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| Beale, Howard K. (Howard Kennedy), 1899-1959 | Title: Howard K. Beale Papers, 1913-1959
Quantity: 7.4 c.f. (17 archives boxes and 6 card file boxes) and 42 tape recordings; plus additions of 35.0 c.f. Call Number: Mss 98; Audio 350A; M99-097 Abstract: Papers, 1913-1959, of Howard K. Beale, an American history faculty member at the University of North Carolina (1935-1948) and the University of Wisconsin (1948-1959). Particularly interested in the Civil War and Reconstruction, Theodore Roosevelt, historiography, and academic freedom, Beale was also active in numerous liberal public causes. The papers are incomplete and document his education, teaching career, speeches and writings, and some of the social causes in which he was involved, including his work as an advisor to conscientious objectors during World War II, and his involvement with the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, for which he served as West Coast Director and Director. |
| Bearings for Re-Establishment | Title: Bearings for Re-Establishment Records, 1964-1975
Quantity: 9.2 c.f. (24 archives boxes), 22 reels of microfilm (35mm), 2 tape recordings, and 1 film Call Number: Mss 770; Micro 1186; Tape 1217A; DD 293 Abstract: Records of Bearings for Re-establishment, an organization formed in 1965 to provide support and counseling to help former priests and other clergy return to secular life. The organization dissolved in 1973. Included are a recorded historical interview; administrative records of the main New York City office and various satellite offices; financial and fundraising records; correspondence; client files; information on Opportunities for Professional Transition, a for-profit counseling subsidiary, and related organizations; plus a filmed interview with William Restivo, founder of the organization. The client files contain detailed information on the career and personal lives of approximately 3000 individuals. |
| Beaudot, William J. K. | Title: William J. K. Beaudot Papers, 1861-2002
Quantity: 2.3 cubic ft. (8 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 366 Abstract: William J. K. Beaudot was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin resident who was interested in Civil War history and very active in Civil War re-enactment organizations. These records reflect his activities regarding that subject and specifically his involvement with the "reactivated" 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. |
| Beaver Dam (Wis.). Water Dept. | Title: Beaver Dam (Wis.). Water Dept.: Water Consumption and Pumping Records, 1895-1910
Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet (6 volumes) Call Number: Dodge Series 20 Abstract: Registers of water consumption in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, showing name, street address, and rates for street sprinkling, lawn sprinkling, faucets, baths, water closets, horses and cows, general remarks, annual rate, total bill, and a payment record for each water consumer; and a register of pumping (1900-1906) showing the date, meter reading, number of strokes, average length of stroke, number of gallons of water pumped, starting and stopping time, water pressure, and amount of fuel used by the city water pump. |
| Beck, Elmer A. | Title: Elmer A. Beck Manuscript, 1976-1988
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 1 Abstract: Draft manuscript of The Sewer Socialists. |
| Beck, Evelyn Torton | Title: Evelyn Torton Beck Oral History Interview, 1975
Quantity: 1 tape recording (63 minutes) Call Number: Audio 683A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted April 4, 1975, by Lorna Kniaz with Evelyn Torton Beck, a University of Wisconsin-Madison German and comparative literature professor, for the Wisconsin Jewish Archives. Discussion concerns her childhood in Germany, Italy, and New York City, youthful Zionist activities, her frustration at being an educated housewife and her return to academia, and her career interests and activities including work with Yiddish author I. B. Singer. |
| Beck, Evelyn Torton | Title: Evelyn Torton Beck Oral History Interview, 1975
Quantity: 1 tape recording (63 minutes) Call Number: Tape 683A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted April 4, 1975, by Lorna Kniaz with Evelyn Torton Beck, a University of Wisconsin-Madison German and comparative literature professor, for the Wisconsin Jewish Archives. Discussion concerns her childhood in Germany, Italy, and New York City, youthful Zionist activities, her frustration at being an educated housewife and her return to academia, and her career interests and activities including work with Yiddish author I. B. Singer. |
| Becker, Arthur P. | Title: Arthur P. Becker Papers, 1936-1978
Quantity: 7 cubic ft. (9 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 35 Abstract: Papers (mainly 1960-1975) of an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Extension from 1948-1956, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1956-1978. The collection documents his professional and volunteer activities with groups such as the Committee on Taxation, Resources and Economic Development and the Wisconsin Property Owners League. Collection also contains Becker's personal and professional correspondence, conference materials, published and unpublished works, and teaching materials. Also contains records concerning UW-Milwaukee committees on which Becker served, including the Academic Program and Curriculum Committee and the Management Science Ph.D. Review Committee, and his role in founding the UWM Credit Union and his work with the Milwaukee Urban Observatory. |
| Becker, Beate Klein | Title: Beate Klein Becker Papers, 1977-1980
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box) Call Number: M96-117 Abstract: Papers of Beate Klein Becker, reflecting her involvement in and the activities of the New York chapter of the Committee to Oppose Bank Loans to South Africa (COBLSA). Materials generally concern the Committee’s investigation of corporate investment practices and banking policies and their relationship to apartheid in South Africa, plus the Committee’s actions to influence changes in corporate behavior and to increase public awareness of the issues. Included are clippings, near-print publications and documents, correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, and agendas, flyers, newsletters, and materials from internal teach-ins and forums. |
| Becker, Dismas P., 1936- | Title: Dismas P. Becker Papers, 1966-1974
Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 9 Abstract: Papers of Dismas P. Becker, a community organizer and former Catholic priest, who became a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. With Father James Groppi, Becker was an active participant in welfare rights activities in Milwaukee, and in demonstrations in Madison to protest the threatened cutback in funding of welfare. The collection includes fragmentary records of his work with various Milwaukee welfare groups, in particular with the Council on Urban Life (of the Milwaukee archdiocese) and the Milwaukee County Welfare Rights Organization. The papers consist of by-laws and constitutions of the organizations, membership lists, financial records, and minutes of meetings. A few personal papers are also present, including a campaign pamphlet, newspaper clippings illustrating Becker's personal involvement in the demonstrations, a small amount of correspondence, and several written reports and papers. |
| Becker, Howard P. | Title: Howard Becker lecture tape recordings Quantity: 3 Linear Feet 74 ¼ inch audio tape reels Call Number: uac207 Abstract: This collection consists of recordings of Howard Becker's lectures on the topic "Peoples of Europe". Howard Becker was faculty in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for over 20 years beginning in 1937. |
| Becker, John M., 1865-1926 | Title: John M. Becker Papers, 1889-1927
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 109 Abstract: Papers of John M. Becker, a Green County, Wisconsin judge and ardent pacifist, convicted of sedition and removed from office in 1918 for promoting a ballot referendum on the question of U.S. entry into World War I. The papers include newspaper clippings, speeches and transcripts related to his 1918 trial and anti-war stance, as well as documents concerning his libel suit against the local newspaper, The Monroe Evening Times, and documents pertaining to a suit brought by his client, the Langlade County Creamery Company, against the State of Wisconsin, opening up the manufacture of Swiss cheese in Wisconsin. The papers also include materials from his election campaigns, 1898-1923. |
