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| Peabody, Arthur, 1858-1942 | Title: Arthur Peabody Papers, 1871-1942
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 521 Abstract: Papers of Arthur Peabody, the Wisconsin University Architect, 1906-1915, and State Architect, 1915-1938. Included are autobiographical writings and short stories by Peabody; accounts of a Chicago to California train trip in 1914 and a Door County, Wisconsin, auto trip in 1919; and scrapbooks containing clippings, letters, articles, photographs, and mementos concerning his professional career (especially his university and church buildings) and personal life including his active membership in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Madison, Wisconsin. |
| Peabody, Raymond A., 1883- | Title: Raymond A. Peabody Papers, 1933-1954
Quantity: 6 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 1111; River Falls Micro 165 Abstract: Correspondence of a Republican assemblyman who represented Polk County, Wisconsin from 1943 to 1955. Included are exchanges with friends, family, advocacy groups, state agencies, other legislators, and ordinary citizens concerning most of the important legislative and political issues of the period. Among the most frequent correspondents are fellow legislators Guy Benson, Selmer Gunderson, Earl Hanson, H.E. Heden, and Warren P. Knowles and Dr. J. Arthur Riegel who became a member of the Conservation Commission. Also included are discussions of the early activities of the Legislative Council, of which he was a charter member and frequent references to his personal banking interests and to his activity in Wisconsin Indian Head Country, Inc., an organization to promote tourism. |
| Peace and Jobs Coalition (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Peace and Jobs Coalition (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Records Physical Description: 0.6 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 082 Abstract: An organization active in La Crosse, Wisconsin, from 1980-1990 that supported world peace, weapons reductions, weapon freezes, and union activity. They also took a strong stance against U.S. involvement with the Contras in Nicaragua. Materials include background information, newspaper clippings, state and national background materials, articles of incorporation and by-laws, committee materials, Coordinating Council materials, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, project information, financial materials, and materials from related organizations. |
| Peace Paper Project(Organization) | Title: Peace Paper Project Records, 1999-2019
Quantity: 5.2 cubic ft. (3 binders, 6 boxes, 4 oversize folders, 1 roll) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 358 Abstract: This collection consists of both process materials and finished works of workshops and interventions led by the Peace Paper Project, mostly handmade paper and print samples. The collection also includes some sample papers, prints, and books created by interns and some items created independently by artists associated with the Peace Paper Project. The collection includes recipe books for paper as well as correspondence from co-founder Drew Matott written to Max Yela, Head of the UWM Special Collections department. |
| Peacock, John H., 1874-1963 | Title: John H. Peacock Papers, 1927-1933
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 69 photographs (1 album) Call Number: Platteville Mss R; PH 3082 Abstract: Papers of Peacock, a Prairie du Chien, Wis., businessman, primarily concerning initiation, financing, construction, and completion of the Prairie du Chien bridge over the Mississippi River. Peacock chaired the local bridge committee. Included is correspondence with Senator John J. Blaine and bridge investors, minutes of the bridge committee and the chamber of commerce, architectural plans, and clippings and broadsides, plus miscellaneous business papers. The photograph album documents the construction and opening of the bridge, 1931-1932. |
| Pearce, Charles Chester, 1888-1974 | Title: Charles C. Pearce Papers, 1907-1973
Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (12 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 342 Abstract: Personal and professional papers of Charles C. Pearce, a lawyer who practiced in Washington, D.C. and New York City, and was a special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States from 1938 to 1946. Included is general correspondence, material relating to his work with the antitrust division of the United States Justice Department, private legal practice files, and personal papers. Papers relate to a variety of cases; however, the best documentation is of a fertilizer industry investigation, 1939-1940, and a small loan investigation, 1943-1944, done for the Justice Department. Also well documented are claims of German expatriots for property confiscated by Nazi Germany in World War II, handled by Pearce in his private practice working with the Milwaukee law firm of Wengert and Spenner through the Office of Alien Property and the War Claims Commission. Other papers concern the prosecution of a grocery monopoly case in Seattle, 1941-1942, and of a monopoly of soft drink distribution by Pepsi, Coca Cola, and local distributors, 1941-1942; the dissolution of the Japanese monopolistic control groups, 1946; research on food additive legislation from his work for South Dakota Congressman Usher Burdick, 1956-1957; settlement of the Amy Lesher estate, 1960s; and miscellaneous topics of personal interest. |
