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Modern Players (Theater company); Kronshage, Ernest Hildebrand	Title: Modern Players Records, 1917-1970 Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 310 Abstract: The Modern Players was a theater company organized by Ernest Kronshage in 1917. It performed at the Pabst Theater under the direction of George Foster Platt of New York. The collection consists of correspondence, bills and administrative records.
Moffat, John Shaw, 1814-1903; Hughes, Thomas, 1848-1912	Title: Moffat-Hughes Family Papers, 1807-1912 Quantity: 3.8 cubic feet (5 archives boxes and 7 volumes) Call Number: River Falls Mss K Abstract: Papers of the pioneer family of John Shaw Moffat who settled at Hudson, Wisconsin, in 1854 and of his son-in-law Thomas Hughes who joined Moffat in his law practice and business ventures. The collection includes letters of Moffat's father Samuel on New York land speculations, the personal correspondence of his wife Nancy Bennet Moffat, 1863 letters from his daughter Mary while a teacher in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and materials on his father-in-law Phineas Bennet and early steamboat inventions. The bound volumes include the store accounts of John Moffat after he settled in Hudson; the records of his law firm; records of the Hudson Produce Company and its successor, the St. Croix Valley Produce Company; and the accounts of his brother William, who had settled at Jewett, Wisconsin. Genealogical information concerns the Moffat, Hughes, and Ingram families through 1949.
Monarch Manufacturing Company (Milwaukee, Wis.)	Title: Monarch Manufacturing Company Records, 1935-1957 Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 3 nitrate negatives Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 180 Abstract: Miscellaneous records from the Monarch Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, which produced outdoor garments from 1898 to 1957. The collection contains correspondence, financial information, analytical reports, nitrate negatives, and photographs associated with the company, mostly dating from the 1940s and 1950s. Also included is a history of the company and its operations.
Monday Shakespeare Club (Green Bay, Wis.)	Title: Monday Shakespeare Club Records, 1900-1999 Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 175 Abstract: Records of the Monday Shakespeare Club, a Green Bay, Wisconsin literary club organized in 1900 by women interested in studying literature, culture, and current events with a focus on Shakespeare. The club hosted social gatherings, including an annual Twelfth Night Party, and was involved in beautification projects in the Green Bay area. The records include financial materials (1900-1978), yearbooks (1901-1950) containing member information and meeting programs, and meeting minute books (1920-1976). Also included are records documenting the club's garden (modeled after Shakespeare's own garden at Stratford on Avon) created in 1931 near the now closed west side branch of Green Bay's Kellogg Public Library; the garden was closed when the property was sold in 1982. In addition there are research materials from the club's 100th anniversary including an extensive list of members throughout the club's history and a survey of meetings, a yearbook from Pasadena's Shakespeare Club, and a small amount of news clippings, correspondence, and writings.
- - -	Title: Monday/Wednesday/Friday Video Club Collection, 1979-2013 Quantity: 1052 video recordings (VHS tapes, 3/4 inch U-matic tapes, Betamax), and 6.4 cubic feet (5 record center cartons, 1 archives box, 2 flat boxes, and 1 banner) Call Number: M2022-051 Abstract: Papers documenting the operation and activities of the Monday/Wednesday/Friday (MWF) Video Club from 1979 to 2013. These records include correspondence, publicity materials, distribution agreements, contracts, photographs, financial records and ephemera.
United Artists Corporation	Title: Monogram Dialogues: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 3.3, circa 1931-circa 1953 Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/3.3 Abstract: Transcriptions of film dialogue produced from a screening of the film after production was completed.
Monogram Pictures	Title: Monogram Films: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 3.1, 1931-1946 Quantity: 377 film reels (16 mm) Call Number: FA 027-FA 403 Abstract: Feature films produced by Monogram Pictures Corporation. These films comprise part of the extensive United Artists Corporation collection held at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.
United Artists Corporation	Title: Monogram Pressbooks: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 3.4, 1931-1946 Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Micro 448; U.S. Mss 99AN/3.4 Abstract: Booklets produced by the studio and distributed to theater owners to help the local marketing of upcoming films. Pressbooks contain ad-mats, marketing ideas, product tie-ins, and examples of posters and other graphics exhibitors could purchase to promote the film.
