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| Gedney Pickle Company (Onalaska, Wis.). | Title: Gedney Pickle Company Financial Ledger Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot Call Number: MISC MSS 253 Abstract: The Gedney Pickle Company operated in Onalaska, Wisconsin, 1901-1906; this financial ledger covers their business activities 1901-1905. In November 1906, the Gedney Pickle Company was renamed the Onalaska Pickle and Canning Company. |
| Boyer, Gene, 1925-2003 | Title: Gene Boyer Papers, 1925-2002
Quantity: 28.9 cubic feet (27 records center cartons, 3 archives boxes, 5 card boxes, and 1 oversize folder), 279 photographs, 370 transparencies, 9 videorecordings, 72 tape recordings, and 1 disc recording Call Number: M2004-229; Audio 1625A Abstract: Papers of Gene Cohen Boyer, documenting her participation in the development of political and economic feminism at the local, state, and national levels. A leader in the women’s movement since the 1960s, she was a founder and first treasurer of the National Organization for Women (NOW), and later president of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. She was also a founder of the National Women’s Conference Committee and the Jewish Women’s Coalition, and president of the National Women’s Conference Center (NWCC). The papers document her many activities and interests, and include biographical materials, correspondence, subject files, speeches, and writings. Also included are photographs, transparencies, and sound recordings of meetings and conferences of various organizations. |
| Kroupa, Gene | Title: Gene Kroupa Visual Materials, 1974-2001
Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (1 archives box, 2 flat boxes, and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: PH 7091 Abstract: Visual materials created by Gene Kroupa and his marketing firm, Gene Kroupa and Associates, for a variety of Wisconsin-based client organizations from the mid-1970s through 2001, including slides, design materials, advertising proofs, and posters. The firm produced materials for Allis-Chalmers, primarily slides depicting farmers and their operations throughout the country, to illustrate articles in The Landhandler, a publication produced for Allis-Chalmers dealers and farmers. Other slides were produced to illustrate materials from the Wisconsin-Minnesota Canned Vegetable Council (WMCVC). The collection also contains a number of other design materials for WMCVC including proofs and layouts for a recipe booklet, informational posters and brochures, and original art for a mascot named VIC (vegetables in cans) designed by Howard Sherpe. Also included are original layouts and designs for Friday Canning Corporation informational sheets, as well as proofs of print advertisements for American Breeders Service and a poster for the Hoard's Dairyman magazine. |
| Ski, Gene Country Show (Musical group) Pemrich, Andy | Title: Gene Ski and the Country Show collection Quantity: .5 Linear Feet 1 half document box Collection includes: audiotape reel; CDs; papers Call Number: mml042 Abstract: Master studio tape, with digital transfers, of unissued Gene Ski and the Country Show recordings. |
| - - - | Title: Genealogical Charts Collection, circa
1800s-circa 1900s
Quantity: 3.0 cubic feet (14 oversize folders and 4 rolls) Call Number: CHART E.F. Abstract: Collection of genealogical charts assembled from multiple sources by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Most of the charts are published (original and copies) with a few manuscripts. Some include annotations and revisions. |
| United Artists Corporation | Title: General Financial Journals: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 1C and Series 2C, 1919-1950
Quantity: 18 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Micro 1028; U.S. Mss 99AN/1C; U.S. Mss 99AN/2C Abstract: Series 1C: Pre-Incorporation Journal/Ledger, 1919-1920 and Series 2C: Corporate Financial Journals, 1919-1950 together comprise the general financial journals of the United Artists Corporation and some of its major subsidiaries. For ease of use, the two series have been microfilmed together on 18 reels of microfilm. The original volumes were destroyed after microfilming. |
| General Mitchell Air Reserve Station Installation Restoration Program | Title: General Mitchell Air Reserve Station Installation
Restoration Program Records, 1983-2005
Quantity: 3.4 cubic ft. (4 boxes) plus additions of .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 103 Abstract: Records concerning the environmental cleanup of General Mitchell International Airport and Air Reserve Station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The records include correspondence, guidance documents, enforcement records, and reports generated by the Air Force, the 440th Airlift Wing, and contractors. The records are a third copy of the original files, and placed at the UWM Libraries to fulfill a requirement in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. |
| - - - | Title: General Script Collection, 1906-1988
Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (10 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 189AN Abstract: Scripts separated from other collections in which they were extraneous. Stories, treatments, correspondence, and miscellany are also included, with materials ranging from a 1906 silent movie treatment to a 1988 television script. Materials are listed by production title. The collection includes scripts from luminaries such as Max Shulman and William Friedkin. The media for which the work was written plus appropriate production information is noted when known. |
| American Geographical Society-New York | Title: Geografilms Slide Collection, circa
1954
Quantity: 1.5 cubic ft. (5 boxes) Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 22 Abstract: Slides and filmstrips from a educational program presented by the American Geographical Society (AGS). The Herbert E. Budek Company, Inc. produced filmstrips from the slides that were then used for instructional purposes, usually at the high school level. The slides are on a range of cities, countries, and other geographical topics. |
| - - - | Title: Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian Photographs, 1871-1874
Quantity: 0.3 cubic feet of photographs (1 card box and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: PH 62; PH 428 (5) Abstract: Albumen prints and stereographs from surveys done by the United States Corps of Engineers of land west of the 100th meridian. The surveys were conducted in 1871 through 1874 under the direction of Lieutenant George M. Wheeler. The photographs were made by Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1871, 1873, and 1874) and William Bell (1872). Includes depictions of Zuni, Mohave, Apache, and Navajo, the landscape of the American southwest, such as the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, Canyon de Chelle, and other places in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Idaho. The stereographs of the expeditions were published by the Corps of Engineers under several titles including: Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, and Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. |
| Geological Survey (U.S.). Lake Superior Division | Title: Geological Survey (U.S.). Lake Superior Division: Records, 1882-1912
Extent: 9.0 c.f. (5 record center cartons and 13 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss S Abstract: Correspondence of three geologists, Roland D. Irving, Charles R. Van Hise, and Charles Kenneth Leith, who successively conducted the work of this survey from their offices at the University of Wisconsin. The principal object of the survey was to make detailed studies of the ore-bearing regions bordering on Lake Superior, but in 1890 the general direction of a study of the pre-Cambrian rocks of North America was given to Van Hise, and from time to time special investigations or scientific supervision of additional projects were required of the division. Since the incoming correspondence of the survey and of the university department of geology was filed as one unit, much of it deals with university affairs, as well as with other professional and personal interests of Van Hise. Monthly reports of University of Wisconsin Science Club meetings are present as are papers on Leith's work preparing an exhibit of ores for the St. Louis Exposition of 1903. |
| - - - | Title: Geopress Scrapbooks, 1939-1941
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 11 Abstract: This collection consists of three scrapbooks containing clippings from Geopress, a cartographic news agency. The scrapbooks include maps and information about various geographic areas, particularly those associated with World War II. |
| Garrett, George A., 1888-1971 | Title: George A. Garrett Papers, 1947-1960
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (1 archives box and 2 flat boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss Z Abstract: Correspondence and memorabilia kept by Garrett during his service as minister and ambassador to Ireland, 1947-1951, and as a civic leader in Washington, D.C., 1954-1960. The collection consists of correspondence, addresses, newspaper clippings of highlights from Garrett's diplomatic career, and scrapbooks containing clippings and correspondence relating to Garrett's work as president of the Federal City Council for Washington, D.C., and his leadership in urban redevelopment for the District of Columbia. |
| Joseph, George A., 1884-1961 | Title: George A. Joseph Photographs Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 202 Abstract: The George A. Joseph Photographs are comprised of 26 images of race horses and their jockeys, along with personal photographs (possibly of George and Lydia Joseph) and George's obituary. |
| Nelson, George A., 1873-1962 | Title: George A. Nelson Papers, 1889-1990
Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (5 archives boxes); plus additions of 3.3 cubic feet, and 219 photographs and 183 negatives (in 2 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss CA; M96-118; M2017-069 Abstract: Papers of George A. Nelson, a Milltown, Wisconsin farmer and assemblyman, documenting his leadership of cooperatives and farmers' organizations, including the Wisconsin State Union of the American Society of Equity, the Wisconsin Co-operative Creameries Association, the Farmers' Holiday Association, and the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America. In addition, there is some personal and political correspondence, and materials relating to his political career. Business records of some Milltown cooperatives are also included. |
| Sloan, George A., 1893-1955 | Title: George A. Sloan Papers, 1917-1955
Quantity: 11.2 cubic feet (27 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 0.1 cubic feet of photographs, and 1 pamphlet (1 oversize folder) Call Number: Mss 208; PH 4028; PH 4041 (3) Abstract: Papers of George A. Sloan, a prominent New York City businessman active in the Business Advisory Council of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Cotton Textile Institute, the U.S. Council of the International Chamber of Commerce, and the Metropolitan Opera Association, as well as national Republican politics, particularly the presidential election of 1952. The papers include correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, and articles demonstrating Sloan's interest in managerial, labor, and social problems. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence including exchanges with Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Alfred M. Gruenther, Cordell Hull, Sir Rudolf Bing, Herbert Hoover, H. Wendell Endicott, Billy Rose, Estes Kefauver, John Foster Dulles, Thomas E. Dewey, William O. Douglas, and others. Also present is information on the national textile strike of 1934. |
| Wiley, George A., 1931-1973 | Title: George A. Wiley Papers, 1949-1975