| Becker, Joyce | Title: Joyce Becker papers Quantity: 1 Linear Feet 1 record carton Call Number: Accession 2006/096 Abstract: This collection contains the papers of Joyce Becker, who served as an academic staff member at UW-Madison for nearly forty years. Becker was hired to work in the lab of Dr. Harold Rusch in 1959 and retired from UW-Madison's Environmental Toxicology Center in 1997. This collection holds documents related to Becker's work on academic staff committees in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly the Academic Staff Advisory Committee (ASAC), the UW Doctoral Cluster Task Force, the Committee on Women in Health Sciences, and the Committee on Employment and Promotion of Non-Faculty Academic Staff. Materials from these committees include reports, employment statistics from UW-Madison, data and surveys about the gender composition of employees in different job roles, drafts of reports written by Becker, Becker's handwritten notes, drafts of university policies related to academic staff, and correspondence with the university administration. |
| Becker, Norma, 1930- | Title: Norma Becker Papers, 1961-1975 (bulk 1963-1968)
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Micro 817 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1963-1968, relating to the social and political concerns of a New York City school teacher. Included are correspondence, form letters, clippings, flyers, newsletters, and other printed matter relating to the United Federation of Teachers' “Adopt-a-School” program in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1963; its volunteer teaching during the Mississippi Freedom Summer project in 1964; and its support of full integration of New York City schools. Her leadership in the opposition to the war in Vietnam is documented in files on the Teachers Committee for Peace in Vietnam and the Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee. |
| Beckmann, Ann C., 1947- | Title: Ann C. Beckmann Papers, 1972-1978
Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 186AF Abstract: Papers of a former journalist for the Madison Capital Times, who specialized in coverage of women's issues. Included is a small file of bylined articles, notes, engagement calendars, and research for a series on women's right to maintain their maiden name after marriage. Two boxes contain agenda, minutes, reports, and internal communications of the Madison Affirmative Action Commission of which Beckmann was a charter member. |
| Bedinger, George Michael, 1756-1843 | Title: Draper Manuscripts: George Michael Bedinger Papers, 1775-1860
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 volume) Call Number: Draper Mss A Abstract: Papers of George Michael Bedinger, a major in the Continental Army who participated in the battles of Germantown and Yorktown, the defense of Boonesborough, and John Bowman's Ohio campaign, and later served in the Kentucky legislature and U.S. Congress. Included are 1843 reminiscences, correspondence, legal records, election campaign broadsides, pension applications, and two maps of the Blue Licks battlefield. |
| Beech, Robert, 1935- | Title: Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972 (bulk 1964-1967)
Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) and 136 photographs Call Number: Mss 945; PH Mss 945 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1964-1967, of Robert Beech, a civil rights volunteer with the Delta Ministry in Hattiesburg, Mississippi from May 1964 to September 1967, documenting his work with the Ministry as well as the social and political conditions of the rural African-American population of the Mississippi Delta region in the 1960s, and consisting of correspondence with other staff members, ministers, and leaders from other civil rights organizations. Much of the information regarding the conditions of rural African-Americans in Mississippi comes from the reports of former volunteers who wrote to Beech about their experiences in Mississippi and their reactions to the work being done there. Also included are many official reports of the Delta Ministry and other civil rights groups such as the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC), as well as newsletters, photographs, pamphlets, and other published materials of the Ministry and other organizations. |
| Beggs, John I., 1847-1925 | Title: John I. Beggs Papers, 1869-1924
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), and photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 182; Micro 2075; Milwaukee Micro 77; PH 1189-1192, 1194-1195, 1197, 1200 (3) Abstract: Papers of Beggs, president of the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co. and other utilities, consisting of correspondence, photographs, records of personal financial expenditures, and subject files pertaining to various utilities with which he was involved such as the Edison Electric Light Company, The Milwaukee Electric and Railway and Light Co. (TMERL) and the St. Louis Car Co. Correspondence primarily dates from the1890s when he managed the Chicago Edison Electric Co. It also pertains to other companies within the system, such as the Harrisburg Electric Co., for which he had responsibilities. A small portion of the correspondence pertains to TMERL and the Appleton Electric Co. The photographs received with the papers are divided into eight lots that document the staff and offices of the Edison Electric Company of Chicago; TMERL facilities and a staff outing; and his Beggs' Isle estate, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The original photographs are available in the Visual Materials Archive in Madison; they are in Milwaukee on microfilm. Portraits of Beggs, which were separated to the Visual Materials Name File, are available in Milwaukee on microfilm. |
| Behar, Harriet, 1954- | Title: Harriet Behar Papers, 1987-2012
Quantity: 0.5 cubic feet (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Mss 1191 Abstract: Papers, 1987-2012, of Harriet Behar, organic farmer and inspector, senior organic specialist at Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), and National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) member, documenting her involvement in organic farming advocacy and education. Of note are a few early materials (1988-1991) from the Coulee Region Organic Produce Pool (CROPP), now known as Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative. |
| Behar, Mark | Title: Mark Behar Papers, 1981-1991
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 216 Abstract: In 1982 Wisconsin became the first state to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing, and public accommodation. One year later, Governor Anthony S. Earl formed the Council on Lesbian and Gay Issues as an advisory group to make recommendations concerning the implementation of Chapter 112 of the Laws of Wisconsin, popularly known as the "gay rights law." This collection consists of records of the council and includes biennial and final reports, press releases, correspondence, brochures, fliers, surveys, and news clippings. It was compiled by Mark Behar, who served on the council from 1983 to 1987. |
| Behm, Don, 1952- | Title: Don Behm Papers, 1971-1980
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) and 7 photographs Call Number: Mss 593; PH Mss 593 Abstract: Papers of a journalist and activist in leftist Madison, Wisconsin, politics. The collection documents Behm's involvements in organizations such as the Mass Party Organizing Committee (1971-1976), the Common Sense Coalition (1978-1979), and issues such as the case involving Michael Cooper, an AWOL ROTC student who died resisting arrest (1976-1977), the Peace and Jobs Referendum (1978-1979), the James Rowen mayoral campaign (1978-1979), and the Howard Morland-Progressive magazine hydrogen bomb case (1979-1980). Materials include correspondence, leaflets, broadsides, some organizational records, and subject files. Also included is a “War Resisters Organizing Manual” prepared by the War Resisters League in 1977. Photographs include images from several peace marches in Madison, Wisconsin Dells, and Waupun, Wis., circa 1976. |
| Behrman, S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel), 1893-1973 | Title: S.N. Behrman Papers, 1911-1973
