Title: James R. Donoghue papers
Inclusive Dates: 1949-1969
Bulk Dates: 1957-1965

Creator:

• Donoghue, James R.

Unique Identifier: Series 18/5/35/4/1

Quantity: Reports, correspondence, data, conference papers, publications, and ephemera

• 3 Linear Feet
• Three record storage cartons

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Madison. University Archives and Records Management

Abstract:

This collection provides a brief overview of the activities of the University of Wisconsin Urban Teaching Research Extension Program, also known as the Ford Urban Program, through reports, correspondence, conference materials, bibliographies, and limited meeting minutes. In December 1959 the Ford Foundation granted $1,000,000 to the University of Wisconsin to develop an urban extension program over a five year period. The program established new urban focused curricula on campus, funded research on topics such as urban growth, public policy, urban public finance, and urban history, and established extension off-campus teaching, research, consultation, and service. The materials also document Political Science Professor and Director of the University of Wisconsin Extension Bureau of Government James R. Donoghue's research on "The States and the Urban Problem" funded by the program in greater detail. It includes data, research notes, correspondence, meeting notes, and surveys of government officials.

Language: English .

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Transfered from University of Wisconsin Extension Bureau of Government, date unknown.

James R. Donoghue was a Political Science Professor and Director of the University of Wisconsin Extension Bureau of Government from 1948 to 1965. He was a member of the Wisconsin Urban Teaching Research Extension Program Faculty Work Group from 1960 to 1965, and became a senior planning officer for the University of East Africa supported by the Ford Foundation from 1965 to 1967. His research focused on state and local government, and was funded by the University of Wisconsin Urban Teaching Research Extension Program. For example, Donoghue visited cities in 15 states in 1958 and 1959, and interviewed over 300 individuals, including informed local officials, state officials, and journalists who covered state affairs for a project entitled "The States and the Urban Problem."

A portion of the collection documents the University of Wisconsin Urban Teaching Research Extension Program, also known as the Ford Urban Program or the Wisconsin Urban Program. In December 1959 the Ford Foundation granted $1,000,000 to the University of Wisconsin to develop an urban extension program over a five year period. The program established new urban focused curricula on campus, funded research on topics such as urban growth, public policy, urban public finance, and urban history, and established extension off-campus teaching, research, consultation, and service. The program focused on three areas in Wisconsin: Milwaukee, the Fox Valley, and Columbia County. The program was administered by a six person faculty Executive Committee, a seven member faculty Work Group, and three faculty Advisory Committees related to instruction, research, and extension.

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This collection provides a brief overview of the activities of the University of Wisconsin Urban Teaching Research Extension Program through reports, correspondence, conference materials, bibliographies, and limited meeting minutes. Progress reports to the Ford Foundation and University Faculty detail the execution of the program's goals and the challenges it faced, such as reorienting departments to respond to urban needs and developing an urban extension program. Furthermore, the recommendations made to the Ford Foundation Documents pertaining to the June 22, 1961 "Local Government Problems in the Fox Valley" conference such as reports and conference papers illustrate how community members influenced the activities pursued by the program. For example, a summary of a conference work session documents what attendees deemed the most important governmental problems they faced, such as traffic and parking issues, land use programs, school construction and improvement, and intergovernmental cooperation.

The materials also document James R. Donoghue's research on "The States and the Urban Problem" funded by the program in greater detail. It includes data, research notes, correspondence, meeting notes, and surveys of government officials. Donoghue's meeting notes and surveys conducted for "The States and the Urban Problem" detail officials' perspectives on the relationships between city and state governments and challenges facing their offices. These records also include correspondence with mayors, governors, and other officials. The collection also includes research materials, data, outlines, and clippings related to the "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" project.

Collection materials may be subject to laws governing rights. Researchers are solely responsible for determining the rights status of the materials they use. Permission may be required for some uses such as publication or reproduction.

