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 | Liquidation Proceedings, 1928-1929 | |
Box 1 | Inventory of Assets, February 1, 1928 | |
Box 1 | Bondholders Committee Reorganization Proposal, May 1, 1928 | |
Series: Corporate Records | ||
Box 1 | Articles of Incorporation, 1913-1919 | |
Box 1 | Minutes, 1913-1928 | |
Box 1 | Resolutions to Increase Capitol Stock, 1918-1919 | |
Box 1 | Agreements with Chippewa Valley and Wisconsin Colonization Companies, 1921-1922, 1928 | |
Box 1 | Lists of Stockholders, 1919-1928 | |
Series: General Correspondence |
Box 1 | Adamietz - Bezoir | |
Box 2 | Biernat - Conrath State Bank | |
Box 3 | Continental & Commercial Bond Co. - Fisk | |
Box 4 | Fisk - Kuehl | |
Box 5 | Ladies Home Journal - Marshall and Ilsley Bank | |
Box 6 | Marshall - Stanley and Bissell, 1920-1921 | |
Box 7 | Stanley and Bissell, 1922-1923 - Wisconsin Colonization Company | |
Box 8 | Wisconsin Life Insurance Co. - Zurecki | |
Series: Special Correspondence | ||
Box 8 | Bondholders' Protective Committee, 1928 | |
Box 8 | Legislation, 1923 - 1926 | |
Loan Correspondence | ||
Box 8 | June 1927 - February 1928 | |
Box 9 | March - November 1928 | |
Box 9 | Offers in Compromise on Farms, 1928 | |
Box 9 | Offers to Buy Farms, 1926-1928 |
Box 9 | Stock Assessment Correspondence, 1928-1929 | |
Series: Loan Applications | ||
Box 9 | A-C | |
Box 10 | D-K | |
Box 11 | L-R | |
Box 12 | 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 |