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Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America	Title: Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America Records, 1889-1959 Quantity: 29 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 421 Abstract: Records of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America including the constitution and general laws of the union, 1892-1957; reports of the president and general executive board, 1889-1959; annual convention scrapbooks, 1905, 1909, 1911, 1913; and lists of wages of motormen and conductors, 1916-1939.
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America. Local 456 (Madison, Wis.)	Title: Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America. Local 456: Records, 1907-1967 Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (8 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 1 photograph Call Number: Mss 707; PH 6560 Abstract: Records of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America, Local 456, the Madison, Wisconsin, local transit workers union which represented employees of the Madison Bus Company, 1911-1967. Collective bargaining files, 1913-1966, which comprise the majority of the collection include contacts, correspondence, agreements, reports, and transcripts of arbitration hearings. In addition, there are executive board and general membership meeting minutes, correspondence, other internal administrative files and dues records, audit reports, miscellaneous financial records, and a photograph of union workers.
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Local 2268 (Kenosha, Wis.)	Title: Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Local 2268: Records, 1928, 1934-1994 Quantity: 6.0 c.f. (14 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: Parkside Mss 86 Abstract: Records of the union that represented employees of Jockey International's sewing plant at Kenosha, Wis. from 1934 until Kenosha operations ceased in 1994. Administrative records comprise the bulk of the collection containing executive, regular, and bargaining committee meeting minutes; steward files; correspondence; election materials; and financial records. However, also contained are collective bargaining records and materials relating to wage and piece rates, employee grievances, health and pension plans, and seniority. Also contained are some company issued materials relevant to labor issues and the union.
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America	Title: Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America Records, 1903-1980 Quantity: 502 reels of microfilm (16 mm), 49 audio recordings, 30 films, and 1 video recording; plus additions of 101.8 cubic feet (76 records center cartons, 29 archives boxes, 25 flat boxes, 28 card boxes, and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Micro 935; Audio 1402A; PH 3977; M73-235; M79-516-M79-517; M80-118; M80-496; M84-042; M88-010; M90-247; M96-131; plus film and video call numbers Abstract: Records of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America (AMCBWNA), an international union formed in 1897, and its predecessors. In 1979 AMCBWNA merged with the Retail Clerks International Union (RCIU) to become the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). The microfilmed records primarily document high level policy making during the post-World War II leadership of Earl Jimerson, Thomas Lloyd, and Patrick Gorman. Included are International Executive Board minutes and correspondence with individual locals, informational mass mailings, and convention planning files. Subject files (1919-1980) document relations with the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters, and the internationals with which the Amalgamated eventually merged, particularly the UPWA and the RCIU; major meat packers and grocery store chains, the War Labor Board, the National Labor Relations Board, and the U.S. Department of Labor. Additional files concern internal operations, convention planning, the Amalgamated Labor Life Insurance Company, and charitable interests of the union leadership such as cancer research and numerous Jewish organizations. The information about locals includes material on strikes, contracts, disciplinary cases, and jurisdictional disputes. Additional unprocessed records, 1903-1979, are also summarized in this finding aid. They include additional administrative records and incomplete files of the Fur and Leather, Packinghouse, Poultry, Research, and Retail departments and the Washington, D.C. office. Among these records are additional IEB minutes, scant documentation of the 1903-1921 era, indexes, publications, subject files, clipping scrapbooks, and photographs. The departmental records vary according to the sector of the economy or function represented, but they often include information on individual locals and their respective leaders, employers, contracts and master agreements, and legislation. The Research Department files are the most extensive, including reference and subject files containing background information and economic survey data and files on national negotiations, primarily 1945 to 1961.
