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| - - - | Title: Death Valley Days Films, 1952-1959
Quantity: 39 film reels (16 mm) Call Number: DF 659-DF 671; DF 750-DF 769; DG 007-DG 012 Abstract: This collection consists of 39 episodes from the half-hour western anthology television series Death Valley Days. |
| DeBowers Family | Title: DeBowers Family Civil War Letters and Photographs, 1861-1865, 1898
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 27 photographs Call Number: M2011-042 Abstract: Civil War letters of soldiers from several different Wisconsin regiments addressed to friends and relatives describing life at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, food, weather and surroundings, discussions of the draft, the Battle of Hatcher Run in early 1865, and miscellaneous family concerns. Also included is a poem, “The Slave's Appeal,” as well as 27 photographs of an unidentified Civil War-era house and monument and portraits. |
| Halbach, Debra Dohr | Title: Debra Dohr Halbach: Hilbert (Wis.) Research Materials, 1871-1998
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 168 Abstract: Research materials gathered by Halbach, researcher and history editor-in-chief for the book, Journal of a Village: Hilbert, Wisconsin, 1873-1998. The research materials are organized by subject and consist of photocopies of publications and news clippings, and typewritten summaries of news articles from the Chilton Times (1871-1909), and the Hilbert Favorite (1909-1988), as well as from other unidentified sources. |
| - - - | Title: Deer Hunting and Conservation Films, 1927-1948
Quantity: 8 film reels (16 mm) Call Number: AE 607-AE 613; CC 993 Abstract: Films are compiled footage of northern Wisconsin scenes in Marathon and Marinette Counties and other places. Footage includes scenes of deer and deer hunting, an albino deer, fishermen, outdoor activities, various waterways, tree planting, and forest fires. All film is 16 mm positive, camera original, black and white, or color. |
| - - - | Title: Deerfield, Wisconsin, Photographs, 1899-1947
Quantity: 13 photographs Call Number: PH 6230 Abstract: Photographs of the Deerfield High School Class of 1923 and of 1947, the 1916 basketball team, a confirmation class, several stores, a parade float, and other Deerfield images, plus a street scene and a photograph of the “old” Catholic Church in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin. |
| Delafield (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Delafield (Wis.). Clerk: Clerk's Records, 1890-1968
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Waukesha Series 21 Abstract: A variety of records primarily from the early 1960s concerning public welfare, city finances, zoning, the municipal court, and other matters. |
| Delafield Men's Club (Wis.) | Title: Delafield Men's Club Records, 1925-1956
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EU Abstract: Records of a local club formed to promote good fellowship in informal surroundings. In addition to meals, lectures, and entertainment features, the club held an annual Christmas community party, and a Fathers and Sons Day, with the boys and faculty of the Wisconsin Home and Farm School as guests. The club was disbanded in 1956. The collection includes minutes and related materials from regular monthly and executive committee meetings, with a small amount of correspondence, membership lists, and financial papers. |
| Ekenstedt, Delbert D. | Title: Delbert D. Ekenstedt Papers, circa 1980, 1984
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 3 tape recordings Call Number: River Falls SC 406; Tape 1323A Abstract: Recorded and written recollections by Ekenstedt of his experiences while serving in the U.S. Navy, circa 1966?1969, including: training as a Seabee, experiences as a transport driver in the Danang area in Vietnam (circa 1967?1968), leave in Australia, and a subsequent tour of duty in Cuba. He recalls the minutiae of daily activities, Vietnam scenes, and anecdotes. The written reminiscences concern some of the same topics but do not duplicate the recorded reminiscences. Apparently Ekenstedt was discharged after Cuba but later re?enlisted and served in Turkey and the collection includes some information on his civilian activities, a trip to Disney World, and his arrival in Turkey. Also included is some poetry he wrote and a photocopy of a letter from Nancy Reagan (1984). |
| Marble, Delia West | Title: Delia West Marble Scrapbooks, 1874-1890
Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 9 Abstract: This collection consists of two scrapbooks, compiled by Delia West Marble. One scrapbook relates to Arctic exploration from 1874 to 1884; the other to exploration in Africa from 1889 to 1890. |
