Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids

Container	Title
1975/290	Part 1 (1975/290, AC 282): Original Collection, circa 1950s-1980 (bulk 1950s-1975) Physical Description: 9.1 cubic feet of photographs, negatives, and transparencies (8 records center cartons, 2 archives boxes, 1 card box, and 1 oversize folder) and 1 film Scope and Content Note: Photographs and related materials, circa 1950s-1980, documenting the State Historical Society's sites, activities, events, staff, and programs such as archaeology and historic markers. Of particular interest is documentation of construction and renovation of the State Historical Society's headquarters building in Madison in the 1960s, the 1965 flooding and cleanup at Villa Louis and Stonefield, and documentation of events and exhibits related to the Society's Historymobile. Records also include brochures to the Circus World Museum and a Historymobile exhibit and a press kit for Wade House.
	Historic Sites
	Circus World Museum
Box 1 Folder 1-2	circa 1960-1970
Box 1 Folder 3	Miscellaneous file copy photographs
Box 1 Folder 4	Proofs, circa 1960s
Box 1 Folder 5-9	1961-1969
Box 1 Folder 10	1962 and 1972
Box 1 Folder 11	Schlitz Circus Parade, Milwaukee 1969
Box 6 Folder 58	Brochures, circa 1970s
	Madeline Island
Box 1 Folder 12	1969
	Museum of Medical Progress/Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien
Box 1 Folder 13	circa 1960s
	Old World Wisconsin
Box 1 Folder 14	1969
	Stonefield
Box 1 Folder 15-17	circa 1960s
Box 1 Folder 18	Proofs, circa 1960s
Box 1 Folder 19-29	1959-1970
Box 6 Folder 49	1969-1974
	Villa Louis
Box 1 Folder 30	Proofs, circa 1960s-1970s
Box 1 Folder 31-32	circa 1960s-1970s
Box 1 Folder 33	1962-1970
Box 2 Folder 1-9	1962-1970 (continued)
Box 2 Folder 10	Annual tea, 1975 June 6
Box 2 Folder 11	Cal Peters and painting, 1963 September
Box 2 Folder 12	Dorothy Kincaid at [Sentinel?], 1972
Box 2 Folder 13	Fifty-thousandth [50,000] visitor 1965
Box 6 Folder 12	circa 1970s
	Villa Louis and Stonefield
Box 6 Folder 13	Billboards, 1968
Box 2 Folder 14-15	Flooding, 1965, 1969
	Wade House and Carriage Museum
Box 2 Folder 16-17	circa 1960s
Box 2 Folder 18	Proofs, circa 1960s
Box 2 Folder 19	1959
Box 2 Folder 20-29	1962-1969
Box 2 Folder 30	New reception center, 1975 June
Box 6 Folder 14	Billboards, 1968
Box 7 Folder 10-11	Press kit
Oversize folder 1	Photographs of various historic sites Note: Includes Pendarvis, Circus World Museum, Villa Louis, and the State Historical Society building in Madison.
	Historic Markers
Box 2 Folder 31	Albion Academy, 1962
Box 2 Folder 32	Camp Randall, 1960s
Box 2 Folder 33	Dutch settlement and Nelson Dewey, 1963
Box 2 Folder 34	Fourth Principal Meridian/Point of Beginning, Hazel Green 1969
Box 2 Folder 35	Prairie du Chien, 1962
Box 2 Folder 36	Wisconsin State Parks, circa 1960s
	Headquarters Building, State Historical Society
	Artists in building
Box 2 Folder 37	circa 1960s
	Construction
Box 2 Folder 38	circa 1960s
Box 2 Folder 39-44	1963-1969
Box 3 Folder 1-5	1963-1969 (continued)
Box 3 Folder 6	Exterior, plaster casting on columns
Box 3 Folder 7	Miscellaneous, plaster casting
Box 3 Folder 8	Reference Polaroids for remodeling, 1968
Box 3 Folder 9	Remodeling, 1969
Box 3 Folder 10	Vault, 1965-1969
	Exteriors
Box 3 Folder 11	General views
Box 3 Folder 12	Rebuilding