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Local P-1 (Ottumwa, Iowa)	Title: Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Local P-1: Records, circa 1946-1974 Quantity: 7 reels of microfilm (35 mm) and 4 tape recordings Call Number: Micro 603; Audio 656A Abstract: Records of the Meat Cutters Ottumwa, Iowa, Local P-1, and its predecessor, the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 1, which represented employees of the John Morrell Company plant in Ottumwa until it closed in 1973; plus a few records of Local 1187, which represented workers at Ralston Purina in Ottumwa. Included are minute books; local bulletins, 1954-1973, concerning politics, union elections, community affairs, and work life; and correspondence and subject files, 1945-1973, concerning the Iowa State Federation of Labor and its Committee on Political Education, labor efforts in the 1972 Presidential election, the 1969 strike against Iowa Beef Packers and Neuhoff Packing Company, and contract negotiations. Also included are financial records, 1951-1972; grievance records, 1952-1971; and oral history interviews, some on tape and some as transcripts, 1974, with Virgil Bankson, former chief steward; Frances Calhoon, office steward; Donald Jones; and Earl Richards.
Milwaukee (Wis.) Ambulance Service Board	Title: Ambulance Service Board Records, 1979-2002 Quantity: 4.4 cubic ft. (11 boxes) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 94 Abstract: Records of the Ambulance Service Board, which regulates ambulance companies and provides guidance on emergency medical services. Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, certifications, and related documents.
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology	Title: American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Records, 1923-2022 Quantity: 276.7 cubic ft. (772 boxes) 40 binders 1 oversize folder 30,903 digital files (79.5 GB) 3,574 audio cassettes 191 videocasettes 1 film reel 4 safety film negatives Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 139 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee-based professional medical organization. Formed in 1943 from the merger of the Society for the Study of Asthma and Allied Conditions and the American Association for the Study of Allergy, the organization was originally named the American Academy of Allergy (AAA); in 1982 the name changed to the American Academy of Allergy & Immunology (AAAI); the current name, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) was adopted in 1995. Records exist in the collection from the two predecessor organizations, though the bulk of the materials, including photographs and textual records, are from the AAA, the AAAI and the AAAAI.
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy	Title: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Records, 1871-1885, 1900-2002 Quantity: 66.2 c.f. (168 archives boxes), 5 tape recordings, and 1 film; plus additions of 13.8 c.f., 74 photographs, and 1 videorecording Call Number: Mss 293; Audio 1256A; DD 923; PH 4594; PH 4595; M2002-113; M2003-055; M2004-122; M2004-249 Abstract: Records of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), an organization whose aim is to improve and promote pharmaceutical education and research, and provide leadership among constituent colleges. The collection also includes papers of two predecessor organizations, the Conference of Schools of Pharmacy and the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties. Materials consist of correspondence, minutes, programs, proposals, reports, questionnaires and survey data, mailings, and other papers. They document the Association's annual meetings and conferences, governmental liaison work, committees and task forces, seminars, enrollment, funding and curricula interests, surveys, studies, and special projects such as pharmacy manpower, recruitment, and related topics. Also included are the records of the Study Commission on Pharmacy, chaired by Dr. John Millis, which was sponsored by the association.
American Association of Community Theatre	Title: American Association of Community Theatre Records, 1965-1976 Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (10 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 167AN Abstract: Records of the American Community Theatre Association, founded in 1958 to aid the growth and development of community theater, and re-named the American Association of Community Theatre in 1986. The majority of the documentation dates from those years (1969-1973) during which donor Kay Fliehr was actively involved. Included are brochures, correspondence, financial records, reports, minutes, and newsletters relating to ACTA internal operations and the activities of ACTA's parent organization, the American Educational Theatre Association (1936- ). Records of similar character relate to the parent organization after its reorganization into the American Theatre Association in 1971. These internal records concern general operations; specific ACTA projects and publications; annual conventions and conferences; and the Festival of the American Community Theatre (FACT), a nationwide competition to select the best community theater organization. Also present is a small file of Mrs. Fliehr's non-ACTA correspondence and reports.
American Association of University Professors. River Falls Chapter (Wis.)	Title: American Association of University Professors. River Falls Chapter Records, 1950-1971 Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss AR Abstract: Records including a chapter constitution, minutes, correspondence, financial records, membership lists, salary surveys, and program materials; plus papers from the state and material parent associations.