United Artists Corporation	Title: Monogram Still Negatives: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 3.5, 1931-1946 Quantity: 6.4 cubic feet (16 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/3.5 Abstract: 8×10 negatives of scene stills and publicity, production, and poster shots used to publicize Monogram Pictures films. One box of nitrate negatives is included. The “set of 15,” a term used in the list below, designates a group of 15 photographs selected in the Archives.
Monona Broadcasting Company	Title: Monona Broadcasting Company Records, 1945-1968 Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) Call Number: MCHC72-073 Abstract: Records of the Monona Broadcasting Company, a locally-owned corporation which operated ABC affiliates WKOW Radio (1945-1960) and WKOW-TV (1953-1960) in Madison, Wisconsin. The collection documents the corporation’s organization and operation, as well as its liquidation and sale to Midcontinent Broadcasting Company in 1960. Included are minutes of meetings of the board of directors and the stockholders, financial records for both radio and television covering the years 1955-1960; correspondence; leases, deeds, and mortgages; agreements and contracts; advertising policy; and articles of incorporation and bylaws.
Monroe County (Wis.). Register of Deeds	Title: Monroe County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Deeds, 1851-1889 Quantity: 30 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Monroe Series 10 Abstract: Copies of deeds to real estate. Includes four volumes of deeds to property sold for the non-payment of taxes. This film was produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah which holds the master negatives.
Monroe County (Wis.). Treasurer	Title: Monroe County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, 1855-1970 Quantity: 93.0 cubic feet (1,439 volumes) Call Number: Monroe Series 19 Abstract: Record of the amount of tax levied and collected on each parcel of real estate. Tax rolls typically include a legal description of the property, name of the owner, assessed valuation, tax levied, and a record of payments. All extant rolls dating prior to 1910 were preserved; thereafter rolls for every fifth year were selected.
Monroe County (Wis.). Treasurer	Title: Monroe County, Wisconsin, Tax Sale Books, 1895-1951 Quantity: 13.6 cubic feet (35 volumes) Call Number: Monroe Series 21 Abstract: Records of lands sold for failure to pay taxes showing names of land owner and certificate purchaser, selling price, legal description of land sold, date of sale, date of redemption and by whom, amount of tax, and remarks.
Greenthal, Monroe, 1906-1963; United Artists Corporation	Title: Monroe Greenthal Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 1D and Series 3D, 1933-1942 Quantity: 2.4 cubic feet (6 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/1D; U.S. Mss 99AN/3D Abstract: Files from the office of Monroe W. Greenthal, head of the Advertising and Publicity Department at United Artists (UA). Activities documented in Series 1D include submitting advertising to various newspapers and magazines, arranging media interviews of stars and other noteworthy personalities, setting joint advertising budgets with theaters, providing publicity materials to exhibitors, and overseeing the activities of advance men throughout the country. In Series 3D, correspondence documents Greenthal's activities from January to October 1942 as a liaison between the film industry and the War Department including press releases and information on campaigns to sell war bonds in theaters.
Cothren, Montgomery Morrison, 1819-1888	Title: Montgomery Morrison Cothren Papers, 1841-1890 Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Platteville Mss N Abstract: Papers of Cothren, a Mineral Point, Wis., attorney, member of the territorial and state legislatures, and circuit court judge. Included is business correspondence, legal documents from cases he handled, land papers, bills, and receipts.
Montreal Mining Company	Title: Montreal Mining Company Reports, 1921-1923, 1931 Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 657; Northland Micro 7 Abstract: Four reports of a Montreal, Wisconsin company which mined iron ore from the western section of the Gogebic iron range in northeastern Wisconsin, all dealing with increased employee housing needs after company expansion. The first three reports, 1921-1923, illustrated with maps, street plans, sketches, floor plans, and photographs, are studies of existing company housing of the Montreal Mining Company and of other company towns, such as those operated by the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. and the Carnegie Land Company. The detailed proposals cover all aspects of Montreal's new housing development including construction, sewers, water, painting, and landscaping. The final report, written in 1931, looks at the progress made on the development, again with photographs, floor plans, cost projections, analysis of sites and experimental building materials, and notes on the segregation of ethnic and racial groups of miners. The reports were drafted by the company, a subsidiary of Oglebay, Norton & Company of Cleveland, Ohio and include descriptions of mining sites at Hamilton, Wisconsin; Montreal, Wisconsin; and Gwinn, Michigan; all of which lie within the Ironwood Mining District.
