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| Lincoln, Grace G. | Title: Grace G. Lincoln Papers, 1897-1929
Quantity: 0.7 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 4 Abstract: Grace G. Lincoln was a Wisconsin activist involved in socialism and Women's Suffrage in the early 20th century. |
| Lincoln, Grace Garrison, 1871-1970 | Title: Grace Garrison Lincoln Papers, 1900-1965
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 323 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1900-1924, of Grace Garrison Lincoln, a Richland County, Wisconsin, resident active in the socialist, suffrage, and temperance movements. Present are incoming correspondence, including many letters from officials of the Social-Democratic Party, writings, clippings, and materials pertaining to her music teaching. |
| Gershuny, Grace, 1950- | Title: Grace Gershuny Papers, 1977-2015 (bulk 1984-2010)
Quantity: 5.2 cubic feet (5 records center cartons and 1 half-archives box) and 90.0 megabytes Call Number: Mss 1227 Abstract: Papers, circa 1985-2010, of Grace Gershuny, organic farmer, writer, educator, administrator, and consultant. Gershuny served as a staff member with the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) and was a main writer for several sections of the organic rule standards. She was involved with other organic and sustainable agriculture organizations, including the Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA), Organic Foods Production Association of North America (OFPANA), Organic Trade Association (OTA), Rodale Institute, and other national organizations. Gershuny's work as an editor, author, and teacher is also documented in the papers. |
| Pettingill, Grace Imogene | Title: Grace Imogene Pettingill Scrapbook of St. Mary's School in Knoxville, Illinois Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 057 Abstract: Scrapbook kept by Grace Imogene Pettingill in 1898 concerning her activities at St. Mary's School in Knoxville, Illinois. |
| Grace Presbyterian Church (Green Bay, Wis.) | Title: Grace Presbyterian Church (Green Bay, Wis.) Records, 1873-1973
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Green Bay Micro 11; Micro 609 Abstract: Records of Grace Presbyterian Church (before 1907 known as the French Presbyterian Church), including session records and minutes, 1903-1959; Board of Trustees minutes, 1902-1964; Treasurer's record book, 1874-1885; Board of Deaconnesses records, 1927-1929, 1932, 1944-1948; Ladies Aid Society minutes and financial records, 1904-1952; Women's Missionary Society minutes and records, 1921-1935; death registers, 1871-1882; registers of ministers, elders, deacons, trustees, communicants, baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1873-1968; miscellaneous financial records, circa 1946-circa 1951; and anniversary programs, photographs, and other miscellaneous items. Some of the records are in French. |
| Zindl, Grace, 1911- | Title: Grace Zindl Papers, circa 1927-2001
Quantity: 2.3 c.f. (5 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 180 Abstract: Papers, mainly diaries (1954-2001), but also several scrapbooks (circa 1927-1932), and a household cashbook (1939-1954) of a Menomonee Falls farm wife (married to Nick Zindl, August 24, 1929). The diaries contain commentary on local weather and events, family events, daily chores, national and international news, as well as clippings, greeting cards, and receipts. The scrapbooks contain clippings, drawings, poems, greeting cards, and ephemera. |
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Sears, Gradwell, 1896 or 1897-1956; United Artists Corporation |
Title: Gradwell Sears Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 8B, 1941-1951
Quantity: 4.6 cubic feet (12 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/8B Abstract: Files documenting Gradwell Sears' roles as vice president for domestic sales, for foreign distribution, and as president of United Artists. The file consists of Sears' incoming and outgoing correspondence, and of the various reports and summaries received by his office. Included is correspondence with producers dealing with both routine matters and disputes involving production, distribution, and sales; correspondence with foreign and domestic executives of United Artists; and correspondence with other corporate bodies such as producers' associations (e.g., the J. Arthur Rank companies) and distributors' associations (e.g., the Motion Picture Export Association). Particularly interesting are folders dealing with corporate ownership and control and the related and complex problems of distribution in Great Britain (including negotiations with the Rank and Odeon Cinema interests). |
| - - - | Title: Graham-Huston Family Papers, 1891-1999
Quantity: 6.8 cubic feet (17 archives boxes), 1.2 cubic feet of photographs (3 archives boxes), and 266 negatives (1 binder and 1 box); and additions of 0.2 cubic feet and 3 photographs Call Number: Mss 788; PH 3953; M2004-097 Abstract: Papers of the extended Graham, Huston, McDonald, and Preston families of northern Wisconsin, Washington, Oregon, and California; consisting primarily of correspondence between women in the family concerning family life and finances, national and local politics, and Roman Catholicism. Correspondents include Martha McDonald Graham; her daughter, Winifred Graham Huston; Winifred's daughter, Emily, a member of the Madonna House Apostolate; and Catherine Doherty, founder of Madonna House; University of Oregon friends of Winifred Huston; Roman Catholic priests, nuns, and laypersons; and relatives in Hayward, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Also includes photographs, clippings, genealogical notes, diaries and notes, scrapbooks, financial and land records concerning the lumber business, and a reminiscence of the Civil War eagle, “Old Abe,” mascot of Company C, 8th Wisconsin Infantry. |
| Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall | Title: Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall Records, Quantity: 13 linear ft. (8 archives boxes, 11 flat boxes, and 5 oversized folders) of papers, 0.7 linear ft. (1 archives box. 7 folders, and 2 carte de visite boxes) of photographs, 0.7 linear ft. (1 oversized flat box) of drawings. Call Number: WVM Mss 4 Abstract: Records and photographs of the G.A.R. Memorial Hall and its custodians, with the bulk of the material dating from 1904 to 1965. A significant portion of the collection is from the tenure of Hosea W. Rood, the first custodian of the Hall. Custodian records include correspondence with veterans, G.A.R. officials, and the general public; newspaper columns, essays, poems, and speeches on patriotic themes written by the custodians; six diaries of Hosea Rood from the period during which he was Hall custodian; legislative records about the mandate and operation of the Hall; and correspondence and other records documenting the creation of the Camp Randall Memorial Arch in 1912. The collection also includes budget information about the operation of the Hall; lists of artifacts, flags, pictures, and books; and visitor registers, including a G.A.R. members only register dating from 1904 to 1914. Scrapbooks that were created by the Hall custodians or donated to the Hall comprise another large portion of the collection. Most of the scrapbooks feature news clippings about G.A.R. events, reunions, and members, as well as the Women's Relief Corps. Other topics covered include Abraham Lincoln, the assassination of President William McKinley, newspaper clippings containing letters from the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, the First Wisconsin Cavalry, World War I and World War II, and a book of 'curious things' from the Civil War. The photographs series includes depictions of the Hall and its exhibits, including many views of the Gettysburg diorama exhibit, and also includes an extensive collection of Civil War-era carte de visites that were removed from one of the scrapbooks. |
| Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Wisconsin | Title: Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Wisconsin Records, Quantity: 29.6 linear ft. (54 archival boxes, 5 flat boxes, and 1 oversized folder) Call Number: WVM Mss 1 Abstract: Administrative, organizational, financial, and program materials pertaining to the Wisconsin state and local units of the Grand Army of the Republic, a voluntary fraternal association of Civil War Union veterans. Includes national and state encampment registers and records; materials concerning patriotic instruction in the schools, Memorial Day, and patriotism; administrative and financial materials of the state department and its relations with local posts; Easel-Shaped Monument certificates; and a few materials on the G.A.R. Memorial Hall which housed the offices of the state department. Many records pertain to individual Wisconsin local posts; including reports, membership records, charters, minute books, financial records, resolutions, and scattered correspondence. War reminiscences can be found in several “Personal War Sketches” volumes. Most complete are records for Post No. 11 (Madison), Post No. 20 (Janesville), and Post No. 68 (Chippewa Falls). Scattered records pertain to the National G.A.R.; mostly concerning patriotic instruction. The correspondence, records, and reports of Hosea Rood, 1920 National Patriotic Instructor, are included in this series. |
| Grand Army of the Republic. Wilson Colwell Post No. 38 (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Grand Army of the Republic, Wilson Colwell Post Number 38 of La Crosse, Wisconsin Records Physical Description: 0.8 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 088 Abstract: The Wilson Colwell G.A.R. Post Number 38 (La Crosse, Wis.) was named as a memorial to Captain Wilson Colwell from La Crosse, Wis. It was a post organized under the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), Department of Wisconsin in July 1882. The last member died in Sept. 1939. Records contain materials from the national office, the Department of Wisconsin office and the local Wilson Colwell Post Number 38. National materials include encampment material from 1905, music and lyric sheets, a ritual manual and a rules and regulations booklet. Materials from the Dept. of Wisconsin include encampment proceedings (1883; 1904-1907, 1913, and 1931), programs (1931 and 1939) and part of a registration book (1893), as well as rosters (1904 and 1906). Local Colwell Post created materials include a copy from the descriptive book from the Dept. of Wisconsin; financial materials (1882-1900), minutes (1891-1893), a roster (1906), and miscellaneous material. |
| Grand Army of the Republic. P.W. Plummer Post No. 37 (Prairie du Chien, Wis.) | Title: Grand Army of the Republic. P.W. Plummer Post No. 37: Records, 1882-1911
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (11 volumes in 1 archives box) Call Number: Platteville Mss U Abstract: Records of Post 37 including minutes; adjutants roll and quarterly record, 1886-1908; minute book and register of the Crawford County Veterans Association, 1891-1899; and miscellaneous medical and financial records. |
| Grand Army of the Republic. William Evans Post No. 58 (Menomonie, Wis.) | Title: Grand Army of the Republic. William Evans Post No. 58: Records, 1883-1932
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize volume) Call Number: Stout Mss 26 Abstract: Records including a minute book, 1883-1887; resolution of appreciation for meeting rooms in Tainter Memorial Building, 1890; dedication of the soldiers monument in Evergreen Cemetery, 1901; applications for membership; correspondence; quartermaster's and adjutant's reports; financial records concerning Memorial Day celebrations; and other items. Also includes a partial roster of members indicating each's military entrance and discharge dates, rank, company and regiment, and the date of death and burial place with annotations dated through 1932, and an undated guest register. |
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Grand Avenue Congregational Church (Milwaukee,
Wis.).; Milwaukee Public Library. |
Title: Grand Avenue Congregational Church Collection, 1897-1960
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 188 Abstract: Collection of materials about the Grand Avenue Congregational Church, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Contains bulletins, membership lists, directories, and other materials. |
| Grand Avenue Congregational Church (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Grand Avenue Congregational Church Records, 1857-1998
Quantity: 17.8 cubic feet (62 archives boxes), 23 photographs (1 archives box), and 9 negatives on 5 strips (5 negative envelopes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 128; PH 3967 Abstract: Records, mainly 1910-1998, of a Milwaukee church founded in 1847 as the Free Congregational Church, later known as the Spring Street Congregational Church, and renamed the Grand Avenue Congregational Church in 1881. The congregation became a member of the United Church of Christ in 1961. The church closed its doors at the end of 1997, the last service held on December 28. There is also information on the United Church of Christ merger and on participation in area ecumenical activities including Central City Churches, Inc., a consortium of urban churches largely concerned with providing aid to the elderly, hungry, and homeless. The photographs include exterior and interior views of the church, services, and the church's 117th anniversary celebration. |
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Doering, Anita Taylor; Doering, William T.; Grandview Hospital, Inc. (La Crosse, Wis.). |
Title: Grandview Hospital, Inc. (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Collection Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 117 Abstract: Grandview Hospital, Inc., begun by Dr. William A. Henke (1881-1940), operated in La Crosse, Wis., from 1914 to 1969. An affiliated clinic and nurses training program were also a part of the hospital’s history. Materials include photocopied documents that remained at the former hospital building, such as association annual meetings (1943-1970); Grandview clinic and medical staff, land sales (1950-1957); merger talks with La Crosse Hospital (1951-1960); and miscellaneous correspondence (1943-1956). Other materials were gathered to complete a written history of the hospital by Anita Taylor Doering and William T. Doering. This includes biographical material on the medical staff and nursing school; general articles and other information on the hospital; clinic and nursing school; maps, drawings and notes related to properties; photographs; and the first draft of the paper Grandview Hospital: A Grand History written in 1999. |
