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Brunette, Emanuel F., 1880-1960 Title: Emanuel F. Brunette Papers, 1929-1937
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes)
Call Number: Mss 17
Abstract: Papers of a Wisconsin state assemblyman and senator, including correspondence, 1929-1937; materials relating to an investigation of charges of communistic teaching at the University of Wisconsin, 1935; correspondence while a member of the State Emergency Board, 1936; and speeches. The materials reflect Brunette's concerns about school financing, hunting and fishing regulations, and other topics. Several letters from UW President Glenn Frank are present.
Philipp, Emanuel Lorenz, 1861-1925 Title: Emanuel L. Philipp Papers, 1887-1933
Quantity: 6.0 c.f. (23 archives boxes, 1 card box, and 4 volumes)
Call Number: Wis Mss JC
Abstract: Personal and official papers of Philipp, a Wisconsin Republican leader and Milwaukee businessman who served as Wisconsin Governor, 1915-1921. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, speeches and press releases, business records, state government documents, and other materials.
Emergency Committee to Defend the Human and Legal Rights of Political Prisoners Title: Emergency Committee to Defend the Human and Legal Rights of Political Prisoners Records, 1985-1991
Quantity: 2.4 c.f., 8 videorecordings, and 7 tape recordings
Call Number: M91-262
Abstract: Records of the Emergency Committee to Defend Human and Legal Rights of Political Prisoners, a support group for the Resistance Conspiracy Six (Alan Berkman, Tim Blunk, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Susan Rosenberg, and Laura Whitehorn), all long-time political activists who were charged with conspiracy in connection with the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Capitol, a protest against the invasion of Grenada. Although the government admitted it had no evidence linking these specific people to the bombing, the six were convicted and sentenced to prison terms. The records document the Resistance Conspiracy case, the legal tactics used by the prosecution, the individuals involved and their philosophy, and the revolutionary network, especially the women’s and radical lesbian component of it. Included is correspondence, position papers, statements, flyers, programs, photographs, posters, original artwork, stickers, press kits, clippings, petitions, interviews with the six, and statements by other political prisoners.
Ela, Emerson, 1875-1956 Title: Emerson Ela Papers, 1892-1987
Quantity: 4.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes, 1 card box, and 1 record center carton), 3 reels of microfilm (35mm), 38 photographs, and 199 transparencies
Call Number: Mss 874; PH Mss 874; Micro 2053
Abstract: Papers, 1898-1958, of Emerson Ela, a Madison, Wisconsin attorney and advocate of marketing cooperatives who was also associated with many civic organizations, and the personal papers of his wife, Florence White Ela. Included are biographical and autobiographical materials, personal and business correspondence, diaries and journals (chiefly of Florence Ela), household accounts, records of his early law practice, and subject files about the Madison Dry League, the Madison Planning Trust, the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association, and other organizations. Most extensive are the files on Ela's chairmanship of the United War Work Campaign during World War I which include correspondence; a scrapbook documenting the work of Lee C. H. Orbach, state publicity director; additional clipping scrapbooks; and lantern slides issued by the national campaign to support its fundraising work. Records of the law practice include correspondence with clients such as Richard Lloyd Jones, Amos P. Wilder, and the Wisconsin State Journal, and speeches delivered in behalf of the Northern Wisconsin Cooperative Tobacco Pool. Other correspondents include Charles N. Gregory, Irvine Lenroot, and Verne Kaub. Photographs include images of Emerson Ela and Florence White Ela documenting their lives before and after their marriage. Included are images of Emerson in school at Rochester Academy, Beloit Academy, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Images of Florence include photographs from Beloit College and a scrapbook kept by Florence.
Schaefer, Emil, 1892-1973 Title: Emil Schaefer Papers, 1927-1974
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)
Call Number: Mss 688
Abstract: Papers of Emil Schaefer, a former farm worker, teacher, and school principal who was active in Swiss-American groups in Wisconsin. The collection mainly concerns Schaefer's long involvement with the Swiss American Historical Society, and documents the activities of the Society during the Second World War and post-war years. Schaefer's correspondence files mainly concern official matters of the Swiss American Historical Society, and his personal friendships with many of the members. There is correspondence with Alfred Senn, Heinz K. Meier, and J. P. Von Grueningen, all officers of the Society; Lukas Burckhardt, the Swiss ambassador to the United States; and the Swiss Embassy and the Swiss Consulate in Chicago. A part of the correspondence is in German. Records of the Swiss American Historical Society consist of constitutions; lists of officers and members; annual reports of officers; announcements of meetings, projects, and publications; clippings; and a typescript history of the Society. There are also a few bulletins and other materials collected by Schaefer from Swiss government agencies.
Seidel, Emil
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Title: Emil Seidel Papers, 1906-1940
Quantity: .6 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 76
Abstract: Contains miscellaneous papers, mostly dating 1912-1919, of a Milwaukee political and socialist leader. Includes drafts and a manuscript booklet on Seidel's defense of his 1910-1912 Socialist mayoral administration in Milwaukee; the first report of the strikers' aid committee organized during the strike against Cudahy Brothers Company and against the Illinois Steel Company in 1919; and information on the Socialists' view of World War I.
Seidel, Emil, 1864-1947 Title: Emil Seidel Papers, 1916, 1938-1944
Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss G; Micro 340
Abstract: A 1938 autobiography of a Milwaukee mayor and leader of the Socialist Party, composed of two manuscript volumes, fragmentary correspondence, clippings, speeches, and genealogical notes.
