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| Quintana, Ricardo | Title: Ricardo Quintana papers Quantity: 4 Linear Feet 4 record cartons Collection includes: papers, miscellaneous notes Call Number: Accession 1992/043 Abstract: Personal papers from Ricardo Quintana, Professor of English Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Collection includes handwritten notes on contemporary and historic authors of English literature, critiques and criticisms, correspondence, and notes on late 17th and early 18th century sermons. |
| Rice Lake Area School District (Wis.) | Title: Rice Lake Area School District ( Wis.): Predecessor School Records, 1875-1962
Quantity: 4.2 c.f. (9 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes) Call Number: Barron Series 48 Abstract: Financial records of the Rice Lake Area School District, together with district clerk's records of various rural schools in Barron County, Wisconsin, that were consolidated into the Rice Lake school system. Several of these predecessor school districts included parts of the Towns of Long Lake and Sarona in Washburn County. About the Rice Lake Area district itself there are no minutes or administrative records, although the series does provide detailed information about revenue and expenditures, 1887-1934. The predecessor schools are documented solely by official clerk's records including minutes, financial statements, and occasional teacher contracts. There are no records about individual students. |
| Rich Brothers Manufacturing Company | Title: Rich Brothers Manufacturing Company Records, 1846-1895
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Oshkosh Mss AD Abstract: Mainly records of business enterprises engaged in by three brothers, A. J., H. H., and Martin Rich, onetime residents of Horicon, Wisconsin. Three letterbooks, 1874-1882, contain outgoing letters from the Ontonagon, Michigan, office of their firm, which manufactured lumber and shingles and dealt in general merchandise in Wisconsin and Michigan. Two volumes of financial records include a ledger, 1857-1858, for Rich and Roper Livery in Horicon; journal entries, 1864-65, for Rich Brothers' general merchandise store in Horicon; and personal accounts, 1860-1868, of H. H. Rich. The bulk of the final volume consists of financial records of the Horicon Windmill Company, 1874-1895, but a few pages contain sales records kept by an unidentified merchant dealing in iron, lumber, and other products in Southport (Kenosha) in 1846-1847. |
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Krooth, Richard; Krooth, Ann Baxandall |
Title: Richard and Ann Baxandall Krooth Papers, 1955-1968
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 1010 Abstract: Papers of attorney Richard Krooth and his wife, Ann Baxandall Krooth, both of whom were social activists in the 1960s. Most of the materials were collected or created by Richard Krooth during the course of his employment as Community Consultant for the Anti-Defamation League's Southeast regional office during 1963-1964. Rather than directly documenting the activities of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), this collection documents the issues that civil rights workers were concerned with: desegregation, discrimination, suffrage, community organizing, civil rights legislation, and right wing opposition groups. Additionally, there is a small amount of material related to the Madison Free University, a group organized in 1968 by Ann Baxandall Krooth and other students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in opposition to the traditional university model of education. |
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Herzfeld, Richard; Herzfeld, Ethel |
Title: Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Papers, 1847-1980
Quantity: 15.4 cubic ft. (26 boxes) 13 film reels 431 nitrate negatives plus additions of .2 cubic ft. (1 box ) and 1 oversize folder Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 232 Abstract: The bulk of this collection consists of family papers from Richard and Ethel Herzfeld. Also included are materials pertaining to Milwaukee's Boston Store. The Boston Store materials include advertising, correspondence, items pertaining to a 1934-1935 strike, financial reports, newspaper clippings, lantern slides, stereographs, glass plate and nitrate negatives, and photographs. The family papers mainly consist of photographs and films of Richard and Ethel and their daughter Carol Ann, their homes, and travels. Correspondence, journals, family documents, and memorabilia are also included in the collection. |
| Runke, Richard B., 1877-1930 | Title: Richard B. Runke Papers, 1903-1929
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Stevens Point Mss V Abstract: Papers of Runke, a Merrill, Wisconsin, businessman, attorney, and postmaster who encountered financial problems and committed suicide in 1930. Included is personal and family correspondence, brief business records, evaluations of many local businesses and individuals made for credit agencies, a file of postal addresses, circa 1916-1917, of Lincoln County residents, and other papers concerning postal affairs. |
| Boudreau, Richard, 19xx- | Title: Richard Boudreau Papers, 1974-1990
Physical Description: 3.5 c.f.(7 archives boxes) Call Number: LAX Mss 2010/06 Abstract: Richard Boudreau taught in the English department at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse from 1968 until his retirement in 1994. Boudreau began his research on Wisconsin authors shortly after he started teaching at La Crosse. In 1986, Boudreau published his work Literary Heritage of Wisconsin, Volume I: Beginnings to 1925. The second volume of this series was published in 1995 and titled Literary Heritage of Wisconsin, Volume II, Part A: 1925-1960. Boudreau presented several radio programs from 1974-1985 through Wisconsin Public Radio including a radio course, "Wisconsin's Literary Heritage," that was offered through the University of Wisconsin Extension. |