| Grant and Sons Cheese Factory (Somerset, Wis.) | Title: Grant and Sons Cheese Factory Records, 1886-1910
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (3 volumes in 1 archives box and 2 separate volumes) Call Number: River Falls Mss N Abstract: Records of a cheese factory, including a letterbook, 1889-1892; records of milk deliveries, cheese production, and payments, 1887-1890, 1900-1901, 1910; and a list of notes held by the company, 1886-1891. Some records pertain to a general merchandise store also owned by the firm. |
| Grant County (Wis.). Board of Supervisors | Title: Grant County (Wis.). Board of Supervisors: Board Proceedings, 1839-1849
, 1859-1905
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Grant Series 6; Grant Micro Series 3 Abstract: Chronological minutes of meetings of the Grant County board of commissioners and board of supervisors. A few items are available in paper form but most is available only on microfilm. |
| Grant County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Grant County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Deeds, 1837-1913
Quantity: 65 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Grant Series 75 Abstract: Warranty, quit claim, and other deeds and government land patents for land located in Grant County, arranged in roughly chronological order. |
| Grant County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Grant County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantor/Grantee Indexes, 1837-1901
Quantity: 7 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Grant Series 96 Abstract: Index to Grant County real estate deeds (Grant Series 75) noting names of grantors (sellers) and grantees (purchasers). Noted are date and time the deed was recorded, names of grantor and grantee, type of instrument, description of the property, and the volume and page number of the deed record where the instrument is recorded. Reels 1-5 contain the Grantor index; reels 5-7 contain the Grantee index. |
| - - - | Title: Grant County (Wis.). Superintendent of Schools: Rural School Records, 1867-1965
Quantity: 9.2 cubic feet (11 archives boxes and 6 flat boxes) and 0.8 cubic feet of photographs (120 prints, negatives, and printing blocks) Call Number: Grant Series 100; PH 6581 Abstract: Records of various school districts in Grant County, including Lancaster High School. The types of records vary by district but generally include minutes of annual meetings, financial records, teacher contracts, names of students enrolled, and attendance records. Teachers' registers include attendance and grade reports, as well as some instructional information on reading and other parts of the curriculum. Also included are school supervisors' records books that contain information on the staff, including teachers. Of note is a book of exam questions that were asked of those seeking entrance to the high school and exam questions for the various high school classes, 1887-1895. The images in this series represents both the day-to-day life of Southeastern Wisconsin rural schoolchildren, as well as the yearly fairs and contests in which they participated in the early 1910s. Many of the photographs are of students posed outside one-room schoolhouses, with some documenting the interior of the schools. Remaining photographs were taken at the Grant County School Contest, the Big Badger Fair in Platteville, or the Livingston High School Agricultural Fair. |
| Grant County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Grant County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax and Assessment Rolls, 1840-1975
Quantity: 67.8 c.f. (1285 volumes) and 19 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Grant Series 9 Abstract: For each parcel of property, tax rolls show taxpayer, land description, acreage, assessed valuation, amount of various taxes, total tax, and record of payment. Certain volumes include special features: in 1840/1841, a record of lands sold for unpaid taxes; in 1849, a delinquent list; in 1864-1865, an assessment for a special Civil War bounty; in 1880-1896, the number and value of livestock and other items of personal property. Volumes for 1886-1889 are incomplete. Beginning in 1940, records are retained only for every fifth year. |
| Grant County Historical Society (Lancaster, Wis.) | Title: Grant County Historical Society, Lancaster, Wisconsin, Collection, 1847-1964
Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Platteville Micro 44; Micro 2006 Abstract: A microfilm collection of various historical materials assembled by the Grant County Historical Society, Lancaster, Wisconsin, including minutes of the Society, various community histories, family histories, and records of the Bloomington Blake's Prairie Congregational Church, Bloomington, Wisconsin, and of the Holy Mary Help of Christians Church, Glen Haven, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin. Circuit Court (Grant County) | Title: Grant County, Wisconsin, Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1850-1898, 1912-1948
Quantity: 21.2 cubic feet (14 records center cartons and 18 archives boxes) Call Number: Grant Series 80 Abstract: Files including complaints, motions, occasional transcripts of testimony, rulings, orders, and judgments. |
| Grant County (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Grant County, Wisconsin, School Records, 1868, 1903-1987
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Grant Series 77 Abstract: A collection of annual reports and school directories created by the Grant County public school system, providing information relating to the finances, infrastructure, staffing, and student enrollment for each district. Also included are an 1868 school census, circular letters written by the Superintendent of Schools between 1903-1908, and a teachers' handbook from the 1925 academic year. |
| Grant family | Title: Grant Family Bible Records, 1755-1799, 1865-1885, 1941
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box), 15 photographs, and 1 piece of ephemera Call Number: Wis Mss JR; PH Wis Mss JR Abstract: Bible kept by the family of Ulysses S. Grant, containing records of births, deaths, and images of the members of the Grant family; a typewritten copy of the entries in the Bible; and a copy of a letter, May 13, 1941, written by George P. Hambrecht concerning the Bible. |
| Morser, Eric J. | Title: Grassroots Rebel: Municipal Power and Railroad Regulation in La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1883-1900 Quantity: 0.02 cubic foot (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 245 Abstract: Print copy of the article "Grassroots Rebels: Municipal Power and Railroad Regulation in La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1883-1900," which originally appeared online in volume 3 (2005) of Business and Economic History On-Line. |
| Great Lakes Commission | Title: Great Lakes Commission Records, 1955-1965
Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (7 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss CX Abstract: Records of the Commission, a joint agency of eight states concerned with Great Lakes water resources developments, programs, and problems, compiled by its secretary, Harry C. Brockel. General correspondence and subject files concern an import-export rate study; the Committee on Seaway and Navigation; pilotage; water pollution and resources; and the GLC Seaway Institute. |
