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Pi Kappa Alpha	Title: Pi Kappa Alpha Records Quantity: 1 Linear Feet 1 record carton Call Number: Accession 1995/061 Abstract: This collection includes materials from the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Specifically the collection includes a record book and an officers' handbook.
Pi Kappa Delta. Province of the Upper Mississippi	Title: Pi Kappa Delta. Province of the Upper Mississippi: Records, 1947-1981 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: River Falls Mss AM Abstract: Records, 1947-1965, of a national debating and public speaking organization's Midwest branch and records of the River Falls Chapter, 1948-1981, associated with the University of Wisconsin--River Falls. Branch records include correspondence, constitutions, scattered minutes and financial records, tournament and correction plans, and photographs.
Pick, James W.; Casper, Jean A.	Title: Erastus Bradley Wolcott Collection, 1952-2006 Quantity: 1.4 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 147 Abstract: Collection of research materials about Erastus B. Wolcott (1804-1880), a Milwaukee doctor and Civil War veteran.
Pickett, Lee F., d. 1918	Title: Lee F. Pickett Papers, 1917-1927 Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Wis Mss MA Abstract: Mainly World War I letters written by Lee F. Pickett, second lieutenant of Company I, 102nd Infantry, giving his impressions of France and describing the Second Battle of the Marne, at which he was wounded. Letters from his army associates to his mother offer condolences upon Pickett's death at the Battle of the Argonne Forest in 1918 and describe his military career. Several citations to Pickett for bravery are also included.
Pickus, Robert	Title: Robert Pickus Papers, 1947-1969 Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes), 15 reels of microfilm (35mm), 32 photographs, 1 negative, and 22 pieces of ephemera Call Number: Mss 547; Micro 825; PH Mss 547; PH Mss 547 (5) Abstract: Papers of peace advocate Robert Pickus, primarily concerning two groups in which Pickus was a leader: the California-based Acts for Peace and its successor, Turn Toward Peace, a national organization. Included are personal and organizational correspondence, speeches and writings, biographical information, and organizational papers such as minutes, financial records, position papers, clippings, publicity, reports, flyers, memoranda, research material, a wide variety of publications, forms, ephemera, and photographs, including images of demonstrations, parades, and displays. The collection relates to a host of activities including education and public witness projects with churches, students and children, politicians, community peace centers (especially well documented are the Marin and Seattle Peace Centers), and conscientious objectors. Although Pickus is well known for his critique of the New Left during the anti-Vietnam War era, this aspect of his career is not well documented in the collection.
Piel, Eleanor Jackson, 1920-	Title: Eleanor Jackson Piel Papers, 1954-1992 Quantity: 21.8 cubic feet (21 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes) Call Number: M2010-079 Abstract: Papers of Eleanor Jackson Piel, a New York City attorney known for handling civil rights and civil liberties cases, together with some papers of fellow attorney Philip Wittenberg that were in her custody. Selected based on legal or historical importance, the files represent a variety of types of litigation ranging from Sandra Adickes v. Kress, a precedent-setting civil rights case appealed to the Supreme Court, to numerous cases of discrimination based on gender, a Florida death penalty appeal, and numerous criminal cases of special note.
Pieper, Carl G.	Title: Carl G. Pieper Papers, 1917-1940 Quantity: .9 cubic ft. (2 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 145 Abstract: Papers of a Milwaukee native and U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class who served at Base Hospital No. 22 (named Beau Desert) near Bordeaux, France during World War I. Most of the collection consists of photographs, originally stored in two scrapbooks. For preservation reasons, Piepers' scrapbook of hospital photos was disassembled; his compilation of sightseeing images from France remains in its original scrapbook. The images include unit photographs, and scenes of camp life, German prisoners, hospital wards, nurses, patients, and training in Milwaukee. The unit was manned by men and women organized by the Milwaukee County chapter of the American Red Cross. A unit history published in 1940 provides details on the origin, operations, and demobilization of the hospital.
Pierce County (Wis.). County Court	Title: County Court, Pierce County, Wisconsin, Certificates of Descent of Real Estate and Terminations of Joint Tenancy, 1900-1940 Quantity: 4.4 cubic feet (4 record center cartons and 1 archives box) Call Number: Pierce Series 171 Abstract: Case files for Pierce County Court, under the name of the decedent, in which persons interested in the estate petitioned the court to determine the heirs entitled to the property and then issue a certificate of descent or a termination of joint tennancy giving the court's decision. Files contain the petition, showing the time and place of death and the residence of the decedent, the names, addresses and relationship to the decedent of all heirs entitled to any interest in the property, and a description of all property for which a determination of descent is sought.
Pierce County (Wis.). Treasurer	Title: Pierce County (Wis.). Treasurer: Roll of State Lands, 1860-1864 Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (62 volumes in 4 archives boxes) Call Number: Pierce Series 10 Abstract: A listing of state-owned lands and lands mortgaged to the state, showing legal description of the land, number of acres, and class of land (school, University, or mortgaged). Later volumes also show assessed valuation.