Quantity: 18.0 cubic feet (46 archives boxes), 28 tape recordings, 7 videorecordings, 75 photographs, 17 negatives, 10 items of ephemera, 2 posters, and 1 handmade sign; plus additions of 0.2 cubic feet Call Number: Mss 324; Audio 544A; PH 5025; PH 5026; VCA 247-VCA 253; M95-154 Abstract: Papers of George A. Wiley (1931-1973), chemistry teacher at Syracuse University and a founder and executive director of the National Welfare Rights Organization, documenting his civil rights and anti-poverty activities, as well as his private life. His early civil rights work includes local and national involvement with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The majority of the collection documents his involvement with the National Welfare Rights Organization (1967-1973). The audio recordings include speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. (“I Have a Dream”), Bayard Rustin, Richard Cloward, Frances Piven, James Farmer, Dick Gregory, and others. Also includes photographs of African American living conditions. |
| Albricht, George | Title: George Albicht Letters to Mrs. Ole Miller During His Service in World War I Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 123 Abstract: Photocopies of letters (1918) sent from George Albicht to his sister, Mrs. Ole Miller, while Albicht served with the National Guard in World War I. Albicht was a member of Company L, 16th Infantry and Company B, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, and was killed in action on 4 October, 1918. |
| Allen, George, 1820-1899 | Title: George Allen Diaries, 1874-1900
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 786; Stevens Point Micro 14 Abstract: Short entry diary recording Allen's daily activities as a farmer in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, 1874-1880, and as a Waupaca resident, 1880-1899, including notation of farm work, the weather, and visitors. |
| Belting, George B., 1914- | Title: George B. Belting Papers, 1952-1970
Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Whitewater Mss AZ; Whitewater Micro 14; Micro 977 Abstract: Legislative papers of a conservative Republican assemblyman (1956-1970) from Beloit, Wisconsin. Included are subject and campaign files, microfilmed clipping scrapbooks, constituent correspondence, press releases, and speeches. Chronologically-arranged correspondence touching upon a host of constituent concerns comprises the bulk of the collection. Fragmentary subject files contain statements and notes of the legislator, as well as some background information. The microfilmed scrapbooks contain clippings, advertisements, and literature distributed during his campaigns. Also pertaining to political concerns are files of press releases and speeches. |
| Smith, George B., 1823-1879 | Title: George B. Smith Papers, 1837-1879
Quantity: 4.4 c.f. (19 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss DW Abstract: Papers of George B. Smith, a Madison, Wisconsin, attorney, consisting of correspondence, letter books, diaries, and legal papers relating to Smith's legal practice, his activities as counsel for various Wisconsin railroad companies after 1866, and Wisconsin politics beginning about 1850. The correspondence after 1867 includes numerous letters and telegrams from railroad officials and attorneys in Wisconsin, New York, and other eastern cities. This rather technical material has to do with legal cases, their preparation, development, progress, and methods of presentation and argument, and with claims against the railroad companies. Other letters concern state Democratic affairs in general, Smith's candidacy for the United State Senate in 1869, and the national election of 1876 including his trip to Louisiana as a member of the committee to investigate vote fraud. |
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Bagnall, George L.; United Artists Corporation |
Title: George Bagnall Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 1B, 1936-1950
Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (5 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/1B Abstract: Files of George Bagnall, vice president in charge of production who conducted preliminary negotiations with producers and directors, oversaw the progress of production, and maintained a broad range of relationships with producers during the exhibition period. Bagnall's major duties, as reflected in this series of papers, were to keep track of the financing and production costs for the various films. The files include correspondence with producers and directors; budgets, audit reports, balance sheets, preproduction cost sheets, loan repayment statements, wage earners reports, and tax returns; and correspondence with unions and trade guilds. In addition, Bagnall was president of two small production companies, Romaine Films and United Artists Productions (successor corporation to Walter Wanger Productions). Extensive agreements, financial papers, and reports may be found for these companies, as well as information on such details as operating expenses, Social Security, and other tax matters. Materials relating to Walter Wanger Productions/United Artists Productions are found throughout these files. |
| Boyd, George, 1779?-1846 | Title: George Boyd Papers, 1797-1858
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (8 volumes) and 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Wis Mss D; Micro 2070; Green Bay Micro 60 Abstract: Papers consisting of letters received and copies of letters sent by Boyd as Indian agent at Mackinac, Michigan, from 1818 to 1832, and at Green Bay, Wisconsin, through the following decade. A few of the papers deal with Boyd's services as special agent entrusted with private dispatches to the peace commissioners at Ghent in 1814, and two years later as purchasing agent in Europe for the War Department. |
| Brooks, George, 1897-1978 | Title: George Brooks Papers Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot Call Number: MSS 080 Abstract: George Brooks (1897-1978) was a La Crosse, Wis., resident who worked at the Bodega Lunch Club, but was best known for training bloodhounds. From 1932 to about 1960, Brooks assisted law enforcement officials in over 3000 cases in tracking and apprehending criminal suspects and finding individuals who were lost. His most famous cases included the apprehension of Jens Thompson in 1937, a Freeborn, Minnesota, resident who shot four neighbors, and the 1939 tracking of Ray Olson in northern Wisconsin, who after shooting two deputies, was later killed while trying to escape. Brooks gained national fame, and articles about Brooks and his dogs appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, Life Magazine, American Magazine, and Reader's Digest.. The collection includes correspondence (1938-1955), photographs (ca. 1930s-1950s) of dogs and pedigrees, the La Crosse area, and people. Most photographs are black and white, and the bulk of them do not include dates, names, or any type of caption. Other materials include publicity items (ca. 1930s-1950s) such as posters, a photocopy of a radio script, and other materials. |
| Bunn, George, 1925- | Title: George Bunn Papers Quantity: 1 Linear Feet 1 record carton Collection includes: documents; newspaper clippings Call Number: Accession 1974/037 Abstract: This collection includes materials associated with George Bunn, UW-Madison Law School professor from 1969-1972 and Dean of the Law School from 1972 to 1975. Specifically, the collections includes documentation about Justice Thurgood Marshall's visit to the University of Wisconsin in 1968; papers on the aftermath of the riots on the University of Wisconsin campus in the late 1960's; Juris Doctorate degree paperwork from the late 1960's to the early 1970's; and memos to faculty from 1968 to 1972. |
| Merrick, George Byron, 1841-1931 | Title: George Byron Merrick Papers, 1838-1934
Quantity: 7.8 cubic feet (1 records center carton, 18 archives boxes, 7 card boxes, and 3 flat boxes) and 54 photographs Call Number: Wis Mss FK; PH 566 Abstract: Papers of George B. Merrick, a Wisconsin journalist, historian, genealogist, and officer of the Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic. The majority of the collection concerns his interest in steamboating which derived from personal experiences on the upper Mississippi River from 1854 to 1862. Included is a manuscript of his book Old Times on the Upper Mississippi; indexed scrapbooks of research correspondence and clippings about Mississippi River ports, individual steamboats, and steamboat men; scrapbooks and draft pages for his newspaper column “Steamboats and Steamboat Men”; and advertising and original bills of lading of steamboats dating from the 1850s. There are also card files which consist of an alphabetical index of boats and officers. The general papers touch on Merrick's career in journalism and transportation and include family correspondence and contacts with political figures. A letter book, 1894-1897, relates chiefly to genealogy but also contains several letters in regard to the congressional campaign of 1896 in Wisconsin. Subject files include additional correspondence for his history of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick family; correspondence and reports accumulated as clerk of the First Congregational Church of Madison, 1838-1905; and records of the 30th Wisconsin Infantry Association of which Merrick was secretary. Other Civil War papers include scattered documents pertaining to the 5th Wisconsin, the 25th Wisconsin, and other Wisconsin regiments; miscellaneous general orders from the Army of the Potomac; and correspondence from Wisconsin and Minnesota politicians. There is also a scrapbook about Samuel Clemens and correspondence regarding an unauthenticated Twain manuscript. The photographs consist of family portraits and images of Hoboken, a summer cottage on Lake Monona, 1858-1925. Additional photographs collected by Merrick have been separated to the Riverboat binders in the Archives Reading Room. |
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Butler, George C.; Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council. |
Title: George C. Butler Aldermanic Records, 1992-1998
Quantity: 0.3 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 62 Abstract: Records of Common Council Alderman George C. Butler who served Milwaukee's 10th District from 1992-2000. Collection contains correspondence, reports, subject files, clippings, and publications. |
| Jones, George C. (George Clark), 1829-1914 | Title: George C. Jones Papers, 1856-1914
Quantity: 2.4 cubic feet (6 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 5 Abstract: Papers of George C. Jones, Appleton, Wisconsin, lawyer and businessman who invested in mineral and timber lands in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Oregon. Included is business correspondence, diaries, bank account books, and miscellaneous minute and stock certificate books for various Wisconsin companies. |
| Cook, George, circa 1835-1915 | Title: George Cook Diaries, 1862-1865
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 841 Abstract: Typed transcriptions of Civil War diaries of Private George Cook, Company A, 28th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, containing brief entries documenting menus, personal activities, and troop movements through Arkansas, Alabama, and Texas, including comment on the Battle of Helena, Arkansas. |
| , George D. Eggleston Post No. 133 | Title: George D. Eggleston Post No. 133 Photographs, Quantity: 1.5 linear ft. (19 flat boxes, 1 folder and 1 oversized folder) Call Number: WVM Mss 1044 Abstract: Cabinet card photographs and additional photographs showing individual members of the Grand Army of the Republic George D. Eggleston Post No. 133, Appleton, Wisconsin. The cabinet cards, show almost every member, most of whom were in their sixties or older at the time the photographs were taken. Most of the photographs are identified on the front with the person's name and the unit with which they served during the war and the photographs are arranged alphabetically by surname. The loose photographs folder includes a photo of George D. Eggleston, and Charles Gosha, last member of the post. An oversized folder holds a photograph of the Post banner with American flag and some Civil War artifacts. |
| Hoyt, George E., 1861-1953 | Title: George E. Hoyt Ledgers, 1861-1916
