UW-Milwaukee Dept. of Political Science Records, 1956-2014

Administrative/Restriction Information

Access Restrictions

The records in box 3 and 11 are restricted in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 ( UWM Personnel File Policy S-42. Access is regulated by Section III. A.2 and III. A.3.

Electronic records must be accessed at computers in the Archives. Contact an archivist for more information.

There are no access restrictions on the rest of the collection, which 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 donor transferred the collection to the Archives prior to 1989. Electronic Records were transferred to the Archives in Fall of 2010, Spring of 2012, and Winter of 2013 from the Dept. of Political Science (accessions 2010-030, 2011-034, 2012-027, and 2012-046). The Department of Political Science donated additional materials in July 2010 (accessions 2010-004 and 2010-008) and in September 2010 (accession 2010-016).


Processing Information

Nicholas P. Weber processed the collection at the Archives in June and July of 1995. The electronic records (accessions 2010-030 and 2011-034) were processed by Lisa Christie as part of a fieldwork supervised by Brad Houston in Fall 2012. Brad Houston added some additional syllabi to the collection in March 2013 (accessions 2012-027 and 2012-046). Ashlie Biddle (supervised by Christel Maass) processed accession 2010-016 in February 2016. Phyllis Reske (supervised by Brad Houston) processed accessions 2010-004 and 2010-008 in November 2016. Shiraz Bhathena, after deaccessioning two digital replicates of syllabi, revised digital number of digital files and storage size of these items and added the folder structure in May 2019.