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Part 1 (2013/162, Audio 1704A/1): Original Collection, 1972-2011

Part 2 (2013/167, Audio 1704A/2-21): Additions, 1969-2008

Part 3 (2014/105, Audio 1704A/22): Additions, 1968-1982

Part 4 (2016/006): Additions, 1967-1976

Part 5 (2016/082): Additions, 1979-2002

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2013/162	Part 1 (2013/162, Audio 1704A/1): Original Collection, 1972-2011 Physical Description: 9.6 cubic feet (9 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes), 0.4 cubic feet of photographs, and 1 tape recording Scope and Content Note: Files, 1972-2012, from the offices of curator of research Marty Perkins including both administrative records and Perkins' research files. Administrative records relate generally to the running of Old World Wisconsin including correspondence, program material, reports, and tours. Research files document both the buildings considered by the site and the ethnicities examined. Particularly well documented are the Finnish, Polish, Danish, Norwegians, and Swedish. Also of note are records related to African Americans and the Pleasant Ridge area; baseball (or base ball) research; and interviews with Alan Pape, Marty Perkins, Bill Tischler, and Mark Knipping.
	Old administrative building files
	Office files
	Agricultural program
Box 1 Folder 1	Livestock dispersal, 1986
Box 1 Folder 2-5	Program files, 1984-1987
Box 1 Folder 6	Office of Local History
Box 1 Folder 7	Audit, 1982
Box 1 Folder 8	Autumn on the Farm, 2008
Box 1 Folder 9	Bohemian Brass Band project
Box 1 Folder 10	Caldwell festival notes
Box 1 Folder 11	Caldwell Prairie
Box 1 Folder 12	Christmas programs, 1985-1987
Box 1 Folder 13-14	Christmas program, 1995-1996
Box 1 Folder 15	Circle dinner, 2008
Box 1 Folder 16	Collections program, 1993-1995
	Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 17	Artifacts
Box 1 Folder 18	Complaints
Box 1 Folder 19	Complimentary
Box 1 Folder 20-33	General, 1983-1994, 2005, 2008-2009
	Individuals
Box 1 Folder 34	Hubka, Tom, 1989-1992
Box 1 Folder 35	Kuether, Hans F., 1976-1980
Box 1 Folder 36	Kamphausen, Alfred, Dr., 1972
Box 1 Folder 37	Krugler, John, 1994-1997
Box 1 Folder 38	Mesmer, Ted, 1995-1998
Box 1 Folder 39	Peterson, Merton W., 1988
Box 1 Folder 40	Pudas, Ed, 1972-1973
Box 1 Folder 41	Schuelke, Chris, 1995-1996
Box 1 Folder 42	Tishler, William, 1976-1996
Box 1 Folder 43	Touve, Les, 1995
Box 2 Folder 1	Weber, Jean, 1986-1989
Box 2 Folder 2	Interpretive staff
Box 2 Folder 3	Teachers
Box 2 Folder 4	Costume program
Box 2 Folder 5-6	County Fair, 2007-2009
Box 2 Folder 7	Daily activity program status report, 1985
Box 2 Folder 8	East Troy High School visit
Box 2 Folder 9	Elderhostel class
Box 2 Folder 10	European outdoor museums
	Events
Box 2 Folder 11	Autumn children's day
Box 2 Folder 12	Faith, Family, and Flag
Box 2 Folder 13	Farm program, 1993-1998
Box 2 Folder 14	Fee change, 1997
	Friends of Old World Wisconsin
Box 2 Folder 15	Circle dinner program
Box 2 Folder 16	Lamplight tours
Box 2 Folder 17	New members morning
Box 2 Folder 18	Wagon project
Box 2 Folder 19	Garden program
Box 2 Folder 20	Historic sites planning
Box 2 Folder 21	IMLS environmental study, 2002
Box 2 Folder 22	Intern program
Box 2 Folder 23	Interpretation committee
Box 2 Folder 24	Interpretation master plan