| Pease Smith, Linda R. | Title: Pease Family papers Quantity: 0.37 cubic feet 1 letter document box. Collection materials include: one button, one felt badger, 4 magazines, 4 bound volumes, and other paper documents. Call Number: uac10 Abstract: One letter document box containing UW memorabilia, student and UW ephemera, commencement books, and publications from the 1940s and 1950s. |
| Peck, Sidney M. (Sidney Morris), 1926- | Title: Sidney M. Peck Papers, 1946-1988
Quantity: 9.0 cubic feet (23 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder), 17 tape recordings, and 4 photographs Call Number: Mss 845; Audio 1280A; PH Mss 845 Abstract: Papers of social activist and academic sociologist Sidney Peck, documenting his involvement in the anti-Vietnam war movement; anti-nuclear, disarmament, and peace movements; as well as his recorded discussions with labor union shop stewards, made in the course of research on working-class consciousness for his University of Wisconsin doctoral dissertation (1959) and subsequent book, The Rank and File Leader (1963). Over half of the collection consists of FBI files obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and materials relating to hearings and court cases involving Peck which grew out of the FOIA. Correspondence, clippings, speeches, conference reports and resolutions, oral history interviews and other tape recordings, posters, and photographs constitute the remainder of the collection. |
| Pederson, Fred. | Title: Fred Pederson Collection of United States Army Air Intelligence Materials Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 017 Abstract: These Army Air Intelligence materials consist of propaganda illustrations and Impact magazines from World War II. The propaganda illustrations are photographic reproductions of propaganda posters distributed by the U.S. Army and the War Department. The Impact magazines, dated 1943-1945, were publications produced by the Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence. The magazines contain information and photographs about airplanes, equipment, tactics, and mission results. There are no biographical documents or personal papers of Fred Pederson in this collection. |
| Pederson, Thomas, 1862- | Title: Thomas Pederson Reminiscences of the Long Coulee Community Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot Call Number: MISC MSS 101 Abstract: Photocopy of reminiscences written by Thomas Pederson in 1924 regarding pioneer life and social customs of the Norwegian community of Long Coulee near Holmen, Wisconsin in the 1860s. |
| Pedrick, Samuel M., 1868-1963 | Title: Samuel M. Pedrick Papers, 1897-1962, undated
Quantity: 5 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 312 Abstract: Papers compiled by Samuel M. Pedrick, an authority on the history of Ripon, Wisconsin. Papers consist of a genealogy of the Pedrick family and the allied Robbins, Taintor, Newcomb, Raymond, Van Allen, Mott, and DeMott families, including biographical notes from about 1600 to 1955; Pedrick's private correspondence, 1897, and autobiography; and biographical sketches of Ripon, Wis., families and individuals, including clippings and typescript copies of obituaries and directory entries from about 1840 to 1962. |
| Peeke, Charles M. | Title: Charles M. Peeke Korean War Letters, 1950-1952
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes), 115 photographs, and 11 transparencies Call Number: M2011-067 Abstract: Letters home from Army Colonel Charles M. Peeke to his wife and children during the Korean War. They contain daily descriptions of life in the army, accounts of battles including the Chinese invasion and U.S. counteroffensive, reflections on the war, and comments on political developments such as cease fire talks and the MacArthur trial. Also present are photographs and transparencies of Col. Peeke and his fellow officers and men, as well as photocopied articles on Col. Peeke's career. |
| Peet, Edward L., 1859-1929 | Title: Edward L. Peet Papers, 1890-1929
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: River Falls Mss BV Abstract: Papers of Peet, a Burnett County, Wis., journalist, land developer, and promoter of immigration to the cutover lands of northern Wisconsin; including records relating to the Kohler-Peet Company, Minneapolis, a firm dealing in land along the St. Croix and Clam rivers, and to Peet's other business and personal activities. Included is a plat map of 1913 additions to Danbury, Wis. |
| Peirce, Jonathan L., 1799-1875 | Title: Jonathan L. Peirce Family Papers, 1810-1918
Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss BF Abstract: Correspondence and business records of Milwaukee resident Jonathan Peirce and various members of his family, mostly about personal matters and the education of family members. Included are letters written by grandson Franklin Lovering Peirce while he was an air cadet in Texas during World War I. Also includes family memorabilia including an autograph book, book of hymns, marriage certificate, and confirmation papers. |
| Pelecky, Stan T., 1934- | Title: Stan T. Pelecky Papers, 1959-1966 (bulk 1963-1964)
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EE Abstract: Papers, mainly 1963-1964, of Stan T. Pelecky, a one-term Democratic assemblyman from Milwaukee, consisting of letters from constituents and interest groups and a subject file concerning his interest in consumer issues and other legislative topics. |
| Pemble, Carl A. | Title: Carl A. Pemble Papers, 1958-1971
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: River Falls Mss BA Abstract: Papers of Carl Pemble of River Falls, Wisconsin, president of Save the St. Croix, Inc., a citizens' group opposed to construction of a Northern States Power Company generating plant on the St. Croix River at Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, because of its potential for ecological and recreational damage. Also present are papers on the River Falls Committee for Human Survival, a group seeking nuclear disarmament and an end to nuclear testing. |
| Pendrell, Ernest, 1913-1992 | Title: Ernest Pendrell Papers, 1939-1976
Quantity: 4.8 cubic feet (12 archives boxes) and 45 films (16 mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 149AN; CC 034-CC 039; CC 958-CC 959; CD 085; DC 638-639; DC 726-DC 742; DF 675-DF 678; FH 166-FH 171; FH 209-FH 210; FH 356-FH 357; FH 363-FH 365 Abstract: Papers of Ernest Pendrell, a journalist and maker of television documentaries. The bulk of the collection consists of shooting scripts, research, transcripts of interviews, films, financial records, and reviews relating to ABC News' Scope and Directions series and to a number of individual news specials aired by that network. Among the subjects treated are marijuana and drug abuse, abortion, race relations, the welfare system, violence in Northern Ireland, nuclear power, and the Vietnam conflict and the problems of the veterans of that era. Also present are script materials for Guns of August (Universal, 1964), a full-length documentary film about World War I; Feeling Good, a PBS series on health; and files on several unproduced titles. Dramatic writings are less well represented, but include four plays and a script for DuPont Show of the Week (NBC). |
| Penewell, Jack | Title: Jack Penewell collection Quantity: 2 Linear Feet 1 document box, 1 record carton Collection includes: papers; journal issues; sheet music; newspaper clippings; photographs; photograph negatives; photographic slides; 78 rpm audio discs; scrap book; photograph album; microfilm reel. Call Number: mml014 Abstract: Materials compiled by Jack Penewell documenting his career and personal life. Penewell was a Minnesota-born, Wisconsin-based guitarist, composer and inventor. Materials include: photographs, newspaper clippings, slides, contracts, fliers, 78-rpm audio discs, correspondence, sheet music, and various issues of serial publications. |
| Penn, Raymond J., 1911-1982 | Title: Raymond J. Penn Papers, 1924-1978
Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 638 Abstract: Papers of an agricultural economist who was actively involved in the Wisconsin rural planning movement from the 1940s through the 1960s. Included are correspondence, reports, land use planning data, and a reference file of Wisconsin county and local zoning ordinances. The collection includes reports on various planning projects in which Penn or the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Wisconsin was involved including assessments of rural zoning during the 1930s and the northern resettlement project. Also included are materials on his involvement in the Forest Crop Advisory Committee during the 1960s and in the attempt to strengthen Wisconsin's water pollution legislation during the 1950s. The zoning reference file most extensively documents Penn's zoning work in Eau Claire and Oneida Counties. |
| Penner, Carl, 1878- | Title: Carl Penner Papers, 1917-1966
Quantity: 0.7 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 folder) and 3 tape recordings Call Number: Mss 190; SC 1051; Tape 345A Abstract: Papers of Colonel Carl Penner, commanding officer of the 120th Field Artillery Regiment, concerning the regiment's service in France, 1918-1919, and the post-war Regimental Association formed by its members. Field orders, memoranda, information reports, and bulletins comprise the bulk of the papers. Also included are several diaries kept by members of the regiment, minutes and a financial statement of the Association, and two tape-recorded interviews on three cassettes. |
| Penokee Veneer Company | Title: Penokee Veneer Company, 1939-1967