Lee, Mordecai, 1948-	Title: Mordecai Lee Papers, 1976-2001 Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes) and 5 reels of microfilm (35 mm); plus additions of 23 tape recordings and 33 videorecordings Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 199, Micro 1176; Milwaukee Micro 63; Audio 1920A, M2002-015 Abstract: Papers documenting the career of Mordecai Lee, a Milwaukee Democratic legislator, Jewish community leader, and political professor. The vast majority of these papers relate to Lee’s political career in the Assembly and Senate (1976-1989), his tenure as the Executive Director of the Milwaukee Jewish Council for Community Relations (1990-1997), and his tenure as an Assistant Professor of Government Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1997- ). These papers contain campaign literature Lee drafted, correspondence on legislation with which he was involved, newspaper clippings pertaining to legal and cultural issues central to Milwaukee and Judaism, and scholarly articles published by Lee on public administration policy.
Dougherty, Jack [Digitized content]	Title: More Than One Struggle Oral History Project Records, 1939-2004 , 1995-1996 Quantity: 4.1 cubic ft. (8 boxes) 155 digital files (52.6 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 217 Abstract: Collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by Jack Dougherty during the course of researching his book More Than One Struggle: The Evolution of Black School Reform in Milwaukee. The oral histories consist of audio cassettes, transcripts, correspondence with interviewees, and post-interview notes. The collection also contains Dougherty's research files on related subjects.
Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985	Title: Morrie Ryskind Papers, 1927-1978 Quantity: 6.6 c.f. (17 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 5AN Abstract: Papers of a playwright, lyricist, and conservative newspaper columnist for the Los Angeles Times and Washington Star syndicates. The collection primarily illustrates Ryskind's journalistic career; few theater-related materials are present. Also included are correspondence with friends, readers, and prominent politicians; and some of his newspaper columns. Correspondence includes general correspondence, 1960-1978, with friends and admiring readers of Ryskind's daily column. During this time many incidents, issues, and Ryskind's very conservative political views drew a voluminous response from readers. Ryskind's correspondence with “Very Important Persons” contains letters and telegrams from William F. Buckley, Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and others. Among the personal letters from Nixon is one announcing his intention to run for Governor of California in 1962. The theater files contain miscellaneous materials, including contracts and royalty statements, and a photocopied script of A Night at the Opera, written by Ryskind and George S. Kaufman in 1935 for the Marx Brothers.
Carey, Morris, 1878-	Title: Morris Carey Papers, 1851-1963 Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Stevens Point Micro 2; Micro 166 Abstract: Papers of Morris Carey, a local historian from Amherst, Wisconsin, including miscellaneous materials relating to the history of Amherst and to the genealogy of pioneer families of Portage County. “Diaries” include discussion of town churches, the business district, and community life. Asa H. Bancroft and Dr. Thomas M. Clark are referred to as prominent Amherst citizens.
Fuller, Morris E., 1821-1919	Title: Morris E. Fuller Family Papers, 1722-1938 Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes), and 4 photographs and 1 painting in 1 box Call Number: Wis Mss WR; PH 2935 Abstract: Mainly family correspondence, 1836-1938, and genealogical records dating back to 1722 of Madison, Wisconsin businessman Morris E. Fuller, and his ancestors and relatives in the Fuller, Haskell, Hobbins, and Williams families. Included is one folder of letters, 1840-1888, of Dr. Joseph Hobbins, Madison physician, father-in-law of Fuller's granddaughter Shirley. Photographs include images of Fuller family members, 1840-1860, and a miniature painting, 1836.
Fromkin, Morris, 1892-1969, collector	Title: Morris Fromkin Papers, 1918-1963 Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 125 Abstract: The collection consists mainly of correspondence between Morris Fromkin and Emma Goldman as well as correspondence between Fromkin and others discussing Goldman's financial status, speaking tours, and writings. Additonally, the collection also contains several newspaper clippings dating from 1934 to 1937 regarding Goldman's speaking tours, writings, and travels, Fromkin's travel diaries dating from 1958-1963, correspondence from Fromkin to his sister Rhea from 1955, photographs, and newspaper clipping dating from 1932 regarding Fromkins law practice.