| Great Lakes Harbors Association | Title: Great Lakes Harbors Association Records, 1926-1970
Quantity: 6.8 c.f. (17 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss CW Abstract: Records of the association of government units, chambers of commerce, business and labor groups, and educational institutions interested in promoting the use and development of Great Lakes ports; the Saint Lawrence Seaway; the protection and preservation of water levels; the development of ocean shipping connections; and the increase of waterborne commerce and growth of markets, both foreign and domestic, for mid-America's products. Included are files of the Association, compiled by its executive secretary, Harry C. Brockel, containing minutes of meetings, reports, and correspondence documenting the Association's efforts. |
| Great Lakes Wool Growers Cooperative | Title: Great Lakes Wool Growers Cooperative Records, 1904-1987
Quantity: 3.5 c.f. (8 archives boxes, 1 half record center carton) and 30 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Mss 727; Micro 1157 Abstract: Records (primarily 1930-1975) of the Great Lakes Wool Growers Cooperative, a regional wool marketing cooperative based in Wisconsin. Included are administrative records, publications, financial records, accounting reports, and related organizations' records (1904-1975). The related organizations are the Women's Auxiliary of the Wisconsin Co-Operative Wool Growers' Association, National Wool Marketing Corporation, and Wisconsin Sheepbreeders Association. |
| Great River Festival of Arts. | Title: Great River Festival of Arts Records Physical Description: 0.8 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 067 Abstract: The Great River Festival of Arts, held in La Crosse, Wisconsin, was begun in 1960 under the leadership of Francesco “Frank” Italiano. What began as an interest in establishing a youth symphony and a short summer season for his Coulee Region Symphony, turned into a full-fledged summer festival of the arts, not only in La Crosse, but extending also to Dodgeville and later to Shell Lake and Superior, Wisconsin. The organizations that are described in this collection as part of the festival groups are the Coulee Region Symphony, the Symphony School of America, the Symphony of the Hills at Dodgeville and the Indianhead Symphony at Shell Lake. The festival’s names have changed through time. Initially it was called the Coulee Region Music Festival in 1960 and became the Coulee Region Arts Festival in 1961, then the Coulee Region Festival of Arts in 1963, and finally the Great River Festival of Arts in 1976. This festival continues to this day (2002). The Coulee Region Summer Symphony in 1960 became the Coulee Region Symphony in 1961 and then the Great River Symphony in 1972. Records, organized by concert season, include materials from the musical life of the festival (1960-1986) when it was under the direction of Frank Italiano. The festival programs; advertising posters; newspaper clippings; photographs that were in the newspaper; application information and forms for the Symphony School; lists of members of the symphony, board, and symphony school faculty; board reports; and a scrapbook created by Lenore Italiano, administrator of the festival, that gives an idea of the administrative components of the Coulee Region Symphony. |
| Great River Folk Festival. Great River Traditional Music & Crafts Festival. | Title: Great River Folk Festival Programs Quantity: 0.04 cubic foot (2 folders) Call Number: MISC MSS 262 |
| Great Rivers United Way (Onalaska, Wis.). | Title: Great Rivers United Way (Onalaska, Wisconsin) Records Physical Description: 9.4 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 059 Abstract: The La Crosse Community Chest was first proposed by the Citizens Committee in 1932 and adopted by seven agencies later that year. By 1955, 19 agencies were affiliated with the Community Chest, and three new agencies were added in the 1956 campaign. During the 1965 campaign, the La Crosse Community Chest and Welfare Federation was renamed the La Crosse United Fund. In 1974 another name change was administered, as the La Crosse United Fund became the United Way of the La Crosse Area, Inc. The United Way of La Crosse underwent an operational reconstruction in 1997 by funding specific programs instead of the agencies themselves. Sometime after 1999, the United Way of La Crosse was renamed the Great Rivers United Way. As of 2012, this organization remains active. Records of the Great Rivers United Way include correspondence, files on committees and their activities, campaign and other advertising materials, financial records, photographs, scrapbooks, and other administrative files. Materials range in date from 1948 to 1999. |
| Greater Beloit Association of Commerce (Wis.) | Title: Greater Beloit Association of Commerce Records, 1927-1972
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Whitewater Micro 5; Micro 608 Abstract: Minutes of a non-profit organization of business and professional people, originally named the Beloit Commercial Club, dedicated to furthering commercial enterprise in the Beloit area. The group promoted tourism and city planning, urged industries to relocate in Beloit, lobbied for tax reform, promoted beneficial highway planning, and encouraged community pride through various projects. |
| Greater La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce. | Title: Greater La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Quantity: 0.04 cubic feet (2 folders) Call Number: MISC MSS 110 Abstract: Articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Greater La Crosse (Wisconsin) Area Chamber of Commerce, approximately 1930s and 1980. |
| Greater Marshfield Community Health Plan | Title: Greater Marshfield Community Health Plan Records, 1963-2003
Quantity: 6.4 c.f. (16 archives boxes) Call Number: Stevens Point Mss BT Abstract: Records documenting the formation and operation of the Greater Marshfield Community Health Plan (GMCHP), the first Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) in Wisconsin, organized in 1971 in close association with the Marshfield Clinic. Partners in GMCHP's founding included Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield and the insurer Blue Cross Associated Hospital Services of Wisconsin. The records include reports, correspondence, memoranda, and meeting minutes compiled by Dr. Russell F. Lewis, one of the organizers of the GMCHP. |
| Greater Milwaukee Association of Phi Beta Kappa | Title: Greater Milwaukee Association of Phi Beta Kappa Records,
1956-1990
Quantity: 1 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 84 Abstract: The association united Phi Beta Kappa members in the Milwaukee area in order to promote scholarship, fellowship, and community welfare. The collection consists primarily of the secretary's records, which include the annual reports to the national Phi Beta Kappa Society, meeting minutes, meeting notices, correspondence, treasurer's reports, and publicity for programs. Some records of the Milwaukee Phi Beta Kappa Foundation, Inc., which the association founded to collect and adminster scholarship funds, are also included. The collection contains records on the UWM Chapter documenting the charter application process including the extensive general report about UWM that was submitted to the national Phi Beta Kappa Society as part of the application, the charter installation in 1974, the president's correspondence (1973-1982), secretary's records which include correspondence, meeting minutes, and publicity (1973-1982), and the annual visiting scholar program (1974-1989). |
