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 UHC238

Accession Number: 86-122

Collection Number: University Historical Collection 238

Creators: Davies, William R.

Title: William R. Davies Papers

Dates: 1920-1948

Quantity: 1.4 linear feet (1 archives box, 1 record carton)

Location of Collection: A10/1d

Languages: Collection materials are in English.

Summary: Yearbooks and newsletters relating to William R. Davies’s career as a school administrator. Also includes miscellaneous clippings and family papers.

Biographical / Historical Note

William R. Davies served as the second president of Eau Claire State Teachers College / Wisconsin State College, Eau Claire from 1940-1959. Davies was born in 1893 in Tenino, Washington. His family migrated to Cambria, Wisconsin when he was four years old. He graduated Ripon College with a bachelor’s degree in 1915 and the University of Wisconsin with a master’s degree in 1921. He taught briefly at a private school in Endeavor, Wisconsin, but left that position to serve in World War I. When he returned to the United States, he accepted a position as principal of McKinley Senior High School in Marshfield, Wisconsin. In 1925, he was elected school superintendent of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and in 1930, he was elected school superintendent of Superior, Wisconsin. William R. Davies died December 10, 1959.

Content Description

The William R. Davies Papers consist primarily of published materials documenting his career as a school principal and superintendent. Yearbooks from high schools in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Shawano, Wisconsin, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and Superior, Wisconsin comprise the bulk of the collection. The Circular, the newsletter of the Superior Public Schools, documents administrative and professional development activities for teachers in the 1930s. Other materials include clippings and assorted family papers: Davies’s father’s immigration narrative, his daughter’s baby book, and his wife’s notes from a choral class presumably taught at the Wisconsin State Teachers College (Eau Claire).

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: Donated to the University Archives and Special Collections, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire by Delpha Davies in 1986.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public.

Use Restrictions: Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.

Preferred Citation: William R. Davies Papers, 1920-1948. UHC 238. Special Collections & Archives. McIntyre Library. University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. Eau Claire, WI.

Processing Note: Processed by Colleen McFarland in June 2007.

Arrangement: Chronological.

Subjects

Personal Names: Davies, William R.

Corporate Names: Eau Claire State Teachers College, School District of Superior (Wis.)

Subject Terms: School superintendents – Wisconsin & School principals – Wisconsin

Genre Terms: College student newspapers and periodicals

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