Urban policy -- WisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin--ExtensionMunicipal government

Box [89125684381]   1   folder 1	"The States and the Urban Problem" research proposal, survey questions, and outline 1959-03-13
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 2	"Relation of the State Government to the Urban Problem" notes, 1954-03-24-1958-08-09
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 3	"The States and the Urban Problem" proposals, notes, and correspondence 1959-1962
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 4	California general features research notes and survey response, 1959-07
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 5	Statistical data - highways, 1959
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 6	Statistical data - politics and elections, 1959
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 7	Statistical data - finance, 1958-10-30-1959-06-30
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 8	Statistical data - government structure, 1959-1960
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 9	"Place and Status of Urban Problem" notes and outline, 1958-02-17-1959-06-12
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 10	"The States and the Urban Problem" preface notes, 1958-03
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 11	"The States and the Urban Problem" "The General Failure of States" notes, 1958-02-17-1959-06-01
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 12	"The States and the Urban Problem" state machinery notes, 1959
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 13	"The States and the Urban Problem" state experimentation notes, 1958-02-15
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 14	"The States and the Urban Crisis" "Theory and Practice of State Urban Relations" notes, 1958-12-05
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 15	"The States and the Urban Crisis" summary and conclusion notes, 1959
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 16	Pennsylvania meeting schedule, correspondence, and notes 1958-03-31-1958-05-07
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 17	Texas correspondence and meeting notes, 1959-05-28-1959-08-27
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 18	Virginia appointment schedule and correspondence, 1959-03-16-1959-05-01
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 19	Washington correspondence and contacts, 1959-06-10-1959-08-04
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 20	Wisconsin correspondence and meeting notes, 1959-02-27-1960-04
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 21	Correspondence with state officials and notes, 1958-1959
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 22	Donoghue, James R. notes and Wisconsin Legislative Council Urban Problems Committee materials 1958-06-08-1959-02-02
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 23	Donoghue, James R. miscellaneous notes 1958-1961
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 24	General field contact questions and notes, 1959-02-07-1961-03-05
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 25	"Urban Government in the United States - Municipal Legislation" draft and correspondence, 1956-12-1958-01
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 26	"Urban Government in the United States" outline, 1959-07-20-
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 27	Maryland general features meeting notes and miscellaneous notes, 1959-04-17-
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 28	Illinois state machinery research and meeting notes, 1958-02-1958-03
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 29	Policing outlines, research notes, clippings, and conference agenda 1957
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 30	Donoghue, James R. correspondence and reviews 1949-02-13-1957-03-28
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 31	"Special State Problems of Big Cities" notes, 1958-1959
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 32	"Growth, Change, and Response of Government" notes 1958-1959
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 33	"The States and the Urban Problem" grant proposal, travel schedule, and related correspondence 1957-10-30-1958-06-17
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 34	"The States and the Urban Problem" travel itinerary, proposal, and correspondence 1957-10-30-1959-06-02
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 35	"Through Darkest America - The Theory and Practice of Government at State Capitols" speech, 1960-01-13
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 36	California and Washington meeting notes and correspondence, 1958-06-10-1959-07-27
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 37	Colorado correspondence and contacts, 1959-06-1959-07
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 38	Illinois correspondence, meeting notes, and agendas 1958-02-04-1958-04-01
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 39	Iowa correspondence and meeting notes, 1959-06-1960-01
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 40	Maryland appointment schedule, correspondence, and meeting notes 1959-03-11-1959-06-11
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 41	Massachusetts appointment schedule and correspondence, 1959-04-1960-01
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 42	Michigan meeting notes, 1959-1962
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 43	Missouri appointment schedule, correspondence, and meeting notes 1959-05-28-1959-07-24
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 44	New York appointment schedule, correspondence, and notes 1958-02-27-1959-06-01
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 45	New Jersey correspondence and contacts, 1959-03-10-1959-06-01
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 46	Ohio correspondence and meeting notes, 1958-1959
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 47	Missouri research notes and survey responses, 1959-06
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 48	New Jersey research and meeting notes, correspondence, and clippings 1958-1959
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 49	New Jersey research and meeting notes and correspondence, 1955-1959
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 50	Arizona meeting notes, 1960-01
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 51	1967 Assembly Joint Resolutions, 1967
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 52	Colorado research notes, survey response, and clippings 1959-07
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 53	Chapter 17 first draft, circa. 1959-1960
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 54	Contacts, 1958-09-1959-09
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 55	"The States and the Urban Problem" outlines, 1959
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 56	"Urban Government in the United States" book outlines, correspondence, and course syllabi 1950-1954
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 57	Municipal Legislation chapter drafts and notes, 1956-12
Box [89125684381]   1   folder 58	Statistical tables, 1958-1959
