506 University Library900 Reserve Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481
Phone: 715-346-2586
e-mail: archives[at]uwsp.edu
http://library.uwsp.edu/depts/archives/archives.htm
The Nelis R. Kampenga University Archives at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point was dedicated on Thursday, May 22, 1997. The facility was named in honor of Nelis R. Kampenga, Professor Emeritus, who served the university from 1941 until his retirement in 1974. During his 33-year tenure at UWSP, Kampenga also served as library director and was instrumental in the establishment of the first Area Research Center. Active in the Portage County Historical Society, he played an important role in having the collections of the society housed and cared for in the University Archives. He also served on the Portage County Preservation Projects Inc. and the Plover Plan Commission.
Collections
The Nelis R. Kampenga University Archives is the home for a variety of materials related to the history, development, traditions, and activities of the UWSP and the local community. Holdings include manuscripts, books, pamphlets, audio and video tapes, photographs, printed reports, minutes, memoranda, student publications, slides, newspapers, and artifacts. Of particular interest: 40 boxes of resource materials documenting UWSP’s involvement in educational development in South Vietnam; printed materials covering the Women’s Liberation and Civil Rights Movements of the 1960s, and several collections relating to industrial forestry and natural resources.
The Area Research Center Network (ARC) is composed of 14 sites located throughout the State of Wisconsin. Each ARC serves and houses the records for a specific geographic area. The UWSP Archives serves a nine county area that includes Adams, Juneau, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, and Wood Counties. The ARC contains public records, corporate records, personal papers and genealogical sources.
The University Archives houses and preserves historic records owned by the Portage County Historical Society that pertain to the history of Stevens Point and Central Wisconsin. The University also hosts the Society's Web site at http://www.pchswi.org/. Among the holdings are state and local histories, local newspapers, genealogical resources, plat maps, city directories, indices, biographical and subject files, and the Portage County Historical Society Photo Collection.
Logging, Stevens Point.
Stevens Point Brewing Company.
Images courtesy of the Portage County Historical Society and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point University Archives.
Entry compiled by Lisa Muccigrosso
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