Quantity: 10.8 cubic feet (27 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 6AN; Micro 585 Abstract: Papers of S.N. Behrman, a writer noted for his sophisticated comedy for the stage and motion pictures. Illustrating Behrman's writing techniques are detailed notes, drafts, and revisions of more than thirty plays, screenplays, and adaptations. Among the plays he wrote or adapted are Amphitryon 38 (1937), Biography (1932), The Cold Wind and the Warm (1958), End of Summer (1935), Fanny (1954), Jacobowsky and the Colonel (1944), Jane (1952), No Time for Comedy (1939), The Pirate (1942), Rain from Heaven (1934), and The Second Man (1927); screenplays represented include Bonjour Tristesse (Columbia, 1958), Ninotchka (MGM, 1939), and Waterloo Bridge (MGM, 1940). In addition to script materials for some titles there are clippings, playbills, correspondence, and other related information. |
| Belfrage, Sally, 1936- | Title: Sally Belfrage Papers, 1962-1966
Quantity: 2 rolls of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Micro 599 Abstract: Papers, 1962-1966, of Sally Belfrage, a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker in Mississippi, including a draft of her book Freedom Summer, an index to the draft, her diary and notes, voter registration information, and an extensive file of reports of progress and of harassment of SNCC activities. |
| Belisle, Earl | Title: Earl Belisle Papers, 1975-1990
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 26 photographs Call Number: River Falls Mss EQ; PH 6405 Abstract: Genealogies of the Belisle-Dufresne family and the Parent-Mars family, and histories of the early settlers at Somerset (Wis.) and the Apple River Settlement (Polk County, Wis.), compiled by Earl Belisle. The first genealogy is that of Joseph Belisle (born 1845) and his wife Celina Dufresne of Somerset, Wisconsin, their children, and their ancestors in the province of Quebec including surnames Germain and Bouin. The Parent-Mars genealogy concerns the French-Canadian ancestors of Marie-Louise Parent (1851-1938) of Somerset, Wisconsin who, in 1872, married Joseph Maher (later Mars). Additionally, there is a history, including genealogies, of the early settlers of Somerset (Wis.), especially Louis and Joseph Parent as well as a history of the French-Canadians who settled in the Apple River Settlement, near Range (Wis.) with family genealogies. Included throughout are reproductions of photographs, maps, and family documents. |
| Bell, Jeannette | Title: Jeannette Bell Papers, 1983-1996
Quantity: 6.6 c.f. Call Number: M91-072; M93-207; M97-042 Abstract: Papers of Jeannette Bell, a Democratic representative of Wisconsin’s 15th Assembly District (the West Allis area), 1982-1996. Included are files documenting her legislative interests, particularly her work on child abuse issues, sexual predator and stalking laws, and files accumulated during her term as member and chair of the Environmental Resources Committee. The collection contains committee, legislative, and issue files which include background information, notes from meetings, press releases, correspondence, reports, prepared testimony, and drafts of bills; and Bell’s newsletters, speeches, and press releases. |
| Bell, Murphy W. | Title: Murphy W. Bell Papers, 1958-1966
Quantity: 4 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 481 Abstract: Murphy W. Bell is a Baton Rouge attorney active in civil rights cases throughout the state of Louisiana. A past president of the Baton Rouge chapter of the NAACP, he has represented both this organization and CORE as well as individuals in legal contests in the civil rights field. This film consists of his files of closed cases which fall in the years 1958-1966. The files are chiefly legal documents such as petitions, motions, affidavits, etc.; but also include some correspondence, clippings, a few photographs, material from NAACP legal conferences, and a small amount of Ku Klux Klan literature. |
| Bellamy, Earl, 1917- | Title: Earl Bellamy Papers, 1970-1971
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 172AN Abstract: Papers of a television producer-director, consisting of scripts and some shooting schedules for three series: Medical Center (CBS), The Partridge Family (ABC), and To Rome With Love (CBS). |
| Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991 | Title: Ralph Bellamy Papers, 1904-1980
Quantity: 2.2 cubic feet (5 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), and 1 film (16 mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 190AN; Micro 773; CA 622 Abstract: Papers of Ralph Bellamy, a noted actor whose career has spanned more than five decades and encompasses all major areas of entertainment - theater, motion pictures, radio, television, and writing. Documentation of Bellamy's theatrical work is especially rich, although all aspects of his career are covered. Included in the collection are biographical materials, an oral history interview transcript, awards and certificates, newspaper clippings and reviews, correspondence, and transcripts of Bellamy's Congressional testimony concerning income tax averaging legislation. Within the production files are programs from productions of the Ralph Bellamy Players (Des Moines, Iowa, 1926-1928); several programs, scripts, and other papers regarding plays, motion pictures, and television mini-series; and extensive information concerning Bellamy's portrayal of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Sunrise at Campobello (theater, 1958-1960; film, 1960). Also in the collection are drafts, typescripts, and a printed copy of Bellamy's memoirs, When the Smoke Hit the Fan (Doubleday, 1979). |
| Beloit Bicentennial Oral History Project | Title: Beloit Bicentennial Oral History Project Interviews, 1976
Quantity: 24 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 637A Abstract: Tape-recorded interviews conducted in 1976 by Clem Imhoff for the Beloit Bicentennial Commission with black and white residents of Beloit, Wisconsin, concerning migration of blacks to the city from Kentucky and Mississippi after World War I and their lives before and after the move. Included in the interviews are references to employment and labor problems at Fairbanks-Morse, education, churches, the Women's Community Club, Beloit College, and the local chapter of the NAACP. The 15 interviewees include Sadie Bell, Rubie Bond, David Fifield, Ambrose Gordon, Ben Gordon, Lorenzo Grady, Anne and Neal Harris, Walter Ingram, Robert Irrman, D.W. Johnson, Ocie Peterson, Charles Simmons, Georgette Smith, and Raymond Wright. |
| Belting, George B., 1914- | Title: George B. Belting Papers, 1952-1970
Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Whitewater Mss AZ; Whitewater Micro 14; Micro 977 Abstract: Legislative papers of a conservative Republican assemblyman (1956-1970) from Beloit, Wisconsin. Included are subject and campaign files, microfilmed clipping scrapbooks, constituent correspondence, press releases, and speeches. Chronologically-arranged correspondence touching upon a host of constituent concerns comprises the bulk of the collection. Fragmentary subject files contain statements and notes of the legislator, as well as some background information. The microfilmed scrapbooks contain clippings, advertisements, and literature distributed during his campaigns. Also pertaining to political concerns are files of press releases and speeches. |
| Bemis, Michael | Title: Michael Bemis papers Quantity: 4 Linear Feet 4 record cartons Collection includes handwritten diaries, journals, scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs and ephemera relating to the life of Michael Bemis as well as several publications, including Madison Opera magazine and Footlights. Call Number: uac48 Abstract: Michael Bemis is an out poet and author who lives in Madison, Wisconsin. His collection of gay poetry is housed in Special Collections at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His papers consist of personal diaries and journals that date from 1974-2018. |
| Bender, Walter Henry, 1879-1966 | Title: Walter Henry Bender Papers, 1913-1966
Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (13 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EA Abstract: Papers of Bender, a Milwaukee lawyer and civic leader, dating primarily 1942-1964. Most relates to the Milwaukee County Park Commission, of which Bender was president (1948-1965). Included are files on the building of expressways on county park lands, the development of park programs, the reorganization of the commission in the 1950s, and contracts with the Milwaukee Braves baseball team. Other files pertain to the Metropolitan Study Commission; the Marquette University School of Medicine's board of directors and the board of trustees of Milwaukee-Downer College, of which he was a member; the development of Metropolitan War Memorial; the Milwaukee Society for Suppression of Commercial Vice (1914-1922); several World War II relief agencies; and Bender's legal career and his family. |
