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| - - - | Title: Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Papers, 1809-1847
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Platteville Mss V Abstract: Collected photostat copies and transcripts of papers relating to the early history of the Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, area. Included are an 1809 commission and letters of Indian agent Nicolas Boilvin, 1811-1823, from originals in War Dept. files; letters from agent Thomas P. Burnett from the War Dept. and Indian Office files; letters from Joseph M. Street; a ledger, 1820-1833, kept by Joseph Rolette for the American Fur Company; parish registers of St. Gabriel's Church, 1817-1829, and of Reverend Francois Vincent Badin, 1827-1833; medical record books from Fort Crawford, 1833-1836, and of Dr. B. C. Miller, 1834-35 and 1837-38; and a record of lumber sale accounts from the Chippewa Mill, 1837-1847. |
| - - - | Title: Pratt, Hadley, and Pierce Family Papers, 1847-1966, 2005
Extent: 0.8 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 203 photographs (1 archives box) Call Number: M2006-048 Abstract: Papers documenting the Pratt, Hadley, and Pierce families of Rock and Walworth counties (Wisconsin) consisting of family trees, correspondence, journals, school papers, and photographs. The materials document family life, the teaching careers of Ella Josephine Hadley and Edith Hadley, the military service of H.L. “Leaver” Pierce during World War I, and that of Richard Pierce and Peter Pierce during World War II. |
| Preble (Brown County, Wis.: Town) | Title: Preble (Brown County, Wis.: Town). Records, 1853-1965
Quantity: 14 volumes, 6 folders, and 17 boxes Call Number: Brown Small Series 28; Brown Small Series 29; Brown Small Series 30; Brown Small Series 31; Brown Series 37; Brown Series 38 Abstract: Records of the Town of Preble, mainly from 1945-1965. These series primarily focus on debates about whether to incorporate as independent village or be annexed by the city of Green Bay. Also includes older materials on all aspects of town government and elections. |
| Bergh, Prescott, 1958- | Title: Prescott Bergh Papers, 1978-2013 (bulk 1980-1993)
Quantity: 1.2 cubic feet (1 records center carton and 1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 1177 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1980-2003, of Prescott Bergh, organic farmer, inspector, consultant, and entrepreneur, documenting his work as an organic inspector, his work on organic standards legislation, and his involvement in organic and sustainable agriculture organizations, including the Organic Growers and Buyers Association (OGBA), the Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA), the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), the Organic Foods Production Association of North America (OFPANA), and the Wisconsin Organic Growers Association (WOGA). Included are inspection reports, materials related to organic foods legislation in Minnesota and Wisconsin, background materials on certification standards in other states, MOSES board meeting minutes and materials on the development of Organic University, and a limited run of board minutes for WOGA. |
| Prescott Bridge Company (Wis.) | Title: Prescott Bridge Company Records, 1921-1947
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss DS Abstract: Records of a company formed to construct and operate a public toll bridge over Lake St. Croix between Prescott, Wisconsin and Point Douglas, Minnesota. Included are articles of incorporation, minutes of the board, financial records, stockholder lists, contracts, and deeds. |
| Preservation Alliance of La Crosse, Inc. (La Crosse, Wis.) | Title: Preservation Alliance of La Crosse Records Physical Description: 1.6 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 062 Abstract: Organized originally as the La Crosse Area Society for Historic Preservation in 1976, the group began meeting in 1975 and focused their energies in trying to protect and preserve La Crosse landmarks. In 1983, the group changed its name to the Preservation Alliance of La Crosse, Inc. Its purpose is to preserve the historic buildings of La Crosse and raise public awareness concerning historical preservation. Records from the Preservation Alliance of La Crosse, 1976-2000, include administrative files, materials related to events sponsored by the group, financial materials, projects in which the group engaged, and allied groups. |
| - - - | Title: Presidential Campaign Posters, 1960-2000
Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot of posters (10 oversize folders) Call Number: PH 6901 Abstract: Posters, 1960-2000, of presidential candidates and national political party conventions. Additions are expected. |
| Price County (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Price County (Wis.). Clerk: General Correspondence, 1892-1948
