Summary Information
Title: Eau Claire County (Wis.). Extension Office: Fair Premium Books
Inclusive Dates: 1896-1979
Creator: Eau Claire County (Wis.). Extension Office
Call Number: Eau Claire Series 115
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder)
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: Premium books for agricultural fairs in northern counties and the Northern Wisconsin State Fair. The books list the date and locations of the fairs; the rules for the competitions, exhibitors, and judging; fair regulations; and fair officials. Also listed are the classes to be entered and the prizes. Advertisements for area businesses and fair events are often included. Of interest is a full-page advertisement for Gene Holter's Wild Animal Show to be held at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair. It includes photographs and descriptions of the events.
Language: English
Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by county and chronological thereunder. Listings in the contents list below with parentheses after the first year noted, indicate that the book was originally published for the first year and then changes were made to the same copy to update it for the subsequent year.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Processing Information: Processed by Sarah Roberts, 2001.
Search Terms/Subject Terms
- Agricultural exhibitions—Wisconsin—Eau Claire County
- Agricultural exhibitions—Wisconsin—Sawyer County
- Agricultural exhibitions—Wisconsin—Buffalo County
- Agricultural exhibitions—Wisconsin—Juneau County
- Agricultural exhibitions—Wisconsin—Taylor County
- Agricultural exhibitions—Wisconsin—Clark County
- Agricultural exhibitions—Wisconsin—Jackson County
- Agricultural exhibitions—Wisconsin—Rusk County
- Agricultural exhibitions—Wisconsin—Price County
- Northern Wisconsin State Fair
Contents List
| Box 1 | Buffalo County, 1908, 1926(27), 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1931(32), 1932, 1933(34), 1934(35), 1956(57), 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 |
| Box 1 | Chippewa County, 1898 |
| Clark County | |
| Box 1 | 1896, 1900, 1907, 1908, 1926(27), 1927, 1928, 1928(29), 1929, 1931(32), 1933, 1934, 1935, 1956(57), 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962 |
| Box 2 | 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 |
| Box 2 | Eau Claire County, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1908, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 |
| Box 2 | Eau Claire County 4H Fair, 1935, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 |
| Box 2 | Eau Claire County Junior Fair Report, 1979 |
| Box 2 | Eau Claire (City) Agricultural Street Fair and Carnival, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1908, 1913 |
| Box 2 | Jackson County, 1931, 1933, 1934 |
| Box 2 | Juneau County, 1970 |
| Northern Wisconsin State Fair | |
| Box 3 | 1897, 1900, 1907, 1908, 1927, 1928 supplement to the published book, 1928(29), 1930(31), 1931, 1935, 1956(57), 1958, 1959,1960,1961,1962 |
| Oversize Folder | 1963: Gene Holter's Wild Animal Show advertisement |
| Box 3 | 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 |
| Price County | |
| Box 3 | 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931(32), 1932, 1932(33), 1934 |
| Oversize Folder | 1935: Premium list as a newspaper page |
| Box 3 | 1956(57) |
| Box 4 | 1958(59), 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 |
| Rusk County | |
| Box 4 | 1926 (pages), 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932(33), 1933, 1934, 1935 |
| Box 4 | 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 |
| Sawyer County | |
| Box 4 | 1927, 1928, 1933(34), 1934, 1956(57), 1958(59), 1959, 1960 |
| Box 5 | 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 |
| Box 5 | Taylor County, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931(32), 1932 |
| Box 5 | Taylor County Youth Fair, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969 |