The largest part of the collection consists of news clippings and press releases regarding
the groups, programs, and events sponsored by the UWM School of Fine Arts and its
Departments of Art, Film, Music, and Theatre and Dance. Included are news clippings for the
years 1960-1995 and press releases for 1981-1995. The news clippings and press releases are
located under the name of the department and also under Fine Arts Programming. Not all
departments have news clippings and press releases for all of these years. The sources for
the new clippings are mainly the Milwaukee Journal, the
Milwaukee Sentinel, and the UWM
Post.
The files on the Great Artist Series (1989-1996) consist of correspondence, contracts, news
clippings, photos, and other information on the artists, mostly musical groups and dance
troupes, who gave performances.
The collection also includes playbills, brochures, and programs for theatre, dance, and
music productions; correspondence with Arts Midwest and the Wisconsin Arts Board, which
provided funding for many events undertaken by the School of Fine Arts; information on the
plays performed by the Northern Stage Company and the Professional Theatre Training Program;
and Fine Arts Quartet performance information.