| Bendiner, Robert | Title: Robert Bendiner Papers, 1934-1984
Quantity: 17 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 1109; Micro 1148 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1948-1969, of an editor, writer, and member of the New York Times editorial board, consisting of drafts, notes, research material, and correspondence for books and articles. Magazine articles, chiefly pertaining to politics and education, include manuscripts contributed to Collier's, Life, New Statesman, New York Times Magazine, Saturday Evening Post, Show, Redbook, and Reporter. There are also extensive files on four books: Just Around the Corner: A Highly Selective History of the Thirties (1967), Obstacle Course On Capitol Hill (1964), White House Fever (1960), and The Politics of the Schools (1969). Also present are a script for “Man in the Middle: The State Legislature,” which was aired as an NBC White Paper; a report on the performing arts prepared for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; and research files for unpublished articles. Correspondence concerns Bendiner's interest in politics and civil liberties and includes letters to and from representatives of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, American Civil Liberties Union, American Jewish Committee, Americans for Democratic Action, Democratic National Committee, League for Industrial Democracy, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Society for Ethical Culture, and campaign committees supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adlai E. Stevenson, and John F. Kennedy. Individual correspondents include Paul H. Douglas, W. Averell Harriman, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jacob K. Javits, John V. Lindsay, James Loeb, Jr., Douglas MacArthur, Mike Monroney, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Theodore Sorenson, Norman Thomas, and Harry S. Truman. |
| Benet, Adolph, 1910- | Title: Textile Workers Union of America Oral History Project: Adolph Benet Interview, 1978
Quantity: 3 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 717A Abstract: One of a series of tape-recorded oral interviews conducted with Textile Workers Union of America leaders by James A. Cavanaugh of the Historical Society staff, documenting the origins, growth, and decline of the TWUA, internal disputes, relations with other unions, and organizing drives. The interviews document textile unionism prior to the formation of the TWUA, as well as discussing major strikes and gains made through collective bargaining. Specific references are made to organizing activities in Illinois, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. The Adolph Benet interview is part of the Textile Workers Union of America Oral History Project. |
| Benham, F. Darius, 1896-1960 | Title: F. Darius Benham Papers, 1915-1960
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: U.S. Mss 38AF Abstract: Papers of a reporter and public-relations counselor. One folder of correspondence, 1915-1957, relates to the Circus Saints and Sinners, the Theodore Roosevelt family, and Benham's promotion of the Richard Byrd polar expedition, as well as to miscellaneous other subjects. Prominent correspondents include Alben W. Barkley, Elmer Davis, James H. Doolittle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, James A. Farley, Henry R. Luce, J. Pierpont Morgan, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., and Robert A. Taft. The remainder of the collection contains clippings and printed material about Benham's life and the organizations he founded. |
| Benjamin, Burton, 1917-1988 | Title: Burton Benjamin Papers, 1957-1988
Quantity: 8.6 cubic feet (23 archives boxes) and 122 videorecordings; plus additions of 5.0 cubic feet (4 record center cartons and 3 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 74AF; MCHC 84-047; M85-485; M86-125; M91-041 Abstract: Papers of Burton Benjamin (1917-1988), a CBS vice-president and producer of news and documentaries, relating to his work on the award-winning CBS documentary series The Twentieth Century (1957-1966), and other news projects. Production files contain research materials; scripts; transcripts and notes from interviews with Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Robert Dole, Patty Hearst, Eric Sevareid, and others; a transcript of CBS coverage of the assassination and funeral of John F. Kennedy; files on the 1980 presidential election, and other materials. General files contain publicity, distribution figures, press releases, memoranda between Benjamin and production staff, and seven and nine-year reports. Also included are several undated scripts for Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC) and Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (CBS). Videorecordings include CBS news programing, specials such as World War II with Walter Cronkite. |
| Benjamin, Philip R. | Title: Philip R. Benjamin Papers, 1934-1965
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 119AF Abstract: Papers of a New York Times reporter and novelist arranged as personal and professional records. In the first category are correspondence, primarily relating to Benjamin's service during World War II; financial records; diaries; notebooks; memoranda; freelance writings; and manuscript copies of Quick Before It Melts (1964) and a second incomplete novel. Filed as professional materials are news dispatches from Antarctica (1958-1960), the screenplay for Quick Before It Melts (MGM, 1964), reviews and publicity for this motion picture, as well as for the play version of the book, and clippings of Benjamin's Times stories on New York City and on the school integration crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. |
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Benjamin, Robert Saul, 1909-1979; United Artists Corporation |
Title: Robert Benjamin Papers: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 14G, 1946-1951
Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet (3 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 4 audio recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 99 AN/14G; Audio 1971A Abstract: Papers of Robert Benjamin, the prominent attorney who, with Arthur B. Krim, eventually headed United Artists. This series consists of files pertaining to his earlier activities as the representative of the J. Arthur Rank organization in the United States and the virtual president of Eagle-Lion. In addition to some very frank correspondence about company personalities, policies, and finances the file contains an extensive set of financial reports, balance sheets, and accounts payable pertaining to Eagle-Lion operations in the United States and to Pathé, its parent company. |
| Bennett, H. H. (Henry Hamilton), 1843-1908 | Title: H.H. Bennett Papers, 1790s-1998 (bulk 1856-1998)
Quantity: 32.0 cubic feet (50 archives boxes, 37 card boxes, 8 flat boxes, and 1 tube), 16 tape recordings and 8 reels of microfilm (35 mm); plus additions of 0.3 cubic feet and 2 photographs Call Number: Mss 935; Micro 2073; Audio 1440A; M2000-136; M2006-057 Abstract: Papers of H.H. Bennett, mainly from 1856 to 1998, a pioneer landscape photographer whose major body of work was created in the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, together with records of his studio, and papers of various members of his extended family. When the Bennett Studio closed in 1998 to become an historic site owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, it was the oldest American photographic studio in continuous operation, having been operated by Bennett and by four generations of the Bennett Family. The papers contain: Bennett's personal and professional papers including correspondence and diaries detailing his service during the Civil War; studio records documenting the studio's portrait and commercials work as well as the museum run by the studio promoting Bennett's legacy and the ownership of Minirama (a model railroad attraction); and family papers. |
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Bennett, H. H. (Henry Hamilton), 1843-1908; Anger, H. W.; Sherman, W. H. (William Hayward), 1821-1898; Vollert, William P.; Union View Company |
Title: Stereoscopics Collection, circa 1865-1915
Quantity: 1.0 cubic ft. (9 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 29 Abstract: This collection consists of 499 stereoscopic photographs, or stereograms, of national and international people and places. The collection is primarily comprised of popular tourist destinations. Of special interest are images of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dells, and Lake Superior. While the images are largely undated, they are most likely from circa 1865-1915. |