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 160 Abstract: Account ledgers of Dr. George E. Hoyt, a Menomonee Falls, Wis. physician, containing names of patients, brief notes on charges, and amounts charged. There are also indexes for the first two volumes and a folder of additional accounting notes, telegrams, and a recipe for making a local anaesthetic. Also included are account ledgers kept by his father, Dr. William Moody Hoyt (1829-1870), and his mother, Dr. Nancy E. Hoyt (1829-1899), who took over her husband's practice after his death and whose practice Dr. George Hoyt joined after his graduation from Northwestern University Medical School in 1892. George Hoyt also served as a deputy state health officer from 1914 to 1944. |
| Mouser, Bruce L. | Title: George Edwin Taylor Articles Quantity: 0.04 cubic foot (2 folders) Call Number: MISC MSS 264 Abstract: Photocopies of newspapers articles both about and by George Edwin Taylor, as compiled by Bruce Mouser. |
| Esterly, George, 1809-1893 | Title: George Esterly Papers, 1840-1914
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) and 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) Call Number: SC 1079; Micro 203; Micro 204 Abstract: Papers of George Esterly, a Wisconsin agricultural machinery inventor and manufacturer; including an autobiography, a genealogy of the Esterly family, and miscellaneous letters, deeds, and other papers. In the autobiography Esterly describes his migration from New York State to Michigan, his work there in logging camps, his purchase of farm land in Heart Prairie, Wisconsin, and his inventions of grain harvesting machinery such as the Esterly Twine Binding Machine. Also present are several drawings by Burton Esterly. |
| Cooper, George F., 1852-1933 | Title: George F. Cooper Papers, 1860-1928
Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box, including 2 volumes) Call Number: La Crosse Mss N Abstract: Papers of Cooper, a Black River Falls, Wisconsin, newspaper editor and leading Progressive Republican. Included are a subscription book for the Black River Falls Banner, 1868; a business ledger, 1860-1868; and private correspondence, mainly 1917-1928, between Cooper and various Wisconsin political figures including Robert M. La Follette Jr., Joseph D. Beck, Herman L. Ekern, John J. Esch, Henry F. Mason, and E. Ray Stevens. |
| Hicks, George F., 1905-1965 | Title: George F. Hicks Papers, 1926-1965
Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 192AF Abstract: Papers of a broadcaster noted for his war coverage and his specialty of live remove broadcasts for NBC. Hick's most celebrated broadcast was an on-the-spot description of the D-Day Allied invasion of France. The collection focuses on Hicks' professional life, with radio and television scripts and transcripts, extensive background notes, personal and professional correspondence, and diaries. Hicks wrote most of his own broadcast material and the papers include numerous examples. Both the D-Day invasion and Hicks' other World War II experiences are thoroughly documented. Other materials include unpublished manuscripts based upon his work in broadcasting, and two scrapbooks and clippings. |
| Rowe, George Frederick, 1910- | Title: George F. Rowe Papers, 1932-1963
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 140 Abstract: Papers of George F. Rowe, consisting of segments of research files and correspondence relating to Rowe's various positions: Secretary to Wisconsin's Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and Congressman Merlin Hull; special assistant to the Director of Information of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in part responsible for food campaigns; secretary of the Dairy Industries Supply Association, and the Dairy Society International where he promoted dairy technology internationally; and staff member of the Foreign Agricultural Service. Included are copies of letters by Robert and Philip La Follette in response to mail received at the formation of the National Progressive Party in 1938. |
| Shepherd, George F., 1835-1865 | Title: George F. Shepherd Papers, 1857-1901
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Micro 456; Eau Claire Micro 6; Stevens Point Micro 5 Abstract: Papers, 1857-1901, of George F. Shepherd, an Eau Claire County, Wisconsin immigrant farmer from Guernsey, England, who served in Co. F of the 25th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Included are Civil War letters to his wife Martha concerning camp life, his stays in hospitals, and his concerns for his family, farm, and finances; letters from Martha's family in Guernsey, 1858-1866; legal and biographical data, including Martha's obituary; and photographs. |
| George Family | Title: George Family Papers, 1857-1977
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Oshkosh Mss BR Abstract: Papers of the family of Anton George, a Silesian immigrant farmer in El Dorado and Lomira townships, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, who served as Town of El Dorado justice of the peace between 1862 and 1865. Included are diaries with brief entries on farm work and church activities; a record of justice of the peace activities; a history of his wife's family, the Zimmermans; and other papers. |
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Gale, George, 1816-1868
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Title: George Gale Papers, 1840-1892
Quantity: 0.7 cubic feet (3 archives boxes and 1 oversize volume) Call Number: Wis Mss GJ Abstract: Papers of Judge Gale of La Crosse and Galesville, Wisconsin. There is a short diary of his journey from New York to Milwaukee and Walworth County in 1841; descriptions of Wisconsin, with emphasis on its geology, written in 1841 and 1844; papers concerning the Monteville and Black River Railroad Company, 1856-1858, and the Mississippi, Black River, and Lake Superior Railroad Company in 1857; Galesville University material, especially during Gale's presidency, 1858-1865; correspondence pertaining to the Upper Mississippi Valley Historical Society of which Gale was the founder and first president in 1863; letters from prominent early residents of La Crosse, Vernon, Jackson, Buffalo, and other counties in west central Wisconsin; letters to his family while an agent for the United States Sanitary Commission in the South, 1863-1864; material concerning the publication and distribution of his publications, Gale Family Records (Galesville, 1866) and The Upper Mississippi (Chicago, 1867); a history of the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians; a history of Walworth County; other articles and addresses; and some correspondence of his son, William Gale, a lawyer at Winona, Minnesota. |
| George Gilkey, 1919-2010 | Title: George Gilkey (1919-2010) Papers, 1914-1983
Physical Description: 3.76 c.f.(8 archives boxes) Call Number: LAX Mss 2010/01 Abstract: Papers of George Gilkey primarily consist of materials relating to his publication, The First Seventy Years: A History of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 1909-1979. Materials include research and biographical notes, Alumni Questionnaires (1910-1974), chapter notes, draft copies, galley proofs, and editing and publication correspondence and notes. Other research materials are for the publication, Fiftieth Year of Celebration of the First German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, research on ethnic settlement patterns in the city of La Crosse, and the La Crosse Ethnic Census. Also within this collection are his research materials relating to the political career of Thomas Morris and his work with the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. |
| Klicka, George H., 1934- | Title: George H. Klicka Papers, 1967-1982
Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (3 record center cartons and 1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 100 Abstract: Legislative papers of George Klicka, a conservative Republican who represented Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in the Assembly from 1966 through 1982. The collection consists of alphabetical subject files containing constituent correspondence, reference material, newsletters, and questionnaires. Topics which are well documented include abortion, aid to private schools, sex education, and Wauwatosa. The collection also contains Distributions, conservative reprints and publications, which Klicka circulated with his personal endorsement. |
| Paul, George H., 1826-1890 | Title: George H. Paul Papers, 1834-1889
Quantity: 3.8 c.f. (14 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss CQ Abstract: Papers of George Howard Paul, a member of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, 1874-1890, and postmaster at Milwaukee during President Cleveland's first administration. The collection relates generally to the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, and to university affairs, especially the building program and the resignation of President John Bascom. Correspondence of Paul with his wife who remained for a time in Vermont, and with other relatives and friends there, contains information about the early history of Kenosha, Wisconsin, home life, and Vermont's Burlington Sentinel, of which Paul had been publisher. The collection touches upon the Barstow-Bashford controversy; state and local political figures and campaigns, especially those of 1852 and 1872; reimbursement of the builders of the State Capitol after the disaster of 1882; the Potter Law and injunction suits of the 1870's; National Civil Service Law in the 1880's; and investigation of the Milwaukee County Insane Asylum in the 1880's. Letters of Congressman Charles A. Eldredge concern relations between President Johnson and Congress in 1866. |
| Walker, George H. | Title: George H. Walker Papers, 1950-1976
Quantity: 1 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 178 Abstract: The collection mainly consists of postcards containing correspondence, dating from 1967 to 1976, to George Walker from Karl Priebe. The postcards were sent from locations around the world, including Mexico, France, England, and Wisconsin, including several from Milwaukee. Priebe's artwork is featured on some of the postcards. The collection also contains Echoes magazine covers of Priebe's artwork and includes a photograph of Billie Holiday at Karl Priebe's home, circa 1950. |
| Wood, George H., 1815-1890s | Title: George H. Wood Papers, 1808-1950
Quantity: 2.6 c.f. (5 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: Mss 1005 Abstract: Papers of George H. Wood, a land speculator and attorney in the Green Bay area during Wisconsin's early statehood. The majority of the papers in this collection document Wood's business activities and correspondence to and from his family. Significant portions of the collection relate to Wood's land speculation business with his partner and brother-in-law James Prentice, Wood's journey to Colorado to try his luck in the Pikes Peak gold rush with the rock boring and crushing machine he had invented, correspondence revealing his family's experience in Cairo (Ill.) during the Civil War, and his wife's correspondence to friends and relatives illuminating the family's experiences. The collection contains numerous letters from his daughters Georgia Pangborn, Candace P. Wood, Jessie Wilson, and Katherine Wood during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Also included are deeds, land contracts, property maps, diaries, some news clippings, a photograph of George Wood, legal documents, a book of diagrams and plans for the rock drill, and correspondence and announcements relating to Wood's drill. |
| Haberman, George, 1894-1979 | Title: George Haberman Family Photographs Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 068 Abstract: George Haberman (1894-1979) was a photographer in La Crosse, Wisconsin, from 1923-1963. Haberman was a photographic apprentice under William Pryor about 1913-1915, and served as an aerial photographer instructor at the Eastman Kodak campus during World War I, returning to La Crosse after the War. The collection includes positive copy prints from glass slide negative photographic images of the family of George Haberman and some La Crosse area scenes. There are several self portraits of Haberman, his parents Frank and Mary (Stier) Haberman, and other family members which are all unidentified. La Crosse scenes include a horse trotting or race track, building at 524 Main St. (Pryor's Photographic Studio), backside of the Woolworth's Building, the inside of a restaurant, Pettibone Park bridge and lagoon, and a farm house scene. The original glass slides were transferred to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's Murphy Library - Special Collections Department. |