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Price Series 4 Abstract: General correspondence of the county clerk concerning routine activities such as assessment, taxation, delinquent taxes, tax sales, and redemption of tax certificates; distribution of relief; support of county residents who are inmates of county and state medical, correctional, or charitable institutions; issuance of hunting and marriage licenses; purchasing for the county; construction and improvement of county buildings; responses to inquiries; and related matters. |
| Price County (Wis.). Clerk | Title: Price County (Wis.). Clerk: Original Proceedings and Papers of the County Board, 1885-1959
Quantity: 9.2 c.f. (23 archives boxes) Call Number: Price Series 26 Abstract: Original papers filed by the County Clerk in connection with meetings of the Price County Board of Supervisors. Included are minutes of meetings; reports of board committees and county officers; resolutions, ordinances, and memorials introduced for action; communications, petitions, memorials, and claims addressed to the board; and other papers. For 1885-1907, the files are incomplete and consist chiefly of resolutions and ordinances. |
| - - - | Title: Price Lists for Home Furnishings Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 029 Abstract: Price lists for home furnishings (including mattresses), kept by an unidentified individual at an unspecified location. Dates when prices were recorded is not known. |
| PrideFest (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: PrideFest Records, 1989-2001
Quantity: 1.1 cubic ft. (3 boxes) 1 videocassette 4 oversize folders Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 315 Abstract: Miscellaneous collection of records and photographs relating to PrideFest, a nationally recognized festival celebrating the LGBT community that has been held annually in Milwaukee since 1988. |
| Prime Manufacturing Company (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Prime Manufacturing Company Records, 1933-1947
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 109 Abstract: Records of the Prime Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a company involved in the manufacture of railroad supplies and the Prime Electric Fence Controller (originally known as the Gengler Electric Fence). The records document the electric fence division of the company, primarily from 1934 to 1942. They mainly consist of advertising and sales promotional literature such as catalogs, circulars, bulletins, newsletters, a ready-reference encyclopedia, and a merchandising program. Advertising layouts are also included. The incoming correspondence, primarily from 1935-1939, deals with consumer reaction to the product. Sales records include sales literature for dealers, price lists, and consumer surveys. Informational files on electric fences, their safety and use for various animals, and an Underwriters' Laboratory study of the Prime Fence Controller complete the collection. |
| - - - | Title: Primitive Methodist Church records, 1842-1984
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 4 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Platteville SC 56; Platteville Micro 40; Micro 1127 Abstract: Records gathered by Charles W. Tyrrell and others during his research for Steeples on the Prairies, a history of the Primitive Methodist Church in the Midwest. Included are published disciplines, conference minutes, and relevant items from periodicals and newspapers; transcriptions of published items; and many original records relevant to southwestern Wisconsin. Present are letters and memoirs of pioneer pastors; minutes of the General (national) Conference, the Western Conference, and the Western Conference's Connexional Committee; and various recordbooks and other documents of several of the local churches and circuits. |
| - - - | Title: Prints from “Commentaries on the reign of King Charles Gustavus of Sweden in seven volumes,” circa 1696-1700
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (44 sheets in 1 flat box) Call Number: PH 2810 (5) Abstract: Forty-four engraved and etched prints, originally plates bound in De rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sueciae Rege gestis commentariorum libri Septem: Elegantissimis tabulis Aenis exornati cum triplici indice (Commentaries on the reign of King Charles Gustavus of Sweden in seven volumes), the official Swedish history of the wars between the Kingdom of Sweden against Poland and Denmark from 1655 to 1660, authored by Baron Samuel von Pufendorf, first published in 1696. Pufendorf was a noted 17th-century German historian and political philosopher. The work was illustrated with 115 pages of copper engraved plates of city views and maps. The plates depict sieges, battles, naval engagements, and views in contemporary Poland, Germany and Denmark. Many of the drawings for the plates were done by Erik Dahlbergh, an eyewitness to the battles, who served as Quarter-Master General of the Swedish Army. Noted engravers of the period provided their work also. |