| Rucker, Della | Title: Della Rucker Research Collection, 2000-
Quantity: 1.5 cubic ft. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: UWGB Mss 7 Abstract: Research files of local historian, Della Rucker. Collection includes papers and documents that she obtained or created while researching a book on Oconto County History for the Oconto County Economic Development Corporation. It includes articles, interview notes and letters on topics such as town settlement, electricity, logging camps, equipment, agriculture, ecological surveys, tourism, types of transportation, etc. These are also some copies of photos from the early 1900s of towns in Oconto County. |
| Wendt, Della | Title: Della Wendt Papers, 1925-1985
Quantity: 2.4 cubic feet (2 records center boxes and 1 archives box) Call Number: UWP Manuscript Collection 3 Abstract: Personal papers from Della Wendt, wife of Francis Wendt, a judge and former mayor of Racine. Records include biographical and campaign materials, as well as correspondence and other personal materials. |
| - - - | Title: Dells of the Wisconsin River, Devil's Lake, and Delton, Wisconsin, Album, 1898
Quantity: 48 photographs (1 archives box) Call Number: PH 2771 Abstract: The images in this album appear to be of the same family on outings at the Dells of Wisconsin, Devil's Lake, and Delton, Wisconsin. The album includes images of the family, scenery along the Wisconsin River, the Old Dell House, and a log cabin at Devil's Lake. |
| DeLong, Delmar | Title: Delmar DeLong Legislative Papers, 1967-1978
Quantity: 6.4 c.f. (16 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 1012 Abstract: Legislative papers of Delmar DeLong, a Wisconsin Republican assemblyman of the 44th district, representing Walworth and Rock Counties from 1973 to 1982. As a state legislator, DeLong was a member of the Education, Rail Service Advisory, Retirement Research, Rules, and Taxation committees. During his term in office, he was also the Minority Caucus Chairman from 1975 to 1982. The bulk of the collection (1973-1978), consists of subject files which provide cursory background information on a wide variety of legislative issues and consist of memoranda, published materials, and correspondence. The only subject files with comprehensive coverage correspond with DeLong's committee involvements pertaining to education, retirement research, and taxation issues. Also included is extensive documentation of Wisconsin's Republican Party and of issues relating to Walworth and Rock Counties as well as constituent correspondence. |
| Delta Kappa Gamma Society. Sigma State (Wis.) | Title: Delta Kappa Gamma Society. Sigma State Records, 1935-1987
Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (5 record center cartons) Call Number: M88-323 Abstract: Records of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, 1935-1987, including Sigma State scrapbooks, 1935-1981, and a scrapbook of Sigma State News newsletters, 1948-1981. Also included are yearbooks, bulletins, newsletters, scrapbooks of various organizational activities and conferences, including the Northwest Regional Conference, 1981, and histories and resolutions of various state chapters. |
| Delta Omicron. Delta Eta Chapter (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) | Title: Delta Omicron, Delta Eta Chapter Records, 1941-1998
Quantity: 5.7 cubic ft. (13 boxes) Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 172 Abstract: Records of the Delta Eta chapter of the Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The collection consists of chapter histories, constitution and bylaws, concert programs, correspondence, membership records, minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, and sheet music. |
| Democrat Printing Company (Madison, Wis.) | Title: Democrat Printing Company Records, 1881-1902, 1918-1930
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (11 volumes and 1 package) Call Number: Wis Mss PY Abstract: Records of the Democrat Printing Company (Madison, Wisconsin) consisting of a ledger, cash books, journals, an advertising register, sample public library posters, and a record book of paper issued and returned by the State Printer, 1902. |
| Democratic General Committee of La Crosse (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Democratic General Committee of La Crosse Proceedings Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 038 Abstract: Proceedings of the Democratic General Committee of La Crosse, including organizational information and names of candidates. Materials range in date from 1870 to 1878, but are not complete for all years. |