	Interviews
Box 2 Folder 25	With Alan Pape, Marty Perkins, Bill Tischler, and Mark Knipping, 2009
Box 2 Folder 26	With Mark Knipping, undated
Box 2 Folder 27	Bill Tischler, 1993
Box 2 Folder 28	Kanetzke, Howard, 1983-1993
Box 2 Folder 29	Landscape committee
Box 2 Folder 30	Long range plans
Box 2 Folder 31	Luxembourg conference, 1988 October 29
Box 2 Folder 32	Memos, 1998
Box 2 Folder 33	Men's craft program
Box 2 Folder 34	Museum transportation studies
Box 2 Folder 35	Norwegian survey
Box 2 Folder 36	Operational memos, 1993
Box 2 Folder 37	Pioneer America Society
Box 2 Folder 38	Planning reports and memos
Box 2 Folder 39	Prairie management plan
Box 2 Folder 40	Press
Box 2 Folder 41	Promotional activities
	Reports
Box 2 Folder 42	Harbour, John
Box 2 Folder 43	Mahoney, Libby
	Section reports
Box 2 Folder 44	Research, 1981
Box 3 Folder 1-2	Research, 1982-1983
Box 3 Folder 3	Research and interpretation, 1980
Box 3 Folder 4-5	Interpretation, 1981, 1984-1985
Box 3 Folder 6	Staff reports
Box 3 Folder 7	Selected visitor surveys
Box 3 Folder 8	Senior citizen subsidy program
Box 3 Folder 9	Sheep
Box 3 Folder 10	Site development
Box 3 Folder 11	Sketchbook project, 1983
Box 3 Folder 12-18	Special events, 1986-1987, 1993-1997
Box 3 Folder 19	Special interpretive programs
Box 3 Folder 20	Staff library
Box 3 Folder 21-25	Staff meetings, 1976-1979, 1993
Box 3 Folder 26	Summary reports
Box 3 Folder 27	Ten year plan, 1979-1989
Box 3 Folder 28-29	Volunteer program, 1979-1993
Box 3 Folder 30	Ward School
Box 3 Folder 31	Weekly leads meetings, 1995
Box 3 Folder 32	Western Social Science Association
Box 3 Folder 33	Windows project
Box 3 Folder 34	Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies
	Research files
	African Americans
Box 3 Folder 35-39	African American Advisory Committee, 1993-1999, 2001
Box 8 Folder 1	Census
Box 3 Folder 40	Reports
	Baseball
Box 3 Folder 41	Articles
Box 3 Folder 42	Background
Box 3 Folder 43	Baseball historical articles
Box 3 Folder 44	Brochures, 2007-2010
Box 3 Folder 45	Event file
Box 4 Folder 45	Exhibit materials
Box 3 Folder 46	Game, 2007
Box 3 Folder 47	Interpretive guide
1704A/1	Interview with Milwaukee Public Radio, 2008
2013/162 Box 3 Folder 48	Press
	Research material
Box 4 Folder 1	Living history manuals
Box 4 Folder 2	Primary accounts
Box 4 Folder 3	Rules, 1840-1900
Box 4 Folder 4	Secondary sources
Box 4 Folder 5	Uniforms and equipment in Wisconsin, 1860-1900
Box 4 Folder 6	Season, 2008-2009
	Buildings
	Background
Box 4 Folder 7	Breilid, Bjarne correspondence, 1976
Box 4 Folder 8	Miscellaneous leads
Box 4 Folder 9	Norwegian inventory, 1973
Box 4 Folder 10	No longer under consideration
Box 4 Folder 11	Saxon data forms
	Structures
Box 4 Folder 12-13	Anton Sisel house Note: See also Photographs.
Box 4 Folder 14	Barrie barn, visitor's center
Box 4 Folder 15	Benson house Note: See also Photographs.
Box 4 Folder 16	Campion house (Roberts-Dalrymple house)
Box 4 Folder 17	Charles Koepsell
Box 4 Folder 18	Charles Schulz farm report
Box 4 Folder 19	Einum house, Johnson house
Box 4 Folder 20	Fossebrekke house
Box 4 Folder 21	Frederick Grotelueschen Blacksmith shop, Uaubeka, Ozaukee County Note: See also Photographs.
Box 4 Folder 22	Gruel house, town of Mequon, Ozaukee County
Box 4 Folder 23-24	Harmony Town Hall Note: See also Photographs.