| Hardie, George, 1912-2001 | Title: George Hardie Papers, 1880-2001
Quantity: 29 cubic ft. (44 boxes including 1 record album) 38 audio cassettes 28 audio reels 2 microfilm reels 872 nitrate negatives 9 oversize folders 1 roll 1 videocassette 98 digital files (21.19 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 65 Abstract: This collection contains personal materials of Milwaukee area aviation historian, enthusiast, and collector George Hardie. Hardie's passion for aviation began at a young age with his collection ranging from materials on airplane model building, to aircraft design and construction in the jet age. The significant areas of the collection focus on General "Billy" Mitchell, early Wisconsin aviator John Kaminski, the American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS), and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), of which Hardie was a founding member. Also included is extensive material on early aviation in Wisconsin, which includes information about Alfred Lawson, who was the founder of the Lawson Aircraft Company, and said to have built the first airliner in the world. Much of the material in these areas include correspondence between Hardie and prominent figures in aviation, as well as other aviation enthusiasts, and numerous aviation photographs. |
| Johnson, George Henry, 1832-1917 | Title: George Henry Johnson Diaries, 1875-1917
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Whitewater Mss CH Abstract: Diaries of Johnson relating to his farming activities in the Cold Springs area of Jefferson County, Wis. The diaries contain daily weather observations; remarks on farm life, family activities, and his retirement to Whitewater, Wis. in 1899; and records of visiting relatives in New York and Minnesota and traveling to California, England, France, and the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Johnson also recorded his observations of world and regional events such as Queen Victoria's death, President McKinley's assassination, local centennial parades, and the 1891 fire at Whitewater Normal School. Johnson's accounts of attendance at Old Settlers meetings in Palmyra, Wis., recorded in the diaries, document the lives of early settlers in Jefferson County. Also included are two diaries by Johnson's children, his daughter, Minnie (Johnson) Steel (1899), and his son, Clarence B. Johnson (1907). |
| George Hoare & Company Druggists. | Title: George Hoare & Company Druggists Records Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 113 Abstract: Records of the George Hoare & Company Druggists include a sample prescription book (1858), two newspaper articles on Hebberd Drugs, and a paper written by David J. Marcou, May 1993: "An Historical Report on the Oldest Continuous Business in La Crosse, Wisconsin: The Story of the Dumont-Hebberd Company." George Hoare & Company Druggists became Howard Drug Company, which was later bought by Hebberd Drugs. |
| Johnson, George Hopkins, 1901-1974 | Title: George Hopkins Johnson Papers, 1860s-1972
Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes), 2 tape recordings, 16 film reels, 114 photographs, 181 negatives, and 19 transparencies Call Number: Mss 308; Audio 564A; AB 861-AB 876; PH Mss 308; PH 6927 Abstract: Papers of George Hopkins Johnson, a Wisconsin industrialist who ran the family business, the Gisholt Machine Company of Madison (circa 1940-1971), was director of and later consultant to the Tools Division of the War Production Board (1942-1945), and was a member of the post-war Allied Commission of Reparations' American delegation to Moscow and Germany, and of the American Business Executive Mission, a special War Department assignment to reassess the production outlook of heavy industry in Germany. Materials primarily pertain to Johnson's trips to Germany, and include miscellaneous records of the Gisholt Machine Company, and some personal and family correspondence and documents. Correspondence includes the Civil War letters of an uncle, Ole C. Skipness. The recordings contain a 1973 interview with Johnson, primarily concerning his 1945 trip to Germany and Moscow. |
| Carr, George J. | Title: George J. Carr Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 0.7 linear ft. (1 archives box and 1 flat box) of papers, 0.1 linear ft. (7 folders) of photographs, 0.1 linear ft. (3 folders) of paper prints. Call Number: WVM Mss 686 Abstract: Papers and photographs of George J. Carr, a private who served in Battery B of the 4th Battalion, 42nd Artillery and was killed in action during the Vietnam War. Collection consists largely of the letters that Carr wrote home to his family during his time in Vietnam leading up to his death. Transcriptions of the letters by his mother Lillian accompany the originals. Also included are poems written by Carr during his military service. Many of the poems reflect his Catholic faith and all reveal a young man overwhelmed by the chaotic surroundings he found in Vietnam. Condolence letters from Army personnel describing the circumstances of his death, forms regarding the disposition of his personal belongings, and a funeral register document Carr's death and funeral. Photographs include shots of Carr from childhood through his military service. |
| Kellogg, George J., 1828-1919 | Title: George J. Kellogg Papers, 1846-1919
Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: Whitewater Mss BL Abstract: Papers of Kellogg, an early nurseryman of Rock County, Wisconsin; including business and family correspondence, diaries recording daily activities and weather observations, financial records of his nursery business, printed recollections of experiences during the California Gold Rush, and miscellaneous biographical and genealogical material. |
| Schaefer, George J., 1888-1981 United Artists Corporation | Title: George J. Schaefer Correspondence: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 10B, 1933-1938
Quantity: 2.2 cubic feet (6 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/10B Abstract: Correspondence, from 1933-1938, of George Schaefer, the bulk concerning domestic sales distribution. Topics include advertising, distributors and exhibitors organizations, legal matters, and information on general business and the response to films particularly in American and Canadian cities. Included is correspondence with independent producers such as Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Sam Goldwyn, Mary Pickford, Edward Small and Walter Wanger; contracts and statistics; and some miscellaneous personal correspondence and employment applications from friends. |
| Wanserski, George J. | Title: George J. Wanserski Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 1.8 linear ft. (5 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) of papers and 0.1 linear ft. (3 folders) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 55 Abstract: Papers and photographs of George J. Wanserski, a boatswain's mate in the Navy during World War II. The majority of the collection consists of letters Wanserski, a South Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, exchanged with his wife Florence during the war. The letters are long and fairly descriptive in chronicling both George's service with the Navy and the conditions Florence dealt with on the home front. George's letters describe his daily activities aboard a ship, the recreational activities of his fellow sailors, his Catholic faith, and his longing for his family. Florence's letters describe the growth and development of their children, the family's financial situation, and a slightly anti-German sentiment growing in the Milwaukee area. Also included are letters written by other family members to George. His military papers provide details about his service and include a continuous service certificate and summary of service in the Aleutian Islands. An undated watercolor painting, made by Wanserski, depicts the explosion of the Petersburg Mine during the Civil War. Several photographs show Wanserski and his family during the war. |
| Blum, George L., 1869-1939 | Title: George L. Blum Papers, 1923-1937
Quantity: 0.4. c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Eau Claire Mss AM Abstract: Correspondence of Blum, Eau Claire, Wisconsin county judge, attorney, and businessman; including requests for Blum's legal advice or intervention as a judge and his replies, letters on local financial enterprises (including his directorship of the Union Mortgage Loan Company), and letters concerning Blum's involvement in the Boy Scouts. |
| Mosse, George L. (George Lachmann), 1918-1999 | Title: George L. Mosse papers Quantity: 5.79 cubic feet 14 letter document boxes, 2 oversize boxes Call Number: uac20 Abstract: George Lachmann Mosse was a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1955 to 1989. His scholarly focus included 19th and 20th century history, Jewish studies, Nazi ideology, fascism, sexuality, and LGBT history. Born in Germany, his family fled Nazi persecution against German Jews and the family eventually entered the United States. He later enrolled at Haverford College and went on to complete his PhD at Harvard in 1946. Mosse had a long and fruitful academic career and taught at and was employed by several institutions. He was a member of multiple committees and associations over the course of his long career, had active correspondence with colleagues, academics, and family, and was widely published on the subjects of Nazi ideology and sexuality. In 2001, the George L. Mosse Program in History was established by the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a joint program with the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, of which Mosse had close ties, and endowments were made by Mosse to support LGBT Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Amsterdam. |
| Storer, George L., 1831-1905 | Title: George L. Storer Family Financial Papers, 1858-1945 (bulk 1865-1907)
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 887 Abstract: Twenty-seven leather bound volumes and numerous memoranda booklets kept by George L. Storer, Madison, Wisconsin, his wife Mary, and three of their children, John, Anna, and Mary Frankenburger. They document family financial affairs and financial transactions of the First Unitarian Society which George apparently served as treasurer. Included are records of real estate investments which include mortgages in Wisconsin and the Dakota Territory, rent received, and personal and household expenses. There are also two diaries kept by Mary Storer, 1906-1907, and the family bible, 1858-1945. George Storer retired to Madison after running a dry goods wholesale business in Sanford, Maine. |
| Weissman, George L. | Title: George L. Weissman Papers, 1955-1958
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 77 Abstract: Research materials of a writer on labor and civil rights issues consisting of correspondence, printed copies of articles and other materials concerning Donald L. West, a fundamentalist minister who promoted unionization of textile workers in Dalton, Georgia, and who was subsequently attacked as a communist. |
| Epstein, George M., 1911- | Title: George M. Epstein Papers, 1892-1975
Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 4 flat boxes) Call Number: Parkside Mss 32 Abstract: Papers of George M. Epstein, a Kenosha, Wis., businessman, civic leader, local historian, and owner of the Bell Clothing House (1937-1974). The collection mainly covers the years 1932-1973 and includes correspondence about the business and about the many organizations and interests in which Epstein participated, such as the National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers, the U.S. Trade Mission to Belgium (1963), and the Wisconsin Trade Mission to Europe (1964). The collection also includes his student papers from his days at the University of Wisconsin; nine scrapbooks of correspondence, clippings, photos, and mementos mainly documenting his business and civic functions; miscellaneous items such as advertising flyers from Bell Clothing House; and photographs. |
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Richard, George M.