Box 3 Folder 13	circa 1960s
	Interiors
Box 3 Folder 14-15	circa 1960s
	Library
Box 3 Folder 16	General views
Box 3 Folder 17	Newspapers
Box 3 Folder 18	Newspaper microfilming
Box 3 Folder 19	Reading room
Box 3 Folder 20	Stacks
	Politicians and Notable People, State Historical Society
Box 3 Folder 21	Chet Huntley
Box 3 Folder 22	Harry Bruno, aviation
Box 3 Folder 23	William H. Baldwin, PR executive and contributor to Mass Communications History Collection (MCHC)
Box 3 Folder 24	James Biddle, President of National Trust for Historic Preservation
Box 3 Folder 25	John Toland, 1971
Box 3 Folder 26	Politicians at headquarters and historic sites, circa 1960s
	Staff, State Historical Society
Box 3 Folder 27-28	Miscellaneous, undated
Box 3 Folder 29	1967
Box 3 Folder 30	1969
Box 3 Folder 31	1974
Box 3 Folder 32	John Jacques retirement
Box 3 Folder 33	Leslie H. Fishel at the Society
Box 3 Folder 34	Ray Sivisand retirement
Box 3 Folder 35	Willie Jo Walker retirement
Box 3 Folder 36	Division heads, 1973
Box 3 Folder 37	Miscellaneous
Box 3 Folder 38-48	Staff and activities, 1961-1970, 1975
	Museum, State Historical Society
Box 3 Folder 49	Children's activities, circa 1960s
Box 3 Folder 50	Set stills for unidentified film, circa 1960s
Box 3 Folder 51	Stained glass windows
Box 3 Folder 52	Activation of museum exhibits
Box 3 Folder 53	Gambling exhibit
Box 3 Folder 54	Doris Platt, television
Box 3 Folder 55	Meet Mr. Lincoln exhibit
Box 3 Folder 56	Joan Morgan
Box 3 Folder 57	Museum tours
Box 3 Folder 58	Pieces of the Spengler glass collection
Box 3 Folder 59	Edwin Dickinson exhibit, 1963 May
Box 3 Folder 60	Twentieth Century room
Box 3 Folder 61	Victorian chair exhibit
Box 3 Folder 62	Lustreware
	Museum, exhibits, collections and behind the scenes work
Box 3 Folder 63-64	circa 1950s-1960s
Box 4 Folder 1-2	1959 August-1970 April
Box 4 Folder 3-12	circa 1960s
Box 4 Folder 13	Miscellaneous, circa 1960s
Box 4 Folder 14	Wisconsin State Fair exhibit, circa 1960s
Box 4 Folder 15	Farm Museum, [committee?] circa 1960s
Box 4 Folder 16	Civil War donation, circa 1960s
Box 4 Folder 17	Wood from First Capitol to dentists for mallet, circa 1960s
Box 4 Folder 18	Casting eagle, 1967 November
Box 4 Folder 19	Flag from Boy Scouts of America outside State Historical Society building, circa 1960s
	KisselKar
Box 4 Folder 20	1929 Kissel being loaded at Hartford, Wisconsin
Box 4 Folder 21	Rebuilding car
Box 4 Folder 22	KisselKar being moved into State Historical Society building, 1968 March-1969 January
	Historymobile
Box 4 Folder 23	Proofs, undated
Box 4 Folder 24-25	circa 1950s-1960s
Box 4 Folder 26	Jake and Irene, also dedication 1961-1962
Box 4 Folder 27	Interior, 1963-1964
Box 4 Folder 28-32	Historymobile II, 1962 July-1969 August
Box 4 Folder 33	1972-1973
	Exhibits
Box 4 Folder 34	circa 1960s
Box 4 Folder 35	American Indian display, 1972
Box 4 Folder 36	Empire in Pine, 1966-1969
Box 4 Folder 37	"Indians of the Woodlands and the Plains," informational brochure 1961
	Newspapers Make History
Box 4 Folder 38	Historymobile kit, 1962-1963
Box 4 Folder 39	Dedication, 1962-1963
Box 4 Folder 40	Exhibit, 1962-1963
Box 4 Folder 41	People and Pollution, 1969
Box 4 Folder 42-43	Saint Lawrence Seaway exhibit Seaway to Wisconsin, 1960
Box 4 Folder 44	Wisconsin: Wilderness, Territory, Frontier State 1963-1964