Rubin, Morris H.; Rubin, Mary	Title: Morris H. and Mary Rubin Papers, 1920-1994 Quantity: 3.0 c.f., 26 photographs, 2 negatives, and 1 drawing Call Number: M96-051; M96-064 Abstract: Papers of Morris Rubin, 1920-1994, longtime editor at The Progressive magazine, and of his wife, Mary, who also worked at The Progressive for most of her adult life. Included in the collection is correspondence with friends and colleagues, including Philip La Follette, discussing Progressive politics and the overall mood of the country; drafts of Morris Rubin's unpublished memoirs; and records related to The Progressive magazine. There are also photographs of family and friends, and an original charcoal caricature of Morris Rubin, drawn by Bill Sanders.
Hillquit, Morris, 1869-1933	Title: Morris Hillquit Papers, 1886-1944 Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes), 10 reels of microfilm (35mm), and 17 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: New York Mss H; Micro 461; PH 3422 Abstract: Papers of Morris Hillquit, a New York attorney and internationally known socialist leader, theoretician, and author. Included is correspondence, 1895-1943; writings by Hillquit; a manuscript of an unpublished biography of Hillquit and biographical sketches of international socialist leaders, written by Nina E. Hillquit; photographs of Hillquit and his family; broadsides and circulars; and press releases and clippings.
Novik, Morris S., 1903-	Title: Morris S. Novik Papers, 1950-1969 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 2 films Call Number: U.S. Mss 179AF Abstract: Scripts and films collected by a radio-television executive who served as media consultant for the AFL and the AFL-CIO. Included are opening and closing radio continuities, 1950-1952, for Frank Edwards and the News (MBS), which indicate organized labor's position on the Cold War, communist subversion, the elections of 1950 and 1952, and other issues. The two films, which were part of NBC's Eternal Light series, concern Frances Perkins and Samuel Gompers.
Lawrence, Mortimer M.	Title: Mortimer M. Lawrence Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 0.8 linear ft. (2 archives boxes and 2 oversize folders) of papers and 0.4 linear ft. (1 archives box) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 710 Abstract: Papers and photographs of Mortimer M. Lawrence, a 1st lieutenant and aerial observer with the 104th Aero Squadron of the Army Signal Corps during World War I. The bulk of the collection consists of the letters that Lawrence wrote to his parents during his stateside training and his World War I military service in France. The letters describe the major events of Lawrence's service as a pilot such as his Army basic training at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, training in observation flights at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, his promotions and duties as an officer, and shooting down the last German plane of the war. Also discussed are the accommodations, food, and recreation available to Lawrence and his squadron both stateside and in Europe. Newspaper clippings and military papers, including his officer's record book and AEF identification cards, along with newspaper clippings describe his role in shooting down the final enemy aircraft in the war. The photographs include candid shots from stateside training and Europe, as well as many aerial photographs of European vistas taken by Lawrence during the war.
Murphy, Morton B.	Title: Morton B. Murphy Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 1.6 linear feet (4 archives boxes and 3 oversized folders) of papers and 0.1 linear feet (8 folders) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 1548 Abstract: Papers and photographs of Morton B. Murphy, an officer in the United States Navy Reserve who served as a night fighter pilot on the carriers USS Saratoga and USS Monterey during World War II. The collection includes personal correspondence, military papers, veterans reunion correspondence, and photographs. The bulk of the collection are correspondence between Murphy and his wife, Alys, while he was in the service. The letters from Morton discuss military life, his time in flight school, and active service aboard aircraft carriers. Some letters mention his combat experience, such as shooting down enemy planes. Alys writes about her daily life on the home front during the war and including her studies at the University of Iowa. Military papers include flight training materials, military orders, promotion notices, and commendations and certificates. Also included is correspondence pertaining to his participation in a veterans group consisting of former members of VF-34 squadron, which he served with during the war. The photographs consist of aerial photographs of Japan, and images of naval bases, which include training barracks, airplanes, and pilots preparing for flights. Also included are a few photographs taken during a reunion with former members of his squadron.
DaCosta, Morton, 1914-	Title: Morton DaCosta Papers, 1959 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: U.S. Mss 11AN Abstract: Papers of an actor-director, consisting solely of production files for the musical Saratoga (1959) for which DaCosta was both director and dramatist. Included is correspondence with Edna Ferber and Johnny Mercer, three drafts of the script, and set designs by Cecil Beaton.