American Association of University Women (La Crosse, Wis.)	Title: American Association of University Women Records Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 018 Abstract: Records of the American Association of University Women, La Crosse, Wisconsin Branch, mainly 1921-1940, which includes history of parent organizations (1957; 1971), bulletins (1937-1938), clippings (1936-1937; 1952; 1961-1962) and committees. Committee materials are divided into education & policy (1924), fellowship (1936-1938), and scholarship (1935-1940; 1948-1956). The bulk of the material is made up of minutes (1921-1940) which document the activities and goals of the organization over two decades.
American Association of University Women. Bookfellows Study Group. (La Crosse, Wisconsin)	Title: American Association of University Women, Bookfellows Study Group (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Records General Physical Description: 0.6 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 049 Abstract: Records of a study group of the La Crosse, Wis., chapter of the American Association of University Women, devoted to the study of literature and books. The group call themselves "Bookfellows," and were founded in 1935. Materials include by-laws (1945-1996), bibliographies, minute books (1935-1995), programs, and an historical scrapbook, covering 1935-1998.
American Association of University Women. La Crosse Branch (Wis.).	Title: American Association of University Women, La Crosse Branch Membership Directories Quantity: 0.06 cubic feet (3 folders) Call Number: MISC MSS 157 Abstract: Membership directories for the La Crosse, Wisconsin branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW); the branch was founded in 1921 and originally called the "College Club." The organization is comprised of female college graduates who promote higher education for women.
American Association of University Women, La Crosse Branch (Wis.)	Title: American Association of University Women, La Crosse Branch Records, 1922-1996 Quantity: 4.2 cubic feet (9 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes) Call Number: La Crosse Mss BY Abstract: Records of the La Crosse, Wisconsin, Branch of the American Association of University Women consisting of organizational records, publications, files on programs/activities, and scrapbooks. The organizational records include board meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, and a history of the branch. The publications include a nearly complete run of the branch newsletter, Current, and of the annual yearbooks. The bulk of the collection documents their two annual fund-raising programs: the Children's Theater productions (1959-1996) and the Home Tours (1960-1994). These files consist of correspondence, news clippings, publicity materials, and financial information. The scrapbooks (1938-1978) contain newspaper articles related to the general business of the branch, scholarship awards, AAUW community activities, and members' accomplishments (1938-1978).
American Association of University Women, North Shore Milwaukee Branch	Title: American Association of University Women, North Shore Milwaukee Branch Records, 1966-2017 Quantity: 3.8 cubic ft. (7 boxes and 5 volumes) 1 audio cassette Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 307 Abstract: Collection contains records documenting the various activities and programs of the North Shore Milwaukee Branch of the American Association of University Women, an organization dedicated to advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.
American Association of University Women. Green Bay Area Branch (Wis.)	Title: American Association of University Women. Green Bay Area Branch: Records, 1920-2015 Quantity: 5.8 cubic feet (8 archives boxes and 4 flat boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 188 Abstract: Records, 1920-2015, of the Green Bay Area Branch of the American Association of University Women consisting of organizational records, newsletters, files on programs and activities, and scrapbooks. The records include meeting minutes, by-laws and constitutions including procedural guidelines, annual reports, publicity, financial materials, and a near-complete run of Branch yearbooks (1937-2003). The series of scrapbooks include news clippings from area papers regarding the activities of the Green Bay Area Branch.
American Association of University Women. Madison Branch (Wis.)	Title: American Association of University Women. Madison Branch Records, 1923-1987 Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (1 archives box and 3 flat boxes); plus additions of 6.7 c.f. and 1 tape recording Call Number: Mss 86; M78-576; M86-062; M89-173 Abstract: Records of the Madison Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), a non-profit organization committed to advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. The materials document membership, organizational activities, scholarship and other programs through internal bulletins and newsletters, meeting minutes, correspondence, scrapbooks, and program materials.
American Association of University Women. Oshkosh Branch (Wis.)	Title: American Association of University Women. Oshkosh Branch: Records, 1914-2014 Quantity: 5.0 cubic feet (5 archives boxes and 9 flat boxes) Call Number: Oshkosh Mss DA Abstract: Records of the Oshkosh Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), a non-profit organization committed to advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. Materials document membership, organizational activities, scholarship and other programs through internal bulletins and newsletters, meeting minutes, correspondence, and scrapbooks.