| Brock, Richard E., collector | Title: Richard Brock Collection of Editorial Cartoons, circa 1917-1960 (bulk 1940-1950s)
Quantity: 0.6 cubic feet (1 flat box) Call Number: PH 6824 Abstract: Original editorial cartoons, circa 1917-circa 1960 (bulk 1940-1950s) created by Henry Ives Cobb Jr., Gib Crockett, Dan Dowling, Jimmy Hatlo, Charles Kuhn, Irv Phillips, Byam Shaw, Harold Talburt, and Richard Yardley for Hall Syndicate, King Features, New York Herald Tribune, and others. Subjects include World War I, World War II, political figures and business figures such as Joseph C. Monaghan and President Harry S. Truman, and political topics such as government spending. |
| Critchfield, Richard, 1931- | Title: Richard Critchfield Papers, 1938-1987
Quantity: 16.0 c.f. (40 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 2 tape recordings, and photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 117AF; Micro 541; Audio 1183A; PH 3729 Abstract: Papers of Richard Critchfield, an author and foreign correspondent known for his coverage of Far Eastern events and reports on third world cultures and the impact on them of agricultural and technological change. Although the bulk of the papers consists of writings, the correspondence file contains important exchanges with his newspaper and book editors and personal correspondence with his family. There are also memoranda about events in Vietnam, exchanges with staff at the Alicia Patterson Fund which sponsored some of his research, and correspondence about political situations in the various countries which Critchfield studied. The collection contains substantial documentation on five books, The Long Charade: Political Subversion in the Vietnam War (1968), The Golden Bowl Be Broken: Peasant Life in Four Cultures (1973), Shahhat, An Egyptian (1978), Villages (1981), and Those Days: An American Album. Also in the collection are notes on interviews with Chester B. Bowles, John Kenneth Galbraith, Indira Gandhi, Ferdinand Marcos, Robert S. McNamara, Anwar Sadat, and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. |
| Carter, Richard E. | Title: Richard E. Carter Civil War Correspondence, 1861-1865, 1895, 1900
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (5 folders) Call Number: Wis Mss 46S Abstract: Letters written by Captain Richard E. Carter of Company I, 5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, to his brother William and other family members in Grant County, Wisconsin during his Civil War service (1861-1865) as a quartermaster sergeant, captain, and acting quartermaster. Also included are two letters from William to Richard (1895, 1900) pertaining to these Civil War letters and family matters. |
| Ela, Richard E. (Richard Emerson), 1812-1888 | Title: Richard E. Ela Papers, 1830-1884
Quantity: 2.5 c.f. (5 archives boxes and 1 flat box, including 28 volumes) Call Number: Mss 834 Abstract: Correspondence and business records of manufacturer Richard Emerson Ela of Rochester, Wisconsin. Early letters to his family describe his efforts to establish himself in the West and discuss land speculation, financial operations, and agricultural prospects. Later business correspondence is mainly incoming mail from his agents who sold the Ela fanning mills, wagons, carriages, plows, and other agricultural implements from town to town or from their own hardware stores, and from wholesale manufacturers and a few individual customers. Further details of his business are found in journals, ledgers, cash books, agents' sales books, inventories, lists of customers, and miscellaneous volumes from the firms of Richard E. Ela & Co. and Thompson & Ela. In addition, the collection includes letters written to Ela by two young friends, William W. S. Bliss and Henry L. Kendrick, between 1830 and 1837 which describe student life at the U.S. military academy at West Point. |
| Swearingen, Richard, 1947- | Title: Richard E. Swearingen Papers, 1967-2008
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 127 Abstract: Richard Swearingen, a librarian at Milwaukee Public Library, attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the political protests of 1967–1968. This collection focuses on materials relating to his political activities during that time. |
| Elsner, Richard, 1859-1938 | Title: Richard Elsner Papers, 1854-1967
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 193 Abstract: Photocopies from a scrapbook and memoir of Richard Elsner, an early champion of both the trade union and Socialist movements in Milwaukee. Born in Germany, Elsner came to Milwaukee in 1880 and became a pioneer in the Brewery Worker's Union, a veteran of the Socialist Party, an attorney, and was elected as a civil judge, register of deeds, and a member of the Wisconsin legislature. The papers include photocopies of family materials, writings by Elsner, miscellaneous articles, and photographs of Elsner and his family. Also included is an undated biography of Elsner written by Charlotte Bleistein. |
| Hanser, Richard, 1909-1981 | Title: Richard F. Hanser Papers, 1952-1969
Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes) and 17 disc recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 131AN; Disc 120A Abstract: Papers of Richard Hanser, an award-winning writer of television documentaries, including biographical material and research, production information and publicity for the NBC series Victory at Sea, Project XX, and Wisdom. Documentation for Project XX is most complete; included are scripts and drafts, correspondence, press releases, reviews, 17 soundtrack recordings, and other production information for 24 episodes. Victory at Sea is represented by narrations for all 26 episodes, a script for a motion picture version of the series (UA, 1954), and material pertaining to a book by Hanser and producer Henry J. Salomon, Jr. Notes, scripts, and promotional material pertain to five programs of the Wisdom series. Among the interviewees are Oscar Hammerstein II, Margaret Mead, and Edward Steichen. |