Box 4 Folder 45-46	Wisconsin in the Civil War, 1964-1966
Box 4 Folder 47	One millionth visitor, Mrs. George Mooney circa 1960s
AC 282	Wisconsin Heritage Tours, 1961
1975/290	Archaeology
Box 4 Folder 48	Joan Freeman in archaeology workshop
Box 4 Folder 49	Bell site, Winnebago County 1959
Box 4 Folder 50	Oshkosh Explorer Scout Project, Oshkosh 1959
Box 4 Folder 51	Price site 1, Richland County 1960
Box 4 Folder 52	Miller site, Crawford County 1960
Box 4 Folder 53	Archaeological dig near Boscobell (Highway Salvage Program), 1960
Box 4 Folder 54	Millville site, Grant County 1962
Box 4 Folder 55	Jones site, Grant County 1962
Box 4 Folder 56	Price site 3, Bill Wilson working on skull from 1962-1963
Box 4 Folder 57	Price site 3, 1962-1963
Box 4 Folder 58	Brommer site, Buffalo County 1963
Box 4 Folder 59	Aztalan State Park, 1964
Box 4 Folder 60	Aztalan State Park, 1967
Box 4 Folder 61	Lamb 5 site, Saint Croix County 1965
Box 4 Folder 62	Trempealeau Lake mounds, 1966
	Collections, State Historical Society
	Archives and manuscripts
Box 4 Folder 63	Al Hirschfeld and cartoons
Box 4 Folder 64	Jewish archives, 1963
Box 4 Folder 65	McCormick collection
Box 4 Folder 66	Carl Schurz collection, 1962
Box 4 Folder 67	Cast from death mask of Lucius Fairchild
Box 4 Folder 68	MCHC (Mass Communications History Collection)
Box 4 Folder 69	Curators, background information
Box 4 Folder 70	Board of Curators
Box 6 Folder 57	Wisconsin centennial quilt
	Publications, State Historical Society
Box 4 Folder 71	Alice Smith's book, History of Wisconsin, volume 1
Box 4 Folder 72	Magazine of History, annual report issue 1969
Box 4 Folder 73	Pictures of Society publications
	Society activities, circa 1960s-1970s
Box 5 Folder 25	American Institute of the History of Pharmacy (AIHP)
	Annual meeting
Box 4 Folder 74	1960s-1970s
Box 4 Folder 75	1960-1972
Box 5 Folder 1-10	1960-1972 (continued)
Box 6 Folder 53-54	1978-1979
Box 5 Folder 11	Awards and presentations
Box 5 Folder 12	Budget meeting with Governor Reynolds, 1962
Box 5 Folder 13	Christmas party, 1962 December
Box 5 Folder 14	Founders Day, 1972 January 9
Box 5 Folder 15	Founders Day, 1973
Box 5 Folder 16-18	Institute, Madison 1959-1962
Box 5 Folder 19	Meeting of high school history teachers, 1962
Box 5 Folder 20	Meetings, miscellaneous
Box 5 Folder 27-33	Miscellaneous, undated
Box 5 Folder 21	Miscellaneous, 1962-1970
Box 5 Folder 22	Open house of history, 1963 June
Box 5 Folder 23-24	Style shows, circa 1960s
Box 5 Folder 26	Women's Auxiliary, famous women program
Box 5 Folder 34-42	1961-1970
	Sites and Society Activities
Box 5 Folder 43	Miscellaneous proofs, circa 1960s
Box 5 Folder 44	undated
Box 5 Folder 45	circa 1960s-1971
Box 6 Folder 1-11	1961-1971
	Slide Negatives
Box 6 Folder 15	Circus World Museum
Box 6 Folder 16	Stonefield
Box 6 Folder 17	Wade House
Box 6 Folder 18	Villa Louis
Box 6 Folder 19	Social events, Society 1959-1960
Box 6 Folder 20	Museum
Box 6 Folder 21	Television show, Doris Platt
Box 6 Folder 22	Brisbois House
Box 6 Folder 23	Candid staff photographs
Box 6 Folder 24	Crowded conditions in State Historical Society
Box 6 Folder 25	Prairie du Chien Note: Exact location not known, Prairie du Chien based on context within collection.
	Obsolete Slides Note: Slides were transferred to WHS archives labeled as "obsolete."