American Association of University Women. Racine Branch (Wis.)	Title: American Association of University Women. Racine Branch Records, 1929-2000 Quantity: 5.8 c.f. (8 archives boxes and 6 flat boxes) Call Number: Parkside Mss 93 Abstract: Records of the Racine, Wis. chapter of a national educational and civic improvement organization of women, documenting the group's history and activities beginning with its formation in 1922. Included are yearbooks, minutes, press releases and other public information, photographs, newsletters, clippings, awards, and numerous scrapbooks.
American Association of University Women. River Falls Branch (Wis.)	Title: American Association of University Women. River Falls Branch: Records, 1935-2014 Quantity: 4.7 cubic feet (11 archives boxes and 1 oversize box); plus additions of 94 photographs, 133 transparencies, 11 tape recordings, and 2 videorecordings Call Number: River Falls Mss DT; M2004-055; Audio 1810A Abstract: Records of the River Falls Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), including business records, reports, publications, files on community service activities, history of the branch, photographs, scrapbooks, sound recordings, and videotapes. Cards listing members include addresses and dates of membership, college attended, and degree earned. There is also a nearly complete run of the monthly publication of the branch bulletin, The Falls Notes (1973 to 2014). Also detailed are various programs and conventions in which the River Falls Branch participated.
American Association of University Women. Wisconsin State Division	Title: American Association of University Women. Wisconsin State Division: Records, 1921-2013 Quantity: 9.2 cubic feet (23 archives boxes) and 2 tape recordings; plus additions of 7.9 cubic feet (7 record center cartons, 2 archives boxes, and 1 folder), 0.6 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box and 1 flat box), and 1 videorecording Call Number: Mss 41; Audio 1862A; M89-228; M2000-054; M2015-155 Abstract: Records of the Wisconsin State Division of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), documenting their interest in art education, educational television, foreign relations, state government, and public health. The materials document the full range of local and state organizational activities. The collection includes two published histories of the Wisconsin Division; a newsletter, “Badger Briefs” (1944-1971); and a biography of Ellen C. Sabin, former president of Milwaukee-Downer College and a prominent member of the Wisconsin AAUW.
American Bar Association. Standing Committee on Traffic Court Program	Title: American Bar Association. Standing Committee on Traffic Court Program: Records, 1952-1965 Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 33 Abstract: Records of the American Bar Association's Committee on Traffic Court Program, initiated in 1942 to provide education and training for judges and prosecutors. These files of Albert B. Houghton, Milwaukee, Wis., attorney and chairman of the committee, include correspondence with James Economos, program director, with David Maxwell and other ABA presidents, and with others, minutes, reports of progress and activities, financial accounts, conferences, speeches, studies, and circular letters and publications.
American Bar Foundation	Title: American Bar Foundation. Administration of Criminal Justice in the United States Study Records, 1956-1962 Quantity: 3.4 cubic feet (3 records center cartons and 1 archives box) Call Number: M2015-031 Abstract: Records documenting a 1956-1957 American Bar Foundation (ABF)-funded field study of the criminal justice system under the direction of Frank Remington and conducted in Kansas, Michigan, and Wisconsin. As charged by the ABF, the project was to study the "total criminal justice process, from the time a crime is committed until an offender receives his final release from parole supervision." The records include field reports for each state, the seven-volume pilot project summary report, summary report sections drafts, correspondence, project administrative files, memos, budgets, and project analysis.
American Camping Association. Wisconsin Section	Title: American Camping Association. Wisconsin Section: Records, 1941-1987 Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box); plus addtitions of 1.0 c.f., 373 photographs, 1 film (16mm), and 1 DVD Call Number: Mss 876; M2006-061 Abstract: Records of the Wisconsin section of the American Camping Association (ACA), a national professional camping organization with a mission to advance camping as an educational and recreational experience, further the professional standards of camp operation, exchange information among camp professionals, and serve as the voice for camp leaders in national and local affairs. Also included is documentation of Camp Robinhood, an ACA affiliated camp for girls that operated between 1933 and 1956 in Sherwood Forest (Green Lake, Wisconsin), including a film, DVD, and photographs.
