Summary Information
Title: World War II Materials
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1947
Call Number: Eau Claire Mss BO
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (1 archives box and 3 card file boxes); No Call number for: Eau Claire County military service roster cards arranged alphabetically by surname. Cards include name, home address, branch of service, date entered service, and sometimes other information, 4.5 c.f. (3 cartons)
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: Lists of veterans and casualties; civil defense membership cards; material pertaining to the Wisconsin and the Eau Claire County Councils of Defense; and lists of local church members serving in the war, as well as the newsletters which some of these churches published. Probably compiled by staff at the Eau Claire Public Library. Language: English
Search Terms/Subject Terms
- Eau Claire County (Wis.). Council of Defense
- Wisconsin. State Council of Defense
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945—War work—Wisconsin
Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information
Presented by the Eau Claire Public Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 1990.
Contents List
| Box/Folder 1/1 | Eau Claire Churches, 1942-1945 |
| Box/Folder 1/2 | Eau Claire County Council of Defense, April 1942 - October 1943; undated |
| Box/Folder 1/3 | Eau Claire County Honor Roll - Armed Forces - Local Board #1, undated |
| Box/Folder 1/4 | Eau Claire County Discharged Veterans - Local Board #1, undated |
| Box/Folder 1/5 | Eau Claire County - WWII Casualties, undated |
| Box/Folder 1/6 | Eau Claire Men Discharged from Armed Forces - Local Board #1, 1944-1947; undated |
| Box/Folder 1/7 | Miscellany, 1942-1946; undated |
| Wisconsin Council of Defense | |
| Box/Folder 1/8 | 1941, 1942 |
| Box/Folder 1/9 | 1942, 1944; undated |
| Box/Folder 1/10 | Wisconsin Honor List of Dead and Missing, June 1946 |
| Box/Folder 1/11 | Wisconsin State Summary of War Casualties, U.S. Navy, 1946 |
| Civil Defense Membership Cards | |
| Box 2 | Canteen |
| Box 2 | First Aid - Red Cross |
| Box 3 | First Aid - Red Cross (continued) |
| Box 3 | Home Nursing |
| Box 3 | Nurses - Practical |
| Box 3 | Nurses - Registered |
| Box 3 | Nutrition |
| Box 3 | Practitioner - Christian Sciences |
| Box 3 | Volunteer Nurse Aid - Red Cross |
| Civil Defense Training Cards and Oaths | |
| Box 4 | Forest Fire Fighters for Augusta, Boyd, Chippewa County, Eau Claire, Eleva, Fairchild, Mondovi, Fall Creek |
| Box 4 | Official Oaths for Wisconsin Council of Defense |
| Wisconsin Council of Defense Training Records | |
| Box 4 | Air Raid Wardens |
| Box 4 | Fire Auxiliary |
| Box 4 | Police Auxiliary |
| Box 4 | Did Not Finish Course |