Box 8 Folder 2	Herbert Kipp (English) threshing barn
Box 4 Folder 25	Hynek farm, Town Union, Vernon County
Box 4 Folder 26	James Cronon house, Bergen, Vernon County
Box 4 Folder 27	Joseph Chesak General Store, Poniatowski, Marathon County
Box 4 Folder 28	Knud Fossebrekke house
Box 4 Folder 29	Larson/Bosben Granary Note: See also Photographs.
Box 4 Folder 30	Leonard Loomer threshing/cattle barn
Box 4 Folder 31	Lucht house/Gruel house
Box 4 Folder 32	Luther Valley settlement, Rock County
Box 4 Folder 33	Mary Hafford house, Hubbleton, Jefferson County
Box 4 Folder 34	Pedersen house
Box 4 Folder 35	Peterson Wagon Shop
Box 4 Folder 36	Pleasant Ridge United Baptist Church
Box 4 Folder 37	Raspberry School/Peterson Wagon Shop
Box 4 Folder 38	St. Peter's Church
Box 4 Folder 39	Schottler Farm
Box 4 Folder 40	Sheehan House/Silvernail House
Box 4 Folder 41	Shepard Smokehouse, Beetown, Grant County Note: See also Photographs.
	Thomas General Store Note: See also Photographs.
Box 4 Folder 42	Committee meetings
Box 4 Folder 43	Family correspondence
Box 4 Folder 44	Furnishing program
Box 5 Folder 1	Landscape plan
Box 5 Folder 2	Memos and correspondence
Box 5 Folder 3	Promotion and coverage
Box 5 Folder 4	Sullivan Town Hall, Scott horse barn
Box 5 Folder 5	Turck-Schottler House/Lueskow House
Box 5 Folder 6	Wagley/Veggli House/Kvalle house
Box 5 Folder 7	Wenzel Seidel house
Box 5 Folder 8	Wesley Benson House
Box 5 Folder 9	Wood River Baptist Church Note: See also Photographs.
Box 5 Folder 10	African American Advisory Committee, miscellaneous
Box 5 Folder 11	Association for Living History Farms and Agricultural Museums, annual conference, Perkins presentation, 1983
	Articles
Box 5 Folder 12	Berger, Pam, “Pioneer Schools of Waukesha County”
Box 5 Folder 13	Blink, Susan, “English Barns in Waukesha County”
Box 5 Folder 14	Brandt, Lawrence, “Log Buildings in Portage County”
Box 5 Folder 15	Calkins, Charles, “The Hop Houses of Waukesha County”
Box 5 Folder 16	Calkins, Charles and William Laatsch, “Belgian Ovens of Northeastern Wisconsin”
Box 5 Folder 17	Durand, Loyal, “Dairy Barns of Southeastern Wisconsin”
Box 5 Folder 18	Genzmer, Donna, “Croatian Migration Patterns”
Box 5 Folder 19	Hawes, Ed, rural life studies
Box 5 Folder 20	Houston, James M., “Rural House-types”
Box 5 Folder 21	Hubka, Thomas, “The Connection Farm Buildings of Northern New England”
Box 5 Folder 22	Jordon, Terry, “Alpine, Alemannic, and American Log Architecture”
Box 5 Folder 23	Kaups, Matti, “A Finnish Riihi in Minnesota”
Box 5 Folder 24	Kniffen, Fred and Henry Glassie, “Building in Wood in the Eastern United States”
Box 5 Folder 25	Lewis, Herbert S., “European Ethnicity in Wisconsin”
Box 5 Folder 26	McLellan, Margie, “A Report on the Old World Wisconsin Photograph Collection”
Box 5 Folder 27	Penn, James, “Evolution and Utilization of Land in Walworth County”
Box 5 Folder 28	Perret, Maurice E., “Tombstones and Epitaphs”
Box 5 Folder 29	Perrin, Richard, “Wisconsin's Stovetop Architecture”
Box 5 Folder 30	Tishler, Bill, “The Site Arrangement of Rural Farms”
Box 5 Folder 31	Wilhelm, Hubert G. H., “German Settlement and Fold Buildings in Texas”
Box 5 Folder 32	Wilhelm, Hubert G. H., “Half-timber Construction in Ohio”
Box 5 Folder 33	Zeitlin, Richard, “Agricultural Study of Portage, Wisconsin”
Box 5 Folder 34	Bohemian settlement in Wisconsin
Box 5 Folder 35	Blue Birds
Box 5 Folder 36	Ceramics
Box 5 Folder 37	English architecture (barns)
Box 5 Folder 38	English bibliography
Box 5 Folder 39-44	Ethnic heritage studies, Finns Note: Curriculum kit, possibly incomplete.