| Valeriani, Richard G., 1932- | Title: Richard G. Valeriani Papers, 1961-1983
Quantity: 5.6 c.f. (14 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording Call Number: Mss 670; Tape 1130A Abstract: Papers of an NBC News broadcaster best known for his coverage of the State Department and the White House. The collection primarily consists of radio and television news scripts, subject files, and research material and drafts relating to Valeriani's book on Henry Kissinger, Travels With Henry (1979). In addition to documentation of his work at the White House and the State Department, the radio and television news scripts cover the full range of Valeriani's reporting career including assignments in Cuba, Central America, and the South (covering the civil rights movement) for Emphasis, NBC Nightly News, and Today, and his work as Washington, D.C. anchor for the Today show. Subject files include copies of Valeriani's articles about Kissinger, interviews (including one with Paul Newman), a tape recording of Valeriani and Kissinger at a State Department Correspondents Association meeting, and numerous narrative expenditure statements. |
| Gross, Richard | Title: Richard Gross Papers, 1974-1977
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 672 Abstract: Papers of Richard Gross, a young community activist who served on the Madison, Wisconsin City Council, 1975-1977, as a representative of the 9th district central city area. Gross's participation in an ad hoc committee to select a site for the city bus barn and the controversy surrounding that selection are the best documented aspects of the papers. The files include correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, resolutions introduced to the Council, and information on the Triangle and Bassett neighborhoods in the 9th district. The collection documents the leftist perspective Gross brought to national social issues as well as city matters and his collaboration with other central city alderpersons in efforts to protect the elderly, low-income, and student populations in downtown neighborhoods. |
| Rovere, Richard Halworth, 1915-1979 | Title: Richard Halworth Rovere Papers, 1926-1981
Quantity: 6.8 cubic feet (17 archives boxes); plus additions of 4.0 cubic feet, 4 photographs, and 2 tape recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 75AF; Audio 1431A; M2001-118 Abstract: Papers of Richard Halworth Rovere, a writer and editor known for his work on politics and current affairs for The New Yorker (1944-1978) and his book Senator Joe McCarthy. Best for the period from the late 1930s to the mid-1960s, the papers offer excellent material on Rovere's involvement with the Communist Party and on his writings, particularly those on McCarthyism and the Vietnam War. Especially well documented are seven books Rovere wrote and contributions to such periodicals as The New Masses, The New Yorker, Harper's, Encounter, and The (London) Spectator. Elsewhere in the collection are files on the Peace Corps in Kenya, the Ku Klux Klan, the American Committee for Cultural Freedom, and Thomas Dewey's 1944 Presidential campaign. Among many prominent correspondents are Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Granville Hicks, Irving Kristol, and Frederick Lewis Allen. |
| Hartshorne, Richard, 1899-1992 | Title: Richard Hartshorne Papers, 1914-1992
Quantity: 3.2 cubic ft. (8 boxes) Call Number: AGSL Manuscript Collection 28 Abstract: The papers of Richard Hartshorne, a geographer who specialized in political and economic geography, as well as the philosophy of geography. He taught at the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The collection contains correspondence, writings, articles, notes, and photographs. |
| Bong, Richard I. | Title: Richard I. Bong Papers, 1941-1986 (bulk 1941-1945)
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box), 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 3 videorecordings Call Number: Wis Mss RH; Micro 1152; VBA 938; VBA 939; VHB 572 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1941-1945, of Richard I. Bong, a World War II hero from Poplar, Wisconsin, who was noted as America's World War II “Ace of Aces.” Included are microfilmed awards and certificates, flight records and logs, income tax returns, photographs of his fatal plane crash, special orders and combat reports, and other official military records; microfilmed clippings scrapbooks documenting his career and various memorial projects; original wartime letters written to his family; and several World War II newsreels, home movie clips, and televised biographies concerning his life and career. |
| Johnson, Richard J. | Title: Richard J. Johnson Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 1.1 linear ft. (3 archives boxes and 2 oversize folders) of papers and 0.4 linear ft. (1 archives box) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 115 Abstract: Papers and photographs of Richard J. Johnson, a private in Company B of the 707th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division during World War II. The vast majority of the collection consists of the wartime correspondence among Johnson, his wife, and his parents. Johnson described his armored infantry training at Fort Lewis, Washington and his experiences at war in Europe to his family, while their responses described conditions on the family farm in Wisconsin and the growth and development of Johnson's daughter, Nancy. In one letter, written after U.S. Army censors lifted many restrictions, Johnson described his entire war experience, including his battalion's role in the Battle of the Bulge. A letter written by Arthur Orton, Johnson's cousin and a soldier in World War I, describes his experiences in a French hospital, mentions Johnson's parents, and comes with a YMCA Mother's Day flyer. The collection also includes military ephemera that Johnson picked up while overseas, special orders pertaining to Johnson, 7th Armored Division materials, and some war ration booklets. A large number of photographs detail Johnson's training at Fort Lewis, including many shots of himself and his fellow trainees. There are also photos from his service in Europe, three of which depict German prisoners of war, including some women, being led to a holding facility by Allied troops. |
