Title: Robert W. Wells Manuscripts
Inclusive Dates: 1970-1980

Creator:

• Wells, Robert W.

Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 137

Quantity: 1.0 cubic ft. (3 boxes)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Manuscripts of Robert W. Wells (1920-1995), author and writer for the Milwaukee Journal. Contains drafts, proofs, photographs, for his books This is Milwaukee and The Milwaukee Journal.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-lhmc0137

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Robert Wayne Wells was born in 1920 in Greene, Ohio. Wells began his journalism career in 1940, working on three newspapers in Ohio: the Canton Repository, the Warren Tribune-Chronicle, and the Columbus Dispatch. After serving in the Navy in World War II, Wells joined the staff of the Milwaukee Journal in 1946. During his career at the Journal, Wells worked as a reporter, an assistant city editor, a correspondent in New York, a columnist, and a book editor. Wells retired from the Journal in 1985.

In addition to Wells’ work in journalism, he wrote a number of books and articles. Wells’ books include: Wisconsin in the Civil War (1964); Fire at Peshtigo (1968); Lombardi: his life and times (1971); Mean on Sunday: the autobiography of Ray Nitschke (1973); We have with us today: W. A. Krueger Co., 1934-1974 (1974); Milwaukee’s Newspapers (1975); Yesterday’s Milwaukee (1976); Daylight in the Swamp (1978); Fire and Ice: two deadly Wisconsin disasters (1983); and Papa Floribunda: a biography of Eugene S. Boerner (1989). He died in 1995.

This collection contains drafts, proofs, and photographs for two of Wells’ books: This is Milwaukee (1970) and The Milwaukee Journal: an informal chronicle of its first 100 years (1981).

The collection is arranged alphabetically, with the manuscripts arranged chronologically within each folder.

Wells, Robert W., Manuscripts, 1970-1980, Collection 137. Local History Manuscript Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Milwaukee Journal : An Informal Chronicle of its First 100 Years

This is Milwaukee

Wisconsin in the Civil War

Yesterday's 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 Local History Manuscript 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

No donor information is currently available for this collection. The materials were accessioned as Local History Manuscripts.

Processing Information

Inventoried by Kadie Seitz, Fieldworker, 2014. Processed by Bob Jaeger, 2018.

Box   1 Folder   1	The Milwaukee Journal, corrections, chapters 11-18, undated
Box   1 Folder   2-5	The Milwaukee Journal, draft, circa 1980
Box   3 Folder   1-3	This is Milwaukee, draft, 1970
Box   2	This is Milwaukee, galley proofs, 1970
Box   3 Folder   4	This is Milwaukee, photographs, undated