Digital Collections

Inspirational pandemic fence message: "Always together, never apart. Maybe in distance, but never in heart."

Covid-19 Archiving Project

Join UW-Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley Museum in documenting the Covid-19 pandemic as it happens. View and add to the collection of oral histories, personal stories, and visual representations of these historic times.

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Historic Campus Photographs

"A picture is worth a thousand words" Explore the UWEC campus as you have never seen it before! This digital resource provides access to hundreds of campus images from 1917 to the present. You can also sort and search the images through the simple search.

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The Spectator, 1923-2002

Search and explore the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire student newspaper, The Spectator, from 1923 to 2002. Generously funded in part by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Senate. This resource can be searched using the simple search tool.

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Published Histories of UW-Eau Claire

Explore published histories that tell the UW-Eau Claire story.

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James Newman Clark Transcription Project

Help us transcribe the valuable field notes, diaries, and correspondence of James Newman Clark. Clark was a significant amateur ornithologist who left us detailed records of birds throughout Western Wisconsin. More information, along with transcription in

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Historic Films

Historic films associated with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and its predecessor institutions. Included Rolland Schlieve's circa 1942 "And So We Go To College" and the 1934 "All School Film."

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Sounds of Eau Claire

What does it mean to be a “music city” in western Wisconsin? The Sounds of Eau Claire project provides access to oral history interviews, exhibits, and other digitized content that explores the roots of music history in the Chippewa Valley.

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Jeanette Gaffney Miller Papers, 1925-1930

The Jeanette Gaffney Miller Papers include artifacts and documents which help us to understand campus and student life in the late 1920s.

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Clarice Chase Dunn Papers, 1942-2001

From 1942-1943 Clarice Chase Dunn, a 1937 Eau Claire State Teachers College Graduate, taught English at Heart Mountain (Wyoming) relocation camp for Japanese Americans. Explore her experience through this digital collection.

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Periscopes, 1917-1995

The UWEC campus yearbook, the Periscope, was published annually from 1917 to 1995. Discover and learn more about former students and activities. This resource can be searched using the simple search tool available within the digital collections platform.

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