Overview of the Collection
Repository:
Special Collections & Archives
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
P.O. Box 4004
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702 – 4004
(715) 836-2739
https://library.uwec.edu/archives/
Reference Code: USGZE UHC328
Accession Number: 09-026
Collection Number: University Historical Collection 328
Creators: Cora Shiffer Bradt
Title: Cora Shiffer Bradt Papers
Dates: circa 1890-2009, bulk 1911-1930
Quantity: 0.6 linear feet (2 archives boxes, one large photograph)
Location of Collection: A9/1d
Languages: Collection materials are in English.
Biographical / Historical Note
Cora Shiffer was born December 20, 1872 in Mondovi, Wisconsin to Mary and Steward Shiffer. She grew up in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and in 1894, she married Walter A. Bradt. They farmed together on land in the town of Union, Wisconsin (the merged Shiffer and Bradt farms) until 1919. The couple had two daughters, Mrs. Carl Nelson (Mary Bradt) and Mrs. Bert C. Gibson (Helen Bradt), and a son, Walter Bradt, who died at the age of eight in 1918. Cora Shiffer Bradt died in 1958.
Content Description
The bulk of the collection consists of the journals of Cora Shiffer Bradt, who briefly, but nearly daily, recorded her family’s and her activities. These include domestic and farm work, social calls, and trips into town. Some of the entries appear to have been written by Bradt’s daughter, Mary. Other materials in the collection include family photographs, information on the Bradt / Koll / Willow Grove School, Mary Bradt’s high school memory book, and genealogical information.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information: Donated to the University Archives by Carl Nelson and Ray Shiffer in March 2009.
Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public.
Use Restrictions: Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire.
Preferred Citation: Cora Shiffer Bradt Papers, circa 1890-2009, bulk 1911-1930. UHC328. Special Collections & Archives. McIntyre Library. University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Eau Claire, WI.
Processing Note: Processed by Colleen McFarland in April 2009.
Arrangement: Flat arrangement
Subjects
Personal Names:
Bradt, Cora Shiffer, 1872-1958 -- Diaries
Bradt, Mary I.
Bradt, Walter A., 1855-circa 1950
Subject Terms:
Farm life – Wisconsin -- Eau Claire County
Women in agriculture – Wisconsin – Eau Claire County (Wis.)
Women – Wisconsin – Eau Claire County – Social conditions
Teenage girls – Wisconsin – Eau Claire County (Wis.)
Detailed List of Contents
Container | Contents | Dates |
Box/Folder 1/1 | Mary Bradt’s High School Memory Book | 1914-1920 |
1/2 | Photos of Mary Bradt’s Treasure Box | 2009 |
1/3 | Mary Bradt’s School Notebook | c. 1920 |
2/1 | Genealogical Information | Undated |
2/2 | Photographs | c. 1890-1929 |
Reading Room Wall | Photograph of Cora Shiffer Bradt | c. 1875 |
2/3 | Bradt/Knoll/Willow Grove School History | 1926-1960 |
2/4 | Cora Shiffer Bradt’s Journal | 1909-1911 |
2/5 | Cora Shiffer Bradt’s Journal | 1911-1912 |
2/6 | Cora Shiffer Bradt’s Journal | 1914-1916 |
2/7 | Cora Shiffer Bradt’s Journal | 1916-1918 |
2/8 | Cora Shiffer Bradt’s Journal | 1927 |
2/9 | Cora Shiffer Bradt’s Journal | 1928, 1931 |