First Unitarian Society Records, 1841-2017

Administrative/Restriction Information

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.


Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).


Acquisition Information

The First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee donated the bulk of the collection to the Archives on July 25, 2001 (accession 2001-010). The Society donated additional records in December 2002 (accession 2002-046), October 2005 (accession 2005-022), October 2008 (accession 2008-031), June 2009 (accession 2008-065), and June 2010 (accession 2009-062). The First Unitarian Society donated additional materials in June 2011 (accession 2010-056), September 2011 (accession 2011-012), December 2011 (accession 2011-026), June 2012 (accession 2011-054), January 2013 (accession 2012-036), May 2014 (accession 2013-047), and September 2014 (accession 2014-025). Linda Presto donated some additional materials in September 2017 (accession 2017-017).


Processing Information

Russell Horton, Nicole Jackelen, and Christel Maass processed accession 2001-010 in April 2002. Amber Bryant processed accession 2002-046 in February 2003. Ryan Claringbole processed accession 2005-022 in January 2007. Bob Jaeger (supervised by Christel Maass) processed accessions 2008-031 and 2008-065 in July 2009. Ashley VonRuden (supervised by Christel Maass) processed accession 2009-062 (box 40) in July 2010.

In October 2011, Bob Jaeger removed 54 safety film negatives and placed them with other safety film negatives.

Christel Maass processed accessions 2010-056, 2011-012, 2011-026, 2011-054, 2012-036, 2013-047, and 2014-025 (boxes 41-42) in June 2015. Christel Maass processed accession 2017-017 in December 2017.