Municipal government -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
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
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Committee on Wharves, Resolutions and Reports Relating to Wharves
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 035
Abstract
Resolutions and reports from the Committee on Wharves to the Common Council, 1860-1932. The documents are categorized into subject subseries, mostly dealing with the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wisconsin, such as: general wharf/harbor issues (1873-1916); proposed barge river terminal (1914-1926); docks or public landings (1860-1907); dredge issues (1919-1932); ferry service (1874-1890); dams & dykes (1894; 1921-1922); the Inland Waterways Act and the position of the City of La Crosse...
Dates:
1860-1932
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Common Council Records
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 009
Abstract
Records include published Common Council proceedings (1919-1921), ordinances and city charter (1858), city finance records (1908-1909; 1920-1921) and resolutions, petitions and proclamations.
Dates:
1858-1945
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Common Council Resolutions and Reports
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 017
Abstract
Resolutions and reports adopted by the City of La Crosse (Wisconsin) Common Council, December 1932-December 1981, arranged by file number in chronological order. Records are available in both original paper format and on positive 35 mm microfilm.Oversize documents before 1981 are available in paper only, except file numbers 31734-33067 (1970-1971) were microfilmed along with the original legal sized documents and are thus interfiled.Microfilming ceased at the end of...
Dates:
1932-1986
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Engineering Department Drawings
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 006
Abstract
The City of La Crosse Engineering Department is responsible for drawing plats of additions to the city of La Crosse, curb and gutter design, some bridge design and other engineering drawings. The Engineering Dept. works closely with the City of La Crosse’s Office of Public Works.This series are aperture cards containing City of La Crosse Engineering Department drawings of lighting, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, curbs and gutters, water mains, wells, traffic signals, alley...
Dates:
1900s
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Engineering Department Plats
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 005
Abstract
The City of La Crosse Engineering Department is responsible for drawing plats of additions to the city of La Crosse, curb and gutter design, some bridge design and other engineering drawings. The Engineering Dept. works closely with the City of La Crosse’s Office of Public Works.This series contains aperture cards of plats of additions to the City of La Crosse. The cards were filmed approximately 1980 from plat books in the city’s Engineering Department, and are arranged by...
Dates:
circa 1980
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Fire Department Records
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 063
Dates:
19xx-2014
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Health Department Records
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 018
Abstract
Records of the City of La Crosse Health Department consist of meeting minutes. Minutes cover the time periods from April 29, 1887 to May 15, 1905; October 14, 1910 to December 1958; and January 1974 to November 10, 1982.
Dates:
1887-1958; 1974-1982
La Crosse, Wisconsin, La Crosse Public Library Records
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 008
Abstract
Records include those of La Crosse Public Library from 1885-2009, as well as its predecessor groups, the La Crosse Literary Association, 1867-1868, and the Young Men’s Library Association, 1868-1888. The public library was originally funded through a bequest of former Wisconsin governor Cadwallader C. Washburn, and was overseen by a private board until Dec. 1981 when the library became a city department.Records consist of board materials, such as minutes, annual reports,...
Dates:
1868-2009
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Office of the City Assessor, Assessments for the City of La Crosse
Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 047
Abstract
Property tax assessments arranged chronologically; therein by legal description. The volumes include an alphabetical section of personal property tax assessment since 1865. Exact years covered are 1861, 1863, 1865, 1867-1880.The assessments contain solely total amounts due and do not separate real estate from improvement assessments, nor do the personal property assessments break out the particulars of what was being taxed. The volumes for 1861 and 1863 do not appear to include...
Dates:
1861-1880