Title: Rosa Cameron Aldermanic Records
Inclusive Dates: 2000-2003

Creators:

• Cameron, Rosa M.
• Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council.

Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 30

Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Records of Common Council Alderwoman Rosa Cameron, who served Milwaukee's 10th District from 2000-2002. Contains correspondence, requests, and schedules.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-cmac0030

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Rosa Cameron was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on 8 August 1947, one of nine children. She came to Milwaukee in 1965 to live with a family member when she was 18, having just completed the 11th grade. Her first job was at National Foods where she became a checker in 1970. Married twice, she has eight children, including four adopted children. Cameron became a community activist in the late 1980s by trying to outlaw the sale of toy guns. She began a petition campaign “Citizens Against Toy Guns” in 1990. She ran unsuccessfully for the 1st District Milwaukee County Supervisor seat in 1996. She later became a commissioner on the Social Development Commission, Milwaukee’s largest anti-poverty agency, beginning in 1992. Cameron became the Chairwoman of that organization in February of 1996, but resigned her post later that year. She also founded and was the executive director of the Williamsburg Heights Community Association until her election as Alderwoman in 2000.

Cameron won the 10th Aldermanic District seat of the Milwaukee Common Council in April 2000, defeating incumbent George C. Butler in a race so close that a recount was ordered. As alderwoman, Cameron served on the Utilities and Licenses Committee, Community Development Committee, and the Anti-Graffiti Policy Committee while also serving as the Vice Chair of the Public Safety Committee and Chairwoman of the Litter Task Force. Cameron was indicted in October 2002 for illegally obtaining federal block grant funds and using them to help finance her re-election campaign and funneling them into the Williamsburg Heights Community Association. She was sentenced to eight months in federal prison, plus four months of house arrest. She resigned from the Milwaukee Common Council in October 2002 as part of a plea agreement. In 2008, Cameron tried to run for 6th District Alderwoman, but her application was denied because she was a convicted felon. She died in 2021.

The records of this collection document activities of Milwaukee’s 10th District Alderwoman Rosa Cameron from 2000-2003. The collection primarily contains correspondence, but includes other subject files as well, such license requests for 10th District businesses, block party applications, garbage collections schedules, interdepartmental service requests, neighborhood town hall meetings sign-in sheets, and retirement acknowledgement notices.

The materials are arranged alphabetically, then chronologically within each folder.

Cameron, Rosa, Aldermanic Records, 2000-2003, Collection 30. City of Milwaukee Archival Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Archival Collections

• City Clerk Records. City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 17.

• Common Council Records. City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 6.

Publications and Other Items

Milwaukee Report

Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view City of Milwaukee Archival Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

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

Milwaukee Public Library receives official materials from city departments via the Milwaukee City Records Center, pursuant to state statutes and city ordinances governing the permanent retention of city records.

Processing Information

Processed by Scott Brouwer, 2010.

Box   1 Folder   1	Block Party Applications, 2000-2002
	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   2	Alderman Memorandums, 2002-2003
Box   1 Folder   3	Aldermanic Service Requests, 2000-2001
Box   1 Folder   4	Constituents, 2001-2002
Box   1 Folder   5	From Cameron, 2000-2002
Box   1 Folder   6	Meeting Invitations, 2000-2002
Box   1 Folder   7	Neighborhood Town Hall Meetings, 2000-2003
Box   1 Folder   8	Property Listings, general, 2000-2003
Box   1 Folder   9	Property Listings, named streets, 2000-2003
Box   1 Folder   10	Property Listings, numbered streets, 2000-2003
Box   1 Folder   11	Garbage Collection Schedules, 2000
Box   1 Folder   12	Interdepartmental Service Requests, 2001
Box   1 Folder   13	License Requests (A-Z), 2000-2002
Box   1 Folder   14	Neighborhood Town Hall Meeting Sign-in Sheets, 2000
Box   1 Folder   15	Retirement Acknowledgement Notices, 2000-2002