Pierce County (Wis.). Treasurer	Title: Pierce County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax and Assessment Rolls, 1854-1995 Quantity: 72.0 cubic feet (47 archives boxes and 716 volumes) and 21 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Pierce Series 4 Abstract: Rolls show ownership and description of taxable lands, assessed valuation of each parcel, taxes due, and record of payment of taxes. Total valuation, taxes due, and taxes paid are shown for personal property. For the years 1854-1870 all tax rolls were retained; after 1870 rolls were retained for each year for the city of River Falls and generally for the decennial years for all other local units; for the years 1975-1995 only tax rolls for every fifth year have been retained.
Pierce, D. H. (Dudley Humphrey), 1871-1955	Title: D. H. Pierce Papers, 1889-2002 Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes), 9 photographs, 62 negatives, and 1.27 megabytes (14 data files) Call Number: Mss 986; PH Mss 986 Abstract: Papers of D. H. Pierce, an Appleton (Wis.) businessman who was nationally known for his Red Shuffler game fowl. Included in the papers are game fowl periodicals, diaries, financial records, family correspondence, photographs, and employment and investment records (1889-1966). Also included are research files compiled from the 1950s to 1993 by three separate researchers documenting D. H. Pierce and his Wisconsin Red Shufflers. An index to the periodicals and transcriptions of each diary, completed in 2002, are included in the collection.
Pierce, Danny, 1920-	Title: Danny Pierce Woodblocks, Photographs, and Other Material, 1995-1996 Quantity: 3.2 cubic ft. (8 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 224 Abstract: This collection contains woodblocks carved by the artist and former UW-Milwaukee art professor Danny Pierce for two of his books, Alces the Sad Moose (1995) and The Trek (1996). Also included are color photographs of Pierce taken while preparing the blocks and text for Alces the Sad Moose.
Pierce, Jean M.	Title: Jean M. Pierce Papers, 1890-1961, 1990 Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: M90-347 Abstract: Genealogy of the Amelse-Berger and Pierce-Ellis families, including family group sheets, compiled by Jean M. Pierce in 1990. Records also include photographs and ephemera, circa 1890-1961.
Pierce, Mildred, 1910-1980	Title: Mildred Pierce Papers, 1940-1947 Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 201 Abstract: Papers of a Milwaukee Women's Army Auxiliary Corp World War II veteran. The collection mainly consists of memorabilia, paperwork, and photographs Pierce collected during her service with the corp throughout World War II. Also included in the collection is a Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) genealogy.
Pierce, Robert L., 1901-1968	Title: Robert L. Pierce Papers, 1955-1968 (bulk 1960-1968) Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Stout Mss 6 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1960-1968, of Robert L. Pierce, a former chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin (1953-1955). Included are correspondence, reports, agendas, newspaper clippings, and biographical material primarily concerning his involvement in the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Republican national conventions.
Pierce, Theodore, 1904-1999 Motley, Willard, 1909-1965	Title: Theodore Pierce papers Quantity: 0.4 Linear Feet 1 legal document box Call Number: ms373 Abstract: The papers of Theodore Pierce, a member of one of the first African-American families in Madison, Wisconsin, concerning his friend, Willard Motley, a prominent African-American writer of Chicago. The collection includes mostly incoming correspondence to Pierce from Motley, dating from 1938 to 1963. The bulk of the materials are from 1946-1950. The collection also contains a small collection of Motley's writings, including two manuscripts written by Motley--"Lucy: A One Act Play" and the first two chapters of the book, "Of Night, Perchance of Death" (published as "We Fished All Night")--and four published articles, "Calle Olvera," "Education of a Writer," "Give the Gentleman What he Wants," and "Small-Town Los Angeles."
Pierce, Theodore, 1907-1999	Title: Theodore Pierce Papers, 1867-1998 Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 201 photographs and 49 negatives (in 1 archives box and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Mss 934; PH Mss 934; PH Mss 934 (3) Abstract: Papers, mainly 1925-1998, of an African-American resident of Madison,Wisconsin who served as messenger to several governors. The papers primarily document his family and relationships within the homosexual community. Included are biographical clippings; incoming personal correspondence spanning a 73 year period; outgoing correspondence, chiefly post-1985; photographs; writings; memorabilia; and additional correspondence, legal documents, and photographs documenting the family. The family papers primarily concern his uncle Samuel Pierce, who was also an executive messenger, and his grandfather John Pierce, a member of the Louisiana Legislature. Pierce's own correspondence contains details about the arts community in New York City in the early 1940s through correspondence with David Zellmer, as well as a few items from Merce Cunningham and Eric Hawkins, all members of the Martha Graham Dance Company. Other significant correspondents include Gordon Boardman, Donald Pryse Jones, and Harold Lindemann. The photographs and negatives include images of one of Madison's middle-class Black families primarily during the 1920s and candid photographs of friends, primarily 1960s through the 1980s. Among the photograph subjects are Gordon Boardman, Walter S. Goodland, the actor Canada Lee, Ruth Page, and Ted Shawn.