Box 5 Folder 45	Ethnic and minority scene in Wisconsin
Box 5 Folder 46	Ethnicity in Milwaukee
Box 5 Folder 47	Ethnicity in Wisconsin
Box 5 Folder 48	Ethnicity in Wisconsin, “Sounds of Heritage” radio series
Box 5 Folder 49	Folk art
Box 5 Folder 50	Folk housing
Box 5 Folder 51	Gender roles
	German
Box 5 Folder 52	Field research, 1978
Box 5 Folder 53	Fieldwork, 1977
Box 5 Folder 54	Research report
Box 5 Folder 55	Research report, Fapso and Zeitlin
Box 5 Folder 56	Staff reports
Box 6 Folder 1	Historic preservation
Box 6 Folder 2	Horse cart
	Immigration and settlement
Box 6 Folder 3	Cultural patterns
	Finns
Box 6 Folder 4	Architecture
Box 6 Folder 5	Bibliographies
Box 6 Folder 6	Kolehmainen
Box 6 Folder 7	Miscellaneous
Box 6 Folder 8	Religion
Box 6 Folder 9	Staff reports
Box 6 Folder 10	Van Cleef
Box 6 Folder 11	Alphabetical files, A-K
Box 6 Folder 12	Alphabetical files, L-Z
Box 6 Folder 13	Immigration
Box 6 Folder 14	Kirchayn-Freistadt agricultural study
Box 6 Folder 15	Koepsell research originals
Box 6 Folder 16	Settlement patterns
Box 6 Folder 17	Irish bibliography
Box 6 Folder 18	Irish settlement
Box 6 Folder 19	Land settlement patterns
Box 6 Folder 20	Living history
Box 6 Folder 21	Mead, James eulogy
Box 6 Folder 22	Ketola fencing, 1997
Box 6 Folder 23	Kuether, Hans
Box 6 Folder 24	Lithuanian
Box 6 Folder 25	Lithuanian community
Box 6 Folder 26	Manitowoc County Historical Society
Box 6 Folder 27	Manx Association
Box 6 Folder 28	Material culture research: German and German-American furniture design and construction
Box 6 Folder 29	14th Moravian Music Festival
Box 6 Folder 30	National Register of Historic Places
Box 6 Folder 31	Northern Wisconsin
	Norwegians
Box 6 Folder 32	Architecture
Box 6 Folder 33	Baekkum house, barn, granary, Town Coon, Vernon County
Box 6 Folder 34	Community
Box 6 Folder 35	Family histories
Box 6 Folder 36-37	Field studies, 1972-1974, 1977
Box 6 Folder 38	Hans Peterson pig barn, Town Albion, Jackson County
Box 6 Folder 39	Immigration
Box 6 Folder 40	Johnson granary, Town of Perry, Dane County
Box 6 Folder 41	Luther Valley Settlement
Box 6 Folder 42	Miscellaneous
Box 6 Folder 43	Old Muskego
Box 8 Folder 3	Skavlem and Odegaarden families
Box 6 Folder 44	Staff reports
Box 6 Folder 45	Oxen
Box 6 Folder 46	Pleasant Ridge
	Polish
Box 6 Folder 47	Bibliography
Box 6 Folder 48	Community relations
Box 6 Folder 49	Ethnic heritage studies
Box 6 Folder 50	Ethnographic background
Box 6 Folder 51	Ethnographic museum, Torun
Box 6 Folder 52	Immigration
Box 6 Folder 53	In Texas
Box 6 Folder 54	In Wisconsin
Box 6 Folder 55	Portage County
Box 7 Folder 1	Portage County, map, 1977
Box 7 Folder 2	Overview of Polish history
Box 7 Folder 3	Poland
Box 7 Folder 4	Polish Advisory Committee
Box 7 Folder 5	Polish National Alliance
Box 7 Folder 6	Settlement patterns
Box 7 Folder 7	Staff reports
Box 7 Folder 8	Pioneer agriculture in Wisconsin to 1920
Box 7 Folder 9	Prairie and gardens
Box 7 Folder 10	Raspberry School
