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| Francke, Donald E. (Donald Eugene), 1910-1978 | Title: Donald E. Francke Papers, 1941-1985
Quantity: 8.6 c.f. (22 archives boxes); plus additions of 11.4 c.f., 23 photographs, and 3 negatives Call Number: Mss 553; M87-015; M90-291; M94-279; M98-065 Abstract: Papers of Donald E. Francke, a distinguished American pharmacist and editor of several publications. As chief pharmacist for several large university hospital pharmacies and editor and publisher of several pharmacy journals, Francke was concerned with drug nomenclature, professional ethics, and drug information. From 1944 to 1963, Francke worked to improve pharmacy school curricula and the image and education of hospital pharmacists. Francke was also active in numerous professional organizations, and advocated establishing international ties among pharmacists. The collection includes correspondence, conference materials from European meetings and study missions, extensive materials on FIP conferences, 1953-1977, including copies of papers given at the Press and Documentation section meetings, speeches, research files, and writings. |
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Frank and Company; Walter, Frank |
Title: Frank and Company Scrapbook, 1930-1942
Quantity: 0.3 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 101 Abstract: Scrapbook of the history of Frank and Company, local Milwaukee sausage makers. |
| Frank, Edith S., 1902-1991 | Title: Edith S. Frank Papers, 1918-1988
Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (1 record center carton, 1 archives box, 2 card boxes, and 1 oversize folder), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), 92 photographs, and 13 negatives Call Number: Mss 940; Micro 754; PH Mss 940 Abstract: Papers of Edith Sinaiko Frank, a native of Madison, Wisconsin, mainly relating to her adult life, marriage to David S. Frank, and volunteer involvement with many charitable, civic, and cultural organizations in Madison, Chicago, Toledo, and Charleston, West Virginia, as well as her deep interest in art and music. Included are biographical clippings (portions available only on microfilm), photographs, travel diaries, writings and class papers, correspondence with friends and associates such as Minsa Craig, Clarence Eidam, Dame Myra Hess, Aurora Natola-Ginastera and Alberto Ginastera, and Wolfgang Stresemann. Newsletters, membership materials, clippings, publicity, and correspondence document the organizations with which she was associated such as the Toledo United Nations Association, the Madison Art Center, the Wisconsin Jewish Archives, and various chapters of the American Association of University Women and the League of Women Voters. Also included are fragmentary papers of her husband, a president of Pure Oil Company; her mother, Sarah Goldberg Sinaiko of Madison, also an active civic volunteer; and other Sinaiko Family relatives. The Sarah Sinaiko files concern the Neighborhood House and include some correspondence with Marie C. Kohler. |
| Frank, J. O. (Joseph Otto), 1885-1949 | Title: Joseph Otto Frank Papers, 1926-1949
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Oshkosh Mss Ai Abstract: Papers of Frank, a professor of chemistry at the State Normal School at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, consisting primarily of correspondence concerning research he did for the Calumet Baking Powder Company and the General Foods Company. |
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Frank, Wayne P.; Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council. |
Title: Wayne P. Frank Aldermanic Records, 1973-1999
Quantity: 1 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 61 Abstract: Records of Common Council Alderman Wayne P. Frank who served Milwaukee's 8th District from 1973-2000. Collection contains correspondence, reports, subject files, clippings, speeches and photographs. |
| Frankenheimer, John M., 1930-2002 | Title: John M. Frankenheimer Papers, 1954-1960
Quantity: 2.8 cubic feet (6 archives boxes and 1 package) Call Number: U.S. Mss 45AN Abstract: Papers of a CBS television director who moved to motion pictures at the conclusion of the era of live dramatic anthologies. Scripts, primarily for the series Climax, Danger, and Playhouse 90, comprise the bulk of the collection, though there are also drawings, set plans, and camera indications prepared by the staff of art director Ted Haworth for the movie Seconds (Para., 1966). |
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Frankl, Eduard, -1927; Schultz, Hermann, 1861-1924, collector |
Title: Eduard Frankl World War I Photographs Collected by Hermann Schultz, 1914-1916
Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes) Call Number: PH 2848 Abstract: Photographs by Eduard Frankl, a press photographer based in Berlin, Germany, taken during World War I from 1914 to 1916. Photographs concern the German war effort, including scenes in and around Berlin, Allied prisoners of war, refugees, and the battlefront throughout Europe. |
| Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903 | Title: William B. Franklin Papers, 1845-1919
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 313 Abstract: William B. Franklin served in the Civil War as a Major General. This collection contains materials relating to his life and military career. |
| Franson, John L., 1937-1977 | Title: John Lee Franson Papers, 1962-1975