Quantity: 36.4 c.f. (27 record center cartons and 25 archives boxes), 474 photographs, and 8 negatives Call Number: Northland Mss I; PH 3925 Abstract: Records of a hardwood veneer and plywood company which operated in northwestern Wisconsin and of its subsidiaries and associated companies, Splicedwood Corporation, Chequamegon Forest Products, and F.A. MacDonald Co. Also included is considerable material from conservative political organizations and manufacturers associations which document their anti-Communist ideas, opposition to unions, and efforts to affect national trade policy and limit the importation of Japanese plywood. Files consist of correspondence, newsletters, sales and production reports, inventories, personnel files, files of company attorney Richard R. Prittie, and financial and administrative records. Prominent correspondents are Joseph McCarthy, Alexander Wiley, and Alvin O'Konski. Prominent manufacturers' associations represented are the Hardwood Plywood Institute, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, National Association of Manufacturers, Northern Hemlock and Manufacturers Association, Veneer Association, and the Wisconsin Manufacturers Association. Penokee founder M. C. McIver served as a director of Northland College (Ashland, Wisconsin); the college is documented by correspondence, financial material, and information on the Freedom Leaders Councils held in the 1950s. Photographs are related to employees, operations, and products of the company throughout its history. They include documentation of each step in the veneer making process. |
| People's Office (Madison, Wis.) | Title: People's Office Records, 1970-1973
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 610 Abstract: Records of a Madison, Wisconsin based nonprofit telephone counseling and referral service which operated from August 1970 to May 1973 as a leftist organization directly involved with anti-Vietnam War demonstrations at the University of Wisconsin. The collection includes the People's Office Handbook, leases, minutes, the People's Release weekly newsletter, logbooks of telephone calls and community problems received, “bust sheets,” and printed material. |
| People's Video (Madison, Wis.) | Title: People's Video Records, 1974-1977
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 489 Abstract: Records of People's Video, a communications service founded in 1972 to provide technical training and public access programming for cable television in Madison, Wisconsin, in order to promote community dialogue and social change. The collection is largely composed of correspondence and grant proposals and other than unprocessed tapes and films there is little production material, although the photographs do document some productions. Of note are files on People's Video's involvement in the leasing of the Madison cable franchise to Complete Channel Television. Files on several related media organizations include Capital Media Associates, Feminists Against Media Oppression, and the Feminists Video Collective. The last-named includes some correspondence with feminist filmmaker Pamela Allen. Materials also document the organization's relationship to funding agencies, VISTA, and the Campaign for Human Development. |
| Pepin County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Pepin County (Wis.). Register of Deeds. Grantor/Grantee Index, 1856-1887
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm.) Call Number: Pepin Series 11 Abstract: Index to Pepin County deeds (Pepin Series 12) containing the names of grantors (sellers) and grantees (purchasers) noted in real estate deeds. Shows date and time the deed was recorded, names of grantor and grantee, type of instrument, description of the property, and volume and page number of the deed record where the instrument is recorded. |
| Pepin County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Pepin County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Deeds, 1856-1888
Quantity: 7 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Pepin Series 12 Abstract: Microfilmed documents showing conveyance of real estate. Entries show names of persons involved in the land transfer, legal description of the land, and amount paid. Volumes F-L and N-O contain a mixture of warranty, bounty, school, and university deeds, as well as homestead. |
| Pepin County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Pepin County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, circa 1864-1975
Quantity: 54 reels of microfilm (35mm) and 8.5 c.f. (volumes) Call Number: Pepin Series 5 Abstract: Volumes indicating land ownership and a description of taxable real estate, valuation of each parcel, taxes due, and a record of the payment of taxes. Also recorded in many of the volumes are valuations, taxes due, and taxes paid for personal property. Beginning in 1950 only every fifth year is present. |
| Perkel, George, 1919- | Title: Textile Workers Union of America Oral History Project: George Perkel Interview, 1978
Quantity: 5 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 722A 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 George Perkel interview is part of the Textile Workers Union of America Oral History Project. |
