Abstract Reports compiled by the American Legion La Crosse (Wisconsin) Post about the La Crosse community to compete for the Pendill Trophy of 1930. La Crosse took second place overall in the state competition behind Kenosha. Areas that were examined included: historical background, city planning, municipal government, industrial conditions, health, education, library, social work, recreation, town and country relations, and religion. La Crosse scored first in historical background and library, and...

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This collection includes public responses to the Documenting Community Voices survey project. La Crosse Public Library Archives staff encouraged La Crosse area community members to tell their COVID-19 experiences starting in March 2020. At this time, the survey is still actively collecting submissions.

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Newsletters produced by the La Crosse County Health Department include "HIV/AIDS Project Newsletter" and "La Crosse County Health Department Newsletter."

Abstract Color slides from the La Crosse City Health Department show images of dilapidated housing properties in La Crosse, especially on Green Island, taken in 1961 and 1969. Most slides of these properties are labeled with the location or street address of the property.Other color slides are from a 1973 Garbage and Refuse Survey done by Human Ecology Students. Images show garbage and refuse in the city of La Crosse ready to be picked up by garbage collectors. Locations are not...

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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.

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Article entitled "The Poor and Public Health in La Crosse in the Nineteenth Century," written by Anita Taylor Doering, February 1998. The abridged version was printed in La Crosse County Historical Society's publication Past, Present & Future.