[Digitized content] |
Title: George M. Richard Photographs of the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1958
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 24 safety film negatives 23 digital files (812 MB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 167 Abstract: Photographic prints and negatives taken by George M. Richard, former editor of the Wisconsin Alumnus, a magazine of the Wisconsin Alumni Association, based in Madison. The images were included in the October 1958 issue of the Alumnus. Included are interior and exterior shots of the newly formed University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, including Baker Fieldhouse, the Student Union, downtown classroom buildings (all of which have been razed or are no longer used), the Campus Elementary School (currently the Kunkle Center), Kenwood Hall, the library (then located in Mellencamp Hall), Mitchell Hall, and classes in session. |
| Molinaro, George, 1902-1978 | Title: George Molinaro Papers, 1946-1978
Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (5 archives boxes) and 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Parkside Mss 49; Parkside Micro 10; Micro 759 Abstract: Papers of a Kenosha Democrat who served in the Wisconsin Assembly for thirty years, including constituent and social correspondence, files on the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and the University of Wisconsin Medical Center, and scrapbooks of clippings and memorabilia. |
| Caylor, George N., 1885-1975 | Title: George N. Caylor Papers, 1941-1966
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 59 Abstract: Papers of George N. Caylor, a socialist bookseller and party member who terminated his membership in 1924. Included are a typescript autobiography which includes information about the socialist movement during the first quarter of the century in Philadelphia and New York City and interesting sidelights on leaders such as Eugene V. Debs, Jack London, E. Haldeman-Julius, and John Spargo; typescripts and shorter reminiscences; correspondence and a report relating to a study of his frequent letters to the editor of the Orlando Sentinel; and copies of correspondence, 1955-1966, the originals of which are held by Brandeis University Library and which reflect the wide range of his concerns. |
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Novack, George Edward, 1905-1992; Reed, Evelyn, 1905-1979 |
Title: George Novack and Evelyn Reed Papers, 1933-1992
Extent: 11 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 555 Abstract: Papers of George Novack, a leader of the Socialist Workers Party best known for his writing on Marxian philosophy and his Marxian historical interpretations, together with papers of his wife, Evelyn Reed, an anthropologist and fellow Trotskyist. The papers include interviews and biographical material, correspondence, and speeches and writings. There are papers on Novack's leadership of the American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky and the Civil Rights Defense Committee. Ree's papers largely concern her work as a Marxist anthropologist and her views on the oppression of women in society. |
| Connolly, George P. | Title: George P. Connolly Papers, 1965-1967
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) Call Number: UWP Manuscript Collection 7 Abstract: The George P. Connolly Papers follow the activities of the Kenoshans for Parkside Committee, from the legislation that began the process of placing a University in Southeastern Wisconsin, to site selection, and finally, construction. |
| Hambrecht, George P., 1871-1943 | Title: George P. Hambrecht Papers, 1841-1943
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 32A Abstract: Papers of George P. Hambrecht, a Wisconsin lawyer, government official, and Lincoln scholar, consisting of speeches and papers concerning education and the Wisconsin employment situation prepared in his capacity as director of the State Board of Vocational Education and the State Industrial Commission and transcribed copies of correspondence and research notes pertaining on his interest in Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln research correspondence includes exchanges with associates of the former president and other experts on Lincoln. Also included are copies of papers by others such as Ellis B. Usher. There is also one volume of transcribed research on freedom of speech. |
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Central High School (La Crosse, Wis.).; La Crosse Vocational and Adult School (Wis.).; Lincoln Junior High School (La Crosse, Wis.).; Pouzar, George; St. Wenceslaus School (La Crosse, Wis.). |
Title: George Pouzar Academic Report Cards Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 134 Abstract: Academic report cards of student George Pouzar, 1925-1931. Pouzar attended (respectively): St. Wenceslaus School, Lincoln Junior High School, Central High School, and La Crosse Vocational School. All schools were located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
| Currie, George R., 1900-1983 | Title: George R. Currie Diaries, 1927-1983
Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: M2003-127 Abstract: Personal diaries of George R. Currie, who was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1951 and served as chief justice from 1964 to 1968. A graduate of the Oshkosh State Normal School (now UW-Oshkosh) and of the University of Wisconsin Law School, Currie went on to build a successful law practice in Sheboygan before serving as a judge. The diaries are particularly complete and cover his daily activities including his professional life, contemporary political events, and his work with a number of organizations including the American Legion, Freemasons, the Mead Public Library Board, and Kiwanis. He also writes about his many recreational activities, including gardening, reading, enjoying radio and television programs, and traveling. Also included is a travel diary detailing his month-long trip to Europe in the 1950s. |
| Gilkey, George R., 1909-1974 | Title: George R. Gilkey Papers, 1886-1910, 1959-1974
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Stevens Point Mss AI; Stevens Point Micro 16; Micro 839 Abstract: Papers of Gilkey, a Merrill, Wis., businessman and local historian, including correspondence, writings, research notes, and other papers related to his research on the history of Merrill and Lincoln County and on lumbering in that area. Present are biographies of early residents, and papers by and about Gilkey's father, George L. Gilkey, which include several short accounts of hunting. |
| Simkowski, George R. | Title: George R. Simkowski Papers, 1982-1991
Quantity: 15.2 c.f. (39 archives boxes) and 19 videorecordings Call Number: Mss 802 Abstract: Papers of George Simkowski, president of Prime Time Marketing, a Chicago area company responsible for product placement in motion pictures. Included are scripts annotated to indicate possible product placements, as well as working files for a few films including prop lists, correspondence, and notes. The videocassettes primarily document product placements on television quiz programs. |
| Floyd, George Rogers Clark, 1781- | Title: George Rogers Clark Floyd Papers, 1840-1849, 1875-1878
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss CY Abstract: Papers of George Rogers Clark Floyd, Virginia-born Secretary of the Wisconsin Territory, 1843-1846. Papers consist of correspondence, 1840-1878, legal papers and financial accounts, 1840-1847, two account books, and a memo book. Seven letters, 1875-1878, relate to family affairs. |
| Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961 | Title: George S. Kaufman Papers, 1912-1958
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 4 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 12AN; Micro 1198 Abstract: Papers of a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and director, consisting primarily of correspondence, scripts, and microfilmed biographical scrapbooks. The correspondence contains originals or copies of letters from Fred Allen, Winthrop Ames, George Arliss, Eleanor Belmont, Walter Damrosch, Joseph E. Davies, Robert H. Davis, Theodore Dreiser, James A. Farley, Arthur Hopkins, Otto Kahn, Groucho and Harpo Marx, Adolph Menjou, William Saroyan, Alfred E. Smith, Henry L. Stimson, John Steinbeck, Booth Tarkington, Oswald Garrison Villard, William Allen White, Alexander Woollcott, and others. There are scripts (some annotated) for seventeen produced and unproduced plays and motion pictures including The Butter and Egg Man (1925), The Late George Apley (1944), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939) and several other works on which Kaufman collaborated with Marc Connelly, Ruth Goodman Goetz, Laueen MacGrath, Morrie Ryskind, Howard Teichmann and others. The remainder of the collection consists of notes pertaining to Of Thee I Sing (1931); scrapbooks (available only on microfilm) concerning Dulcy (1921), The Man Who Came to Dinner, and The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); and other miscellany. The entire collection is also available on microfilm. |
| Schlesinger, George | Title: George Schlesinger Colonial Currency and Autograph Collection, 1762-1864
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes, 2 oversize folders, and 1 volume) Call Number: M2004-126 Abstract: Currency, autographs, and other documents collected by George Schlesinger, including Colonial currency and early United States currency dating between the 1770s and 1780s from the colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. The autographs are principally from former presidents and other political figures. One item of note is a certificate appointing Ebenezer Tucker as Revenue Inspector that is signed by both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Other signatures in the collection include Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Andrew Johnson, and Thomas Edison. |
| Seaton, George, 1911-1979 | Title: George Seaton Papers, 1934-1975
Quantity: 11.6 c.f. (29 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 75AN Abstract: Papers of an Academy Award winning screenwriter, director, and producer, reflecting his work in the film industry. Extensive production files for several of Seaton's films include scripts and drafts, correspondence, research material, budgets, cast and crew lists, call sheets, music, production reports, publicity, set designs, shooting schedules, and reviews. Films represented include Airport, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, The Counterfeit Traitor, The Country Girl (which won an Academy Award in 1954), A Day at the Races, Little Boy Lost, Miracle on 34th Street (winner of an Academy Award in 1947), A Night at the Opera, The Pleasure of His Company, Showdown, Song of Bernadette, 36 Hours, What's So Bad About Feeling Good?, and others. Of special interest are the research notes and correspondence for The Counterfeit Spy and 36 Hours which detail Seaton's attempt to accurately portray World War II espionage activities. |
| Wehrwein, George Simon, 1883-1945 | Title: George Simon Wehrwein Papers, 1897-1944, 2001-2002
Quantity: 9.2 c.f. (21 archives boxes); plus additions of 0.6 c.f., 109 photographs, 0.8 c.f. of negatives, and 1 piece of ephemera Call Number: Wis Mss QT; M2002-105; PH 2446; PH 2541 Abstract: Papers of George Simon Wehrwein, a specialist in agricultural economics who served on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, 1928-1944. Wehrwein participated in research, writing, and radio broadcasting on many topics, related to farms, agricultural policy, rural living, government, and economic aspects of the Bible. The materials document his education, academic career, writings, participation in professional groups and governmental organizations, and his personal and family life. |