| Democratic Party (Pierce County, Wis.) | Title: Democratic Party (Pierce County, Wis.) Records, 1956-1985
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss D Abstract: Minutes, resolutions, roll calls, correspondence, clippings, financial records, and miscellaneous materials of the Pierce County Democratic Party, including examples of 1960 Presidential campaign materials. |
| Democratic Party (Dane County, Wis.) | Title: Democratic Party of Dane County Records, 1950-1979
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) Call Number: Mss 651 Abstract: Records, mainly 1955-1972, of Wisconsin's Dane County Democratic organization that played a vital role in the reformation of the state party during the late 1940s and early 1950s and which has since been the state Democratic “intellectual power base.” Included are constitutions, minutes of executive board and general membership meetings, correspondence, mailings, financial records, membership records, and subject files dealing with several special projects. |
| Democratic Party (Wis.) | Title: Democratic Party of Wisconsin Records, 1944-1988
Quantity: 17.0 c.f. (15 archives boxes, 10 record center cartons, 2 flat boxes); plus additions of 20.6 c.f., 46 tape recordings, and 92 photographs Call Number: Mss 642; M85-034; M86-051; M88-071; M88-178; M89-289; M91-152; M98-188; PH 2689; PH 3883; M2002-141 Abstract: Records of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and its predecessor, the Democratic Organizing Committee (DOC), documenting state and national conventions, campaigning, fundraising, public relations, party organizing, delegate selection, candidates and elections, caucuses, membership, and administrative and financial activities. |
| Durham, Deni, 1954- | Title: Deni and Terry Durham Papers, 1988-1999
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 1176 Abstract: Papers, 1988-1999, of Deni Durham, documenting her activities with organic and sustainable agriculture organizations, including the Missouri Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MOSAWG), the Missouri Organic Association, the Ozark Small Farm Viability Project (OSFVP), and the Ozark Organic Growers Association (OOGA). Included are materials relating to conferences Durham coordinated or attended, and background materials she gathered for articles on organic agriculture and food safety. Also included is a small amount of material related to her former husband, Terry Durham, who served as president of the Missouri Organic Association in the 1990s and is currently a leading Missouri elderberry producer. Deni Durham's current name is Deni Phillips (since 2002?). |
| Tucker, Denis Lee | Title: Denis Lee Tucker Papers Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 087 Abstract: Three papers written by Denis Lee Tucker and produced by the La Crosse Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, including: "Programs and Services of the Hmong Mutal Assistance Center," "History and Status of Indochinese Refugees in La Crosse, Wisconsin," and "Understanding the Special Needs of Southeast Asian Youth." Papers date from approximately 1990. |
| Dennis Atkinson, collector | Title: Dennis Atkinson Collected Films and Other Materials, 1907-1974
Quantity: 420 film reels (16 mm) and 5 film reels (35 mm) Call Number: AC 013-AC 015; AC 017-AC 022; AC 024; AC 027-AC 033; AC 035; AC 037-AC 038; AC 041-AC 045; AC 047-AC 058; AC 061; AC 079; AC 081-AC 083; AC 100-AC 101; AC 103; AC 119; AC 124; AC 139; AC 159; AC 172-AC 173; AC 186-AC 189; AC 238-AC 239; AC 242-AC 244; AC 276-AC 278; AC 297; AC 302-AC 303; AC 347; AC 352; AC 379; AC 405; AC 489-AC 494; AC 496; AC 498; AC 502-AC 504; AC 516-AC 520; AC 522-AC 523; AC 528-AC 535; AD 872-AD 877; AD 930-AD 932; AD 934-AD 935; AD 943-AD 945; CA 695; CA 712-CA 718; CA 856; CA 870; CA 880-CA 881; CA 902; CA 905-CA 913; CA 915-CA 919; CA 924-CA 929; CA 934-CA 938; CA 950-CA 953; CA 972-CA 974; CB 003; CB 008-CB 014; CB 077; CB 079; CB 081; CB 086; CB 098; CB 113; CC 044-CC 050; CC 069-CC 078; CC 080-CC 081; CC 868; DD 138-DD 141; DD 186-DD 193; DD 199-DD 204; DD 211; DD 213-DD 215; DD 218-DD 224; DD 281-DD 285; DD 287-DD 292; DD 317; DD 326-DD 328; DD 333-DD 334; DD 340; DD 352-DD 353; DD 363; DD 402-DD 404; DD 408-DD 412; DD 483; DD 487-DD 489; DD 494; DD 499-DD 500; DD 503-DD 504; DD 506; DD 508; DD 513-DD515; DD 594-DD 601; DD 614-DD 615; DD 648; DF 684-DF 687; FB 628-FB 629; FB 878; FD 656-FD 660; FE 271-FE 273; FE 275-FE 277; FE 283-FE 302; FE 338-FE 340; FE 378-FE 379; FE 387-FE 388; FE 393-FE 399; FE 405-FE 407; FE 420-FE 421; FE 424-FE 429; FE 436-FE 437; FE 447-FE 449; FE 458-FE 459; FE 486; FE 490-FE 492; FE 501-FE 502; FE 509-FE 510; FE 710-FE 711; FE 716-FE 720; FE 809-FE 812; FE 821-FE 823; FE 838-FE 839; FE 852-FE 854; FE 873-FE 874; FE 880-FE 884; FE 899-FE 901; FE 952-FE 953; FE 971-FE 974; FE 978-FE 982; FE 986-FE 987; FF 017-FF 020; FF 023-FF 024; FF 028-FF 031; FF 034-FF 035; FF 039-FF 043; FF 046-FF 049; FF 059-FF 061; FF 063-FF 065; FG 013; HA 787-HA 791 Abstract: Collection of 301 motion picture films, including both feature length motion pictures and shorts largely from the classical Hollywood era and some television episodes, given by film collector Dennis Atkinson. Also includes license agreements and clippings collected by Atkinson. |