| Greater Milwaukee Association of the Deaf | Title: Greater Milwaukee Association of the Deaf Papers, 1920-2021
Quantity: 1.28 cubic ft. (2 boxes) 4 videocassettes Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 379 Abstract: The collection consists of scrapbooks, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, event fliers, pamphlets, membership lists, certificates, sports team rosters, constitutions, blueprints, newspaper clippings, anniversary booklets, videocassette recordings, and a damaged property report. These materials document various activities of the Greater Milwaukee Association of the Deaf organization and its predecessor, The Milwaukee Silent Club. |
| Green Bay & De Pere Antiquarian Society | Title: Green Bay & De Pere Antiquarian Society Records, 1923-2012
Quantity: 6.2 cubic feet (4 records center cartons, 2 archives boxes, and 2 flat boxes) and 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 197; PH Green Bay Mss 197 Abstract: Records of the Green Bay & De Pere Antiquarian Society, 1923-2012, which was founded in 1923 to preserve the history of Brown County. Records include meeting minutes, records of the annual antique show held by the Society, inventories of artifacts held by the Society, mailings and newsletters, financial records, membership records, two scrapbooks, and photographs, transparencies and negatives. |
| Green Bay (Wis.). Common Council | Title: Green Bay (Wis.). Common Council: Proceedings, 1853-2000
Quantity: 13.6 c.f. (18 archives boxes and 20 oversize volumes) Call Number: Brown Series 34 Abstract: Minutes of meetings, resolutions and petitions submitted to the Council, and reports by Council committees and city officials. After 1916, manuscript or typewritten copies of the proceedings were no longer kept, and the printed edition served as the official copy. |
| Green Bay (Wis.). Fire Dept. | Title: Green Bay (Wis.). Fire Dept.: Log Books and Fire Record Books, 1899-1993
Quantity: 52 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Brown Series 176 Abstract: Record of fire department engine runs consisting of log books, 1899-1927, 1954-1993; fire record books, 1923-1954; and maps of Green Bay's west side, circa 1980. |
| Green Bay (Wis.). Risk Management | Title: Green Bay (Wis.). Risk Management: Appraisals of City Owned Property, 1940-1978
Quantity: 2.8 cubic feet (7 archives boxes) Call Number: Brown Series 182 Abstract: Appraisals of newly constructed city owned buildings and subsequent updates, 1940-1978. Properties were appraised for insurance purposes. The appraisal usually includes the property value, insurance value, blueprints, and an inventory of the buildings contents and their approximate value. Properties include the Neville Museum, City Stadium, schools, fire stations, museums and libraries, park and recreational sites, and public works facilities. A small quantity of Administrative records is included, chiefly reports prepared by the city Insurance Administrator to selected departments, 1972-1978, summarizing the values of properties in that department's jurisdiction; correspondence regarding bridge insurance and news clippings regarding bridges; and insurance for temporary classrooms. |
| Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company | Title: Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company Records, 1848-1969
Quantity: 20.1 cubic feet (80 volumes and 1 folder) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 83; Green Bay Micro 35; File 1866 July 28 Abstract: Volumes containing minutes, financial records, land records, maps, and miscellaneous records documenting river navigation improvement efforts of the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company (1866-1870) and its predecessor, the Fox-Wisconsin Improvement Company (1853-1866). Both were privately operated corporations organized to construct, administer, and finance improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers in order to improve inland water transportation between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. Land speculation eventually became the focus of the corporation. Most records date from the mid-1800s and document canal construction, financing, and administration, water power leases, and land sales. Included are some records from the first efforts at improvement conducted by the Wisconsin Board of Public Works (1848-1853), plus fragmentary records of the Appleton Paper and Pulp Company, the Kaukauna Water Power Company, and the Fox River Power Pool, all of which operated in the Fox and Wisconsin River Valleys. On microfilm are three items concerning legal matters of interest to the Company. One folder contains typewritten copies of legal papers, 1866-1900, from the Wisconsin Secretary of State's files. |
| - - - | Title: Green Bay and Prairie du Chien Papers, 1774-1895
Quantity: 16.0 cubic feet (17 archives boxes, 2 flat boxes, 1 card file box, and 49 volumes) and 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Wis Mss C; Micro 591 Abstract: Papers, 1774-1895, relating to the fur trade in Wisconsin and the Northwest, including papers of the Grignon, Lawe, and Porlier families; letter books of Hercules Dousman; papers of Morgan L. Martin concerning lands, politics, early Milwaukee, and the Fox-Wisconsin Improvement Company; accounts of Charles Brisbois; and records of the American Fur Company post at Prairie du Chien. |
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Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
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Title: Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Records, 1882, 1916-2008
Quantity: 53.2 cubic feet (79 archives boxes and 22 records center cartons), 6 tape recordings, 1 compact disc (audio), 504 photographs, 487 transparencies, 122 negatives on 31 strips, 6 drawings, 1 compact disc (photographs), and 10 videorecordings Call Number: Green Bay Mss 116; Audio 1355A; PH 3864; PH Green Bay Mss 116; VBC 106; VHB 486-VHB 494 Abstract: Records of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, an organization promoting the Green Bay area as a commercial, mercantile, and manufacturing center, including Board of Directors minutes and files, subject and committee files documenting industrial and commercial development, downtown business promotion, urban renewal and beautification projects, political activities, tourism development, and community service activities. Of special note is the documentation of the impact on Green Bay of the Green Bay Packers and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, as well as records from Advance, a program designed to promote industrial development in Green Bay, and from Leadership Green Bay, created for training business and community leaders. Also present are development plans for the Port of Green Bay, as well as records of two organizations that merged with the Chamber of Commerce--the De Pere Chamber of Commerce and the Brown County Taxpayers Association. Non-manuscript materials include an Advance slide-tape presentation, tapes of a hearing on foreign trade zones, photographs of officers and activities, and a videotape of commercials and a program advocating a downtown revitalization program. |
