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| Pohlman Studios | Title: Pohlman Studios Records, 1936-1997
Quantity: 48.2 cubic ft. (122 boxes) 247 nitrate negatives Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 258 Abstract: Pohlman Studios was one of Milwaukee's earliest commercial photographic studios. The collection consists primarily of negatives as well as some prints and lantern slides. Most of the images depict industrial and commercial activity in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin. Images show manufactured products as well as facilities, people, and processes involved in product creation. Many of the images were used in product catalogs. Taken in its entirety the collection provides a look at the industrial and commercial world of southeastern Wisconsin from the Great Depression into the 1990s. |
| Polanki, the Polish Women's Cultural Club of Milwaukee (Wis.) | Title: Polanki, the Polish Women's Cultural Club of Milwaukee Records, 1946-2013
Quantity: 5.4 c.f. (14 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm); plus additions of 8 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 74; Milwaukee Micro 39; Micro 934; M98-009 Abstract: Records of Polanki, a club organized in 1953 to create interest in Polish culture and traditions, inspire American Poles with pride in their heritage, and sponsor the Polish exhibit and booth at Milwaukee's annual folk fair. Among the activities of Polanki which are represented by correspondence, administrative and financial records, news clippings, and other files are annual Easter teas, Polonaise balls, Chopin piano contests, scholarship and achievement awards, and St. John's Eve (“Swietojanki”) celebrations. Also well-documented is the work of two long-time Polanki leaders, Harriet Gostomski and Janet H. Branden. |
| Polar Bear Association of World War II | Title: Polar Bear Association of World War II Records, 1918-1919, 1942-1978
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box), 130 photographs, and 1 drawing Call Number: Mss 336; PH 3671; PH 3671 (5) Abstract: Incomplete records of the Polar Bear Association of World War II, a national association of veterans of the 339th Regimental Combat Team, 85th Division, collected by Ret. Lt. Col. Charles C. Isely, one of the group's founders. The collection consists of routine organizational records, particularly correspondence and bulletins informing members of upcoming reunions. Also included are some materials of another organization, the 339th Infantry Association, which was formed before the Polar Bear Association and later became a part of it. There are a few personal papers of Isely and small amounts of memorabilia and related World War I and World War II materials. The photographs document scenes from Russia during the Combat Team's service during World War I, from its service in Italy during World War II, and the Association's reunions. |
| - - - | Title: Polaris Expedition Scrapbooks, 1873
Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 13 Abstract: This collection consists of two scrapbooks documenting exploration in 1873, with a primary focus on the Polaris Expedition to the North Pole led by Charles Francis Hall. |
| Polish American Bowling Association | Title: Polish American Bowling Association Records, 1927-1962
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 79 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee-based bowling association for Americans of Polish ancestry founded in 1928 by John A. Schultz and others. Included are articles of incorporation, a constitution and by-laws, correspondence, minutes, newsclippings, contracts and other legal documents, address lists, photographs, and records of the annual tournaments. The popularity of bowling among members of Milwaukee's (and Chicago's) Polish community is illustrated by the numerous entries in the tournaments. During the 1950s, this popularity declined and the tournaments were discontinued after 1962. |
| Polish American Congress. Wisconsin Division | Title: Polish American Congress. Wisconsin Division: Records, 1948-2003
Quantity: 6.4 cubic feet (17 archives boxes), 0.3 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder), and 8 tape recordings Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 72; Audio 2035A; PH 6548 Abstract: Records of the Wisconsin Division of the Polish American Congress (Kongres Polonii Amerykanskiej) established as an umbrella organization in 1944 to promote the welfare of Polish-Americans, to work on behalf of Poland, and to fight communism. The collection includes by-laws and constitution, membership and administrative records (including minutes of annual meetings), publications, general correspondence, subject files documenting the group's interests such as defamation of Polish Americans, Pope John Paul II, the Milwaukee Kopernik and Millennium Committees, Polish ethnicity, and U.S. foreign policy. The collection also includes photographs documenting ethnic advocacy and education; and audio recordings of meetings. |
| Polish Army Veterans Association of America. Post 3 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Army Veterans Association of America. Post 3: Records, 1920-1974