| Boyer, Dennis | Title: Dennis Boyer Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 1.4 linear ft. (3 archives boxes, 12 oversized folders, 6 computer disks) of papers, 0.2 linear ft. (1 folder and 67 negative flaps) of photographs, 1 videocassette, and 2 video discs. Call Number: WVM Mss 57 Abstract: Papers and negatives of Dennis L. Boyer, a weather observer in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. The majority of the collection consists of literature, flyers, and posters relating to anti-war organizations in the early 1970's, particularly the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). These materials give an idea of the aims and scope of such organizations. Also documented are several anti-war trials, including the Gainesville Conspiracy. Correspondence, mostly letters written to Boyer during his Air Force service, describe events on the home front. Boyer's letters to his parents, and especially to his friend Peter, describe his time in Vietnam and his growing discontent with the conflict. The collection also contains negatives of photographs that Boyer took while in Vietnam. Most of the shots are of landscapes and buildings, but some show unidentified US military personnel. |
| Boyer, Dennis | Title: Dennis Boyer Papers, 1964-2009
Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 1 tape recording, 31 photographs, 1 negative, and 36 transparencies; plus additions of 3.0 cubic feet, 90 photographs, 52 negatives, 9 videorecordings, and 1 tape recording Call Number: Mss 900; Micro 2067; Audio 1335A; PH Mss 900; M2000-086; M2006-079; M2010-130 Abstract: Papers, 1964-2009, of Dennis Boyer, a Wisconsin labor leader, primarily documenting his service in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, his activities in the Wisconsin Labor and Farm Party (LFP) and the Green Movement, and support for Native American treaty rights. Documentation on the evolution of the Green Movement in the state and its relationship to third party politics in Wisconsin is particularly strong. This part of the collection includes files on numerous state and regional groups which Boyer co-founded such as the Independent Greens, Upper Great Lakes Green Network, the Wisconsin Greens, and the Yahara Greens and for which he wrote position papers and press materials. Prominent correspondents on treaty rights include Dee Berry, Walter Bresette, William Hurrle, Harvey Jacobs, Frank Koehn, Sharon Metz, Jeffrey L. Peterson, Ray Starrett, and Frank Zeidler. |
| Bries, Dennis | Title: Dennis Bries Photographs, circa 1969-1970
Quantity: 1.25 cubic feet of negatives (5 card boxes) and 0.25 cubic feet of papers (1 card box) Call Number: M96-121 Abstract: Photographs created by Dennis Bries while serving in the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict, including images of battle scenes, soldiers, and other aspects of the conflict. |
| Conta, Dennis J., 1940- | Title: Dennis J. Conta Papers, 1969-1976
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EQ Abstract: Subject files of Conta, a Democratic assemblyman representing the 25th District (north Milwaukee) in the Wisconsin State Legislature. Includes correspondence, notes, reference files, and reports, documenting Conta's special interests in social welfare, children, special education, mass transit, the city of Milwaukee, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. |
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Wierzba, Dennis, 1900-1993
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Title: Dennis Wierzba Negatives, 1941-1957
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 666 nitrate negatives 165 safety film negatives 202 digital files (6.75 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 121 Abstract: Collection of images, mostly negatives as well as some prints made after the collection was donated, taken by Dennis Wierzba, a Milwaukeean. While most of the images in the collection are undated, the majority of the images appear to document life in Milwaukee in the 1940s, particularly on the city's south side. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Department of Building Inspection. | Title: Department of Building Inspection Premises Records,
