Heritage Mutual Insurance Company

This significant (168-page) book celebrates the 75-year history of Heritage Mutual Insurance Company (today known as Acuity Insurance) and its long-time president, John Holden.  The company is located in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  Excerpts appear below.  Janet Ellen Raasch was also a regular contributor to the company's agent newslettter.

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Modine Manufacturing Company

This comprehensive manuscript was prepared to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Modine Manufacturing Company, located in Racine, Wisconsin.  The company designs and manufactures heat transfer equipment -- primarily for the automotive industry -- ncluding radiators, unit heaters, oil coolers, condensers and charge air coolers.  Excerpts from the manuscript appear below.  The manuscript also served as the basis for a speech, also appearing below.

Thermal Dynamics

Thermal Dynamics Speech

Waukesha County Technical College

The book celebrates the first 75 years of Waukesha County Technical College in Waukesha, Wisconsin.  Excerpts from the book appear below:

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West Bend Mutual Insurance Company

This history of West Bend Mutual Insurance Company was commissioned to celebrate the company's 100th anniversary.  The insurer is located in West Bend, Wisconsin.  The book is excerpted below.

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Badger Meter

This history book celebrates the 90th anniversary of Badger Meter, Inc. -- a leading marketer and manufacturer of flow measurement and control products for industrial and utility markets -- located in Milwaukee Wisconsin.  Research material included company minutes books, annual reports, employee newsletters, product literature, miscellaneous publications and employee interviews.

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Milwaukee: The Best of All Worlds

For this "city book" published by Windsor Publications, Janet Ellen Raasch created 100 corporate profiles and 12 feature articles.

Sinai Samaritan Medical Center

This short history was commissioned to acknowledge the contributions over 125 years of three different religious traditions (and their three hospitals) to the medical center known as Sinai Samaritan Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Today, this facility is part of Aurora Health Care.  Following this history project,  Janet Ellen Raasch was hired as a consultant writer to do all of Sinai Samaritan's internal and external marketing communications -- including sports medicine, geriatric medicine, women's health, employee and board-member newsletters.  She also wrote extensively for Aurora Health Care -- including a quarterly nursing magazine.

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Downey Inc. Mechanical Contractors/Engineers

This brief history tells the 125-year history of Downey Inc., an employee-owned mechanical contracting firm located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Time Insurance Company/Fortis

This significant (127-page) history celebrates the 100th anniversary of Time Insurance Company, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  The purpose of they project was, in part, to commemorate the history of the company prior to its acquisition by insurance industry giant Fortis.  The history is excerpted below:

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