| Vincent, Richard J., 1921-2005 | Title: Richard J. Vincent Papers and Photographs, circa 1850-circa 1998 (bulk 1860-1940)
Extent: 8.0 c.f. of papers and photographs (19 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 2.5 c.f. of transparencies (5 half record center cartons), and 1.0 c.f. of negatives (5 negative boxes) Call Number: M2006-089 Abstract: Collection of papers and photographs, circa 1850-circa 1998, of Richard Vincent, a monument salesman for J.P. Vincent & Sons Monument Company in Galena, Illinois, whose territory covered northwest Illinois and southwest Wisconsin. Vincent's avocation was collecting historical information and photographs documenting the area, in particular lead mining and the communities in the lead-mining region, especially Galena, from the late 1800s to 1998 (bulk 1860-1940). For other communities, Vincent's research concentrates on local mining activities as well as the general history and tools of farming and railroads. The transparencies comprise the most important part of the collection and are accompanied by an index identifying each slide and, in the case of Galena, cross-referencing by subject. |
| Kaplan, Richard, 1925- | Title: Richard Kaplan Papers,
1905-2006
Quantity: 53.6 cubic feet; 95 tape recordings, 31 videorecordings, 60 cans of film, 45 film reels (16 mm), 70 photographs, 12 negative strips, 26 negatives, and 12 transparencies Call Number: M87-025; M87-269; M94-166; M94-357; M97-052; M99-024; M2003-053; M2004-107; M2006-118; M2007-065; M2011-091; M2012-117 Abstract: Papers of Richard Kaplan (1925-), a documentary film and television writer, director, and producer. Included in the manuscript collection are production and distribution files consisting of research notes, grant information, scripts, work logs, transcripts, reviews, publicity materials, and photographs. Also included are tape recordings, videotapes and film (including soundtracks) from his career, including the documentaries A Look at Liv and King: Montgomery to Memphis; television projects, including They Came for Good, on the history of Jews in the United States; and feature films, including projects on Varian Fry, an American journalist involved in the Emergency Rescue Committee (later known as the International Rescue Committee), which assisted refugees during World War II. |
| Koszarski, Richard, 1947- | Title: Richard Koszarski Papers, 1889-2013
Quantity: 5.0 cubic feet (5 record center cartons) and 15.3 Megabytes Call Number: M2022-005 Abstract: Papers of Richard Koszarski related to the publication Film History: An International Journal. Koszarski founded Film History and edited its first twenty-four volumes from 1987 to 2012. The journal is known for considering external context like social and historical factors, instead of focusing on theoretical approaches or narrow analysis of films themselves. With Koszarski as editor, the journal published a wide variety of topics and featured the work of many notable scholars in the growing field. Includes correspondence from scholars who submitted to the journal, with some drafts and printed images, and from the editors of special issues. Also includes editorial correspondence, publicity, and the run of the first twenty-four journals. |
| Myers, Richard, 1901- | Title: Richard Myers Papers, 1928-1962
Quantity: 11.2 c.f. (30 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 56AN Abstract: Papers of Richard Myers, a composer and producer of Broadway plays most prominently known for his collaboration with Richard Aldrich and Julius Fleischmann. Although best on the financial aspects of theatrical production, the papers also contain information on casting, costuming, lighting, and direction for the plays which Myers produced. In addition to financial records, the collection is comprised of contracts, correspondence, clippings, and some photographs and scripts. Documentation concerns The Moon Is Blue (1951), Goodbye, My Fancy (1949), The Innocents (1950), My Dear Children (1940), Plan M (1942, with Max Reinhardt and Norman Bel Geddes), and The Shrike (1952). Papers on the Cape Playhouse, which was operated by one of Myers' associates, are also present. |
| Matty, Richard P., 1932- | Title: Richard P. Matty Papers, 1984-1987
Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (4 record center cartons) Call Number: M87-360 Abstract: Constituent correspondence of Richard P. Matty, a Republican assemblyman from Crivitz, Wisconsin, from 1972 to 1988. Formerly a small businessman, Matty was active in many civic organizations with a particular interest in conservation. |
| Rivard, Richard P. | Title: Richard P. Rivard Papers, 1941-1945
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 1 compact disc Call Number: River Falls Mss FB Abstract: Papers, bulk 1941-1945, consisting of World War II journals kept by Richard P. Rivard, of Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, chronicling his training at Camp Haan, California, with the 215th Coast Artillery (AA), Battery D, time stationed in Kodiak, Alaska and in the European theater. An undated manuscript illustrated with photographs and ephemera, which he based upon his journals, details his time in Europe and his homecoming (Days of the War in Europe: January 1 to April 1, 1945, Volume I-II). |