Quantity: 4.4 c.f. (11 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 338 Abstract: Papers of John L. Franson, a Wisconsin conservationist and National Audubon Society representative. Included are the working files he generated while serving the Fond du Lac County Conservation Alliance; the Wisconsin Resource Conservation Council; the Badger Sportsmen, a conservation newspaper published in Wisconsin; and as the National Audubon Society Central Midwest representative headquartered in Owensboro, Kentucky. These files contain correspondence, publications, reports, and newsletters concerning specific conservation issues of concern to Franson. Also included in the collection are a few personal letters, appointment calendars, and “chronicles” of two of his business trips. |
| Franzen, Golda | Title: Golda Franzen Papers, 1942-1995
Quantity: 1.4. c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: M2007-102 Abstract: Papers of Golda Franzen consisting of articles, correspondence, pamphlets, and reports related to her arguments and efforts against adding fluoride to the water supply. Of particular interest is her personal correspondence with Leo Spira (1942-1961), a doctor who researched fluoridation. Also included is the court transcript from a legal suit brought by the state of California against Franzen (1959) for selling a machine advertised to cure cancer. |
| Fraser, C. Gerald (Charles Gerald), 1925-2015 | Title:
C. Gerald Fraser Papers,
1954-2015 (bulk 1963-2012)
Quantity: 8.3 cubic feet (1 records center carton, 20 archives boxes, and 1 oversize folder), 0.1 cubic feet of photographs (1 folder), and 78 audio recordings Call Number: Mss 1186; PH 7063; Audio 1772A Abstract: Papers, mainly 1963-2012, of C. Gerald Fraser, a newspaper journalist who spent most of his career at the New York Times. The collection contains reporter's notebooks, interviews, research, drafts, and clippings of his work. Stories cover the Civil Rights Movement; significant African Americans including athletes, jazz musicians, scholars, and actors; the United Nations; and environmental issues. Also contains biographical information, professional correspondence, information on African American organizations, and other writings including research, interviews, and drafts for an unpublished biography on jazz musician Milt Jackson entitled “Bag's Groove.” |
| Fraternal Order of Eagles. Hayward Aerie 1062 (Hayward, Wis.) | Title: Fraternal Order of Eagles. Hayward Aerie 1062 Records, 1905-1925
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 5 separate volumes) Call Number: Northland Mss 11 Abstract: Records documenting some of the social and economic programs of Aerie 1062. Included are constitutions and by-laws; minutes, 1910-1924; membership roll, 1905-1915; various financial records, 1905-1924, and a folder of correspondence, 1909-1910, 1923-1924. |
| Fraternity Buying Cooperative | Title: Fraternity Buying Cooperative Records, 1932-1994
Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (1 record center carton, 1 archives box, and 3 flat boxes) Call Number: M2003-096 Abstract: Records, 1932-1994, of the Fraternity Buying Cooperative (FBC), one of the oldest student purchasing co-ops in the nation consisting principally of financial records. The cooperative is now known as the University Purchasing and Management Cooperative. |
| Frazee, Oren Ernest, 1880 | Title: Oren Ernest Frazee Papers Physical Description: 4.6 cubic feet Call Number: MSS H Abstract: Genealogical files of Oren Ernest Frazee, a professor of biology and avid genealogist, who lived from 1880-1960. The collection is categorized into family records, state records, and Frazee family records. An index to over 90 family surnames is included in the register. Besides the Frazee surname lines, the Devol family lines are also represented. The collection offers a fascinating view into how genealogy research tools and methods evolved up to the mid 20th century. |
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Frazee, Oren Ernest, 1880-1960; Frazee, Alice Devol, 1880-1962 |
Title: Oren Ernest and Alice Devol Frazee Papers, 1872-1964
Quantity: 3.6 cubic feet (7 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: La Crosse Mss AY Abstract: Papers of La Crosse, Wisconsin, biology professor and genealogist Oren Frazee and his wife, Alice Devol Frazee, a genealogist and amateur poet. Included are writings, correspondence, and other records relating to Oren Frazee's career; genealogies of the Frazee, Devol, Montgomery, Badgely, and Arnold families of Indiana and Illinois; records relating to a farm and other family property in Indiana; and papers concerning Alice Frazee's activities with the Campus Dames of La Crosse, 1930-1949. Also in the collection are correspondence, professional papers, and poetry, 1872-1920, of Alice's father, James M. Devol, a railroad inspector. |
| Frear, James A. (James Archibald), 1861-1939 | Title: James A. Frear Papers, 1883-1940
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss MZ Abstract: Incomplete papers, mainly 1910-1940, of James A. Frear, a Hudson, Wisconsin lawyer and Progressive Republican who held numerous elective offices in state and federal government: assemblyman, 1902-1904; state senator, 1904-1906; secretary of state, 1907-1913; and congressman, 1913-1935. Much of the congressional correspondence is of a routine, congratulatory nature, with letters of autograph value from Presidents Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, and Franklin D. Roosevelt; Theodore Barton; Guytzon Borglum; Harry Daughtery; John N. Garner; and Gifford Pinchot. Of greater interest are files on an unofficial 1923 congressional tour of Russia meant to re-establish trade relations; Frear's criticism of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, particularly regarding New York Indians; responses from Eleanor Roosevelt, Jeannette Rankin, and others regarding his peace referendum proposal; and correspondence with Cordell Hull, Harold Ickes, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and others to secure an appointment to the Tariff Commission in 1934. There are also letters of note from John Collier and Edward Keating. Personal correspondence concerns land investments in eastern Montana and the distribution of Frear's autobiography which was published by a vanity press. Best documenting his national political career are weekly letters distributed to district newspapers and campaign literature. These letters also describe his international travel. Frear's early political career is covered only by clippings, 1903-1904, which treat his years in the Assembly. Frear's autobiography, Forty Years of Progressive Public Service, is in the Historical Society's Library. |
