Summary Information
Title: Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Records
Inclusive Dates: 1935-1983
Creator: Paul Bunyan Logging Camp
Call Number: Eau Claire Mss CV
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)
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: Records of a tourist destination in Carson Park (Eau Claire, Wis.) established by the Kiwanis Club in 1934 depicting a logging camp such as would have existed in the Eau Claire area in the late 1800's. The records primarily document the move and reconstruction of the camp between 1981 and 1983 at which time it was moved to the other side of Carson Park so that it was closer to the Chippewa Valley Museum. Included are plans and correspondence for the reconstruction, primarily dealing with finances and fundraising, Paul Bunyan drawings produced for the Camp by Mead Sales Company, and photographs taken of the camp before it was moved.
Language: English
Search Terms/Subject Terms
o Bunyan, Paul (Legendary character) o Logging—Wisconsin—Eau Claire
o Lumber camps
o Tourism—Wisconsin
o Eau Claire (Wis.)
Contents List
| Eau Claire Mss CV Box 1 Folder 1 | Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Booklet |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Paul Bunyan drawings, Mead Sales Company |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Miscellany re Paul Bunyan Camp, 1938-1942 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | The Hobbs Foundation, 1981-1983 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Plans |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | City of Eau Claire, 1981-1983 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | C.R. Stocks Electric Co., 1982 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Rosemary Bloedorn, 1982 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Ken Campbell, 1983 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Steve Baker, 1983 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Correspondence, 1982-1983 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | Chippewa Valley Museum, 1982 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Contracts - Sherman Electric/Pole Pourri, 1983 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, 1982-1983 |
| Box 1 Folder 15 | Pete Edmunds, 1981-1983 |
| Box 1 Folder 16 | Costs, 1981-1983 |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | Raffle, 1982-1983 |
| Box 1 Folder 18 | “Phantoms of the Forest,” 1982-1983 |
| Box 1 Folder 19 | Dedication of renovated Camp, June 23, 1983 |