Financial records of a La Crosse, Wisconsin, based jewelry store, founded by German immigrant George B. Rose in 1856. Rose Jewelers continues today (2017) still owned by Rose descendants. The journals, consisting of daybooks and cash books, show the clientele to be a veritble "who's who" of the middle to upper class families in La Crosse.

Stoddard Hotel operated as the most upscale hotel in La Crosse for nearly 80 years, but also served as a center for entertainment, weddings, conferences, meetings and the like.

Records include guest registers (with the guest’s signature) from 1904-1927; 1929-1930; financial volumes, 1903-1939, and a scrapbook, 1932-1934 highlighting events which took place at the Stoddard Hotel.