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 45; Milwaukee Micro 27; Micro 916 Abstract: Records of Milwaukee Post #3 of the Stowarzyszenie Weterano Armii Polskiej, or Polish Army Veterans Association (PAVA). PAVA is an organization of Americans and Canadians who enlisted as volunteers in World War I and II service with the Allied Polish Army in Europe. After each of these wars, the duty of providing and securing financial relief for the disabled veterans fell to the association because these veterans of the Polish Army are not entitled to United States Veteran Administration benefits, and as Americans or Canadians they would not receive assistance from Poland. Post #3 was active in patriotic affairs, the life of the Polish community, and the national organization. Records consist of correspondence, minutes, speeches, newspaper clippings, and convention and anniversary books. |
| Polish Book Club of Milwaukee | Title: Polish Book Club of Milwaukee Records, 1939-1944
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 21; Micro 857 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, organization dedicated to promoting the preservation of Polish language and culture in America through speakers, meetings, and the publication of articles relevant to the Polish heritage in the Polish language newspaper Kuryer Polski. During World War II, the club also worked to counteract anti-Polish sentiment in the local press. The records consist of a scrapbook compiled by Yolanda Majkowska and Szymon St. Deptula, which includes correspondence, meeting minutes, membership lists, newspaper clippings, and a dues record book. Some of the materials are written in Polish. |
| Polish Falcons of America. Nest 725 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Falcons of America. Nest 725: Records, 1916-1930, 1946-1994
Quantity: 0.3 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), and 1 photograph Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 60; Milwaukee Micro 30; Micro 903; PH Milwaukee Mss 60 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee affiliate of the Polish Falcons of America (Sokolstwo Polskie w Ameryce), organized on the north side in 1916 to encourage physical fitness and training, cultural activities, and other youth and civic programs. Included are two volumes of microfilmed minutes in Polish (1916-1926), of both the men's organization and the women's auxiliary; anniversary programs and histories; several district convention and bowling programs; a record book of service medals and Legion of Honor members; certificates; newsclippings; and a photograph of the 50th anniversary dinner, 1966. |
| Polish Falcons of America. Nest 755 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Falcons of America. Nest 755: Minute Book, 1919-1926
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 31; Micro 885 Abstract: Minute book, in Polish, of a young girls' chapter, a subsidiary of Nest 725, devoted to physical training and cultural betterment; documenting participation in military drill rallies and formation of a choir and a band. |
| Polish Falcons of America. Nest 786 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Falcons of America. Nest 786: Records, 1931-1979
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 volume) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 59 Abstract: Records of Nest 786, a Milwaukee affiliate of an organization formed in 1910 to encourage physical training, gymnastics, and military training. Included is a volume of dues records listing names of members, 1932-1947; a cash book, 1932-1967; a volume of receipts and disbursements, 1931-1953; and miscellany regarding Nest 786. Also present are copies of minutes of District II of the Falcons and of national conventions. |
| Polish Fine Arts Club (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Fine Arts Club Records, 1921-1949
, 1978
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 63 Abstract: Records of the club, a Milwaukee group founded to disseminate Polish culture by performing and sponsoring plays, concerts, and operas. Included are minutes of meetings (1930-1933); correspondence; fragmentary financial records; membership records; programs; and some script materials, newsclippings, and photographs from performances (some from the Polish Opera Club). |
| Polish Legion of American Veterans. Kobus-Molenda Post No. 49 (South Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Legion of American Veterans. Kobus-Molenda Post No. 49: Records, 1965-1979
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 1 tape recording Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 54; Milwaukee Tape 9; Tape 982A Abstract: Records of a South Milwaukee chapter of the Polish Legion of American Veterans, formed by Americans of Polish ancestry in 1941. Includes fragmentary correspondence and financial records, minutes, membership rosters, notes of post officers, programs, newsclippings, and papers regarding the 1967 PLAV state convention, hosted by Post 49. Also present are publicity materials, music scores, a program, and a tape recording from polka masses sponsored by Post 49 since 1976 at St. John's Catholic Church. |
| Polish Legion of American Veterans. Wisconsin State Dept. Ladies' Auxiliary | Title: Polish Legion of American Veterans. Wisconsin State Dept. Ladies' Auxiliary: Records, 1937-1979
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 55 Abstract: Records of the ladies' auxiliary of the Wisconsin unit of the Polish Legion of American Veterans, the largest organization of American veterans of Polish ancestry in the U.S. Included are records of both the Wisconsin State Dept. headquartered in Milwaukee and individual posts throughout the state, consisting of correspondence and memoranda, financial records, minutes of meetings, rosters and monthly reports of local posts and of the State Dept., and correspondence and other records concerning veterans' hospital aid and volunteer projects. |