| Fredericks, Carl, 1961- | Title: Carl Fredericks Papers, 1986-1997 (bulk 1988-1992)
Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box), and 1 photograph and 48 transparencies (1 folder) Call Number: Mss 1211; PH 7084 Abstract: Papers, 1986-1997 (bulk 1988-1992), of Carl Fredericks, coordinator of the Southern Wisconsin Farmers Research Network (SWFRN), a network of farmers engaged in on-farm research, and its successor, GrassWorks, a statewide grazing association. SWFRN was supported by the Sustainable Agriculture Program of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) from 1988-1992. Also included is a small amount of material relating to another grazing organization, Ocooch Graziers, and other grazing resources from Kickapoo Organic Resources Network (KORN). |
| Fredrickson, Roy R., 1898-1994 | Title: Roy R. Fredrickson Papers Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 003 Abstract: The Roy R. Fredrickson papers include biographical information, information on the Mexican Border War of 1916, and papers dealing with recognition for Mexican Border Veterans and with the Mexican Border Veterans, Inc. |
| Free Congregation of Sauk City (Wis.) | Title: Free Congregation of Sauk City Records, 1852-1974
Quantity: 1.2 c.f (3 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Mss 425; Micro 334 Abstract: Records of a German congregation of the Freie Gemeinde movement, which became English-speaking in the 1930s and affiliated with the Unitarian Church in 1955. Includes minutes of membership and executive committee meetings, records of the Ladies Aid, Education, Theater, and Choral societies, lectures, pamphlets, photographs, and miscellaneous records. Part of the collection is in German script. |
| Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.) | Title: Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.): Collected Papers, 1964-1966
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 134 Abstract: Original and photocopied correspondence, minutes, press releases, publications, and reports concerning student free speech efforts at the University of California-Berkeley, all collected by Marston Schultz. |
| Freedman, Gerald A., 1927- | Title: Gerald A. Freedman Papers, 1945-1995
Quantity: 6.4 cubic feet (16 archives boxes); plus additions of 11.6 cubic feet, and approximately 1.0 cubic foot of photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 165AN; M88-153; M2008-055 Abstract: Papers of Gerald A. Freedman, a director of plays, operas and musicals. Contains theater files including scripts and prompt books, playbills, reviews, notes, designs, scores, production files, correspondence, and photographs, including production stills. Materials document Freedman's work on numerous productions and as a composer for the Acting Company (New York City), New York Shakespeare Festival, the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre (Stratford, Connecticut), the San Francisco Opera, and numerous other companies. The productions include Bells Are Ringing, America’s Sweetheart, Peer Gynt, West Side Story, The Robber Bridegroom, many Shakespeare plays including Love’s Labor’s Lost, and many other productions. Also includes biographical information, contracts, and personal correspondence. |
| Freedom Information Service | Title: Freedom Information Service Records, 1962-1979
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box), 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 1 tape recording Call Number: Mss 515; Micro 780; Audio 415A Abstract: Records of a Mississippi communications clearinghouse where all forms of useful information were gathered, organized, and transmitted to the poor, rural, black population. Included are materials written and printed by FIS, and items created by allied Mississippi civil rights groups, all of which were distributed by the Service. In the collection are freedom primers; political handbooks concerning county and municipal government; leaflets and flyers on a variety of political, economic, and agricultural subjects; news releases; and a small file of correspondence and printed form letters. There are also copies of the proposal for organizing FIS, and a prospectus for later expansion; with small files regarding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. From the 1970s are records created and collected by Jan Hillegas and Ken Lawrence, some of which were produced under the aegis of FIS. These later documents concern women's rights and feminism, the Republic of New Afrika, farm workers and labor, and racism in the military. On microfilm are papers and clippings which pre-date the organization of FIS, but which were deposited for use by FIS by the Council of Federated Organizations. These materials include WATS Reports; clippings, statements, and news releases concerning the disappearance and murder of Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman in 1964; and similar documentation of incidents of brutality and harassment. On tape is “A Visit to Sunflower County, Mississippi,” a recording made by FIS head of news and tape programs, Phil Lapsansky. |
| Freehoff, William, 1889-1950 | Title: William Freehoff Papers, 1925-1949