| Green Bay Chamber of Commerce, Education Committee. | Title: Green Bay Chamber of Commerce Education Committee Records, 1963-1967
Quantity: 1.4 cubic ft. (3 archives boxes and 1/2 archives box) Call Number: UWGB Series 49 Abstract: Contains documents of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Education Committee, at the time chaired by Rudy Small. This committee played an integral part in getting the Green Bay area a new four year university. Included are documents containing the site information for where a new university could have been located, various correspondences covering the years 1963 to 1967, site presentations, background materials from 1963 to 1966, budget date for UWGB for 1966 to 1967, the final site selection report, committee minutes for 1964 and 1966, Senate and Assembly bills from 1965 to 1967, and documents pertaining to the site selection controversy from 1966 to 1967. |
| Green Bay City Band | Title: Green Bay City Band Records, 1910-2001 (bulk 1942-1991)
Quantity: 0.5 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder), 28 photographs (1 archives box), and 5 negatives (1 folder) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 194; PH Green Bay Mss 194 Abstract: Records of the Green Bay City Band, mostly from 1942 to 1991, which was organized in 1903 by M.J. Heynen as the Heynen Band and became known as the Green Bay City Band in 1910, consisting of concert and commemorative programs, song lists, rosters, correspondence, minutes, agreements, governing documents, and photographs of performances of the Heynen Band and the Green Bay City Band performing at city parks in Green Bay, Wisconsin. A few materials relating to the band’s trips to Poland and China in 1980 and 1988 are also included. |
| Green Bay Correctional Institution (Wis.) | Title: Green Bay Correctional Institution (Wis.): Photographs, 1906-1980 and undated
Quantity: 267 photographs (1 archives box) Call Number: PH Series 2802 Abstract: Photographs of a historical nature found in the office of the prison warden. Included are interior and exterior views of prison buildings, the prison farm, quarry, and McNaughton State Camp at Lake Tomahawk; the staff; and educational and vocational activities of prisoners. Additional photographs depict the rotunda, nearby Tank Cottage, the aftermath of several attempted escapes, Green Bay in winter, the dedication of a court house memorial on the prison grounds (1934), and Pamperin Park. Several color photos removed from a scrapbook depict construction and a shakedown in 1980. Most of the images are undated, but the majority are believed to date from the pre-1979 period when the prison was known as the Wisconsin State Reformatory. |
| Green Bay Labor Temple Association (Green Bay, Wis.) | Title: Green Bay Labor Temple Association Records, 1920-1940
Quantity: 2.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 1 record center carton) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 42 Abstract: Records relating to the building and operation of the Green Bay Labor Temple, including correspondence, minutes of directors' meetings, and financial records; articles of organization, 1921; a constitution, 1925; and a ledger and roll book. |
| Green Bay (Wis.). Clerk. | Title: Green Bay. Clerk. Blueprints and Maps, 1940-1988
Quantity: 34 sheets Call Number: Brown Series 165 Abstract: Blueprints of schools, buildings at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, City Hall, City Stadium, parks, bridges, remodeling of the Neville Museum, and utilities; and zoning and ward maps. Some show areas in the Town of Preble. |
| Green County (Wis.). Board of Supervisors | Title: Green County (Wis.). Board of Supervisors: Proceedings of the County Board, 1838-1947
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (12 volumes) and 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Green Series 44; Green Micro Series 1 Abstract: Proceedings including minutes of meetings of the Board of Commissioners and of the Board of Supervisors, committee reports, reports of county officers, financial reports, and communications to the board. Records for 1838-1892 are available only on microfilm. |
| Green County (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Green County (Wis.). Clerk: Agricultural Statistics, 1858-1911
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Series 15 Abstract: Statistics filed with the county clerk by town assessors showing amount of principal crops grown during the preceding year, acreages growing during the reporting year, number and value of livestock, and amount and value of dairy products. |
| Green County (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Green County (Wis.). Clerk: Assessment Rolls, 1839-1862
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (17 volumes in 1 archives box) Call Number: Green Series 9 Abstract: Assessment rolls showing date, town, owner, land description, acreage, and valuation of real and personal property. |
| Green County (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Green County (Wis.). Clerk: Clerk's Records, 1935-1963
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Series 51 Abstract: Reports and correspondence filed with the county clerk pertaining to his various capacities as recording clerk of the county board, officer of report for towns and villages, and administrator of various county programs. The bulk of the records span the years 1938-1944 and 1962-1963 and include copies of reports to state agencies, papers concerning taxation matters, reports of county officers, and other records pertaining to the operation of county government. |
| Green County (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Green County (Wis.). Clerk: Election Records, 1840-1909
, 1914
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Series 13 Abstract: Election papers filed with the county clerk, including statements of election returns, election expense statements (1898, 1900-1902, 1904), nomination papers (1890, 1905), and a report of a Browntown license election (1888). Also present are tally sheets and oaths of inspectors. |
| Green County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Green County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Deeds, 1836-1920
Quantity: 33 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Green Series 63 Abstract: Documents recording the conveyance of real estate. Entries show number and type of deed, date, names of grantor and grantee, description of property, names of witnesses, amount paid, date recorded, and notarial acknowledgement. Also included are some deeds from Milwaukee and Iowa counties as well as a few deeds from other states. Wisconsin Laws of 1867 (ch. 131) permitted recording deeds for lands in other states when the foreign (out-of-state) conveyance affected the transactions in Wisconsin. |
| Green County (Wis.). Register of Deeds. | Title: Green County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantor/Grantee Indexes, 1836-1903
Quantity: 6 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Green Series 62 Abstract: Index to Green County real estate deeds (Green Series 63) noting names of grantors (sellers) and grantees (purchasers). Shows date and time the deed was recorded, names of grantor and grantee, type of instrument, description of the property, and volume and page number of the deed record where instrument is recorded. |