| Momsen, Richard Paul, 1890-1964 | Title: Richard Paul Momsen Papers, 1903-1966
Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes) Call Number: Mss 157 Abstract: Papers of an American diplomat and international lawyer established in Rio de Janeiro, who was an expert on U.S.-Brazilian commercial relations, a founder and director of the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil, and director of a number of American subsidiary companies in Brazil. Includes personal and business correspondence, speeches and statements, clippings, scrapbooks, certificates, and diplomas as well as material relating to Momsen's tenure as private secretary to Congressman William J. Cary, 1908-1912, and material concerning the American ship “Edith Nute.” |
| Perrin, Richard W. E., 1909-1990. | Title: Richard Perrin Collection, circa 1950-1970
Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 47 Abstract: A collection of 173 black and white photographs of Milwaukee-area buildings, either taken by Richard Perrin or ones he collected from various sources. The photos were originally in at least eight volumes and are mainly of residences and churches. |
| Quinney, Richard, 1934- | Title: Richard Quinney Papers, 1921-2011
Quantity: 15.4 c.f. (41 archives boxes), 9 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 143 photographs (2 archives boxes), 67 photographs (digital TIFF file RGB), 67 photographs (digital TIFF file CMYK), and 67 photographs (digital JPEG file) on 1 DVD-ROM, and 133 photographs (digital TIFF file); plus additions of 6.8 c.f. and 1.2 c.f. of photographs, transparencies, and exhibit prints Call Number: Mss 776; Micro 1192; PH Mss 776; M2002-085; PH 6682; PH 6683; M2011-095 Abstract: Papers of Richard Quinney, a Marxist sociologist noted for his work on criminology whose later work reflected interests in the relationship of sociology to religion, regionalism, photography, and the concept of life studies. The records document his work as a student and teacher of sociology; his involvement in professional organizations such as the American Sociological Association and the Society for the Study of Social Problems; and the writing of numerous books and articles. Later writings reflect his time growing up in Walworth County (Wisconsin) which he recounts in For the Time Being (1998) as well as his experiences traveling through Europe and Asia which are related in Journey to a Far Place (1991). Also included are the photographs used in these last two publications which consist of photographs taken in Walworth County and DeKalb (Illinois) by Quinney and other family members during the 1920s and 1930s, as well as photographs of the locales in which he traveled. Additional photographs (available in digital format only) are from two other books by Quinney, Of Time and Place and Things Once Seen. |
| Schickel, Richard, 1933-2017 | Title: Richard Schickel Papers, 1953-2006
Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (5 archives boxes); plus additions of 9.2 cubic feet, 28 photographs, 30 tape recordings, 8 compact discs, 75 videorecordings, and 6 DVDs Call Number: U.S. Mss 97AF; M86-401; Audio 1706A; VBB 489; VBB 490; M2013-205 Abstract: Papers, 1953-2006, of Richard Schickel, an editor, film critic, and free-lance writer. The collection consists of scripts and drafts of writings; interviews and research for books, television and film including video, audio recordings and photographs; correspondence; and printed copies of books, articles, and reviews. Drafts of books include Lena (1965), The Opulent Era (1968), and The Disney Version (1968). Documentation for the last title is unusually complete and includes correspondence, research material on various Disney operations, and interviews with Walt Disney and members of his staff. Correspondence contains a few personal items and letters of reaction to his reviews and articles; among the prominent correspondents are Leonard Bernstein, Richard Burton, Alexander Calder, James T. Farrell, Fred W. Friendly, Jerry Lewis, Karl A. Menninger, Leontyne Price, Robert Redford, Peter Sellers, and Kurt Vonnegut. The balance of the collection is made up of research, interviews, and promotional material. |
| Ely, Richard T. (Richard Theodore), 1854-1943 | Title: Richard T. Ely Papers, 1812-1963 (bulk 1882-1939)
Quantity: 81.8 cubic feet (198 archives boxes, 3 cartons, 2 card file boxes, and 1 oversize folder), 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box), 42 photographs, and 191 reels of microfilm (35 mm); plus additions of 0.6 cubic feet Call Number: Wis Mss MK; Mss 411; Mss 806; Micro 924; Micro 200; File 1875 June 25 Oversize; PH 801; PH 815; PH 816; PH 939; PH 5058; M2003-120 Abstract: Papers, dating mainly 1882-1939, of Richard Ely, an economist, educator, reformer, and faculty member at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Wisconsin, and Northwestern University. Also included are genealogical information and records of several academic, patriotic, and reform organizations which Ely helped found, including the American Association for Agricultural Legislation, American Bureau of Industrial Research, Christian Social Union, Ely Economic Foundation, Institute for Economic Research, Institute for Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities, League to Enforce Peace-Wisconsin Branch, and Wisconsin Loyalty Legion. |
| Vesey, Richard, -1964 | Title: Richard Vesey Photographs and Negatives, 1955-1963