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 1	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (1), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 2	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (2), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 3	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (3), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 4	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (4), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 5	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (5), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 6	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (6), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 7	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (7), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 8	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (8), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 9	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (9), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 10	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (10), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 11	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (11), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 12	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (12), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 13	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (13), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 14	"Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" grant proposal and correspondence, 1961-05-04-1968-07-16
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 15	"Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" data, circa. 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 16	"Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" research notes, reports, correspondence, and code books 1962-1968
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 17	1967 urban legislation list, 1967
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 18	Code books for "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin", 1961-04-1962-10
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 19	"Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" bibliography, 1968
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 20	Chapter 1 Informal Influences outline and clippings, 1960-1969
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 21	Chapter 1 legislative image outlines and clippings, 1960-1968
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 22	Legislative community outline and clippings, 1960-1969
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 23	Chapter 1 legislative work outline and clippings, 1949-1968
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 24	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (14), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 25	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (15), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 26	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (16), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 27	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (17), 1960-1965
Box [89125684373]   2   folder 28	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (18), 1960-1965
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 1	"Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" cohesion chart and miscellaneous materials, 1967
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 2	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (19), 1960-1965
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 3	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (20), 1960-1965
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 4	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (21), 1960-1965
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 5	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (22), 1960-1965
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 6	Code sheets "Urban Oriented Legislation in Wisconsin" (23), 1960-1965
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 7	Ford Urban Program meeting minutes, correspondence, and memoranda 1961-04-01-1962-02-23
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 8	Ford Urban Program reports and recommendations, 1960-06-13-1961-12-31
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 9	Ford Urban Program annual progress reports, 1961-03-10-1963-08-14
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 10	Ford Urban Program progress report and continuation proposal, 1963-08-19-1963-12-17
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 11	Ford Urban Program miscellaneous proposals and reports, 1962
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 12	Wisconsin Urban Teaching Research Extension Program reports, correspondence, brochures, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "The Functions of an Urban University" conference paper 1960-1961
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 13	Wisconsin Urban Teaching Research Extension Program correspondence, 1963-06
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 14	Wisconsin Urban Teaching Research Extension Program bulletin, 1961-07-01-1961-09-12
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 15	Ford Foundation correspondence, bulletins, and fellowship announcement 1956-1962
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 16	Ford Urban Project Urban Extension report and project statement, 1960-12
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 17	Ford Urban Studies Group meeting meetings and related correspondence, 1960-04-19-1961-11-30
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 18	Ad Hoc Committee on Research Design in the Extension Process report, 1961-07-10
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 19	Ford Urban Program Third Demonstration Area research proposal and miscellaneous project proposals, 1961-04-03-1961-12-12
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 20	Ford Urban Program committee meeting minutes, communications plan, and correspondence 1961
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 21	Conference papers, 1960-10-05-1961-03-22
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 22	Lyle Shannon, reprints 1961-1964
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 23	Charles N. Glaab, reprints 1962, undated
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 24	Eric E. Lampard, "The Structure of Local Government Finances Since 1890" 1963-04
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 25	Bibliography of Ford supported urban publications, 1964-03
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 26	Henry J. Schmandt, reprints 1960-12-1963-11
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 27	Leo F. Schnore reprints and memorandum, 1961-05-1963-02
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 28	Leo F. Schnore reprints (1), 1961-08-1962-10
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 29	Leo F. Schnore reprints (2), 1962-04-1963-09
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 30	Fox River Valley related reports, publications, and conference materials 1961-06-22-1962-11
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 31	Miscellaneous publications, 1961-11-1964-04
Box [89125684365]   3   folder 32	"University and Community" conference proceedings and "The Wisconsin Academy Looks at Urbanism" publication, 1963-04-25-1963-05-04