1888-1988
Quantity: 164.3 cubic ft. (414 boxes) 22 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 40 Abstract: Premises Records from the Department of Building Inspection. Contains materials from the building inspector, such as building permits, for both new buildings and remodeling, raze orders, code enforcement, and other materials on various properties in the City of Milwaukee. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Department of City Development. | Title: Department of City Development Records, 1934-2007
Quantity: 5.2 cubic ft. (18 boxes) 4 volumes 1 oversize folder Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 19 Abstract: Records of the Department of City Development, which promotes the development of neighborhoods, businesses, and quality of life in the City of Milwaukee. Contains reports, minutes, publications, as well as marketing slides and photographs. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Health Department. | Title: Department of Health Records, 1871-2020
Quantity: 48.6 cubic ft. (122 boxes) 54 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 24 Abstract: Records of the Milwaukee Health Department and its chief officer the Commissioner of Health. Both are responsible for protecting, educating and promoting the health and safety of residents of the City of Milwaukee. Contains correspondence, ephemera, reports, publications, photographs, and ledgers. |
| University Of Wisconsin - Parkside | Title: Department of Music Records, 1973-2005
Quantity: 2.8 cubic feet (2 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes) Call Number: UWP Archives Collection 33 Abstract: This series includes concert programs, promotional posters and brochures, and recruitment and scholarship information. |
| University of Wisconsin - Parkside | Title: Department of Physics Records, 1973-1984, 1990-2002
Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) Call Number: UWP Archives Collection 35 Abstract: This series consists mostly of course materials and records from activities of the Great White Wave Machine. The Great White Wave Machine was a combined effort of UW-Parkside and area companies, such a Johnson Wax and Snap-on Tools to create a traveling truck full of hands-on physics experiments that could travel to elementary schools near the university. |
| Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture (Madison, Wisconsin) | Title: Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture Urban and Regional Planning syllabi Quantity: 4 Linear Feet 4 record storage cartons. 4 linear feet of syllabi. Call Number: uac116 Abstract: This collection includes syllabi from Urban and Regional Planning courses offered by the Department of Landscape Planning and Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison between 1960 and the early 2000s. The collection includes syllabi, reading lists, course descriptions, and a limited number of course proposals. |
| University of Wisconsin. Department of Political Science | Title: Department of Political Science meeting minutes Quantity: 1 Linear Feet One record storage carton One linear foot of paper documents Call Number: uac144 Abstract: This collections contain meeting minutes for the Executive Committee and Departmental meetings for the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison between 1985 and 2015. |
| Milwaukee (Wis.). Department of Public Works. | Title: Department of Public Works Records, 1875-1993
Quantity: 4.7 cubic ft. (15 boxes) 136 volumes 5 oversize folders Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 3 Abstract: Records of the Department of Public Works, which is responsible for developing and maintaining streets, alleys, bridges, docks, water works, sewerage system, and public buildings and grounds. The collection contains reports, meeting minutes, proposals, specifications, estimates and assessments, and other related materials. |
| Richland County (Wis.). Department of Social Services | Title: Department of Social Services, Richland County, Wisconsin, General Relief Case Files, 1932-1969
Quantity: 15.6 cubic feet (39 archives boxes) Call Number: Richland Series 39 Abstract: Case files documenting monetary assistance and relief in the form of goods and services provided to persons in need. Files include applications for relief, field worker's report sheets which contain narrative accounts of case background, face sheets containing factual information about the applicant and his/her family, financial disbursement sheets, correspondence, and related documents. Some case files may also include relevant court proceedings, newspaper clippings, and personal correspondence. Types of aid include poor relief, aid to dependent children, and old age assistance. The county administered federal and state funds to clients under the supervision of the Wisconsin Emergency Relief Administration and the Public Welfare Department. |