| Polish Legion of American Veterans. Wisconsin State Dept. | Title: Polish Legion of American Veterans. Wisconsin State Dept.: Records, 1947-1979
Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 53 Abstract: Records of the Wisconsin unit of the Polish Legion of American Veterans, with headquarters in Milwaukee, consisting of administrative records, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, news releases, rosters of officers and members, reports of the state and post commanders, and other papers. Also included are minutes and memoranda of the national PLAV organization, with rosters and reports of the eight individual posts located in Wisconsin. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America Records, 1918-1978
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 82 Abstract: Collected printed and near-print pamphlets, brochures, anniversary programs, and miscellaneous publications of the ethnic Polish national organization, including various Milwaukee area chapters of the Polish National Alliance (Zwiazek Narodowy Polski). |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Council 8 | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Council 8: Records, 1920-1980
Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (1 record center carton, 1 flat box, and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 42 Abstract: Records of one of two Milwaukee councils of the Alliance, a fraternal and mutual benefit society for Americans of Polish ancestry. Council 8 was formed in 1905, composed of seven individual PNA lodges in the southern part of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Records include minutes of meetings (1921-1937 and 1952-1978); records of receipts and disbursements (1932-1972); a record of contributions to the Home Building Fund from the early 1920's; a record of receipts and disbursements of the Council's Alliance Home, purchased in 1942 for use as a meeting hall; and other records. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. District 14 | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. District 14: Records, 1957-1979
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 65 Abstract: Records of the regional District 14 of a fraternal and mutual benefit society for Americans of Polish ancestry, and of the district's women's division. All of the Milwaukee councils are affiliated with District 14. Included in the collection are programs from conventions, bowling tournaments, and the annual debutante ball; minutes, papers, and mandates from district, state, and local conventions and meetings; and correspondence and papers of the women's division. Some records are in Polish. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 1476 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 1476: Records,1912-1975
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 2 record center cartons) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 17 Abstract: Minutes, dues books, jubilee albums, and financial and insurance records of the Wladyslaw Jagiello Society, founded in 1912 and affiliated with Council 115 of the Polish National Alliance of America (Zwiazek Narodowy Polski w Ameryce). The records were collected by charter members and former officers of the fraternal and mutual benefit society, John and Aniela Knap. |
| Polish National Alliance of North America. Lodge 14 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 14: Records, 1937-1974
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 57 Abstract: Minute books (1937-1974) of Lodge 14, the Polish Patriotic Society, the oldest Milwaukee lodge of the PNA, a fraternal and mutual benefit organization for Polish Americans. Also included is a folder with Lodge 14 correspondence and financial records; and a minute book (1943-1966) of Lodge 3009, the General Joseph Haller Society, which merged with Lodge 14 sometime after 1967. Most of the records are in Polish. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 1510 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 1510: Records, 1912-1959
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 archives box and 6 volumes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 75 Abstract: Records of a Milwaukee lodge of the Polish National Alliance (Zwiazek Narodowy Polski), organized in 1912 and for many years open only to native born sons of Polish pioneers. Included in the collection of this fraternal and mutual benefit organization for Polish Americans are a minute book, registration books, cash books, administrative and committee records, insurance records, general financial documents, news clippings; and eulogies, obituaries, and funeral records of deceased members. The papers were collected by former president Roman B. J. Kwasniewski, who was responsible for writing and delivering many of the eulogies during this period. Most of the items are in Polish and date from the late 1920s to late 1940s. This lodge was also known as the Sons of Polish Pioneers. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 2159 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 2159: Records, 1921-1997
Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 43 Abstract: Records, some in Polish, of the Milwaukee Society, Lodge 2159 of Council 8 of the Polish National Alliance (Zwiazek Narodowy Polski), a national mutual benefit and fraternal society for Polish Americans. Included are three cash books, a volume of membership registrations, a book recording members' insurance fees, an attendance book, programs for the lodge's annual Pulaski Day banquets, collected research materials and writings about the history of the Society, newsletters, a Silver Jubilee booklet, and fragmentary correpondence and financial records. Also present is a 70th anniversary program of the Polish Legion of American Veterans Post No. 11 and a brochure in Polish promoting commerce in Milwaukee. The all-male membership of the lodge is composed primarily of Milwaukee professionals, politicians, and businessmen. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 365 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 365: Records, 1928-1979
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 44 Abstract: Records of Lodge 365, the Dr. Karol Marcinkowski Society, located in Milwaukee. The majority are financial records such as insurance records and premium record books, a loan book, receipts and premium receipts book, and a cash book. Also included are computer lists of members and premiums paid, new members, and policy holders; and two manuals for lodge financial secretaries. Other records in the collection consist of a short history of the lodge, two registration books, and some correspondence concerning finances. Some materials are in Polish. |
| Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 54 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 54: Records, 1932-1981
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (2 archives boxes, 1 card box, 1 volume) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 46 Abstract: Records, some in Polish, of the Reverend Augustine Kordecki Society, Lodge 54 of a Polish American fraternal and mutual benefit association. Most records pertain to its sales of insurance and payment of death and sick benefits. Included are insurance premium records, records of loans granted and repaid, monthly insurance records to the PNA national secretary, lodge financial records, and fragmentary correspondence, plus a few items from Lodge 457 which merged into Lodge 54 in 1937. Also present are badges worn by lodge officers during ceremonies. |
| Polish Roman Catholic Union of America | Title: Polish Roman Catholic Union of America Records, 1911-1980
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 record center carton) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 62 Abstract: Records of the Wisconsin, Circuit No. 6, and several Milwaukee societies of the Polish Roman Catholic Union (Zjednoczenie Polskie Rzymsko Katolickie w Ameryce), the oldest and largest Polish Catholic fraternal organization in the United States. State records include anniversary and convention programs; there are also anniversary programs for Circuit No. 6. Cash books, minute books, and reports on finances, insurance, and membership are present for four local societies: St. Anne Group No. 781; St. Clara Group No. 1218; St. Dorothy Group No. 526; and St. Florentine Group No. 591. |
| Polish Women's Alliance of America | Title: Polish Women's Alliance of America Records, 1916-1963
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) Call Number: Milwaukee SC 135 Abstract: Printed constitutions, minutes of national conventions (1916-1918), and financial reports (1918, 1924) of the Alliance; constitutions and by-laws of Group 63 (Towarzystwa Polska Powstajaca); and jubilee albums of Milwaukee Groups 72 (Towarzystwo Krolowej Jadwigi) and 78 (Queen Kinga's Society) and of Council No. 1, District 6, Milwaukee. |
| Polish Women's Alliance of America. Group No. 103 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Women's Alliance of America. Group No. 103: Records, 1930-1971
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (2 folders and 1 volume) Call Number: Milwaukee SC 102 Abstract: Partial records of Group 103, the Mutual Help Society (also known as the St. Juliana Society), a fraternal organization of women of Polish ancestry; including minutes, newsclippings, membership records, and printed items. The group was active in civic activities, in war work and relief during World War II, and in social events. |
| Polish Women's Alliance of America. Group No. 115 (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish Women's Alliance of America. Group No. 115: Records, 1911-1920
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (2 folders) Call Number: Milwaukee SC 134 Abstract: Printed constitutions and by-laws, dance programs, and decorated stationery pertaining to Group 115, the Dabrowka Society, founded by Wanda Kwasniewski in 1911. |
| Polish-American Citizens Club (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Polish-American Citizens Club Records, 1934-1946
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 56 Abstract: Records of a club (Klub Polsko-Amerykanskich Obywateli) formed in 1917 to promote good citizenship, support selected political candidates, and contribute to political, church, and community causes. Included are minutes, a jubilee album, a 1946 photo album of club officers, and newsclippings. |
| - - - | Title: Polish-American Community Photographs, 1896-1943
