Summary Information

Title: Wausau Area Chamber of Commerce Records
Inclusive Dates: 1912-1986

Creator:

• Wausau Area Chamber of Commerce (Wis.)

Call Number: Stevens Point Mss AU; Stevens Point Micro 11; Stevens Point Micro 26; Micro 690; Micro 1164; PH 3839

Quantity: 12.4 c.f. (7 record center cartons, 14 archives boxes) 5 reels of microfilm (35mm), 24 photographs, and 10 negatives

Repository:

Housed at the Nelis R. Kampenga University Archives & Area Research Center, Learning Resources Center, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Stevens Point Library / Stevens Point Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records of the Wausau Area Chamber of Commerce, a civic organization established in Wausau, Wisconsin, in 1916 to further local economic development. Included are records about activities, internal administration, committees, and two predecessor groups (the Wausau Advancement Association and the Merchants and Manufacturers Association); related organizations; and numerous individual area businesses. Especially well documented are efforts dating from the 1960s through the 1980s relating to general economic development, tourism and promotion of the Rib Mountain recreational area, fire prevention, and community health planning. Included are minutes, correspondence, publications, reports, financial records, clippings, photographs, and reference material.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-stpt00au

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