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

An unknown individual transferred the collection to the Archives prior to 1989. The provenance of the records is unclear. Many of the records in the collection were created or compiled by the dean or an associate dean of the College of Letters & Science. It is not known if these records were later brought together by the deans or the director of the center, or if they were separated from other files by University or Archives staff. The records, whatever their provenance, were placed together under the Center for Great Lakes Studies by the Archives staff sometime before 1989. When processing began in 1993, it was decided to leave the existing organization intact rather than to possibly confuse the provenance even more.

Processing Information

Mark A. Vargas processed the collection at the Archives in December 1993. The collection originally consisted of six series. A few files were added by Jeremy Brett in November 2006. Molly Whiteside (supervised by Christel Maass) added a few miscellaneous items to the collection in September 2015. Christel Maass added an item, previously cataloged, to box 4 of the collection in February 2017. Ashlie Biddle (supervised by Brad Houston) rearranged boxes 3-5 in March 2017. Christel Maass added an additional item from the Libraries' Collection and Resource Management Division in September 2018. Shiraz added three 16mm films of Clifford Mortimer that were donated by the Wisconsin Historical Society in October 2019.