| Bennett, Joseph, 1822-1906 | Title: Joseph Bennett Papers, 1858-1895
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Platteville Mss Q Abstract: Papers pertaining to the lead smelting business in which Joseph Bennett, Samuel Hoskins, and others were associated in Dodgeville, Wisconsin; including correspondence with William and James Ryan, commission merchants at Galena, Illinois. |
| Bennett, Miriam | Title: Miriam Bennett Films, 1925-1965, 1983, 1995
Quantity: 67 film reels (16 mm and 8 mm), 2 videorecordings, and 8 DVDS (viewing copies of 45 films) Call Number: AE 046-AE 089; AE 136-AE 140; CC 176; CC 202; EA 154-EA 168; VHB 499-VHB 500; VDA 176-VDA 183 Abstract: Amateur films, directed and produced by Miriam Bennett and home movies, shot by Miriam Bennett, circa 1930-1965. Most of the films are documentary and contain footage of the Wisconsin Dells region including downtown, the Wisconsin River, and Native American tourist sites; and footage of the Bennett, Crandall, Dyer, and Reese families. Several of the films are fiction films and showcase local "actors" in plays and dramatizations, including A Study in Reds, a film added to the National Film Registry in 2009. Film reels AE 046 through AE 088 and CC 176 have been digitized, compiled, and burned to DVDs (VDA 176-VDA 183) which serve as access copies. The remaining films are only available on film or video. Also included is a documentary on H.H. Bennett (1983) and a Channel 3 news story about Dells tourism (1995). |
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Title: Van S. Bennett Civil War Papers, 1861-1864
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) Call Number: Wis Mss 48S Abstract: Diaries (1863-1864) of Captain Van S. Bennett of Company I, 12th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, giving accounts of the Siege of Vicksburg and other campaigns while he was a member of Sherman's army in Mississippi and Georgia, and his observations of the activities of the Union soldiers he served with. Also included are his notebook containing various accounts, orders for equipment, and lists of wounded; and the Orderly Sergeant's roll book for Company I (1861-1862). |
| Ben-Shalom, Miriam | Title: Miriam Ben-Shalom Papers, 1971-1999
Quantity: 3 cubic ft. (3 boxes) 14 videocassettes 10 audio cassettes 33 digital files (1.13 TB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 237 Abstract: The collection contains personal papers and other documentation collected by Miriam Ben-Shalom, the first gay or lesbian member of the United States military service to be reinstated after being discharged for her sexual orientation. The collection documents Ben-Shalom's legal battles with the military, as well as the general topic of homosexuals and the military. Other materials pertain to the gay and lesbian veterans movement, feminism, and related social justice issues. |
| Benson, Alex, 1928-1974 | Title: Alex Benson Papers, 1944-1974
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 639 Abstract: Papers of Alex M. Benson, a reporter and NBC news producer, consisting of biographical material, correspondence, writings, and scripts. The fragmentary correspondence includes personal letters to his family written during service with the Army Air Force during World War II. There is also a file of bylined articles for the New York World-Telegram and Sun, 1955-1966, and the New York World Journal Tribune, 1966-1967, and a printed copy of his book, The 48 Hour War. Only a few unidentified scripts document his career with NBC. |
| Bentley & Merman (La Crosse, Wis.)., Merman & Skogstad (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Bentley, Merman, and Skogstad Architectural Drawings Physical Description: 0.7 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 070, Micro 25 Abstract: An architectural design firm of La Crosse, Wis., called variously Bentley and Merman, Merman and Skogstad, and Otto Merman Architect. The architects involved were Percy D. Bentley (1885-1968), Otto A. Merman (1890-1935) and Herbert W. Skogstad (d. 1929). Bentley was a La Crosse native who attended the Armour Institute in Chicago. During his brief practice with Merman in La Crosse, the two designed a large number of distinguished Prairie School residences. After Bentley’s departure in 1919, former assistant and partner Otto A. Merman associated with Herbert W. Skogstad from 1922-1929. Skogstad was a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the nature of commissions expanded after this partnership was established to include work for local institutions and businesses as well as residences. Merman continued the practice solo after Skogstad’s death in 1929 until his death in 1935. The microfilmed records are of architectural drawings of buildings designed by these professional associations consist of nearly 300 projects, just over half of which are residential in type. Another quarter of the designs were for commercial buildings, the remaining quarter for public buildings and schools. Most projects were commissioned for locations in La Crosse and other Wisconsin cities with a few in Minnesota and one each in Iowa and Indiana. |
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Bentley, Percy D., 1885-1968; Merman, Otto A., 1890-1935; Skogstad, Herbert W., 1892-1929 |
Title: Bentley, Merman, and Skogstad Architectural Drawings, 1918-1935
Quantity: 28.0 cubic feet (14 flat boxes) and 8 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: PH 6911; Micro 1107; Micro 2109; La Crosse Micro 15 Abstract: Drawings by architects Percy D. Bentley, Otto A. Merman, and Herbert W. Skogstad of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The collection consists of drawings from almost 300 projects, primarily residential though also including several schools, other public buildings, and businesses. Most are located in La Crosse and other Wisconsin cities with a few in Minnesota and one each in Iowa and Indiana. |
| Benton family | Title: Benton Family Photograph Album Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot Call Number: MISC MSS 224 Abstract: The Benton Family Photograph Album contains images of the Benton family of La Crosse, Wisconsin, taken during the 1850s and 1860s. Most photographs are not identified; some photographs that are identified include: John M. Stewart, Clara Titus, Samuel Titus, Leonard S. Hall, Susan Dalton, and Isaac Dalton. Some images were taken in Ohio. |
| Benton family Dalton family | Title: Photograph Album of Benton and Dalton Families Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot Call Number: MISC MSS 225 Abstract: Photograph album of the Benton and Dalton families of La Crosse, Wisconsin, containing images from the 1850s and 1860s. Photographs were primarily taken in La Crosse and Ohio, and many are identified. Individuals pictured include: Dr. John E. Dalton, Elisabeth Ruth Dalton, Minnie E. Pryor, Isaac Dalton, Willie Dalton, Willie F. Benton, Mary D. J. Benton, Thomas Benton, Charles Cassitt, Augusta Dalton, Alice Dalton, Alice H. Benton, Lucinda Turner, Elisa Turner, Sarah Turner, H. D. Clement, and "Grandpa" Harger. Notes in the album indicate that photos of the Jenks family were also present at one time. |
| Benton, William, 1900-1973 | Title: William Benton Papers, 1951-1961
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss AY Abstract: Correspondence of Senator William Benton of Connecticut relating to his efforts to have Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin expelled from the United States Senate for a number of reasons, but primarily in relation to tactics used by McCarthy in his fight against communism. The collection is divided into two general sections. The first, correspondence with the general public in 1951-1952, relates to Benton's introduction of a resolution to investigate McCarthy and to McCarthy's lawsuit against him for libel and slander. The second section contains photocopies of Benton's correspondence with colleagues and associates relating to his later protests against McCarthy and to Benton's support for the Committee for an Effective Congress and the “Joe Must Go” movement in Wisconsin. Benton's correspondents included Dean G. Acheson, Louis Bean, Marquis W. Childs, August Derleth, James E. Doyle, Ralph E. Flanders, LeRoy Gore, Carl Hayden, Thomas C. Hennings, Paul Hoffman, Max Lerner, Joseph R. McCarthy, A. S. Mike Monroney, Wayne Morse, Edward R. Murrow, Drew Pearson, James Reston, Eleanor Roosevelt, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Harry S. Truman, Arthur V. Watkins, and James Wechsler. |
| Berger, David G. ,1946- | Title: David G. Berger Papers,1971-1982