| George Smith & Co. (Pierce County, Wis.) | Title: George Smith & Co. Ledgers, 1873-1880
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (2 volumes in 1 archives box) Call Number: River Falls Mss AP Abstract: Ledgers kept by George Smith & Co., a general merchandise store at Diamond Bluff, Pierce County, Wisconsin, showing prices charged for commodities and credit allowed for products brought to the store in trade. |
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Swan, George, 1838-; Swan family |
Title: George Swan Family Papers, 1830-1980 (bulk 1880-1944)
Quantity: 1.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 3 flat boxes), and 0.2 cubic feet of plans (2 rolls) Call Number: M79-589; M81-485 Abstract: Photographs and papers, mainly 1880-1944, of George Swan and his extended family of Beaver Dam. George Swan was a doctor and the proprietor of Vita Park, a summer resort and health spa located in Beaver Dam. The collection contains images of the Swan family, the Vita Park and hotel, vacations, and the Swan family home. Also included is Mary Swan's (daughter) Wayland Academy school scrapbook, family genealogy, news articles, and ephemera related to Dr. Swan and his health resort. |
| Talbot, George, 1929-2008 | Title: George Talbot Lectures and Talks,
circa 1973-1979
Quantity:: 15 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 2002A Abstract:: Tape-recorded lectures and talks by George Talbot of the staff of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, concerning the collection and management of non-textual archival materials. |
| Tselos, George | Title: George Tselos Papers, 1961-1971
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 366 Abstract: Form letters and leaflets collected by George Tselos about the anti-war and civil rights movements. Of note are files on various Mississippi Citizens Councils, the Wendell Phillips Academic Freedom Committee, and the strike of the Teaching Assistants Association at the University of Wisconsin in 1970. |
| Armentrout, George W., 1848-1923 | Title: George W. Armentrout Papers, 1832-1922
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss BC Abstract: Papers of George Armentrout, an Augusta County, Virginia, lawyer, farmer, and businessman. The papers consist of scattered correspondence concerning land and lumber interests and his law practice; personal accounts for purchases of household supplies and drygoods; and financial records, 1881-1892, of the firm of Hanger (Jacob A.) and Armentrout, dealers in agricultural implements, sawmill equipment, and leather belting at Staunton, Virginia. Also included are legal papers and genealogical notes used in Armentrout's search for the heirs of Scarlet Daugherty. |
| Blanchard, George W., 1884-1964 | Title: George W. Blanchard Papers, 1924-1962
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes, 1 reel of microfilm [35 mm]) Call Number: Whitewater Mss BA; Whitewater Micro 15; Micro 976 Abstract: Papers of a conservative Republican politician from Edgerton, Wisconsin, who served in the Wisconsin Legislature (1924-1932) and the House of Representatives (1932-1934). Included are constituent and personal correspondence, political files, speeches, and biographical clippings available on microfilm. Except for some 1934 clippings, the collection relates entirely to Blanchard's four terms in the legislature. Unfortunately this documentation consists primarily of constituent correspondence and it does not illuminate his important role in the factional struggles between Stalwart and Progressive Republicans. Of special note are minutes and other papers on the Interim Committee on Forestry and Public Lands for which Blanchard was the chairman. Political files comprised of correspondence, press releases, and speeches are best on his unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 1931. Prominent correspondents in this category include William J. Campbell. |
| Goetz, George W., 1855-1897 | Title: George W. Goetz Papers, 1877-1897
Quantity: 0.4. c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 136 Abstract: Papers of George W. Goetz, a Milwaukee metallurgist and inventor, including professional correspondence, notes, and reports; materials pertaining to patents he obtained, mainly concerning iron and copper refining processes; diaries from a tour with S. T. Wellman of European iron and steel works; and biographical materials. Correspondence includes exchanges with the Ore Reduction Company of Pittsburgh, the Illinois Steel Company of Chicago, and the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company of Michigan and Boston. |
| Melville, George W. (George Wallace), 1841-1912 | Title: George W. Melville Scrapbooks, 1881-1903
Quantity: 1.4 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 7 Abstract: This collection includes four scrapbooks from the library of George W. Melville. Three scrapbooks focus on Arctic exploration, including one on the Jeannette Expedition, and another on the "Drift Casks Project" for determining Arctic currents. A fourth scrapbook contains Melville's personal correspondence. |
| Taggert, George W., 1813-1900 | Title: George W. Taggert Family Papers, 1831-1939
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss SB Abstract: A miscellaneous assortment of correspondence and other papers kept by George W. Taggert and his descendants. Family letters, a diary by Taggert in 1838, and reminiscences written in 1928 by his daughter, Hannah Taggert Patchin, describe the emigration of the family from New York state to a farm near Rochester, Racine County, Wis., in 1838, and their move in 1850 to Waupaca County, where Taggert operated a general store at Weyauwega and held a number of county and local offices. One account book for the general store, 1855-1867, is present, as is a decision book from Taggert's service as justice of the peace, 1871-1876. |
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Gove, George R., 1881-1968; Gove, George W., 1844-1930; Gove, Marguerite Pannill, circa 1880-1969 |
Title: George W., George R., and Marguerite Gove Papers, 1833-1963
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 358 Abstract: Papers of George W. Gove, Civil War veteran of the 33rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and Milwaukee businessman; his son, George R. Gove, large-scale housing expert and developer; and Marguerite Gove, wife of George R. Gove, a newspaper reporter and pioneer in educational films. George W. Gove papers, 1833-1901, consist of biographical materials, correspondence (primarily with family members), diaries, and financial records. George R. Gove papers, 1881-1953, include biographical materials, business correspondence, diaries from his years while a student, clippings, miscellaneous business papers, and reports. George R. Gove worked for the New York State Housing Commission in the 1920s and '30s, for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (1939-1952) as vice-president for housing, and for the Atomic Energy Commission at Oak Ridge (1950-51). Marguerite Gove papers, 1917-1963, include miscellaneous notes, diaries, address books, and film papers consisting of correspondence, story ideas, conference syllabi, and an educational film catalog. |
| George Walter Brewing Company (Appleton, Wis.) | Title: George Walter Brewing Company Records, 1880-1975
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 49 Abstract: Records of the George Walter Brewing Company, a business with 52 employees in 1947, which closed in 1972. Included is correspondence, minutes and other administrative records, financial and legal records, building plans, a publicity file, and other documents. |
| Bartell, Gerald A., 1914-1990 | Title: Gerald A. Bartell Papers1938-1987 (bulk 1958-1977)
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 354 audio recordings, 17 reels of film (16 mm), and 2 videorecordings Call Number: Micro 671; Audio 1764A; AB 845-AB 854; AE 625-AE 626; AE 655-AE 658; CD 084; VBA 531-VBA 532 Abstract: Papers and recordings of Gerald "Jerry" A. Bartell, a Wisconsin broadcasting executive, including radio scripts, correspondence, subject files and audio recordings of radio shows. The radio scripts are of a promotional and educational nature and were broadcast on behalf of the Wisconsin Arts Council Inc. (WAC) over WHA and the Wisconsin Educational Network. The correspondence and subject files relate to the creation of the Wisconsin Arts Council, the Wisconsin Arts Board and involvement with other arts organizations, the Macfadden-Bartell Company, and other business ventures in the field of radio and television. The audio recordings include Playtime for Children and midday reports for WAC and the Wisconsin Arts Board (WAB). Also includes a few films similar to the Playtime for Children radio program. |
| Freedman, Gerald A., 1927- | Title: Gerald A. Freedman Papers, 1945-1995
Quantity: 6.4 cubic feet (16 archives boxes); plus additions of 11.6 cubic feet, and approximately 1.0 cubic foot of photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 165AN; M88-153; M2008-055 Abstract: Papers of Gerald A. Freedman, a director of plays, operas and musicals. Contains theater files including scripts and prompt books, playbills, reviews, notes, designs, scores, production files, correspondence, and photographs, including production stills. Materials document Freedman's work on numerous productions and as a composer for the Acting Company (New York City), New York Shakespeare Festival, the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre (Stratford, Connecticut), the San Francisco Opera, and numerous other companies. The productions include Bells Are Ringing, America’s Sweetheart, Peer Gynt, West Side Story, The Robber Bridegroom, many Shakespeare plays including Love’s Labor’s Lost, and many other productions. Also includes biographical information, contracts, and personal correspondence. |
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Livingston, Gerald M., 1883-1950; Livingston, Crawford, 1848-1925 |
Title: Gerald and Crawford Livingston Papers, 1920-1933
Quantity: 7 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 820 Abstract: Papers of Gerald Livingston, a New York stock broker, and his father Crawford, a railroad executive and stock broker. Included are correspondence concerning investments, homes in Maine and Georgia, and breeding of basset hounds; a Livingston family genealogy; sympathy cads and estate papers following Crawford's death in 1925; and business correspondence, 1925, of stockbroker Walter Price, a partner in the Livingston firm. |
| Kleczka, Gerald D., 1943- | Title: Gerald D. Kleczka Papers, 1969-2004
Quantity: 26.4 cubic feet (26 records center cartons and 1 archives box), 77 photographs, 1 tape recording, and 2 DVDs Call Number: Mss 1121; M2010-058; Audio 1488A Abstract: Files of Gerald D. Kleczka, a Democrat from Milwaukee, who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1968-1972), Wisconsin State Senate (1974-1984), and United States House of Representatives (1984-2004), representing Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which includes the city of Milwaukee. The bulk of the material represents his tenure as a U.S. Representative. Files consist mainly of committee files, legislative and bill files, correspondence, and press. Prominent legislative topics include those related to the Committee on Financial Services (House Banking Committee) and the Ways and Means committee, particularly issues relating to housing, health, social security, and supplemental security income. |