| University of Wisconsin - Parkside | Title: Department of Theatre Arts Records, 1976-2008
Quantity: 1.8 cubic feet (1 records center carton and 2 archives boxes) Call Number: UWP Archives Collection 40 Abstract: Department of Theatre Arts Records, 1976-2008 |
| Comeaux, Malcolm L. | Title: Departmental Histories Collection, 1973-2007
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 25 Abstract: Collection of articles and manuscripts describing the history of geography departments at different universities in the U.S. and Canada. |
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Sharath Raja
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Title: Desi Wisconsin South Asian Immigration Oral History Project,
2020-2021
Quantity: 41 digital files (2.06 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 368 Abstract: The Desi Wisconsin South Asian Immigration Oral History Project is comprised of ten audio interviews with immigrants from Southeast Asia to the Wisconsin area. Sharath Raja conducted the interviews in 2020 and 2021 on Zoom, a web meeting program, and recorded them to MP4 files before sending them to the UWM Archives. Digital scans of photographs from five of the ten interviewees were also obtained and sent to the UWM Archives to be included in this collection. |
| Dessert Family | Title: Dessert Family Business Records, 1839-1964
Quantity: 30.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons, 15 archives boxes, 92 volumes), 1 reel of microfilm [35mm], and 10 photographs Call Number: Stevens Point Mss AO; Micro 1069; Stevens Point Micro 23; PH 3669 (3) Abstract: Records of the Joseph Dessert Lumber Co., Mosinee Land, Log and Timber Co., and other lumber companies owned by Joseph, Louis, Howard, and Abigail Dessert and their descendants, mainly dating from the 1880's to 1930. Among the records are general business correspondence, mainly concerning orders for lumber and routine financial matters; one letterpress book of personal and business letters of George McLaughlin, an officer of several Dessert enterprises; and some letters from the Westfield and Fail River Lumber Co, also owned by the Dessert family. A file of personal correspondence of Joseph Dessert concerns his guardianship of a minor, while personal correspondence of Howard Dessert contains letters and financial statements of the Dessert and Brown Lumber Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan, and materials concerning the 1927 convention of the American Legion in Paris. Also included in the collection are contracts, legal agreements, land transaction records, minutes, numerous financial ledgers and journals, cash books, order books, payroll records, and logging and lumber sales records of the Joseph Dessert Lumber Co. and the Mosinee Land, Log and Timber Co. Minutes of the Joseph Dessert Lumber Co. are available only on microfilm. The photographs portray an unidentified sawmill or lumber mill. |
| Det Nationale Afholdsforbund | Title: Det Nationale Afholdsforbund Records, 1894-1922
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: M2004-244 Abstract: Records of Det Nationale Afholdsforbund (Norwegian National Total Abstinence Union), which was organized in the late 1880s or early 1890s to promote temperance among Norwegians in the upper Midwest, particularly Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and the Dakotas where it had state and local chapters. The papers include correspondence, minutes of meetings, and membership and financial reports of Det Nationale Afholdsforbund as well as semi-annual reports from each chapter which summarize financial and membership records. All papers are in Norwegian and have not been translated. |
| Deutcher Verein (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Deutscher Verein Records Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet Call Number: MSS A Abstract: The Deutscher Verein was a German cultural, social, and musical organization formed officially in 1874 through the consolidation of two much older local German groups from the mid-1850s; namely, the Turn Verein or Turners and Liederkranz or Singing Society. In 1875 the German Independent School Society also joined the Deutscher Verein. The name was changed to the Germania Society in November 1877 but still called itself the Deutscher Verein in official documents. In 1918 the group’s name again changed to the Pioneer Club as a result of anti-German sentiment during World War I. The club was dissolved in 1937 due to a decline in membership. Records of the Deutscher Verein von La Crosse (Wis.), consist of historical background, legal and financial records, 1876-1937, including articles of incorporation (1892 amendments), warranty and quit-claim deeds, bond issues, trustee appointments, and dissolution documents. Also available are records from two of the predecessor groups, the Liederkranz (records date from 1859-1881) and Turn Verein (records date from 1865-1874), and one document of the German Independent School Society stating a merger with the Deutscher Verein in 1875. Some of the early records are written in the German language. |