Quantity: 22.8 c.f. (21 record center cartons and 5 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 96 Abstract: Legislative papers of a Democrat from Milwaukee who served in the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate, 1971-1982. Alphabetically-arranged subject files contain press releases, newsletters, questionnaires, schedules, and writings as well as constituent correspondence and floor debate material on abortion, Milwaukee politics and government, probate reform, taxes, and other issues of legislative concern. Committee files document Berger's leadership of the Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules, although the files are not the official committee records. Especially well documented is an investigation of the Bureau of Migrant and Rural Services by Senator Peter Bear's Legislative Oversight Subcommittee. Other notable committee files pertain to Berger's work on condominium legislation and product liability. Additional files inherited from Bear pertain to volunteerism, and records from Jerome Martin pertain to the Senate Subcommittee on Small Business. |
| Berger, Victor L., 1860-1929 | Title: Victor L. Berger Papers, 1862-1980
Quantity: 14.6 c.f. (33 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 4 card boxes) and 56 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Mss 798; Micro 2031; Micro 2032 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1895 to 1929, of Victor Berger, a prominent Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Socialist Party leader and politician, newspaper editor, German-American community leader, and the first Socialist Party member in Congress, and of his wife Meta, longtime member (and first woman president) of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, and prominent in the Socialist Party and in women's rights, education, and peace issues. Included is correspondence, Congressional files and mailings, scrapbooks, speeches and writings, Social Democratic Party and Social-Democratic Publishing Company records, papers of their daughters, and other papers. |
| Berget, Wilbur C. | Title: Wilbur C. Berget Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 1.2 linear ft. (3 archives boxes and 2 oversize folders) of papers and 0.6 linear ft. (1 archives box and 1 flat box) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 64 Abstract: Papers and photographs of Wilbur C. Berget, a non-commissioned officer who received extensive stateside training and later served with the 12th Armored Division in Europe during World War II before dying tragically in a car accident while awaiting a transfer home. The majority of the collection consists of letters Berget, a Gratiot, Wisconsin native, wrote home to his parents and siblings during the war. The letters are long and very descriptive in chronicling Berget's service from his initial training through the war in Europe and up to a week before his death in December 1945. They are full of observations about military and social activities during the war years and cover major events such as the bombing of Pearl Harbor and subsequent mobilization, the condition of blacks in the segregated South, fighting in Europe, and the liberation of a concentration camp. Also included are Berget's military papers and records relating to his death, burial overseas, and reinterment in Wisconsin. Photographs include three chronological albums that detail his military service. |
| Bergh, Prescott, 1958- | Title: Prescott Bergh Papers, 1978-2013 (bulk 1980-1993)
Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet (1 records center carton and 1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 1177 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1980-2003, of Prescott Bergh, organic farmer, inspector, consultant, and entrepreneur, documenting his work as an organic inspector, his work on organic standards legislation, and his involvement in organic and sustainable agriculture organizations, including the Organic Growers and Buyers Association (OGBA), the Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA), the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), the Organic Foods Production Association of North America (OFPANA), and the Wisconsin Organic Growers Association (WOGA). Included are inspection reports, materials related to organic foods legislation in Minnesota and Wisconsin, background materials on certification standards in other states, MOSES board meeting minutes and materials on the development of Organic University, and a limited run of board minutes for WOGA. |
| Bergman, Jules | Title: Jules Bergman Papers, 1965-1974
Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes) and 11 reels of 16 mm film; plus additions of 3 tape recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 132AF; AB 929-AB 938; AB 944; MCHC75-042 Abstract: Papers of an ABC news science editor, consisting chiefly of reference files on various United States efforts to go into space. Included are notes, press kits, training manuals, flight plans, lunar trajectory charts, films, and photographs of the Apollo and Skylab missions. Also included are scripts for two award-winning ABC News Closeup programs: “Closeup on Fire” and “Closeup on Oil: The Policy Crisis”; scripts for specials on earthquakes and the space program; 1974 daily science news scripts; and a manuscript about Bergman's experiences as a journalist specializing in scientific subjects. |
| Bergmann, Paul K. | Title: Paul K. Bergmann Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 0.4 linear ft. (1 archives box and 1 oversized folder) of papers, 0.1 linear ft. (5 folders) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 689 Abstract: Papers and photographs of Paul Bergmann, a native of Milwaukee, Wis., who served as a 1st lieutenant with the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), also known as Merrill's Marauders, during World War II, and also served during the Korean War. The collection includes papers and photographs pertaining to his service in both wars. Manuscripts include correspondence, service records, training materials, souvenirs, and some materials pertaining to Bergmann's veteran activities. Correspondence consists of letters written by Bergmann to his cousin, Bill Seizer, while Bergmann was serving in World War II. The letters cover Bergmann's training, serving as a jungle warfare instructor in Trinidad, his participation as a member of Merrill's Marauders, and his stateside service until the close of the war. The letters discuss Bergmann's daily activities, his desire to hear of news from home, instructions to his cousin to remain a civilian, and some discussion of his combat experiences. Other manuscripts are comprised mainly of military papers that include service records, training materials, certificates, and his service 201 file for both wars. Of interest are souvenirs he sent home to his cousin that include matchbooks, humorous anti-Axis materials, and a notebook Bergmann took from a dead Japanese soldier. Other manuscripts include a typed account of his service with Merrill's Marauders, and materials related to the Merrill's Marauders Association. Photographs include images of mountain training, the 1947 Merrill's Marauders reunion, war-time images of soldiers, and a portrait of Bergmann. |
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Bergor, Ben, 1893-1981; Monona, Olivia, 1889-1976; Goldenberger, Benedict, b. 1855 |
Title: Ben Bergor Family Papers, 1848-1994 (bulk 1930-1979)
Quantity: 33.4 cubic feet (25 record center cartons, 4 archives boxes, 10 flat boxes, and 12 card file boxes), 16 audio recordings, 1 film (16 mm), 3.7 cubic feet of photographs (9 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) and 0.2 cubic feet of negatives (1 card box); plus additions of 0.6 cubic feet (1 archives box and 1 flat box) Call Number: Mss 1074; Audio 1543A; PH 6658; AD 565; M2018-008 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1930-1979, of Ben Bergor, a Madison-based magician, entertainer, and booking agent, together with papers of his sister, Olivia Monona, an opera singer, and their father, Benedict Goldenberger. The papers document Bergor's Madison entertainment agency, his involvement in magicians' organizations, and his humor library. Monona's papers document her career as an opera singer. Goldenberger's papers primarily document his life as a student in the 1870s and genealogical correspondence with his son-in-law, historian John O. Holzhueter. Visual materials document Bergor's and Monona's entertainment careers, while the audio materials document various performances and broadcasts. |
| Berkman, Dave, 1934-2015 | Title: Dave Berkman Papers, 1958-2016