American Chemical Society. Wisconsin Section	Title: American Chemical Society. Wisconsin Section: Records, 1907-1966 Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes); plus additions of 2.4 c.f. Call Number: Mss 239; M76-185 Abstract: Records of the Wisconsin Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS), an organization of faculty, students, and chemists in industry. The Section organized lectures for the membership, presented awards, and was interested in a visiting scientist program for high schools. The records include minutes, correspondence, treasurers’ files, clippings, national organization materials, and other papers.
American Civil Liberties Union	Title: American Civil Liberties Union: Collected Records, 1937-1975 Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (10 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 477 Abstract: Collected records issued by the American Civil Liberties Union, a non-partisan organization dedicated to safeguarding the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Founded in 1920 in New York City, the ACLU concentrates on assuring equal protection under law without discrimination, due process of law, and opposing repressive legislation. The collection includes ACLU administrative records, primarily printed items distributed to chapter and affiliate officers, and a subject file of printed policy statements, memos, and reports. There is little original or typewritten material present. The majority of items date from 1953-1959, and from the early 1970's, with major gaps in material from the 1930's, 1940's, and 1960's.
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology	Title: American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Records, 1873-2013 Quantity: 32.5 cubic feet (14 record center cartons, 33 archives boxes, 3 flat boxes, and 5 volumes in slipcases) Call Number: UWP Manuscript Collection 5 Abstract: Records of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), an organization of allergist-immunologists and related health care professionals dedicated to quality patient care through research, advocacy and professional and public education. The official records of the organization date from its founding in 1942, and also includes earlier materials regarding physicians that were prominent in the ACAAI's early days.
American College of Apothecaries	Title: American College of Apothecaries Records, 1939-1963, 1984-1985 Quantity: 5.5 c.f. (13 archives boxes, 1 flat box), 1 tape recording, and photographs Call Number: Mss 184; PH 3841; Audio 527A Abstract: Records of the American College of Apothecaries (ACA), an organization of professional pharmacists formed to promote public health education, to distribute pharmaceutical information, and to encourage medical prescribing and dispensing by professionals. Included is a history, conference and board minutes, annual reports, secretary's correspondence, membership applications and accompanying photographs of pharmacies, files on earlier organizations with similar purposes, press releases, papers read at meetings, and other records.
American Communications Association	Title: American Communications Association Records, 1934-1999 Quantity: 11.2 c.f. (28 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm); plus additions of 33.4 c.f. Call Number: Mss 298; Micro 1137; Mss 734; M2000-050 Abstract: Records of the American Communications Association (ACA), a labor union affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters which represents workers in the telegraph, radio, and other communications industries. The collection documents the structure and activities of the union, and includes publications, grievance, contract, and negotiation materials; testimony presented to congressional committees and the Federal Communications Commission; information on employers and disputes with rival unions; and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. Locals which are well-represented include Broadcast Local 1, 10, 111, and Teleregister Local 876. Employers include American Cable & Radio Corporation, American Telephone and Telegraph, Mackay Radio Telegraph, Postal Telegraph Company, Radio Corporation of America (RCA), MCI, TRT, and Western Union Telegraph Company. Extensive files document ACA’s opposition to the merger of Western Union and Postal Telegraph.
American Communications Association. Local 10 (New York, N.Y.)	Title: American Communications Association. Local 10: Records, 1931-1971 Quantity: 17.0 c.f. (41 archives boxes and 1 record center carton). Call Number: Mss 321 Abstract: Records of live traffic employees of RCA Communications, MacKay Radio and Telegraph Company, and other New York City communication companies. Included are minutes, correspondence, reports, union publications, and other documents concerning routine functions, activities during World War II, post-war charges of communist infiltration leveled against several leaders of the local, and telegraph company mergers. Collective bargaining files include agreements, grievances, arbitration decisions, and information on labor legislation.