| Pro Arte Quartet University of Wisconsin--Madison. School of Music. Prévost, Germain, 1891-1987 Kolisch, Rudolf, 1896-1978 | Title: Pro Arte Quartet collection Quantity: 1.11 cubic feet 3 letter document boxes, 3 audio cassettes, 4 compact discs, and 1 reel of film Collection includes negatives, photographs, audio cassettes, compact discs, paper documents, and one 16mm reel of film. Call Number: uac46 Abstract: The Pro Arte Quartet collection includes negatives and photographs of members of the quartet from the 1940s through 1990s, newspaper clippings, programs from the 1910s onward, correspondence, press releases, planning documents and materials created for the centennial anniversary of the Pro Arte Quartet in 2011-2012, and audio recordings on cassette and CD. |
| Procter & Gamble Productions | Title: Procter & Gamble Television Script Collection, 1955-1980
Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (11 archives boxes) and 120 reels of microfilm (16 mm); plus additions of 6.4 c.f. Call Number: Mss 784; Micro 2022; M2010-113 Abstract: Variant scripts for several television programs produced by Procter & Gamble Productions, a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble, including soap operas, The Guiding Light (1958-1979) and As the World Turns (1956-1962, 1965, 1971, 1973-1979), as well as television shows, The Danny Thomas Show (1959-1960; previously titled Make Room for Daddy) and The Rifleman (1958-1959). Most of the scripts are mimeographed air scripts including scripts for commercials. Many are annotated to indicate timing and dialogue changes. Also included are some production records including files from 1958 to 1975 of Lucy Ferri Rittenberg of the Compton Advertising Agency, who served as production executive for The Guiding Light, and files from 1955 to 1957 of Charles Fisher, the account executive at Benton and Bowles who produced As the World Turns. Several of The Rifleman scripts were written by Sam Peckinpah and by Bruce Geller. |
| - - - | Title: Producer's Showcase Films, 1955
Quantity: 9 film reels (16 mm), 6 videocassettes (U-Matic) Call Number: DC 990-DC 991; DD 124-DD 125; DD 196-DD 198; DD 361; DD 387; VBC 660-VBC 665 Abstract: Three episodes of Producer's Showcase, a ninety-minute anthology series. All episodes are 16 mm kinescopes in black and white with sound. All episodes include commercials for RCA and Ford Motor Company. |
| United Artists Corporation | Title: Producers Legal Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 3A,
1933-1966
Quantity: 15.8 cubic feet (40 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/3A Abstract: Files on the legal ownership of films made by independent producers and productions companies, including contracts, mortgages, and related correspondence, particularly from the period 1940-1953. This file consists of materials known generally as “notices of interest” and concerns such additional areas as authors' and composers' rights, copyrights, and the rights of film laboratories, banks, and other financial institutions under mortgage arrangements. |
| United Artists Corporation | Title: Producers Releasing Corporation Legal Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 2G, 1940-1950
Quantity: 10.4 cubic feet (26 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/2G Abstract: Legal files of Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), a production and distribution company purchased in 1946 by Eagle-Lion which in turn was purchased in 1951 by United Artists, documenting pictures produced during the 1940s. Includes materials dealing with the ownership and production of motion pictures. Of special interest are the items known as “summaries of production costs” or “certified statements of costs.” These give detailed breakdowns of the production costs of motion pictures and include names of directors, producers, associate producers, cameramen, and writers; variant titles; starting and finishing dates; and breakdowns of over twenty different classifications of costs, including the names and salaries of cast members. |
| Professional Policemen's Protective Association of Milwaukee | Title: Professional Policemen's Protective Association of Milwaukee Records, 1909-1971
Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 11; Micro 516 Abstract: Records of a voluntary benefit association, founded in 1909 by Milwaukee city police officers, which later developed into a police labor union. Included is a 1968 constitution and bylaws; minutes, 1909-1971; and a financial journal, 1942-1963, containing annual reports, 1942-1956. |
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Terry, Maurice; Taylor, Ray; Schoenung, Al; Zieper, Bob; Landry, Bob; George, Bob |
Title: Progress: Human Rights Scrapbook, 1946-1949
Quantity: 0.9 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 36 Abstract: Scrapbook on human rights concerns in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| Progressive, Inc. | Title: Progressive, Inc. Records, 1940-2001