| Green County (Wis.). Superintendent of Schools | Title: Green County (Wis.). Superintendent of Schools: School Commissioner's Records,
1840-1848
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Green Series 28 Abstract: Records of Green County school districts, 1840-1848, and minutes of the School Commissioner's meetings. Records include petitions for establishing school districts, petitions for and against dividing the school districts, enumerations of school age children by head of household in each school district, plat maps for various school districts, a partial map of Green County districting and records of financial apportionment. |
| Green County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Green County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax and Assessment Rolls, 1839-1960
Quantity: 11.0 c.f. (143 volumes) Call Number: Green Series 22 Abstract: Tax and assessment rolls for Green County showing date, town, owner, land description, acreage, valuation of real and personal property, amounts of taxes, total tax, and payment. |
| Wisconsin. County Court (Green County) | Title: Green County, Wisconsin, County Court Guardianship, Insanity, and Commitment Case Files, 1856-1930
Quantity: 14.0 cubic feet (35 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Series 72 Abstract: Guardianship of "insane" (mentally ill) or "incompetent" (mentally disabled) case files consisting of petition for appointment of guardian, order and notice for hearing petition, order for appointment and bond of guardian, letters of guardianship, order appointing appraisers, inventory and appraisal of estate. Insanity case files include petition for examination, order and warrant for physicians to visit and examine person, order for temporary detention, judgment of insanity and order of commitment, order of commitment to sheriff, and if applicable, order for parole and order for discharge. |
| Wisconsin. County Court (Green County) | Title: Green County, Wisconsin, County Court Probate Case Files, 1850-1930
Quantity: 135.0 cubic feet (135 records center cartons) Call Number: Green Series 73 Abstract: Primarily probate files containing papers relating to the settlement of deceased individuals' estates. Files include wills; inventories of real and personal property; oaths, reports, and accounts of administrators or executors; statements of claims against estates; papers relating to suits against estates; petitions and court orders for sale of real and/or personal property; warrants, contracts, sworn testimony, and similar papers. |
| Green Lake County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Green Lake County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, 1885-1996
Quantity: 64.8 c.f. (436 volumes) and 43 reels of microfilm (16 mm) Call Number: Green Lake Series 27 Abstract: Tax rolls indicating name of real estate owner, description of land, acreage, valuation of land and improvements, amount of tax assessed, amount of tax paid, date of payment, valuation of personal property, and taxes paid. This series consists of two parts: original volumes 1885-1900 and every fifth year thereafter, 1905-1970; and microfilm for every year 1971-1995 and part of 1996. |
| Green Lantern Eating Cooperative (Madison, Wisconsin) | Title: Green Lantern Eating Cooperative Records, 1946-1986
Quantity: 6.6 c.f. (17 archives boxes); plus additions of 2.4 c.f., 1 tape recording, and 66 photographs Call Number: Mss 550; M87-287; PH Mss 550 Abstract: Records of the Green Lantern Eating Cooperative, a Madison, Wisconsin cooperative and site of meetings, dinners, films, and other activities of the student political left; including minutes, financial records, correspondence, menus, photographs, and subject files on the cooperative movement, civil rights, and anti-Vietnam War activity. |
| Green Ram Theatre | Title: Green Ram Theatre Photographs, 1957-2006 (bulk 1957-1967)
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. Call Number: M2012-003; M2013-060 Abstract: Photographs, primarily stage shots, from the Green Ram Theatre, which Claire Kentzler operated as a summer theater in Baraboo, Wisconsin, from 1957-1967. Portraits of performers and outdoor publicity photos are also included. Kentzler’s husband, James, was the theater company’s photographer and likely made most, if not all of the photographs. Other materials include scrapbooks and a history of the company. |
| Greendale (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Greendale (Wis.). Clerk: Development File, 1938-1965
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Series 49 Abstract: Miscellaneous records concerning the development of Greendale, Wisconsin, one of three Greenbelt towns constructed by the U.S. Resettlement Administration. It includes a file from the U.S. Farm Security Administration pertaining to the selection of tenants and the application procedures and requirements. The Home Purchase Committee records document a 1949 attempt by some Greendale residents to purchase their homes from the federal government to prevent speculation on the property. The series also contains annual reports by the village board of trustees (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964-65); and capital improvement plans (1938-1967) regarding education, utilities, and community infrastructure. |
| Greenwood Cemetery Association (River Falls, Wis.) | Title: Greenwood Cemetery Association Records, 1876-1966
Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (1 archives box, 1 card file, and 2 flat boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss CH Abstract: Records of a cemetery on River Falls' north side including minute books (1876-1955), financial records, indexed records of burials and grave owners, burial permits, and plat maps. |
| - - - | Title: Greeting Card Collection, circa 1850-1982
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) Call Number: PH 6013 Abstract: Greeting cards primarily documenting holidays and other special events such as Christmas, Easter, and Valentine’s Day. In addition, there are official Christmas cards from elected officials including Wisconsin governors and Presidents, cards with ethnic representations, patriotic Christmas cards dating from World War I and II, and examples of family photograph cards sent over a period of years. |
| Rouleau, Greg, 1914-1973 | Title: Greg Rouleau Papers, 1912-1938, 1969
Quantity: 2.5 c.f. (6 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 oversize file) Call Number: U.S. Mss 193AN Abstract: Papers of Greg Rouleau, an early twentieth century, upper midwestern vaudeville stock performer, magician, public relations executive, and radio manager. The collection focuses exclusively on Rouleau's involvement with stock companies during the early stages of his career and is composed almost entirely of scripts--both complete scripts and individual character's prompt scripts. Many are heavily annotated. A few of the scripts have Frank Winninger's name on them and probably were used by his stock company, the Winninger Players. Of interest are scripts for several cross fires, the short routines or one-liners used as a break between acts in vaudeville, and stories and synopses for short acts featuring either black performers or white performers in blackface. Also included are miscellaneous general flyers and announcements and a poster for the Slout Players, the Norma Ginnivan Dramatic and Vaudeville Company, and productions of “Crazy Politics” and “Front Page Stuff.” |
