Charlotte Anschuetz Bleistein Papers, 1940-2009
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Summary Information
Title: Charlotte Anschuetz Bleistein Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1940-2009

Creator:
  • Bleistein, Charlotte Anschuetz
Call Number: M2006-072; M2012-091

Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Papers of Charlotte Anschuetz Bleistein, 1940-2003, granddaughter of Milwaukee attorney, Richard Elsner, and an attorney in her own right with a law practice in Greendale, Wisconsin. Bleistein graduated from Washington University in 1939 and worked as a review attorney with the National Labor Relations Board in the early 1940s. The papers principally document her involvement with the Greater Milwaukee United Nations Association (GMUNA) and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2006072
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Arrangement of the Materials

This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 2 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Presented by Charlotte Bleistein. Accession Number: M2006-072, M2012-091


Contents List
M2006-072
Part 1 (M2006-072): Original Collection, 1940-2003
Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: The papers include meeting minutes, newsletters, handwritten notes, and miscellaneous mailings (1993-2003). Also included are articles and miscellaneous papers concerning the death penalty, criminal justice, welfare, education, poverty, environmental issues, the Gulf War and Iraq, international trade, and women's issues.
Box   1
Folder   1
Aging and healthcare, 1989, 1991, 1993-1994, 2000-2001
Box   1
Folder   2
Articles on activists, 1987, 1991, 1994-2001
Box   1
Folder   3
Columbia and Cuba, 1987, 1993
Box   3
Folder   5
Daily Labor News, 1942-1943
Box   3
Folder   4
Death penalty/criminal justice, 1988, 1994-2001
Box   3
Folder   5
Democratic Socialists/Socialist Party, 1985, 1990-1995, 2001
Box   3
Folder   6
Education and labor, 1983, 1994-1996, 2000
Box   3
Folder   7
Electronic Banking Systems (EBS), 1995
Box   3
Folder   8
Environment, 1986, 1989-1999
Box   3
Folder   9
Environmental Town Meeting, Milwaukee, 1991 October
Box   3
Folder   10
Farmers, 1989-1990, 2000
Box   3
Folder   11
Iraq/Gulf War, 1990-1991, 2000-2001
Miscellaneous
Box   3
Folder   1
Labor, 1940s
Box   1
Folder   12
Mailings and papers, 1990s
Box   1
Folder   13
News clippings, 1968, 1974, 1991
Box   1
Folder   14
Notes and correspondence, 1970, 1991, 1994-1996, 1999-2001
Box   3
Folder   2
Nuclear weapons/arms, 1982, 1985, 1994-2001
Box   1
Folder   15
Phi Beta Kappa, 2000-2002
Box   1
Folder   16
Public Enterprise Committee (PEC), Milwaukee, 1992-1993
Box   1
Folder   17
Religious organizations, 1989, 1992-1997, 2000-2001
Box   1
Folder   18
United Nations Association, Greater Milwaukee, 1993-1994, 1998-2002
Box   2
Folder   1-3
United Nations Association, Greater Milwaukee, 1999-2003
Box   3
Folder   3
Welfare/poverty, 1994, 1997, 2000
Box   3
Folder   4
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), circulars and newsletters, 1940s
Box   3
Folder   5-7
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), 1975-2003
Box   2
Folder   4
Women's issues, 1970, 1973, 1982, 1985, 1989-1996, 2000
Box   3
Folder   8
World Federalists Association, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2000
Box   3
Folder   9
World Trade Organization (WTO)/globalization, 1980, 1993-1994, 1999-2000
M2012-091
Part 2 (M2012-091): Additions, 1997-2009
Physical Description: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1997-2009 (bulk 2000-2005) consisting of attorney Charlotte Bleistein's correspondence and news articles regarding her interest in President George W. Bush's plans, national economics, international relations, and legal affairs focusing on the “No Fly List.” Also included are news articles documenting Bleistein's concern for global warming, healthcare, nuclear arms, and the Second Gulf War.
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