Mortgages, 1922-1928
Box 13 Folder 8
Maps and Plat Books, Chippewa, Rusk, Sawyer, and Taylor counties
Box 14 Folder 1
Reports to the Wisconsin Banking Department, 19191927
Box 14 Folder 2
Miscellaneous Reports, 1919-1927
Box 14 Folder 3
Survey of Land Values, 1925
Box 14 Folder 4
Upper Wisconsin Company, Articles of Incorporation, 1920, 1924
Volume 1
Mortgage Ledger, 1914-1927
Volume 2
Expense Account Ledger, 1921-1927