On the second floor of Eau Claire's historic Ager House

In June 2008, members of the Ager Association completed work on the restoration of the upper floor of the Ager House and opened the new library of resources. The library is designed to bring together materials otherwise difficult to find and/or not accessible in one place. The information represents two major areas.

Waldemar Ager's life and work

• Newspapers and other publications edited or printed by Waldemar Ager
• Books and other materials written, edited or printed by Ager
• Books and other artifacts that tell something about Ager's life
• Books and materials written by Ager's contemporaries, especially:
  • Writers Ager knew personally
  • Writers Ager enjoyed reading
  • Norwegian-American and/or Norwegian writers

Relevant immigrant materials

• Describing the lives of immigrant groups and individuals new to the Chippewa Valley, including song books, prayer books, recipe books, children's books, and so on.
• Providing historical, statistical and other information about immigrant groups in the Chippewa Valley
• Prociding information and resources about the "mother tongue" languages of groups who emigrated to the area
• Having information readily available to anyone doing genealogical research

Welcome to the Resource Library!

The Ager House Resource Library is located on the second floor. In the small, comfortable, well-lighted rooms, there are places to sit and read a first edition of an Ager Novel--perhaps in Norwegian. A person can pull out a bound copy of Reform and scan it for information about one's ancestors or use one of the computers to go online for genealogical help. The stoybook and age-appropriate materials will fascinate children. Visitors planning a trip to Norway will find maps, travel guides and other valuable resources on the "Norway Today" shelves. Or, people might simply enjoy browsing the collection. Everyone is welcome at the Ager House Resource Library!

Hours

Summer hours

Tuesdays and Saturdays
12:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
June, July & August

Winter hours

Call the Ager House at (715) 834-3985

E-mail the organization at Ager2@charter.net

Watch this space

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Contact the library at (715) 834-3985