Box 7 Folder 11	Research techniques
Box 7 Folder 12	Roof thatching, general
Box 7 Folder 13	Roof thatching, 1990-1991
Box 7 Folder 14	Russian architecture
Box 7 Folder 15	Russian community
Box 7 Folder 16	Russian settlement in Wisconsin
Box 7 Folder 17	Sawmilling
Box 7 Folder 18	Scandinavian emigration
Box 7 Folder 19	Scandinavian immigration
Box 7 Folder 20	Schottler field maps
	Scottish
Box 7 Folder 21	Bibliography
Box 7 Folder 22	Community
Box 7 Folder 23	Family history
Box 7 Folder 24	Shepard, William, script, 1998
Box 7 Folder 25	Silos, diffusion
Box 7 Folder 26	Slavic bibliography
Box 7 Folder 27	Slovak correspondence
Box 7 Folder 28	Spreewald and Wends
Box 7 Folder 29	Stores
Box 7 Folder 30	Dickey's Old General Store notebook
Box 7 Folder 31	Summative evaluation of the Kvalle and Fossebrekke sites, 2002
	Swedish
Box 7 Folder 32	Bibliography
Box 7 Folder 33	Building search
Box 7 Folder 34	Community
Box 7 Folder 35	Correspondence
Box 7 Folder 36	Field studies
Box 7 Folder 37	Field work
Box 7 Folder 38	Immigration
Box 7 Folder 39	Project memos
Box 7 Folder 40	Research notes
Box 7 Folder 41	Paul Skavlem farm, Plymouth, Rock County
Box 7 Folder 42	Some recollections of Thomas Pederson
Box 7 Folder 43	Swedish Serenade, by Marty Perkins
Box 7 Folder 44	Transportation
Box 7 Folder 45	Ukrainian community
Box 7 Folder 46	Village report
Box 7 Folder 47	WEPA forms
Box 7 Folder 48	Western New York German society
Box 7 Folder 49	Welsh bibliography
Box 7 Folder 50	Welsh community
Box 7 Folder 51	Welsh settlement in Waukesha County
Box 7 Folder 52	Yankee economic report
Box 7 Folder 53	Yankee migration report
Box 7 Folder 54	Yankee research reports
	LaRusso office files Note: Marty Perkin's office was located in the LaRusso House, prior to being located in the old administrative building.
	Ethnographic research files
	Dane
Box 9 Folder 1	Danes in Wisconsin
Box 11 Folder 21	Denmark
Box 9 Folder 2	Community relations
Box 9 Folder 3	Field studies, 1978
Box 9 Folder 4	Field work reports
Box 9 Folder 5	General
Box 9 Folder 6	History of West Denmark Lutheran Church (Polk County), 1873-1973
Box 9 Folder 7	Interpretive guide
Box 9 Folder 8	Jensen barn and stable
Box 9 Folder 9	Pedersen house
Box 9 Folder 10	Exhibit information
Box 9 Folder 11	Interpretative plan
	Finnish
Box 9 Folder 12	Agriculture
Box 9 Folder 13	Architecture
Box 9 Folder 14	Bibliography
Box 11 Folder 22	Church register
Box 9 Folder 15	Community
Box 9 Folder 16	Family and social patterns
Box 9 Folder 17	Field work reports
Box 9 Folder 18	Heikki Ketola house
Box 9 Folder 19	Exhibit information
Box 9 Folder 20	Farm research report
Box 9 Folder 21	Interview transcript, Ketola and Rankinsen
Box 9 Folder 22	Institutional report
Box 9 Folder 23	Jacob Rankinen farm
Box 9 Folder 24	Log house report
Box 9 Folder 25	House, stable, and outhouse
Box 9 Folder 26	Interpretive plan
Box 9 Folder 27	Kortesmaa barn, granary, outhouse
Box 9 Folder 28	Labor strike, 1907