| Underheim, Gregg, 1950- | Title: Gregg Underheim Papers, 1993-2006
Quantity: 5.2 c.f. (14 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 1024 Abstract: Papers of Gregg Underheim, Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 54th District (Oshkosh) from 1987 until his retirement in 2006. Subjects documented include Underheim's work as the chair of the Special Committee on Health Care Information (1995-2005) and his work as chair of the State and Local Finance Committee and the committee's involvement with the Kettl Commission. Also documented is Underheim's work on Assembly Bill 740 intended to legalize medical use of marijuana, his involvement with Project Success at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, work on the Personal Protection Act for Concealed Carry, as well as Assembly Bill 215 concerning the sale of nitrous oxide. |
| Ziemer, Gregor, 1889-1982 | Title: Gregor Ziemer Papers, 1929-1945
Quantity: 6.4 c.f. (16 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 47AF Abstract: Papers of a foreign correspondent, author, and radio news commentator for WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio. The collection consists largely of radio news scripts for wartime programs such as Background on the News and Views of the News, but also includes some writings, correspondence, and memorabilia. Writings include a draft of an article for Look, a manuscript fragment of Two Thousand and Ten Days of Hitler (1940) written by Ziemer's daughter, and two chapters of an unpublished volume on life in Germany before World War II. The correspondence includes five boxes of listener mail, personal letters, and some exchanges pertaining to the production of news programs. Single letters are present from John H. Bankhead, John W. Bricker, Hans V. Kaltenborn, and Lyndon B. Johnson. The memorabilia includes clippings, programs, and press releases. |
| Gridley Dairy Company | Title: Gridley Dairy Company Album, 1928
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 5 Abstract: An album of photographs of the Gridley Dairy Company's holdings and manufacturing and distributing equipment in the greater Milwaukee area. |
| Williams, Griffith H., 1917-2000 | Title: Griffith H. Williams Papers, 1875-2001
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder), 8 tape recordings, and 1 photograph; plus additions of 2.0 c.f. and 94 photographs Call Number: SC 1220; Tape 919A; PH SC 1220; M2004-041 Abstract: Tape-recorded interviews, 1970-1979, conducted by local historian Griffith H. Williams with 29 residents of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and vicinity about the history of the area; plus one interview, 1981, conducted by Dale Treleven of the Wisconsin Historical Society staff with Williams concerning his family and youth in Waushara County, the effects of World War II, his moving to Prairie du Chien, and his interest in local history. Also included are papers documenting the Williams family, photographs related to the Prairie du Chien area, and an extensive Wisconsin postcard collection. |
| Grignon, Lawe and Porlier | Title: Grignon, Lawe and Porlier Fur Trade Accounts, 1792-1875
Quantity: 7.4 c.f. (22 archives boxes, 5 flat boxes, and 12 oversize volumes) Call Number: Wis Mss A Abstract: Personal, legal, and business financial records of three early Green Bay, Wisconsin fur trade families. Included are daybooks, ledgers, engagement books, inventories, and miscellaneous invoices, clearance papers, promissory notes, receipts, and other items received with the Grignon, Lawe and Porlier Papers. |
| Grignon, Lawe and Porlier | Title: Grignon, Lawe and Porlier Papers, 1712-1884 (bulk 1820-1840)
Quantity: 6.4 cubic feet (16 archives boxes), 13 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 1.2 cubic feet of photographs (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Wis Mss B; Micro 982; Green Bay Micro 38; Micro 542; PH 3236 Abstract: Business, personal and official correspondence as well as legal papers of the Grignon, Lawe and Porlier families of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Papers relate chiefly to the fur trade in Wisconsin and the northwest; the War of 1812, particularly in Wisconsin; religious affairs; and the duties of Charles Reaum as justice of the peace. Also includes portraits and snapshots of the Grignon family and friends. |
| Marx, Groucho, 1891-1977 | Title: Groucho Marx Papers, 1928-1971
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 70AN Abstract: Papers of an actor, comedian, and writer, including correspondence and copies of scripts for Animal Crackers (Para., 1930), Duck Soup (Para., 1933), A Night at the Opera (MGM, 1935), and eight other Marx Brothers films, the originals of which are held by the Library of Congress. The correspondence is between Marx and his friend, Dr. Samuel Salinger, the donor of this portion of the collection. Generally personal in nature, the letters contain references to socialized medicine, World War II, and Marx's career. |
| Huebner, Grover Gerhardt, 1884-1958 | Title: Grover G. Huebner Papers, 1922-1955
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 49 Abstract: Papers of Grover G. Huebner, a University of Pennsylvania professor of transportation and commerce, consisting primarily of annotated manuscript copies of his published works on the Panama Canal, foreign trade, the United States merchant marine, and railroad freight service. Also includes some class syllabi and examinations for graduate courses Huenber taught at the Wharton School of Finance, 1951-1955, and a large portion of his published “Traffic Lessons,” which appeared in The Traffic World, 1922-1923. |
| Groves Women's Cooperative (Madison, Wis.) | Title: Groves Women's Cooperative Records, 1943-1987
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 117 photographs Call Number: Mss 758; PH 3804 Abstract: Records of a women's housing cooperative (1943-1987) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison founded to foster interracial and international harmony. Included are membership records, notes on house and board meetings (1948-1984), and other administrative records; information on the history of the cooperative and its involvement with similar organizations and with the establishment of a nearby historic park; ledgers (1946-1972) documenting income and expenses and other miscellaneous financial records; and photograph albums. |
| Growing Power (Organization) | Title: Growing Power Records, 1970-2017
Quantity: 18.9 cubic ft. (21 boxes) 625 digital files (12.2 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 357 Abstract: Records of Growing Power, a Milwaukee-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting local food systems. Included are clippings and publicity materials; brochures and fliers; correspondence; project and grant files; training, workshop, and conference files; photographs; and other administrative materials. Some materials preceding Will Allen's establishment of Growing Power are included in the collection, as are materials from the organization's Chicago branch. |