Box 6 Folder 26	Archaeology, Lizard Mound dig 1980 October 22
Box 6 Folder 27	Historic markers and Parnell Escher, 1974-1975
	Historic sites
	Circus World Museum
Box 6 Folder 28	Parades, miscellaneous undated
Box 6 Folder 29-30	Parades, 1970-1975
Box 6 Folder 31	Rejects, 1970-1975
	Madeline Island
Box 6 Folder 32	Rejects, 1969-1973
	Old World Wisconsin
Box 6 Folder 33	Air lift, 1974 September
Box 6 Folder 34	Development, 1980
Box 6 Folder 35	circa 1970s
Box 6 Folder 36	One hundred-thousandth (100,000) visitor, Warren Mundschar 1978 June
Box 6 Folder 37	Rejects, 1973-1975
Box 6 Folder 38	Slide show for distribution, 1-35, rejects
Box 6 Folder 39-40	Taking down the Finnish hay barn, rejects, pages 14-20
	Pendarvis
Box 6 Folder 41	1972-1975
	State Historical Society building
Box 6 Folder 42	Building and state street mall construction, 1975 April
Box 6 Folder 43	Exterior, 1973 October
Box 6 Folder 44	Exterior, 1974 October
Box 6 Folder 45	Exterior aerial views and construction
Box 6 Folder 46	Exterior and crabapple tree blossoms, 1975 Spring-1976
	State Historical Society museum
Box 6 Folder 47	Museum, Sellery room and personnel circa 1970s
Box 6 Folder 48	Wood exhibit, 1975 February
	Stonefield
Box 6 Folder 50	Rejects, 1960-1973
	Villa Louis
Box 6 Folder 51	Rejects, 1967-1972
	Wade House
Box 6 Folder 52	Rejects, 1953-1975
	State Historical Society activities
Box 6 Folder 55	Christmas tree, 1971
Box 6 Folder 56	Founders Day, 1975
	Reference Albums to Negatives
	Historic sites
Box 6 Folder 59	Circus World Museum, 1959-1973
Box 6 Folder 60	Madeline Island, 1972-1973
Box 6 Folder 61	Old World Wisconsin, 1969-1974
Box 6 Folder 62	Pendarvis complex, 1970-1973
Box 7 Folder 1-2	Society building, 1962-1970
Box 7 Folder 3-4	Stonefield, 1960-1974
Box 7 Folder 5	Villa Louis, 1960-1973
Box 7 Folder 6	Wade House, 1962-1973
Box 7 Folder 7	Meetings, 1963-1974
Box 7 Folder 8-9	Miscellaneous, 1960-1974
	State Historical Society of Wisconsin slides
Box 7 Folder 12-14	Pages 1-35
	Madison and University of Wisconsin campus miscellaneous construction sites
Box 7 Folder 15	circa 1965-1969
	Negatives and color transparencies, circa 1960s
Box 7 Folder 16-17	Archaeology
Box 7 Folder 18	Historic markers
	Historic sites, circa 1960s
Box 7 Folder 19	Carriage Museum
Box 7 Folder 20	Circus World Museum
Box 7 Folder 21	Historymobile
Box 7 Folder 22	Museum of Medical Progress
Box 7 Folder 23	Pendarvis and Madeline Island
Box 7 Folder 24-25	State Historical Society building
Box 7 Folder 26-27	State Historical Society museum
Box 7 Folder 28	Stonefield
Box 8 Folder 1-2	Stonefield (continued)
Box 8 Folder 3	Villa Louis
Box 8 Folder 4	Wade House
	Society activities and events
Box 8 Folder 5	American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) seminar, 1968
Box 8 Folder 6	Annual meeting, 1962-1967
Box 8 Folder 7	Auxiliary auction
Box 8 Folder 8	Conference of Educators on Museum Education program, 1967
Box 8 Folder 9	Founders Day, 1962-1968
Box 8 Folder 10	Institute, 1967
Box 8 Folder 11	Miscellaneous activities and events
Box 9 Folder 1	Miscellaneous activities and events (continued)
Box 9 Folder 2-3	Miscellaneous sites, activities and events
Box 9 Folder 4	Television show
Box 9 Folder 5-6	Staff, State Historical Society
Box 10	Slide Negatives Note Consists of unprocessed negative slides originally grouped by number with an unknown key. Slides were not removed from slide boxes at reaccessioning. Box 1 60031 60041-60042 Box 2 60047 60049 Box 3 60054-60058 Box 4 600510-600516 60061 Box 5 60062-60065
Box 11	Miscellaneous Society events, activities and sites, negative film strips circa 1960s Note: Negative film strips of society events and activities such as Founders Day and annual meetings; as well as museum exhibits, collections and miscellaneous staff. Also included are negatives of sites buildings and activities.