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: PH 4825 Abstract: Photographs and copy photographs of families and activities of the Polish-American community of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1896-1943, assembled primarily during the Polish-American Archives Project of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Scenes include weddings, schools, individual portraits, group portraits of baseball teams, musical groups, picnics, family gatherings, and social clubs. |
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Mink, Robert
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Title: Polish-Jewish Relations in Milwaukee Oral History Project
Records, 1990
Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (2 boxes) 169 digital files (15.65 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 118 Abstract: Consists of seven oral history interviews conducted in 1990 with Jewish merchants and their descendants who were active on Milwaukee's Polish South Side. Interviews contain information on inter-ethnic relations, anti-Semitism, the experience of Jewish immigrants, and conducting business with immigrant clientele. Transcripts, although not complete, exist for each interview. |
| Political Education and Action League (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Political Education and Action League Records, 1962-1965
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 1 Abstract: Records of an organization of Milwaukee County business and professional people formed in 1962 to recruit and support conservative candidates for office. The collection contains organizational and general records, correspondence and mailings, and clippings. |
| Polk County (Wis.). Treasurer. | Title: Polk County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, 1859-1941
Quantity: 199 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Polk Series 4 Abstract: Real and personal property rolls showing assessed valuation of property, taxes levied against property, and taxes paid. Holdings are not complete. Beginning in 1945, records are retained only for every fifth year. |
| Poor People's Corporation | Title: Poor People's Corporation Records, 1960-1967 (bulk 1964-1967)
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 3 tape recordings Call Number: Mss 172; Audio 549A Abstract: Records, chiefly 1964-1967, of the Poor People's Corporation (PPC), a non-profit organization founded in 1965 as a result of activities of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) to give financial and technical aid to low income groups in Mississippi to start cooperatives and other self-help programs. The papers relate to PPC, SNCC, and COFO activities and include correspondence, clippings, newsletters, press releases, organizational data, reports, and fragmentary files on individual cooperatives. The meetings of several of these co-ops are on tape. Of particular note is a letter and an article on PPC by Abbie Hoffman. |
| Portage County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Portage County (Wis.) Treasurer: Tax Sale Records, 1853-1944
Quantity: 24.5 c.f. (80 volumes) Call Number: Portage Series 8 Abstract: Records of lands sold with information identifying the land, assessment years, tax and charges, to whom sold, by whom redeemed, date, and amount of redemption. Included are records of probate-related land sales. |
| Portage County (Wis.). Board of Supervisors | Title: Portage County (Wis.). Board of Supervisors: Proceedings, 1842-1953
Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (14 volumes) and 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Portage Series 47; Portage Micro Series 2 Abstract: Proceedings of the Portage County board of commissioners and board of supervisors including minutes, reports of county officers and commissions, financial reports, and communications to the board. |
| Portage County (Wis.). School Committee | Title: Portage County (Wis.). School Committee: Records, 1929-1962
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Portage Series 46 Abstract: Minutes of the committee, petitions, orders, hearing and appeal papers, financial records, and correspondence relating to school district reorganization for schools in Portage County. |
| Portage County (Wisconsin). Treasurer | Title: Portage County Treasurer: Tax, Assessment, and Delinquent Tax Rolls, 1854-1990
Quantity: 296.5 cubic feet (327 archives boxes and 1395 volumes) Call Number: Portage Series 9 Abstract: Tax rolls include date, town, owner, land description, acreage, valuation of real and personal property, amount of taxes, total taxes, and payment. Beginning in 1950, records are retained for only the years ending in 0 or 5. |
| Butts, Porter, 1903- | Title: Porter Butts Papers, 1935-1975
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 831 Abstract: Papers of Porter Butts, a former director of the Wisconsin Union of the University of Wisconsin in Madison primarily relating to research done for the Wisconsin Centennial Art Exhibit in 1936 and to his exhibit catalog Art in Wisconsin (1936). Included are biographical forms, correspondence, and clippings on Wisconsin artists active in the 1930s, together with exhibit publicity, additional related correspondence and a paper written by Butts in 1969 for an organization of college unions about the role of the college union in an era of campus unrest. |
| Washington Society of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.) | Title: Portfolio of Drawings and Paintings Presented to Vinnie Ream, 1878
