State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Library-Archives Division: Bureau Directors' Subject and Correspondence Files, 1987-2015

Container Title
2008/093
Part 1 (2008/093): Original Collection, 1991-2006
Physical Description: 4.0 cubic feet (4 records center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Files of Rick Pifer, Director of Reference and Public Services, concerning Library-Archives Division programs and projects between 1991 and 2006. Documented are the reading room remodeling project, merger of the archives reading room and the visual materials reading room, reference services reorganization, website planning, and the visual materials photo business. Also included is information on the Area Research Center (ARC) network, University of Wisconsin System Archives Council (UWSAC), and Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board (WHRAB). Pifer's involvement in the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) and Society of American Archivists (SAA) is also covered.
Archives reading room remodeling
Box   1
Folder   1
Chairs
Box   1
Folder   3
Advertising reference closure
Box   1
Folder   4
Reference desk furniture
Box   1
Folder   5
Reference reorganization-reference room staffing
Box   1
Folder   6
Office landscaping
Box   1
Folder   7
Carpeting
Box   1
Folder   8
Reference remodeling - lamp fixtures
Box   1
Folder   9
Reading room remodeling
Box   1
Folder   10
Reference platform
Archives reference reorganization
Box   1
Folder   11-12
Reference service study
Box   1
Folder   13
Reference
Box   1
Folder   14
Access to visual materials
Box   1
Folder   15
Visual materials report
Box   1
Folder   16
Reference photocopies
Box   1
Folder   17
Reading room hours, patron statistics
Merger
Box   1
Folder   18
Budget
Box   1
Folder   19
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR)
Box   1
Folder   20
Timing and publicity
Box   1
Folder   21
Implementation and planning
Box   1
Folder   22
Work processes
Box   1
Folder   23
Civil War certificate
Box   1
Folder   24
Pathfinders and handouts
Box   1
Folder   25
Reference telephone statistics
Box   1
Folder   26
Visual materials-daily patron log
Box   1
Folder   27
Reference Reorganization Committee
Box   1
Folder   28
Registration
Box   1
Folder   29
Check out procedures
Box   1
Folder   30
Volunteer management
Box   1
Folder   31
Copy center
Box   1
Folder   32
Reference merger-preliminary report
Box   1
Folder   33
Administering offsite reference requests
Box   1
Folder   34-35
Reference reorganization
Box   1
Folder   36
Paging and reshelving
Training
Box   1
Folder   37
Architecture
Box   1
Folder   38
Visual materials contest
Box   1
Folder   39
Visual materials
Box   1
Folder   42
Genealogy
Box   1
Folder   43
State government records
Box   1
Folder   44
Maps
Box   1
Folder   45
WCFTR
Box   1
Folder   46
State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW)
Box   1
Folder   47
Genealogy
Box   1
Folder   48
ArCat [Archives Catalog]
Box   1
Folder   40
Gloves and laundry
Box   1
Folder   41
Lockers
Box   1
Folder   49
Manuscripts and recorded sound
Box   1
Folder   50
Reference training
Box   1
Folder   51
Training-McCormick
Box   1
Folder   52
Library policies
Reference
Box   1
Folder   53
Future directions
Box   1
Folder   54
Analysis of use of public records
Box   1
Folder   55
Focus groups, reference reorganization
Box   1
Folder   56
Paging and reshelving
Box   1
Folder   57
Requisition
Box   1
Folder   58
Reference, offsite reference calls
Visual materials and photo business
Box   2
Folder   1
Budget
Box   2
Folder   2
Reference visual materials cataloging
Box   2
Folder   3
Entrepreneurial initiative photo business
Box   2
Folder   4
Photo business-automation
Box   2
Folder   5
Photo digitization
Box   2
Folder   6
Dark room equipment
Box   2
Folder   7
Visual materials reports
Box   2
Folder   8
Photo stats, 1999 July 1-December 31
Box   2
Folder   9
Order log
Box   2
Folder   10
Reference photo business
Box   2
Folder   11
Photo business, billing procedures and fees
Box   2
Folder   12-13
True cost study
Box   2
Folder   14
Financial status reports, old
Box   2
Folder   15
