Public records -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Judiciary, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Judiciary
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 021
Abstract
Common Council resolutions & reports relating to the Council's Judiciary committee (sometimes referred to as the Committee on Judiciary & City Attorney), 1856-1932. The materials are arranged chronologically. There isn't any further indexing to this collection at this time other than what the City Clerk has on index cards. Today the committee is called Judiciary & Administration.Examples of legal matters the Committee on Judiciary dealt with are tax redemptions,...
Dates:
1856-1932; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1932
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Ordinances, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Ordinances
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 038
Abstract
Resolutions and reports from the Committee on Ordinances to the Common Council, 1870-1928. The documents are categorized into subject subseries, therein chronologically.The resolutions contained in this series are but a small sample of the city government legislation the committee dealt with, but most pre-1932 resolutions were filed with the main subject matter rather than in a subject called Ordinances. The resolutions in this series represent the other subject areas that did...
Dates:
1870-1928
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Parks, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Parks
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 020
Abstract
Common Council resolutions & reports relating to the city parks, 1869-1932. The materials are separated alphabetically into subject categories, then chronologically within the folders. The bulk of the resolutions date after 1900. The best represented subjects in the series are Cameron, Copeland, Myrick, Powell, and Riverside Parks, as well as financial documents.Until 1908 the Committee on Parks, a committee of the Common Council, authorized expenditures and oversaw the...
Dates:
1869-1932; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1932
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Police, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Police
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 002
Abstract
Common Council resolutions & reports relating to the Police Department, 1860-1932. The materials are roughly separated into subject series: petitions, reports, law enforcement, financial, prisoner, secret service, buildings and equipment, and personnel.
Dates:
1860-1932
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Public Baths, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Public Baths
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 028
Abstract
Resolutions and reports from the Committee on Public Baths to the Common Council, 1903-1932. The materials are arranged in chronological order. The Committee on Public Baths was responsible for the completion of both Pettibone Park beach bath houses in 1904 and 1926, and the North Side beach, located at the end of Logan Street, also called the Black River beach.Resolutions contain construction estimates and architectural invoices for the Pettibone Bath House, and petitions for a...
Dates:
1903-1932
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Public Utilities, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Public Utilities
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 029
Abstract
Resolutions and reports from the Committee on Public Utilities to the Common Council, 1874-1932. The materials are arranged in chronological order. The Committee on Public Utilities was organized about the mid 1920s and was responsible for Streetcars (1921-1931), Telephone/Telegraph service (1930-1931), Water & Waste Water utilities (sewers and water). The majority of this series are resolutions related to sewer (1883-1932) and water service (1874-1932).
Dates:
1874-1932
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Railroads, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Railroads
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 032
Abstract
Resolutions and reports from the Committee on Railroads to the Common Council, 1858-1932. The materials are divided into Railroad Lines and Streetcar Lines; therein, arrangement is chronological. The railroad lines best represented in the series are Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 1899-1932; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, 1874-1931; Green Bay lines (i.e. Green Bay & Minnesota; Green Bay & Western), 1873-1932; Milwaukee & St. Paul, 1868-1873, and La Crosse &...
Dates:
1858-1932
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Schools, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Schools
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 027
Abstract
Resolutions and reports from the Committee on Schools to the Common Council, 1866-1932. The materials are arranged in four series: General Resolutions, North Side Schools, South Side Schools, and Special Topics.Resolutions dealing with schools in general (usually multiple schools) were filed chronologically in a General series, along with some historical information on the schools in La Crosse, including buildings that were rented for school purposes. North Side and South Side...
Dates:
1866-1932
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Street Lighting, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Street Lighting
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 023
Abstract
Resolutions and reports from the Committee on Street Lighting to the Common Council, 1870-1932. The materials are arranged by broad subject; therein, chronologically. There isn’t any further indexing to this collection at this time other than what the City Clerk has on index cards.The reports are mostly requests for street lighting, with some resolutions covering the proposed Municipal Lighting Plant and other materials, such as bids for monthly lighting of the street lights and...
Dates:
1870-1932
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Streets and Alleys, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Streets and Alleys
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 011
Abstract
Records of a Common Council committee containing recommendations to the Council and subsequent resolutions regarding La Crosse, Wis., streets and alleys. The series also contains documents dealing with other topics such as paving streets, and reports from the committee. There are also maps of some of the opening/paving proposals. The series is organized alphabetically by street name with a general streets and subject file.
Dates:
1852-1932