Truog, Emil, 1884- University of Wisconsin. Department of Soils Title: Emil Truog papers
Quantity: 23.37 cubic feet 18 records cartons, 1 oversize box
Call Number: uac24
Abstract: The Emil Truog papers document the activities of Professor Emil Truog at the Soil Science Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Truog was on the faculty at Wisconsin from 1921 to 1954 and made lasting contributions to the fields of soil science, agronomy, and chemistry. His papers include personal, administrative and scientific correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and scrapbooks.
Wallber, Emil, 1841-1923 Title: Emil Wallber Scrapbook, 1876-1900
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box)
Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 194
Abstract: Scrapbook of former Milwaukee Mayor, Emil Wallber (1841-1923). Contains newspaper clippings, invitations, campaign and election materials, and other ephemera.
De Antonio, Emile, 1919-1989 Title: Emile de Antonio Papers, 1868-1989 (bulk 1950s-1980s)
Quantity: 75.8 cubic feet (112 archives boxes and 31 records center cartons), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 569 audio recordings, 529 photographs, 51 contact sheets, 16 color transparencies, 52 negatives, 6 posters, 2 clipping files, 675 reels of film, and 130 videorecordings
Call Number: U.S. Mss 117AN; Micro 988; Audio 1100A; additional call numbers for visual materials found in contents list
Abstract: Papers, mainly 1950s-1980s, of Emile de Antonio, a documentary filmmaker whose work was characterized by critical exploration of themes in contemporary politics and society. Included are biographical information, correspondence, and extensive files on films produced or considered for production. Produced motion pictures are documented by correspondence, research material, legal and financial records, scripts, production notes, promotion and distribution information, and reviews. This collection includes extensive film, video and audio tape, as well as some three-dimensional objects.
Fink, Emma C. Title: Emma C. Fink collection
Quantity: 2 Linear Feet 2 sheet music boxes Collection includes: music scores; sheet music.
Call Number: mml043
Blair, Emma Helen, d. 1911 Title: Emma Helen Blair Papers, 1809-1910
Quantity: 0.3 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversized volume)
Call Number: Wis Mss AN
Abstract: Correspondence consisting of letters written to Miss Blair's mother, Lucy Bartlett of Orono and Old Town, Maine, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by the latter's father, Thomas Bartlett, and young brother George, in which references are made to the Aroostook boundary dispute, the lumber business on the Canadian border, and preparations to depart for Wisconsin. There are a number of other family letters; Miss Blair's own correspondence, 1876-1910, chiefly relating to her professional work at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; and a few records of the Young Women's Christian Association of Milwaukee and other Milwaukee social service organizations.
Emmert Tax and Accounting Service (La Crosse, Wis.). Title: Emmert Tax and Accounting Service Audits
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet
Call Number: MSS D
Abstract: Percival R. Emmert, before owning his own accounting firm called Emmert Tax and Accounting Service, was division chief of the U.S. Revenue Office in La Crosse, Wis. The collection includes a scattering of audits performed by the Emmert Tax and Accounting Service of La Crosse, Wisconsin, from 1922-1928, and 1934. Most of the audits are for the City of La Crosse government and schools.
Lavery, Emmet, 1902-1986 Title: Emmet Lavery Papers, 1925-1962
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes, 2 packages, and 1 oversize folder) and 1 tape recording
Call Number: U.S. Mss 60AN; Audio 338A
Abstract: Papers of Emmet Lavery, a stage, screen, and television writer, including scripts, collected articles and letters, clippings, Lavery-edited copies of The Screen Writer, and a subject file on Vassar College's Federal Theatre Project. Scripts present either in manuscript or mimeographed form relate to his stage, television, and film work. Most thoroughly documented is The Magnificent Yankee, his 1946 play based on the life of Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. The collection contains particularly useful information about the Hollywood film community and the Screen Writers Guild, which Lavery served as president, 1945-1947, and in which capacity he testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Empire Theatre, collector Title: Empire Theatre Film Collection, 1968-1984
Quantity: 378 film reels (35 mm)
Call Number: GA 638-GA 646; GA 654-GA 661; HB 759-HB 843; HB 847-HB 882; HB 894-HB 924; HB 936-HB 970; HB 973-HB 999; HC 001-HC 050; HC 056-HC 085; HC 131-HC 135; HC 137-HC 156; HC 168-HC 180; HC 189-HC 203; HC 447-HC 456; HC 472-HC 473
Abstract: Eighty 35 mm feature films from the Empire Theatre, located on 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City, from 1912 (as the Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre) until 1998 when it was lifted off its foundation and moved 170 feet westward to form part of the facade of the AMC Empire 25. This collection of films was found in the theater's basement prior to its move/demolition, and the titles are representative of the theater's grindhouse programming of the late 1960s to the mid-1980s. A majority of titles are Kung Fu films, with a few additional genre films ranging from blaxploitation titles to women's prison films.
Employment Options (Madison, Wisconsin) Title: Employment Options Records, 1979-2000
Quantity: 4.4 cubic feet (4 records center cartons and 1 archives box), 7 tape recordings, 86 photographs, 10 negatives, 151 transparencies, 8 videorecordings, and 2 film reels (16 mm)
Call Number: M2000-105; Audio 1913A
Abstract: Records of Employment Options in Madison, Wisconsin, a self-help career development service for low-income women with little or no technical or vocational training, originally founded in 1975 under the name Skilled Jobs for Women. The records document its role as the first agency in the Midwest to help women secure and retain non-traditional employment and the first in Wisconsin to offer programming for displaced homemakers.

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