| Poole, DeWitt Clinton, 1885-1952 | Title: DeWitt Clinton Poole Papers, 1918-1952
Quantity: 3.4 c.f. (9 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss AB Abstract: Papers of DeWitt Clinton Poole, a diplomat, lecturer, and educator who served in a number of diplomatic positions in the Soviet Union (1917-1922) and in Germany (1926-1930), who headed the Foreign Nationalities Branch of the Office of Strategic Services (1941-1945), and who was instrumental in the establishment of the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (1930-1939). The majority of the collection consists of rough notes and reference material for three courses he taught at Princeton and Harvard: Conduct of Foreign Relations (Govt. 32), Freedom Through Balance of Power (Govt. 115), and International Politics (Govt. 18) and an unidentified course on the Russian Mission, 1917-1924. Also included are copies of speeches; subject files on American recognition of the Soviet Union in 1933 and other topics; and miscellaneous correspondence concerning diplomatic assignments in Russia and Germany, the establishment of the Princeton Diplomatic School, and the publication of an article on the balance of power in 1947. Prominent correspondents include Raoul Bertrand, Wilbur J. Carr, Joseph P. Cotton, Harold G. Dodds, Joseph C. Grew, William Hard, Frank S. Hopkins, Charles E. Hughes, Robert H. Jackson, John K. Jessup, Frederick Kuh, Robert Lansing, William P. Maddox, Harold Nicholson, William Church Osborn, Ralph Barton Perry, Earl S. Pomeroy, Andre Siegfried, Henry L. Stimson, Arthur H. Sulzberger, and Quincy Wright. |
| Salisbury, DeWitt Clinton, 1843-1915 | Title: DeWitt Clinton Salisbury Papers, 1860-1958
Quantity: 1 reel of microform (35mm) Call Number: Micro 490 Abstract: Papers of DeWitt Clinton Salisbury, an Oregon, Wisconsin farmer, school teacher, and Civil War soldier in Co. M, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. Included are typescript diaries, 1860-1862, 1864-1914; an original diary, 1863; an account book with diary entries, 1867-1876; correspondence, 1815-1914; and poems and writings concerning Salisbury's daily activities, farm life, Civil War news, and family affairs, including religion, illnesses, and the deaths of three of his children. Also includes correspondence, 1890-1945, and miscellaneous papers, 1906-1958, of Salisbury's daughter Winifred, concerning her career as a social worker, particularly her 1906 experiences at University Settlement in Milwaukee. |
| Dexter-Roundy Family | Title: Dexter-Roundy Family Papers, 1772-1951
Quantity: 1.4 cubic feet (4 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), and 41 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 108; Milwaukee Micro 57; Micro 1126; PH 3691 Abstract: Family and some business papers of a family originally from Shelbyville, Illinois, that founded in 1872 the independent Milwaukee grocery wholesale firm Roundy, Peckham & Dexter. Included is detailed correspondence between Judson A. Roundy and his brother-in-law Joshua L. Dexter, concerning family matters and the establishment of their Shelbyville, Illinois grocery business in 1851; letters and diaries of Joshua's son Charles J. concerning his education and early life, move to Milwaukee in 1879, and other matters; correspondence and diaries of Charles' son Edward who was also active in the business; and a detailed European travel diary (1908) and correspondence of Charles' wife, Effie McBeth Dexter. Also pertaining to her family are numerous legal papers primarily concerning investments in Ohio during the first half of the nineteenth century. Pertaining to Roundy, Peckham & Dexter are articles of incorporation and circular letters. Also included are genealogical material, and miscellaneous correspondence of various other members of the extended family. The photographs include portraits of the family, friends, and images of homes. There are also several examples of advertising materials and labels used for canned produce. |