Quantity: 6 drawings and 13 paintings in 5 flat boxes Call Number: PH 134 Abstract: Portfolio of original watercolors; pen and ink, pencil and other drawings; and oil paintings presented to Vinnie Ream Hoxie as a wedding present by members of the Washington Society of Fine Arts, 1878. Included are sketches by various artists of scenes in North Carolina, the Catskills, and landscapes along the Potomac River. Artists include William Carl Brown, John Cranch, Flavius J. Fisher, Gustave W. Forsberg, Susan E.W. Fuller, William Henry Holmes, Jessie M. Kennedy, Frances I. Lockwood, Eleazer Hutchinson Miller, Mary E. Nealy, M.G Newton, Edward Selmar Siebert, and Max Weyl. A few artists are anonymous or incompletely identified. |
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Williams, J. J. (James J.), 1853-1926; Ewing, J. |
Title: Portraits of Hawaiian Royalty, circa 1882-1893
Quantity: 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: PH 321 Abstract: Photographs, studio portraits (8 x 10-inches) of Hawaiian royalty, circa 1880-1893, primarily made by J.J. Williams with charcoal by J. Ewing. Photographs of drawings are also included. |
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Post World War II Danube Swabian Immigration to Milwaukee
Oral History Project
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Title: Post World War II Danube Swabian Immigration to Milwaukee
Oral History Project Records, 1993-1995
Quantity: .6 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 112 Abstract: Interviews with Danube Swabian immigrants to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, conducted as part of an oral history course at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The interviews provide insights into life in the Danube basin, service in the Hungarian and German armies during World War II, experiences in Russian prisoner-of-war camps, emigration and settlement in Milwaukee, and the German American community. The collection is especially useful for studying the removal of ethnic minorities from eastern Europe, and the life of refugees in Germany after the war. |
| Postal Union of Manhattan-Bronx Clerks | Title: Postal Union of Manhattan-Bronx Clerks Records, 1958-1961
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 318 Abstract: Records of the Postal Union of Manhattan-Bronx Clerks. Included is a manuscript history of reform effort within the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, 1940s to 1958; correspondence relating to the subsequent disaffiliation of a portion of Local 10 of New York City and the affiliation as the Postal Union of Manhattan-Bronx Clerks with the newly formed National Postal Clerks Union, 1958-1959; correspondence concerning a court case pursued by the NPCU seeking to reinstate fired employee Walter Noreen, 1959-1960; and related union news clippings and printed matter, 1958-1960. Correspondents include J. Cline House, president of the NFPOC; George Meany, president of the AFL; and several members of Congress such as Hubert Humphrey, Jacob Javits, and Kenneth Keating. |
| Potosi Brewing Company (Potosi, Wis.) | Title: Potosi Brewing Company Records, 1848-1977
Quantity: 50.5 c.f. (87 archives boxes, 26 flat boxes, and 1 record center carton), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 70 photographs, 99 pieces of ephemera, and 1 poster Call Number: Platteville Mss AG; Platteville Micro 41; Micro 1130; PH 3772; PH 4297; PH 7-368 Abstract: Records, mainly 1934-1972, of a Wisconsin brewery that operated in Potosi, Grant County, Wisconsin from 1852 to 1972. Series that document the history of the brewery are correspondence, financial and accounting records, executive records, labor records, sales and production records, tax records, and historical materials, including photographs and ephemera. |
| Potter Lumber Company (Calumet County, Wis.) | Title: Potter Lumber Company Records, 1904-1962
Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (10 archives boxes) Call Number: Green Bay Mss 87 Abstract: Business records of the Potter Lumber Company (founded in 1921 in Calumet County, Wis.) and the Rudolph Greve Hardware Company (founded in 1924 in Kiel, Wis.), as kept by their tax consultant, Elmer E. Meyer. Meyer was on the board of directors of both companies and a brother of the founder and president of Potter Lumber Company, Henry L. Meyer, and a brother-in-law of the founder and president of the Rudolph Greve Hardware Company, Rudolph Greve. The records for both companies include board of directors and stockholders meeting minutes, ledgers, and journals, account books and related business records, and corporation tax returns. Records of the Potter Lumber Company also include inventory sheets and business correspondence. Correspondence concerning the sale of the Rudolph Greve Hardware Company, stock certificates for an unidentified H. L. Meyer Company, tax returns and related correspondence of Henry L. Meyer, and Elmer E. Meyer's translation into English of Der Deutsche Tag complete the collection. |
| Poygan (Winnebago County, Wis. : Town). Clerk | Title: Poygan (Winnebago County, Wis. : Town). Clerk: Clerk's Records, 1853-1968
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Winnebago Series 34 Abstract: A variety of papers filed with the town clerk related to his functions as office of record for the town board, administrator of town programs, and liaison with county and state government. |