Quantity: 850 photographs and 39,585 negatives Call Number: PH 3365; PH 2120; PH 2137; PH 2142; PH 2145; PH 2151; PH 2190; PH 2252; PH 2253; PH 2375; PH 2377; PH 4633; WHi(V38); WHi(V4) Abstract: Photographs made by Richard Vesey as staff photographer for the Wisconsin State Journal, 1955 to 1963. He covered stories on various subjects, primarily political events, sporting events, and features. |
| Perrin, Richard W. E., 1909-1990 | Title: Richard W. E. Perrin Papers, 1874-1995
Quantity: 20.6 cubic ft. (72 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 157 Abstract: Papers of Richard Perrin (1909-1990), a Milwaukee architect who worked for the City of Milwaukee in the Housing Authority and later the Department of City Development. Throughout his career, Perrin’s main area of focus was in the restoration and preservation of historic structures and sites, particularly in Wisconsin. Contains correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs. |
| Guenther, Richard W., 1845-1913 | Title: Richard W. Guenther Papers, 1832-1962
Quantity: .4 c.f. (1 archives box, 1 reel of microfilm [35mm]) Call Number: Oshkosh Mss BV; Oshkosh Micro 18; Micro 968 Abstract: Papers of a former Wisconsin congressman and his family, consisting of correspondence, speeches, certificates and official documents, clippings, a journal, and memorabilia. Guenther's papers consist of fragmentary political and diplomatic correspondence, handwritten and printed copies of speeches and remarks, certificates and official documents, biographical clippings, and memorabilia. Family material includes correspondence, clippings, and a journal of Alice Lillian Motz, Guenther's daughter, and her husband Eugen Motz, former Chilean vice-counsel to Mexico City. Of note are genealogical documents and a journal of uncertain authorship kept during the Mexican revolution, 1913-1915. There are isolated letters to Guenther from Susan B. Anthony, Benjamin Harrison, Jeremiah Rusk, Philetus Sawyer, and John Sherman and a letter from Guenther to his wife concerning a 1904 visit with Theodore Roosevelt. |
| Wallick, Richard, 1951- | Title: Richard Wallick Papers, 2007-2012
Quantity: 2.6 cubic feet (2 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 1178 Abstract: Documents and correspondence concerning Freedom of Information Act requests submitted by Richard Wallick to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), National Organic Program (NOP), primarily related to inputs for USDA certified organic agricultural products. Wallick contended that some of these inputs were prohibited on the USDA National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances, and thus did not qualify for use in organic production. Wallick also pursued this issue in Wallick v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Case No. CV-10-754 AC (D. Ore), a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court (District of Oregon). |
| Richland County (Wis.). Register of Deeds | Title: Richland County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Deeds, 1850-1900
Quantity: 25 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Richland Series 24 Abstract: Microfilmed warranty, quit claim, and other deeds for land located in Richland County. Records provide names of persons involved in land transfers, a description of the land, and amount of money involved. |
| Richland County (Wis.). Treasurer | Title: Richland County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, 1910-1960, 1980-1995
Quantity: 30.4 c.f. (417 volumes) Call Number: Richland Series 7 Abstract: Record of taxes levied and collected on real estate and personal property. Includes description of the property, its assessed valuation, and amount of taxes levied as well as when and by whom the taxes were paid. Only records for 1910 and every 5th year thereafter have been retained. |
| Richwood (Richland County, Wis.: Town). Assessor | Title: Richwood (Richland County, Wis. : Town). Assessor: Tax and Assessment Rolls, 1889-1918
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Richland Series 27 Abstract: An incomplete run of tax and assessment rolls for real and personal property. For real property the rolls show name and address of owner, land description, assessed valuation, taxes and changes assessed, and amount paid. For personal property, the rolls provide name of owner, type and value of property, amount of taxes and changes assessed, and amount and date paid. |
| Phelps, Rick | Title: Rick Phelps Papers, 1946-2000
Quantity: 17.4 c.f., 71 photographs, 21 tape recordings, and 76 videorecordings Call Number: M2004-009; M2008-106; Audio 1682A Abstract: Papers of Richard J. (Rick) Phelps, a Wisconsin native, documenting his positions in public service and advocacy for social and legal justice for youth. These positions include Executive Secretary of the Governor’s Advocacy Committee for Children and Youth, a citizen’s committee to address public policy affecting families (1974-1975); head of the Office of the Wisconsin State Public Defender, a cabinet level agency (1983-1988); Dane County (Wisconsin) Executive (1988-1997); and founder and Executive Director of the Youth and Policy Law Center Inc., focusing on social and legal justice for children and at-risk families (1976-1983). Files also document his unsuccessful campaign in the 1989 primary for the 2nd Congressional District seat, and his instrumental role in the formation and passage of a major revision in the Wisconsin Children’s Code, Assembly Bill 874. |
| Smith, Rick, 1943- | Title: Rick Smith Recordings, circa 1972, 1984-1987
Quantity: 57 tape recordings and 1 videorecording Call Number: M2010-128; Audio 1515A Abstract: 36 audio tapes of interviews created by Rick Smith for his film entitled A Vision Shaped in Stone: Wisconsin's Capitol, which tells of the history, design, and construction of the capitol building. A VHS copy of the film is also present. Also included in the collection are 21 reel-to-reel audio tapes of individuals associated with a 1972 University of Wisconsin (UW) sport symposium entitled “Sport in a Changing World.” |