| Perkins, Hattie, (Harriet Swinburne) | Title: Hattie Swinburne Perkins Photograph Album Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot Call Number: MISC MSS 226 Abstract: Photograph album kept by Harriet (Hattie) Swinburne Perkins; individuals pictured include: Grace Denson, Clara Riddner, Ada Perkins, Bill Perkins, Boot Brown, Maud Demell, Hattie Kroehler, Tobias Kroehler, Johnnie Swinburne, Victor Swinburne, and Ruth Swinburne. Photographs were taken primarily in La Crosse and Sparta, Wisconsin. |
| Perkins, John Erastus, 1811-1862 | Title: John E. Perkins Papers, 1829-1925
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 605 Abstract: Scattered papers, 1829, 1836-1837, 1849, 1857, 1861-1862, 1881, 1923, 1925, of John Erastus Perkins, captain of Co. C, 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. Included is a report on schools in Massena, New York, in 1829; correspondence and a memoranda book, 1836-1837, concerning Perkins' work on the Long Sault and James River canals in Virginia, expenses, and travel; Civil War correspondence, 1861-1862, and a diary, 1862, which briefly describe the weather and army life; and papers and clippings concerning Perkins, his wartime service, and Co. C's eagle mascot, “Old Abe.” |
| Perl, Arnold, 1914-1971 | Title: Arnold Perl Papers, 1947-1964
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes), 32 disc recordings, 11 tape recordings, 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), and photographs and posters Call Number: U.S. Mss 65AN; Disc 63A; Tape 401A; Micro 1199 Abstract: Papers of producer and playwright Arnold Perl primarily concerning two plays, The World of Sholom Aleichem (l953) and Tevya and His Daughters (l959), which he adapted from the stories of Sholom Aleichem and produced with Howard Da Silva. Included are production correspondence, microfilmed clippings, photographs, variant drafts of scripts, financial information, recordings, and publicity. Also in the collection are some miscellaneous papers relating to Banner Productions, Perl's productio company, which operated Carnegie Hall Playhouse. |
| Perrin, Richard W. E., 1909-1990. | Title: Richard Perrin Collection, circa 1950-1970
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 47 Abstract: A collection of 173 black and white photographs of Milwaukee-area buildings, either taken by Richard Perrin or ones he collected from various sources. The photos were originally in at least eight volumes and are mainly of residences and churches. |
| Perrin, Richard W. E., 1909-1990 | Title: Richard W. E. Perrin Papers, 1874-1995
Quantity: 20.6 cubic ft. (72 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 157 Abstract: Papers of Richard Perrin (1909-1990), a Milwaukee architect who worked for the City of Milwaukee in the Housing Authority and later the Department of City Development. Throughout his career, Perrin’s main area of focus was in the restoration and preservation of historic structures and sites, particularly in Wisconsin. Contains correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs. |
| Perry Hauge Evangelical Lutheran Church (Dane County, Wis.) | Title: Perry Hauge Evangelical Lutheran Church Records, 1852-1973
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 503; Micro 588 Abstract: Records of the Perry Hauge Evangelical Lutheran Church, a Norwegian Lutheran congregation in the Town of Perry, Dane County, Wisconsin, which disbanded about 1954, and of the Perry Hauge Log Church Preservation Association. The congregation's records consist of a constitution; records of deaths, confirmations, baptisms, marriages, and membership (1852-1955); minutes; and financial notes. The preservation association records include minutes, financial records, and other items. |
| Perry, Harry, Judge, collector | Title: Judge Harry Perry Collection of Black River Falls, Wisconsin Photographs by Charles Van Schaick and Ben Heller, circa 1900-circa 1914
Quantity: 33 photographs (33 folders) Call Number: PH 399; PH 6003 Abstract: Views of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, collected by Judge Harry Perry and made by photographers Charles Van Schaick and Ben Heller, circa 1900-1914. The majority of the images are of the October 6, 1911, flood in Black River Falls, documenting damage along the river and in the town. The Van Schaick images include views of the flood as well as images of a railroad bridge over the river, the funeral of postmaster Martin Lien, a Navy memorial boat launch, circa 1907, and rebuilding after the flood. Many of the Heller images of the flood were included in “Disaster at Black River Falls, Wis.,” a series of photographs by Heller. Other Heller images show the construction of the powerhouse at Black River Falls and businesses along the bank of the Black River. |
| Perry, Louise E. | Title: Louise Perry Collection, circa 1975
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 44 Abstract: This collection consists of 83 photographs and their negatives that were taken in the mid 1970s. The photos are of an area in the Walker’s Point Neighborhood, primarily South 5th Street, with some photos taken on South 4th Street and some on West Florida Street. The photos are a mix of commercial and residential buildings. |