Access to visual materials website
Box   2
Folder   16
Top 200 Project
Bennett
Box   2
Folder   17
Glass plate preservation grant
Box   2
Folder   18
Number of negatives
Box   2
Folder   19
General
Box   2
Folder   20
Photo business
Box   2
Folder   21
Chicago album works
Box   2
Folder   22
Top 100 lists
Box   2
Folder   23
Memos to sites
Box   2
Folder   24
Documentation
Box   2
Folder   25
Exhibiting original prints
Box   2
Folder   26
Photo business, 2002-2003
Box   2
Folder   27
Wisconsin Historical Images (WHI) business plan
Box   2
Folder   28
Darkroom costs
Box   2
Folder   29
True cost report, final
Box   2
Folder   30
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel licensing agreement
Web development
Box   2
Folder   31
WCFTR webpages
Box   2
Folder   32
Civil War project
Box   2
Folder   33
Web project-upgrade to site
Box   2
Folder   34
Area Research Center (ARC) webpages
Box   2
Folder   35
SHSW Web Committee
Box   2
Folder   36
Bennett webpages
Circus World
Box   2
Folder   37
Circus World project
Archivist
Box   2
Folder   38
Applications
Box   2
Folder   39
Interviews
Box   2
Folder   40
Archivist
Box   2
Folder   41
Circus World website, 2006
Box   2
Folder   42
Report, 2004
Theft investigation
Box   3
Folder   1-3
Wis Mss DI
Box   3
Folder   4
Theft-complaints
Box   3
Folder   5
Archives case
Box   3
Folder   6
Mormon theft
Collection Development subject files
Box   3
Folder   7
Abandoned property workshop
Box   3
Folder   8
Undocumented property
Box   3
Folder   9-10
Pierce County History Association
Box   3
Folder   11
Donor guidelines
Box   3
Folder   12
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Lead file
Box   3
Folder   13
Manual
Box   3
Folder   14-16
General
Box   3
Folder   17
Master, 1993
Box   3
Folder   18
Review work
Box   3
Folder   19
RLIN and “Findin Coll”
Subject files
Box   3
Folder   20
Ten Chimneys project
Box   3
Folder   21
McVicar project
Box   3
Folder   22
Library stack shift
Box   3
Folder   23-24
Interlibrary loan (ILL)
Box   3
Folder   25
Bordner-Land Economic Inventory digitization
Area Research Center (ARC) Network
Box   4
Folder   1
Annual report
Box   4
Folder   2
ARC issues
Box   4
Folder   3
Circus World
Box   4
Folder   4
Agreements-revisions
Box   4
Folder   5
Publicity Committee
Box   4
Folder   6
Logo
Box   4
Folder   7
River Falls ARC
Box   4
Folder   8
Milwaukee ARC
Box   4
Folder   9
ARC processing
Box   4
Folder   10
Archives contact list for ARCs
Box   4
Folder   11
Platteville ARC
Box   4
Folder   12
Superior ARC
Box   4
Folder   13
ARC article-Ham and Emery
Box   4
Folder   14
Green Bay ARC
Box   4
Folder   15
Meeting-Ashland, 1999 May 6-7
Box   4
Folder   16
Ashland
Box   4
Folder   17
Network bulletin
Box   4
Folder   18
Statistics
Box   4
Folder   19
Photos-guidelines for managing
Box   4
Folder   20
Fees and services, 1998
Box   4
Folder   21
Superior ARC trip, April 1-3
Box   4
Folder   22
Superior ARC
Box   4
Folder   23
Digital archives project
Box   4
Folder   24
CUWL/ARC digital archives
Box   4
Folder   25
UW digital library proposal
Box   4
Folder   26
Digitizing project
Box   4
Folder   27-28
Collecting priorities
Box   4
Folder   29-31
Reports, 1999-2003
University of Wisconsin System Archives Council (UWSAC)
Box   4
Folder   32
Core mission statement
Box   4
Folder   33
General
Box   4
Folder   34
Collecting Committee
Meetings
Box   4
Folder   35
1988 Fall
Box   4
Folder   36-41
1991-1993
Box   4
Folder   42-43
1996
Box   4
Folder   44
1997 October
Box   4
Folder   45
1998 April
Box   4
Folder   46
1999 Spring
Box   4
Folder   47-48
2000
Box   4
Folder   49
2002 Fall
Box   4
Folder   50
2004 Spring
Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board (WHRAB)
Box   4
Folder   51
WHRAB planning project
Box   4
Folder   52
WHRAB planning
Box   4
Folder   53
WHRAB
Professional Activity
Midwest Archives Conference (MAC)
Box   4
Folder   54
1995 Fall
Box   4
Folder   55
1996 Spring
Society of American Archivists (SAA)
Box   4
Folder   56
Coker Committee
Box   4
Folder   57
Program proposal, 1998 Fall
Box   4
Folder   58
Masters in Archival Studies - guidelines revision
Box   4
Folder   59
Continuing education research