| Riebs Company | Title: Riebs Company Records, 1933-1984
Quantity: 0.5 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 389 Abstract: The Riebs Company was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin company started by John Michael Riebs, Jr. It was also known as the Riebs Malting Company and the Riebs Malt Grain Company. Their business involved brewing and distilling and production of malt. |
| Rietbrock Land and Lumber Company | Title: Rietbrock Land and Lumber Company Records, 1886-1938
Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (1 archives box and 25 volumes) Call Number: Stevens Point Mss AF Abstract: Records of Rietbrock, a Milwaukee-based company engaged in land and lumber sales, farming and dairying operations, and land development, particularly near Athens, Wisconsin. Included is correspondence, 1902-1935, generally in the form of Erbach's reports from the Athens camp to the Milwaukee office, describing the work in progress, local conditions, finances, land transactions, and ownership of three area farms. Also present are incomplete financial records, 1886-1898, 1912-1926, miscellany, and scattered correspondence and financial records of subsidiary companies - Athens Canning Company, Athens Electric Light and Power Company, and Ceres Roller Mills Company. |
| Rindlisbacher, Otto, 1895-1975 Rindlisbacher, Iva Kundert, 1899-1981 | Title: Rindlisbacher collection Quantity: 1.75 Linear Feet 1 half document box, 1 archival flat box Call Number: MML027 Abstract: Otto Rindlisbacher was a musician, fiddle maker, composer, hunter and tavern owner and musician of Swiss-German origin from Rice Lake, Wisconsin. The bulk of the collection is unpublished music, essays and poems by Rindlisbacher and his wife Iva. |
| Lardner, Ring, 1915- | Title: Ring Lardner Papers, 1947-1953
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: U.S. Mss 128AN Abstract: Papers of a screenwriter who, as one of the Hollywood Ten, was imprisoned for refusing to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Included are articles, clippings, correspondence, legal documents, and publicity concerning Lardner's appearance before HUAC. |
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ZIV Television (Firm); Rapier Productions |
Title: “Ripcord” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1961-1962
Quantity: 77 film reels Call Number: DB 380-454; DC 521 Abstract: Seventy-seven episodes of Ripcord, a half-hour syndicated adventure series about two parachutists who operate a skydiving school. All the films are 16mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| - - - | Title: Ripon Necrology, circa 1962
Quantity: 4 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 328 Abstract: The Ripon Necrology consists of volumes of typed excerpts and clippings of obituaries of residents, former residents, and some relatives of residents of the Ripon, Wisconsin area; plus copies of inscriptions in three area cemeteries, Hillside Cemetery, Woodlawn Cemetery, and Loper Cemetery. |
| Rita Tallent Picken (1919-2009) | Title: Rita Tallent Picken Papers, 1942-2012
Quantity: 2.3 cubic feet (2 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 2 volumes) Call Number: UWP Manuscript Collection 20 Abstract: The UW-Parkside related papers of Rita Tallent Picken, Assistant to the Chancellor from 1968-1976, and spouse of Bernard Tallent, Dean of the University of Wisconsin—Kenosha Extension. |
| River Falls (Pierce County, Wis. : Town). Clerk | Title: River Falls (Pierce County, Wis. : Town). Clerk: Assessment Rolls,1854-1927
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (12 volumes in 2 archives boxes) Call Number: Pierce Series 61 Abstract: Real estate assessment rolls of scattered dates, showing name of property owner, legal description of land, number of acres, value set by assessor, value fixed by Board of Review, and other related information. Some volumes give additional information such as state, county, town, school, and road taxes. Volumes 11 (1927) includes breakdown of land taxed into categories such as marsh, cut-over, improved, etc. Volumes 1 and 2 are from the Town of Greenwood, the pre-1858 name of the present Town of River Falls. |
| River Falls (Wis.). Common Council | Title: River Falls (Wis.). Common Council: Minutes, 1885-1998
Quantity: 7.2 cubic feet (5 archives boxes and 33 volumes) Call Number: Pierce Series 48 Abstract: Minutes of the Common Council meetings, including reports, resolutions, summaries of election results, and other supplementary documents. Included are the draft notes of the minutes found in volumes 1 and 2. The notes contain portions of the minutes not found in the official volumes. |
| River Falls (Wis.). Mayor | Title: River Falls (Wis.). Mayor: Mayor's Subject File, 1946-1970
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Pierce Series 121 Abstract: Applications, assessments, bids, contracts, construction specifications, general correspondence, blueprints, and plat maps pertaining to routine city functions such as civil defense, elections, licensing, park development, police and fire protection, public works construction, social services, and zoning. |
| River Falls Garden Club (Wis.) | Title: River Falls Garden Club Records, 1957-1982, 1997-2007
Quantity: 1.1 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: River Falls Mss DH Abstract: Minutes, programs, clippings, and memorabilia documenting the club's community beautification projects such as landscaping the Heritage Park in River Falls, flower shows, and other activities. The club was organized in 1957 at the initiation of the River Falls Tuesday Club, an affiliate of the Federation of Women's Clubs. |
| - - - | Title: River Falls Hospital Committees Records, 1971-1978
, 1990