| Lorge, Gerald D. | Title: Gerald D. Lorge Papers, 1957-1980
Quantity: 10.4 c.f. (9 record center cartons and 4 archives boxes) and 11 photographs Call Number: Green Bay Mss 111; PH Green Bay Mss 111 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1961-1980, of a Republican legislator from Outagamie County (Assembly, 1950-1954; Senate, 1954-1984), primarily consisting of correspondence and information from constituents, colleagues in the Legislature, governmental officials, and lobbyists concerning legislation considered during the period, 1961-1980. Also included are biographical information and Xeroxed clippings, a few press releases and speeches, some campaign information, photographs, and two constituent newsletters and questionnaires. Correspondence concerning electoral campaigns primarily dates from the period 1961-1964 and includes letters from Gordon Bubolz, Ody Fish, Harold Froehlich, Kirby Hendee, Claude Jasper, Warren Knowles, Talbot Peterson, and John Reynolds. |
| Coleman, Gerald Duane | Title: Gerald Duane Coleman Collection, 1975-2013
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 377 Abstract: Gerald Duane Coleman is visual artist from Milwaukee, member of the inner-city artists association the Freewheelers, and Nat Love impersonator. This collection contains postcards featuring the artist’s work, photos of paintings and art fairs, promotional materials, photos and script of his Nat Love drama, and clippings of articles. |
| Endl, Gerald | Title: Gerald Endl Papers and Still Images, Quantity: 0.8 linear ft. (1 archive box, one flat box, and two flat folders) of papers and 0.5 linear ft. (1 archives box, one oversized flat box, and one negative flap) of still images. Call Number: WVM Mss 1541 Abstract: Papers and still images pertaining to Gerald L. Endl, a Janesville, Wisconsin resident who was killed in action during World War II and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while in combat with the 32nd Division in New Guinea. The collection includes various documents and photographs that cover his entry into service, basic training at Camp Livingston (Louisiana), being sent to Australia and New Guinea, and his death and awarding of the Medal of Honor. Also included are manuscripts pertaining to various events and memorials that were collected by his widow, Anna Marie. The majority of the manuscripts pertain to Endl's death while fighting near Anamo, New Guinea, the presentation of the Medal of Honor, and the re-interment of his remains in Wisconsin. Endl was first reported to be missing in action and was later confirmed to have been killed. Included are the telegrams sent to Anna Marie informing her that he was first missing and later reported killed in action, official letters from military officials, and newspaper clippings reporting his death. Also included are sympathy letters written by the captain of Endl's company, a friend of his from the Army, various neighbors, and also from friends Endl had from his time in Australia. Documents pertaining to the posthumous awarding of the Medal of Honor include the original citation signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, various newspaper clippings, and a copy of the transcript from the presentation of the medal to Anna Marie and his parents. Materials relating to the re-interment of his remains in Wisconsin feature a letter verifying the location of his grave in New Guinea, a telegram informing that his remains were en route to the United States, various burial papers, the funeral guestbook, and newspaper clippings documenting the event. Other manuscripts from his service include biographical information, various certificates, and prayer books carried by Endl. The collection also includes items kept by Anna Marie after Gerald's death. These include military benefit papers, documents relating to streets being named after Endl at military bases, reunion materials from New Guinea, and information about Endl and other Medal of Honor recipients sent to Anna Marie by the Medal of Honor Society. Most of the manuscripts had originally been placed in a scrapbook by Anna Marie that was dismantled for preservation reasons. Two mailing tubes, one with Endl's handwriting are also part of the manuscript collection. Photocopies of the original scrapbook were made and retained in the collection. Still images are mostly loose photographs and a scrapbook from Endl's training and service. The scrapbook documents his time in basic training at Camp Livingston and includes images of Endl, individual soldiers, daily activities, weapons training, and drill instruction. Most of the photographs were identified with captions written by Endl. Other photographs include portrait images of Endl in uniform, additional basic training shots, and photographs taken of Endl on New Guinea. Of particular interest are two images of Endl with Anna Marie and his parents while at Camp Livingston, which includes one that shows the family sitting with the rest of the unit at Christmas dinner in 1941. Also included are photographs of the family Endl befriended while in Australia, two images from his funeral in Wisconsin, photographs of the medal presentation, and a photograph of the dedication of Endl Street at the military base in Sondai, Japan. The photo negative in the collection is of an identified photograph in the collection that was taken during Endl's basic training. |
| Boileau, Gerald J., 1900-1981 | Title: Gerald J. Boileau Papers, 1913-1991
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (5 archives boxes, 1 flat box, 1 card box), 1 reel of microfilm [35mm], 1 tape recording, 1 disc recording, and photographs Call Number: Stevens Point Mss BA; PH Stevens Point Mss BA; Tape 1300A; Disc 209A; Micro 865; Stevens Point Micro 29 Abstract: Papers of a former Progressive congressman (1931-1939) and Circuit Court judge (1941-1970) including fragmentary personal and professional correspondence, speeches (two in recorded form), voting records, memorabilia, biographical clippings (available only on microfilm), campaign records, financial records, and subject files on federal taxation of oleomargarine and the jury instruction committee of the Wisconsin Board of Criminal Court Judges. Prominent correspondents include B.J. Gehrman, Nina Kickbusch Griffin, Lyndon B. Johnson, Russel Kvale (Mrs. Paul Kvale), Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and Rachel La Follette, Richard Kleberg, Frank Kuehl, and Joseph R. McCarthy. Also included are research materials gathered by biographer James Lorence on Boileau's service in World War I and his left-wing associations during the 1930s. |
| Marwell, Gerald, 1937- | Title: Gerald Marwell research papers Quantity: 5 Linear Feet Five record storage cartons. Five linear feet of paper documents. Call Number: uac238 Abstract: The Gerald Marwell research papers include various documents from Marwell's Volunteers for Civil Rights research project. The project involved extensive interviews with various participants in civil rights work throughout the 1960s including Freedom School volunteers who traveled to Mississippi in the summer of 1964 and members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) project. Marwell's research concerned the motivations and experiences of volunteers for these groups and projects. He became professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1962 and remained there until his retirement in 2000. Documents in the collection include various interviews, encodings, project planning documents, and correspondence as well as some publications related to the project. |
| Morrison, Gerald, Jr. | Title: Gerald Morrison, Jr. Scrapbook of Logan High School Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 120 Abstract: Scrapbook of Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1935-1936, created by Gerald Morrison, Jr. |
| Craig, Gerald S., 1893- | Title: Gerald S. Craig Papers, 1931-1967
Quantity: 9.2 c.f. (23 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 43 Abstract: Papers of Gerald S. Craig, a teacher and author of elementary school science textbooks; including correspondence, memoranda, book manuscripts, notes, articles, speeches, trip itineraries, and biographical notes. The bulk of the correspondence is with teachers, school systems (organized by city and state), co-authors, and editors and others at his publisher, Ginn and Co. There is a small amount of family correspondence describing Craig's trips to Bulgaria and the Soviet Union in 1931. The memoranda focus on exchanges between Craig and his collaborators on five science series for which he served as senior editor. The papers include extensive notes for speeches, class lectures at the Horace Mann School at Columbia and State Teachers College at Troy, Alabama, and for the preparation and promotion of his two most prominent science series, Science Today and Tomorrow and Science for You. |
| Flynn, Gerald T., 1910- | Title: Gerald T. Flynn Papers, 1951-1960
Quantity: 5.4 c.f. (14 archives boxes) Call Number: Parkside Mss 59 Abstract: Papers of lawyer and Democratic political leader Gerald Flynn, Racine, Wisconsin. Included is correspondence primarily with constituents, clippings, government documents, publications, and drafts of bills from Flynn's service as a Wisconsin State Senator (1949-1953) and as First District Congressman (1959-1960). |
| Yoho, Gerald | Title: Gerald Yoho Store Records, 1873-1937
Quantity: 4.1 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 2 flat boxes, and 1 archives box) Call Number: M80-352 Abstract: Records, 1873-1937, consisting primarily of financial papers, for a general store and later, funeral parlor, located in Batavia, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, which began in the 19th century and continued to 1980. G.A. Leifer and his son, Herbert, opened the store. Herbert Leifer continued to run the store after his father’s death and then took a partner named Hintz. Gerald Yoho, who married Elaine Leifer in 1946, became a business partner and bought out the other partners in 1965. |
| Boivin, Geraldine | Title: Geraldine Boivin Papers, 1954-1970s
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: M87-227 Abstract: Papers, 1954-1970s, of Geraldine Boivin, née Cota, an outspoken Democratic Menominee Indian, documenting local affairs related to the Menominee Indians, in and around Neopit, Wisconsin, before and after Menominee County was created. Boivin and her husband, Julius, owned and ran a general store in Neopit during the 1940s and after. Materials include letters and diary entries, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings. The diary entries were written on individual pieces of notebook paper and the pages are interfiled with the letters. |
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Gesell, Gerhard, b. circa 1846-; Gesell, Arnold, 1880-1961 |
Title: Gerhard Gesell Photographs and Negatives, circa 1875-1950
Quantity: 462 vintage prints, 164 modern prints, 25 laser, and 1 scrapbook in 4 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes, 330 negatives (9 negative boxes), and 21 lantern slides Call Number: PH 6131; WHi(G471); WHi(G472); WHi(G473) Abstract: Photographs made and collected by Gerhard Gesell (circa 1846-1906), an Alma, Wisconsin, photographer, and by his son, child pyschologist Arnold Gesell. Included are images of several Wisconsin towns including Alma, Chippewa Falls, Fountain City, and Stevens Point as well as Minneiska, Reed's Landing, and Wabasha in Minnesota. The collection also includes numerous images of the Mississippi River and the surrounding landscape, including Beef Slough located north of Alma along the banks of the Mississippi and Chippewa Rivers. Additional subjects documented include steamboats, railroads, and the landscape and fishermen in Maine. Much of the collection documents members of Gerherd Gesell's family most notably his son Arnold Gesell. Additional images include examples of Gerhard Gesell's work as a photographer in Alma. Also included is a scrapbook given to Arnold Gesell by his parents. |
