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Guide to the Library League of La Crosse Records, 1990-1998
MSS 014
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Abstract
- The Library League of La Crosse was founded in 1990 to help raise funds though a Christmas home tour to benefit the La Crosse Public Library. The non-profit organization dissolved in 1998.
The collection includes meeting minutes (1990-1998), publicity materials and photographs of the various home tours of La Crosse, Wisconsin. - Collection Title
- Library League of La Crosse Records
- Date of Materials
- 1990-1998
- Creator
- Library League of La Crosse (La Crosse, Wis.).
- Call Number
- MSS 014
- Amount
- 0.8 cubic feet
- Physical Description
- 2 archives boxes
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- La Crosse Public Library Archives
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Library League of La Crosse Records, MSS 014, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI
Historical Note
The project began in the summer of 1990 when Mariel Carlisle and Hayden Hauser approached the Preservation Alliance of La Crosse with the idea for a Christmas Home Tour such as the one Winona has each year to benefit its historical society. The Preservation Alliance decided that the hours of work and number of people required to organize such an event was too much for their small organization to handle. Hayden Hauser, Sue Gelatt and Mariel Carlisle then approached James White, director of the La Crosse Public Library, about the possibility of sponsoring the tour. He and the library board agreed.
Meetings were first held at the library and later at Ms. Carlisle's home to launch the project. Six homeowners agreed to show the first floor of their home decorated for Christmas. Through a lot of hard work and planning, the first tour was a success. Over $8200 was taken in from receipts. The money raised has been put toward many different items over the years: children's furniture, a big screen TV-VCR player, and computer furniture.
The tour was a yearly tradition until the last tour on Dec. 6, 1997. When turnout was low for the 1996 and 1997 tours, the Library League raised funds by running a concession stand at the Deke Slayton Airfest, June 19-21, 1998. This was the last fundraiser sponsored by the Library League.
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of meeting minutes and publicity of the tours 1990-1997. Photographs are available of some of the homes featured on the tours from 1990-1992, 1995, and 1997. No photographs are available for homes featured on the 1993-1994 and 1996 tours. A VHS video tape of news coverage for the 1991 tour is also in the collection.
Some meeting minutes, information on distribution of Library League funds, and membership lists are available for 1998.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
La Crosse Public Library Archives 2001 June
800 Main St.La Crosse, Wisconsin, 54601
(608) 789-7136
archives@lacrosselibrary.org
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for patron use.
Acquisitions Information
(Accession No. 1999.007) Additionally, Archives regularly received minutes from the organization until its dissolution.
Processing Information
Processed by Anita Taylor Doering, Dec. 1992; Dec. 1997; additions processed by Christine Stolz, June 2001.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Library League of La Crosse (La Crosse, Wis.).
Geographic Name(s)
- La Crosse (Wis.)--Societies, etc.
Subject(s)
- Home tours--Wisconsin--La Crosse
OCLC Number
47706646
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | |||
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By-laws, 1991-1996 |
1 | 2 | ||
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Origins and history |
1 | 1 | ||
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Minutes, 1998-1999 |
2 | 17 | ||
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First Tour, 1990 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Minutes and publicity |
1 | 3 | ||
|
Photographs of homes |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Gathering Facility (Coach House) |
1 | 4 | ||
|
128 South 14th (Born) |
1 | 5 | ||
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208 South 15th (Gelatt) |
1 | 6 | ||
|
217 South 15th (Vollmer) |
1 | 7 | ||
|
1419 Cass (Carlisle) |
1 | 8 | ||
|
1514 King (Garrity-Gokey) |
1 | 9 | ||
|
1525 Main (Smerud) |
1 | 10 | ||
|
Second Tour, 1991 |
||||
| Box | Folder | |||
|
Minutes and publicity |
1 | 11 | ||
|
Newscast coverage VHS cassette; runtime unknown |
1 | 12 | ||
|
Photographs of homes |
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| Box | Folder | |||
|
404 South 15th (Arneson) |
1 | 13 | ||
|
1434 Cass (Mills) |
1 | 14 | ||
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1601 Cass (Living Word Christian Church) |
1 | 15 | ||
|
1602 Cass (Guzman) |
1 | 16 | ||
|
1518 Madison (Fischer) |
1 | 17 | ||
|
1524 Madison (Draper) |
1 | 18 | ||
|
Third Tour, 1992 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
|
Minutes and publicity |
1 | 19 | ||
|
Photographs of homes |
||||
| Box | Folder | |||
|
147 South 13th (Sherwood) |
1 | 20 | ||
|
125 South 16th (Hartigan) |
1 | 21 | ||
|
204 South 19th (Hoffmann) |
1 | 22 | ||
|
1511 Main (Leehey) |
1 | 23 | ||
|
1522 Main (Severson) |
1 | 24 | ||
|
1611 Main (Doering) |
1 | 25 | ||
|
Fourth Tour, 1993 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
|
Minutes and publicity |
2 | 1 | ||
|
Fifth Tour, 1994 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
|
Minutes and publicity |
2 | 2 | ||
|
Sixth Tour, 1995 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
|
Minutes and publicity |
2 | 3 | ||
|
Photographs of homes |
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| Box | Folder | |||
|
142 South 14th (Miller) |
2 | 4 | ||
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410 South 14th (Quinlisk) |
2 | 5 | ||
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111 South 17th Place (Kerrigan) |
2 | 6 | ||
|
1419 Cass (Carlisle) |
2 | 7 | ||
|
1402 King (Hauser) |
2 | 8 | ||
|
Seventh Tour, 1996 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
|
Minutes and publicity |
2 | 9 | ||
|
Eighth Tour, 1997 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
|
Minutes and publicity |
2 | 10 | ||
|
Photographs of homes |
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| Box | Folder | |||
|
323 South 20th (Gundersen) |
2 | 11 | ||
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1733 Cameron (Williams) |
2 | 12 | ||
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2515 Cass (Stewart-Schuning) |
2 | 13 | ||
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1218 Madison (Sandlebeck) |
2 | 14 | ||
|
1420 Madison (Florine) |
2 | 15 | ||
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819 West Ave South (Gushiken) |
2 | 16 | ||