Box 9 Folder 29	Proposal
Box 9 Folder 30	Rankinson house
Box 10 Folder 1	Recipies
Box 10 Folder 2	Riihi
Box 10 Folder 3	Ronkainen sauna
Box 10 Folder 4	Rural culture
Box 10 Folder 5	Sauna
Box 10 Folder 6	Staff reports
Box 10 Folder 7	German, Lueskow house
	Norwegian
Box 10 Folder 8	Agriculture
Box 10 Folder 9	Architecture
	Breen farm
Box 10 Folder 10	Cattle barn architecture
Box 10 Folder 11	Correspondence
Box 10 Folder 12	Horse stable research
Box 10 Folder 13	House research
Box 10 Folder 14	Kvaale garden
Box 10 Folder 15	Norwegians
Box 10 Folder 16-17	Reports
Box 11 Folder 23	Settlement
	Office files
Box 10 Folder 18	Acquisition
Box 10 Folder 19	Animals
Box 10 Folder 20-21	Budget, 1995, 2002
Box 10 Folder 22-24	Correspondence, 1987-1994, 2004-2005
Box 10 Folder 25	County fair
Box 10 Folder 26	Early education
Box 10 Folder 27	1870s village
	Ethnic heritage studies
Box 10 Folder 28	Grant proposal
Box 10 Folder 29	Germans, railroads, communications
Box 10 Folder 30	Finns, migration
Box 10 Folder 31	Finns, Oulu
Box 10 Folder 32	Events
Box 10 Folder 33	Exhibit labels
Box 10 Folder 34	Friends of Old World Wisconsin
Box 10 Folder 35	Board meetings, 1985-1990
Box 10 Folder 36-37	Events, 1986-1989
Box 10 Folder 38	Mailings
Box 10 Folder 39	Miscellaneous
Box 11 Folder 1	Garden plans, 1994
Box 11 Folder 2-3	Interpreters
Box 11 Folder 4	Kruza house
Box 11 Folder 5	La Follette wagon
Box 11 Folder 6	Major themes
Box 11 Folder 7	Memorandum, 1994
Box 11 Folder 8	Miscellaneous
	Research
Box 11 Folder 9	Anton Sisel house
Box 11 Folder 10	Bohemians in Manitowoc
Box 11 Folder 11	Czechs in Manitowoc
Box 11 Folder 12	Day with the Morgans, 1984
Box 11 Folder 13	Four-Mile house: a hotel in transition
Box 11 Folder 14	Harmony Town Hall, interior furnishings
Box 11 Folder 15	Raspberry report
Box 11 Folder 16	Raspberry research
Box 11 Folder 17	Staff meetings
Box 11 Folder 18	Tour analysis, 1987
Box 11 Folder 19	Village landscape plans
Box 11 Folder 20	Visitor experience
	Photographs
Box 12 Folder 1	Acquisitions by JWW
Box 12 Folder 2	Eagle Diamonds
Box 12 Folder 3	German field research
Box 12 Folder 4	German field work prints, 1978
Box 12 Folder 5	German field work transparencies, 1978
Box 12 Folder 6	James Sanford farm interpreters
Box 12 Folder 7	Norwegian farm photos, Andrew Dahl collection
Box 12 Folder 8	Norwegian images
Box 12 Folder 9	Norwegian photographs
Box 12 Folder 10	Rankinson
Box 12 Folder 11	Rediske, La Crosse
	Structures
Box 12 Folder 12	Anton Sisel house
Box 12 Folder 13	Benson house
Box 12 Folder 14	Farmhouse?
Box 12 Folder 15	Frederick Grotelueschen house?
Box 12 Folder 16	Harmony Town Hall
Box 12 Folder 17-1	Kruza House reconstruction
Box 12 Folder 19	Larson/Bosben granary
Box 12 Folder 20	School house?
Box 12 Folder 21	Shepard smokehouse
Box 12 Folder 22	Thomas General Store reconstruction
Box 12 Folder 23	Wood River Baptist Church
Box 12 Folder 24-25	Wooden barn
Box 12 Folder 26	Swedish field work