| German Theater Company of Milwaukee, Inc. | Title: German Theater Company Records, 1894-1930
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 98 Abstract: Records from the German Theater Company of Milwaukee, which performed German-language plays and operettas. Primarily contains financial and other business records. |
| Wisconsin Folklife Center | Title: German-American Music Project Collection, 1984-1986
Contents: Mills Music Library Wisconsin Music Archives: 2 folders, 223 sound recordings, 1,132 slides, 21 pieces of ephemera; Wisconsin Historical Society Archives: 69 folders; Wisconsin Historical Society Museum Division: 4 artifacts; UW-Madison Folklore Program: 198 color slides, 898 negatives, 20 contact sheets, 1 slide/tape program Unique identifier: CSUMC0003-CG Summary: The German-American Music Project documented significant aspects of German-American music and related cultural traditions in Wisconsin, mainly in Calumet, Dodge, Marathon, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, and Milwaukee counties. The research and fieldwork, conducted from 1984 to 1986, uncovered a wealth of traditional music and related information on German-American customs, including weddings and holidays. Three fieldworkers and a photographer documented 25 bands or organizations and 60 individuals. The research resulted in a two-disc commercial LP recording of traditional music, a two-hour Wisconsin Public Radio program, and a 30-minute slide/tape program. Materials include field reports, slides, sound recordings, sound recording indexes, and other documentation generated and collected during the project, and the slide/tape program. |
| - - - | Title: Germans in the United States Collection, 1837-1937
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss HO Abstract: A collection of manuscript materials, chiefly letters, obtained from various sources and relating to the general subject of German immigration to the United States, and particularly to Wisconsin. Half of the collection consists of exchanges between Joseph Schafer of the State Historical Society and Joseph von Scheben of the University of Bonn about a cooperative study of emigration from the Eifel district of Rhenish Prussia. The results of that project consist of German language transcripts of letters written in the United States to people in Germany; English translations are present for a few letters. Less than half of the project letters concern families for which some members settled in Wisconsin. Most thoroughly documented Wisconsin places are Calumet County, Milwaukee, and Sheboygan. Among the prominently noted surnames are Boger, Goebel, Grones, Hullen, Hutter, Karst, Klinkhammer, Leuthert, Metzen, Michels, Mies, Musseler, Niederhofen, Pitzen, Radermacher, Schaefer, and Schmitz. Practically all the material is in the German language, although there are sometimes accompanying translations for the more important items. The remainder of the collection consists of small groups of original and copied manuscripts collected by Schafer about German immigrants. About half concern families with ties to Wisconsin. A substantial number of these letters were mailed from Germany to the United States; only a few have been transcribed or translated. |
| De Gelleke, Gerrit J., 1872-1960 | Title: Gerrit J. De Gelleke Papers, 1894-1958
Quantity: 0.6 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 346 Abstract: Gerrit J. De Gelleke was a native Milwaukee architect who studied under, and later formed a partnership with fellow architect H. J. Van Ryn and designed many well known Milwaukee buildings. Gerrit and his brother Peter, also an architect, designed Milwaukee County General Hospital. This collection is some of De Gelleke's personal papers. |
| Swinehart, Gerry, 1903-1966 | Title: Gerry Swinehart Papers, 1948-1966
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 10AF Abstract: Papers of a public relations pioneer who was a founder and chairman of the board of Carl Byoir & Associates, Inc. The collection dates primarily from the early 1950's and consists of Swinehart's speeches and promotional programs for clients such as the American Can Co., Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co., Mutual Insurance, and the Tile Council of America; the programs fail to indicate, however, if Swinehart personally prepared them or merely supervised their preparation. Also included is a folder of correspondence with University of Wisconsin professor Scott Cutlip concerning research on Byoir. |
| Hazelton, Gerry W. (Gerry Whiting), 1829-1920 | Title: Gerry W. Hazelton Papers, 1852-1920
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss CD Abstract: Papers of Hazelton, a Milwaukee attorney and congressman, mainly concerning family affairs. Includes are a few letters from his Republican colleagues, including Thurlow Weed; a diary of an European tour (1892); and certificates of membership and appointments. |
| Johnson, Gertrude E. (Gertrude Elizabeth) | Title: Gertrude E. Johnson papers Quantity: 2 Linear Feet 2 record cartons Contains media: 4 audio cassettes, 1 magnetic recording tape reel Call Number: Accession 1998/015 Abstract: This collection includes materials about Gertrude E. Johnson. Specifically, the collection includes correspondence, class and lecture materials, speeches, collections of poetry, research and information collection efforts, newspaper clippings, and scholarship information. |
| Schumann, Gertrude F., 1907-1989 | Title: Gertrude F. Schumann Diaries, 1923-1989
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) and 1 photograph Call Number: Whitewater Mss CI; PH Whitewater Mss CI Abstract: Diaries of a resident of Watertown, Wisconsin, resident, and one photograph of Mrs. Schumann in her wedding dress. |
| Cairns, Gertrude M., 1872-1959 | Title: Gertrude M. Cairns Papers, 1845-1958
Quantity: 6.6 c.f. (17 archives boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss I Abstract: Family papers of Cairns, a resident of Ellsworth, Wisconsin. The bulk of the collection comprises Miss Cairns' diaries, complete from 1903 through 1936; her precise records of weather conditions and her observations of birds, wild flowers, and garden plants; and the records, 1915-1956, of the Ellsworth Pioneer School Girls' Club. Also present are notes taken by Cairns while a University of Wisconsin student enrolled in Frederick Jackson Turner's courses. Papers of other members of the family are also in the collection. The correspondence includes exchanges of her father George W. Cairns, mother Abbie S. Leavitt Cairns, and her uncle A. W. Cairns with their friends, relatives, business and political associates, and the general public. Also included are local archival records from the offices of town clerk (Middleton, Dane County), and register of deeds, justice of the peace, deputy clerk of the district court, and deputy treasurer (Pierce County), offices held by George W. |
| Gertrude Salzer Gordon Children's Museum of La Crosse. | Title: Gertrude Salzer Gordon Children's Museum of La Crosse, Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 174 Abstract: Board minutes of the organizational phase of the Gertrude Salzer Gordon Children's Museum, 1996-1997; the museum formally opened in 1999 and is also know as the Children's Museum of La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
| Slaughter, Gertrude Elizabeth Taylor, 1870-1963 | Title: Gertrude Slaughter Papers, 1858-1963
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Mss 180; Micro 558 Abstract: Papers of Gertrude Slaughter, an author and prominent member of the Madison, Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin communities. The collection includes genealogical materials; writings of her husband, Moses Slaughter, and other family members and friends; papers from Moses Slaughter's 1918-1919 work in Italy for the American Red Cross; correspondence, 1864-1899, among her parents (Joseph and Elizabeth Taylor), family, and friends, and to and from Mrs. Slaughter (1868-1958), including letters to “Nancy” Allinson; and travel notes, including descriptions of climate, scenery, and social life and customs in Europe, the Middle East, and the West Indies. Also includes drafts and notes of her writings, some written in collaboration with Lilliam Dykstra, including reviews of Mrs. Slaughter's work and a draft of her autobiography, Only the Past Is Ours. |
| Hephner, Gervase A., 1936- | Title: Gervase A. Hephner Papers, 1969-1986
Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (4 record center cartons and 3 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 117 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1977-1986, of a former Democratic state legislator from Chilton, Wisconsin (Assembly: 1966-1986). Included are subject files containing correspondence from constituents, advocacy groups, state agencies, and colleagues primarily concerning the 1985-1986 Legislature and subject files concerning work on establishment of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, groundwater management, the Fox River Locks Task Force, and Operation Touch, a project to improve health care for the uninsured. |
| - - - | Title: Get Smart Films, 1965-1970
Quantity: 49 film reels (16 mm) Call Number: DE 856-DE 904 Abstract: Forty-nine episodes from all five seasons of the half-hour television program Get Smart, which aired on NBC and CBS from 1965 to 1970. The comedic, superspy spoof series centers on the missions of bumbling secret Agent 86, Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and his partner Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) working for the covert organization CONTROL to save the world from the evil organization KAOS. Edward Platt appears regularly as The Chief. |
| Gordon, Gertrude Salzer, 1906-1998 | Title: Getrude Salzer Gordon Family Papers Physical Description: 4.6 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 072 Abstract: Personal papers of La Crosse philanthropist Gertrude Salzer Gordon and her family. Gertrude Salzer, granddaughter of Salzer Seed Company founder, John A. Salzer, married Donald Gordon, Sr., son of prominent La Crosse lawyer, George Gordon. Among Gertrude Salzer Gordon's papers are newspaper clippings including a ticket to the 1953 Rose Bowl football game, correspondence, calendar datebooks, and financial papers detailing her investments. Some Salzer Seed Company memorabilia such as samples of advertising and stationary is included, but the collection does not contain any landscaping information. Donald Gordon, Sr. was active in state Republican party politics and materials relating to his political involvement include two signed letters from 1940 Republican presidential candidate, Wendell Willkie. Papers from Donald "Sandy" Gordon, Jr., son of Gertrude Salzer Gordon and Donald Gordon, Sr., include mainly correspondence. Miscellaneous materials are also included for Gertrude Salzer Gordon's mother, Clara Kremers Salzer, and Donald Gordon, Sr.'s parents, George H. Gordon and Stella Goddard Gordon. Photographs from this collection include images of individuals in the Gordon and Salzer families, homes of the Salzer and Gordon families, and several photos pertaining to the Salzer Seed Company. |