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss SM Abstract: Papers of Wlliam Freehoff, a Wisconsin farmer, conservative Republican politician, and writer. The collection includes correspondence consisting primarily of letters to and from literary critics; articles on agriculture, politics, and other subjects; and autobiographical material. In the latter, Freehof records his impressions on such topics as education in Wisconsin, labor and social legislation, the La Follette dynasty, and Wisconsin politics in general. |
| Freeman Drug Company (River Falls, Wis.) | Title: Freeman Drug Company Records, 1872-1947
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes), 1 photograph, and 6 items of ephemera (1 folder) Call Number: River Falls Mss C; PH 4029 Abstract: Records of a River Falls drug store; including cashbooks and other financial records, formula books, biographical information on owners R.S. and R.W. Freeman, and miscellany including trade catalogues, advertisements, labels, and a tintype. |
| Freemasons. Kenwood Lodge No. 303 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Freemasons, Kenwood Lodge No. 303 Photographs, 1913-1915
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 1 oversize folder Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 36 Abstract: Photographs of a Milwaukee, Wisconsin fraternal organization. Includes portraits of the eleven men credited as being the "Builders of Kenwood Temple," and six photographs of the initial construction of the Kenwood Temple. The cornerstone of the Temple was laid on June 19, 1915. There is also one group photograph of the members who attended an organizational meeting at Thomson's Drug Store on March 25, 1913. |
| Freemasons. Lodge No. 5 (Madison, Wis.) | Title: Freemasons, Lodge No. 5 Records, 1845, 1912, 1924, 1926
Quantity: 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) and 1 photograph (1 oversize folder) Call Number: SC 1188; PH 6862 Abstract: Materials including an appeal to Masons for donations or loans of Masonic books and literature for the formation of a Masonic Library in Madison, Wisconsin; a photographed copy of the order, January 10, 1845, granting petitioners the right to organize Madison Lodge Number 5, signed by officers of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Wisconsin; and a panoramic photograph of lodge members from 1924. |
| Freese, Rolf | Title: Rolf Freese Papers Quantity: .25 Linear Feet 1 half legal document box Call Number: MS 403 Abstract: Over 200 letters written by a German non-commissioned officer, Rolf Freese, during World War II. The letters were written mostly to his parents and family members from the Russian Front between the years 1938 to 1943. Also included are letters to Rolf from various people, including his parents and family members. Lastly, there are wartime field post briefs that give brief accounts or updates on various soldiers that may have been sent to Rolf's parents. |
| Freethinkers Society of Bostwick Valley (Barre Mills, Wis.). | Title: Freethinkers Society of Bostwick Valley Records Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 103 Abstract: The Freier Maenner-Verein in Bostwick Valley / Freidenker-Verien [Freethinkers Society of Bostwick Valley], La Crosse Co., Wisconsin (Barre Mills, Wis.) existed from 1869 to 1917. This group was a Freethinker or free thought congregation whose members were generally born in Hanover, Germany. Records include a membership log book, 1862-1905; a financial journal 1889-1917; a copy of translated and transcribed minutes, 1869-1917; and copies of newspaper articles related to the group or its members; and finally personal correspondence to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sander and their daughter Hulda, 1881-1949. Some materials are written in the German language. |
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Freie Gemeinde (Milwaukee, Wis.); Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Freien Gemeinde von Milwaukee Records, 1911-1981
Quantity: 0.7 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 361 Abstract: Records of the Freien Gemeinde von Milwaukee (Free Community of Milwaukee), a local German, Free Thinking organization. Contains meeting minutes and ephemera. |
| French family | Title: French Family Papers, 1678-2000
Quantity: 20.9 cubic feet (44 archives boxes, 2 flat boxes, 3 records center cartons, and 1 oversize folder), 0.7 cubic feet of photographs, 63 glass plate negatives, and 3 audio recordings (discs); plus additions of 2607 photographs and 25 negatives (9 archives boxes and 8 flat boxes), and 9 drawings (1 oversize folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 154; PH 7142; Audio 2037A Abstract: Personal and professional papers of various members of the French and Quarles families of Milwaukee, and the Thiers family of Kenosha, Wisconsin, successively collected by matriarch Louisa K. Thiers, daughter Emma Quarles, and granddaughter Ethel French. Correspondence, family memorabilia, and photographs comprise the collection's bulk and document the family life and activities of these socially prominent, well-educated Milwaukee and Kenosha families. |
| French, Lewis C., 1893-1960 | Title: Lewis C. French Papers, 1919-1960
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 15 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss Z; PH 2325 Abstract: Papers of a farm editor of the Milwaukee Journal (1926-1960), including correspondence, speeches, articles, and annotated news releases, chiefly concerning agriculture, marketing, and conservation. The mostly unidentified photographs include portraits, news photos taken at public events, and one from a Newspaper Farm Editors' Association meeting with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson. |