| Perry, Willian Norman | Title: Willian Norman Perry Papers, Quantity: 1.4 linear ft. (2 archives boxes and 12 oversize folders). Call Number: WVM Mss 61 Abstract: Papers of William Norman Perry, a sergeant in Company D, 22nd Wisconsin Infantry and later 1st Lieutenant in Company K, 44th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War. Letters that he wrote home to his wife, Amie, make up the majority of the collection. The letters are numerous and informative, covering the usual troop movements and conditions faced by soldiers, but also touching upon a prisoner of war experience, hospital stays, and the assassination of Abraham Lincolinear Also included are various rolls and reports collected by Perry through his role as an officer with the 44th Wisconsin. These documents provide an interesting look at the inner workings of a Union Civil War company. Ephemeral items include a handwritten list of members of the company who kept their government-issued guns and a petition to raise funds to buy a new base drum for the regiment. Personal service records give some details about Perry's service, focusing on his commission with the 44th Wisconsin. Scattered papers from his post-war life in South Dakota mostly focus on his pursuit of a government pension. |
| Person, Bernard | Title: Bernard Person Papers, 1915-1976
Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons, 2 archives boxes, and 4 flat boxes) Call Number: MCHC84-016 Abstract: Papers, 1915-1976, of Dutch journalist Bernard Person, who delivered daily broadcasts to the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II and was later decorated by the Dutch Government. As a newspaper reporter, Person covered the French occupation of the Ruhr and the 1924 trial of Adolf Hitler in Munich. Person brought his family to the United States in March 1939. In 1945, he was assigned to the United Nations representing Dutch newspapers. He remained at that post until 1978, when he retired. The materials, almost entirely in Dutch, document his career in journalism. |
| Peru (Dunn County, Wis.: Town) Clerk | Title: Peru (Dunn County, Wis.: Town). Clerk: Clerk's Records, ca. 1865-1978
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Dunn Series 15 Abstract: Materials comprising the Town Clerk's papers of the Town of Peru in Dunn County, Wisconsin including annual and other financial reports and records, road records, school reports and census materials, miscellaneous minutes and resolutions of town board meetings, election records, enrollment of militia (ca. 1893), reports of creameries, cheese factories, and milk in the township, records relating to burial and death, and miscellaneous materials. |
| Petersen, Arnold, 1885-1976 | Title: Arnold Petersen Papers, 1892-1969
Quantity: 10.5 c.f. Call Number: M86-064; M91-128 Abstract: Papers of Arnold Petersen, national secretary of the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) from 1914 to 1969, including brief outgoing correspondence; Socialist Labor Party statements and reports, national convention records, party publications, and other records; and extensive writings and speeches by Petersen. |
| Petersen, Bill (William D.), 1959- | Title: Bill Petersen Photograph of Hixon Forest in the July 1989 Issue of
Minnesota Monthly
Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 052 Abstract: Photograph of Hixon Forest in La Crosse, Wisconsin, taken by Bill Petersen as it appeared in the July 1989 issue of Minnesota Monthly. |
| Petersen, Bill, (William D.), 1959- | Title: History of Hixon Forest and Nature Center Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 074 Abstract: Photocopy of "History of Hixon Forest and Nature Center," written by Bill Petersen in 1989. |
| Petersen, Bill, (William D.), 1959- | Title: A Brief History of the La Crosse River Marsh Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 049 Abstract: "A Brief History of the La Crosse River Marsh," written by Bill Petersen in 1988, giving information about this area in La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
| Peterson Grocery Store (Eau Claire, Wis.) | Title: Peterson Grocery Store Records, 1881-1920
Quantity: 15.2 c.f. (38 archives boxes) Call Number: Eau Claire Mss W Abstract: Records of a Wisconsin grocery store and its predecessor firms, consisting mainly of financial records including invoices of wholesale purchases and daily customer orders. Also included is a small amount of business and personal correspondence, 1888-1920, in Danish and English; wholesaler's price lists and advertisements, 1879-1920; and “poor orders” listing the grocery orders filled for the city's poor, 1897-1909. |