American Communications Association. Local 111 (New York, N.Y.)	Title: American Communications Association. Local 111: Records, 1904-1973 Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (8 archives boxes and 2 record center cartons) Call Number: Mss 302 Abstract: Records, mainly 1942-1973, of the ACA local (founded as Local 11 and later renamed Local 111) which represented Western Union's cable, telegram, and telegraph employees in New York City and Canada. Included is a constitution; bylaws; minutes of the executive board and general membership meetings of the New York and Montreal branches; correspondence with Western Union and various local ACA branches concerning wages, job security, promotions, and wage parity; election material; and information on pension plans and the merger of Western Union and Postal Telegraph and the resultant divestment of Western Union's cable operations. A large portion of the records document annual contract negotiations.
American Council for Judaism	Title: American Council for Judaism Records, 1938-1967 Quantity: 51.8 c.f. (130 archives boxes) and 48 photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss BJ; PH U.S. Mss BJ Abstract: Records of the American Council for Judaism, an organization formed near the end of World War II by American Jews opposed to Zionism. Primarily the files of Executive Director Elmer Berger, 1943-1953, the records include correspondence with officers and members and with editors, educators, and others such as Virginia Gildersleeve, William E. Hocking, Paul Hutchinson, Judah L. Magnes, Kermit Roosevelt, Vincent Sheean, Norman Thomas, Dorothy Thompson, Humphrey Walz, George Weller, William L. White, and William Zukerman. Also present are materials from annual conferences, committee files, public relations and fundraising papers, speeches, and publications. The records document the group's efforts to promote acceptance of Judaism as a religion rather than a nationality, to expand U.S. immigration regulations, to aid non-Zionist refugee relief organizations, to urge compromise in Palestine by all faiths and ethnic groups, to expand its own membership, and to conduct other activities. Photographs (1947-1967) consist primarily of images depicting Lessing J. Rosenwald, president of the organization from 1943 to 1955. Photographs in an album document a Bavarian Relief Action, including images of school children, villages, and folklife events in Germany.
American Council of Christian Laymen	Title: American Council of Christian Laymen Records, 1949-1964 Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 38 reels of microfilm (35mm); plus additions of 7.8 c.f., 6 photographs, and 1 negative Call Number: Mss 700; Micro 1100; M2004-199 Abstract: Records, mainly 1950-1962, of the American Council of Christian Laymen (ACCL), a national conservative organization (1949-1964) based in Madison, Wisconsin, that published and distributed literature concerning communist influence within American Protestant churches (especially within the National Council of Churches) and (after 1953) communist propaganda in school textbooks. The bulk of the collection consists of the extensive correspondence of its founder and president Verne P. Kaub. Prominent correspondents include William F. Buckley, James J. Kilpatrick, Joseph R. McCarthy, and many other conservative leaders. Also included are an incomplete run of “Challenge,” the ACCL newsletter; a copy of Kaub's book, Communist-Socialist Propaganda in Our Schools; and other records.
American Council on Pharmaceutical Education	Title: American Council on Pharmaceutical Education Records, 1937-1991 Quantity: 24.4 c.f. (24 record center cartons, 1 archives box). Call Number: Mss 805 Abstract: Records of the accrediting agency for undergraduate pharmaceutical education organized in 1937 by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, the American Pharmaceutical Association, and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The records consist mainly of reports filed by colleges and schools of pharmacy, and the evaluations of the Council.
American Country Life Association	Title: American Country Life Association Records, 1908-1983 Quantity: 6.6 c.f. (15 archives boxes and 6 volumes); plus additions of 3.8 c.f. and 42 photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss AG; M64-154; PH U.S. Mss AG; M2004-117 Abstract: Papers of the American Country Life Association (ACLA), an organization that was an outgrowth of Theodore Roosevelt’s 1908 Commission on Country Life. Composed of sociologists, educators, churchmen, economists, farm newspaper editors, and others interested in rural life, the association sought to aid rural improvement by publicity, discussion, and support of persons and agencies active in the field. The papers of Benson Y. Landis, executive secretary from 1929 to 1942, comprise the bulk of the collection. Other materials, such as audit reports, treasurer’s files, minutes, and publicity releases, are incomplete. There is a small group of papers from the files of Carl Taylor, a North Carolina professor of sociology.