Quantity: 96 reels of microfilm (35mm); plus additions of 18.7 c.f. Call Number: Micro 644; MCHC79-003; MCHC80-016; MCHC80-062; M85-047; M90-178; M98-036; M2007-088 Abstract: Records of the non-stock corporation which publishes The Progressive magazine, documenting its publishing history and the magazine's support of progressive causes, including civil rights, civil liberties, environmental topics, and opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam and Latin America. Included are extensive files of correspondence, particularly during editor Morris H. Rubin's tenure (1940-1973), smaller files of reorganizational, circulation, promotional material, a small number of manuscript articles, and other materials. |
| Project on Public Life and the Press (U.S.) | Title: Project on Public Life and the Press Records, 1987-1998
Quantity: 5.8 c.f. (15 archives boxes) and 1 videorecording Call Number: Mss 1016; VHA 590 Abstract: Records of a project established in 1993 through the Kettering Foundation, with a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The collection documents the project's efforts to develop and promote public journalism, also known as civic journalism, a movement that aimed to help journalists reconnect with their communities and foster public discourse. The project's primary function was its seminars which brought together journalists, editors, and scholars two or three times yearly from 1993 through 1997. The bulk of the collection consists of examples of various public journalism initiatives sent to the project by participating news organizations from around the United States, including the Charlotte Observer, the Akron Beacon-Journal, and the Wisconsin State Journal. These consist primarily of newspaper clippings, but also include correspondence, reports, survey results, and external coverage of the initiatives such as elections, education, neighborhood crime, sprawl, and race relations. Also included are early funding materials, reports, publicity materials, articles about public journalism, and publications and speeches by the project's director, Jay Rosen. |
| Project Self-Help and Awareness (Dane County, Wis.) | Title: Project Self-Help and Awareness Records, 1968-2009
Quantity: 3.0 cubic feet and 42 photographs Call Number: M2010-049 Abstract: Records of Project Self-Help and Awareness (PSA), an organization which matched seven Wisconsin counties with sister counties in Mississippi to promote improved race relations through visits and assistance projects consisting of documentation related to the summer exchange program and student trips to Mississippi, records related to PSA's work with black farmers in Mississippi, the campaign to free Eddie J. Carthan, and discrimination within the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA). |
| - - - | Title: Project U.F.O. Films, 1978-1979
Quantity: 20 film reels Call Number: DF 311-DF 320; FG 516-FG 525 Abstract: An NBC television series featuring two U.S. Air Force investigators charged with investigating UFO sightings. The series starred William Jordan as Mayor Jake Gatlin, later replaced by Edward Winter as Captain Ben Ryan, and Caskey Swaim as Staff Sergeant Harry Fitz. |
| - - - | Title: Project XX Films, 1954-1969
Quantity: 69 film reels Call Number: CC 237-CC 238; DG 021-DG 022; DG 024-DF 025; FH 272; FH 275; FH 278; HA 011-HA 025; HA 028-HA 072 Abstract: Twenty-four episodes of Project XX, a documentary series which recreated historical lives, events, periods, and trends using archival footage and newsfilm. The films are a mixture of color and black and white with sound. Films are 35 mm and 16 mm. |
| Leonard, E. G. | Title: Property Abstract and Title for Colonial Golf Course, La Crosse, Wisconsin Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 191 Abstract: Title and property abstract (prepared in 1947) for the property that at one time contained the Colonial Golf Course in La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 1946, this property became the Robinsdale Addition within the Town of Shelby. Also included is a summary (written in 2004) documenting the chain of ownership for this land. |
| - - - | Title: Property Abstract for 1411 Adams Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 211 Abstract: Photocopy of property abstract for 1411 Adams Street in La Crosse, Wisconsin as completed in 1984. |
| - - - | Title: Property Abstract of 933 Rose Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 190 Abstract: Photocopy of a property abstract for 933 Rose Street in La Crosse, Wisconsin, as written in 1983. This property is also known historically as the Dr. John L. Callahan house, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Dr. Callahan commissioned the La Crosse architectural firm of Gustav Stoltze and Hugo Schick to build this Queen Anne-style house in 1894. |