| Peterson, Alfred Walter | Title: Joseph Hammersley collection Quantity: 0.5 Linear Feet One legal document box. Three folders of paper documents. Call Number: uac210 Abstract: The Joseph Hammersley collection contains correspondence and affidavits related to uninvestigaed complaints against University of Wisconsin-Madison Police officers in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Hammersley was hired as a groundskeeper by the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1938. Over time his responsibilities expanded to night watch and investigations. Hammersley is often referred to as the University's first Chief of Police. Though he never held such a roll, by the 1940s he had become the face of law enforcement on campus. Hammersley was still employed by the University when he died in 1959. |
| Peterson, Alvin M., 1884- | Title: Alvin M. Peterson Papers, 1921-1977
Quantity: 8.5 c.f. (19 archives boxes, 1 record center carton, 1 small box) Call Number: La Crosse Mss CP Abstract: Papers of Alvin M. Peterson, a La Crosse County, Wis., naturalist and writer, consisting primarily of his writings documenting observations of nature, particularly birds and wild flowers. Present are many of Peterson's published works of fiction and non-fiction, draft manuscripts, clipping scrapbooks, leaf prints of wild flowers in the Coulee region, checklists and surveys of plants in the area, and illustrated notebooks on the transformation of his farm. The fiction consists of children's books which, like the non-fiction works, mainly feature nature topics. Three writing by Peterson's wife, Mae Rose (Draeger) Peterson, are also included in the collection. |
| Peterson, Brian L., 1942- | Title: Brian L. Peterson Papers, 1963-1970
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 498 Abstract: Papers of Brian Peterson, a political activist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, consisting of correspondence, notes, writings, and collected papers. Included are files on his participation in the Teaching Assistants Association, the History Students Association, and other campus organizations involved in anti-Vietnam War activities. Also present is a folder of recollections of work as a SNCC volunteer in Mississippi in 1964. |
| Peterson, David C. | Title: David Peterson Research Materials on Princess Nadonis Shawa, 1989-1998 (bulk 1991-1992)
Extent: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: M2006-116 Abstract: Research materials, 1989-1998 (bulk 1991-1992), collected by David Peterson, a professor of theater and music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for his biography of Princess Nadonis Shawa, also known as Louise Alston Burleigh, an Ojibwa poetess and entertainer during the 1910s through 1940s. Included is correspondence between Peterson and his contacts; handwritten and typed notes, outlines, and ideas; a copy of the finished manuscript; a copy of the biography from the Wisconsin Dells Events (in 4 parts); and genealogical and background research materials (some photocopied material) regarding Princess Nadonis and her career. |
| Peterson, Donald O., 1925- | Title: Donald O. Peterson Papers, 1947-1980 (bulk 1967-1972)
Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (4 record center cartons) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm); plus additions of 10.0 c.f. and 2 posters Call Number: Eau Claire Mss BB; M90-285; M2006-119 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1967-1972, of Donald O. Peterson, a liberal leader of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. The papers document Peterson's work in state and national Democratic party politics and reform initiatives. Major subjects include Peterson's leadership of Eugene McCarthy's 1968 presidential campaign in Wisconsin (available only on microfilm); his participation in the New Democratic Coalition (1968-1973), the Commission on Rules of the Democratic National Committee (1969-1972), and the Democratic Charter Commission (1973-1974); and his unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in 1970. Also of interest is material on Peterson's involvement with George McGovern's 1962 senatorial campaign and Edmund Muskie's 1972 presidential campaign. |
| Peterson, Larry | Title: Larry Peterson Papers, 1983-1991
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 2011 Abstract: Microfilmed papers of a paper company worker and resident of Park Falls, Wisconsin, who was a leader in the movement which opposed the liberal interpretation of the nineteenth century Indian treaties and who was a founder and board chairman of Protect American Rights and Resources, a national anti-Treaty Rights organization. Included about PARR are Peterson's correspondence to politicians and movement leaders; correspondence of newsletter editor Jerry Schumacher; press releases; clippings; speech notes and drafts; reference material; and statements. A smaller quantity of material relates to a similar, earlier organization, Equal Rights for Everyone. |
| Petri, Thomas E., 1940- | Title: Thomas E. Petri Wisconsin State Senate Papers,
1973-1979