| French, Linda M. | Title: Linda M. French Papers Quantity: 3 Linear Feet 6 letter document boxes 3 linear feet of correspondence Call Number: Cairns Manuscript, French Abstract: This collection includes approximately 1000 handwritten letters to and from Linda M. French, dated 1890 to 1921. Her writing, both from Berlin and New York City, provide insight to city life in the early 20th century. She frequently describes and critiques lectures, recordings, books, and especially musical and theatrical performances of the time. From 1912 on, French shows an interest in the fight for suffrage and communicates her involvement in and opinions on the movement. Many of the responses are from friends and family members, notably her uncle, Calvin Stebbins; aunt, Susan Burleigh; and a variety of members of the Beebe family who resided in Hampden, Massachusetts. These letters provide details of family news and share instances of everyday life. |
| Freudenheim, Milton B., 1927- | Title: Milton B. Freudenheim Papers, 1947-1978
Quantity: 9.6 cubic feet (24 archives boxes), 27 photographs, and 90 negatives Call Number: Mss 1064; PH 6621 Abstract: Papers of Milton B. Freudenheim, news journalist during the 1960s and 1970s for the Chicago Daily News, an independent newspaper. The collection consists of his work during this time and also includes a small amount of material from his career prior to the Chicago Daily News and from his personal life. Images from the Chicago Daily News can be found at the Chicago History Museum. The newspaper ran from 1875 until 1979. |
| Friedens United Church of Christ (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Friedens United Church of Christ (Milwaukee, Wis.) Records, 1869-1991
Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 12 photographs; plus additions of 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 163; PH Milwaukee Mss 163; M2007-009 Abstract: Records of the Friedens United Church of Christ, organized in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1869 as the Friedens Evangelical Church, a congregation of German Americans. The collection consists mainly of financial records which also include information about membership and clues about church activities. There is also a volume of baptism, confirmation, marriage, death, communion, and special offering records for the years 1914-1928. A scrapbook in the collection includes a 60th anniversary brochure with brief historical notes, and also includes clippings, orders of worship, and other memorabilia. Photographs in the collection include an image of what is presumably the first church built in 1869, an unidentified group of men in front of it, and the stained glass windows and bells of the church. The earliest records are in German. |
| Friedman, Alvin | Title: Alvin Friedman correspondence Quantity: 0.25 Linear Feet One half-size letter document box. One folder with seven letters. Call Number: uac197 Abstract: The Alvin Friedman correspondence contains seven letters sent to Phi Sigma Delta member Alvin Friedman in 1949 endorsing the Fraternity's decision to offer membership to Weather Sykes, the first black student to join an all white fraternity at the University of Wisconsin. Friedman wrote to a number of prominent Americans seeking statements of support for Sykes's admission to the fraternity, hoping, according to his nephew Barry Temkin, that the support of well known people would advance his cause with the fraternity's national headquarters. The letters include statements of support from First Lady Elanor Roosevelt, American Civil Liberties Union director Roger Baldwin, Leonard Bernstein, and Marshal Field. |
| Friedrick, Jacob F., 1892-1978 | Title: Jacob F. Friedrick Papers, 1931-1968
Quantity: 1.4 cubic feet (3 archives boxes and 1 half-archive box), 0.4 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box), 3 audio recordings Call Number: Milwaukee Mss CT; Audio 815A Abstract: Papers of Friedrick, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, labor and civic leader; including correspondence, speeches, resolutions, photographs, and subject files containing information on a wide range of his public activities. Included are files on the Advisory Commission on Workmen's Compensation and several Milwaukee development groups. |
| Friend, Henry C. | Title: Henry C. Friend Papers, 1934-1936
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss DD Abstract: Correspondence from Friend's work as an attorney for the Chicago district office of the Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation, an agency which made mortgage loans to forestall home foreclosures. The letters are those written to the agency's Wisconsin and Illinois legal counsels and routine interoffice memoranda. |
| Friend, Henry C., 1909-1995 | Title: Henry C. Friend Papers, 1952-1988
Quantity: 0.5 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 367 Abstract: Henry C. Friend was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, a lawyer, an activist in environmental issues and ecology, especially regarding the Milwaukee River and a member of the Milwaukee Rowing Club. |
| Friends of Allen Centennial Garden | Title: Friends of Allen Centennial Garden records Quantity: 2 Linear Feet 2 records cartons The collection consists of paper records; one folder contains photo notecards printed on coated paper. Call Number: uac74 Abstract: This collection contains materials related to the Friends of Allen Centennial Garden. Materials include newsletters, correspondence, reports, meeting agendas and minutes, strategic planning documents, and other miscellaneous printed material. The Friends of Allen Centennial Garden serve as ambassadors to promote and sustain the goals of Allen Centennial Garden through education, outreach, and cultural programming by providing volunteer and financial support. |