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: River Falls Mss EE Abstract: Records of three civic committees concerned with hospital services in River Falls, Wisconsin. The River Falls Health Facilities Study Committee began meeting in January 1972 to study the feasibility of two hospitals continuing to operate in River Falls: the City Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital. Consultants Glunz-Strathy Associates recommended merger of the two hospitals and purchase of St. Joseph's by the city with operations continuing in that facility. A Hospital Steering Committee began meeting in January 1975 to implement these recommendations and completed its work in September with organization of River Falls Area Hospital, Inc. which assumed responsibility for completing the merger. The third committee is the River Falls Area Hospital Capital Development Campaign Committee which began meeting in 1990 with the goal of raising one million dollars to finance a new hospital building. Included for the 1970s committees are meeting minutes; correspondence with state and local officials, consulting firms, and others; the report from Glunz-Strathy; newspaper articles; and by-laws and regulations of City Hospital and the new merged hospital. Minutes, mimeographed issue papers and planning documents, and a printed brochure are present for the 1990 committee. |
| River Falls Improvement League (Wis.) | Title: River Falls Improvement League Records, 1900-1916
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: River Falls Mss W Abstract: Constitution, minutes, and miscellaneous records of the Improvement League, an organization of River Falls women who campaigned for sidewalk repairs, weed control, the creation of parks, and other projects for community beautification and betterment. Included are registers for the public rest room for women which the league established. |
| - - - | Title: River Falls Masonic Temple (Wis.) Records, 1858-1975
Quantity: 9 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: River Falls Micro 11, Micro 743 Abstract: Records of Lodge No. 109, Free and Accepted Masons, and Chapter No. 45, Royal Arch Masons, including Lodge meeting minutes, reports to the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, and membership and financial records; and Chapter by-laws, convocation minutes, reports to the Grand Chapter of Wisconsin, and financial records. |
| River Falls Recycling Center (Wis.) | Title: River Falls Recycling Center Records, 1981-1992
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: River Falls Mss EB Abstract: Records of a River Falls, Wisconsin, recycling center founded in 1981 and run as a private non-profit corporation until 1989 when Pierce County took over operations. The collection includes constitution and bylaws, contracts, correspondence, financial records, minutes and agendas, newspaper clippings, and reports. |
| River Falls Tuesday Club (River Falls, Wis.) | Title: River Falls Tuesday Club Records, 1890-2000
Quantity: 4.8 cubic feet (7 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 7 volumes) and 13 photographs Call Number: River Falls Mss AQ Abstract: Records of the River Falls Tuesday Club, a study and service group affiliated with the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs; including minute books, treasurer's records, scrapbooks, lists of members, histories, anniversary photographs, and other material. Activities included support of the public library, public health causes (particularly tuberculosis), sales of Liberty Bonds, city hospital improvement, a “save the elms” campaign, and other causes. |
| River Falls (Wis.). Clerk | Title: River Falls, Wisconsin, Clerk, Clerk's Papers, 1886-1957, 1991-1995
Quantity: 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Pierce Series 124 Abstract: The Clerk's papers consist mainly of applications, general correspondence, petitions, records of poor relief, reports of city officials, and tax statements. |
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Highland Community College (Freeport, Ill.); Dubuque County Historical Society (Dubuque, Iowa) |
Title: River Harvest Project Collection, 1987
Contents: National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium: 71 documents, 13 audiocassettes, 322 slides, 297 negatives, 16 contact sheets Unique Identifier: CSUMC00017-CG Summary: The River Harvest Project surveyed mainly Upper Mississippi River commercial fishing, clamming, and duck hunting traditions in 1987, including custom wooden and aluminum flatboat building, wooden duckboat building and duck decoy carving, net-fishing, hoop-net knitting as well as fish pickling and smoking. Folklorist Janet C. Gilmore formally interviewed over half of the c. 30 commercial fishermen, fish marketers, and boat builders that she visited on both sides of the river in northeastern Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin, and northwestern Illinois. The survey led to presentations in Iowa and Illinois, photo exhibits at Highland Community College and the Dubuque County Historical Society Museum, as well as commercial fishing demonstrations at the Dubuque County museum in concert with other programming. |
| Riverside International Friendship Gardens (La Crosse, Wis.). | Title: Riverside International Friendship Gardens Minutes Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 208 Abstract: Meeting minutes of the Riverside International Friendship Gardens organization, 2005-2006. |
| Breitwish, A. J. | Title: Riverview Album, circa 1906
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 27 Abstract: A photo album of eight family summer cottages and various scenic views along the Milwaukee River. Cottages and individuals in the images are identified. The neighborhood is now known as Lincoln Park, and is on the southernmost border of Glendale, Wisconsin. |