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Summary Information
Milwaukee (Wis.), Mayor: Records of the Emil Seidel Administration
1910-1912
UWM Manuscript Collection 79
.4 cubic ft. (1 box)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Contains miscellaneous records of Seidel's term as mayor of
Milwaukee. Includes correspondence and reports on the origin and development of the Child
Welfare Association of Milwaukee; efforts to create a municipal or "People's" university in
the city; plans for modernizing the harbor; and the controversy over Seidel's appointment of
a Health Commissioner. Also contains some preliminary plans for the University of
Wisconsin's Institute of Municipal and Social Service; a personal memo from Judge Noyes
stating his opposition to the building a life-saving station on the lakefront; and some of
Seidel's speeches on labor, the breaking of trusts, police corruption, and his acceptance
speech as the Socialist Party's 1912 vice-presidential candidate.
English
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