Pierceville Creamery Association (Wis.)	Title: Pierceville Creamery Association (Wis.) Records, 1891-1939 Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box including 6 volumes) Call Number: Mss 687 Abstract: Records of an organization formed February 21, 1891, as the Pierceville Creamery Association. Included in the collection are a minute book, a few financial volumes, and financial statements. Also present is a personal ledger book of Henry M. Peck. The creamery was sold March 26, 1920, to the Pierceville Cooperative Co., which operated the business under that name.
Pierpoint, Robert	Title: Robert Pierpoint Papers, 1943-1982 Quantity: 5.8 c.f. (5 cartons, 2 archives boxes, 1 flat box), 5 tape recordings, 1 disc recording, 3 films, 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 195AF; Audio 1120A; Disc 176A; AC 280-281; CA 904; Micro 1071; PH 3647-3648 Abstract: Papers of Robert Pierpoint, a journalist best known as a CBS White House correspondent. The papers document his professional career as a producer and broadcaster for the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation in the late 1940s; his initial affiliation with CBS as a stringer in Scandinavia (1949-1951), his years as a Korean War correspondent for the network (1951-1953) and Far East bureau chief (1953-1957), his assignment to the White House press corps (1957-1980), and his years covering the State Dept. (1980-1982). Included are manuscripts and other material relating to his book, At the White House: Assignment to Six Presidents (1981). The collection is supplemented by miscellaneous photographs, films, and sound recordings from various stages in his career. Of special note are slides of prisoner exchanges following the Korean War.
Pilgrim Congregational Church (Madison, Wis.)	Title: Pilgrim Congregational Church (Madison, Wis.) Records, 1885-1970 Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (6 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 49 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: Mss 28; PH 3371 Abstract: Correspondence, sacramental records, minutes, reports, clippings, and photographs of the Pilgrim Congregational Church which formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1901 and dissolved in 1970. The records document church history through the minutes of congregation meetings and trustees' meetings, and the records of the Deacons and Deaconesses Board, Women's Guild, the Pilgrim Missionary Society, the Men's Club, the Sunday School, and the Friendship Bible class.
Pillar, James, d. 1863	Title: James Pillar Papers, 1862-1863 Quantity: .1 cubic ft. (2 folders) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 80 Abstract: Collection contains letters written by James Pillar, a member of Company B, 21st Regiment Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War, to his parents covering the dates September 1862 to September 1863. The letters provide information about the everyday life of a soldier, such as standing guard, marching, and being transported to new locations. Three letters written to the Pillar family by Pillar's chaplain and officers explain how James was fatally wounded in the battle at Chickamauga 20 September 1863. The Milwaukee Public Library staff transcribed the letters written by James, and the collection contains the transcriptions and the original letters.
Pine View Health Care Center (Marinette County, Wis.)	Title: Pine View Health Care Center Records, 1906-1993 Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (1 archives box, 1 flat box, 1 record center carton, and 4 volumes) Call Number: Marinette Series 30 Abstract: Records of Pine View Health Care Center, a Marinette County mental health institution located near the city of Peshtigo. Built in 1906, the institution was first known as the Marinette County Asylum for the Chronic Insane. In 1941 the county home and the asylum merged and was renamed the Marinette County Hospital. In 1974 the psychiatric patients were relocated and the institution became the Pine View Health Care Center. The bulk of this series consists of Insane Asylum and County Hospital records (1906-1973, plus a listing of Poor House residents (1915-1941), and a list of admissions and discharges from the Pine View Health Care Center (1974-1993). The records document patient management such as admission and discharge and for patients admitted before 1942 also provides information on individuals such as physical condition and care, treatment received, personal history and family history. Also included in this series are Pine View Auxiliary Press Books (1965-[1984]) containing programs, newspaper clippings, and photographs of resident, staff, and community activities.
Piscatorial and Inside Straight Society	Title: Piscatorial and Inside Straight Society Records, 1953-2007 Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 flat box) Call Number: M2010-001 Abstract: Records, 1953-2007, of the Piscatorial and Inside Straight Society, a fraternal, male-only organization made up largely of politicians, journalists, and businessmen, documenting the group's biannual gatherings in the spring and fall to hunt, fish, play cards, drink, and play music. Members included Governor Walter J. Kohler, future Governor Warren Knowles, and Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. The trips are documented extensively in photographs.
Pitzele, Merlyn S., 1911-1996	Title: Merlyn S. Pitzele Papers, 1932-1971 Quantity: 26.4 c.f. (66 archives boxes and 1 folder), 3 tape recordings, 92 photographs, and 2 negatives; plus additions of 3.4 c.f. Call Number: Mss 25; SC 1044; Audio 467A; PH 3355; M72-126 Abstract: The papers of labor analyst Merlyn Stuart Pitzele of Chicago document his career as editor of Business Week, writer and lecturer, consultant in labor relations, and advisor to politicians. The collection also contains information related to his wide range of interests, particularly in the fields of labor history, Republican politics, and civil liberties. The photographs document Pitzele's personal and professional life.