American Exchange Bank (Madison, Wis.)	Title: American Exchange Bank Records, 1871-1946 Quantity: 3.7 c.f. (8 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 2 oversize folders) and 27 volumes Call Number: M90-071 Abstract: Records of a Madison, Wisconsin bank founded by John J. Suhr in 1871 to serve the many German immigrants in the area; first named the German Bank, it was later called the German-American Bank (1885), and in 1917 renamed the American Exchange Bank.
American Federation of Hosiery Workers	Title: American Federation of Hosiery Workers Records, 1922-1965 Quantity: 70.2 c.f. Call Number: Mss 62; Mss 410 Abstract: Records of a progressive national union representing workers in the hosiery and textile industry, including meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, arbitration briefs and decisions, annual reports, contracts, pension files, insurance files, convention proceedings, grievances, press releases, circulars, and newspaper clippings. The materials document the union from its early years to its merger in 1965 with the Textile Workers Union of America, as well as its affiliation first with the American Federation of Labor and later with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The records document the organization and administration of the union, contracts and negotiations, job descriptions, wage rates, pensions, health insurance, political action, community affairs, and foreign trade. With a large proportion of women members, the issues of women's rights, education, and housing were of particular interest to the union. The Carl Mackley Houses, the first major low-income government housing project in the United States, administered by the Juniata Park Housing Corporation, and the Carl Mackley Nursery School in Philadelphia, are both well documented. Correspondents include prominent union officials and labor leaders Emil Rieve, Paul Abelson, Andrew Janaskie, Adolph Benet, John McCoy, Jackson Curry, and Cyrus S. Ching. The collection also includes materials on the American Arbitration Association, G. Allan Dash and other arbitrators, the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers, the AFL-CIO, and local AFHW branches.
American Federation of Hosiery Workers. Branch 139 (Royersford, Pa.)	Title: American Federation of Hosiery Workers. Branch 139: Records, 1937-1958 Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 24 photographs Call Number: Mss 471; PH Mss 471 Abstract: Records of a union local which represented employees of the Royersford Needle Works, Royersford, Pa., manufacturers of parts for knitting machinery; including routine business and financial records, incoming correspondence, some contracts and arbitration hearing records, and photographs.
- - -	Title: American Federation of Labor Convention Photographs, 1921-1957 Quantity: 1.0 cubic feet (1 archives box, 1 flat box, and 2 oversize folders) Call Number: PH 6939 Abstract: Photographs, 1921-1957, primarily group portraits made during conventions of the American Federation of Labor and affiliated unions and committees. Groups and affiliated union locals include the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education, the AFL-CIO Women's Convention, American Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union, Chicago Photo Engravers Union, International Association of Marble, Slate and Stone Polishers and Helpers, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, the Wisconsin Federation of Post Office Clerks, and the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor. A commemorative proclamation for W.D. Mahon is also included.
American Federation of Labor	Title: American Federation of Labor Records, 1888-1955 Quantity: 219.2 c.f. (551 archives boxes), 91 reels of microfilm (35mm), and 12 disc recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 117A; Micro 489; Micro 568; Disc 53A Abstract: Records of the American Federation of Labor including files of AFL Presidents Samuel Gompers and William Green; files of various AFL officials and departments including AFL Economist Boris Shishkin, American Federationist editor Florence Thorne who was also the Director of Research, Labor Housing Conference executive secretary Catherine Bauer, the Office of Information and Research, and the Mining Department and its head, James Lord; and general files on federal and state legislation, industry and labor developments, strikes and agreements, and other topics. Present are Executive Council minutes for 1952 only. The disc recordings include a Labor day message by George Meany, Sept. 5, 1955, and an AFL convention of unknown date.