| Friends of Hixon Forest Nature Center (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Friends of Hixon Forest Nature Center Records Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 114 Abstract: The records of the Friends of the Hixon Forest Nature Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin, include articles of incorporation, bylaws, and newsletts. Materials range in date from 1983 to 1988. |
| Friends of McGilvray Road (La Crosse County, Wis.) | Title: Friends of McGilvray Road, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, Records, 1975-2009
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes), 154 photographs (1 archives box), and 2 transparencies and 6 negatives on 2 negative strips (1 folder) Call Number: La Crosse Mss CS; PH La Crosse Mss CS Abstract: Records of Friends of McGilvray Road, a private non-profit organization. In conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources, the group is responsible for repairing, preserving and maintaining McGilvray Road (also known as the Seven Bridges Road) and its historic bridges, located in the Van Loon Wildlife Area, which is also known as McGilvray Bottoms. The records contain formal agreements between the Friends and other organizations, articles of incorporation, bylaws, a membership list, meeting agenda and minutes, financial reports, background information, newsletters, magazine and newspaper articles, correspondence, grant files, and publicity and fundraising materials. In addition, the records contain three manuscripts written by Ray Kyro and corresponding research notes. Information related to the McGilvray Road print series is also included. |
| Friends of the Filipino People | Title: Friends of the Filipino People Records, 1973-1993
Quantity: 9.6 c.f. (9 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) Call Number: M95-001 Abstract: Records of Friends of the Filipino People (FFP), an organization of U.S. citizens whose main purpose was to educate the American public about the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines and to influence the government to change its policy of support. Goals included the elimination of U.S. economic and military aid, and provision of support to all those in the Philippines who opposed the Marcos regime. The collection mainly documents the group’s projects and education strategies. |
| Friends of the La Crosse Public Library (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Friends of the La Crosse Public Library Records Physical Description: 1.2 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 013 Abstract: Records of an organization initially called La Crosse Public Library Friends that began in April 1964. Encouraged by the library director and a board member, the group's initial goal was to help promote a referendum to build a new library facility in the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The group permanently reorganized as Friends of the La Crosse Public Library in June 1967. Designed to supplement funding beyond the parameters of the library budget, the Friends perform fund-raising activities in order to enhance service, equipment and materials of the La Crosse Public Library. Materials created before 1976 are severely lacking, but include by-laws, check stubs, an early membership lists, some meeting minutes (1967-1969), and promotional materials from the steering committee of 1964. Records since 1976 include by-laws, board minutes, financial records, newsletters and some membership lists. There is also legislative material 1969-1971 trying to promote the concept of a statewide public library system in Wisconsin. |
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Friends of the Max Kade Institute; Zeidler, Frank P., 1912-2006 |
Title: Friends of the Max Kade Institute Records, 1985-2005
Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 72 Abstract: Records of the Friends of the Max Kade Institute, an organization founded to support the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies. Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, and newsletters. |
| Friends of the Wisconsin Historical Society | Title: Friends of the Wisconsin Historical Society Records, 1950-2003
Quantity: 14.1 cubic feet, 88 photographs, 109 transparencies, 35 negatives (35 mm), 1 print, 3 tape recordings, and 1 item of realia Call Number: M83-218; M2002-004; M2002-186; M2004-210; M2007-105; M2009-116; M2013-189; M2017-047; PH 464; PH 1133; PH 1372; PH 1400; PH 1481; PH 2026; PH 2216; PH 2581; PH 4370; PH 4370 (5); Audio 354A Abstract: Records of a non-profit corporation which was created in September 1950 to assist the State Historical Society in conserving, advancing, and disseminating knowledge in the field of Wisconsin history. Originally incorporated as the Women's Auxiliary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the name was changed to Friends of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in 1983 which in turn changed to Friends of the Wisconsin Historical Society in 2001. The records include minutes, original and revised articles of incorporation and by-laws, treasurers' reports, minutes of committee meetings, and a list of its presidents located at the beginning of Volume 3. |
| Fries, David J., 1930- | Title: David J. Fries Papers, 1954-1972
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Whitewater Mss AX Abstract: Fragmentary papers of Fries, a Watertown, Wisconsin, attorney and Socialist Party official who was also a frequent political candidate of the Democratic Party. Socialist Party papers include proposals and project papers, memos, press releases, and statements authored by Fries and a folder of memos concerning his work as editor of the Socialist Tribune. The remainder consists of correspondence, 1968-1972, newspaper clippings, and Democratic Party campaign literature. |