Davis, Moses M., 1820-1888	Title: Moses M. Davis Papers, 1849-1883 Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Wis Mss NK Abstract: Letters of Moses M. Davis, a Wisconsin physician who was a member of the Assembly in 1856 and state senator from 1857 to 1860. Nearly half the collection consists of letters from Davis to Congressman John Fox Potter on the subjects of Wisconsin politics, the conduct of the Civil War, and problems of the Republican Party. Before 1856 Davis received letters regarding the slavery issue from prominent national figures such as Charles Sumner, John P. Hale, Joshua Giddings, and others. The correspondence, which is almost entirely of a political nature, also includes letters from state and other national Republican leaders, among them Salmon P. Chase, James R. Doolittle, Charles Durkee, William H. Seward, Carl Schurz, C. C. Washburn, and David Wilmot. Davis was appointed resident trustee of the property donated by Congress for the improvement of the Fox-Wisconsin Rivers in 1862. Numerous letters touch upon this development project.
Strong, Moses McCure, 1810-1894 [Digitized content]	Title: Moses McCure Strong Papers, 1774-1894 Quantity: 15.0 c.f. (28 archives boxes, 2 card boxes, 1 flat box, and 27 volumes) Call Number: Wis Mss H Abstract: Papers of Moses M. Strong, a resident of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, who came to Wisconsin in 1836; served as territorial surveyor and member of the territorial council, the first constitutional convention, and the state assembly in 1850 and 1856; and engaged in numerous and widespread business enterprises. His papers document his major business interests: land, railroads, lumbering, and mining. Political letters run throughout the collection, covering both Strong's participation in and his consultation with colleagues on sectional and party affairs, and legislation affecting business interests. Also present are personal and family letters.
Moses Montefiore Congregation (Appleton, Wis.)	Title: Moses Montefiore Congregation (Appleton, Wis.) Records, 1893-1988, 1992-1996 Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 4 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 126; Green Bay Micro 8; Micro 543 Abstract: Records of a Conservative Jewish congregation formed in 1892 and consisting of minute and account books in Hebrew (1913-1923), an account book in English (1930-1955), a 1970 dedication pamphlet, and monthly bulletins (1970-1988 and 1992-1996). Minutes (1893-1931, 1940-1948) and a 1974 centennial program of the Fox River Lodge No. 209 of the International Order of B'nai B'rith, formed in 1874; and records, mainly 1936-1962, of the Appleton Chapter of Hadassah, consisting of minutes, membership and financial records, and scrapbooks, are also included here. With the exception of the Moses Montefiore Synagogue Bulletin, the entire collection is available only on microfilm.
Hart, Moss, 1904-1961; Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007	Title: Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle Papers, 1922-1988 Quantity: 7.0 cubic feet (17 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 package), 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 4 tape recordings, and 2 films Call Number: U.S. Mss 13AN; Micro 1189; Audio 169A; AB 735; CA 511 Abstract: Papers of Moss Hart, a noted playwright-director and his wife, Kitty Carlisle, an actress and television personality. Their combined correspondence, 1935-1960, includes some business mail, fan letters, and personal correspondence from George Abbott, Brooks Atkinson, Bernard Baruch, Bruce Barton, Cecil Beaton, S.N. Behrman, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Bohrod, Truman Capote, Bennett Cerf, Edward Choate, Jerome Chodorov, Claudette Colbert, Hume Cronyn, Russel Crouse, George Cukor, Edna Ferber, Judy Garland, George Gershwin, Sir John Gielgud, Mark Goodson, Oscar Hammerstein II, Rex Harrison, Leland Hayward, Lillian Hellman, George S. Kaufman, Elia Kazan, Jerome Kern, Jean Kerr, Arthur Kober, Alan J. Lerner, Sinclair Lewis, Howard Lindsay, Joshua Logan, Henry R. Luce, Sidney Lumet, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, Fredric March, Michael Myerberg, Sir Laurence Olivier, John Osborne, Cole Porter, Anthony Quayle, Jerome Robbins, Morris Rubin, Harry Ruby, Robert E. Sherwood, Herman Shumlin, Jean Sibelius, Phil Silvers, Adlai E. Stevenson, Theodore H. White, Emlyn Williams, and other prominent individuals. Manuscript and published copies of Hart's major works, some of which were written in collaboration with George S. Kaufman and Irving Berlin, include the plays The American Way (1939), Christopher Blake (1946), The Climate of Eden (1952), George Washington Slept Here (1940), Jubilee (1935), Lady in the Dark (1941), Light Up the Sky (1948), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939), Merrily We Roll Along (1934), Once in a Lifetime (1930), You Can't Take It With You (1936), and Winged Victory (1943); the motion pictures The Eddie Duchin Story (Columbia, 1954), Gentleman's Agreement (20th Century-Fox, 1947), and A Star is Born (Warner Brothers, 1954), and his autobiography Act One (1959). There is also a script for My Fair Lady (1956), which Hart directed on Broadway. For several of the above titles there are also notes, business records, clippings, and photographs. Of more personal interest are two diaries, the first kept by Hart during a world trip in 1935 while he wrote Jubilee, and the second a journal of his theatrical activities and personal life during 1953 and 1954. Related to Kitty Carlisle's stage and screen career are clipping scrapbooks, 1932-1946 (on microfilm), photographs, and a draft version of her autobiography Kitty (1988). On film are the Harts' appearances at the 1961 Academy Award ceremonies and on Person to Person (CBS) in 1959. The tape recordings concern a 1960 discussion of Broadway musicals between Hart and Brooks Atkinson.
Milwaukee (Wis.). Motion Picture Commission.	Title: Motion Picture Commission Records, 1914-1971 Quantity: 3.7 cubic ft. (25 boxes) 3 volumes Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 31 Abstract: Records of the Motion Picture Commission, which was created in 1913 and had the authority to approve or censor movies shown in Milwaukee. It was abolished in 1971. Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, and an index of films rated by the Commission.
Mount Carmel Lutheran Church (Milwaukee, Wis.)	Title: Mount Carmel Lutheran Church Records, 1952-1958 Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 110 Abstract: The collection contains brief histories and photographs of the Mount Carmel Lutheran Church. The photographs show church exteriors and document the church's tenth anniversary banquet.
Movement for Economic Justice	Title: Movement for Economic Justice Records, 1972-1980 Quantity: 13.2 c.f. (33 archives boxes) and 7 videorecordings Call Number: Mss 766; VHA 247-253 Abstract: Records of the Movement for Economic Justice, a national organization founded by George Wiley in 1973 as an information clearinghouse and national center for grass roots organizing and protest on a broad range of economic issues. The records are mainly the files of Wiley, Bert De Leeuw, and Madeleine Adamson. They describe policies, strategies, conferences, workshops, projects, protests, organizing efforts, and related activities. Files include documentation on many topics and many organizations besides MEJ, such as Carolina Action, the Coalition for Human Needs and Budget Priorities, Massachusetts Fair Share, Misseduc Foundation, the National Committee for Tax Justice, and the Public Interest Economic Foundation. Among the issues documented are tax reform, utilities, energy, revenue sharing, unemployment, consumer concerns, welfare reform, and neighborhood deterioration and redlining. Records include correspondence, memoranda, administrative files, reports, funding records, background files, mass mailings, newsletters, publications, newspaper articles, videotapes, and buttons.
- - -	Title: Movie-of-the-Month-Club Films, circa 1946-circa 1954? Quantity: 4 film reels (16 mm) Call Number: AD 473; CB 916-CB 918 Abstract: Contains 15 short films, on 4 film reels, undated, distributed through the Movie-of-the-Month-Club, a mail distributor of music and erotic shorts. The erotic shorts were not pornographic in nature, but rather what is known as "cheesecake" material.
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Aztlán (University of Wisconsin--Madison).	Title: Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Aztlán (MEChA) records Quantity: 5.13 cubic feet 4 record cartons Collection materials include newspaper clippings, fliers, and papers. Call Number: uac45 Abstract: Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Aztlán, or MEChA, is a national organization that seeks to promote Chicanx unity and empowerment through political action. This collection documents MEChA activity at the University of Wisconsin—Madison from the 1970s through 2000s, and includes fliers for events and demonstrations; MEChA conference and organizational materials; information related to discrimination and racism on campus; and information related to Chicano/a Studies departments and efforts, both locally and nationally.