Quantity: 3.4 cubic ft. (5 boxes, including 38 audio cassettes) 1 videocassette 419 digital audio files (22 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 347 Abstract: Papers of former UWM professor and media critic Dave Berkman consisting of articles, including copies of his Shepherd Express "Media Musings," news clippings, correspondence, and an extensive set of radio broadcasts, largely Wisconsin Public Radio recordings. |
| Berkowitz, Edward D. | Title: Edward D. Berkowitz Papers, 1934-1991
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box), 174 photographs, and 24 negatives Call Number: Mss 461; PH Mss 461 Abstract: Materials gathered by historian Edward D. Berkowitz for his biography of Wilbur J. Cohen, Social Security expert and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under Lyndon Johnson. The book was published in 1995 as Mr. Social Security: the Life of Wilbur J. Cohen. The papers consist primarily of notes on interviews Berkowitz conducted with members of the Cohen family and selected associates. The interviewees are Cohen's sons Bruce and Chris, his brother Darwin Huxley, Helen Hill, Harold November, Merlyn Pitzele, Lewis E. Weeks, and Elizabeth Wickenden. Also included is a small amount of correspondence with and about Cohen, photocopied personal correspondence of Cohen's obtained from family members (1934-1940), and from Elizabeth Wickenden (1953-1974), photographs, and draft conference papers on Cohen, the American welfare state, and related topics. Among the photographs are black and white and color portraits of Cohen (circa 1954-1987) and his family, presidential bill signing ceremonies and cabinet meetings during the 1960s, his swearing-in and activities as Secretary of D.H.E.W., meetings of the National Commission on Unemployment Compensation in 1979, significant events in the history of social security, and snapshots of the author. |
| Berman, Louise R., 1908-1977 | Title: Louise R. Berman Papers, 1929-1959
Quantity: 2.5 cubic feet (8 archives boxes), 0.1 cubic feet of ephemera (4 folders) and 14 photographs (3 folders) in 1 archives box Call Number: Mss 416; PH 6634 Abstract: Papers of Louise R. Berman, a California social activist and philanthropist mainly concerned with the various left wing causes and organizations for which she worked and to which she contributed financially. Included are correspondence, speeches, reports, policy statements, minutes, publications, clippings, ephemera, and photographs. Files on social action organizations, 1931-1959, comprise almost the entire collection and relate to groups such as the American-Russian Institute, the Civil Rights Council of Northern California, the Democratic Youth Federation of California, the Rosenberg Foundation, and various other civil rights, civil liberties, political, peace, and anti-fascist organizations. Letters from prominent people in the arts and politics occur throughout. Personal papers, 1929-1958, include correspondence written during a 1933 trip to Russia and clippings and copies of testimony during her two appearances before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1948 and 1949. |
| Berman, Pandro, 1905-1996 | Title: Pandro Berman Papers, 1932-1977
Quantity: 11.6 c.f. (29 archives boxes, 1 oversize folder) Call Number: U.S. Mss 160AN; SC-O 30 Abstract: Papers of a leading motion picture producer associated with RKO during the 1930s and later with MGM. The collection is composed of extensive production files of correspondence, script drafts, reports and logs, and financial information for A Patch of Blue (1965) and two other films Berman produced between 1964 and 1970. Also included are scripts, clippings, and publicity for many of his earlier films. Seven boxes contain notes, correspondence, scripts, and negotiations for unproduced films. The remainder of the collection consists of clippings, miscellaneous personal and business correspondence, financial records, and promotional and biographical information. |
| Bernard family | Title: Bernard Family Photographs, 1927-circa 1970
Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet of photographs (4 flat boxes) Call Number: M2017-032 Abstract: Collection of photographs and newspaper clippings which document iceboating in and around Madison (Wis.) taken by members of the Bernard family and arranged chronologically by decade. Several photographs depict the boats used in competitions and of the winners holding their trophies as well as images of Bernard’s Boat House which had been on Lake Mendota. Also included are photographs taken from the 1927 airshow featuring Charles Lindbergh and his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis. |
| Bernard, Jacqueline | Title: Jacqueline Bernard Papers, 1964-1967
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 230 Abstract: Papers of Jacqueline Bernard, a New York City resident who was an active supporter of the southern civil rights movement during the 1960s. Included are letters from her son, Joel Bernard, who was a volunteer with COFO in Clay County, Mississippi, and general correspondence, which is mainly from other Clay County civil rights workers, black residents of the county, and northern friends involved in backing the movement. One undated letter gives volunteer Nancy Myron's reaction to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's decision to build a black leadership organization. Miscellany includes press releases, clippings, reports, and minutes and a brochure from a meeting of the Poor People's Corporation. |
| Bernhard, Paul K., collector | Title: Home Movies of Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1920s, 1934-1940s
Quantity: 6 film reels and 2 videorecordings Call Number: AE 001-006; VBB 491; VBC 265 Abstract: Home movies, circa late 1920s, 1934-1940s, made by a Madison, Wisconsin woman (identified only as someone who worked at the Forest Products Lab), including footage of State Street; the Capitol and other Madison buildings; North Freedom, Wisconsin; and forests and lumbering activities. Additional film on video includes footage of children running and playing, as well as older citizens in Cassville, Wisconsin. |
| Berquist, Henry J., 1905-1990 | Title: Henry J. Berquist Papers, 1937-1986
Quantity: 0.3 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder) and 1 tape recording Call Number: Northland Mss N; Tape 1308A Abstract: Papers and tape recorded reminiscences of Berquist, a Progressive and Democrat from Oneida County, Wis., reflecting his public career from 1937 to 1986. Papers include the final version of a radio address on old-age pensions delivered in 1938 and two student papers describing a talk by Berquist to a University of Wisconsin political science class in 1939. There are also posters, ads and clippings from his campaigns for state and federal office, including his run for Lieutenant Governor in 1942 and his lively but unsuccessful contest against Alvin E. O'Konski for the 10th Congressional District seat in 1946. A reminiscence recorded in 1986 includes stories about his education and experiences in a lumber camp; a description of a 1943 visit by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Fort Reilly, Kansas; some remarks on his internment in a German P.O.W. camp during World War II; and several expressions of Berquist's faith in government as a means of solving problems. This collection is housed at the Northern Great Lakes Center. |
| Berquist, John | Title: John Berquist collection Quantity: 6 Linear Feet 10 document boxes, 1 half document box, 1 record carton, 1 LP box, 1 oversize folder Collection includes: color, and black and white negatives; photograph prints; audiotape reels; audiotape cassettes; CDs; LPs; maps; VHS videocassette tape; color slides Call Number: mml031 Abstract: The collection comprises Berquist's work documenting the cultural heritage and folk music of Iron Range communities, and his work performing music and organizing folk music festivals in Chicago and Minnesota. |
| Bessie, Alvah Cecil, 1904-1985 | Title: Alvah Bessie Papers, 1929-1991
Quantity: 17.2 cubic feet (42 archives boxes and 1 card box), 5 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 2 disc recordings, 6 tape recordings, 6 reels of 35 mm film and 1 reel of 16 mm film; plus additions of 6.9 cubic feet, 13 photographs, and 64 tape recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 59AN; Audio 1094A; Audio 1264A; Micro 912; HB 444-449; CB 015; M95-070; M95-071; M95-128; M98-001; M99-106; M2002-064; M2003-100; M2006-068 Abstract: Papers, 1929-1991, of Alvah Bessie, a novelist, screenwriter, literary and film critic, and member of the Hollywood Ten who was blacklisted for his refusal to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. The collection primarily documents Bessie's writing career; the impact of the blacklist; his ongoing relationship with other Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB), a unit of the Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War; and his continuing interest in similar issues and causes. Included is the Bruce Rubenstein Collection of the Alvah Bessie Archive, circa 1929-1990. |