| Fries, Horace Snyder, 1902-1951 | Title: Horace S. Fries Papers, 1921-1951
Quantity: 2.6 c.f. (7 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 518 Abstract: Papers of Horace S. Fries, a Lawrence College and University of Wisconsin philosophy and psychology professor, who was a proponent of John Dewey's philosophy and interested in social planning, philosophy and democracy, and the ethics of science. Included is correspondence with John Dewey, Clarence A. Dykstra, Edwin B. Fred, Sydney Hook, Philip La Follette, David Lilienthal, Max Otto, and other University of Wisconsin professors and administrators; writings and speeches, including his Ph.D. dissertation, “The Development of Dewey's Utilitarianism”; a file on the Wisconsin State Government In-Service Training Apprenticeship Program which he supervised; and a file on “Vanguard,” an experiment in naturalistic religion based on Dewey's A Common Faith. |
| Friesen, Jake | Title: Jake Friesen Papers, 1964-1967
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 528 Abstract: Papers of civil rights worker Jake Friesen and his wife, Jane, who organized the activities of the Valley View Community Center near Canton, Mississippi, for the Mennonite Central Committee. Four folders of correspondence include Friesen's reports to the MCC and committee replies. The remainder of the collection consists of a diary of a 1964 trip through the area, minutes of meetings, and reports on other trips, visits, and investigations by the Mennonites. |
| Frings, Ketti | Title: Ketti Frings Papers, 1921-1962
Quantity: 10.0 c.f. (25 archives boxes, 14 volumes, 1 package) Call Number: U.S. Mss 23AN Abstract: Papers of a playwright, screenwriter, and novelist, including scripts and drafts, occasional correspondence, notes, and scrapbooks. Among the represented titles which she wrote or adapted are the motion pictures The Bells of St. Mary's (RKO, 1945), By Love Possessed (UA, 1961), Come Back, Little Sheba (Para., 1952), Guest in the House (UA, 1944), and The Shrike (Universal, 1955); the novels Hold Back the Dawn (1942) and God's Front Porch (1945); and the play Look Homeward, Angel (1957), which won a Pulitzer Prize for drama. Also included are drafts, typescripts, and correspondence pertaining to short stories published by Collier's, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and Saturday Evening Post; samples of advertising copy written during the 1930's; and song lyrics. |
| Frisby, Leander | Title: Leander Frisby Photographs and papers, Quantity: 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder) of papers, 0.2 linear ft. (40 folders) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 1744 Abstract: Forty Civil War era carte-de-visites collected by Leander Frisby, a West Bend, Wisconsin resident, who was politically active in Wisconsin. The carte-de-visites are all of famous generals, officers, and political figures, including generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist John Brown. Also included in the collection are carte-de-visites of officers from the 28th and 12th Wisconsin Infantry Regiments. The carte-de-visites were originally placed in an album, which was later dismantled. The carte-de-visites are now in alphabetical order. Copies of the original covers of the album, containing more information about Leander Frisby and the donation of the materials, and a list of the original order of the images in the album are included in the manuscripts. A container list of the images is also included with the manuscript materials. |
| Frisch, John G. | Title: John G. Frisch Papers, 1921-1955
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (10 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), 1 tape recording, and 11 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: Wis Mss 26PB; Micro 24; Tape 61A; PH 483 Abstract: Materials relating to Dr. John G. Frisch's leadership of the campaign for fluoridation of public water supplies. The collection comprises correspondence, 1931-1952, including many letters from Dr. Frederick S. McKay of Colorado Springs, Colorado, another leader in the field of fluoridation; articles and speeches by Frisch; statistical summaries of fluoridation experiments in Wisconsin and other states; a pre-fluoridation survey made in Madison, Wis. in 1947, and a post-fluoridation survey made in 1951; a recorded speech given by Frisch at Manitowoc in 1952; a microfilmed scrapbook, 1944-1952, of clippings on water fluoridation in several Wisconsin cities; and lecture notes taken by Frisch at the Marquette University dental school, 1921-1922. The photographs are of mechanical equipment used in the fluoridation of drinking water in various communities in Wisconsin in 1951. |
| Friske, Donald, 1961- | Title: Donald Friske Papers, 2001-2010
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 3.88 gigabytes (8633 files in 480 folders) Call Number: M2011-021 Abstract: Legislative papers of Donald Friske, a Wisconsin Assemblyman for the 35th Assembly District which included all of Lincoln and parts of Langlade, Oneida, and Marathon counties. Contains materials on the Harding Boat Landing, forestry, dams, and the Department of Natural Resources. Friske, a Republican, chaired the Forestry Committee. |
