Title: World Affairs Council of Milwaukee
Inclusive Dates: 1953-1978

Creator:

• World Affairs Council of Milwaukee

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 153; PH Milwaukee Mss 153

Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes) and 5 photographs

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Administrative and program records of the World Affairs Council of Milwaukee, a non-profit, non-partisan organization established by Milwaukee civic leaders to stimulate interest in current international issues and to provide a forum for both obtaining information about foreign affairs and exchanging opinions with policy makers. Included is correspondence, program flyers and brochures, program planning materials, board and committee meeting minutes, newsclippings, press releases, Council Courier newsletters, membership lists, by-laws and statements of purpose, biographical information on speakers, notes, photographs, and miscellaneous materials.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00153

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Initially established in 1946 as the Foreign Policy Association in Milwaukee, the organization changed its name to the World Affairs Council during the 1950's in response to charges that the national Foreign Policy Association had “leftist tendencies”. This followed a national trend of establishing autonomous councils using the Association as a resource.

The bulk of the collection relates to the period 1958-1978 when the Council co-sponsored and independently offered a number of programs including speaker dinners and luncheons, Great Decisions study groups, various institutes usually co-sponsored with the World Affairs Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, high school programs, a WISN-TV discussion program titled “World Affairs Forum,” and a series of awards dinners, which included the controversial 5,000 dollar award and recognition to former Secretary of State Dean Acheson in 1969.

The records of the World Affairs Council of Milwaukee have been arranged into the following three series - Administrative Records, Organizations/Agencies, and Programs.

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS contains by-laws and statements of purpose, board and committee minutes and records, an organization history, financial records, correspondence, scholarship materials, membership and officer lists, Council Courier newsletters, financial records, and miscellaneous materials. Correspondence documents the organization's networking attempts for purposes of cooperation, fund raising, membership, and program offerings.

ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES consists of program flyers and newsletters sent by other world affairs councils including those in Los Angeles and Chicago and correspondence and speaker lists from the Department of State, Foreign Policy Association, and National Council of World Affairs Organizations. There is some correspondence and program flyers from the Institute of World Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, but more information regarding the cooperative relationship between the two organizations exists within the PROGRAM series and correspondence files of ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS.

PROGRAMS includes correspondence, program flyers and brochures, newsclippings, press releases, biographical information on speakers, question notes, and planning materials relating to the variety of programs offered by the organization during the period 1958-1978.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the World Affairs Council of Milwaukee via Mary Kranitz, Grafton, Wis., 1988. Accession Number: M88-127

Processing Information

Processed by Gayle Martinson, 1996.

	Series: Administrative Records
Box   1 Folder   1	Administrative, 1959-1977
Box   1 Folder   2	By-Laws and Statement of Purpose, 1953-1977
Box   1 Folder   3	Committees, 1963-1978
Box   1 Folder   4-6	Correspondence, 1964-1978
Box   1 Folder   7	Council Courier [newsletters], 1959-1978
Box   1 Folder   8	Financial Information, 1961-1975
Box   1 Folder   9	Fund-Raising, 1967-1977
Box   1 Folder   10	Membership, 1967-1977
	Minutes [Board of Directors]
Box   1 Folder   11	1959-1967
Box   2 Folder   1	1968-1977
Box   2 Folder   2	Nominating Committee, 1965-1974
Box   2 Folder   3	Officers, 1966-1978
Box   2 Folder   4	Organization History, 1969
Box   2 Folder   5	Program Committee, 1965-1977
Box   2 Folder   6	Scholarships, 1972-1977
	Series: Organizations/Agencies	⇧
Box   2 Folder   7	Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, 1975-1976
Box   2 Folder   8	Department of State, 1967-1977
Box   2 Folder   9	Foreign Policy Association, 1966-1968
Box   2 Folder   10	Institute of World Affairs [University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee], 1970-1977
Box   2 Folder   11	Los Angeles World Affairs Council, 1974-1978
Box   2 Folder   12	National Council of World Affairs Organizations, 1964-1977
Box   2 Folder   13	World Affairs Councils, 1965; 1971-1978
	Series: Programs	⇧
Box   2 Folder   14-15	Award Dinners, 1969-1974
Box   3 Folder   1	Biographical Information on Speakers/Guests, [1971-1977], undated
Box   3 Folder   2	Great Decisions, 1964-1978
Box   3 Folder   3	Luncheon Programs, 1967, 1974-1978
Box   3 Folder   4	High School Program, 1967-1974
Box   3 Folder   5	High School Student Institute, 1963-1968
Box   3 Folder   6	Institute on U.S. Foreign Policy, 1963-1968
	Programs
Box   3 Folder   7-9	1958-1971
Box   4 Folder   1	1973-1978
Box   4 Folder   2-3	TV Programs, 1970-1977
Box   4 Folder   4	Washington, D.C. Trip, 1976-1977