Quantity: 12.0 cubic feet (11 record center cartons, 2 archives boxes and 1 half archives box) Call Number: Oshkosh Mss BY Abstract: Wisconsin Senate legislative papers of a Republican State Senator (1973-1978) from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, including constituent correspondence and bill and committee files. There are extensive letters concerning abortion, alcohol and raising the drinking age, education and collective bargaining for teachers, the Equal Rights Amendment, the state budget and taxation and other important issues of the period. Prominent correspondents include Lee S. Dreyfus, Tony Earl, Harold V. Froehlich, Jack Kemp, Patrick J. Lucey, and William Steiger. The committee files deal with work on the Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, the Joint Audit Committee, the Republican Task Force on Welfare Reform, and the Senate Human Services Committee. |
| Petri, Thomas E., 1940- | Title: Thomas E. Petri Congressional Papers, 1956-2014
Quantity: 95.0 cubic feet (95 record center cartons), 72 audio recordings (cassettes), 49 audio recordings (reel to reel), 5 audio recordings (CDs), 3.0 cubic feet of photographs, negatives, and transparencies (3 record center cartons), 57 video recordings (1/2 inch VHS), and 19 video recordings (DVDs) Call Number: Oshkosh Mss DL; Audio 1986A; PH Oshkosh Mss DL; VDA 450-VDA 468; VHC 610-VHC 666 Abstract: Papers of a Republican Congressman from the Sixth Congressional District of Wisconsin who served from 1979 to 2014. Collection includes personal papers, speeches, correspondence, sponsored legislation and other records documenting Petri's congressional career including his committee work on the Education and Labor and the Transportation and Infrastructure committees as well as various subcommittees. Subjects covered include Petri's legislative initiatives comprising the MultiCare health care act, IDEA and STAR acts related to student loans, push poll legislation, Federal Deposit Insurance reforms, tobacco deregulation, Fox River Wisconsin Locks, milk market pricing issues and agriculture issues. Photographs, audio and television recordings are also included as are select materials from Petri's childhood. |
| Pettibone family | Title: Pettibone Family Biographical Information Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 229 Abstract: The Pettibone Family Biographical Information materials include a photocopy of "The Pettibones: Gone, Bygone, and Doggone" (written by John Samuel Pettibone in 1947), and biographical information about the Albert Wells Pettibone, Jr. family, as compliled in 2006. The latter Pettibone was the great-great grandson of Albert Wells Pettibone, who lived from 1827 until 1915. |
| Pettibone Park Commission (La Crosse, Wis.) | Title: Pettibone Park Commission Records, 1900-1977
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (1 archives box and 1 flat box) Call Number: La Crosse Mss BQ Abstract: Records of a commission established in 1901 to administer a Mississippi River park designed by landscape architect Frank H. Nutter and given to the city of La Crosse by Albert W. Pettibone. Included are correspondence, deeds, a map, minutes of meetings, leases, annual reports, clippings, articles of incorporation, and financial records. |
| Pettingill, Grace Imogene | Title: Grace Imogene Pettingill Scrapbook of St. Mary's School in Knoxville, Illinois Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 057 Abstract: Scrapbook kept by Grace Imogene Pettingill in 1898 concerning her activities at St. Mary's School in Knoxville, Illinois. |
| Pew Center for Civic Journalism | Title: Pew Center for Civic Journalism: Records, 1992-2003
Quantity: 47.4 cubic feet (26 records center cartons and 30 flat boxes), 355 videorecordings (30 video boxes and 3 records center cartons), 264 tape recordings (14 cassette boxes), 10 compact discs, 14 floppy disks, 9 zip disks, 18 CD-ROMs (2 disk boxes), and 29 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: M2004-204; Audio 1583A Abstract: Records of the Pew Center for Civic Journalism (PCCJ), a project established in 1993 by the Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by the Tides Center of San Francisco. The collection documents four special civic journalism initiatives, grants and other funded and unfunded activities, workshops, and files from publications and research. The greatest portion of the collection consists of papers, tearsheets, and video and tape recordings from prize-winning and grant-funded entries in the PCCJ's James K. Batten Award for Excellence in Civic Journalism competition. The competition ran yearly from 1995-2002; its exhibits document 800 civic journalism projects that occurred around the country. The project stimulated citizen involvement in community issues by helping print and broadcast news organizations experiment with ways to reconnect to their communities and engage their citizens in dialogue and problem solving. Subjects of the entries include race relations, crime, alcoholism, poverty, AIDS, sprawl, transportation, voting issues, election coverage, education, housing, health, and drugs and violence. |
| Pewaukee (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Pewaukee (Wis.). Clerk: Records, 1887-1968
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Waukesha Series 43 Abstract: Pewaukee, Wisconsin, village clerk's records including registers of marriage, 1907-1943; cemetery (primarily Forest Hill Cemetery) and burial records, 1900-1968; and village financial records. |