| Fritz, Albert W. | Title: Albert W. Fritz Papers and Still Images, Quantity: 0.2 linear ft. (1 archives box and 1 oversized folder) of papers, 0.1 linear ft. (4 folders and 2 oversized folders) of photographs, 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder) of paper prints, 0.2 linear ft. (1 flat box) of scrapbooks, 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder) of slides. Call Number: WVM Mss 1379 Abstract: Papers, loose photographs, photographic scrapbook, and a slide pertaining to Albert W. Fritz, a Berlin, Wisconsin resident who served with Company I, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division during World War I and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the Second Battle of the Marne (France, 1918). The papers are primarily an assortment of manuscripts covering his service and acceptance of the Distinguished Service Cross. Included are biographical materials, newspaper articles pertaining to Fritz's service and the war in general, a book charting his payments, and a poem about the service of the 1st Division during the war. Correspondence include a very interesting letter written by Fritz to his friend and fellow soldier, Albert Herbert, that discusses the wounds he received at the Battle of the Marne, names friends who were killed during the battle, and briefly describes his actions against German forces. Herbert was a friend from Berlin, Wisconsin who was killed in action before the letter was delivered. Other correspondence include a letter he wrote to his mother after returning to the United States and the telegram his parents received notifying them that Fritz had been severely wounded. There are also training notes Fritz wrote about uniform insignias and unit organization, oversized certificates, a military order giving him permission to wear a chevron indicating he had been wounded, and postwar papers pertaining to his request for an engraved Purple Heart and a new ribbon. The scrapbook contains images of Fritz and fellow soldiers taken during basic training and while stationed in France. There are also images taken at the family farm showing Fritz posing with his sister, Ellen, and his future wife, Lenora Kroll. The scrapbook also includes postcards depicting the U.S.S. George Washington transporting President Wilson to Europe after the war, along with additional images of U.S. Navy vessels. Loose photographs include a portrait of Fritz in uniform while wearing his Distinguished Service Cross medal, several images of him wearing his uniform and medal at the family farm, and a photograph of Fritz during basic training. Of interest are a series of images of Fritz taken in Germany that show him wearing the Distinguished Service Cross, with one image showing him cradling his rifle. Additional images include souvenir photographs and postcards collected by Fritz while he was in Europe, and an oversized lithographic print of a portrait of Fritz in uniform. |
| Froehlke, Robert F. | Title: Robert F. Froehlke Papers, 1968-1974
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: M2002-164 Abstract: Papers of Robert Froehlke, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin law school and executive for Sentry Insurance Company who served as assistant Secretary of Defense (1969-1971) and Secretary of the Army (1971-1973). The papers document his time in Washington, D.C. (1969-1973) and his views on contemporary issues including the Vietnam War, the Nixon administration, and amnesty for draft evaders, a position which he supported in Congressional testimony in 1974. |
| Frohsinn Singing Society (La Crosse, Wis.) | Title: Frohsinn Singing Society Records, 1885-1931
Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box, including 6 volumes) Call Number: La Crosse Mss L Abstract: Records of the Frohsinn Singing Society of La Crosse, Wisconsin, including a copy of the constitution, 1887; a libretto of an opera performed by the society, 1891; secretary's minutes, 1885-1903; business accounts, 1906-1921; and a dues book, 1916-1931, all in German script. |
| Fromkin, Morris, 1892-1969, collector | Title: Morris Fromkin Papers, 1918-1963
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 125 Abstract: The collection consists mainly of correspondence between Morris Fromkin and Emma Goldman as well as correspondence between Fromkin and others discussing Goldman's financial status, speaking tours, and writings. Additonally, the collection also contains several newspaper clippings dating from 1934 to 1937 regarding Goldman's speaking tours, writings, and travels, Fromkin's travel diaries dating from 1958-1963, correspondence from Fromkin to his sister Rhea from 1955, photographs, and newspaper clipping dating from 1932 regarding Fromkins law practice. |
| Fromm Brothers, Inc. | Title: Fromm Brothers, Inc. Records, 1922-1987
Quantity: 80.6 c.f. (70 record center cartons, 1 archives box, 1 card file, and 8 flat boxes), 13 oversize volumes, 2 photographs, and 324 negatives (in 5 negative boxes) Call Number: M94-342 Abstract: Business records of Fromm Brothers, Inc., a major fur farm and ginseng grower located in Marathon County, Wisconsin. The collection documents the development of the Fromm Brothers' fox, mink, and ginseng industry; the history of the company's role in the international fur market; Fromm Laboratories' contributions to veterinary medicine and its contributions to the success of the fur industry; the Fromms' position as leaders in the industry; their importance to the local economy; and finally, the decline of the business. The Fromms operated under several business names and partnerships: Fromm Brothers, Inc.; Fromm-Green Research, Inc. (later Fromm Laboratories, Inc.); Fromm Brothers Silvercross Fox Farm, Inc.; Federal Silver Fox Farms, Inc.; and Fromm Brothers, Nieman and Company. |
| Fruit Growers Cooperative (Door County, Wis.) | Title: Fruit Growers Cooperative Records, 1933-1972
Quantity: 11.4 c.f. (28 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 oversize folder) and 3 films Call Number: Green Bay Mss 53; AB 908-910 Abstract: Records of a cooperative formed in 1933 to harvest, process, and market the cherries and apples grown in Door County, Wisconsin, which went bankrupt in 1972. Included are minutes, audits, tax records, stockholder lists, correspondence, plant layouts and specifications, two films, and many other records. |