| Bessie, Dan | Title: Dan Bessie Papers, 1966-2006
Quantity: 11.2 cubic feet, 8 audio recordings, 98 photographs, 106 negatives, 257 transparencies, 51 film reels, and 53 videorecordings Call Number: Mss 1200; Audio 1805A; AE 224-AE 226; AE 231-AE 240; AE 424; AE 647-AE 654; CC 467-CC 482; CC 502-CC 507; GA 843-GA 844; VBC 413-VBC 414; VBC 650-VBC 651; VFA 134-VFA 171; VHB 800-VHB 806; VHB 808-VHB 810; VHB 944 Abstract: Papers, primarily 1966-2006, of Dan Bessie, an educational and narrative filmmaker, who also worked in advertising, theater, and television. Bessie is the author of two memoirs, one on his family and the other on his career in the film industry. The collection includes correspondence, scripts and outlines, production materials, book manuscripts and proofs, storyboards and artwork, photographs, film prints, videos, and audio tapes. Many of the projects involve his father, Alvah Bessie, either as collaborator or as subject. |
| Best, Fred C., collector | Title: Fred C. Best Collected Photographs, circa 1850-1939
Quantity: 18 photographs Call Number: PH 6276 Abstract: Photographs collected by Fred C. Best of the Nashotah House in Nashotah, Wisconsin (founded as an Episcopal seminary), and of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin and its surrounding environs, circa 1850-1939. Images include interior and exterior views of the Nashotah House, scenes of streets and buildings in Oconomowoc, and scenes of Lake Belle and Lake Fowler. |
| Best, John S., 1906-1989 | Title: John S. Best Papers, 1896-2000
Quantity: 12.2 cubic ft. (17 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 149 Abstract: Papers of a Milwaukee attorney primarily concerned with breeding and showing Irish and Fox Terriers. Included are his files of correspondence with other breeders as well as the records he amassed while a member of various dog clubs. A few of the letters to other breeders include references to the fighting between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland during the late 1960s. The collection also includes memorabilia from dog shows he attended, including ribbons, certificates and catalogs. Much of the collection consists of dog show catalogs. |
| Beth Israel Center (Madison, Wis.) | Title: Beth Israel Center (Madison, Wis.) Records, 1908-1920, 1948-1982
Quantity: 6.4 c.f. (16 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm [35mm], 8 tape recordings, and photographs Call Number: Mss 427; Micro 618; Tape 1246A; PH 4803 Abstract: Records, mainly 1948 to 1975, of a congregation founded in 1904 as Agudas Achim. In 1949 members of Agudas Achim built a new synagogue, the Beth Israel Center. Included are minutes, correspondence, financial records, printed materials, newsletters, photographs and oral history interviews with former officers of the congregation; Yetta Daitch, Sam Onheiber, Celia Rosenberg, and Adolph and Janet Weinshel. Materials document the center's construction, and the administration, fundraising, philanthropic, and social activities of the congregation, its Talmud Torah, Sisterhood, and Men's Club. A minute book (in Yiddish) documents the administration of the center's predecessor, Agudas Achim, from 1908 to 1920, and is available only on microfilm. |
| Bethany Lutheran Church (Mauston, Wis.) | Title: Bethany Lutheran Church (Mauston, Wis.) Records, 1883-1959
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Stevens Point Micro 6; Micro 504 Abstract: Records of the merged Plymouth and Bethany Lutheran churches of Mauston; containing a record book, 1896-1947, (partially in Norwegian) of the Plymouth church noting sacraments, membership lists, and annual ministerial reports; and a historical album including histories, programs, bulletins, and photographs from both churches, 1883-1959. |
| Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Beloit, Wis.) | Title: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Beloit, Wis.) Records, 1904-1916, 1972
Quantity: 1 microfilm reel (35mm) Call Number: Micro 613; Whitewater Micro 6 Abstract: Records, 1904-1916, including board meeting minutes, quarterly conference meeting reports, and scattered trustees' records, concerning finances and membership; and a 90th anniversary commemorative pamphlet, 1972. |
| Bethel Baptist Church (Rusk, Dunn County, Wis.) | Title: Bethel Baptist Church (Rusk, Dunn County, Wis.) Records, 1895-1984
Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Stout Mss 18 Abstract: Records of a Rusk, Wisconsin, Baptist church, formed in 1895 and dissolved in 1977. Included are correspondence, treasurer's books, clerk's records, Sunday School and Vacation Bible School records, and records of church-affiliated organizations, such as the Baptist Young People's Union (1933-1943) and the Rusk Bethel Baptist Mission Circle (previously known as the Rusk Baptist Ladies Aid), which continued after the church closed. |
| Bethel Lutheran Church (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Bethel Lutheran Church (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Records Physical Description: 0.1 Linear feet Call Number: MSS 038, Micro 11 Abstract: Records of Bethel Lutheran Church, 1886-1921, located on the North Side of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The congregation is still active and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The church records include baptisms, 1886-1921; confirmations, 1889-1920; marriages, 1888-1921; burials, 1889-1921; communion records. 1888-1921; members of the congregation; members who left the congregation, 1888-1901; and a list of holy events, 1888-1921. |
| Betlinski, Joseph L, 1890- | Title: Joseph L. Betlinkski Papers, 1935-1971
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 68 Abstract: Papers primarily composed of religious and political sermons and writings, of a Polish-born Milwaukee priest. Reverend Betlinski's collection also includes biographical information, with a one-page autobiographical journal; correspondence with national political figures concerning the Vietnam War; and correspondence, reports, news clippings, and other materials regarding the Polish-American Information Service, the Polish Roman Catholic Union, the Polish Summer School, and Future Priests' Clubs. Reverend Betlinski served as chaplain and advisor to many Polish groups prior to his retirement. The majority of the collection is composed of his sermons, newspaper articles, term papers, and other texts, primarily in Polish, and dealing with philosophy and the classics, politics, communism, and Poland and the Poles. |
| Better, Maurice | Title: Maurice Better Papers, 1937-1973
Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (4 archives boxes, 1 card file box, and 1 flat box) Call Number: Mss 901 Abstract: Documents, notes, and data collected by Maurice Better while investigating the collective bargaining process in preparation for writing his Ph.D. dissertation in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Better specifically studied negotiations between the Gisholt Machine Company (Madison, Wis.) and Local 1404 of the United Steelworkers of America during 1968, a period that included a strike of thirteen weeks duration. Included is his background research which includes information about company-union relations dating back to 1937, economics of the steel industry, and economic conditions in the Madison area. The collection includes correspondence of both the company and the union, agreements, clippings, contract proposals, Local 1404's bylaws, financial data, data on the Gisholt workforce, and minutes and notes of meetings. Of particular interest are Better's extensive field notes collected during his first-hand observation of the bargaining process and his notes concerning the history of specific contract provisions. |
| Beveridge, Thomas Byron | Title: Thomas Byron Beveridge Papers, 1898-1918
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 17 Abstract: Clippings; a troopship newspaper, “The Hatchet,” Feb.-March, 1918; and correspondence, 1918, concerning Thomas Byron Beveridge and other residents of Appleton, Wisconsin, as they served in the Spanish American War; the National Guard called to the Mexican border in 1916; and World War I. |